One of "those" mornings...

You ever have one of the those mornings? I don't mean the straight out disaster kind... I'm talking about the kind of morning that appears to be going perfectly and then out of nowhere... everything turns upside down. The catch-you-by-surprise kind of morning. That was yesterday.

Kids let us sleep in 15 minutes late. Everyone is in a joyful mood. No squabbling over what to wear or how to do our hair. No complaints about breakfast. It is looking like we are going to be 2 minutes early for church today. And that, my friends, is a major accomplishment. You see, we have no problem getting to church right on time. But then we have to check the kids in. Take them to their rooms. And then head into the service. So essentially, we are usually 10 minutes late for the service. But today... we are looking good.

I grab my Bible (another accomplishment because this is usually forgotten) and my purse. Both kids are walking out the door. We get to the car and it is locked so I reach down for my keys and they are not in my purse. I hear Tony unlocking his car from inside the house. I hustle to the porch to let him know that I don't have my keys. He has already shut the door. I tell him that I don't have my car keys and he says, "Where is your house key?" Umm... on the same key ring as my car key. And we are now locked out of the house.

He's annoyed. I'm annoyed. The kids are oblivious. My mom was trying out a new church this morning, but had to stop at Elevation before going. I try calling her and get voicemail. All 15 attempts to call her. Great... she might be home around 1 p.m. It's 8:29 a.m. We try all the doors and windows. Nothing. Tony gets in his car and sits to think. Kaleb comes over and starts pushing buttons on Tony's car. He got two warnings to stop and just as he went for a third try, Kaleb sets off the car alarm. Lovely. Now our neighbors are going to egg the house. Horns blaring at 8:30 on a Sunday morning. Apparently the alarm repeats the cycle until properly shut off. We can't properly shut it off because #1 - we have no idea how. #2 - even if we did, Tony's key was locked inside the house. Tony decides that he will walk to Elevation and hopefully catch my mom before she goes to the other church. The kids and I start playing on the porch.

I decided to check the tool box for small objects that I could break into our house with. They make it look so easy on Ocean's Eleven. I attempted with a small drill bit, but couldn't make any progress. I muttered something about just wanting to kick the door in. (Don't worry Tim (house owner) -- my good sense came back before I tried it.) I gave up breaking into the house and started praying that my mom would get the voicemail I left her.

About 10 minutes later I see my mom pull up. Hallelujah! She happened to check her phone, in the middle of the service, see the missed calls from me and come home to rescue us. I picked up Tony and we put together our second attempt to get to church. Thankfully, there are multiple service times... so we ate our traditional Sunday morning brunch before going to church, instead of the normal after church brunch.

I think this is where I'm supposed to excitedly announce that we made it to the 10 a.m. service on time. Well... we made it to the parking lot on time. There's always next week!

Do I say this every post?

I feel like every post I say... gosh, it's been awhile since I posted. Unfortunately, it is true every time. :) Am I burnt out? Out of good material? My second child is totally getting jipped. Cause I was such a faithful and consistent blogger with Kaiya.

Here's a little fun for your Friday. Actually... not sure if you will think it is funny unless you attend Elevation, our church. But these two are a drummer and keyboard player at church and they entertain us each week as they really get into performing. Last Sunday was a Student Takeover week so they made this video for church on Sunday. I think the students thought it was as cool as us adults did. :)

"Tippity Top" Music Video from Elevation Church on Vimeo.

Overheard from the Kitchen

Last night the kids and Tony were playing in the living room while I did some things in the kitchen. Tony had to tell Kaleb to settle down and after he finished I heard Kaiya say to Tony: "You are not the mommy!" (wonder if she has heard that before?)

She then turned to Kaleb and started bossing him around herself. In which case, Tony pointed out the same to her.

Geesh! Guess the mommy holds some power in this house! :)

Wow guys... not much energy going into the blog lately. I've really missed the consistency of posting frequently. Gonna have to get inspired soon. :) I've been working a little on generating content for the office website. It's a work in progress with several more elements coming, including my own little page, where I will be posting healthy recipes and tips. Should be fun. Keep in mind it is very rough right now... but you can check it out: www.providencefamilychiro.com

Have a great weekend!