Top Ten Tuesday

Top ten reasons {today} that I am blessed. . . . in no particular order!

1. Dental Insurance - Jerry's wisdom teeth were pulled this morning because one of them was giving him quite a bit of pain.  I'm not sure if most of you know this, but dental work is expensive!  Tooth extraction starts at $197.40 a tooth - so $798.60 for all four wisdom teeth - and $75.00 for a panoramic xray bringing the total to $864.60!  Our dental insurance pays 80% of any work done (fillings/extractions) - Thank goodness!  Now the preventative services such as two cleanings a year is 100% covered. . . Kid's go next week when Jerry goes back to have his stitches removed.  = )
2. Dr. Tracy - I know it goes along with the first one, but I am grateful that he was able to see Jerry so quick.  And that he was able to take care of him, even though his teeth were difficult, he really did take good care of him.  I honestly think it helped that he was the one that pulled my wisdom teeth - he still had all our dental insurance and such on hand.  And I think it helped that Jerry's sister goes to church with him and his family and she mentioned that her brother was coming in to see him.  No matter why - he was wonderful this morning and Jerry liked him even with the pain he was in!
3. Free Babysitting - I am thankful for my sister-in-law and her babysitting services!  She offered to take both boys with her to Emily's play date and to the library so that they didn't have to sit 4-hours in the dentist's waiting room with me this morning. 
4. Naps - The boys were so worn out from playing with their cousin this morning that they both passed out and took naps this afternoon.  Jerry's been sleeping since we came home from the dentist {he worked all night last night so he was tired!}.  Mommy got free time!!  And of course, instead of cleaning or doing laundry, I took a tiny nap too!  It was much needed after all the stress this morning.
5. Electricity & Water - Without both I could not have gotten the amount of laundry and cleaning that I got done today!  I'm not sure what they did in the olden days, I surely wouldn't have survived!
6. Warmer Weather - I've been able to get a few things taken care of outside today.  Now I have to find time to burn the trash in the burn pit.  I hope it's still nice out tomorrow so that I can get the boxes burned.  The dogs have also been outside most of the day - playing and running around like a crazy flock. . . now they are all snoozing and being good.
7. Chloe's School - it's a small town K-12 school and they are amazing.  The school calls when your student hits a negative balance on their lunch account, that way you know to send more money.  Well Chloe's account went negative on Friday, so Monday morning Jerry sent lunch money to school with her.  Only last night, the school called again saying that Chloe's account was still negative.  I called up this morning and the lunch lady was able to hunt down Chloe's envelope with the lunch money it in. . . and put it in her account so I shouldn't get anymore phone calls about a negative balance for a while!  I love it when I am treated with a sense of urgency and they call you back asap!
8. Tylenol #3 - I woke up this morning with a horrible headache and after 4 hours of regular Tylenol doing nothing to touch my pain, my Tylenol #3 took out my headache in the matter of minutes!
9. Lego's - I am thankful that Jacob loves Lego's and I can use them as bribery to get him to go potty on the toilet!  It looks like we are on the right track again. . . Him and I have an understanding that for every 7 days he goes accident free, I will buy him a Monster Truck Lego.  He loves the green one he got and it well on his way to add a yellow one to his collection! 
10. Birthday Parties - Tonight we are going to celebrate a little boys 7th Birthday!  My nephew, Alex turned 7 last weekend and we are going bowling with all the kids!!  I doubt Jerry will be making it but the kids and I will have a great time, I'm sure! 

Top Ten Tuesday - May 31

Being that this Tuesday falls on the last day of the month, I'm going to to recap the top ten moments of May. . .

1. Milestones - Jaxen turned 5 months old and wants to do so much!  You can just see it in his eyes. . . May 30th, Jaxen sat up by himself!  Yet another milestone for the baby book!  Somebody tell this kid to slow down!
2. Tee Ball - On May 10th, Chloe started her 2nd and final year in tee ball.  I ♥ being a tee ball mom!!!  Chloe is ten time more confident this year and it shows in the way she plays.  I look forward to Tuesday's and Thursday's at the ball field!
3. Carter James Noble - I have a nephew!!  First one by blood!  Carter was born on May 6th at 4:11am, weighing 7 pounds 12 ounces & 21 inches long!  I'm floating on cloud nine, he's absolutely wonderful and I can't wait to see the man he's going to become.
4. Volunteering - My family celebrated Memorial Day Weekend by volunteering for Children's Miracle Network. . . We had an awesome time and raised a total of $856.06 in two days.  Jerry and I taught our kids how to make a difference in someone else's life just because they can!
5. Field Trip - I got to go on Chloe's very first field trip.  We went to the Kansas City Zoo.  I got to ride the bus with Chloe and her classmates.  I absolutely loved spending the day at the Zoo with my girl and 31 of her friends! :o)
6. Mother's Day - Mother's Day is always a good day!  My kids are so good to me.  What a difference a year makes. . . it was one year on Mother's Day that the pregnancy test showed that I was going to be a mother again!!  Children are gifts from God - Mothers are just the angels that protect them. 
7. Kindergarten -  Chloe's last day of Kindergarten was bittersweet, she got off the bus yelling, "I'm a first grader!!".  And that she was. . . her grades were amazing and once again she got perfect attendance!
8. Girl Scouts - Chloe's first year as a Daisy Girl Scout is coming to an end, during the month of May we finalized our plans to spend our money.  We are going camping!!  The girls are really excited and for most of them, Chloe included, this will be their first camping trip.
9. Tornado's - By now everyone knows about the EF-5 Tornado that hit Joplin, Mo.  But a week later my family was in the direct line of tornado's. . . I spent the day hiding out at Walmart while tornado's hit Louisburg, KS & Sedalia, MO.  Chloe's school is only 7 miles away from where the tornado touched down in Louisburg.  Sedalia was hit hard on the south side.  Thank God that nothing bad happened. . . Lord knows we were close enough to them all!
10. Osama bin Laden - Everyone remembers where they were on September 11, 2001 and now I remember were I was on May 1st when we found out that Osama Bin Laden was dead!! God Bless America!  US Forces took down #1 on our Most Wanted List. . . we can all sleep better knowing that there is one less terrorist in the world.