This week we have implemented 2 new items in the Barela home…timers. One for Mason’s room and one for Kaia and Theia’s room. There are several reasons that led me to OSH where I purchased my 2 new best friends. Mason no longer takes naps but now has alone time in his room. Up until […]
Well it’s official we have a preschooler in the house. We are doing a preschool co-op with 3 other families from our church you each have one 4 year old. There are 3 rowdy boys and 1 sweet girl that make up our little preschool. We’ve only done 2 weeks (one day each) but so […]
TA-DA!!! So friends here it is. My new blog, thanks to Mr. Barela! Didn’t he do a great job?!? There are parts that were a collaborative effort but mostly, (like all the techy stuff) it was all him. I love it and I’m so thankful for all the work he put into it. And so […]
As you may have noticed my blog is looking a little different. I’m changing things up a bit with the help of my oh so techy husband,Brian. This gives me a good chance to take a little break from blogging for the next week to get things set up and catch up on life a […]
Here’s an amusing story that I thought I would share with you. Just a little insight into my life. Most mornings I try to have a little quiet time to myself to prepare for the day and spend time with the Lord. In an ideal world I would do this every and for 30-45 minutes. […]
Last night I caught some cute pics of the girls putting their babies in time out. I’m not sure what the babies did but Miss K took her baby to the designated time out spot and was very stern with her baby saying “No. No. No. You sit.” Yes, this does sound very familiar. I’ve […]
Just last Saturday, somewhere around mile 8 of my 17 mile run did it hit me that I am going to be running a marathon! I’ve been training since the summer sometime, following a schedule as best I can with the realities of our travels this summer and just everyday life with 3 little ones […]
I’m getting ready to head to campus with the kids for our first CRU meeting of the school year! We are excited to start another year of ministry at Chico State with Campus Crusade for Christ. We have had a great week so far passing our fliers and water bottles, doing surverys, hosting a movie […]
MASON intelligent funny, more like hilarious sensitive extrovert good dancer silly lots of energy amazing memory protective loves Jesus imaginative loves scooter ride with Daddy good baker Daddy’s little clone Mommy’s little dude good eater good question asker thinker loves his night-night he takes to bed has to have snuggle time before bed prays for […]
This weekend we celebrated the little man’s 4th birthday which is tomorrow. We went low key. Invited a couple of friends, ordered $5 Little Ceasars pizza, sliced some watermelon, threw out some carrots and dip, made a cake, got ice cream, filled up the kiddie pool, put out slip-n-slide and called it a party! It […]