Easter...

Happy belated Easter! We had an excellent Easter. Let's see where do I want to begin. Saturday Matt worked at the fire station and came home Sunday morning. Talin, my new nephew, spent the night with the boys and I. He slept through the night until 5am. It took him 1.5 hrs to eat his bottle, then he spit up twice, decided to play and refuse to go back to sleep until 0715 which was the time that I needed to get up. I got up and got in the shower which woke him back up. The boys got up about 0745 and played on the bed with him while I got ready. FINALLY Matt got home. Together we conquered getting ourselves ready for church along with 3 boys. We were ready to go load up in the car for church when all of the sudden Talin spit up ALL OVER Matt. When I say all over I mean everywhere. His clothes, the kitchen floor, and of course Talin. So being the wonderful mother that I am I cleaned Talin up while repeatedly scolding my own children that we don't play in vomit. Then I had to clean the kitchen up while Matt was changing. Matt decided that Talin must have not liked his Easter outfit. We got to church about 15 minutes late. It was a really great service. After church we all took a 2.5 hr nap. I definitely needed it because I had been up since 0500. When we woke up, Noah make cupcakes to take to my parents house and we went over there. We played on the jet ski's, swam in their pool and visited until 0900pm. Then we came home and went to bed. It was a fun and busy weekend. We are now refreshed and ready to start a new fun filled week.

Long time no post... Again

Ok, so as you can tell I am no longer the best blogger in the world. Life is crazy and technology is time consuming. I joined facebook so I do the majority of catching up on there. It has been a fun thing to do. So you are probably asking "what's new"? Well here goes...

-Logan turned 3 years old on Febuary 12th.He is so funny. His new thing that he says all of the time is "umm, let me think about that for a moment" while he puts his finger on his cheek. He doesn't even know he is funny. He loves to play outside. The dirtier he gets the better.
-Noah is now playing baseball every Saturday. He is on a team with Reece and Charlie. He plays first base or third base. It is probably the cutest thing to watch. Not that I am at all prejudice. He is almost done with his preschool. They have their graduation in the beginning of May.
-Matt is working at the same firestation 36. He is doing really well. He starts playing on our church softball team tonight. He is really excited about it!
-I have been very busy with work and being a mommy. Nothing really new as far as I am concerned. Still praying for a miracle to have a baby.

That's about it. The Butschek family in a nut shell.

Video and pictures... LONG overdue

Where do I begin???

Since I have not blogged in almost a month, I have a lot to catch you up on. I took off 2 weeks of work after my sister had her baby "Talin". It was fabulous!!! I had so much fun with my kids and hers. I felt like a real stay at home mom. Then reality set back in and I went back to work. At least I like what I do for a living.

Matt got cleared by the oncologist to go back to work on full active duty. He will start his first 24 hour shift back on Monday the 26th. He also got cleared by the oncologist to not have to come back and see him for another 6 months. AWESOME!!! We are starting to feel like life is getting back to normal again.

We have been toying with the idea of selling our house and moving. We still want to be in the Apopka area, we just want a bigger yard for the boys to play in. We don't know though. The market is really low, and we don't want to just give our house away. Almost everything inside of it is new. We are still praying about the timing.

The boys are hilarious!!! They definitely keep us going. They are both so animated when they tell you stories. They fight with each other all the time, but yet they play together really good as well. It is true brotherly love. I just signed Noah up for a new preschool for next year. I think he will really enjoy it. We are trying to decide what to do with Logan. He wants to be a "big boy" so bad. If you look at him, he is just as big as Noah. They weigh the exact same. Thirty eight pounds to be exact. Noah is 1.5 inches taller than Logan. Logan is 16 months younger than Noah. Yeah, I know, Logan is HUGH!!!

Anyways, I have to go. Matt is taking Noah to the monster truck rally. Logan and I are going to have a date at IKEA. I promise I will blog sooner.

Merry Christmas!!!

We had a wonderful Christmas. My sister had her baby on Christmas Eve at 1:13 pm. His name is Talin Justice Smothers. He weighed 7 lbs, 10 oz and was 19.5 inches long. He is so cute!! Jenny is doing well too. She is really sore from her cesarean section. The boys got new bikes. They are so funny to watch. Logan looks so big on his big boy bike. I would love to post new pictures but my camera broke. Matt and I are now in the middle of cleaning the house and putting up new blinds. Well I have to go. Logan needs help going potty. I'll post more later.

It's Christmas time!!

This weekend it hit me. We are so close to Christmas. It's next week. It's crazy how time flies by!! This weekend we went to my Grandfather's Christmas party. He is so cute. He seemed so happy to have everyone come to his party. However, I have to give a lot of the credit to my Aunt Kathy because she is really the person who put it all together. It was lovely and the food was great!!! Today we went to my Grandmother's house in Winter Haven. We always get all of my mom's side of the family together the Saturday before Christmas to celebrate Christmas. We eat and eat, then open gifts, then eat some more. The kids were so good. They had such a wonderful time. They played outside and rode their bikes all afternoon. It was a beautiful day!! On our way home we went to my Uncle Gary's house to see it. He just moved there and his house is gorgeous!! I am really happy for him.

Tomorrow Noah is going to be an angel in the church Christmas program. I will post pictures if I can later. He is so excited about it.

On a different note, tomorrow is exactly one year ago that Matt had his biopsy of his chest and was diagnosed with cancer. We didn't know what kind of cancer it was or how severe it was, we just knew it was bad. But God brought him through it and now he can stand here and say that he is CANCER FREE!!! He has been clear for four months now and doing EXCELLENT!!! I am so incredibly thankful to God for giving me a second chance with my husband and for providing for us in our time of need. I thank all of you for your love, support, and friendship this past year. No words could express how grateful we truly are for each of you!!! Merry Christmas!

Long time no post...

Well where do I start. The weekend before Thanksgiving we went camping with the boys for the very first time. We went to Kelly Park which is right down the street. Thank goodness we chose to go there because we went with Richie and Rachel Grubb and the first night Friday night the temperature got down to 38 degrees and Rachel and I (being the wise people that we are) took the boys home and took nice hot showers and slept in our nice warm beds. We went back to the campsite the next morning and ate breakfast and hung out all day. While the boys were napping, Rachel, Matt, and Richie went and bought space heaters for the tents. We actually slept out there the next night with the heaters, 4 blankets, and our body heat. It was 44 degrees. Yeah, it was cold. I worked on Thanksgiving. It was my only holiday to work this year. Matt and the kids went to my parents. Friday after Thanksgiving I went shopping with my cousin Angela. We had a great time. Matt went shopping on his own. Saturday we went to Seaworld with the Akers. The boys had a ball!!! They are still talking about that experience!! This weekend, Matt took the kids to his parents to visit them. I helped set up my sisters baby room for her. She is getting really close to having her baby. I am sooooo excited!!! Yesterday Matt and I went to Dolly and Jason's house and painted 2 rooms, washed all of the baby bedding, and painted a book shelf. We were trying to help them get their house ready for their new baby. Anyways, I am at work and I have to go now. I will write sooner next time.