Getting excited!

It is the holiday season again. Willie and my 31st birthday is right around the corner. Then you have Halloween which we have already started to get ready for.


I am thinking about have my first party this fall. A combined Halloween and birthday party. I think the kids would have fun with having some of their friends over for an evening of fun and games.
But what I am really getting excited about is not only the decorating but this year I am not working and I live right next door to my mother in law. Which means there will not be a lot of travel time to mess up baking for the holidays. It has become my favorite part of the whole holiday experience. We make all kinds of cookies and candies, and it is a lot of fun. I love how close Norma and I have gotten. Just thought I would share. Love ya all.

Glimmers Of Hope

As parents you always wonder if the things that you try to teach your children are making an impact. It seems that you have to repeat yourself so many times that they couldn’t possibly be learning. Then every once in a while they give you small glimmers of hope, when they don’t even know you are listening to them. For example we tell the kids “use your magic words” all the time. Taylor has been starting to take off with the older kids favorite toys which usually makes them scream “give it back, its mine!” She takes off running to me and says, “no! You didn’t say please!” To which the kids look at me like Mom get it back for me. I just shrug my shoulders and tell them to try asking nicely. Taylor usually gives what ever she has taken back after they ask nicely for it. I guess it is her way of getting the older kids attention. Also my small glimmer of hope that what we are trying to teach is working

Songs that make us laugh

So almost 2 years ago now I was told that my husband and I where "Backwoods UN-educated hicks." Which at the time really bugged me. But we have come to embrace that and have made it a running joke in the house with the kids and each other. When Willie and I hear these songs we laugh and say they are our theme songs. Thought I would share and hope you get the laugh that Willie and I do.









Oh and since I have not written in a while. Things are good with us. We are starting the new year out happy. Daisy is starting the pre-teen drama already. Marybeth just got glass last month and is enjoying being able to see better. John boy just lost his first tooth. Taylor is slowly starting to behave better in class. Work is going great for me. I love being up at the Service Desk.

First Snow

So I just looked outside my kitchen window while getting Tay some lunch. What should I see but a light snow coming down. I think we are in for a heck of a winter this year. Maybe there will be snow around long enough that we can take the kids sledding. We will see how long it will take for it to stick.

Been awhile.

So before the kids started school I went ad had their pictures taken. We had some much fun. The lady taken them actually took about 45 pictures because she was having a lot of fun with the kids and I. I was not a picky parent. So above is one of the group shots we took.

This is a sisters shot that I think came out really cute. Our niece fixed all the kids hair really cute. Which the kids loved being spoiled in that way.

I thought of this idea while the photographer was doing some other shots. I thought it would be really cute. Turned out I was write. I love John's face here. Taylor was all for giving brother loves too.

We let each child pick a background they wanted to have an individual picture done. Daisy is my book worm so it did not surprise me that this was the background she wanted. She tried not to smile but I stood just off to the side and tickled her a bit so she did. Daisy is in the 5th grade this year.

I love this picture of my Mar-bear. She is so sweet and loved flowers and butterflies. Marybeth is in the 3rd grade and loving it so far.

John said he wanted a background with fire. Well when he was picking out his background he didn't actually see the fire part of it but thought it was cool afterwards. John is in 1st grade this year.

We had a hard time with Tay's pictures because every time we tried to pose them she would scrunch up her nose and close her eyes. So we took a lot of candid shots of her. Which really didn't turn out too bad. I love this one. Taylor is in Kindergarten this year.

We are all doing really good. We are keeping busy with work and school and keeping up the house.

Oh what a summer

We have had a busy summer this year so far. It is about half over now and we still have some things planned.

For Willie and my ten year anniversary my Mom watched the kids for the weekend and we went camping and fishing. It was so much fun and so relaxing. We loved the alone time for 3 days.

When we got home we set up the tent and let the kids spend the night in it on our front lawn. Something would never even considered it in Arizona. They had so much fun. Taylor we wound up having to bring back inside because she just could not settle down and kept messing with the other kids.

The kids loved watching Mom play her games. They loved having her here in general. They really didn't want her to leave. She took John boy to see the new Transformers movie. He loved that.

The 4th of July weekend we went camping for the Snow Family Reunion. We had so much fun with that too. It rained off and on all weekend. This is a picture Daisy took of Taylor and I roasting marshmallows.

This is a picture of Willie and Aunt Carol making breakfast Saturday morning. We have a few more things planed too.