GOD'S BLESSINGS

HERE I AM AT 10:30 AT NIGHT BLOGGING AGAIN! THIS IS MY NEW FAVORITE HOBBY! BLOGGING WAS MADE FOR ME! GENE SAYS THIS IS MY OUTLET. I HAVE SO MUCH TO SAY AND SHARE ABOUT MY KIDS AND I'M SO SHY, THAT WRITING IS MY WAY TO EXPRESS MYSELF. I JUST LOVE IT! HERE IS CARTER AND UNCLE CASEY TODAY! THEY WERE RIDING THE 4-WHEELER AND CARTER WAS SO TIRED AFTER CHURCH THAT HE FELL ASLEEP! IT WAS SO FUNNY! WE FINALLY PUT HIM IN THE BED AND HE SLEPT FOR ABOUT 2 HOURS! CARTER'S NEW THING IS DANCING! HE LOVES TO DANCE ESPECIALLY IN THE CAR! HE WILL ROLL HIS HANDS AND ARMS AROUND AND ACT LIKE HE IS SNAPPING BUT HE MAKES THE SNAPPING NOISE WITH HIS MOUTH! LOL. TOO FUNNY AND SMART AT THE SAME TIME! WE JAM OUT IN THE CAR!

JAYCIE IS JUST GETTING SO BIG! CHANGING EVERY DAY! SHE HAS FOUND HER HANDS! SHE KNOWS THEY WORK NOW! SHE WILL JUST SIT FOR 10 TO 15 MINUTES AT A TIME PLAYING WITH HER PACIFIER BRINGING IT TO HER MOUTH AND THEN TAKING IT BACK OUT. SHE WILL LAY ON THE BED AND PLAY WITH HER FEET AND ROLL OVER AND JUST LOOK AROUND! SHES ALMOST SITTING UP TOO. SHE CAN DO IT FOR A FEW SECONDS ALREADY! GENE SAYS HE GIVES HER ANOTHER 3 WEEKS AND SHE WILL BE SITTING ON HER OWN! THIS WEEK I'M GOING TO TRY TO START FEEDING HER OATMEAL EVERY MORNING AND GIVING HER VEGGIES AND FRUIT IN THE AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS! SHE JUST DOES NOT LIKE THE SPOON YET! SHE STICKS HER TONGUE OUT AND WONT EVEN LET ME PUT IT IN HER MOUTH. WE WILL GET IT THOUGH! OH AND GENE AND I FOUND OUT TODAY THAT JAE LIKES POPSICLE! IF WE EVEN PUT IT CLOSE TO HER MOUTH SHE WILL STICK HER TONGUE OUT TO LICK IT! TOO FUNNY!!!

TODAY IN CHURCH JAYCIE AND CARTER WERE TRYING TO PREACH. SEE, WE SIT IN THE FRONT AND I FEEL LIKE WE ARE JUST THE CENTER OF ATTENTION. I THINK WE BETTER JUST MOVE TO THE SIDE AND BACK! LOL. THE PREACHER LOVES US BEING UP THERE AND TALKING ABOUT MY KIDS BUT I'M JUST NOT SURE IF THE REST OF MY CHURCH LIKES IT! HERE'S CARTER AND JAYCIE BEFORE CHURCH THIS MORNING. OF COURSE, CARTER HAS MY NEW HEELS ON WALKING AROUND THE BATHROOM! HIM AND HIS SHOES! HERE IS SWEET BABY JAE SLEEPING SO SOUNDLY!

I LOVE MY SWEET BABIES! THEY ARE A HANDFUL SOMETIMES BUT I WOULD NOT TRADE ONE SECOND!!!

CARTER WAS IN THE HORSE SHOW AGAIN LAST NIGHT! HE WON 3RD PLACE AGAIN! HE WAS SUCH A CUTIE! HE LOVES BEING UP THERE ON THAT HORSE. HIS COUSIN LAURA AND AUNT SUZI AND MEME CAME FROM MISSOURI TO WATCH HIM AND CASEY. PLUS OUR PREACHER AND FAMILY WERE THERE TO WATCH, GENE'S MOM AND ALL OF THE REST OF MY FAMILY. THEY HAD A BIG CROWD LAST NIGHT! WE ALWAYS HAVE A GOOD TIME UP THERE!

GENE'S AUNT AND UNCLE FROM NORTH CAROLINA ARE COMING TO VISIT THIS WEEKEND AND WE ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT MEETING THEM. GUESS I BETTER GET TO CLEANING THIS HOUSE REAL GOOD BEFORE FRIDAY! I THINK WE ARE GOING TO DO DINNER OVER HERE SATURDAY NIGHT WITH THEM BEFORE THE HORSE SHOW! WE ALSO HAVE OUR FRIENDS LIL GIRLS FIRST BIRTHDAY PARTY ON SUNDAY THIS WEEKEND! I THINK THIS IS OUR 3RD FIRST BDAY PARTY TO GO TO IN THE PAST MONTH! WE LOVE IT AND WOULDN'T MISS THEM FOR THE WORLD! OH AND WE ALSO HAVE TO GO TO MISSOURI FOR OUR COUSINS LAURA AND CARSON'S BAPTISM ON SUNDAY! WE ARE GOING TO BE VERY BUSY THIS WEEKEND BUT AREN'T WE ALWAYS! WE WOULDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO IF WE WEREN'T BUSY AND ON THE GO ALL THE TIME!

I THINK I GET SO WRAPPED UP IN MY KIDS AND OUR BUSY LIFE THAT I FORGET TO INCLUDE MY HUSBAND! GENE IS THE BEST THING THAT EVER HAPPENED TO ME! HIS MOM SURE DID A GOOD JOB RAISING HIM! HE SO GOOD TO ME AND OUR CHILDREN! I HAVE TO ADMIT THAT I HAVE LOVED HIM BEING HERE WITH US ALMOST EVERY SECOND THIS PAST MONTH! HE HAS HELPED ME SO MUCH WITH THE KIDS! HE AN AMAZING FATHER ! MY SISTER AND MOM GIVE ME CRAP(JUST JOKING AROUND) WHEN I'M WITH THEM AND GENE'S SOMEWHERE ELSE AND GENE AND I ARE TEXTING EACH OTHER THE WHOLE DAY WE ARE APART...BUT ISN'T THAT GOOD THAT WE LOVE TO TALK TO EACH OTHER? YES THERE ARE TIMES WE NEED OUR SPACE BUT FOR THE MOST PART WE ENJOY EACH OTHERS COMPANY AND WE WORK REAL GOOD TOGETHER! SO GENE, I'M SORRY FOR LEAVING YOU OUT SOMETIMES. YOU KNOW OUR KIDS DEMAND MOST OF MY ENERGY BUT YOUR STILL MY BIGGEST FAN! I LOVE YOU HUNNY!!
ALLIGATOR FOOD!!!

I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MINUTE TO THANK GOD FOR EVERY BLESSING IN MY LIFE! YES, GENE AND I HAVE SOME HARD TIMES AND SOME DAYS I DON'T KNOW IF ILL MAKE IT ANOTHER MINUTE. I GET STRESSED OUT REAL EASY BUT AT THOSE VERY MOMENTS I TAKE A SECOND AND PRAY TO GOD AND JUST GIVE IT ALL TO HIM. I JUST LOVE MY LORD! HE'S SO GOOD! WHEN I GET STRESSED, I REMIND MYSELF THAT I HAVE SO MUCH TO BE THANKFUL FOR. I DON'T NEED TO TAKE AWAY FROM THOSE VERY MOMENTS, I NEED TO JUST LET GOD GET US THROUGH! AND HE ALWAYS DOES!!! I DON'T KNOW ABOUT TOMORROW BUT I KNOW WHO HOLDS MY HAND!!!