ITS MY BIRTHDAY!

 TONIGHT, WE ALL WENT OUT TO DINNER TO OLYMPIC FOR MY BIRTHDAY! WE HAD A WONDERFUL TIME AS ALWAYS! MY SON MADE ME ONE PROUD MOMMY TONIGHT! ALL TWELVE OF US WERE SITTING AT THE BIGGEST TABLE IN THE CENTER OF THE RESTUARANT TOGETHER AND THE WAITRESS STARTED BRINGING US OUR FOOD. CARTER ALL OF SUDDEN SAYS EVERYONE LETS PRAY. HE MADE ALL OF US HOLD HANDS WHILE HE PRAYED FOR US! IT WAS THE SWEETEST THING EVER! IT MAKES ME SEE THAT THROUGH ALL THE MISTAKES I DO MAKE AS A MOTHER, THAT THERE IS SOMETHING I MUST BE DOING RIGHT! OUR KIDS ARE AMAZING! THEY HAVE A HEART FOR GOD! WHAT MORE COULD A MOTHER ASK FOR! AFTER DINNER WE ALL CAME TO MY HOUSE TO HAVE ICE CREAM CAKE FROM BASKIN ROBBINS! IT WAS SOOOO GOOD! THANK MOM AND EM FOR THAT! HERE ARE A FEW PICTURES I GOT TONIGHT! PEASE EXCUSE THE MESS IN THE BACKGROUND OF ALL THESE PICTURES. WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF TAKING UP ALL OF OUR CARPET AND STAINING THE CONCRETE AND WE ARE HAVING THE WHOLE HOUSE PAINTED NEXT WEEK! ITS A BIG MESS RIGHT NOW BUT WILL BE ALL WORTH IT IN THE END! ENJOY!

THE BIG 2-5

YEP THATS RIGHT, I TURNED THE BIG 2-5 TODAY! IM HALF WAY TO 50 NOW! THAT SEEMS OLD! BIRTHDAYS USE TO BE FUN BUT NOW THEY JUST SEEM LIKE ANOTHER DAY. I WOKE UP THIS MORNING TO CLEAN HOUSE, RUN ERRANDS, AND DO ALL THE MOMMYS THINGS I USUALLY DO! TONIGHT WE ARE GOING OUT TO DINNER WITH THE FAMILY AND IM HOPING I GET MY FAVORITE ICE CREAM CAKE FROM BASKIN ROBBINS! MY MOM USE TO GET ME THOSE ALL THE TIME FOR MY BIRTHDAY! THEY ARE SOOO GOOD! A FRIEND DID TELL ME LAST YEAR THAT GETTING OLDER ISNT SO BAD! YOU GET BETTER AND WISER WITH AGE AND THIS YEAR I DO FEEL THAT WAY! I DO FEEL LIKE A BETTER PERSON AND DEFINITLEY MORE WISER THAN 5 YEARS AGO! I DID (WHILE IN THE SHOWER WITH TWO CHILDREN AND 50 TOYS) THIS MORNING STOP TO THANK GOD FOR ANOTHER YEAR OF LIVING HERE ON EARTH WITH GOOD HEALTH AND THE BEST FAMILY! THAT MEANS A LOT THESE DAYS TO JUST BE ALIVE AND WELL! SO, THANK YOU LORD FOR ALLOWING ME ANTOHER YEAR TO CELEBRATE MY BIRTHDAY AND TO HOPE FOR MANY MORE BIRTHDAY TO COME!



HOLDING ON!

 JUST A COUPLE PICTURES I GOT OF THE KIDS WEDNESDY NIGHT AT CHURCH WHILE IN THEIR CLASS! THEY WERE HAVING A LIL TOO MUCH FUN THT NIGHT!

JUST A CUTE PICTURE I GOT OF THE KIDS THE OTHER DAY. I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYONE OR ANY KID ATTACHED TO THEIR BED AS MUCH AS JAYCIE! SHE LOVES HER BED!!!! AND ALSO SHE LOVES HER ELLIE. THATS HER WHITE PUPPY AND THE ONLY THING, LET ME REPEAT, ONLY THING SHE LETS IN HER BED WITH HER EXCEPT HER BLANKET, WHEN SHE IS GOING TO SLEEP! ITS THE DARNEST THING I HAVE EVER SEEN! SHE DOES LET CARTER IN THERE EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE TO PLAY FOR A FEW MINUTES BUT SHE LETS HIM KNOW ITS HER BED!!! CARTER WAS SEEPING IN A FULL BED BEFORE HE EVER TURNED 1 1/2 BUT JAYCIE SLEEPS SO GOOD IN HER CRIB AND SHE LOVES IT SO MUCH THAT I JUST DONT WANT TO RUIN A GOOD THING AND SET HER TWIN BED UP JUST YET! ITS JUST MOMMY HOLDING ON TO THAT LIL PIECE OF THE BABY STAGE STILL! I CANT HELP IT PEOPLE!!!

GET READY!

THIS IS MY NEW BABY THAT JUST CAME IN! THIS IS MY BIRTHDAY PRESENT FROM MY WONDERFUL MOTHER-IN-LAW!!! IVE BEEN WITHOUT A CAMERA FOR ABOUT 3 MONTHS NOW, SO I AM SOOO EXCITED TO FINALLY HAVE ONE AGAIN! THIS ONE IS THE NEWEST TOUCHSCREEN CANON HAS COME OUT WITH, SO ITS GOING TO TAKE SOME GETTING USE TO BUT IM SURE IT WONT BE A PROBLEM! GET READY FOR LOTS OF PICTURES TO COME!

LOVE DAY!

 HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY TO YOU ALL!
XOXO

BUILD A BEAR

I KNEW WITH THIS SNOW STORM COMING TOMORROW, WE WOULD BE SNOWED IN FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK, SO I DECIDED TO TAKE THE KIDS SHOPPING TODAY! ME AND THE KIDS AND AUNT EM MET MEME AND MOM AT THE MALL FOR LUNCH AND TO DO A LIL SHOPPING. I DIDN'T GET MUCH SHOPPING IN THOUGH BECAUSE IT WAS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF MY KIDS NAP TIME! I'M SURE THAT WAS QUITE ALRIGHT WITH MY HUSBAND THOUGH :)  SO ANYWAYS, WE WENT TO BUILD A BEAR FOR THE FIRST TIME TODAY! CARTER IS THE PRIME AGE FOR THIS KIND OF STUFF. HE WAS ALL INTO IT! HE GOT A HORSE AND JAYCIE PICKED A BUNNY! THEY ARE BOTH SO CUTE!

WE DID IT !

 THIS MORNING, ALL FOUR OF US GOT UP AND GOT READY AND WENT TO SUNDAY SCHOOL FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A YEAR! CARTER WAS ALL EXCITED ABOUT BEING IN MRS. PATSY'S SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS SO I WAS HOPING AND PRAYING THAT HE WOULD STAY IN THERE BY HIMSELF THIS MORNING! AND TO MY SURPRISE, HE DID IT! HE HAD FUN AND LEARNED ABOUT JESUS HE SAID! AND THEN DURING CHURCH BOTH JAYCIE AND CARTER WENT TO THE NURSERY AND STAYED WITH MRS KATHY AND MRS TERI ALL BY THEMSELVES WITH NO CRYING INVOLVED AT ALL! IT WAS A VERY GOOD DAY AT CHURCH! GREAT SERVICE AND MY HUSBAND WAS THERE BY MY SIDE! GOD IS SO GOOD!

ON A MORE SAD NOTE, YESTERDAY MORNING WE GOT THE CALL THAT GENE'S UNCLE JIMMY HAD PASSED AWAY! WE KNEW IT WAS COMING BUT YOU ARE NEVER READY FOR THAT KIND OF NEWS! GENE HAS NO BLOOD RELATION TO UNCLE JIMMY BUT HE WAS GENE'S ADOPTED DAD WE WILL SAY! GENE'S DAD DIED BEFORE HE WAS EVEN TWO AND UNCLE JIMMY STEPPED IN AND HELP RAISE GENE AND MOLD HIM INTO THE LOVING, CARING, AND SPECIAL MAN HE IS TODAY AND I AM SO VERY THANKFUL FOR UNCLE JIMMY DOING THAT! HE WILL ALWAYS HAVE A SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART EVEN THOUGH I WAS LESS FORTUNATE TO KNOW HIM. I FIRST MET HIM A FEW WEEKS AGO WHILE HE WAS IN THE HOSPITAL BUT I HAVE HEARD SO MUCH ABOUT HIM, I KNEW HIM WITHOUT KNOWING HIS FACE. HE BOUGHT GENE HIS FIRST TRUCK, TOOK GENE FISHING, AND JUST WAS THERE FOR HIM ALL HIS LIFE! I KNOW GENE MISSES HIM SO MUCH ALREADY AND TO SEE MY HUSBAND HURT, BREAKS MY HEART EVEN MORE! 

TWO LIL MONKEY'S

 JUST SHOWING OFF THE KIDS NEW SHIRTS THAT MY FRIEND CANDI MADE FOR THEM! AREN'T THEY JUST PRECIOUS! SHE ALWAYS DOES A WONDERFUL JOB! WISH I HAD TALENT LIKE THIS!

THIS MORNING WE WENT TO VISIT CARTER'S FUTURE PRE-SCHOOL/SCHOOL! IT WAS SO NICE AND I LOVE MRS. SUSAN WHITE! SWEETEST LADY EVER! SHE WAS MY FRESHMAN ENGLISH TEACHER AND GENE AND HER SONS PLAYED BASEBALL TOGETHER! SHES OVER THE TIPTON CHRISTIAN ACADEMY AND THAT'S DEFINITELY WHERE WE WANT OUR KIDS TO BE GOING TO SCHOOL!  WE ARE SO EXCITED AND SO IS CARTER!

SPUR OF THE MOMENT TRIP

 YESTERDAY, SPUR OF THE MOMENT, GENE AND I DECIDED TO TAKE THE KIDS TO THE ZOO! WE DIDN'T GET THERE TILL AFTER 3PM BUT MAN DID WE PICK A GOOD TIME AND DAY! ALL THE ANIMALS WERE OUT AND ABOUT PLAYING AND EATING THEIR DINNER! WE HAD A REALLY GOOD TIME! ENJOY OUR PICTURES!  

 WATCHING FOR THE SEALS WHICH WERE SWIMMING AROUND EVERYWHERE, ALL 4 OF THEM!

THIS IS STILL CARTER'S FAVORITE ANIMAL TO SEE AT THE ZOO!

CHUCK-E-CHEESE

 TODAY KELLY, EMILY AND I TOOK THE KIDS TO CHUCK E CHEESE FOR A FUN DAY OUT! OF COURSE, IT WAS ANOTHER RAINY DAY BUT I DON'T MIND ESPECIALLY IF WE ARE DOING SOMETHING FUN IN DOORS! WE STAYED FROM 10 TO ALMOST 1! THE KIDS PLAYED AND PLAYED AND PLAYED SOME MORE! THEY HAD A BLAST! WE SHOULD DEFINITELY DO THAT MORE OFTEN!