It's All About the Benjamin's

so funny

2011-01-25T13:23:00.000-08:00

A couple of weeks ago it snowed and iced at our house. My workaholic husband wouldn't let that keep him from going to work. He went out to start our van and THE DOORS WERE FROZEN. he comes and wakes me up and ask me how to unthaw them. i told him to pour hot water in the crack but not to pour it near the windows. he comes back in the house after a little while and says it didn't work,but he got the back of the van opened and climbed through. as i started questioning him he finally came out with it and said the doors were never frozen they were locked and he realized this after he climbed through the van and looked over and he saw the door lock.

He finally made it to work.
15 years and still counting!!
Gotta Love em

Jaxx Logan Benjamin

2011-01-06T10:40:00.000-08:00

November 15,2010
7lb 10oz

There is hope!!!!

2010-07-26T15:28:00.000-07:00

As some of you know, Chris decided that he was old enough to have a girl friend this year ( while he was only 14). He was caught accepting some pretty crazy text and has had his phone taken more than he has had it. I wanted Him to realize why he should not have a girlfriend, so i did not MAKE him break it off with her. I knew he would only sneak around behind my back, but there has been no luck there until this past week!!!
Chris went to youth conference this past week and had a great time. I was crossing my fingers. He was not allowed to take his phone, But we did find out that the host family he was staying with let him use their computer so therefore he was able to IM his "girlfriend". He came home late sat. night, came to mine and Irwin's room and layed with us, which he likes to do a lot just to annoy us, but this time was different. Irwin had to write a letter telling him how he joined the church. We had to send it to conference for him to read. He told us that it almost made him cry. That means he did and that at Testimony meeting he almost cried, that also means he did. He said that he had broken up with his "girlfriend" and he had a new FRIEND but was not interested in Dating. I was pretty much asleep while we were talking to him but this news made me fully awake. He hates that he did not take the opportunity to go to EFY this year but has already asked to go next year. He has had a few of his friends asking constantly why he is no longer dating. he has no problem telling them he does not need a girl friend and that is that.

For chris this is a big deal. he is a follower and worries all the time what people think of him. I have told him how proud of him I am that he was able to see the importance of keeping a clean mind and body and just being a kid and enjoying life.
I am so thankful for the youth that we have here and for how they all show Chris love and guidance so he does not feel alone. And he still gets to hug those girls. Because that is one thing he is not ashamed to tell anyone. He loves Girls!!

So you see no matter what there is always hope.
Just think, I let him drive me around all day today. He Never though that would ever happen.

Chow For Now!!

Lots to say!!

2010-07-11T16:39:00.000-07:00

Well I have been oh so terrible at keeping up my blog lately. And taking pictures, well that is a diffrent story. Lately I can't even remember my name, so I definitely can't remember to take my camera anywhere.

Avery turned 7 and had an awesome bday party. We had all his friends from his class at church and a few other friends. They played at the pool, had a pinata and cake. fun fun I know!!

A friend helped me make an awesome cake.

This is the cake we were trying to copy. I think we did an awesome job:)

Sorry no pictures of the awesome(not) pinata that I made. It took forever and I will probably not do it ever again, but the kids really enjoyed killing it with a bat. After our great handy DAD trio figured how to hang it.

FOURTH OF JULY

Oh so fun!! Irwin's brother and his family visited with us and were able to go to the 4th of july breakfast our ward has each year. then that evening we packed up food, drinks and kids and headed to the park for fireworks. We found an Awesome place to park all our stuff. Right in the shade and out of the way of the millions of people there were. Tony( Irwin's Bro) brought a grill and we had a ball. Some friends joined us so the kids were even distracted and all were happy for the most part. I love get togethers with family and friends. Just love it!!

We went for our Ultra Sound on Tuesday and I made it through it with NO crying. I do not know what we are having but at least I can hold on hope for another couple of months.Maybe just maybe it could happen.

Taylor You owe Me $50 and I am coming to collect :)
Now I just have to figure out a name and it will not be DUKE or CAMERON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

slacker!! I know

2010-05-04T11:36:00.000-07:00

I know I am a little behind but EASTER was fun!!

Tellis had fun relaxing. I thought he looked like he was in a cocoon!

Me, Bailey, Avery, Dad and Caitlin went for a morning of fishing at the lake. I caught nothing But the boys had a blast!

We went back to the lake the next day for some water fun, swinging, and eating you know all the good stuff!!

Avery had an accident before we left Raleigh and I had to Shave his hair off. He hates to be bald so we shaved an arrow in his head like Avatar.

Of course we Had to Dye EASTER EGGS!!

THIS is one of Tellis" big reasons for coming to the mountains!! FOUR WHEELERS!

not all of the cousins were here or didn't want to be pictured ( my niece said we could just write a note at the bottom like they do in the papers" not pictured" and list them :) she is a hoot)

Chris just finished his drivers ed class and i am sorry to say if it is up to me this is all he will be driving. Off subject I know????

cute little chick a deee

and for those of you who don"t know, WE R EXPECTING AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And I am not posting prego pics. no way!!

Lucky #2

2010-03-10T07:08:00.000-08:00

So the last time I posted Bailey was the man of the week and my boys have done it again!!
We had a Bingo night at or clubhouse last night. Irwin and I always go because one of the prizes is $$cash off your next months rent and if you know Irwin, yea anyway. So we went and between Bailey and Chris and the lady liking us we came home with some cups, insulated cup, recyclable grocery bag, $50 off rent, a $20 gift card to the movies, a $20 gift card to Target and 3 weeks of free tanning ( that I can't use, any takers?)

Is that funny or what?

The Man!!

2010-02-24T09:49:00.000-08:00

I have no luck at all, but my boys seem to have better luck than anyone I know. Friday, Irwin and I went to a special awards ceremony for Bailey where he won a Bicycle. He could not believe it, he was sooo surprised. I wanted to tell him because the school called Irwin and told him a couple of days earlier. I HATE to keep secrets like that but I wanted to see his face when it happened and ofcourse I got a picture but ofcourse it is on my phone and I don't know how to get it off??? oh well

Then Saturday morning Bailey had his pinewood derby. he won FIRST PLACE in his age group. And ofcourse once again I did not get pictures. I was not there.

so I think for last week Bailey was THE MAN.
Now this week is a different story. I have already found his phone in the wash. Still trying to figure out if this is his fault or mine. It would be really nice if I could find his Glasses in the wash.

What Kids Think!!

2010-02-17T07:31:00.000-08:00

Chris does his homework on the computer and leaves all his trash laying on the desk. I found an assignment he left and thought it was so funny because he had to write things about his self. It went like this:

CHRIS

Sarcastic, Funny, Talkative and Trustworthy.

Brother of Elijah( his best friend)

Lover of sleeping, GIRLS and Money

who feels relaxed and confident

Who needs time alone, time to goof

off and time to be serious

Who gives friendship, advice and

forgiveness

Who fears the DARK(my fault), being homeless

and weird people

Who would like to see Hawii, the X

games, Bernie Mac

resident of xxxxxxx,xxxxxx

BENJAMIN

I love to hear what my kids think of themselves.

new cut and color!! Again!!

2010-01-26T12:15:00.000-08:00

The wind was blowing pretty bad so I don't really look like a rooster head, but hey you never know.

see no rooster!!

LIKE IT?????????????

Merry Christmas

2009-12-15T07:30:00.000-08:00

cute backgrounds!!

2009-11-15T16:06:00.000-08:00

My style backgrounds I found this new cite that has some adorable headers and backgrounds and thought I would share:)

Happy Birthday Tellis!!

2009-11-05T09:55:00.000-08:00

I am a bit late posting but better late than never:)We tried all day to get Tellis to take a nap. Right before his friends arrived he fell asleep so that is why he is the only one in his pj's. good thing it was a dress up party.
He said he wanted to have a SPOOKY party. So we did the best we could.

Here are the spooky spider cupcakes!!

Green Gool punch with skeleton heads and Monster Mouths

Avery and Hannah putting faces on the pumpkin.

April Helped play games with the kids. Here is tellis being choked by his loving brother.

Then it was time for presents.

The next day he had a pretty special day too. Thank you Nana and Grandaddy!!!!!
they sent some money for Tellis' special day.
Irwin and I took him to eat at chick fil a and let him play forever in the play land then took him to the store and said he could get what ever he wanted!! He chose a shopping cart, another gun, and this tow truck that he has been obsessed about.

State Fair

2009-10-29T08:53:00.000-07:00

we had a great time at the fair. Last year we had a wonderful person secretly give us free tickets for all of us and so many ride tickets we could not use them all. This year we were able to buy our ride tickets ahead of time and two kid tickets so it would be cheaper. we had planned on going on FOOD LION day. You have to bring 4 cans of food per person and get in. we did go on Food Lion day but a few days before we went some one put two adult tickets on Irwin's chair. It wasn't as much as last year but that is all we needed this year. I am so thankful for those wonderful people out there that see the needs of others and ,without a thought, give and expect nothing in return. Not even a Thank You. On to our fair pics.

Tellis loves Vroom vrooms. I had to take him on every one he seen.

He was very relaxed :)

another Vroom Vroom!

Chris and Bailey also took their turn on the kiddie rides. tellis could not ride alone and avery wouldn't ride this one.(Thanks brothers)

Tellis has come to love the choo choo trains so he went into hysterics when he saw this one.

After we used all our ride tickets we went for the food.( I can't post those pictures because it keeps turning them sideways? who knows :p) Irwin and I had the turkey leg, Chris went for the Philly cheese steak, and tellis, bailey and avery had pizza. yum yum. Bailey was so excited and made us look all over for the deep fried snickers. I will give that a 1 time yum. not the best but had to try it.

I almost forgot the best thing of all for the fair. Irwin was working at the fair the morning after we went, when he got there he saw all the cans that people had left in the grass. I guess they got there the night before, a little late for the can donation, so they didn't want to carry them around. What does my husband do? You know it he gathered up all the bags of canned food and brought them home :) That is Irwin for ya!!

My kids had fun making towers out of all the cans.

Jack-O-Lantern

2009-10-20T05:49:00.001-07:00

we (I) had fun carving our jack-o-lantern this year. After it was carved Tellis decided he didn't want a scary Face. too late!! Avery and bailey's job was getting the seeds out and seperated so we could salt them and cook them and no one eat them :) Irwin and Chris took pictures and made jokes.
In the end I was sitting there cutting by myself all the boys left and went out to play and Irwin left for work ;$ gotta love Halloween.
Family times are fun no matter how you go about fitting that time in.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!

Last days of summer!

2009-09-26T10:18:00.000-07:00

We have a neighbor that Avery has just grown to love like a mother. she took him(along with Bailey and one of her sons) to the beach for the day. as you can see he had a ball. he played with her, not the boys. She absolutely loves him. She was telling me that when they got home, she had sooo much sand in her car. It was not on the seats or the floor,But on the headrest. I told her we call our boys hair VELCRO because it is. then I saw this picture and I understand why there was so much sand.

Thank You Thank You!!!!!!!!

2009-09-18T17:53:00.001-07:00

thank you, thank you, to the genius that has made my computer run like new. I have been sworn to secrecey of the wonderful doer of good things:) that I will not give out his name. I guess it is like when you have a truck and everyone wants you to help them move or like the other day a neighbor, that we don't know, came to ask Irwin to help them move. ( ofcourse I quickly volunteered someone elses husband) He is always getting asked to carry something or move something.

so here is the pic. of my hair :)(I know for some reason I look like a racoon in this picture, if it is not just the picture please someone tell me)

woooo hoooo!!!!

2009-08-25T07:28:00.000-07:00

So, it has been a while. My computer has been a total wreck and I have been very frustrated with it. finally a Friend gave me her old computer and I am sooo thankful.

Today is the boys first day of school!!!!! yay:)

Avery started 1st grade , Bailey is in 5th, and hold on to your hats but, chris started high school. yip I know shocking. He was so excited and of course would not even think of letting us walk him in to school today. Can't wait to hear all about their day.

I did get another computer but I have not gotten my camera downloaded yet, not that I haven't tried but I will get it to work eventually.

Cut Cut as Tellis always said to me!

I chopped my hair off and love it ( when I have an hour plus to fix it). no more pony tails or my fav. The bun.

When I first cut it Chris' friends were over and i said "well?" and what else could they say but" it looks good" then the true test came. Tellis.

he always ran his fingers through it and just could not keep his hands off it . I said "do you like my hair?" he backed up shrugged his nose and said NO. At nap time we layed down and he went straight for the hair. I guess he saw that he could still touch it so he said "I do like your hair mom"

Any way i like it and when i can get a picture loaded I will post :)

John Legend Concert

2009-07-14T08:20:00.000-07:00

I had an absolute Ball. My camera could not get good pics but I saw a guy that was getting awesome pictures. Of course I asked him if I could get a few and he is going to send me a CD of the pictures. His daughter (that looked abt 16-17 yrs old) had a shoot with John Legend right after the show. How awesome is that. maybe he will send me one of those. who knows.

India Arie preformed before John Legend. She was good. I really enjoyed her .she started out with these silk pieces of material and they were so pretty she stood in front of the fan and it flowed in the air .
this one is a bit fuzzy but you can still see him. When he came out, he walked down the side walk right in front of us. I couldn't get my camera out in time but we were so suprised. We were expecting him to come out on the stage. The one time I am not off in la la land looking at everything else. If I had been i would have seen him. However we did spot out Bro. West :)

Chris made me a Cheese cake and it was delicious!!

Happy Birthday to Meeeeeee!!

2009-07-08T11:53:00.000-07:00

Irwin couldn't hold it in any longer. He had to give me my birthday gift early. he got tickets for us to go to a john Legend concert. I LOVE JOHN LEGEND!!!!!!!!!!
Never would have expected it in a million years. I can't wait. I'll post pics. Monday. yipeeeee!!!!

Happy 4th!!!!**********!!!!!!

2009-07-03T09:15:00.000-07:00

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY TO EVERYONE:0)

I am so thankful for the soldiers that risk their lives daily to protect all of our freedoms.

Field Trip

2009-06-11T04:40:00.000-07:00

I got to go with Bailey on his last field trip. We went to Carolina Beach.

First we went to the Aquarium and saw lots of fun stuff

Jelly Fish

More Jelly fish

A BIG Fish

Ofcourse snakes

Lobster:)

We had so much fun. Then it was lunch time, so we went to the beach and had lunch and played for a little while.

Off to the boat!!

We went for a 30 min. boat ride to a island where they taught us how to fish for crab, talked about seashells and showed us clams and seasnails.

Here is Bailey and the Tiny Crab we caught!

I thought this was funy. It was a bait barge. boats just pull up and get some bait.

They showed us these crabs and told the kids all about them.

We got to get a little wet and then it was back on the boat and back to the bus. The only torture was that we were at the beach and couldn't really get in to the water and all that fun stuff. perhaps next time:)

snow cones

2009-04-25T16:05:00.000-07:00

We have found this new place (well it is new to us not to everyone else) that makes snow cones, but not just any snow cones the BEST snow cones in the world and they are sooo cheap. It is called Pelicans, I think that is what it is called, But anyway Bailey and Irwin went all last year and hit golf balls beside this place and we NEVER ventured over. what a mistake. This year Irwin was sick or something and decided for us to go there. We went with some friends, they paid thanks guys, and we have been there almost every day since. the boys ask every day . So if you have not been you have to. they are more like shaved ice. I am going on about a snow cone but they are that good. If you eat all 100 flavors in one season you get a free t-shirt and you get to name a flavor.
boy I just thought, I have a huge craving for ice when I am pregnant. when I get pregnant Irwin's wallet is in for trouble. If he thought it was hard to keep me fed with ice cream and milkshakes he is in for it:)

Wii

2009-04-17T07:04:00.000-07:00

The Wii. I absolutely love this thing. I have to admit I was not all that excited about buying it, but the boys were ecstatic about it and I just would have liked a new pair of shoes or a pair of jeans, but they have played it quite a bit. While I was in Asheville I sat for the little twins I use to nanny. Their mom (Anna) was more than kind with showing me her appreciation, so Irwin thought it would be nice for me to have something for myself with some of the extra money. Irwin insisted I buy a Wii Fit. Once again I was thinking a pair of shoes would be Great, thanks to my sisters I came back with some great jeans.Thanks guys. But I took his advice and got the Wii fit and I love it. I wait and wait for Tellis to take a nap, not so I can take one too but so I can cut on the Wii Fit. Love It, Love it, Love it. I love it:)

Oh and Bailey tied his first Base ball game last night. since my camera is not here no pics sorry:( Go Bailey!!!!!!!

Family :)

2009-04-15T09:03:00.000-07:00

I was able to go back home for 2 weeks. I spent a couple of days sitting for the sweet little twins I use to nanny for. They have grown sooooo much and are so smart. Then I spent the rest of the time at my parents house. I have pictures but wouldn't ya know I left my camera there:( what an idiot. Any way I got to be there for my dad's b-day on the 5th and Easter the following Sunday.

We had a very eventful Easter Sunday. All my brothers and sisters came out with all their kids and we had a ball. We went to church then came home and had a BIG brunch. yum.

Then the two youngest kids in my family, still like to have fun and drag all the rest of us in to it, decided it was time to have a game of kick ball. There were 6 adults and 4 small kids needless to say it was really the BIG kids playing the game. my team came close to winning.

Then we decided get a drink and start a game of hide and seek. I absolutely killed myself but did that slow me down .no way.

Then we decided to have supper with my sister and her in-laws. Supper was great and I didn't have to cook anything. Once again my little sister and brother had decided it was game time again, so we went out side and played bad mitten until we could no longer see the birdie.

The funniest thing of all was that Irwin is terrified of Peacocks ( bad child hood memories) and they have one so the whole time he played, my brother-in -law (Josh) kept making the peacock call. Irwin kept turning around every time he heard the peacock. Needless to say he did not win many games against Josh:)

By the end of the day we had pulled almost everyone into our fun game playing and had so much fun. I am so thankful for my family and I am so glad we get along so well.

I'll get pic.s up as soon as I get them?

First day of spring!!

2009-03-20T14:20:00.000-07:00

Well, the first day of spring was today. It was absolutely beautiful, but it was chilly. I love that we have the different seasons. Just as I am getting tired of being cold all the time it starts to warm up and just as I am getting so tired of it being hot it gets cold. The first hot day we had, the boys wanted to go jump in the pool. They could not understand why it was not open. Some of their friends actually jumped the fence and went for a swim. April showers bring May flowers. Can't wait to see all the flowers blooming:)

marbles

2009-03-13T14:11:00.000-07:00

Two of my sisters and one of my brothers came up this week to visit. There is nothin like family:) My sister Meagan and I took the kids to marbles and they had a ball. Leeland is 4 and Full of energy, but we caught him reading of all things to be doing at marbles.

Porter is 2 like Tellis but he is 4 mos. older. He wanted to play in the fishing boat the WHOLE time. I told my sister she had better get a stick and tape a magnet on it and put some magnets in some fish and she will never have to wonder where he is . He lOVED the fish.

Then there are the dress up clothes. Tons of COOL dress up clothes. My sister is a great photographer and is always taking pictures, but her kids would not dress up for anything. She was so funny she was begging them to dress up but no luck.
Tellis loves to dress up.

We had lots of fun and hate that the week is over:(
Oh well till next time:)

new playlist

2009-03-10T05:31:00.000-07:00

I just changed my playlist. I hated that big bulky thing that I used before. This one you have a whole lot more colors and frames and stuff to choose from and it can be small like mine.So you don't have to change the color of it every time you change your blog background:)

SNOW?

2009-03-02T06:49:00.000-08:00

What in the world. Why did it have to snow. I use to love snow days for my kids, they stayed home from school and we had fun but now, I hate it and Chris is mad because that is another day off of spring break. Then on top of that there is not even enough to play in. oh well Happy Snow Day (or not)

GLASSES

2009-02-26T05:08:00.000-08:00

Bailey has got glasses now. I think they are cute on him and he actually likes them. He is excited that he is able to see the baseball now and maybe he can hit more balls. He didn't do bad before but if you know Bailey , he is ALWAYS trying to do his best plus some.We went to his Blue and Gold banquet last night and he received two more awards. Chris took my pictures so I am glad this one turned out . Chris says I never blog about him, how he knows I have no clue because he is grounded from the computer and has been since after Christmas. I told him the only things I have to blog about him is how he lays in bed all the time and gets ISS at school . No, he is a great kid. It could be 1,000 times worse. his ISS's were from talking, boy does he love to talk and in Math at that. he says he is bored.kids, they are fun and I am sure I will miss all the dramma one day,but then what will I blog about? Toodles:)

Sleepy Time

2009-02-23T05:55:00.000-08:00

Tellis and Avery were asleep one night and I had to get a picture. They never get along until bed time. at bed time they fight and fight then all of a sudden I guess they get tired and gust go to sleep so of course I had to capture the one and only time there is peace in our home, BED TIME!!!

99 things

2009-02-12T12:44:00.000-08:00

i wasn't "tagged" to do this, but saw it on someone else's blog and it looked like fun. . .

Here are the rules:
Bold the things you’ve done and post on your blog!

1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch ( I teach myself things all the time:)
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies ( once but all the kids in the family ate the cookies so that was the end of that)
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason( no holiday, but there is always a reason:)
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been a passenger on a motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Redwoods
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Kissed a stranger at midnight on New Year’s Eve
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Got a tattoo
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee

Who wants to play?

(thanks Kory)

Awards

2009-02-09T16:03:00.000-08:00

OK so this background reminds me of that movie The nightmare before Christmas. Not my fav. but I am sure I will change it by tomorrow? who knows.

Friday I went to an awards ceremony for Bailey. He received one of the two Math awards in his class. Last year Chris received the same award for the whole 7th grade. (Nerds) So I went to another awards ceremony for Avery and I am thinking " just what can a kindergarten possibly get an award for. There were math, science, reading and a few others a total of 6 in each class. The teacher calls Avery up and says," we would like to presents this award to Avery for showing responsibility. He takes good care of his belongings and always follows directions! Now that was a huge surprise to me. Chris and Bailey have to be beat to clean their rooms . As a matter of fact, the boys got their report cards the other day and Bailey got Five 3's,one 4 and a 2. of course he was devastated to have gotten the 2. didn't pay attention that the teacher NEVER gives out 4's but was upset about the 2. The reason for the 2 was because he leaves papers and books laying around his desk and is messy. What the heck is that. anyway kids are so funnnnnnn:)

Go Steelers!!!!

2009-02-02T10:52:00.000-08:00

We went to the Holt's house and watched the Super Bowl. If you know Irwin at all you know he was flying way above all of us. he was soooo excited to be watching the Steelers. I hate to watch sports on T.V. but all the girls talked and glanced at the game a little until it got to the end. It was actually kind of exciting. Jen was for the Cardinals so that made things fun. Steelers were up then the cardinals came back and were winning, and let me tell you. Irwin was holding the rage in as Jen was taunting him from a distance(so funny). so when the steelers came back and made the greatest touch down, Irwin almost broke the chair. Ofcourse we won and I got to take home a very happy husband because Irwin is not fun to be around if his team looses. to make it better earlier that day he watched duke play and they won. What are the chances of that . so any way Steelers are #1:)

2009-01-30T12:17:00.000-08:00

so I have already changed my background.
This is actually my first:)
This is my second.
Still not perfect but oh well:) suits me

My first page!!

2009-01-29T16:44:00.000-08:00

So I have finally made my OWN blog background. I am sooo happy to have finally figured it out it is actually awesome ,well to me anyway. Now I don't have to sit forever looking at all the pre made ones and finally settle on one. I can know what I want and make it. oh well just wanted to share that :) still needs a little tweekin :)

SNOW SNOW SNOW!!!!!!!

2009-01-20T11:31:00.000-08:00

I am sooooo glad it finally snowed. I love the snow and I love to watch it fall. Usually it snows during the night and I don't get to watch it, but today it is suppose to snow until 6:00pm. I have been watching it off and on all day. the boys were dying to get out in it this morning so I took them out in it. Tellis enjoyed eating it most. chris and bailey took off with their friends so I didn't get any pictures of them and as soon as Avery seen his buddies he was off as well.

Bailey's Birthday

2009-01-20T09:43:00.000-08:00

baileys birthday was yesterday. We had a surprise party for him. he was sooo excited, especially since we told him he couldn't have one this year. The boys played Nerf War and Flag Football and ofcorse Bailey had to have his offical birthday haircut.

Paisley Rae

2009-01-15T15:01:00.000-08:00

We have a new addition to our family. My brother Clayton and his wife Sara have a new little baby as of today. sooo sweet. Two of my brothers and one of my sisters all have two girls and one sister has two boys. what the heck, people just keep poping out girls what do all of you know that I don't? No, I am really happy to have a new niece and can't wait to hold her:) what is better than a sweet little new born.

American Idol!!

2009-01-14T12:16:00.000-08:00

Last night American Idol started coming on again. I have been waiting and waiting for this show to come back on. Then what do I do? I go to enrichment night at church and dilly dally getting home to find out it is on and I have missed a whole hour, but luckily I still have one more hour to watch. Irwin even watches this with me. My other show I LOVE is House. I watch this no matter if it is a re-run that I have seen 100 times. and watch out if it is a marathon because I will watch them too. It's new season starts coming on on Bailey's birthday hopefully I can remember it because it is not 2 hours long.

2009-01-07T16:34:00.001-08:00

These are some more pictures of my family that my sister Caitlin took .(she took the pictures of my boys on the right, I didn't do such a good job getting their faces in the slideshow but next time perhaps:)

My little helper

2009-01-06T05:37:00.000-08:00

As I was cleaning yesterday, Tellis decided he would help. For Christmas he got a broom, mop, and a vacume. As I tried to vacume he did too. He would stand right in front of my vacume so therefor little got done.
I did get my house clean and then every one came home. I hate it. It is like paying bills. when you think everything is covered they come around again. I use to always say "didn't I just pay that" oh yea last month. In the midst of my regular cleaning I cleaned Tellis and Avery's room. I started by picking up the millions of Lego's then moved on to just throwing toys in the toy box, as I moved from one thing to the other, so did Tellis. What ever I cleaned up, he wanted to play with. Go figure. I guess I will miss it when it is all gone and my kids are grown. lets see what fun today brings us:) ( i dont know how to spell vacume and spell check, who knows what that word was?)

Back to School!!

2009-01-05T08:15:00.000-08:00

This morning was the boys first day back to school. YIPPEE! I planned on getting up and guess what? CLEAN all day. It is 11:16 and I am still on the computer:) Tellis has broken all my skewers in the floor, poured powder all over my bed and gotten in to a bottle of scented lotion and is greesed down with it and I don't know what the rest of the house looks like. any way I am glad it is only one kids mess and not 4. Well I have had my fun and I am off to the grungy work:)

I'M BACK

2008-12-29T12:11:00.000-08:00

I feel like I have been gone forever. I am back and have really enjoyed my time away. We went to my families for Christmas. My dad sang at church on the 21st so went to hear him. The big surprise was, that our old ward was going to be meeting with my parents branch so we got to see sooooo many of our friends. It was wonderful. I did forget to take my camera but never fear my mom has a great camera and we definitely used it. Some of our friends we really looked forward to seeing we didn't get to, but hopefully next time.

My mom had a little party and invited my grandparents to come and listen to some of the kids sing.This is my Dad and my niece Natalie singing " Mary did you know".All the kids (or at least the ones that would sing) singing Rudolph.My niece India played a song for us.

My dad got my mom a male Scottish Terrier for Christmas. Is he cute or what?

And last but not least we had to take along Baileys guinea pig ( fluffy) . my moms dog frisky( the female Scottish Terrier)decided fluffy looked like food. so the whole time frisky was in the house this was where she stayed. right beside fluffy's cage smelling her. I love Christmas and I am so sad it is over. I got a chance to spend a lot of time with my family.

Chris' favorite Christmas gift was his Ipod.

Bailey's is his drawing set.

Avery's is his train set, and bakugon(?) until we got back and yesterday at church a friend gave him a gift and he has played with nothing else. it figures.

Tellis' is of course the train set of Avery's and his train.

and Irwin is just glad to be home and in his own bed.

Giner Bread Cookies:)

2008-12-05T17:58:00.000-08:00

Last night we made Ginger Bread cookies.
They were great and of course they are all gone now.
And just wanted to say
Merry Christmas to everyone.
I love Christmas.

FHE

2008-12-02T06:04:00.000-08:00

For Family Home Evening last night we
decorated our Christmas trees.
here is the big one.

And here is the little one.

Every year we get our kids a new ornament to go on the tree. Avery could not understand why Chris and Bailey had sooo many and he only had 4. Finally I had to act like some of our regular ornaments were actually his.

We also celebrated Irwin's birthday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY BABE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He is 36. he is always messin with my dad about being over the hill. so chris wanted to know how long it would be till he was over the hill also. I guess he thinks we are old no matter how young we think we are. This is my favorite time of the year. I had a ball at my moms and bro & sis inlaws house for thanksgiving. I am soo thankful to have a big family. no matter what is going on we are having fun. Forgot to take my camera over thanksgiving so that is a bummer, but my bro in law got some UNEXPECTED pic. of us. thanks Tony:0)

When You Thought I Wasn't Looking

2008-11-19T13:06:00.000-08:00

WHEN YOU THOUGHT I WASN'T LOOKING

A message every adult should read because children are watching you and doing as you do, not as you say.

When you thought I wasn't looking I saw you hang my first painting on the refrigerator, and I immediately wanted to paint another one.

When you thought I wasn't looking I saw you feed a stray cat, and I learned that it was good to be kind to animals.

When you thought I wasn't looking I saw you make my favorite cake for me, and I learned that the little things can be the special things in life.

When you thought I wasn't looking I heard you say a prayer, and I knew that there is a God I could always talk to, and I learned to trust in Him.

When you thought I wasn't looking I saw you make a meal and take it to a friend who was sick, and I learned that we all have to help take care of each other.

When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you give of your time and money to help people who had nothing, and I learned that those who have something should give to those who don't.

When you thought I wasn't looking I saw you take care of our house and everyone in it, and I learned we have to take care of what we are given.

When you thought I wasn't looking I saw how you handled your responsibilities, even when you didn't feel good, and I learned that I would have to be responsible when I growup.

When you thought I wasn't looking I saw tears come from your eyes, and I learned that sometimes things hurt, but it's all right to cry.

When you thought I wasn't looking I saw that you cared, and I wanted to be everything that I could be.

When you thought I wasn't looking I learned most of life's lessons that I need to know to be a good and productive person when I grow up.

When you thought I wasn't looking I looked at you and wanted to say, 'Thanks for all the things I saw when you thought I wasn't looking.'

I AM SENDING THIS TO ALL OF THE PEOPLE I KNOW WHO DO SO MUCH FOR OTHERS, BUT THINK THAT NO ONE EVER SEES. LITTLE EYES SEE A LOT .Each of us (parent, grandparent, aunt, uncle, teacher, friend)influences the life of a child.

A friend sent this to me and I thought it was so sweet and wanted to share:o)

I GOT TAGGED!!!

2008-11-11T15:28:00.000-08:00

8 Favorite T.V. shows
1. law and order
2. American Idol
3. Animal Planet
4. HGTV
5. Extreme Home Make Overs
6. Food Chanel
7. Burn Notice
8. House

8 Things I did yesterday
1. Clean my house
2. went to walmart
3. cooked dinner
4. watched Emma Harris
5. did some primary work
6. Talked to my mom on the phone
7. was on the computer alot
8. i didn't do alot it was kinda boring yesterday

8 things I look forward to
1. my husband coming home from work
2. going to enrichment tonight
3. Christmas with my family
4. Thanks Giving with my family
5. just getting to see my family!!!
6. having another baby
7. SNOW
8. getting our house sold and getting out of debt

8 Favorite Restaurants
1. sonic
2. cook out ( although the only thing I have had from there is a milkshake. mmmmmm)
3. dairyqueen(blizzards)
4. chinese
5. zaxbeys
6. marble slab
7. cold stone creamery
8. any thing that has to do with icecream, we don't eat out alot

8 things on wish list
1. a new baby
2. lots of snow
3. a new house
4. sell our old house
5. make it through my calling sainly
6. my family to be happy and healthy
7. my boys to be missonaries some day
8. my boys to go to college some day

8 people to tag
1. Melissa mann
2. dean and laura
3. Kasey quiller
4. Cherre Truelove
5. Amanda Swensen
6. Brooke Anderson
7. annalynn Bailey
8. anyone else who isn't busy and wants to partisipate

SORRY FOR ALL MY MISSPELLED WORDS?

museum

2008-11-06T06:35:00.000-08:00

We went to the science museum down town with the Bailey's. We had a ball. the kids got to sit in on a story time and then got to pet animals. They had the cutest ginniepig (sp?)and a snake and a tinny opossum. oh yea and a turtle. tellis, ofcourse wanted to hold them and not just touch them. the lady had to pry the opossum from his very strong hands. He ran nonstop the whole time. I am wondering what in the world is this kid on . He has been like that lately. On halloween, he ran from the time we started to the time we went home and he had not had any candy? When Irwin reminded me he had just turned two and it was probally the terrible two's comming out I almost started crying because I forgot all about the terrible two's . I thought it could get no worse. Boy was I wrong. If you can see in the pipcs. he has on his incredible's pj shirt. Avery is always calling him Dash. mabey he thinks so too. when bailey was little he thought he was Flash. that was fun;}

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!!!!

2008-11-01T06:50:00.001-07:00

So these are our halloween pictures. Chris and Bailey went with friends and Irwin and I took Avery and Tellis. We got lucky and Avery had to go to the bathroom so we came home and were done, but of course the other boys stayed out forever. we also carved this little pumpkin the other night. Avery went to the pumpkin patch on a field trip and came home carring this pumpkin.

THANK YOU!!!!

2008-10-21T06:25:00.000-07:00

The state fair is here and the boys love to go. who doesn't? but Irwin and I talked and decided that we were not going this year. we just didn't have the money and all the holidays coming up we were just not going to say anything about it. we talked about this on Thursday night. Friday morning Irwin called me from work and said " you'll never guess what I just found on my desk". Some one had left 2 admission tickets and 7 books containing 18 tickets each book for rides, for the state fair. How about that for showing love to others. I know the blessing was not that we got to go to the fair, but that someone took the time to see the needs of another family and that our kids were able to see first hand how some one took the time to show love to our family. I know everyone can not afford to send another family to the fair, but it can be as little as a card(thanks Kory) that brightens a persons day. So thank you to those that take the time to think of others and send a thank you card or give tickets to an event that a family might have not gotten to attend with out your special kindness:o)

Self defense!

2008-10-15T05:35:00.000-07:00

We had an enrichment night last night at church. It was lots of fun. Brother Deaver, who works for the SBI came and taught us some defenses that we can use in most curcumstances. I actually enjoy learning how to hurt someone. When I was in college I took a self defense class and loved it, but have never had the chance to use it. that is the bad part about it all I think. When it actually happens to you , will you be able to respond since you have had little or no practice. Ever since I have taken the classes in collegeI am always aware of my surroundings and I have drilled my kids a numerous amount of times because when we moved to raleigh I was terrified. I think they know what to do and I know what to do ,but I think it would be helpful if we had someone that would actually try to attack us and see how we react. So mabey we can get Brother Deaver to do this , just to test us. You know, catch us off guard and see what happens. Mabey even Brother welendorf would do it as well. I mean if bro. deaver is willing to pepper spray himself time and time again for his classes we might be able to talk him in to it. What do you think ladies? oh yea and where were some of you last night we missed you. Everybody needs self defense. Bro deaver actually gave Nancy the real from behind choke to see if she could breathe. she was a trooper and succeded and then she told me she biked to the church which ment she would be biking home in the dark. crazy woman!!

Mr. Thrifty

2008-10-10T09:22:00.000-07:00

If you know my husband at all, this will be so funny to you. Irwin had a second job working at a car rental place, Talk about boring. Then he came home one day and said all the part timers got layed off. Me and the boys were soooo happy because we would actually get a chance to see Irwin again. So he looked and looked for jobs and found one for parking security. I figured he would find something easy like book keeping for someone on the side or something, but NO. He decided he would take this job because it means that if he does the parking then he gets into all the events for FREE. so if you know Irwin you know that is his favorite word in the world ( well mabey not his FAVORITE). His most happiest moment was when he realized that he would actually get to get in to see the carolina/DUKE game. and not just get in,but get in free. So he says it is being thrifty but I call it just right out cheep, but smart I guess. Oh the things our kids will tell their kids one day.

The Fam

2008-10-06T09:31:00.000-07:00

check out the funny little family sticker at the bottom of my page. I stole it from annalynn. thanks annalynn:]

Knocked Out!!

2008-10-03T04:28:00.000-07:00

Irwin's day off is wednesday's. This Wed. Irwin watched Tellis pretty much the whole day so I could get some things done on the computer for Primary. When I finally came out of my room I found Irwin asleep and tellis had dressed him up with a batman belt on his leg and a transformer mask on his face. Avery and Tellis dress up all the time. Avery has figured out that spiderman wears his costume under his clothes, so ofcourse that is what Avery does as soon as he gets home he puts on his costume a long sleved shirt and jeans so it can be fully covered. Now he has found a dress coat that use to be baileys and puts that on aswell . That will be my next pic. I'm sure. When Chris was little he use to put curlers in Irwin's dads hair when he fell asleep. It was the cutest thing.

MY NEW CALLING!!!

2008-09-29T08:46:00.000-07:00

I got a new calling yesterday at church and I am sooooo excited. I am the new primary president. OK so I know alot of you are saying Iam crazy for being excited, but I know this will be great. wish me luck!!

no solution

2008-09-27T11:03:00.000-07:00

ok ladies judging from the response I got on the cleaning thing, and by the way it is saturday and guess what I am doing. yip!! CLEANING yet again, there is no help for us all. I can rest a little easier knowing when you all come walking through my front door and you see my house I wont feel SO bad that my house is a mess because you have either been there or are now there like me. I am not just cleaning today I am once again going through things and putting them on wake free cycle. The more I look at things I say, do I really need this?, usally the answer is NO. OH yea I found a couple of boxes that are Irwins and he happend to see me looking through them and said HE would go through them him self. He knows I will toss his stuff in a hot minute(ha ha):o}Happy cleaning ladies. I will keep you all in mind as I finish my cleaning and looking for a way not to!!!!

I HATE CLEANING!!!

2008-09-26T07:13:00.000-07:00

I absolutely HATE cleaning. It is not the fact of actually doing the work it is the fact that it NEVER stays that way. by the way I still do not have all the clothes washed in my laundry room. Chris finally cleaned up his room yesterday and as I was thinking I was almost caught up on the clothes he brings a huge arm load of clothes and piles them in the floor THEN he brings his hamper full of clothes THEN Bailey brings an arm load of his clothes and piles them on top of Chris'. I didn't even say a word. I just gave them the look, and they know the look. Is there a secret to all this house cleaning crap? If I had a house keeper she would quit I swear. I keep cleaning and throwing things away. If we ever get in a house I am afraid we will have to start over because I will have nothing left. I HATE CLUTTER!!!!! and did I mention I HATE CLEANING!!!

Hamster Hat

2008-09-22T06:41:00.000-07:00

While Irwin and I were getting dressed for church yesterday, Tellis comes walking in with brownie(bailey's hamster) on his head. We did not notice it right away because he just came in the room and stood there, nothing unusual. I wondered why he just kept standing there and finally I found out. he didn't smile or anything. He was balancing it I guess. So now that is his favorite thing to do. I figure if it is on his head we know it is still breathing and not being strangled.

To Clean or Not to Clean ?

2008-09-18T08:30:00.000-07:00

So Bailey and Chris are supposed to put up their clothes after I wash them and fold them. I go in Chris' room and he has all his clean clothes sitting on the chair and the dirty ones on the floor right NEXT to the hamper. I am sure NO one else has this problem:0] So I ask Chris why he has not put up his clothes yet and he tells me there is no reason to put them up because they are eventually going to be worn again and all that hard work of putting them up will go to waste. If there is a lazier kid out there I would love to hear about him! Bailey and even Avery hang up their clothes and I have no problems there. The biggest shame is that Avery's closet looks the best out of all.

I GOT TAGGED!!!

2008-09-17T11:22:00.000-07:00

10 yrs ago I was

1. working as a CNA
2. raising a 3 yr old
3. driving a red mustange convertable, 5.0, five speed (ooooh yeaaaa!!)
4. living in an apartment, just me and my 3yr old

5 Things on today's to do list
1. clean my house
2. get all clothes washed *
3. get tellis to take a nap
4. not eat all the cookies left in the pantry

5 snacks I enjoy
1. icecream
2. cookies
3. debbie cakes
4. icecream
5. pretty much anything that I shouldn't eat

5 things I would do if I were a millionare
1. pay off debt
2. get out of this apartment
3. share with family
4. send kids to college
5. pay tithe and fast offering

5 places I have lived
1. brevard, NC
2. Pisgah Forest, NC
3. Fletcher, NC
4. garner, NC
5.

5 jobs I have had
1. pizza hut
2. j. crew
3. CNA
4. Nanny
5. mommy

I tag:

1. brooke
2.annalynn
3.amanda
4.melissa
5. krissi

rules,
each player answers the questions themselves. At the end of the post player then tags 5 people and post their names, then goes to there blog and leaves a comment letting them know they have been tagged and ask them to read your blog. let the person that tagged you know when you've answered all the questions on your blog.

Comp. Virus!!

2008-09-15T11:56:00.000-07:00

I am sooo glad to be back online again . we had a virus on our computer last week and I couldn't do a thing. Thanks so much to geekstogo.com they gave me step for step inst. it did take me a whole week, but it worked!!!!

Athlete or Nerd?

2008-09-15T11:47:00.000-07:00

Tellis is a crazy kid. I don't know if he is going to be athletic or a big nerd? The funny thing about the glasses are that Chris seen tellis wearing them and decided he liked them, so he took them to church yesterday and bro. anderson (1st counsler in bishopric)Wore them and wants some of his own. The worst thing about it all is that they are really Irwin's. He bought reading glasses from the dollar store and punched out the lenses. He keeps them in his computer drawer and puts them on time to time, for the fun of it when he does the bills.

shirt or shorts?

2008-09-15T11:29:00.000-07:00

DO NOT ask me what is going through this kids head. I have had a non stop battle with him ALL day today. For some reason he wants to wear shorts on the upper part of his body instead of the bottom the way they were invented to be worn. I show him that there are only 2 holes and his shirts have 3 holes. so he has gotten every pair of pajamas out of his drawer and threw down the shirt and fought to get those bottoms on to his head. by the way he has a thing about pj's, that is all he will wear and when he does he likes to wear more than one at a time. His favorite color is orange and I know this because he has one pair of pj's that are supposed to be worn in the winter and yes it is very much summer now, but he wears them EVERY DAY plus more on top of that. Then he has the days he will wear nothing at all. None of my other boys did this kind of stuff.

2008-09-02T06:52:00.000-07:00

so my blogs are backwards. I have the first part on the bottom and the second on top. I am still learning!
The trip was fun and we learned that if you ever want to go camping, go with the Quillers, they have EVERYTHING.

2008-09-02T06:34:00.000-07:00

We all had a blast!!

Tellis wanted to step on all the frogs and kill them. when we saw him do this, we told him NO you can not step on the frogs that will hurt them, so what does he do? He goes and gets another pair of shoes and puts them on his hands and tries to squish them that way. poor frogs.

2008-09-02T06:11:00.000-07:00

Pilot Mountain\Mount Airy

We went with the Quiller family camping for Labor Day weekend. we had a ball. There were LOTS of rocks to climb and to fall over.

We went on a hike to the top of Pilot Mountain.

Kasey was such a good sport hiking up ALL those steps and not to mention the deflating mattress.

Harry even had a ball

2008-08-26T10:11:00.000-07:00

Avery made it through his first day yesterday. he doesn't go back till next Monday and he will be there every day from then on.(hallelujah) When I picked him up yesterday, I asked him how his day went and he said that it was the best first day of kindergarten EVER. He can't remember any of the teachers or the friends names or even where he is suppose to go when he goes back on Monday. The one thing he does remember is that he can have chocolate milk EVERY day for lunch.( hooray). oh to be a kid again!!

2008-08-25T08:31:00.000-07:00

so today is a great day !!! All I have at home now is Tellis. Avery started school this morning and he was soo excited and as you see so am I. I hope Avery does fine at school. We have been having a problem the past couple of weeks with him. He thinks EVERYONE gets on his nerves and just wants everyone to leave him alone. I have been telling him all this time ," just because people get on your nerves doesn't mean you can yell at them or choke them or even think about doing any of those things". He tells me he will count to 10 before he does any of that. So needless to say I am sitting at home waiting for the teachers to call me. Chris and Bailey were the picked on and now Avery and Tellis are the bullies. I guess you can't win for loosing. wish me luck!!

2008-08-18T16:23:00.000-07:00

Saturday my sis Caitlin and me and my boys went with the Quillers to something that we thought was a cool free thing put on by McDonald's. it was free and it was cool, but this is the only part of McDonald's that was there.

As we stood in the lines for the rides we listened and could hear church music playing.Casey started looking at the handout they gave us and seen the 50 or so churches that were sponsoring this. We stayed till about 11:30 when they put a stop to all the rides and decided to do an ILLUSIONS show. It was time to go. As we were leaving people were flocking in to see this. Casey stayed for the first half until she realized it was really a revival. yea not our cup of tea so needless to say they left as well. The boys enjoyed the snow cones and popcorn and of course the rides. (Now that I think about it I should have been tipped off to what it really was when we saw the big thing you climb in and bounce in , it was a church with a cross on the top). Any way it got us out of the house. It was fun Casey!!

PUZZZZLES

2008-08-13T07:56:00.000-07:00

So Avery has these 5 puzzles and no one ever wants to help him put them together because they are all dumped into this box together. Irwin gives up once and a while and does one with him as he gripes at the end because one piece is always missing. I got to sleep in this morning because it is Irwin's day off and I get up andIrwin and the boys have done all the puzzles together and boy was Avery proud.

YUMMMM

2008-08-11T05:22:00.000-07:00

So this was my blackberry cobbler.

and This was my peach cobbler,

pictures didn't do so well with this one but it tasted just as good.

YOGA

2008-08-08T13:37:00.000-07:00

So fun ! a couple of us girls get together and do a little yoga and Bailey decided to join us today. it was great.

The Good Ole Park

2008-08-07T17:30:00.001-07:00

We went with the quillers to the farmers market today for Watermelon Day, but we mostly ate peaches. they were soooo good. We got some peaches and blackberries. I just made a blackberry cobbler.MMmmmmmmmmmm DElish. Afterwards we went to the park and ate micky d's for lunch. There was an overcast ,thank goodness.

Our New addition( and it's a girl)

2008-08-01T08:56:00.000-07:00

Bailey decided he wanted a hamster or a fish, so ofcourse every time the boys want something and they have to ask permission for it, they ask me and if I am ok with it I tell them to ask Irwin. Ofcourse he can't make anything simple, so he tells them to write a letter telling him why they think they deserve this. Anyway Bailey ended up taking care of our dog Harry for a little while to show us how he could do. So this is our new addition and It will all be ok as long as it stays in it's cage!!!( Chris has already threatend to squish it.)

HOME TEACHING!

2008-07-30T11:26:00.000-07:00

FROGGY

2008-07-29T16:40:00.000-07:00

Bailey and Tellis caught a frog in our kitty pool!!

FAT LIP

2008-07-29T16:34:00.001-07:00

Chris and Avery were going for the same toy in the kitty pool and OFCOURSE Chris got to it first and Avery fell.

Buddies 4 Life

2008-07-29T13:54:00.000-07:00

Chris and Tucker went to the movies when we went back to brevard to my parents.

chillin @ nap time

2008-07-29T12:49:00.000-07:00

Tellis had to wear my glasses while took a nap. Atleast he had them on the right way this time:}