My Man started Ball.......I finally get what the fuss is about

Some pics of our kids

Our Princess
Our Angel

Curly

Our Man

Payton killin' the soccer ball!

Hannah is Home

Last night about 6PM Daddy brought Hannah June home. She is still so sick and weak but she is home.

Thank The Lord!

Prayer Requested for Hannah

Well we started off the week with a few days off to visit our Daddy where he is finishing up his Master's Practicum. Hannah got really sick last night, and after she was obviously dehydrated and then became unresponsive, we rushed her to the ER where her Daddy was doing his study. They rushed us right in and started an IV for fluids. They had to try 4 times to get a good stick. Poor angel, she was so patient. They have admitted her and expect us to be here for 2-3 days.

Please pray for this little firecracker that we all adore!

Ashley

The Cloth

I woke up a couple of days ago and decided to go green. We have switched our paper napkins for cloth napkins and our disposable training pants for cloth training pants.

I have been feverishly sewing the CUTEST training pants for my dear W#1. This is the explanation for the crick in my neck and the hunch in my back. (I will not go as far as to tell you that I am also switching out W#2's disposables for cloth as well, you may think I have lost my mind)

Here is a picture of my W#1's first pair of homemade cloth training pants - as modeled by him!

And a view from the back

And here we decided that worst case scenario, W#2 could wear it as a winter hat

Two of my babies

My Stud Muffin

Look Ladies, He is not Available and NEVER will be!! He is Mommy's Man!!

Christmas Morning 2008

This year was the first year that we actually put Christ back in Christmas. We avoided the commercialization of the season by only buying what the children needed and Santa brought everyone a musical instrument for the kids to play on music night

Here are 3 of my babies on Christmas Morning -

Notice Hannah's "Christmas Hat." It is actually was the only things she asked Santa for. (She later added a request for a guitar) -------->

Oh yeah - this is my man getting excited about his socks!! (above) Oh and our puppy got a keyboard! (below)

Then Daddy saved the best for last and sent Mommy (ME) on a scavenger hunt looking for clues to find her new wedding band!!! My original one has diamonds (I shouldn't be complaining right) and it always scratches my babies, so he bought me a beautiful smooth titanium band. GO DAD!!!

I hate to say it but I was ready to put up the tree this year. New Year Here I Come!

Chocolate Chicken

Yep....you heard me right CHOCOLATE CHICKEN!!

My children have 2 favorite aunts (politically correct statement) and 1 of those aunts LOVES to take care of these rascals when she is in town! Well is almost seems that at the very time she has planned a vacation to Alex, my need for a babysitter is exaggerated!! Isn't that convenient?? haha.

Well......during this last trip my boys became extremely ill and Auntie P. took care of them during frequent trips to the Dr. and ER.

Upon returning from 1 visit, the kids met me at the door jumping up and down talking about chocolate chicken. Yep....you heard right, they had chicken nuggets with chocolate dipping sauce.

Ah..the joys of being able to spoil and them and then leave......thanks P.

Now we have to have chocolate chicken EVERY day..:)

Hannah's Visit From Santa Claus!

Hannah had a visit from Santa at her school. It was so sweet that Santa brought the children wrapped books!


Did I mention Hannah is half puppy these days?

With an unspoken effort to shy away from the commercialism of Christmas this year, Santa knew just what to bring. He brought her a pop-up nativity story! It was such a CUTE book! In fact all the other children were crowding around Hannah and I to read her book. What was funny was that all the other books that we saw were about Santa and toys and the North Pole.

Maybe we shouldn't judge children so quickly.

Just maybe if they had the chance to really choose......

......................they would choose to celebrate the real Reason for the Season

.....go figure.

The Best Christmas Pagent Ever

Here is Abi and her friend K. They are so funny when they get together! Oh, I can hardly keep up!

I am SOSOSOSO proud of my little darling Abigail! She was in our church Christmas play this year and had such an antimated part!! She has always had a very playfully sassy attitude and we knew if God did not use it for his glory then it may give us trouble in her teens.

Here Abi is playing the bully part of Imogene Herdman

Well in my opinion God did use it for his Glory as she was cast as Imogene in the Best Christmas Pagent Ever!! It was hilarious! I could not stop laughing!

Here is Hannah and her little friend K. (Thanks Kayla, I totally stole your pics)

Hannah was quite upset (jealous) because she was not on stage. She actually cried after the play and said "Now Abi is not my sister anymore!" Then when we started to watch the DVD again yesterday and she went and sat down, facing away from the the t.v. and crossed her arms. Would not even watch the DVD....HAHA!! What a riot.

Toilet Paper

Abigail and I were unloading groceries before we headed out the door for her play practice the other night. When I returned I asked Hannah - my born organized child - to go arrange the toilet paper in the bathroom. I knew that with her extreme sense of order she would take the paper out of the package, place it on the shelf and throw the plastic wrapper in which it came into the trash.

She very politely did as she was asked then soon returned to playing with William.

An hour or so later I walked into the bathroom to find all of my toilet paper arranged....:)

haha

Happy Veteran's Day

This past Veteran's Day was spent with our most favorite Veteran of all!....POPS!

After he got over us waking him up early for donuts, he was happy to be with us too!

John Deer Green

William got a John Deer Tractor for his birthday...........and a mud cake

Here are some pics from his party::

Still Adding More Pics