You just never know...

When I woke up this morning, I thought today twas going to be a nice and lazy day around the house. I never thought it was going to be as crazy as it turned out. Tina called me this morning crying, telling me that she needed me to come over, that Garrett had cut his eye open while at his cousins house (obviously not my house). Chris was still out of town and she needed me to stay with the boys so she could do what she needed to do with him. So I rushed the kids around and we went to Tina's house. Once Garrett got there, Tina and Tammy left with him they were on there way to Dr. Jess. Thankfully they were able to glue his eye instead of giving him stitches. I took the rest of the kids to town and met them for lunch. His eye looks good, puffy but good. Then we took the kids to Monsters v.s. Aliens in 3-D. It was so good! Now we are back at home and I'm ready for a peaceful evening with my family. I hope all of you have a great Easter!!

My Baby is 4!!

It doesn't seem possible that Abgail Kalynne is 4 years old. It just seems like yesterday that God blessed our family with this precious little one. She is such a free spirit and many say she is just like her Great Aunt Carole (I think thats one of those extra blessings from God). My prayer for Abby is that she always lead her heart and as you follow where God leads you. I know that these years I have been able to stay home with her it such a blessing from God. She never fails to brighten my day with her unpredictable nature. I love you Abby and I pray that I will be the mommy to you that God has called me to be!!

Here are some photos of her birthday party that we had last night. Abby invited 5 of her girlfriends to come and celebrate with her. And of course her favorite guys her in life joined the fun as well. She is so crazy about her cousins, she was worried that they wouldn't come to the party since it was a Tinkerbell Party. She was very relieved when I told her that they would come to her party just because they love her!

Needless to say after a full night of fun, getting the kids to bed wasn't difficult at all. Just before me and Matt went to bed we went to check on the kids. We went to Abby's room first and we couldn't find her. We looked on the floor next to her bed, we looked in her closet, then we decided to make sure she wasn't in Jacob's room. After taking a second look, we found her all snuggled in to her brothers bed. She is so crazy about her brother.

What a gift!!

Abby's Soccer Begins

It has been a while since I have posted a blog so for so long, but I have kept up on every ones blogs. Since my last blog, Abby has started soccer. She is so excited, I think it is mainly because of the clothing items she gets to wear. She has a pair of soccer shoes, they are black and hot pink and then to accessorize those, she picked out some pink Nike shin guards, then moving on up she we got her a pair of black soccer shorts. She is too cute for words!! Her first practice was on Tuesday. It was too funny we showed up at practice to find her friend from preschool was wearing the same things as her. They could have been twins.



During practice however, daddy did get a little frustrated with his princess. She was very distracted by her new pink water bottle. She would literally get a drink every couple of minutes. Then she found some flowers to pick to give to me. She can be a little stink but she definitely has her moments. Big brother didn't know quit what to think about going to a soccer practice that wasn't actually his. His practice starts up tonight, then before you know it, he will be starting baseball. Summer time is the best!!!

Grandparents Day

Jacob had his first Grandparents Day last week. At school the kids were suppose to write something they like to do with each of their grandparents. Well, one day I was asking Jacob what he wrote about Grandma and Grandpa and then I asked him what he wrote about Pop and Grammy. He looked at me with those big brown eyes and told me he wasn't suppose to write about Grammy and Pop, just grandma and grandpa, like Mrs. Maness said. He cracks me up, he is so literal about everything. He was able to go back and fix it, but I thought it was pretty funny!!



All four of his grandparents came to the school to have donuts with him, take him to the book fair, and listen to his little program. Jacob also got to show them his art work he made. They all said he did a great job. Thanks mom for taking the pictures for me! We recently got Jacob's report card, it was nothing short of amazing. He got 6 number 4's. This means that not only is he proficient in this area but he is advanced. The area he scored so high was in his reading. We are so proud of him, he never ceases to amaze me!! Way to go Jacob!!

The BIG Sleep Over

Matt had the great idea to have my nephews over for a sleep over, yes, all three of them. We had such a blast together. We fixed chicken strips and tator tots for dinner, and then we had brownies and ice cream for dessert. Then we all faced off on the Game Cube racing one another on Mario Kart and then playing Mario golf together. Oh, and the wrestling, you can't have a sleep over with a bunch of boys with out there being some wrestling involved.

Before you know it, it was time for bed. Abby, being the only girl slept alone in her room. She still thought she was taking part in the sleep over fun because Garrett let her sleep in his sleeping bag. Garrett, Jacob and Ethan all slept in Jacob's room. It started out that Jacob and Ethan would sleep in the floor, and Garrett would get the bed. It ended up with all of the sleeping in the floor together. They were so cute. Then Chase being the oldest, got to sleep in the living room on the couch. Since he didn't have to go to bed quit as early as the rest of them, he stayed up with me and Matt and challenged us to some games on the Game Cube.

The next day was Sunday and so we took the kids to Krispy Kreme before church. We had such a great time with all them. I am SO glad that Matt thought about it! I have the BEST nephews in the whole world!!

Hop-a-Thon for MDA

Thursday at Abby's preschool, they help a hop-a-thon to support Muscular Dystrophy. The kiddos were too cute. They each were timed to see how many times they could hop in a set amount of time . Abby came in at 163 jumps. We are so proud of our little hopper!!!

Our God is so amazing

Well my last post was about this huge mountain that seemed to be in front of me. Well, I am so blessed to be able to say that God has once again moved a mountain and the peace he has given me is so sweet. We had an amazing church service on Sunday where God answered my prayers. He is so good isn't he?!