Great.great.great.day!!!!!What a wonderful Mothers Day! I am so blessed. My amazing hubby surprised me with a Kindle Fire (yay!) on Saturday night. (He couldnt wait til Sunday.) On Sunday, we had a g...
Well, the Strikers finished up the season last Saturday. I think they did great! They had fun and learned a lot. Ivey scored several goals throughout the season, and he is starting to learn about tea...
I have to write this somewhere so I dont forget. Ivey says the funniest stuff these days."Mom, if you dig up a dinosaur bone, it means you are allergic to dirt." okaaaaaay?me: "Ivey...
We have been having such a great time in the backyard the past couple of weeks. The kids loved playing on the slip n slide! They ran and ran and Ivey did a lot of sliding. Riley just ran down to the ...
We have been filling up the pool a lot lately and the kids are loving it! Especially Riley- we have to drag her out of the "poo" kicking and screaming every time!
I just love the weekends where we have nothing to do. More than that, I love that we all enjoy just being together. Frank and I had decided it would be fun to have a camp-out in the backyard and boy ...
What a great weekend! Sometimes you just need to get away for some family time....so we did!After Iveys soccer game on Saturday, we headed down to the metroplex to see Rara, Bob and Bobber! The kids ...
Our church draws in a big crowd for Easter, so they hold 4 services- 2 on Saturday night and 2 on Sunday morning. We went to on Saturday night. I dressed the kids in their Easter clothes and attempte...
Our church held their second annual Egg Drop-over 40000 eggs dropped from a helicopter! We invited GayLynn and her son Luke and the kids had a blast. Waiting (not so) patiently They were j...
I got to go to Iveys Easter party at school and boy was it fun! They got to have an egg hunt AND a picnic outside. The kids had to bring a lunch so Ivey asked if he could have a "cool lunchbox...
Jesus said, "there is no greater love than to lay your life down for a friend… and you are my friends…" John 15:13Father, I come before you in awe of your mercy. You loved me enough to send y...
Well, the Strikers played another game yesterday. None of the boys were all that interested in playing, so I dont have any goal-scoring pics to show. I do have some cute ones of the victory tunnel. T...
It felt so great to get away this past weekend! We packed up and spent the weekend at the lake with Papa and Titi. The weather was amazing and we all got some good R&R.We rode around on the golf cart...
"...He said to me, My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness. Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christs power may rest on me. ...
I must say, our team just keeps getting better and better! Every week, their skills are improving and they play better and better. Ivey scored two goals for the Strikers today (and two for the other ...
OMG I was so so proud of my son! For some reason, soccer totally "clicked" with him today. He scored 6 goals! It was awesome. Everytime he scored he would shoot his arms up in the air in vict...
"You are alive right now because you have not yet fulfilled the purpose of your life." I was recently at a conference where a very strong Christian woman stated this with such conviction that...
What a difference 19 months makes!Slow down, little girl!
My husband is having the ultimate guys getaway. He is in Florida for an all-expenses-paid fishing/skeet-shooting/relaxin g "work" weekend. I am so happy for him- he works so hard all the time ...
Iveys class is celebrating Dr. Seuss birthday this week by reading a different book each day and having a fun dress up theme each day. Today was Green Day and they read Green eggs and Ham. He said th...
The kids had a great V-day. We got them a few goodies and they had fun parties at school. Iveys class went all out and had a Disney-themed dress-up party. Luckily, a sweet friend from church loaned u...
Frank and I are trying to spend more one-on-one time with Ivey. He is having some behavior issues at school (sigh) and it seems to be attention-seeking behavior. So we are trying to get some quality ...
Wow. Our little Ladybug is 18 months old today! I just cant believe it. It feels like she has always been here but yet she should still be a tiny baby.Riley is the sweetest little girl. She loves to ...
Riley got her first haircut! You cant really tell at all but I am hoping it will get her hair to grow a little...
It was so good to get together for Big Family Christmas. We had to have it on the 27th with all of the holida craziness. All the kids (under 18) get a gift and then we have a White Elephant exchange....
We went out to Archer the day after Christmas to celebrate. It was wonderful! We decided to spend the night because we knew we would be celebrating for a looooong time. The gifts were wonderful and i...
What a great day! I have always imagined Christmas as a mom and what it would be like- it is so fun! Ivey came in the rooom jumping up and down whispering "Its Christmas! Its Christmas! Its Chris...
Pops and Nana came over to celebrate! Frank cooked steaks and we had a deeeee-licious chocolate peanut butter cheesecake. It was a good night!Happy Birthday Pops!
What a good good day! We went to church for a beautiful Christmas Eve service. All ready for the Christmas Eve service!My beautiful babiesOfficially done. Ivey was so excited all day about Christmas....
No big deal. Just my son writing his name. All by himself. I am so so proud!My cup overflows.
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