THE HUGHES FAMILY

MESS MAKER!

2012-02-11T15:25:00.000-06:00

I WENT TO TAKE A SHOWER AND CAME OUT TO FIND THIS!! JAX DECIDED THE FIRE PLACE NEEDED TO BE CLEANED OUT AND SO HE WENT TO WORK. I TRIED TO GET ON TO HIM,BUT IT WAS TOO FUNNY AND I HAD TO HAVE A PICTURE OF HIM. SO IT IS KINDA HARD TO TELL HIM TO STAND STILL AND LET ME GET A PICTURE AND THEN GET ON TO HIM. I THINK HE COULD TELL BY THE LOOK ON MY FACE I WAS NOT HAPPY WHEN I SAW HIM:)!

MY BIG BOY!

2012-02-08T17:50:00.000-06:00

MY BIG BOY, AIDEN LOST HIS FIRT TOOTH LAST NIGHT!!! IT HAS BEEN LOOSE FOR AWHILE AND PAW PAW TRIED TO PULL IT SEVERAL TIMES,BUT OF COURSE MY DRAMA KING WOULD HAVE A FIT:)! IT FINALLY FELL OUT LAST NIGHT WHILE HE WAS SLEEPING. HE DIDN'T REALIZE IT UNTIL HE HAD BEEN UP FOR A FEW MINUTES AND THEN HE GOT EXCITED AND UPSET BECAUSE HE COULD NOT FIND THE TOOTH! I FINALLY FOUND IT IN HIS SHEETS, THANK GOODNESS AND I GUESS THE TOOTH FAIRY WILL MAKE HER FIRST VISIT TO THE HOUSE TONIGHT:)! I CANNOT BELIEVE MY BABY BOY HAS LOST A TOOTH AND HAS ANOTHER ONE RIGHT BEHIND IT!

SHAVING LIKE DADDY!

2012-02-08T14:13:00.000-06:00

I SAW THESE SHAVING KITS FOR KIDS BEFORE CHIRSTMAS AND I JUST KNEW AUSTIN WOULD LOVE THEM! OF COURSE HE DID BECAUSE DADDY SHAVES AND WHATEVER DADDY DOES AUSTIN DOES! HE IS DADDY'S LITTLE SHADOW FOR SURE! AIDEN COULD CARE LESS ABOUT IT AND JAX TRIES TO STEAL HIS STUFF ALL THE TIME:)! HE IS SUCH A MESS AND CRACKS ME UP SHAVING EVERY NIGHT:)!

SUCH A MESS!

2012-02-08T13:58:00.000-06:00

THIS BOY CRACKS ME UP ON A DAILY BASIS! HE IS SO FUNNY AND COMES UP WITH THE FUNNIEST THINGS. HE STILL LOVES HIS BUBBA'S,BUT I HAVE TO SAY HIM AND AUSTIN BUMP HEADS MORE. THEY ARE MORE ALIKE SO I THINK THAT IS WHY. HE LOVES TO DO WHATEVER THEY ARE DOING OR WHATEVER DADDY IS DOING. THIS NIGHT HE HAD TO HAVE ON HIS NECKLACE LIKE AUSTIN AND WEAR HIS TOWEL LIKE DADDY:)! SUCH A MESS,BUT OH SO FUNNY!! CANNOT BELIEVE HE WILL BE 3 ON MONDAY!!!!

THE RODEO!

2012-02-04T12:38:00.000-06:00

WE TOOK THE BOYS TO THE RODEO LAST WEEKEND AND THEY LOVED IT. GRIFFIN AND UNCLE PATRICK GOT TO GO TOO,SO THEY ALL LOOKED GOOD IN THEIR COWBOY HATS:)! I HAVE TO SAY AUSTIN LOOKED AND EVEN WALKED LIKE A COWBOY:)! I SURE HOPE ONE OF THEM LOVES HORSES LIKE I DO. THEY SURE WOULD MAKE SOME CUTE COWBOYS:)!

JAX LOVED THE "RADIO"

2012-02-04T12:32:00.000-06:00

JAX KEPT ASKING TO GO BACK TO THE "RADIO" AKA, THE RODEO:)! HE LOVED IT AND WOULD JUST YELL FOR ALL THOSE BULL RIDERS. I SURE HOPE HE IS NOT GETTING ANY IDEAS. I CAN HANDLE AND WOULD LOVE FOR THEM TO RIDE HORSES,BUT I THINK I'LL PASS ON THE BULL RIDING:)!

HALF- MOON CAY

2012-01-31T13:55:00.000-06:00

OUR LAST STOP WAS HALF -MOON CAY AND IT WAS CARNIVAL'S PRIVATE ISLAND, SO WE GOT OFF TO ENJOY THE BEACH. IT WAS BEAUTIFUL BEFORE THE RAIN STARTED AND LUCKILY WE HAD A HUTT TO GO UNDER UNTIL IT PASSED. WE HAD FUN AND YOU CAN SEE "RON" IN THE LAST PICTURE WAS OUR ENTERTAINMENT:)! RJ BECAME KNOWN AS RON, RONNIE, AND RONALD ON THE SHIP. I DON'T KNOW HOW ALL THOSE PEOPLE REMEMBER NAMES BUT THEY DO AND THEY ALWAYS FOLLOW YOU AROUND WITH A CAMERA AND TAKE PICTURES SO RJ STARTED DOING FUNNY POSES FOR THEM AND THIS WAS ONE OF THEM:)! WE HAD A GREAT TIME AND THE WEATHER WAS BEAUTIFUL! I HOPE TO ONE DAY TAKE THE BOYS ON A CRUISE WITH US. AUSTIN IS ALREADY TRYING TO PLAN ONE FOR US ALL:)!

NASSAU, BAHAMA'S

2012-01-31T13:43:00.000-06:00

OUR FIRST PORT WAS NASSAU, BAHAMA'S AND I HAVE TO SAY IT IS MY FAVORITE. WE WENT TO THE ATLANTIS RESORT, TO THE PUBLIC BEACH, AND THEN TO EAT LUNCH. AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE BOTTOM PICTURE I MADE A BUDDY:)! I ALWAYS SEEM TO MAKE BUDDIES EVERYWHERE I GO ESPECIALLY HOMELESS MEN AND WOMEN. I MET A FEW OF THOSE TOO AND THEY MADE ME SMILE AND I MADE THEM SMILE AND I REALLY BELIEVE I MISSED MY CALLING:)!

ON THE SHIP!

2012-01-31T13:09:00.001-06:00

SURPRISE, SURPRISE

2012-01-31T13:07:00.000-06:00

SO MY SWEET HUBBY SURPRISED ME WITH THE PENTHOUSE SUITE ON OUR CRUISE. I GUESS YOU CAN DO THOSE THINGS WHEN YOU LIVE IN A SINGLE WIDE TRAILER:)! I BETTER ENJOY IT WHILE I CAN BECAUSE THESE WALLS ARE CLOSING IN AND WE HOPE TO BE BUILDING SOON,BUT UNTIL THEN WE WILL ENJOY THE NICE HOTEL/CRUISE ROOMS:)! NO REALLY, HE DID SURPRISE ME AND DID NOT HAVE TO DO THAT, BUT I AM THANKFUL AND I HAVE TO SAY IT WAS VERY NICE, BUT THE BEST PART WAS THE CHOCOLATE OF COURSE:)! WE HAD AN AWESOME TIME WITH OUR FRIENDS RELAXING,BUT I WAS HOMESICK BY THE LAST NIGHT. I WAS SO READY TO SEE MY BABIES AND COULD NOT GET HOME FAST ENOUGH. I HAVE TO THANK MI MI, PAW PAW, GI GI AND PAW PAW FOR KEEPING ALL OF OUR BOYS SO WE COULD ENJOY OUR TIME AWAY! THEY ALL HAD FUN AND I KNOW DID NOT MISS US TOO MUCH:)!

100th DAY OF SCHOOL!

2012-01-31T12:56:00.000-06:00

THE BOYS WERE PUMPED LAST FRIDAY WHEN IT WAS THE 100TH DAY OF SCHOOL! THEY DID ALL KINDS OF FUN LITTLE ACTIVITIES THAT DAY AND THEN THEY GOT TO SPEND THE WEEKEND WITH MI MI AND PAW PAW WHILE MOMMY AND DADDY LEFT FOR OUR CRUISE. THEN THEY WERE WITH GI GI AND PAW PAW UNTIL WE CAME HOME ON THURSDAY AND I MISSED THEM ALL SO BAD,BUT THEY HAD FUN AND I AM SURE WORE THEM ALL OUT:)!

THE BOAT SHOW!

2012-01-28T11:38:00.000-06:00

WE TOOK THE BOYS TO THE BOAT SHOW ON THURSDAY NIGHT AND THEY HAD FUN LOOKING AT ALL THE BOATS, SITTING ON THE SEA DOO'S AND FISHING. THEY ALL CAUGHT A FISH AND WERE SO FUNNY TRYING TO HOLD ONTO THEM!

7 YEARS AND 3 BABIES LATER......

2012-01-20T16:18:00.001-06:00

AND I LOVE THIS MAN MORE THAN I DID WHEN I MET HIM:)! I AM A LUCKY WOMAN AND GOD BLESSED ME WITH A WONDERFUL HUSBAND WHO LOVES ME AND TAKES CARE OF ME. HE IS AN AWESOME DADDY AND HIS BOYS ADORE HIM! OF COURSE WE ARE NOT PERFECT AND THERE ARE DAYS WHEN HE WANTS TO BITE MY HEAD OFF AND THERE ARE DAYS WHEN I WANT TO BITE HIS OFF,BUT THAT IS NORMAL:)! I HAVE TO SAY HE IS THE FIRST TO APOLOGIZE AND TALK THINGS OUT AND I AM THE HARD HEADED ONE OF THE TWO:)! HE IS ALSO VERY GOOD AT MAKING TIME FOR JUST THE TWO OF US, SO THAT IS WHERE WE WILL BE THE NEXT FEW DAYS, ENJOYING TIME TOGETHER! WE ARE HEADED TO JACKSONVILLE, FL TO CATCH A SHIP TO THE BAHAMA'S! OF COURSE A DANG SHIP WOULD HAVE TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT THE WEEK BEFORE WE GO,BUT RJ SAYS THAT IS BETTER. THEY WILL BE ON HIGH ALERT:)! I SURE HOPE SO BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE IT BACK HOME TO MY BABIES. I HAVE TO THANK MI MI, PAW PAW, GI GI, AND PAW PAW FOR MAKING IT EASIER TO LEAVE MY BABIES. THEY ARE ALL LOOKING FORWARD TO SPENDING TIME WITH THE GRANDPARENTS WHILE WE ARE GONE AND I KNOW THEY WILL HAVE FUN!

I HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEKEND AND I WILL UPDATE WHEN WE RETURN! PLEASE KEEP US IN YOUR PRAYERS AS WE TRAVEL. WE DISCOVERED A FEW DAYS AGO THAT OUR PLANE LANDED AT 1:30 AND WE HAD TO BE ON THE SHIP AT 2:30, SO NEEDLESS TO SAY WE ARE DRIVING TO JACKSONVILLE AND WILL FLY HOME,BUT WE HAVE SOME GOOD FRIENDS TO TRAVEL WITH SO I KNOW IT WILL BE FUN!!

PARTY, PARTY, PARTY!

2012-01-19T22:52:00.000-06:00

SUNDAY WE HAD A DAY FULL OF BIRTHDAY PARTIES. FIRST WE CELEBRATED KATIE'S BIRTHDAY AT TREE TOP AND OF COURSE THEY ALL HAD A BLAST AND DID NOT WANT TO LEAVE UNTIL WE TOLD THEM WE WERE HEADED TO I JUMP TO CELEBRATE GRIFFIN'S BIRTHDAY! THEY PLAYED THEIR LITTLE HEARTS OUT AND I HAVE TO SAY WERE ALL VERY GOOD CONSIDERING HOW TIRED THEY WERE AFTER CHURCH AND ALL THAT PLAYING! WE HOPE YOU BOTH HAD WONDERFUL BIRTHDAY'S AND WE ENJOYED CELEBRATING WITH YOU BOTH!!

TOTALLY OPPOSITES!

2012-01-18T16:20:00.000-06:00

AUSTIN AND JAX WOULD RATHER BE OUTSIDE IN FREEZING COLD WEATHER THAN BE COOPED UP INSIDE,BUT YOU HAVE TO MAKE AIDEN GO OUTSIDE EVEN ON THE PRETTY DAYS! THEY ARE ALL SO DIFFERENT IN THEIR OWN LITTLE WAYS AND I LOVE THAT! JAX AND AUSTIN WERE BUNDLED UP AND HELPED DADDY BUILD A FIRE BEFORE GOING OUTSIDE TO PLAY AND AIDEN STAYED IN AND PLAYED THE D.S.!

MY SICK BABY WITH MICKEY!

2012-01-18T16:17:00.000-06:00

WE WENT THROUGH SOME SICKNESS WHILE ON CHRISTMAS BREAK,BUT THANKFULLY IT DIDN'T LAST TOO LONG. THEN JAX GOT SICK AGAIN WITH A FEVER VIRUS LAST WEEK,BUT IT WAS ONLY FOR 24 HOURS AND MICKEY MADE HIM FEEL BETTER:)!

NEW BIKES

2012-01-16T16:20:00.000-06:00

THE BOYS GOT NEW BIKES FOR CHRISTMAS. THEY WANTED BIG BOY BIKES WITHOUT THE TRAINING WHEELS,BUT SANTA THOUGHT THE NEEDED TO GET USED TO THE BIKES FIRST:)! SO HERE THEY ARE TRYING THEM OUT. AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE BOTTOM PICTURE AIDEN WAS FRUSTRATED:)! ONE THING THAT COMES WITH LIVING OUT IN WOODS IS THERE IS NO PAVEMENT AROUND, BUT WE HOPE TO HAVE A DRIVE WAY SOONER THAN LATER AND THEY WILL HAVE SOME PAVEMENT TO PRACTICE ON!

SANTA DID GOOD:)!

2012-01-14T17:16:00.000-06:00

THIS BOY LIVES IN HIS DUNE BUGGY THESE DAYS! HE IS LIKE A LITTLE MAN DRIVING AROUND AND WHEN HE GETS DONE HE PULLS IT UP TO THE FRONT PORCH AND PARKS IT OR HE TAKES IT TO THE SHED AND PARKS IT. HE CRACKS ME UP AND IS GETTING TO BE SUCH A BIG BOY, BUT LIKE HE SAYS, HE IS MOMMY'S BABY:)!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

2012-01-12T10:34:00.000-06:00

WE ALWAYS CELEBRATE NEW YEARS AT THE LAKE AND THIS YEAR IT WAS PERFECT WEATHER! THE KIDS HAD A BALL AND WE WERE ABLE TO ENJOY SOME FAMILY TIME WHILE DADDY WAS OFF THE WHOLE WEEK AFTER CHRISTMAS AFTER EVERYONE FINALLY GOT OVER ALL THE SICKNESS. WE HAD A WONDERFUL YEAR FULL OF MANY BLESSING EACH DAY! JUST WAKING UP TO A HOUSE FULL OF HEALTHY BOYS AND A WONDERFUL HUSBAND MAKE MY HEART HAPPY:)! I AM BLESSED AND THANK GOD FOR ALL HIS MANY BLESSINGS AND LOOKING FORWARD TO WHAT HE IS GOING TO DO THIS YEAR! HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL!!

FIREWORKS AND FUN!

2012-01-12T10:27:00.000-06:00

WE HAD THE SPENCER FAMILY AND AUGIE AND OWEN DOWN TO THE LAKE FOR NEW YEARS AND ALL THE KIDS HAD SO MUCH FUN TOGETHER. THEY ALL PLAYED SO WELL AND KEPT US ENTERTAINED. THEY ALL LOVED THE FIREWORKS EXCEPT FOR JAX! HE WOULD NOT GO OUTSIDE AND WATCH THEM, SO HE WATCHED FROM THE WINDOW! THEY PLAYED GAMES, RODE THE JEEP AND TRACTOR, AND OF COURSE ATE LOTS OF SUGAR:)!!

LEARNING TO SHOOT!

2012-01-07T12:15:00.000-06:00

AUSTIN COULD NOT WAIT TO SHOOT HIS NEW BB GUN, SO DADDY SET THEM UP A TARGET AND GAVE THEM SOME LESSONS. THEY DID REALLY GOOD AND BOTH SHOOT THE TARGET, JUST NOT THE BULLS EYE:)! YOU CAN SEE JAX HAD HIS PLAY GUN OUT THERE TOO! POOR BUDDY, HE WANTS TO BE BIG JUST LIKE HIS BUBBA'S:)!

GAME ON:)!!

2012-01-07T12:07:00.000-06:00

WE TOOK THE BOYS FOOSEBALL AND THE AIR HOCKEY/PING PONG TABLES TO THE LAKE AND SET THEM UP. THEY LOVED THEM AND I HAVE TO SAY THE ADULTS DID TOO! ME AND AIDEN BEAT DADDY AND AUSTIN FIRST GAME OF FOOSEBALL AND THEN ME AND AUSTIN BEAT DADDY AND AIDEN:)! SO MOMMY IS THE CHAMP, FOR NOW ANYWAYS:)! JAX WAS OUR SCORE KEEPER,BUT HE GOT TO PLAY SOME TOO!

CHRISTMAS NIGHT

2012-01-04T17:22:00.000-06:00

WE ALWAYS DO MI MI AND PAW PAW'S ON CHRISTMAS NIGHT AND AS YOU CAN SEE IT IS A HOUSE FULL OF BOYS, BOYS, AND MORE BOYS. WE HAVE ONE GIRL, ALYSSA MY COUSIN'S LITTLE GIRL, ON MY MOM'S SIDE OF THE FAMILY SO SHE IS SURROUNDED BY BOYS! WE HAD A WONDERFUL NIGHT CELEBRATING CHRISTMAS WITH MY FAMILY AND OF COURSE THE BOYS HAD FUN!

PRESENT TIME!

2012-01-04T17:17:00.000-06:00

WE MADE THE KIDDO'S ALL GO ONE AT TIME FROM OLDEST TO YOUNGEST THIS YEAR SO WE COULD ACTUALLY SEE THEM OPENING THEIR PRESENTS. THEY WERE ALL SO CUTE WAITING ON THEIR TURNS AND OF COURSE THEY ALL LOVED THEIR PRESENTS. I HAD JUST GOTTEN ALL THE SANTA TOYS PUT UP AND THEN CAME HOME TO ANOTHER LIVING ROOM FULL OF TOYS,BUT THAT'S OKAY:)!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JESUS!

2012-01-01T15:54:00.000-06:00

WE SANG HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO JESUS AND BLEW OUT THE CANDLES, WELL JAX BLEW OUT ALL THE CANDLES, BUT WE MADE SURE THEY KNEW IT WAS JESUS BIRTHDAY AND THAT IS WHY WE CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS! AS YOU CAN SEE WE HAD AN AMAZING CHRSITMAS AND THEY WE ARE SO BLESSED!

THE FUN BEGINS!!

2012-01-01T15:46:00.000-06:00

THEIR FACES WERE PRICELESS CHRISTMAS MORNING! THEY ALL WERE SO EXCITED AND HAD SO MUCH FUN OPENING ALL THEIR GIFTS!

SANTA WAS TOO GOOD:)!

2012-01-01T15:35:00.000-06:00

AS YOU CAN SEE THE BOYS HAD A WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS THIS YEAR AND WERE SO MUCH FUN WATCHING! THEY GOT WAY TO MUCH STUFF,BUT THEY HAVE ENJOYED IT ALL. THEIR BIG GIFTS WERE THE BIKES, FOOSEBALL TABLE, PING PONG AND AIR HOCKEY TABLE AND JAX GOT A DUNE BUGGY. THEN DADDY ALWAYS BUYS THE BOYS A GIFT ON HIS OWN AND THIS YEAR IT WAS REAL BB GUNS FOR AIDEN AND AUSTIN. POOR JAX WAS SO UPSET BUT DADDY SAID NOT UNTIL HE WAS 5.

FEEDING THE REINDEER

2012-01-01T15:24:00.001-06:00

THIS YEAR WAS THE FIRST TIME WE HAVE FED THE REINDEER BECAUSE THE BOYS MADE SOME REINDEER FOOD AT SCHOOL, SO WE HAD TO FEED THEM! THEY RAN TO THE DOOR CHRISTMAS MORNING TO SEE IF THEY ATE IT ALL TOO AND WERE MAD THAT THEY DID NOT EAT ALL OF IT:)!
AFTER THEY FED THE DEER WE CAME IN AND READ THE REAL CHRISTMAS STORY WITH OUR ANGEL ONE LAST TIME UNTIL SHE COMES AGAIN NEXT YEAR! THEY HAD A LOT OF FUN DOING THINGS FOR OTHERS AND HELPING MOMMY OUT AND THE BIGGEST COMPLIMENT I HAVE EVER HEARD WAS FROM AIDEN'S TEACHER. SHE TOLD ME THAT ANYTIME THEY TALKED CHRISTMAS HE MADE SURE TO TELL THE CLASS THAT CHRISTMAS WAS ABOUT JESUS AND WITHOUT JESUS WE WOULD NOT HAVE CHRISTMAS! I PRAY THEY ALL REMEMBER THAT AND TELL OTHERS ABOUT JESUS!

GI GI AND PAW PAW'S

2011-12-27T14:35:00.002-06:00

CHRISTMAS EVE WE GO TO GI GI AND PAW PAW'S HOUSE AND THE BOYS WERE ALL SO EXCITED THEY WOULD NOT EVEN EAT:)! THEY HAD TO DRAW NUMBERS TO SEE WHO GOT TO GO FIRST AND OPEN PRESENTS AND JAX GOT NUMBER 1. HE WAS SO CUTE BECAUSE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME HE REALLY UNDERSTOOD OPENING PRESENTS. YOU CAN SEE IN THE PICTURES HE WAS GRINNING FROM EAR TO EAR. THE AUSTIN GOT TO GO AND AS YOU CAN SEE HE WAS PUMPED! HE GOT A HELICOPTER GAME THAT YOU PLAY ON THE COMPUTER AND LEARN TO REALLY FLY IT. IT IS SUPER NEAT AND HE LOVED IT. HE EVEN GOT HIS OWN HELICOPTER HELMET. NEXT WAS AIDEN AND AT FIRST YOU CAN SEE HE WAS UPSET. HE THOUGHT HE GOT A BABY TOY AND THEN REALIZED IT WAS A LEAP PAD AND HE LOVES IT. HE PLAYS WITH IT NON-STOP AND NOW I HAVE MY I PAD BACK:)! IT WAS A GREAT NIGHT CELEBRATING CHRISTMAS WITH OUR FAMILY!

EXCITED BOYS ON CHRISTMAS EVE!

2011-12-27T14:27:00.001-06:00

THIS WAS BEFORE WE HEADED OVER TO GI GI AND PAW PAW'S AND AS YOU CAN SEE THEY WERE VERY EXCITED AND BEING SILLY!

OH MY!!

2011-12-27T14:24:00.000-06:00

I HATE GUNS,BUT I UNDERSTAND YOU MUST TEACH THE KIDS ABOUT GUN SAFETY AND ALLOW THEM TO SHOOT WITH ADULTS ONLY. RJ IS VERY GOOD WITH THEM SO I KNOW HE WILL TRAIN THEM INTO GOOD LIL' DEER HUNTERS:)! I DID END UP SHOOTING TOO AND IT WAS FUN,BUT I JUST DON'T LIKE THEM WHEN RJ IS NOT AROUND:)!

MAKING JESUS A BIRTHDAY CAKE!

2011-12-27T14:20:00.000-06:00

TELLING SANTA WHAT THEY WANT:)!

2011-12-24T16:24:00.000-06:00

AFTER HOURS OF WAITING IN THE LINE BEHIND DOGS WE FINALLY MADE IT TO SEE SANTA! RJ WAS UPSET WE DID NOT HAVE DUKE AND DALLAS WITH US:)! ANYWAYS, IT WAS CRAZY BUT WE MADE IT UP THERE AND THE BOYS WERE SO EXCITED TO TELL SANTA WHAT THEY WANTED. JAX IS NOT SCARED OF HIM ONE BIT AND RUNS RIGHT UP TO HIM. HE JUST SAYS HE WANTS A TOY AND AUSTIN SAYS A REMOTE CONTROL CAR AND AIDEN CHANGES HIS MIND EVERYDAY:)! AFTER THEY ALL FINISHED AND WE WERE WALKING AWAY AIDEN WENT RUNNING BACK UP TO HIM TO TELL HIM ONE LAST THING. HE SAID HE WANTED A MANGER SET. I HAD TO GO AND BYE HIM IS VERY OWN THE NEXT DAY AND HE LOVES IT. THEN HE WAS AT GI GI'S HOUSE AND BROUGHT ANOTHER ONE HOME. HE SAYS HE WANTS COLLECT THEM BECAUSE CHRISTMAS IS ALL ABOUT JESUS AND IF WE DID NOT HAVE JESUS WE WOULD NOT HAVE CHRISTMAS! THEY ALL MAKE MY HEART SMILE AND I PRAY THEY ALWAYS REMEMBER WHAT CHRISTMAS IS REALLY ABOUT!!

RIDING THE REINDEER!

2011-12-24T14:58:00.000-06:00

AFTER WE ATE SUPPER WE LET THE BOYS RIDE THE REINDEER WHILE THE SANTA LINE THINNED OUT A BIT! AS YOU CAN SEE AIDEN HAD A NICE KETCHUP STAIN RIGHT ON THE WHITE SPOT OF HIS SHIRT:)! DADDY GOT US SOME TIDE TO GO AND WE GOT IT OUT BEFORE SANTA PICTURES:)!

PJ DAY AT SCHOOL!

2011-12-22T21:22:00.001-06:00

THE BOYS HAD PAJAMA DAY AT SCHOOL LAST FRIDAY AND WATCHED THE POLAR EXPRESS AND THEN JAX HAD PAJAMA DAY TUESDAY. HE HAD TO WEAR HIS ELMO JAMMIE'S AND ELMO HOUSE SHOES. HE LOVES THOSE THINGS AND TRIES TO WEAR THEM EVERYWHERE:)! AS YOU CAN SEE AIDEN AND AUSTIN WERE EXCITED AND BEING SILLY FOR THE CAMERA:)!

CHRISTMAS PROGRAM AT CHURCH

2011-12-22T12:47:00.000-06:00

SUNDAY THE KIDS SANG IN BIG CHURCH AND THEY ALL DID SO GOOD. AIDEN HAD A SOLO PART IN "AWAY IN A MANGER" AND DID GREAT. I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE THE SINGING COMES FROM,BUT THIS IS HIS SECOND TIME TO SING IN BIG CHURCH AND HE HAS DONE WONDERFUL! AUSTIN IS WORKING VERY HARD ON LEARNING A SONG TO PLAY ON HIS GUITAR BECAUSE HE WANTS TO PLAY IN BIG CHURCH TOO AND JAX IS ALWAYS UP FOR SOME SINGING! I BELIEVE DADDY IS HOLDING BACK ONE OF HIS TALENTS FROM US BECAUSE I PROMISE YOU THE SINGING DOES NOT COME FROM ME! YOU COULD NOT PAY ME MILLIONS TO GET UP IN FRONT OF PEOPLE AND DO THAT,SO I AM VERY PROUD OF THEM ALL! MOST OF ALL THEY ARE SINGING FOR JESUS AND THAT MAKES MY HEART SMILE! I PRAY WHATEVER THEIR GOD GIVEN TALENTS ARE THEY USE THEM TO GLORIFY HIM!

CHRISTMAS PARADE

2011-12-22T12:39:00.000-06:00

SATURDAY WE WENT TO THE CHRISTMAS PARADE AND THE BOYS GOT ALL KINDS OF CANDY! THEY WERE SO FUNNY AND WOULD NOT PICK IT UP IF THEY DID NOT LIKE IT,BUT MOMMY MADE SURE THEY PICKED UP ALL THE CHOCOLATE:)! GRIFFIN, KATIE, AND WILL WERE THERE TOO SO THEY HAD FUN PLAYING WITH THEM WHILE WAITING ON THE PARADE TO START!

AIDEN'S CHRISTMAS PARTY!

2011-12-20T21:07:00.000-06:00

THANK GOODNESS ALL THE BOYS CHRISTMAS PARTY'S WERE ON THE SAME DAY. SO WE STARTED WITH JAX AND THEN DADDY AND I RAN IN BETWEEN AIDEN AND AUSTIN'S CLASS. THEY ALL HAD SO MUCH FUN AND LOVED THEIR GIFTS THAT THEY EXCHANGED AND THEIR GIFT'S FROM THEIR SWEET TEACHERS. THEY ARE HAVING SO MUCH FUN IN KINDERGARTEN,BUT I THINK THEY WILL ENJOY THE CHRISTMAS BREAK WITH MOMMY AND DADDY:)!

AUSTIN'S CHRISTMAS PARTY!

2011-12-20T21:04:00.000-06:00

AUSTIN WAS SO EXCITED TO HAVE MOMMY, DADDY, AND JAX AT HIS PARTY! HE LOVES HIS BUDDIES IN HIS CLASS AND HE MADE ALL HIS CLASSMATES SOME COOKIES TO TAKE HOME! THEY ALSO HAD A COLORING BOOK EXCHANGE AND HE LOVED HIS GIFT!

JAX'S CHRISTMAS PARTY

2011-12-20T20:01:00.001-06:00

JAX HAD HIS CHRISTMAS PARTY AT MOTHER'S DAY OUT ON THURSDAY. IT WAS SO CUTE! WE PACKED THEM A GIFT AND THEY ALL SANG HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO JESUS AND THEN OPENED THEIR GIFTS. HE WAS SO EXCITED TO HAVE HIS DADDY THERE WITH HIM:)!

MICKEY MOUSE AND HUNTING!

2011-12-18T21:03:00.000-06:00

JAX LOVES MICKEY MOUSE THESE DAYS! SO THIS WAS HIM WITH HIS MICKEY AND HE IS SO LOST WITHOUT HIM RIGHT NOW BECAUSE HE LEFT HIM AT THE LAKE. THEN THE NEXT TWO PICTURES WAS HIM SO EXCITED BEFORE HE LEFT TO GO HUNTING WITH DADDY! HE PITCHED A FIT THE OTHER DAY WHEN AUSTIN GOT TO GO, SO DADDY PROMISED HIM HE WOULD TAKE HIM AND HE DID! HE IS JUST SO MUCH FUN THESE DAYS AND KEEPS US ENTERTAINED!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, WESTON!

2011-12-17T16:37:00.000-06:00

I AM PLAYING CATCH UP BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN SO BUSY, BUT THESE ARE FROM WESTON'S BIRTHDAY PARTY LAST FRIDAY! HE HAD A FUN LITTLE PARTY IN A GYM WITH BASKETBALL, JUMPIE'S, AND NERF GUNS! THE BOYS AND JAX WERE HAVING A BALL AND UNCLE JEFF IS CRAZY! HE WAS PRACTICING HIS OLD CHEER LEADING MOVES AND TOSSING THE BOYS UP IN THE AIR TO SHOOT THE BASKETBALL AND THEN HE WOULD CATCH THEM! WE HOPE YOU HAD A WONDERFUL BIRTHDAY AND LOVE YOU VERY MUCH, WESTON!!

OUR GINGERBREAD HOUSE!

2011-12-16T17:03:00.000-06:00

AFTER WE PUT UP THE TREE WE DECORATED THE GINGERBREAD HOUSE. AS YOU CAN SEE IT TURNED OUT JUST LIKE ANY OTHER KID'S GINGERBREAD HOUSE:)! THEY ENJOYED EATING ALL THE CANDY MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE AND THEY WERE ON A SUGAR HIGH FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT!

ALL DONE:)!

2011-12-16T17:00:00.000-06:00

THEY WERE SO PROUD OF THEIR TREE:)! I THINK THEY DID GREAT AND IT IS NEVER THE SAME BECAUSE THEY ARE ALWAYS ADDING TO IT OR RE-ARRANGING IT:)!

PUTTING UP THE CHRISTMAS TREE!

2011-12-13T12:59:00.000-06:00

THEIR FIRST NOTE FROM THE ANGEL WAS TO HELP MOMMY PUT UP THE CHRISTMAS TREE:)! SO THEY DID AND THEY HAD FUN. I DO NOT GET MY GOOD ORNAMENTS OUT AND JUST GO AND BUY WAL-MART BALLS TO PUT ON THE TREE UNTIL THEY ARE BIGGER AND I TRUST THEM ALL:)! SO, THEY GET TO DO WHATEVER WITH THE DECORATING AND AIDEN THINKS IT IS HIS JOB EVERYDAY TO COME HOME AND RE-ARRANGE THE BALLS FOR SOME REASON:)! I LOVE NOT HAVING TO WORRY ABOUT THEM MESSING UP MY TREE BECAUSE IT IS ALL THEIRS:)!! I WILL HAVE PLENTY OF YEARS TO DO A BIG BEAUTIFUL TREE SO UNTIL THEN WE HAVE FUN WITH IT:)!

THE CHRISTMAS ANGEL

2011-12-12T13:40:00.000-06:00

WE STARTED A NEW TRADITION THIS YEAR WITH THE CHRISTMAS ANGEL. I NEVER DID THE "ELF" THING AND THOUGHT THIS WAS A WONDERFUL ALTERNATIVE AND TEACHES THEM THE REAL MEANING OF CHRISTMAS AND THAT IT IS BETTER TO GIVE THAN RECEIVE. I NEVER WANT THEM TO THINK CHRISTMAS IS ABOUT SANTA AND GETTING GIFTS, SO THE ANGEL HAS BEEN LEAVING THEM MESSAGES THAT TELL THEM TO DO THINGS FOR OTHERS. THEY HAVE HAD FUN WITH IT,BUT THE FIRST THING AIDEN SAID, "WAS SHE IS REALLY NOT AN ANGEL AND YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO WRITE THE LETTERS FOR HER:)"

CHRISTMAS PROGRAM

2011-12-08T15:24:00.000-06:00

LAST MONDAY NIGHT THE BOYS HAD THEIR CHRISTMAS PROGRAM AT SCHOOL AND THEY SANG SO GOOD FOR US ALL! JAX SAT THERE IN PAW PAW'S LAP THE WHOLE TIME AND WATCHED HIS BROTHER'S SING:)! THEY HAVE THEIR CHURCH PROGRAM NEXT WEEK, SO I HOPE THEY DO JUST AS GOOD:)!

THE NORTH POLE EXPRESS

2011-12-05T22:16:00.000-06:00

I FINALLY GOT TICKETS TO THE NORTH POLE EXPRESS BACK IN JULY FOR THE BOYS AND THEY LOVED IT. IT WAS REALLY CUTE. YOU TAKE A TRAIN TO THE "NORTH POLE" AND THEN THE ELVES, SANTA, AND MRS. CLAUS GET ON THE TRAIN WITH YOU AND VISIT. THEY ALSO GOT MILK AND COOKIE AND A SPECIAL KEY:)!

HERE WE GO!

2011-12-05T14:17:00.000-06:00

HEADING TO THE NORTH POLE:)!

2011-12-05T14:04:00.000-06:00

UNTIL NEXT YEAR!!

2011-12-02T20:51:00.000-06:00

WELL, THIS IS IT FOR THE AUBURN TAILGATING FUN FOR 2011,BUT IT WAS FUN! THE BOYS HAVE SO MUCH FUN DOWN THERE NOW AND THEY HAD ALL KINDS OF LITTLE GIRLS TAKING CARE OF THEM ALL WEEKEND:)! EVEN THOUGH AUBURN LOST IT WAS A GOOD TIME AND I LOOK FORWARD TO NEXT YEAR!

AUBURN HATS:)!

2011-11-30T23:17:00.000-06:00

OUR SWEET NEIGHBORS THAT WE WERE TAILGATING WITH GAVE AUSTIN ONE OF THESE HATS AND OF COURSE HE HAD TO SEND HIS WIFE OUT FOR TWO MORE:)! THEY ARE SO CUTE AND AUSTIN EVEN HAD TO TAKE A PICTURE OF MOMMY AND DADDY WITH THEM ON:)! MORE FUN PICTURES FROM OUR IRON BOWL WEEKEND IN AUBURN SOON!

GI GI AND PAW PAW'S

2011-11-30T22:34:00.000-06:00

AFTER MI MI AND PAW PAW'S WE WENT TO GI GI AND PAW PAW'S LAKE HOUSE TO EAT EVEN MORE FOOD:)! IT WAS FUN AND THE KIDS WERE TO BUSY THROWING ROCKS IN THE LAKE FOR PICTURES:)! WE ARE SO BLESSED TO HAVE SUCH WONDERFUL FAMILY AND WE LOVE THEM ALL!

MI MI AND PAW PAW'S!

2011-11-29T15:17:00.000-06:00

WE STARTED OUT AT MI MI AND PAW PAW'S LAKE HOUSE WITH MY MOM AND DAD'S FAMILY! THE KIDS ALL HAD SO MUCH FUN RUNNING AROUND AND AS YOU CAN SEE IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO GET A PICTURE OF ALL THE KIDDO'S! THE FOOD WAS AWESOME, BUT I HATE WAY TO MUCH AND MY TUMMY DID NOT LIKE IT:)! OH WELL, IT WAS A GREAT DAY AND I LOVE MY FAMILY SO MUCH!

THANKSGIVING!

2011-11-29T00:42:00.000-06:00

WE HAD A WONDERFUL THANKSGIVING WITH OUR FAMILIES AND I HAVE A LOT OF CATCHING UP TO DO,BUT THIS MOMMY IS TIRED:)! WE HAVE BEEN GOING NON-STOP,BUT WE WILL SLOW DOWN SOON AND I WILL CATCH UP. JUST THOUGHT I WOULD SHARE A FEW OF MY GREATEST BLESSINGS WITH YOU ALL! I THANK GOD FOR ALL FOUR OF MY HANDSOME BOYS:)!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOMMY!

2011-11-24T08:17:00.000-06:00

MY BIRTHDAY WAS TUESDAY AND NO, I AM NOT 32!! DADDY LIKES TO ADD A YEAR TO MY AGE EVERY YEAR AND GET THE BOYS TO AGREE WITH HIM,BUT THEY KNOW MOMMY IS ONLY 31:)! MAN, I'M GETTING OLD, BUT NOT AS OLD AS DADDY:)! WE ACTUALLY MET 10 YEARS AGO YESTERDAY, THE DAY AFTER MY 21ST BIRTHDAY:)! I KNEW SOMETHING WAS SPECIAL ABOUT HIM AND I WAS RIGHT HE WAS THE MAN GOD MADE FOR ME:)! SO MUCH HAS HAPPENED IN 10 YEARS AND I AM EXCITED TO SEE WHERE WE WILL BE 10 YEARS FROM NOW WITH TEENAGE BOYS IN HOUSE,OH MY!!!! I AM SO BLESSED AND HAD A WONDERFUL DAY CELEBRATING WITH ALL FOUR OF MY MEN! THERE IS NO OTHER WAY I WOULD WANT TO SPEND MY SPECIAL DAY!

THANKSGIVING FEAST

2011-11-24T08:10:00.000-06:00

THE BOYS HAD THEIR THANKSGIVING FEAST AT SCHOOL FRIDAY AND I GOT TO GO. THEY GOT TO COOK AND EAT ALL KINDS OF THINGS AND IT WAS SO MUCH FUN TO WATCH THEM WITH ALL THEIR BUDDIES:)!

AUSTIN AT HIS FEAST!

2011-11-24T08:07:00.000-06:00

JAX'S THANKSGIVING PLAY!

2011-11-23T16:06:00.003-06:00

MY BABY BOY HAD HIS FIRST THANKSGIVING PLAY AND HE DID SO GOOD! THE CHURCH WAS PACKED AND I JUST KNEW HE WOULD NOT DO IT, BUT HE DID AND HE DID GREAT! I COULD SEE HIM LOOKING FOR US THE WHOLE TIME,BUT WE WERE UP IN THE BALCONY SO HE NEVER SAW US. HE WAS EXCITED TO SEE US WHEN WE WENT DOWN TO GET HIM. THEN WE WENT BACK TO HIS ROOM TO SEE ALL OF HIS PRETTY ART AND HE HAD TO GET HIS PICTURE MADE WITH HIS BUDDY, TRIPP! THEY ARE TOO SWEET TOGETHER AND LOVE EACH OTHER SO MUCH HE HAD TO SIT WITH US WHILE WE ATE LUNCH AT HABENEROS:)! I AM SO PROUD OF YOU BABY BOY,BUT I WISH I COULD PRESS PAUSE FOR A BIT:(!

GUITAR LESSONS

2011-11-23T12:45:00.000-06:00

DADDY AND AUSTIN HAVE STARTED GUITAR LESSONS! I AM SO EXCITED FOR THEM BOTH AND THEY BOTH ARE ENJOYING IT! THEY PRACTICE ALL THE TIME AND I JUST KNOW MY LITTLE BOY WILL BE PLAYING A SONG FOR JESUS SOON:)! SPEAKING OF, AIDEN SANG IN BIG CHURCH SUNDAY AND DID GREAT. HE WAS A LITTLE SHY BECAUSE THIS WAS HIS FIRST TIME EVER TO DO ANYTHING LIKE THAT,BUT HE SANG "OUR GOD IS GREATER" AND SYDNEY SANG IT WITH HIM. I WILL HAVE TO GET THE VIDEO ON HERE. HE WAS SINGING FOR MRS. JAMIE AND JESUS AND MRS. JAMIE WAS THERE TO SEE HIM, SO IT WAS EVEN MORE SPECIAL! I PRAY THEY DISCOVER THEIR GOD GIVEN TALENTS EARLY AND USE THEM TO GLORIFY OUR GOD!

I THINK WE NEED A HORSE:)!

2011-11-19T15:12:00.000-06:00

THIS WAS AIDEN AND AUSTIN'S FIRST TIME ON A HORSE. JAX RODE A PONY LAST MONTH,BUT AS YOU CAN SEE THEY ALL LOVED IT! I GREW UP RIDING HORSES SO I WAS HAPPY TO SEE THIS! I EVEN GOT TO RIDE AND I REALLY THINK SANTA NEEDS TO BRING A HORSE:)! HOPEFULLY SOON WE WILL HAVE SOME AND I WILL HAVE ME SOME COWBOY'S:)!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BRETT!

2011-11-18T21:48:00.001-06:00

LAST SUNDAY THE BOYS HAD A BIRTHDAY PARTY WITH ONE OF THEIR BASEBALL BUDDIES! IT WAS SO MUCH FUN AS YOU CAN SEE. THE HAD A JUMPIE THING, HAY RIDES, HORSE RIDES, AND SO MUCH MORE! THE BOYS DID NOT WANT TO LEAVE AND MOMMY EVEN GOT TO RIDE THE HORSE:)!

GOING TO THE DENTIST!

2011-11-14T12:17:00.000-06:00

I HAD THE PLEASURE OF TAKING ALL THREE BOYS TO THE DENTIST BY MYSELF THURSDAY, BUT I SURVIVED! JAX WAS SCARED AT FIRST,BUT WARMED UP QUICK AND LET THEM CLEAN HIS TEETH. OF COURSE, AUSTIN WAS NOT SCARED AT ALL AND AIDEN DID NOT WANT TO DO IT AT FIRST BUT HE DID JUST FINE. POOR AIDEN HAS GOT 4 CAVITIES AND TWO OF THEM HIS ADULT TEETH ARE NOT COMING IN BEHIND THEM. DR. BAKER SAID THIS IS NORMAL IN SOME KIDS AND WE WILL JUST HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE. HE THINKS IT IS DUE TO HIS LOSS OF ENAMEL AND THIS COULD BE CAUSED BY HIM BEING A MULTIPLE AND A PREEMIE! SO WE GET TO TAKE HIM BACK FOR TORTURE THURSDAY! AUSTIN AND JAX GOT A GREAT REPORT!

OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD

2011-11-14T12:09:00.000-06:00

IT IS MY FAVORITE TIME OF THE YEAR AGAIN, OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD! WE HAVE BEEN BUSY GETTING ALL THE ITEMS WE HAVE BEEN COLLECTING SINCE LAST YEAR ORGANIZED AND AIDEN LOVES TO HELP ME. HE BAGS THE CANDY AND SOAP FOR ME:)! JAX WAS A GOOD HELPER THIS YEAR TOO AND AUSTIN FELL ASLEEP THIS NIGHT. WE STARTED PACKING THEM YESTERDAY AT CHURCH AND ALL THE KIDS HAD A BALL! OUR CHURCH IS A DROP OFF LOCATION, SO WE WILL BE THERE EVERY NIGHT THIS WEEK COLLECTING BOXES AND I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT THE LORD HAS BEEN DOING! IF YOU HAVE NOT PACKED YOUR BOX YET, YOU STILL HAVE TIME. GO HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO FIND THE NEAREST DROP OFF LOCATION FOR YOU: WWW.SAMARITANSPURSE.ORG/OCC

HALLOWEEN 2011

2011-11-09T14:22:00.000-06:00

THIS YEAR WE DECIDED TO TAKE THE BOYS TO DOWNTOWN COLUMBIANA AND IT WAS SO NICE! THEY START AT 4:30 AND CLOSE DOWN MAIN STREET AND ALL THE SHOPS SET UP AND GIVE OUT CANDY. THEN THE BIG BAPTIST CHURCH HAS ALL KINDS OF GAMES, FOOD, AND HAY RIDES. WE WERE HOME BY 7:00 AND THE BOYS HAD A BALL! MADISON WAS THERE TOO,SO THEY HAD FUN TRICK OR TREATING WITH HER THIS YEAR AND SHE LOOKED SO CUTE! I THOUGHT THE BOYS LOOKED PRETTY CUTE TOO AND I WAS HAPPY TO PULL OFF ANOTHER YEAR OF COORDINATING OUTFITS:)!

THEY COULDN'T WAIT TO GET HOME TO EAT THE CANDY:)!

2011-11-09T14:16:00.000-06:00

THE POLICEMAN:)!

2011-11-09T14:06:00.000-06:00

THE FIREMAN WITH HIS DALMATION:)!

2011-11-08T10:50:00.000-06:00

HALLOWEEN PICTURES COMING!!

2011-11-07T13:47:00.000-06:00

WE HAVE BEEN GOING NON-STOP IT SEEMS LATELY AND I HAVE NOT EVEN GOTTEN ALL OF MY HALLOWEEN PICTURES UPLOADED. THIS WAS JAX, THE DALMATION GOING TO SCHOOL IN HIS COSTUME:)! HE WAS NOT A FAN AT FIRST,BUT BY HALLOWEEN NIGHT HE WAS WALKING AROUND BARKING AT EVERYONE:)! MORE TO COME SOON, I PROMISE:)!

AND THIS IS WHAT I LOVE THE MOST:)!

2011-11-04T23:23:00.000-05:00

THEIR FAVORITE THING ABOUT AUBURN:)!

2011-11-04T23:02:00.000-05:00

THE BOYS LOVE AUBIE, ESPECIALLY JAX SO THIS WAS DEFINITELY THE HIGHLIGHT OF OUR WEEKEND! THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME ANY OF THEM HAVE MET AUBIE UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL AND THEY ALL HAD ON THEIR AUBIE SHIRTS:)!

MOMMY'S BOYS:)!

2011-11-04T22:59:00.000-05:00

READY FOR THE HOMERUN DERBY!

2011-11-04T22:51:00.000-05:00

FRIDAY NIGHT IN AUBURN THEY HAD A CELEBRITY HOME RUN DERBY SO WE TOOK THE BOYS AND THEY LOVED IT! IT WAS NEAT TO SEE SOME OF THE PRO-BASEBALL PLAYER'S HIT ALL THOSE HOME RUNS:)!

HAIR CUTS IN AUBURN!

2011-11-03T21:46:00.003-05:00

WE ALWAYS USE MRS. NICKIE FOR THE BOYS HAIR CUTS,BUT THEY HAVE PICTURES SATURDAY AND NEEDED HAIR CUTS WHILE WE WERE IN AUBURN SO WE CARRIED THEM TO THE BARBER SHOP IN DOWNTOWN! IT WAS NEAT AND I LOVE THE TOP PICTURE OF ALL OF THEM:)!

MELLOW MUSHROOM!

2011-11-02T22:02:00.000-05:00

TOOMER'S CORNER

2011-10-31T22:29:00.002-05:00

WE SPENT THE AFTERNOON IN DOWNTOWN AUBURN THURSDAY AND HAD TO GET SOME PICTURES AT TOOMER'S CORNER AND THEN WE HAD TO EAT AT DADDY'S FAVORITE, MELLOW MUSHROOM! I LOVE SPENDING DAYS LIKE THAT WITH MY MEN:)!

PUMPKIN PATCH WITH JAX!

2011-10-30T16:13:00.000-05:00

MONDAY I TOOK JAX TO THE PUMPKIN PATCH IN CLANTON WITH RACHAEL, KATIE, AND WILL! THEY ALL HAD SO MUCH FUN AND THERE WAS SO MUCH TO DO! THEY HAD A HUGE SLIDE THAT I THOUGHT THERE IS NO WAY JAX WILL MAKE IT UP TO SLIDE DOWN AND HE DID AND THAT WAS HIS FAVORITE ONE! HE ALSO GOT TO RIDE A PONY AND HE LOVED IT! NOW I CANNOT WAIT TO GET HIM ON HORSE WITH ME:)! HE PICKED OUT HIS FAVORITE PUMPKIN, RODE THE TRACTOR TRAIN AND WE HAD LUNCH THERE! HE LOVED PLAYING WITH WILL AND KATIE AND HAD TO TELL HIS BUBBA'S ALL ABOUT WHEN WE PICKED THEM UP FROM SCHOOL:)!

SO MUCH TO DO!!!

2011-10-30T16:08:00.000-05:00

FALL BALL IS OVER!

2011-10-29T23:29:00.001-05:00

THE BOYS HAD THEIR LAST GAME LAST SUNDAY AND WERE SO EXCITED TO GET ANOTHER TROPHY! THEY HAD SO MUCH FUN PLAYING WITH ALL THEIR BUDDIES AND THEY JUST KEEP MAKING NEW BUDDIES EACH SEASON AND I JUST LOVE THAT! DADDY WAS A GREAT COACH AGAIN AND JAX WAS THEIR BIGGEST FAN:)! HE IS SO EXCITED HE GETS TO PLAY IN THE SPRING AND SO I AM BECAUSE HE HAS BEEN SUCH A GOOD SPORT WATCHING HIS BUBBA'S PLAY! I DON'T THINK I HAVE EVER SEEN A CHILD THAT YOUNG SIT AND REALLY WATCH THE GAME AND CHEER FOR THEM LIKE HE DOES! NOW WE ARE GOING TO ENJOY A LITTLE BREAK BEFORE SPRING BALL KICKS OFF AGAIN BECAUSE WE WILL REALLY BE LIVING AT THE BALL PARK WITH THREE BOYS PLAYING:)!

LOVE THESE PICTURES:)!

2011-10-26T17:59:00.001-05:00

WE HAD A WONDERFUL WEEKEND AT THE LAKE! WE LET THE BOYS PLAY "HOOKIE" FRIDAY AND TOOK OFF TO THE LAKE TO RELAX AND ENJOY THE BEAUTIFUL WEATHER! YOU WOULD HAVE THOUGHT AIDEN WAS GOING TO GET SUSPENDED BECAUSE HE WAS SO UPSET HE WAS MISSING SCHOOL. I REALLY THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO HAVE TO CHECK THE BOY IN, SO HE COULD GO DO HIS WORK:)! AUSTIN ON THE OTHER HAND DID NOT EVEN ASK ABOUT SCHOOL AND JAX TALKED ABOUT GETTING THE BOAT OUT OF THE WATER WITH DADDY THE WHOLE WAY DOWN THERE! SO OF COURSE HE HAD TO HELP DADDY GET THE BOAT OUT OF THE WATER SATURDAY:)! WE HAD FUN AND I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO ANOTHER FUN WEEKEND WITH MY BABY BOYS IN AUBURN EVEN IF THEY GET THE SNOT BEAT OUT OF THE AGAIN:(!

CRAZY DADDY!!

2011-10-26T17:51:00.000-05:00

I DON'T' KNOW WHAT STARTED THIS,BUT IT WAS FUNNY! JAX GOT LUCKY AND DID NOT MAKE IT UNDER THE WATER FACET. AS YOU CAN SEE AIDEN AND AUSTIN THOUGHT IT WAS HILARIOUS!

JAX WAS THE DRIVER:)!

2011-10-26T17:31:00.000-05:00

AIDEN AND AUSTIN GOT TO RIDE THEIR BIKES, SO JAX WAS IN CHARGE OF DRIVING THE JEEP:)! HE HAS BECOME A PRETTY GOOD DRIVER THANK GOODNESS BECAUSE HE USED TO SCARE ME AROUND THE LAKE:)!

TRAINING WHEELS ARE OFF!!

2011-10-26T17:27:00.000-05:00

AUSTIN HAS BEEN BEGGING TO TAKE HIS TRAINING WHEELS OFF FOR AWHILE NOW, SO DADDY TOLD HIM IF HE COULD GET THEM OFF HE COULD TRY IT! SO, DADDY GOT HIM THE TOOLS HE NEEDED AND HE DID THE REST. AIDEN ON THE OTHER HAND WAS NOT A BIG FAN OFF TAKING OFF HIS OWN TRAINING WHEELS,BUT HE DID AND THEN AUSTIN HELPED HIM FIND HIS HELMET SO THAT WAS WHAT THE HUGGING WAS ALL ABOUT IN THE SECOND PICTURE:)! AUSTIN WENT FIRST TRYING AND DID GOOD AND THEN AIDEN TRIED AND DID GOOD TOO! THEY STILL HAVE A WAYS TO GO,BUT I HAVE A FEELING THEY WILL BE ASKING SANTA FOR A BIG BOY BIKE:)!

OFF HE GOES:)!!

2011-10-26T17:19:00.000-05:00

AUSTIN WENT FIRST AND HE DID GOOD,BUT HAS SOME PRACTICING TO DO BEFORE HE CAN RIDE ALL BY HIMSELF! HE IS VERY DETERMINED SO I HAVE NO DOUBT HE WILL BE RIDING HIS BIG BOY BIKE SOON:)!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DADDY!

2011-10-25T12:26:00.000-05:00

RJ'S BIRTHDAY WAS THURSDAY AND WE HAD TO GET OUR ANNUAL PICTURE WITH HIS AUBURN COOKIE CAKE AND ALL THE BOYS AUBURN SHIRTS ON! THEY DID SO GOOD THIS YEAR AND DADDY HAD TO HAVE ALL FOUR OF HIS BOYS IN THE PICTURE:)! HE GOT ALL KINDS OF PRESENTS AND HE COOKED HIMSELF A GOOD STEAK! WE HAD FUN CELEBRATING HIS DAY AND WE HOPE YOU HAVE MANY MORE WONDERFUL BIRTHDAY'S TO COME! WE LOVE YOU SO MUCH AND THANK GOD FOR YOU EVERYDAY!!

SO PROUD OF MY BOYS!

2011-10-23T21:35:00.000-05:00

AIDEN AND AUSTIN BOTH CAME HOME WITH RECOGNITIONS THE OTHER DAY FOR DOING GOOD IN SCHOOL. THEY EVEN GOT TO HAVE LUNCH WITH THE PRINCIPLE! THEY WERE SO EXCITED AND I WAS SO PROUD OF THEM!

PICTURES COMING SOON......

2011-10-22T10:11:00.002-05:00

FOR NOW WE ARE AT THE LAKE RELAXING! WE KEPT THE BOYS OUT OF SCHOOL YESTERDAY AND RJ TOOK OFF AND WE ESCAPED TO THE LAKE. WE ARE ENJOYING THIS BEAUTIFUL WEATHER AND THE BOYS HAVE TAKEN THERE TRAINING WHEELS OFF AND TRYING TO RIDE THEIR BIKES, SO I WILL HAVE LOTS OF FUN PICTURES WHEN WE GET HOME!

FALL FUN!

2011-10-19T14:26:00.000-05:00

THE BOYS HELPED ME MAKE SOME SCARECROW CRUNCH FOR THE NURSES AND DOCTOR THAT TOOK CARE OF ME. I GO SEE THEM TOMORROW AND WANTED TO CARRY THEM SOME GOODIES FOR TAKING GOOD CARE OF ME. OF COURSE ,THE BOYS GOT THEIR OWN BAG AND LOVED ALL THE CANDY IN THERE! IT IS A REALLY FUN AND EASY TREAT TO MAKE WITH THE LITTLE ONES!

AIDEN'S JACK-O-LANTERN!

2011-10-19T14:23:00.000-05:00

AIDEN BROUGHT HOME HIS PUMPKIN THAT HE GOT FROM THE PUMPKIN PATCH AND DECORATED AT SCHOOL. HE SAID, HE MADE HIS A SWEET PUMPKIN LIKE A JACK-O-LANTERN:)! HE IS A SWEET BOY:)!

READY FOR HALLOWEEN!

2011-10-19T14:19:00.000-05:00

THE BOYS ARE READY FOR HALLOWEEN! AUSTIN KNEW EXACTLY WHAT HE WANTED TO BE,BUT AIDEN HAS CHANGED HIS MIND TWICE! I SNUCK IN ONE MORE YEAR WITH JAX AND PICKED HIS OUTFIT:)! THEY ARE ALL GOING TO BE SUPER CUTE AND I CAN'T WAIT!

FUN WITH MY BOYS!

2011-10-17T10:19:00.000-05:00

BEFORE I WENT INTO THE HOSPITAL I WANTED TO DO SOMETHING FUN WITH THE BOYS, SO WE WENT TO I JUMP. THEY WERE SO EXCITED BECAUSE THEY WERE TALL ENOUGH TO DO THE GO-KARTS AND THE ROCK CLIMBING WALL. AIDEN WAS NOT TOO SURE OF THE ROCK CLIMBING,BUT HE TRIED:)! WE HAD FUN AND JAX GOT TO SPEND SOME TIME WITH DADDY AT THE HUNTING CLUB.

I LOVE MY BOYS AND HAVE MISSED THEM SO MUCH AND THEY ARE SO INTERESTED IN MY BOO BOO'S AND MY BACK PACK WITH "FOOD"! THEY HAVE HAD A LOT OF FUN WITH THE GRANDPARENTS WHILE I WAS AWAY AND HOME RECOVERING, SO THEY DID NOT MISS ME TOO MUCH:)! I HAVE TO THANK MI MI, PAW PAW, AND GI GI AND PAW PAW FOR TAKING CARE OF MY BABIES WHILE I WAS AWAY. MY HUSBAND HAS BEEN AMAZING AND SUCH A GOOD LIL' NURSE TAKING CARE OF ME! I LOVE HIM SO MUCH AND THANK GOD FOR HIM BECAUSE HE HAS BEEN MY ROCK THROUGH THIS ALL. GOD BLESS HIM WE HAVE BEEN MARRIED FOR ALMOST 7 YEARS AND I HAVE BEEN PREGNANT OR SICK FOR ALMOST ALL 7 OF THEM:(! HE'S A GOOD MAN AND I AM BLESSED:)!

STAR WARS DAY!

2011-10-16T13:43:00.000-05:00

LAST WEEK WAS BOOK FAIR WEEK AT SCHOOL AND THEY HAD A DRESS UP DAY FOR EACH DAY. THIS DAY WAS STAR WARS DAY AND THEY WANTED TO DRESS UP SO I HAD TO GO FIND THEM SOMETHING CUTE:)! LUCKILY IT IS ALMOST HALLOWEEN SO THEY HAD ALL THE COSTUMES OUT AND I PICKED THESE TWO OUT AND TO MY SURPRISE THEY PICKED OUT THE SAME ONES I HAD PICKED OUT FOR THEM. AUSTIN WAS DARTH VADER AND AIDEN WAS THE JEIDI KNIGHT:)!

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2011-10-16T11:03:00.001-05:00

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PICTURES COMING SOON!

I'LL BE BACK SOON!

2011-10-09T22:25:00.002-05:00

I AM FINALLY GETTING MY TUMMY ISSUES FIXED ON TUESDAY. I WILL BE ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL TOMORROW AND THEY WILL DO SURGERY ON TUESDAY. THEY ARE NOT 100% SURE WHAT IS CAUSING THE OBSTRUCTION,BUT WILL GO IN LAPARSCOPICALLY AND FIX WHATEVER IT IS! I AM EXCITED TO FINALLY HAVE AN ANSWER TO ALL THIS PAIN AND DISCOMFORT I HAVE HAD FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS AND LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING MY HEALTHY BODY BACK FOR MY FAMILY! PLEASE KEEP ME AND THE DOCTORS IN YOUR PRAYERS. I KNOW GOD IS WITH ME AND HE WILL SEE ME THROUGH JUST AS HE HAS THE PAST TWO YEARS! I WILL UPDATE WHEN I GET HOME HOPEFULLY ON THURSDAY OR FRIDAY!

THE PUMPKIN PATCH!

2011-10-09T22:07:00.000-05:00

MONDAY THE BOYS HAD THEIR FIRST FIELD TRIP TO THE PUMPKIN PATCH AND I GOT TO GO! IT WAS SO MUCH FUN AND THEY LOVED HAVING MOMMY WITH THEM! I GOT TO MEET LOTS OF THEIR FRIENDS AND GIRLFRIENDS:)! THEY PICKED OUT THE PERFECT PUMPKINS AND GOT TO PET ALL KINDS OF ANIMALS. JAX GOT TO SPEND THE DAY WITH PAW PAW, SO I WILL HAVE TO CARRY HIM BACK TO PICK OUT HIS OWN PUMPKIN:)!

PICKING OUT HIS PUMPKIN!

2011-10-09T21:58:00.000-05:00

AIDEN'S TURN!

2011-10-09T21:54:00.000-05:00

THEY WERE SO HAPPY TO SEE ME!

2011-10-09T21:33:00.000-05:00

THEY HAD TO RIDE THE SCHOOL BUSES AND AUSTIN WAS SO EXCITED ABOUT THAT. HE HAS BEEN ASKING TO RIDE THE BUS FOR AWHILE NOW AND AIDEN WAS JUST EXCITED TO SEE ME WHEN THEY GOT THERE! THIS IS THEM WITH THEIR CLASSES. I HAD TO SPLIT MY TIME BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM,BUT IT WAS NICE TO SPEND A LITTLE ONE ON ONE TIME WITH EACH OF THEM!

READY FOR THEIR FIRST FIELD TRIP!

2011-10-09T20:52:00.000-05:00

THEIR FIRST 1 MILE FUN RUN!

2011-10-07T13:41:00.000-05:00

LAST SATURDAY WE HAD A FUNDRAISER RUN FOR THE CHURCH AND THE BOYS HAD SUCH A GOOD TIME RUNNING THEIR FIRST RACE! I THOUGHT AIDEN WAS GOING TO PASS OUT FROM RUNNING BECAUSE HE IS SO COMPETITIVE AND WANTED TO WIN SO HE KEPT UP WITH AN OLDER BOY THE WHOLE TIME. HE CAME IN SECOND OUT OF ALL THE KIDS AND JAX AND AUSTIN JUST HAD FUN:)!