The Little Things

Anna is doing much better. Her voice is slowly returning to normal.... She atleast didnt have to speak in a whisper today.. I love the weekend... I love having everyone home and just playing around all the time... Laying in bed with your hubby just cuddling...SLEEPING IN is the BEST!!! But it can only be done (safely) when your kids are old enough to make their own breakfasts.... Life is great when they get that big....Only having one commitment for the weekend that actually falls through because of rain... and then getting to go to lunch with some fabulous ladies.... sweeping and mopping my beautiful floors (not quite the fun you would imagine) ... having burgers for dinner... what is a better day??? I love seeing the little things that make our life so fun and beautiful!!!!!

Challenges

I love my four children like nothing you can ever imagine. I am so very blessed to have them and their fabulous father, but with children, as all you parents know, they dont come without challenges. Anna has over the past 4 days been without her voice. She is endearingly sweet when she whispers to talk. But ofcourse, the doctors only gave us amoxicillin for her possible sinus infection. Hopefully it works, but now my question is.... does she have to miss school???
After talking to my mom, I have decide to keep her home, not for contagious reasons, but for her voice in general... Then there is getting them motivated to do anything, esp. something they dont want to do....

I do have to brag on my kids... Anna, Jessica, and Christian took the initiative to clean up keiths side of the garage. He had been sorting through his tools for quite a while now... I guess they got tired of it and thought it needed to be cleaned... They are so sweet. I had to close my eyes to see the great surprise.. kids are AWESOME....

Easter unwind

Easter was a fabulous for time for us.. We got to spend it with Keiths family in Pine Mountain and Smiths station GA. It was time for a bunch of kids doing alot of easter egg hunting. It is always fun to be with his fam. They are so warm and loving and always have great food. We are blessed to have all of this family, mine and his so close by..... Our next outing should be to Tuscaloosa for the Aday GAME.... We are already so excited....so till next time...

Easter

This weekend is such a fun time for us. We get to paint eggs, dye eggs, hunt eggs, and even eat eggs. You would think it is all about the Big Bunny, but when you ask my kids..... They get it right. It is about Jesus Rising from the dead, not just dying on the cross. That is right, they know he is alive and living for them. He wants to know them and to love them and to live forever with them.. It sends chills down my spine to hear them say the TRUE meaning of EASTER!!!!!

God bless you all... May you all have a truly blessed EASTER

Breaking a Record

I just wanted to post a real quick message. I have stumbled upon a quick and easy way to make snickerdoodles and oldfashioned tea cakes. (mom if you read this, the tea cakes are really close to yours) I dont know if any bag of sugar cookie mix will work because i used the generic Target brand. It tastes a little different than the betty crocker and pillsbury. You make them as directed, use a small pampered chef scoop to put them on the parchment paper lined pan. (this is for the tea cakes) and bake as directed. then top with powdered sugar.

For the snickerdoodles, just roll the same scooped amount into a mixture of cinnamon and sugar and bake as directed.

It fooled my kids..... Hope you enjoy the simplicity and taste too!!!!

Love ya Courtney! arent you proud?

Family time

I know ! it has been a while... Luckily not too many people check out my blog!!! We have had a relatively easy month with the exception of the past 2 weeks. We had a great visit 2 weekends ago with courtney and Marcus and Peanut. Staying up til 2 and playing cards, laughing, shopping and just having fun enjoying each other. It was really a lot of fun. My kids are already talking about when we are going to their house in April. But luckily I had the next day to sleep in late and rest because right after they left, My inlaws arrived and stayed for the next five days. It was also a great visit. I just cant run around in my underwear screaming when they are here!!! ha!ha! I think they would have me institutionalized if they saw that!

Jessica got to perform in a sing along at school this past Tues. We went, but at the time i was not up on how to make my camera take a video. But i have since figured it out. so now i have to figure out how to post the video of her and Christian and Anna singing the songs.

I have to admit that Lazy days are so much fun... I am still in my PJs!! hope everyone is well!! Love to all. till next time! I will try to post alot sooner!!! Arent you proud??? video and pictures.!!!!!