Blessed with Six

We have been "iced in" for four days. I should have been working on my blog. I am finally taking a break from laundry and reality television to do so! I am not a real fan of the month of January. I am usually broke, it is freezing, and I have lost three precious people in the month of January. I really don't want all of my post to be about death, it seems like the last couple have been, but I am paying tribute to three special people that the Lord allowed for me to have in my life and have left lasting impressions. Today is January 13th. One year ago one of my best friends past away due to pancreatic cancer. He died 7 weeks after he found out. Randy was a great father, coach, and friend. I miss hearing him chuckle. He was great. The way we lost him has had an impact on me. Now that I am in my 30's I tend to look at life and the value of it a lot more differently than I did in my 20's and teens. Randy you are in our thoughts daily! This past Sunday was January...

Today is the first day of 2011!! I pray that this year the Lord will shine His favor upon us. 2010 was one of the hardest years of my life, besides 2009! With the old year closing and a new one starting I reflect on so many things and "resolutions". Reflections: *God has not failed me, He has provided all of our needs. *I am thankful for the health of my family, the roof over our heads, our jobs and the love we share. *2010 was a year of learning and 2011 will be the year to apply what I have learned. *I really believe that life is not measured by how many breaths you take, but by the moments that take our breath away. *I have been challenged tremendously as a parent this year. Stretched in so many ways. I have experienced so many feelings and emotions that I have no idea where they came from, all because I am a parent. Everything was easier when they were babies and I could change a diaper or fix a bottle and everything would be okay. From about 11 years on it is not...

It took me twenty two times to get a Christmas Picture. Getting this crew together to get a picture is a nightmare. I can never get them to smile at the same time. Some one is always making a face or moving.  I finally got this one, which turned out pretty good. We took this one if front of the Christmas Tree at church. At least Addison is not crying! These will be the memories that I cherish and the Christmas picture with all six is a tradition. I love my kids. They drive me crazy, but they are mine. Here are a couple of honorablel mentions to the Christmas card this year... This one Daulton decided to "break wind" and they all thought it was funny, actually there us one in here where they all look like they are holding their breath. All Daulton needs is some encouragement, so from then on he kept on doing what most 8 year olds know how to do , the old hand under the arm pit trick to make the farting noises, so this is what I got... and this one and this one, I ha...

It has been officially four months since I have updated my blog. That is so sad. Life just passes me by. I get so busy trying to keep up. My New Year's resoluton is to updated it at least twice a week. I am going to have one post a week on something that Addie has done, because I could seriously write a book on her alone. The past four months has gone by fast. Three boys played baseball, two of them won Championships! I will post pictures soon. Now I have three boys playing basketball. Here we are a less than a week until Christmas. I can't believe it is almost here. The title of today's post is from one of my favorite Casting Crowns songs. It is in first person and he is talking to the Lord about how he needs to share God's love with a friend and needs to tell him about Christ, but he just gets caught up in the day to day. I am so guilty of that. I will also be posting more on my "Heartstrings". "So maybe this time I'll speak the words of life ...

Life is full of chaos. Bills need to be paid, groceries bought, laundry, cleaning the house, just to do it all over again the next day, week, month, year. We get so caught up in our everyday "living" that we forget to truly live. Tonight is a striking reminder to live each day as if it was your last... My friend called me this evening. Her and her husband had just pulled up to a wreck about a mile from her house. A jeep had rolled. In the back was the son of one of Mike's friends, who happen to be a friend of Daulton's (even though he hadn't seen him in a while) he died in the crash. My friend's son plays football with him. He had just gotten picked up at his house with a friend and pulled out and a car clipped the jeep causing it to roll. Zach was the only one who did not survive. The man in the other car was arrested. Tragic does not even describe the loss. Live each day as if it were your last. I can't imaging what is going through his parents' mi...

This Easter the two oldest kids left with Mike to get to church early, so I only got pictures of the youngest four. They are so sweet!

Addison likes to play in my make-up. She tells me she is going to give herself a makeover. Devyn and I went to walmart and when I got back I could see through the carport door that she was kissing the walls in the living room. WEll come to find out she had my good lipstick on, kissing the walls. This is what I had all over the living room and the hall... Luckily most of them came off with bleach water, but in the boys room I have to repaint. I am hoping to just survive raising her.