How precious is this?

OK...this picture was taken by my Mom or sister Carrie a few years ago and is one of my all time faves of them. How precious are they? This was taken at the traveling carnival that goes to every little small town in America. Just goes to show you that it doesn't take much or have to be big and require a lot of money to make em happy. Something that we are taking to heart very much so these days. Kids just want your time and your love. Sure the Wii and the big toys are nice, but they NEED your love and time. We are working on that more and more these days.

Winged shirts are coming back

I'm bringing back the winged shirts. For those of you that have been asking, you win! I'll have them up by tomorrow. The kids have dentist appointments this afternoon or I'd have them finished today. For those of you that don't know what we're talking about, this rockin Rhonna Farrer design looks like the inspiration I used 2 years ago when I started making tees.
She is a phenomenal designer that adds just enough edge to her designs that I love nearly every single thing she has done. Scratch that...I love EVERYTHING she has done but I can only afford a portion of it. Her designs are the reason that I have finally gotten into scrapbooking since Diana has been talking to me about it for uh...7 years?? LOL

The trinity shirts are coming back too. We're going to be kicking it all these days. Pics are going to start coming tonight so keep checking back!!! Hope you all have a great day!

Love this girl...

These pictures say it all about how the kiddos feel about our sweet babysitter. Super babysitter has been watching the kids for 3 years now and she is more of a family member (like the daughter I had when I was 10. Yea right, more like 17)than a sitter. She came by the house last night and told us she was engaged. Made me get all nostalgic about how much we've grown to love her and sad (for us) but super excited for her. This sweet girl is wise beyond her years and has the most special relationship with The Lord. We have been so blessed to have her be the one responsible for the kiddos when we couldn't be the last 3 years. She is back off to college now and we'll just pray for a bit more time before she becomes Mrs. Colt. Love you girl!!

Lake pics

I did not post a single picture of us at my Mom & Dad's place at the lake from this summer. We spent so much time there with my sister, her husband and two boys, Mom & Dad and our cousins and friends. It is a fun place to be and SO relaxing. I have been so busy raising the kids that I've just now gotten a good camera this year. They are 5 & 4 now, but they are only 15 months apart, so this is really the 1st year we've been able to have a ton of fun without all the worrying. They are the best buds and play so well together. My sister's 2 boys are like brothers to mine and it is so fun to watch them have those bonds and love for each other. We are so blessed to have such close families.

Here is some of the fun that we have at the lake. Victor & Kristy, friends from the dock, have a gate on their upstairs deck that the kids can jump from. We told my fearless man boy that he couldn't jump until he was 5. We only picked 5 because it was more than what he was last year and didn't think for a SECOND that he would remember this a whole 365 days later. WRONG!!! The first day we are at the lake this summer he reminds me of above mentioned conversation. {Note to self...man boy has memory of an elephant!! Watch what you say....} Well he tells me that maybe he'll wait until he's like 6...7...8 maybe?? Wooohooo! I'm just revelling in that my sweet boy is afraid of anything. Short lived...this is him at the end of the summer...



Now this little boy is fearless and he's learning all kinds of stunts and "cool" things from his friends and cousins. Here is a few of G and J showing their stuff...


We couldn't leave without showing the little princess strutting her stuff too...

Gotta love my girly girl...girl after my own heart. G was making fun of her for not jumping off the top deck and she didn't care. "Whatever! I am not jumping off there!" she says.

How stinkin cute is she?? This is Emma Nicole, my youngest niece. She is my sister Carrie's little girl and is this happy all the time! I just had to share this sweet chunky monkey of ours. :-)

Hi friends

Hi friends. I think I'm ready for the blogging world now. I just hope Mrs. Ferguson (my Senior English teacher) and my sister in-laws aren't appalled at my grammer. My sister in-laws are English teachers and are ON TOP of the grammer game, so I may need to run this by them first. *wink* Here are the girls and my sweet hubby.

Yes, he is the BABY of the family with 3 sisters. YES, he is spoiled beyond belief but I wouldn't have him any other way. He is a great husband and a wonderful Daddy so a little spoiling doesn't hurt? Does it?

I've put off starting this blog because of a fear of putting myself out there for everyone to see. I think it is going to be a bit therapeutic for me so I'm in because I haven't had near enough YaYa nights (huh girls?!). I miss so many of you that maybe this will bring on some conversation. I have a few blogs that I check daily and I feel like I know those girls. I can't wait to see what is going on in their lives and how crazy their schedules are too. It is just crazy how we all have so much in common and would realize it if we just had the time to talk to each other between school, work, games, church and just life things. Hopefully this will spur on some girl talks!!

Well Shorty McSquatsalot and Princess Poopypants


just left with Super Babysitter to go play at the splash pad so I'd better get some work done. Can't wait to hear from you guys. Until next time...

Our sticker family

Create your own family sticker graphic at pYzam.com

I love this cute little sticker. Well, other than the fact that I'm lacking in HTML knowledge and could not figure out how to keep our 4-legged friend Bella's body in the margins...