Well....

I truly hope that the few of you who actually read or at least look at my blog from time to time had a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! That includes anyone and everyone!

I can't believe that more than a month has gone by since I last posted. I know I have said this before, but this last year really was the busiest year of our life (so far). I was homeschooling, my precious grandmother passed away, had a baby, was involved in baseball, All Stars, Fall ball, Girl Scouts, speech therapy, trying to get adjusted to having four kids (which honestly took me a long time to get a grip on), celebrated 10 wonderful years of marriage, "re-doing" almost our whole house (new paint,new flooring etc.) dealing with life in general and the list could go on and on. BUT I wouldn't have traded this year for anything. Except for maybe one thing....Although I am VERY thankful for David's job, he worked a lot of overtime this last year so that we could do all of those things and not have to go into debt to do it. So I would trade that time back but I am glad that we were able to do some of the things that we did this last year. It was interesting and alot of fun! :)

A lot of the things I just haven't posted about because I haven't had the time to sit down and blog. There are so many pictures that I could post on here but...Anyway, this is a new year and so maybe (and that's with a big hopefully in front of it), I will be able to blog a little bit more. I really enjoy blogging and I enjoy reading everyone else's blog, but my time has been needed somewhere else.

To give an update on all of us....We are doing well. The kids are growing up so fast and it makes me sad. I want to keep their innocence bottled up inside of them forever. I don't want the day to come when they realize that things just aren't as they really seem.

I remember growing up, my mom would pray a hedge of protection over us and back then, I just didn't get it. Now that I am a parent, I understand and pray that over my four little blessings as well.

It's hard being an adult and having to deal with adult situations. Sometimes life isn't the bowl of cherries you thought it would be. It's sad. It's sad the way that we all take things for granted...take each other for granted. It's sad how we all treat each other and how what was once close relationships have now been broken due to unforgiveness, miscommunications, selfishness, arrogance, disrespect and just the general lack of caring for each other, on all sides. God teaches us to love one another, so then why is it so hard to demonstrate that love to one another despite all the differences? Sorry, I know I seem to be rambling here...it's just some things I've been struggling with lately and things that God has been working on in my heart because of different situations that have happened to me or situations that I know about. None of us are perfect and if we would all remember that(totally including myself in that), then maybe we could all get along.

Like I said, we are all doing well. Mimi and Bud are loving school and doing great. In fact, they brought home their report cards this past week and both of them were right on target or exceeding in where they needed to be. That's encouraging to me because I really had some reservations about putting them in school.

One thing I will say is that I sure do miss them when they are gone all day long. I don't miss the sibling rivalry, but I miss those generally sweet little beings being around me all day. I loved it when they were out for Christmas break. I was really sad to have to take them back to school this past week. I really tried to enjoy them while they were off. I really tried to remember what was most important and that was the quality time that I was spending with them and the fact that they were just there....safe, in my arms reach.

Boogs is doing well in speech therapy. I'm amazed at how well he's doing considering where he was a year ago. Such a huge difference.

Little man is growing like a weed. He is now 7 months old and 20lbs of pure sweetness!! He is the cutest little thing! He is sitting up so well and has even started to try and crawl. You can definitely tell that he's ready to be mobile. All in due time though. I'm trying to enjoy every bit of his baby~ness because it's going by way too fast! I can't even believe that he is 7 months old already. I look back and think, where has the time gone?

Ahh, the not so nice joys of growing older. Isn't it funny how when you were little, the days and months just went on and on forever and for forever? And now as an adult we think, there just isn't enough hours in the day for this and that and gosh how time flies and goodness how the kids seem to grow faster and faster with each passing year? I'm still struggling with the fact that Christmas was just a few weeks ago but it already feels like it was forever ago. You wait all year for that Christmas time and it's gone in a second. :(

Wow, I've written alot. There's alot in this "doesn't think outside of the box" square brain of mine, but I guess I'll save it for another day.

Ha Ha, Oops!

I have NOT forgotten about blogging and documenting our lives and I also just realized that I still have the Thanksgiving background up. That's where the Oops comes in....oh well! I'm coming back...promise! HAHA! :)

Congrats!

I just wanted to say CONGRATULATIONS to my sister, Allison, for buying her first house! It is in the same neighborhood as me and we are just so excited that she is going to be living close to us! Especially the kids! Dee-deed has "officially" grown up now. *Tear* YAY!! :)



Dee-deed, I dedicate my song to you! ;)

He's How Old?

Yesterday we celebrated David's 34th birthday! Hope you had a very happy day my sweet hubby! We love you!



Please don't pay attention to the horrible icing job on the cake! LOL! We have had some remodeling going on the last two weeks so I didn't have time to make it the day before like I usually do. Despite how it looked, it was still David's favorite and still yummy!

Also had a little bit of silliness...

He Is With You

** I just LOVE this song! It speaks to everyone who is hurting and is so encouraging!** What an awesome God we have! He is ALWAYS with us! :)

He Is With You ~ Mandisa

There's a time to live
And a time to die
There's a time to laugh
And a time to cry
There's a time for war
And a time for peace
There's a hand to hold
In the worst of these

He is with you when your faith is dead
And you can't even get out of bed
Or your husband doesn't kiss you anymore
He is with you when your baby's gone
And your house is still,
And your hearts a stone
Cryin' God, what'd You do that for
He is with you

There's a time for yes
And a time for no
There's a time to be angry
And a time to let it go
There is a time to run
And a time to face it
There is love to see you
Through all of this

He is with you in the conference room
When the world is coming down on you
And your wife and kids don't know you anymore
He is with you in the ICU
When the doctors don't know what to do
And it scares you to the core
He is with you

We may weep for a time
But joy will come in the morning
The morning light

He is with you when your kids are grown
When there's too much space
And you feel alone
And you're worried if you
got it right or wrong
Yes He is with you
when you've given up on ever finding your true love
Someone who feels like home
He is with you

When nothing else is left
And you take your final breath
He is with you

Octoberfest

Or you could call our life that for this past month. My goodness! I really do think this has been the busiest year of mine and David's ten years of life together! Oh but it's been a fun kind of busy! I can't believe I haven't posted since October 9th. Here are a few pictures from our familyfest.

Little Man is in the process of learning to sit up. Such a big boy!



Huh?



My big 'ole daddy.



I love my Bud!





My silly boys!



Fall Ball



Can you tell he's really paying attention? Yeah....to the dirt! LOL!



That's my boy! His hitting has gotten so much better. Almost all of his hits go way out in the outfield. He even had a home run during one of his games. He was so excited!







Granny and Little Man. It was soooo cold that morning so we were all bundled up!





This is what the sky looked like that blistery morning. What looks like fog in the picture is actually mist.....a coooold mist.





Dee-deed & Boogs.



He has to be the cutest baby in the world right now! Of course, I AM just a *tad* bit biased! :)



Ummm....Mama? How long do I have to stay in this get up?

A Wonderful Decade

Ten years ago today I married the love of my life! I can't believe how fast it has gone by. Each year I have grown to love David more and more and I can honestly say with my whole heart that I love him more today than I did ten years ago. I'm so thankful that God has blessed me with him and I pray that we have many more years together! Here is a slide show of our wedding and some other pictures. Hope you enjoy!

HAPPY 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY DAVID! I love you so much and am blessed to call you my husband! :)