Favorite Picture!!!

So my brother got married a couple of weeks ago!!! He actually lived with us for many years when the kids were small. Cassie loves her Uncle Adam!!! When she was little she would find him every night and give him a hug and kiss and tell him how much she loved him. When he moved out, it took months before she would quit going from room to room looking for him in hopes that he would be around the next corner. (Heartbreaking!!!)

I love this picture of her dancing with him at the wedding. The way that she is looking up at him reminds me of their special bond when he lived with us. And the best part of the picture is that you can see that bond..... is still there!!!

Have a great night my friends!!!

Poor Natey!!!

I am bleeding!!!!! Please don't make me get stitches!!!! I am going to die!!!! These are the very panicked words coming from my son as he came running 100 miles a minute into the house this evening. Here is what I saw!!!

As it turns out....... head wounds bleed a lot!!! Now I know this from some previous head wounds. So I cleaned him up, trimmed the hair, rewashed it out and looked for my own super glue. Did not find the super glue but he is no worse for the wear. He was just relieved that I did not drag him to the ER. For those of you who are not familiar with our war stories, we have gone down that road before and many hours later, we usually end up with one staple or super glue and a very stressed out child. And rest assured..... if it had been bad I would have gladly taken him to the ER!!! I don't want anyone to think that I am a slacker mom. :>

Needless to say, my poor kids were not eating dinner until 6:30 tonight and we did, in fact, not finish homework. Oh well, there is always tomorrow. We needed cuddle, relax time more than we needed study for spelling test time. Have a great night my friends and rest well!!! (I hope to!)

P.S. And our motto is "chicks dig scars"

Happy Halloween

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What is going on at my house?

Alright, if the previous post was not enough........... I just found out that Woody has a girlfriend!!! (I am still unsure of her name yet, however they are hanging out on the bed together!) Are you serious?!?!?!? I knew that my kids were growing up.......... but I thought that 9 and 7 year olds still believed that the opposite gender had cooties. I think perhaps I have missed something. Furthermore, it makes me wonder what I am going to do with them when they are 16?!?!?!?! Maybe it is time to check into that nunnery now! LOL. Have a great night my friends!!!

Hmmmmm

Here is your Saturday laugh!!! One of my children (who will remain nameless, until he/she reaches 16 and I need bribery.....) brought this home from school last week.

Even though it is not the right answer, it is a good one. Sorry for the delays in blog updates, but as usual we have been so busy it is all I can to do keep up with the everyday things. However, we have had some fun and some great birthdays. I will update soon. Have a great weekend my friends!!!

My Little Gooberhead!!!

Gooberhead!!! That is the way my poor baby brother has been known for years by me. It is truly a term of endearment though and only used with the utmost love and respect. He was born while I was still 17 and just heading off to college. So there is a pretty big span between our ages.......... However, as you can tell by this picture our maturity levels were about the same. He is a great kid and we have some great memories. This was when I was pregnant with Hunter (kiddo # 2) in my favorite place, Disneyland!!!!

This was taken Sunday (a few years later), at his missionary farewell. To say I am so proud is really an understatement!!! He truly one of the most generous and compassionate people I know. (He got these traits from my parents, I only wish I could take the credit!) Not only did he help me a lot when I was pregnant(with the quads) and on bed rest and in the hospital, he helped take care of our grandmother and for the last two years has been helping my other sister and her daughters after the suicide of her husband. We are so proud of him for taking this step and I suppose we can share him with Halifax, Canada!!!!

So my little gooberhead!!! We will miss you but we will write to you every week and keep an eye on each other until you make it home to help us out again!!! We love you!!!

See you soon!!!!!

Favorite Things

One of my absolute favorite things about school starting ............ is that when I have appointments with the kids I get some really good and fun face time with them in smaller groups or individually. I just love, love, love it!!! So yesterday was our first adventure to the dentist of this school year.

They decided they wanted to eat at Chili's for lunch after the appointment. So off we went!!!!

And , of course, after getting our teeth cleaned and getting a great report of no cavities we have to celebrate with something horribly delicious and not nutritious. I promise they did eat some macaroni and cheese with salad before we dug into the wonderful mound of chocolate. LOL!!!

Then we were off to the school to pick up their brothers. It has been so hot here 107 the last couple of days. It is horrible!! I am not really sure how it is that we survived the AZ heat for two years when I cannot even begin to survive a week of it here. Bryan got this from the "dentist prize box" and had to pull it out to make us laugh and forget that we were actually melting away!!! Great kids, great times!! Have a fantastic day my friends!!!