Hair Cuts....

 1K

 2K

 3K

 4K

 5K

I kind of fought the hair cut for 5K. Look how big and handsome he looks. 

My clean cut Kids.

I'm NOT a perfect mom.....

We have having listening and yelling problems at our house - Listening from the kids, Yelling from me.....


My prayer is that my kids will know GOD! Who he REALLY is! My prayer is that I don't mess them up. Still, I mess up. I yell. I want to get my point across. I want them to do it the first time. . 


Yesterday, before church *sigh* I was repeating myself over and over again.... I yelled. Then I got in the shower. After all, we were going to be late for church *sigh, again*. 


The kids and my husband met me in the car and I was "forced" to sit in the passenger seat instead of drive. While I was in the shower, The kids and my husband made a card for me. 1K excitedly handed me the surprise card. It said " I'm sorry mom. I love you mom."  and they signed their names. 


I put my sun glasses on and cried.... I felt like a failure. They apologized to me! I am the adult!  The bigger person.... I gained composer and said I was sorry. I shouldn't of yelled. That's not the way to handle the situation.  I felt petty. 



A few weeks ago I read a article with this quote in it..


"Live the gospel in the things that no one sees. Sacrifice for your children in places that only they will know about. Put their value ahead of yours. Grow them up in the clean air of gospel living. Your testimony to the gospel in the little details of your life is more valuable to them than you can imagine. If you tell them the gospel, but live to yourself, they will never believe it. Give your life for theirs every day, joyfully. Lay down pettiness. Lay down fussiness. Lay down resentment about the dishes, about the laundry, about how no one knows how hard you work"
        ~http://www.desiringgod.org/blog/posts/motherhood-is-a-calling-and-where-your-children-rank


It really hit me! It does every time I read it.


Then, On another blog I saw this video, The Invisible Woman. It seemed to echo that quote. 


Thank you, God! Thank you for giving me children. Thank you for reminding me to get over myself and my pride. Thank you for the things no one else sees. Thank you for my treasures and my gifts you have trusted in me. 

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A gift from 1K this morning. Coffee, flower, a certificate that was given to be a few months ago, a card, a kiss and classical music on the computer. 


I am blessed!

2K lost his first tooth

1K and 2K came busting out of their room tonight, "(2K), is about to lose his tooth!"  It's been wiggling for a LONG time and tonight was the night.  Mom wanted to pull it out but it hurt enough with him pulling by himself.  So, we had him bite out of an apple.  That seemed to do the trick.

Before

After

58th Birthday

  Yesterday we went to Dad's uncle's BDay party.  Here are some of the highlights.  

This is a moment in the car as we were driving to the party.  3K, 4K, and 5K were sleeping (as 3K tried hard to get comfortable) and 1K and 2K were reading books.

The kids played a game called "toilet" tag with our cousins.  I guess when you got caught, you had to sit down on the ground and put your hand in the air.  Someone else had to come up and flush you (by pressing your hand down) and then you were free.  Thank you VBS for this game it was HA-larious.

4K is telling dad, "I'm over here."  But instead of saying dad she kept calling him by his first name.

4K showed love to all of the aunts plus more (some pictures not included).

5K got tired of getting held so we laid down a blanket.  Yeah, that lasted about as long as it took for us to take a picture.

3K listening to jokes

Relaxing at the end of the night

Capturing Creativity: Glass Slippers

 Last night, The kids found some unused plastic cups from the birthday party .  

3K decided they would make perfect Cinderella Glass Slippers.

My Pretty Princess and her fabulous slippers!

Capturing Creativity: Hammock

At night before I go to bed I do my nightly room rotation and check on all the kids. I make sure they are still breathing and still there.  Maybe, I'm the only crazy worried mom out there who does this. When I walked into the boys room this is what I found. 2K made a hammock out of his sheet and was sleeping in it.

It's our Anniversary! Lets travel back, way back into time....

You were thinking wedding weren't you? No, Today Dustin and I have been dating for 10 years. I hope we never stop dating. So, Happy Anniversary, Babe! Your more then I could of ever dreamed of!

This Is us when we were dating for about 6 months. I was 16 when we started dating and he was 18.  Things moved Really fast. I was pregnant in this picture and didn't know it yet.

Here we are on Easter. Man, we are getting old! (Not to mention all the additional fam. we added since the last picture.) Time as flown by. Your more handsome then ever! Here's to many, many more!