I forgot to post Easter pics!

He is Risen!

We have had an eventful Easter weekend! The kids spent Good Friday with my Dad and step-mom which made getting ready for Easter pretty easy! I went up to the Woodlands to see my friend Melody and to get her help finding some cute Easter outfits ( nothing like waiting til the last minute).The adventure was a success! I got Riley and Graham coordinating oxford shirts. Jocelyn already had a dress I had purchased a while back but was saving for Easter. They looked super cute when they go to wear them to Easter service at church. We were taking them to the Saturday night service at Second for many reasons. However, my kids were VERY confused when I got them dressed in their "Easter Clothes" on Saturday night because they knew Easter was on Sunday! We made it through the egg hunt at church and I even survived a VERY chaotic Saturday night G.I.G.L. worship service and then it was back home to prepare for Easter Sunday when all of our family would be coming to visit.

Easter Sunday was going off without a hitch when suddenly I heard painful crying coming from the living room. I ran in to find Jocelyn lying on the floor near our coffee table. The table is VERY heavy and I knew it had to have crushed her when she hit it. Someone( I do not even remember who) scooped her up and was moving her to the couch. I ran past them to grab an ice pack from the freezer and I ran it back to them and placed it on her head. Then I ran into the other room to grab the childrens tylenol. When I got back over to her she was doing the slow blink thing and she was wanting to fall asleep. So we sat her up quickly and her Nanny checked her out. Nanny is a nurse and I was very thankful that she was around to help. Jocelyn curled up on the couch with my Dad while I went to talk to Riley would had in fact pushed her into the coffee table. After much discussion and many tears we came to a great punishment, I think. Since Riley was unkind to his sister his punishment is to serve his sister. He will have to set her place at dinner every night making sure she has her napkin, plate, fork , and her drink. He willhave to get her whatever shee needs during the meal, more water, extra napkin, second helping, etc. Then it will be his job to clean and clear all of her stuff. I told him he would have to do this for as long as she has the bruise/goose egg on her forehead. I bet it will end up being close to 3 weeks. I am curious to see how this punishment works. I will keep ya'll updated! Jocelyn is feeling much better today and I of course checked in on her all night long.

It made for an eventful Easter!

6 Months

This has to be some kind of record. I have gone more than 6 months between posts on my blog. Ya’ll probably thought that I had given up on the idea of this crazy blog, but I have not. I just forgot about it for awhile in the midst of my chaotic life! I have decided that it is time to let you all back into our lives.

We will start with today’s chaos but I promise to fill you in on the missing paint on my walls at a later time.

So, today.

Graham woke up from his nap crying and saying he needed a new pull-up. I hollered up at him to just come down to me. He said no he needed a pull-up. So I grab a pull up and head up the stairs to help him out. When I got upstairs I quickly realized the problem. Graham did not need a pull-up, he had throw-up. The poor kiddo! That’s why he did not want to come down to mom! He then proceeded to be sick all afternoon. My dad and step mom were coming over to take the kids on a date to their favorite restaurant, Tony’s Mexican food so that I could go to an eye doctor appt. I called to cancel with my folks but they insisted that I keep the appointment. My dad took the big kids to Tony’s and Nana stayed with Graham. I hated leaving Graham when he was sick, but having to reschedule would have been such a hassle. The appointment was short and sweet and I was very thankful for a Doctor who is on time!

Graham will be crashing in my bed tonight so that I will be close to him if he needs me. I hate to have a sick kid, but I LOVE all the extra cuddles I get when one of them is sick. I am planning a day of cuddles tomorrow! I already have our “cuddle” movies all lined up! We will be watching Family fave “Flight of the Navigator” and introducing “ Labyrinth”! It should make for a great day!

I am so blessed to have such great parents to call on when I need help! Thanks guys for watching a sick kid and for being brave enough to take 2 kids out to eat with out me! Ya’ll are the best.

Now I am off to bed to cuddle with my littlest dude.

Summer Update

WOW Summer has just flown by and I have been feeling so overwhelmed with all my kids at the house running around. Lots has happened this summer and I wish I could take the time to layout the summer for ya'll but,it is just to late at night for that.

A few weeks ago My husbands cousin got married. We went down to the wedding( it was at the beach) It was a fun night away from the kids and we really enjoyed oursleves. Here is a pic from the wedding.....



Spending time at the beach has been a BIG summer activity for us. We took the kids to the Beach for the fourth of July. Jocelyn Loved it so much! She took her flip flpos off right away and danced in the sand like tinkerbell. THe boys liked the beach but Jocelyn LOVED IT. A few weeks later we had soem good friends come home from Indonesia for a visit. They had a big beach Bash. My kids had such a good time. Riley was really into wave boarding. Bruce took all the kids way out in the water. I of course stayed close to the beach. I hate all the sea weed in the water it creeps me out!











This has been our most "classic" summer. SOmetimes life gets so hectic that I can't find time to eat much less slow down and enjoy my life. There have been many ocasions this summer where I have been able to relax with my kids and spend summer the way I remember spending it as a child. We have been to the pool. the library, had popsicles every week. With my kids getting older doing regular activities has gotten easier and easier and I have enjoed the freedom that has given us.

I hope all of you are enjoying summer as much as we have been!

MISS ME???

Quick update.... We have been so sick! We have had pink eye, strep, bronchitis, pneumonia, double ear infections, and sinus infections.... I hope I did not leave anything out!

Life has been a blur. Here are some pics to update you better

These ar epics of Jocelyn and Bruce at the Dads and Dolls Luau Date night at church!






Here is Bruce and I on a rare date night to see John Fogerty at the Rodeo!


This is Riley on Story book day at school!

Graham finally got his first haircut!



Here are a few of my fave easter pics!







Here is a new fave of Graham. He has Jocelyn's sunglasses, Riley's hat and his own 2 pacifiers!


Riley Lost a tooth! It is his first one!


Okay! Whew! You are sorta caught up now, I will post again this week so watch for news from the fam!

Have a blessed day!

Hello Faithful readers!

Hello there all and sorry for the delay in a new post!

It is of course the fault of the terrible twosome. Which one to blame though remains a mystery.

I always blog on my laptop that I keep in the living room. I am in complete view of all my kiddos. Howeever, one of them knocked it off the coffee table bending the prong to the cord. ANd NOW it does not recognize that it is plugged in. So Now I have to Blog from the upstairs computer in the office. and having to leave my kiddos to do that is not a good idea!

Other than the broken computer, not much has been going on here.

We have Rodeo tickets this week so I will post soon and let ya'll now how things go. We are excited to see what happens there. We are seeing John fogerty ( of CCR fame) and then Toby Keith.

Sorry for the short post, I do not have much time!

Jersey Boys

At the last minute my dad and step mom had an extra ticket to see Jersey Boys! I was so excited to see it( and it was an awesome show) However, I should warn those of you who might want to see it also that the language is AWFUL! Someone had mentioned to me that it was bad, but I was still shocked when I heard it come out of an actors mouth on the stage! It is F-this and F-that. At first it really throws you off, but after awhile the shock is over. My Step moms good friend lives in Jersey and she said they really do talk like that to each other.

Jersey boys is the story of Frankie Vallie and the four seasons. I realized how much I loved their music. So my step mom ordered us some CDS. I can hardley wait until they get here!