A Crazy Party...NOT Thrown by Us!! :)

 

Funny Family Quirk...

The month of September tends to be a busy one. With getting back into the groove of  school and birthdays galore. But it's also a fun reminder of a funny quirk in our family.

girls just wanna have fun

yes those are daddy's feet styled with hair bands! Girl's gotta design!

How did we Meet again??

Just another morning in Crazy town!

Sometimes we realize that crazy is genetic.....only it's not my genetics, it's his!

If my kids have Kids....(Take two)

In another family discussion brought about by being reminded of this post we found these facts out....

If my kids had kids…they would name thier children and pets the following:

Silas – the children would be named Cornelius and Clara and the family dog would be Dodio.

Kace –  the children would be named Firebolt and Hermione and the family cat would be Bowie (Like the knife).

Gresham – the children would be named Lightingbolt and Sally and the family dog would be Monster Truck Bolt and the cat would be Diamond.

Petra –  the children would be named Kace and Libi and the family cat would be Princess Sally.

Are we the only ones who think we have watched only Cars and Harry Potter??

HAHAHA!!

If you Braid it....

Friday Photo Round Up: A New Addition To Our Blog/Scrapbook

Since we have made some changes in the last two years to this blog as our life has changed in the last two years I wanted to post some photos that I haven't been able to yet, because of different things. I want more than ever for our boys to know and see how much they experienced of the world at such a young age and since I don't scrapbook this is their love letter from us while we are in the midst of enjoying their youth! So on Fridays for awhile I want to post some pictures from the past where we were enjoying adventure and outings, time and intimacy together as a family, in greater deapth than before! So here is our first offering...

This was right before silas' birthday in 2010 and after I had had surgery...I look a little rough because of it!

My mom was SUCH a HUGE help loving on the kids while I was so sick!

As you can tell our kids can't stand her!

Things Mom Would Never Say

"How on earth can you see the TV sitting so far back?"

"Yeah, I used to skip school a lot, too"

"Just leave all the lights on ... it makes the house look more cheery"

"Let me smell that shirt -- Yeah, it's good for another week"

"Go ahead and keep that stray dog, honey. I'll be glad to feed and walk him every day"

"Well, if Timmy's mom says it's OK, that's good enough for me."

"The curfew is just a general time to shoot for. It's not like I'm running a prison around here."

"I don't have a tissue with me ... just use your sleeve" (actually I have said this)

"Don't bother wearing a jacket - the wind-chill is bound to improve"

"Don't worry about lifting the seat - just go ahead and pee"

This was a forward I recieved several years ago which I think is still very funny! Happy Tuesday Everyone!

Dancing Together

come on Petra dance with me...

follow me...

like this...

now I'm gonna dip you...

keep holding my hand....

twist like this....

let's dip again....

oops...sorry I dropped you...



look at us dancing together!!



The Future According to Kace and Gresham

"When I get married I'm gonna have seven kids." ....Gresham.

"When I get married I'm gonna have 4 or 5 girls." .....Kace.

"What kind of kids are you gonna have?" .....Kace.

"Boys." ....Gresham.

"Allll boys?"......Kace.

"Yes. Boys." .....Gresham.

"I'm gonna have girls. Five girls." .....Kace.

"I'm gonna have seven boys and a momma." .......Gresham.

"But boys you should love your wife more than your children." ....Momma.

"Momma, you should love God more than your wife." .....Kace.

"Yeah, Love God, then love my kids, and my mother." .....Gresham. to gman a mother is a wife!

Crazy Eyes! :D

Crazy Kids!

Are these babies, beautiful or what?! They are to me anyway! Plus they make me smile! I have been thinking for a few weeks that I would really like to do something to remind myself daily how much of an encouragement my five arrows are! One thing I say often to Will is how consitently these little people remind me of His love. Often security doesn't do it (as there is no security apart from the gospel), our curcumstances WILL NOT do it (believe you me!), our feelings CANNOT do it (especially if you are a woman--like me and basically have a hard time-most days-figuring your own emotions out!), but one thing that always consistently reminds me about His love and goodness (apart from the word and my husband and the spirit) are these five nuts! And yes even when they are crazy and looking like train wrecks, when I haven't slept or the house looks like a bomb exploded, they are disobedient and they aren't what I envisioned children to be; they are ALWAYS a blessing and I have a premonition that even if they choose to defy the Lord and live their lives away from the Savior, they will be (even while making us very burdened for their eternity and their life) such a HUGE blessing to us! I don't think my kids can do anything that will make me look at them, and who He has made me by using them, and say anything less than "there is a BLESSING! PROOF of His lovingkindness!" So it has me thinking Tattoos. Something that will daily remind me that He is Great, and Wise and Good, and They are proof daily of that reality! Because, let's face it, I am a very weak vessel, who struggles to remember how great He is in the midst of trials and struggles and burdens of a fallen world! I don't think it is wrong to do a thing to remind yourself how Good something (or in this case Someone!) is. I need the reminding! I truly do! So here's to trying (probably not in the near future, but sometime) to get a tattoo, which I have no idea where to put and I am afraid to get and I don't know what it will look like! But I def think it will happen....right after I get a Kindle fire! :D

Pum'kin Patch

Are we ready for a ......

Hay ride and....

Pum'kin pickin' ....

A Maze......

Lots of hay....

lots and lots and lots of hay.....

feeding goats.....

or donkeys if you are Kace.....

Playin' on tractor tires......

climbing GIANT trees....

And having an all around great time?

Crazy Crew: Sleeping Beauty, School Boys, and other Craziness!

Crazy Family memories..... First day of second grade.....first day of kindergarten ( and he only got into trouble once everyday this week).....loving eyes of our newborn....sleeping beauty....always thinking my sweets are the sweetest! Love these nutty kiddos! Although they do make me even crazier!