Cheap Fun

A Can of Cheap Shaving Cream: $.99

Water to Clean them Off: $.70

Thirty minutes of PEACE: PRICELESS

Blake loves getting messy and wants everyonelse to join in on the fun!

Gavin is fine as long as there is a barrier between him and the mess!

The greatest thing about it was that there was almost no cost and almost no clean up!

Oh Lisa....Where Are You???

The rest of you can just ignore this....but Lisa L. you found my blog, but I can't find you! Please email me or something so I can have your new email address!

The last we talked you were living in Alabama! I would love to keep in touch!

We Own a Horse Stable

Grace wanted horses for Christmas and then didn't have a stable big enough for them so....Daddy went to work.

She wanted a ladder so her people could climb up to the loft, but these didn't quite please her so back to the drawing board.

Here we have a REAL ladder!

I think the side doors are to hide all of the junk in, but the kids think they are for playing hide-and-seek with the people.

I personally am very impressed with this creation! This was built from trash wood from work, no drawings, and not exactly the right tools, but I bet we could make some money if we sold them.

The funny thing is after all the hard work Grace wanted to paint the barn with Tempera Paint! Yea right!

Field Day

Yesterday, we had a fun day at field day. It was filled with of fun things like:

THREE-LEGGED RACE (WITH THE WRONG LEG IN THE BAG!)

RUN RUN RUN AS FAST AS YOU CAN YOU CAN'T FILL THE BUCKET UP WITH WATER BEFORE YOU ARE SOAKED

WHAT IS THE PLAN TO GET SO DIRTY OUR MOMS WON'T RECOGNIZE US?

GUESS WHAT I DID? I FELL AND TUMBLED RUNNING THE 50 YARD DASH - GOT UP AND KEPT ON GOING! AND YES, I GOT VERY DIRTY!

AN UNOFFICIAL GAME OF TUG-OF-WAR! GIRLS VS. BOYS!

THE GIRLS DRUG THE BOYS ALL OVER THE FIELD!

GAVIN MADE IT ONTO A TUG OF WAR TEAM THAT MANAGED TO PULL THE OTHER TEAM OVER (AND PULL GAVIN AS WELL)

All in all it was a fun day! We got soaked from the rain, got banged up a little, enjoyed friends and cool weather, and won a few ribbons!

Best Mother's Day I Have Ever Had

Usually on Mother's Day I get the whole day off. I don't get anyone but me ready for church, I don't take anyone to potty, I don't fix any one's meals, I get to take a nap that ends when I say, in short...I get to be lazy.

This morning did not start that way. But I didn't care. I woke up smiling because this was going to be the best Mother's Day I have had so far. We were all going to walk into the church auditorium dressed for church and three of us were leaving WET!

I had the incredible privilege of baptising Chris, my husband, my love, and my friend this morning and then watching him as he baptised Grace.


I have only seen him cry a couple of times in 12 years but this morning as he told about Jesus changing his life I could see him holding the tears back. You want a REAL man....There he is!


I got a little scrambled on my words and said "Holy Ghost" instead of "Holy Spirit". Who says Holy Ghost anymore. I guess you can take the girl out of the Baptist Church but you can't take the Baptist out of the girl!

The heater wasn't working in the pool so it was a little chilly. Really Chris and I didn't notice it much but when Grace got in she started dancing around in front of 1,000+ people saying, "Ooooo! It's cold in here!" She was excited and cold and it was Grace so of course everyone was chuckling!

One of the neatest things that our church does is to encourage you to have people from your family and support system stand on stage with you saying that they will walk this journey with you as you grow in Christ Jesus. We were blessed to have Paw, Aunt Carolyn, Uncle Bob, The Johnston Family, and the Herrrells. We missed having the Haydens and the Schrimshers, but we know that you were there in heart.

Here we are all leaving wet and blessed! The feeling of being obedient to Christ is incredible! I am so proud of Chris and Grace both that words are not sufficient!

By the way...I still got my day off. After leaving church, my sweet husband took me out to eat, took care of the kids, let me take a really long nap, and is fixing them "supper" even as we speak! I am thankful for a day off, but I am even more thankful that God made me a MOTHER!

Happy (Belated) Birthday Princess Grace!

THE PRINCESS IS 7!!!

It is so hard for me to believe that this sweet (Ha!Ha!) baby is seven years old.

But, she is growing up. I really am enjoying her more now than I did even a year ago. There are still challenges, but we can relate now (somedays a little too much). Here are some a few current pictures!