Mother's Day Reflection

I had a great day on Mother's Day. Aiden had made a card at school that literally made me cry. He is so sweet. Each night when I say my prayers I ask God to help me to be a Godly mother and I pray that my children will grow up to be Godly children, teenagers, young adults, etc. But, the other day as I was praying, it hit me like a ton of bricks that no matter what I try to make my children into, they are going to be likely to take on my traits, Rick's traits. They look up to us, mock us, pretend to be us! So, if I am Godly and present a Godly attitude all the time, then hopefully they will choose to follow in my footsteps. What a huge responsibility we have for not only ourselves, but especially our children.

Here is a semi-recent pic of Evan! He actually doesn't have that much hair anymore. He is getting so big. I have updated from several events over the last month. I am such a loser. Just can't get the pics up from home and actually had a chance to come use the office computer today. Scroll all the way down. I tried to keep the commentary brief since there was so much to cover. Thanks for looking.

River Rats

We had a chance to go to the River to clean up a little on Tues before the holidays. Aiden ask every single time we cross the lake if we are going to the River. He loves it. We took Aiden and Allee and got a sitter for Evan. We intended on letting the kids do some fishing, but when we arrived, we found the trace of outdoor critters inside our camper and spent the entire day vacuming and cleaning. Allee and Aiden were left to entertain themselves. We had a tarp over the camper for the winter and had it laid on the ground drying before folding. When I went outside to check on the kids, I found them with their fishing poles, standing in their wagon, FISHING! They were using the tarp as the water and the wagon was the boat. It was the cutest thing. Their poles aren't even rigged for fishing yet, which is probably a good thing considering Aiden kept getting his line tangled. Can you imagine how many times they would have hooked each other. The cutest thing was when Aiden came into the camper and I asked were they having fun fishing, he said, with a very serious look, "Yeah, but we ain't catching a thing!"

Fayette Park

As most of you up our way know by now, Fayette has a new piece of playground equipment. Crystal, Allison and I all took our kids last Friday. Of course it was very windy and cool, but the kids had a blast. Here are a few pics. And, if you haven't been yet, GO!

Watermelon

MiMi came over last Wed before church with a watermelon in hand. My kids love watermelon and we were thankful, but I had already given the kids a bath! Mommy wanted to wait until after church, but MiMi won the battle! I did give her the privaledge of cleaning them both and dressing them for church after the event!

Maybe next year Evan can eat instead of just watching!

My First Haircut

Since my sister is my hairdresser, we don't get away with missing haircuts without being scolded. She convinced me that Allee's hair looked "ratty" and a small trim would make it look healthier and thicker. So we went to get a "trim". Allee did great. She loved it, and it helped that MiMi was the one doing the cutting. I have a small handful of blonde hair saved! Made mommy sad that this day was already here!

Golf Tournament

Our church hosted the 3rd annual golf tournament to raise funds for our Youth Blast that takes place in Aug. Rick didn't have a partner this year, so he chose one of the best...AIDEN! They had a blast. The little guy was exhausted, but hung in till the very end and didn't even fall asleep on the way home. He LOVES spending time with daddy and he is not a bad golfer. They played a 2 man scramble and I think he actually saved Dad on a couple of shots! Aiden takes a shot and looks to see where it goes!
Relaxing for a snack - Coke and Candy Bar!
Good shot Aiden!

Sissy wants to try too, Dad!

I'm Back!!!

Oh my goodness! I can't believe it has been over a month since I blogged. I guess you can say, "Life happens." I will try to get somewhere and post some pics! Can I say....SICK OF DIAL UP!!!

Let's see if I can do a brief catch up. I honestly don't know what I have been doing for a month!

Aiden - Nothing much has changed. He got "5ths disease" along with every other child in our church and gave it to Allee. He is growing up so fast. I wish you all could hear the conversations that come out of that boy's mouth. I am very bad at correcting my family on their grammatical errors or pronunciations. Aiden has inherited that trait and already at age 3 corrects every little thing we say! Quite comical!

Allee - Learning to potty! Enough said. Oh, yeah, that's what I have been doing for a month. Taking Allee to the potty! We had our first experience like a my friend Kim today! I sat Allee on the potty (she takes forever, so I leave her there) to tee-tee while I went to put some laundry on, you know, gotta multi-task. Well, I hear her from the distance, "Mommy, I poopied!" YEAH, ALLEE. When I rounded the corner I could see her butt naked, walking through looking for me. I could also see the "poopy" all over her leg. Although I thought, WOW, she made a mess on her legs trying to get off the potty, I was still proud she had gone. So, as I was talking to her and explaining that she should wait for me to come wipe her, I said, Did you poopy? She said, "Yeah". I said, "In the potty?" (making a big deal). She said, "NO, in there!" (as she pointed to Aiden's room. Sure enough, I rounded the corner to brother's room, Aiden steadily playing in the corner completely oblivious to the situation, and there it was! I thought I would die! She was so proud, but I was not! Good thing it was me it happened to and not DADDY!

Evan - Had his 4 mo check up yesterday. Can you believe it. He weighed 14.4! We have had about 3 weeks of fussiness (that's the rest of what I have been doing for the last month! NOT SLEEPING!) but we finally got a restful night last night! It seems we are finally working back toward our routine! He started his cereal and squash and LOVED them both! He is going to be a good eater I think. He is rolling over, although he gets really mad when he finally gets there. He loves Aiden to talk to him. Not quite sitting up, but I'm not going to rush him! He is just precious and really is a good, fun, loving baby!

ME - I have been taking care of my babies! I honestly don't know where time goes. One of our friends had revival on Mondays in April and we went. They were very uplifting. I have been struggling spiritually since I have been staying home. I let myself get caught up in the daily frustrations of life and ended up leaving out the most important part. Our church in in revival each Sun night in May and already I have a renewed spirit. I am also reading a book, "Having a Mary heart in a Martha world." I am so much a MARTHA as I know most of you are! I have put my priorities back in order (where I pray they will stay) and my week has already been so much better. All of you praying friends, please pray for me that I will be the mother, wife and friend God wants me to be and not get caught up in the busyness of the world.