Updated pictures

Easter at my Granny Earnest! All the Great-Grandkids except for 4 that live out of town. Isn't she blessed! Thanks for a great day! My Family at Easter Service !

Kids at the Montgomery Zoo!

There would be more pics. But is taking 20 forevers to load one image and I have many errands to complete today. Maybe I can get to the office and catch up on birthday pics, zoo, ect. Hang with me guys. I am doing the best I can!

Can I go to your wedding?

Yesterday, Allee and I were setting up for Ladies Night Out and out of the blue she said, "Mom, when are we going to go to the wedding?" "What wedding Allee?" "Your's and Daddy's!" "Well, Allee, Mommy and Daddy have already had one wedding. We probably won't have another one." Burst into pouty tears! "Allee, why are you crying?" "Because I really wanted to go to your wedding!" God love her! She is so cute and thoughtful and emotional....oh, no....she's all GIRL!

She also asked me about what we were doing. This was the conversation.

Allee: What we doin mommy.
Me: Setting up for our Ladies Night Out.
Allee: What's that?
Me: Well, we eat and have a speaker.
Allee: Am I gonna come?
Me: Well, I hadn't planned on it, but I guess you could.
Allee: Yeah, I want to.
Me: It will probably be boring to you, you have to sit really still.
Allee: I can do that.
Me: You can?
Allee: Uh, huh. What ya'll gonna eat.
Me: Well, we're gonna have ham.
Allee: Ummmm, I love ham.
Me: And green beans...
Allee: Ummm, I love green beans.
Me: and corn
Allee: on the cob?
Me: No.
Allee: corn off the cob?
Me: yes
Allee: ummm, I love corn off the cob.
Me: and hasbrown casserole
Allee: ummm, I love hashbrown casserole.
Bless her heart. I hope she doesn't figure out that she didnt' get to go, b/c she CANNOT sit still!

She got her costume for her gymnastics "decital" as she calls it. It will be in two weeks. She is so excited.

A whole Month----Seriously

Wow! Am I a loser or what? JK. So much has happened and you all know my computer and internet situation. I haven't had time to get to town except for groceries. And, now, our computer crashed, so this may be a last note for a while. LOL. Let's see if I can catch you up.

Easter - Wonderful week and weekend. We had an Easter drama at church and because of our lack of a new building, we had to have service in the FLC for room. Setting up a gym to look like a sanctuary takes lots and lots of time! Most our our first two weeks of April were spent there! All went well at the service. We had tons of people and good fun. We got to visit all of the family after church for our egg hunt. Evan didn't really care for hunting his first eggs. He would rather throw them like a ball. My Granny had a little ceramic dog sitting in her flower bed with an egg hid beside it. Evan wouldn't get the egg because he would shiver at the dog, thinking it was real. It was so cute! Allee still loves to hunt and eat the eggs! Aiden is in limbo. Whatever everyone else does is okay with him.

Spring Break - Spring Break was very busy for us. We went to the Montgomery Zoo with MiMi and the boys and had lots of fun. Aiden didn't much care for eating beside the giraffes because of the smell! He told Allee if she would breath out instead of in she wouldn't smell it! We also spent a night at the River. They love going there, but do not understand that the water just isn't warm enough to get in yet. I had to work, so the trip was a little short. I am filling in at NHS until the end of the school year, so life just got busier! (if that is possible).

WAC - We had our WAC (Women Active For Christ) State Meeting this weekend. I was in great need of spiritual renewal, and God really showed up! I was amazed at His work. On Friday night, we had an executive committee meeting and shared some prayer request. I shared that I wanted everyone to pray for my neice in Hawaii that God would send someone to witness to her and help mentor her while she was there, living on a military base with her new husband and one year old, expecting another! Last night, my mom told me that someone invited them to church! WOW GOD! That's fast! I have been praying for months, but the power of Gods people praying in one accord works miracles! Thank you to anyone who prayed for her and please continue.

God showed me and reminded me this weekend of how valuable our time with him is. He spoke the same message to me through four different people this weekend, our president on Friday night, a dear friend who shared a devotion on Sat, our National Sec/Tre on Sat, and my own husbands message on Sunday. I have been struggling with getting alone time with God and have been guilty of making the excuse that God will have to understand because He knows my position with the kids distracting me and the things that I HAVE to get done. Right? Wrong! Boy did He remind me....WRONG! God desires to fellowship with us. And I not talking about that little bit of reading our bible and saying our night time prayer just to check that off of our to-do list! I am talking about FELLOWSHIP! COMMUNICATION! Like we do with our own spouse or children! Ya'll have heard me say all of this before, but I am sure you, like me, need to be reminded from time to time. I have to give God glory and praise. He woke me up at 5 am and let the kids stay asleep and I actually got to spend quality time with Him this morning. Thank you God!

One other quick praise item....Aiden and Allee had a slight 4-wheeler wreck on Sat. Aiden did not see the ditch and hit it, causing Allee to fall off! She hit the gravel face first. I had to pick rocks out of her back teeth. She has a few scratches on her lip and her inside jaw was bit, but other than that, no damage. Thank you God for protecting my babies and making what could have been bad, not so bad!

Hope you all have a wonderful week. Sorry this was quick. I will try to keep posted better. I have missed telling you tons of funny kid stories, but I felt this was most important today!

Also, our 7th annual Ladies Night Out is May 1st. The B Team Angels are speaking. Starts at 7pm. All ladies welcome. Hope to see you there.

So much happening

Okay, so much has happened since tubes, I do not have time to catch up. Overall, Evan in doing great. We had a great check up and he has been sleeping well, for the most part. We now have runny nose and low grade temp from cutting molars I am sure! We had 15 mo check up and weigh a whopping 20.8 pounds! I can't believe he is already this old. He has gotten such a personality (and temper) lately. He is beginning to communicate in his own language in sentences....too bad I have no idea what he wants. I understand lots of individual words, but when he talks in sentences, it is mumbo-jumbo! So cute, though!

The other day, during chaotic bath time, Rick went to get Aidens PJs and found Evan in Aidens room alone, sitting on the TOP BUNK! Needless to say, the ladder is now removed during daytime hours and only put up when Evan is sleeping.

On a different note, church has been busy and wonderful. We had a v-ball tourn last weekend that was a ton of fun! Well, I was a little too competitive, but I just can't help it! Fun anyway! I was reading in my Sunday School lesson that was on Love this week and it points out how Love is a commandment from God. It also says that we are to not only show love to God, but to everyone. How are our children ever going to learn to show love to others and God, if we dont show that same love. We are their examples. Do your children see you showing love to others? Too Christ? How will they learn to be Christ like if they don't see it? How much do we REALLY love others? How will you show love today? Love is an ACTION, not just an EMOTION!

Evan got tubes

Today was the day! Evan got tubes in his ears and he did great. NaNa T came and met us yesterday to get Aiden and Allee to spend the night, so we had a fun night with just the little one. He is growing up so fast. He is so fast. I can't keep up with him. He woke up when we put him in the car at 5:30, and stayed awake. My biggest concern was him wanting food. He did fine for the first hour, but around 7:15, when we had been playing ball for 45 min to occupy him, he whined for a "nack". We redirected his attention, and that was that. He was so good. No crying until they were bringing him back to the room and it stopped instantly when he got Mommy, froggy and juice! I was concerned that we may not need them since he had seemed a little better lately, but the doc informed us that he still had significant fluid on the L. So, I am glad we did. Thanks for all of your prayers and continue to pray that this will help him rest better!

Evan and doughnuts

It is no secret that all three of my boys LOVE sweets! Rick, Aiden and Evan could eat their weight in doughnuts! Aiden can eat a whole dozen of krispy kreme if you don't watch him. He even sneaks and gets them if they are around and trys to hide that he has them.

Well, Evan is carrying on the tradition. Yesterday morning after he had already eaten breakfast, he started whining and we didn't know what he wanted. Rick got him up and he and I were talking while Evan was pointing toward the "snack" cabinet. We weren't really paying much attention to him and all of a sudden he took his pacy out of his mouth and I swear he said in his little baby voice mumbo jumbo..."i wanna doughnut." Rick and I looked at each other at the same time and said, "did he say doughnut." When we got the white powdered doughnut from the cabinet the kid went crazy....bouncing, smiling, screaming with excitement.

However, he is picky. I tried to break one in half to give to him to decrease the mess and he stomped his foot and shook his head. I immediately offered him a whole one and he gladly accepted and devoured it! He is a mess!

Birthday lunch with MiMi

After the ears, we picked Aiden up from school and talked them into chips and dip from Jalepeno's for Allee's lunch! They sang the birthday song in Spanish! Allee was so tickled. She wasn't so sure about the hat though and Aiden was more focused on sitting on the donkey outside! Thanks again MiMi. We had a blast....and thanks to Daddy for keeping Evan home so we could enjoy our girls day out! BTW - MiMi took her in the shoe store......BIG MISTAKE! The girl is picky and wants it all! After trying on virtually every shoe in the store, she ended up with princess house shoes which she insisted on wearing out of the store. As a matter of fact, that is them in the window seal behind her in the picture!