Pictures :)

Ok, so I decided now that this blogger is finally letting me upload pictures I will sit down and make time to update with a few pictures, for those of you that love to keep up with me and mine :). The kids just TOTALLY enjoyed the beach the other weekend. It's actually fun taking them now that they can occupy themselves.

And they think sleeping in a motel is THE COOLEST thing ever! I love my kids :) and how it doesn't take much to make them happy :)

I can't believe my Braxton is 4 1/2 already! He lights up our home with his sense of humor and charm! He definitley uses his humor to his advantage at times ;) He's a fun loving little guy with a very strong personality. His memory amazes me! Right now we are working on memorizing Psalm 23 and he knows up to verse 4.He looks out for his little sister. She's lucky to have him for a big brother! He thinks stuff through as much as she doesn't, but he's right there to help her out if she needs him :) Bella, our puppy is a playful puppy that jumps and runs and wants to play all the time, but sometimes she's to much for Hailey. She can actually knock Hailey over and Hailey gets so upset.But it warms my heart when I look out my window and see Braxton go over to Hailey, take her hand and come walking my way with her.He's definitley got his daddy's soft heart!

They thought "family night out" at Frankies Fun park was pretty awesome. I thought so too! I love time spent with my little family. They had so much fun mini golfing. We got our laughs, that's for sure!

Hailey is definitley a mama's girl but in the last 6 months I have seen her draw near and dear to her daddy! She'll get up in the mornings and ask where daddy is and run and squeal with delight in the evenings when he comes home. Her daddy (and mama ;) )  love to tease her because she is so funny when teased! She is learning to stand strong and hold her ground! The other night Joel was teasing her, and he had her swallowing hard a few times but she stood firm and strong and stayed on top of that one. I thought it was so funny! She loves to kiss the baby and will randomly walk over to me and kiss my stomach. She's going to be quite the "mommy"  this this next baby :)

In just a little over a week I get to spend an anniversary weekend with this man. I can't wait. I am so blessed to have my best friend as my husband! It's been a wonderful 6 years and I'm excited to see what the next 6 years hold for us!

I love my little family and time spent with them!

Well, I can do more pictures later. My little ones are now stirring so that means I will have to go get them breakfast :) And, it is high time for me to run and start my day! Hope all of you have a great day!

Summer Fun and 28 weeks

Well, whataya know!? We're still alive! I know it totally goes against blog manners to ignore your blog for so long! I mean, really, pretty much all summer I've ignored this part of the world. Lack of inspiration and time. But here I am, to give you a quick update of all that's going on in our world.

This summer has been a challange. I'm not even gonna go into detail but lets just say I'm a work in progress,one of God's slow learners but I am glad for all that He's been teaching me.And in those low times, it always helps to remember that He teaches us because He loves us. Still sometimes when God starts pointing things out, it's tough! And with the pregnancy hormones to place on top of that, it's alot tougher! :) But He saw me through - and my husband, he's been such a dear and stuck right with me. I love him more as the time goes by.

Talking about my husband...the six short years we've been together have been so incredibly awesome! After Jesus, he is my best friend and I can't ever imagine leaving him for the love of someone else! And the reason I say this, is because yesterday my mom told me this story of an 80 year old guy that divorced his wife of 60 years for a "younger chickof 70 something." Yes, that makes my blood boil! 60 years!!! Still makes me mad everytime I think of it! So sickening... On to happier thoughts...

Since I started this post last week, and am finally back to finish it, I have actually reached my 29 week mark. Yes, I am so not ready yet! I have alot of cleaning to do yet, we have names to pick out and I have shopping to do for the baby. whew!
Joel came home last night and said (very jokingly of course) that we need to have another baby after this one because of all the cleaning and oraganizing that is suddenly going on. Help!! maybe I should quit the nesting process ;)
I considered myself a fairly good housekeeper until I got into the corners and cabinets! Horrors..but I guess this summer has been unusually busy so I'll blame it on that! ;)
I'm having to remind myself that I need to make time to do some fun things in between because my mind is one track right now and that sadly is cleaning! :(

Braxton and Hailey are growing up too fast! They are both riding bikes without training wheels now.Not sure why that hit me the way it did but suddenly I'm like, "ok you two, you may slow down the growth process just a tad now!" If you know me, that's amazing I even feel that way because ever since they'd been born I was so excited for them to hit the next stage -( would you already just pee in the potty, or walk, or talk or eat by yourself!) I guess once they hit age 3 I start enjoying them a whole lot more. They're so funny and keep me laughing!We can communicate well, be silly together and they start asking the cutest questions! ("why mommy?" is not included in cutest questions, just in case you wondered!) I think it's funny because sometimes when something goes wrong they'll wonder why it happened that way and I just tell them "oh because, sometimes things like that happen." So when Braxton asked me why something was the way it was the other day, Hailey answered "cuz, somtimes things like that happen." :) It scares me how much they pick up! Definitley keeps me on my toes!

Well, since blogger will NOT let me upload pictures I'm going to quit writing because this is looking like a rather boring blog update! I need to figure out what the problem is but I did wanted to let you guys know we're still around! :) Just pretend this is a snail mail letter, you know, like the ones back in the 60's and 70's that you would so eagerly grab out of the mailbox and  read, even if there were no pictures included and it was incredibly boring! ;)

hope y'all have a lovely week! I'm off to more cleaning and organizing ;)