Most Amazing, Glorious Monday

Glorious Monday.....Uh, What?? Yeah, right.  

Jaxon's still picking his nose, after I've told him not to, Maggie is still crying if I don't hold her, and Kylee is still having attitude about what clothes she can wear to play in.

Even with all that, it's still a pretty, great day.  BEcause the weather is absolutely amazing today!! And we are doing our typical Monday morning stuff.

Washer and dryer are going non stop, the dishwasher is humming, my closet is cleaned out of winter clothes and shoes organized, and the kids are outside sort of getting along. It's been a great morning.

We saw a lizard, rode bikes, chopped weeds, and watered the flowers!!

Guy's Trip

Jason and my Dad, along with some other guys from church, headed out on a "guys only trip"!! They quickly named their trip the "Men of Joy" to mimic the ladies trip we go on in the fall that is called, "Women of Joy"!! But, all these men will be doing is eating at lots of BBQ places and playing some golf!!

The wives decided to put together an Emergency BBQ Kit for each guy, with Bible verses to go along with, that were completely taken WAY out of context!! I created a label below, with their them verse: Acts 10:10, " Then he became very hungry and wanted to eat; but while they made ready, he fell into a trance."

Each of us came up with an item to fill the bag that might help them along their trip. 

When your hungry between Meals.......Orbit Gum

Psalm 33:6

"By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, And all the host of them by the breath of His mouth."

When the guy your rooming with pollutes the air.......Air Freshener

Philippians 2:15

" a breath of fresh air in this squalid and polluted society."

When you've made the biggest mess with all that BBQ.......Wipes

Isaiah 64:6

"All of us have become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags"

When the guy your rooming with starts to snore.......Ear Plugs

Proverbs 27:14

"He who blesses his friend with a loud voice early in the morning, It will be reckoned a curse to him."

When you have heartburn from eating to much BBQ......Tums

Luke 24:32

"And they said to one another, “Did not our heart burn within us...."

When your breath is offensive from eating to much.....Mints

Job 19:17

"My breath is offensive to my wife; I am loathsome to my own family."

Hope they have a great time, and enjoy the bags!! :)

"Let the Memories Begin"

This picture captures a lot of what Jaxon is all about right now, food mickey, and his eyes.

I made him a Mickey Mouse Pancake, that he just ate nearly the whole thing of because he loves Mickey so much right now. Immediately, he ran to get his Mickey out of his room, to eat breakfast with him, and he also wanted me to grab his "Mickey Mouse Card" that he got from Aunt Hay Hay that says "Let the Memories Begin"!!! 

But also notice his eyes. He cries every morning saying "My eyes hurt." It's rather annoying and I don't really know how to handle it.  I mean we've tried the "it's just the sunlight; it will go away." Anyways, it's a silly memory I kind of sort of want to remember or forget... :)

Planning this Mickey Mouse party for Jaxon, makes me want to go to Disney World SO BAD!!! I've been looking online at when the best time of the year to go is, and what ages are the best times, and really I just don't care, I just want to take the kids!! 

Mustache Bash

This weekend we went to a Mustache Bash!! I love the idea of the mustache and the little man parties!!! So cute!! All the kids, except Maggie, she was busy eating dog food, got there pictures made with the cute photo props.  Karter smiled so big and cute; Jaxon thought we were all crazy making him smoke that pipe!!

Good times!!

Gatti's or Gross

I was headed to town last night to take a meal to a friend who has cancer, and so we all loaded up and headed to Gatti's for a night of family fun.  We were glad Jason was back in the picture after planting maze for the past 6 days, from sun-up to sun-down.  

I always think Gatti's is sort of gross. But, I'm sure there are no more germs there than at Wal-mart.  

They have some new games, and this really cool bounce place for little kids.  They all loved it, and Maggie fell down quite a bit, but she definitely did not want OUT!! Silly girl!!

We lost a lot of tokens at the game where you throw the ball up. The kids could not get it up the ramp, so that's when we figured out we were in the wrong section, not the kids section. We rode the airplane, dump truck twice, and Jaxon pretended to ride the motorcycle game. We shot baskets until we were sick of it, and stomped spiders until they were all dead!! Daddy played the "fruit ninja" game, and won us lots of tickets. 

My Baby!!!

Is Getting so BIG!!!

Cousin Love

Our Twins....Lexi and Jaxon

Born only 3 weeks apart. I remember being pregnant with my sister at the same time, which is one of the best things ever. I remember praying so hard during these two particular pregnancies, that they would both be born healthy, and nothing would happen to the other. For some reason, I just worried so much during this time, that one of them wouldn't be born healthy, and we would go through our life with only one of them.....and always wonder.... and I remember telling myself to just give it to God. Have faith. Strengthen my faith.  I can look back on that time, as a spiritual marker for me, where God came through big with awesome answered prayers, and was true to his character.... He was faithful.

I must admit I still struggle with some of those fears and worrying, and I still have little faith at times. But, I don't want to!! 

I praise God for them because their lives have blessed me with so much joy and smiling, my heart just bubbles over.