Our Boys

A friend of mine pointed out there are no pictures of my boys yet. So I found one of my favorites. They are a year younger in this photo. They were playing dress up in Grandpa's shirts. They are all completely different in their personalities. Mario has a servants heart. He is a complete sweetheart, he will make a good husdand someday. Ian is our little comedian, he is guarenteed to catch you off guard and make you life. He's also very smart. Elijah is quiet unless he's mad. He has a very gentle spirit, he can get his feelings hurt easy. He will love you with his whole heart. So there they are my very handsome and loving boys.

My Bathroom Drama

So, I was reading my friend's blog about bathroom drama and how kids and husbands won't leave you alone when it's your turn for a shower. So true. Everytime I take a shower someones on the other side of the door saying things like:
"I need a drink"
" He hit me"
"she looked at me funny"
"I need in there, I have to go to the bathroom", by the way we have two bathrooms! So this can go on and on. Anyways, a couple of days ago Ian had me crackin'up laughing, here's our conversation. O, first I hear bang, bang, kick.kick,kick.
ME: "what do you want?"
Ian: " I can't put my stupid sock on!"
Me: "Tell dad to help you."
Ian: " I can't 'cause dad will tell me to put on my new socks, and I don't want to put on my new stupid socks I want to wear my old stupid socks!"
Me: "Are we a bit frustrated Ian?"
Ian: "No, I just can't put on my stupid sock."
So this is how things usually go around here when it's mom's turn to take a shower. Drama!Drama!Drama!

New Clothes

God has always provided clothes for our kids, which is an awesome blessing! Buying clothes is probably the hardest thing to do. It's not easy buying new wardrobes for six kids. Since Kalin was born I have bought her one outfit. She has boxes of clothes up to age four. My girls were in desperate need of pants, especially now that the cooler weather is coming. Plus we are going camping with our church Nov.6-9. They truly need long warm pants for this occasion. Well today my sister showed up with a ton of really nice clothes for my girls, especially pants!! A neighbor of hers gave her a bunch of girl clothes. She of course did not need size 6 so hallelujah we've got clothes! The bad part of this story is I totally have to repent. I've been whining and complaining for about 2 weeks now. Every time I have this huge pity party God completely blesses us beyond what we usually need. I should know by now God will take good care of his children. Maybe next time instead of complaining at God about what we need I will thank Him for what I know He will do.
Matthew 6:25-34

The Renissance Festival

Well, we're getting ready for the Renassaince Festival. Three more days to go. My three older children are very excited, my three younger are staying with Grandma, they're also excited! If's always fun at Grandma's. There is lots of candy, fun games, and LarryBoy! Ian and Elijah love larryboy, and pretty much any VeggieTales. So Grandma keeps full stock. Kalin has just started to realize how great Grandmaland truly is. When we pull up in the driveway she screams, "PaPa", yeah she knows whats coming, lots of candy and attention. The only downfall is I get to bring them home after all of that. oh, well I know their loved and they love it.
So, back to the Renissance Festival, the kids are siked. They've been learning about the people then, and the time they all went through. They all entered the coloring contest, and wrote short story's for the essay contest. My sister Kelly and her three boys will also be joining us. She homeschools as well. They also are wearing the costumes. Mario is a pirate, Maya is a princess, and Emily is a queen, yours truly ran out of money, for a costume so I'm trying to throw together a gypsy type costume. Anyway, i hope it's alot of fun. I will post pictures of our fieltrip hopefully this weekend.

Where did my baby go?

This is my youngest, my baby. Where did the time go? It seems like yesterday she was a newborn baby. The more kids you have the quicker the days and months seem to fly by. Kalin is 21mo. old today. She is talking really good, sometimes to good. She's also learning to say things I would rather not hear, like "go away, butthead!" Yes, my cute little curly headed girl says, no screams butthead. You can thank Ian and Elijah for that one. But she is also very cute and very funny. She loves to sing and dance. She is a total daddy's girl, and she is completely spoiled by her siblings. I thank God for her a lot. She was a blessing I was not looking for, but I am so glad I got.

My Girls

Okay, I finally figured out how to put pictures on here. Anyway, this picture was taken last year, when the girls told us everything. A couple months later their birthdays had come around, so we dressed them up as princesses and got their pictures taken. Afterwards we let them pick the restaraunt of their choice. They had a blast and felt beautiful and important all night. By the way Maya is on the right and Emily is on the left. They have both made so much progress and are shining more everyday!

Kalin and me on mother's day