Living for Him...

THINGS NOT TO SAY TO YOUR WIFE...

2011-10-28T13:27:00.002-07:00

I have heard it is easier to remember things if it is in song form... Here you go Husbands! =)

Around Town...

2011-10-28T13:11:00.003-07:00

I love going to the library with my kids. Sometimes the best things to read are on the way out to the car.

What does the verse say?

Let his days be few; Let another take his office.
Psalms109:8

Our Tax Dollars Hard At Work!

2011-10-18T15:48:00.004-07:00

This picture was taken at the school across the street from my church.
Can you see what our tax dollars are doing?
Look closely...
Do you think they are all doing homework? Or do you think they are all on Facebook?
Just wondering?

WATCH...

2011-10-12T18:51:00.001-07:00

Helpful Tips...

2011-10-01T12:33:00.003-07:00

A few weeks ago, I was asked to speak to the ladies at our church on organization. I think I was the most organized person at the table when I was asked. But all in the same, I enjoyed it very much, and was very happy to do it.

So I wanted to share a few things here and there that I talked about that day.

To start off I would like to give a few tips that I thought I would use around my house. If I have an * by it it means I use this tip and like it a lot. So here we go.

1.Bed Sheets: After drying your sheets, put both folded sheets and one pillowcase in the other pillowcase. Fold to make a square. Next time you change sheets, you just have the one pillowcase and all the sheets and pillowcase are inside. No need to look for matches.

2. Clean your glass shower: To clean the glass in your shower easily, apply lemon juice to the glass with a sponge. Then take newspaper and wipe the lemon juice off. It will be clean and sparkling with no scrubbing.

3. Reheat Pizza: Heat up left over pizza in a non-stick skillet on top of the stove, set the heat to med-low and heat till warm. This keeps the crust crispy. No soggy micro pizza. This was on the cooking channel.

4. * Devil Eggs: Put cooked egg yolks in zip lock bag, seal, mash till they are all broken up. Add remainder of ingredients, reseal, keep mashing it up mixing thoroughly, cut tip of the baggy, squeeze mixture into egg. Throw bag away for easy cleanup!

5. Reheating refrigerated bread: To warm biscuits, pancakes, or muffins that have been refrigerated, place them in the a microwave with a cup of water. The increase moisture will keep the food noisy and help reheat faster.

OK so there are five. I know its not much, but I am crunched for time. And need to go. So I will post some more tips soon.

Hope you have a blessed day!

Blessings on your family!

Jennifer

P.S. does anyone have a tip on time? =)

Sweet Ginger...

2011-09-20T19:01:00.004-07:00

Ginger
August 12, 2006 - September 17, 2011

It's funny I always tell people I have chickens... my kids have dogs.
The picture above is a picture of Twin B's dog Ginger. She was much like her owner, seemed to not have a care in the world and LOVED every minute of her day.
Until last Friday night. She started acting sluggish, and didn't really want to move anywhere. By Saturday morning she wouldn't move at all. I thought it was the same thing Abby (our newest dog) had, and told Twin B not to worry about it. by the afternoon I tried to feed her from a dropper and she couldn't even open her mouth. I went out to get my husband and by the time he got in to see her she was gone. I never thought I would cry over loosing a dog. But the entire family did. She was such a sweet dog, and will be greatly missed by all of us. This is a part of life I know, but I don't think it will ever be a part of life that anyone could ever get use to. Whether it is a sweet family pet, a dear friend, or family member.

Summertime

2011-09-09T19:49:00.011-07:00

Summer is coming to an end. So I thought I would do a picture post to show everyone some of the things we did through out the summer.

Screamer
We finished up the school year with a field day, with all the bells and whistles including the fire department giving our kidos a good spray down!

PC at field day.

We had some friends give us a pool! this is the day we put it up.

Gave my man an IPod for Father's Day and his birthday. He LOVES it!

Painter my nails many different ways during the summer.
This is for the 4th of July.

This is Screamer and his good friend.
This is before the big pool. =)

Screamer made a 'mobile home' for his dog.
(dog shown below)

Grew 8 20 pound watermelons!

We went out when the were small and carved our names in them,
so we each had our own.
P.S. that was the only thing that grew in our garden this year. =(

Watched some amazing stunts by Twin A and Banana
(that's Twin B girlfriend)

Watch my man fall in love with a new girl.

Gave a class on 'how to diaper a dog' to Twin B and Banana.

Finally figured out what was wrong with my roses, fixed it,

and was able to enjoy them this year.

Had a few friends over for a pool party.

Big pool and little pool....
Where do you think the kids liked it best?!?

Had our A/C go out in the MIDDLE of summer! Praise God,
it was under warranty.

And made homemade OREO cookies
( doggie style). =)

We had a very busy summer. It was a lot of fun, except for when our A/C went out! We all got to see the grumpy side of each other. =)

Blessings on your family!
Jennifer

Eight down three to GO!

2011-09-06T18:48:00.008-07:00

Is this picture not the truth of our country today? It is such a sad way of life. Everyone has to 'keep up with the Jones' Who are these 'Jones' people? And as hard as you try to keep up with them... do you think they are trying to keep up with you?!?

Over the past 3 years, My husband and I have been working very hard to get out of debt. The thought of bankruptcy did cross our minds when we first thought about getting out of debt. But we were both convicted by God, to get out of debt instead of taking the easy way out.

So we set out to do so. I can say God willing, by July of next next year, the only thing left of debt we will have is our mortgage.

It is such a good feeling of getting out of debt. Don't get me wrong. We have sacrificed a lot, upset people and family members. But it was our fault, we were the ones who put us there. We started with a list of our debt and a budget. Smallest to biggest. As we paid off a debt we put a red line through it and the date we paid it off. Even though the first one was only 25 bucks it was still a feeling of accomplishment. And so down the line we went and are still going. Now with the with the last payment of our car today, that was one more line we got to put on our list.

BUDGET... isn't that like a six letter bad word! Well we took that bad word and put it to good use! Boy was it hard. But we knew it was something that we had to do if we wanted to get out of debt. We budgeted our food, our gas, our entertainment and anything else that could be budgeted well we budgeted it too...except our kids we tried, they came back. =) (joke) It was so hard at first, and sometimes it still is. But to see the out come its worth it! Everything went in envelopes. Each bill had its own. We pay CASH for everything. That was hard to. I was so use to using my debit card that way I wouldn't be embarrassed if I didn't have enough cash. We shut our heater off in the winter and turned up the A/C in the summer. These are just a few of the things we did to help cut back and stay in our debt.

As we work our way down the list, things start to look and feel better. We still have a ways to go, but we are closer than we were three years ago.

Blessings on your family,

Jennifer

A Wonderful Time of the Year...

2011-08-29T18:45:00.004-07:00

It's that time of the year again.... time to get back into the home education of our children. I love taking a break during the summer. I think my children like it way more than I do.

This year we are trying some new things with our education. I wanted to see how I could educate our children on a very slim budget. I had searched the web and found some amazing things.

One of the websites I came upon is freelyeducate.com. This website is full of wonderful places on the web for free education! Go to 'Most Popular' tab at the top of her blog, it has lots of sites. Here are a few we will be using this year:

Khan Academy - Math

English 101 Grammar - Grammar

Ambleside Online- History, Geography and Literature

Bible this year we will do several things one is 'Balancing the Sword', for PC. The beginner Bible for Screamer (this will also be apart of his literature), and 'Who am I and why am I here' by Apologia. We did the first book 'Who is God and can I really know Him' last year as part of our Bible. For character building 'Plants Grown Up'. And for science we will use Abeka and Apologia. For vocabulary this year we are going to try something a little different. As my boys read their literature this year they will pull several words out of the book they are reading and use them for their vocabulary. We'll see how that turned out.

So this year I think we came in way under what we normally spend on books each year. If I can not borrow from friends, or borrow from the library or swap it off of paperback swap.com. Then I will buy it. I am very excited to start this year. I pray the God will lead me in educating our children in His way.

Hope you can use some of these sites.

Blessings,

Jennifer

News of the year...

2011-08-02T20:19:00.002-07:00

I'm sitting here chatting with my husband talking about the new pantry he is going to be making me. I cant wait! It was a dream that I told him about, about two months ago. Now he is drawing out the plans for it!!! (Can you see me giggling like a little girl.) It might be a year before it is complete, only because he is finishing up kitchen cabinets for a friend who is remolding his kitchen. Then a piano bench for Screamers piano teacher, then he has some kitchen drawers to finish for a friend, then... my entertainment center (that he has planned for over 2 years) THEN my new pantry with a mixing station, large pull out drawers to put my wheat in and a window seat! Y'all don't be jealous.

I know it has been a long time and really think I will be the only to read this post. I can't believe how busy life has been. I can't say that I will be on here in a few days, because I don't know what my day is going to be like from one day to the next.

I must go read with my son. Life is good!

I hope all is well with your family... As it is with mine.

Blessings on your family,

Jennifer

The Real Meaning of Christmas...

2010-11-27T17:03:00.003-07:00

I Love to tell he 5yo the REAL meaning of Christmas.... Hates it when he says "Mommy I'm tired, you can keep talking and I'll just go to sleep" That's my life!

Cotton Ball

2010-10-30T09:12:00.002-07:00

The following conversation happened with MY 5 yo in my bathroom, this morning between the minutes of 8:14 & 8:17: 5 yo opens cabinet and says “Mom can I eat a cotton ball?” Mom NO! You may not eat a cotton BALL!” Well I’m going to“ as child opens his mouth and grinds down on said cotton ball.. “EWWWAA that’s nasty!” Child says with a perplexed look on his face. Mom ”Did you think I would lie to you Son!?!” Dad (still in bed) “What did he do?” Mom “He tried to eat a cotton ball” Dad “ Robby don’t eat the cotton ball!” Robby “Ok Dad”

This is my life.

Blessings,
Jennifer

Hello my name is Jennifer

2010-08-27T19:18:00.002-07:00

So Hi.. My name is Jennifer. I use to blog one this blog. There has been so much that has happened. I would like to tell you all about it... but I don't have time to. I know I said in my last post that I would get on here and post... well here ya go. I know I thought I would have time in the summer, with my two oldest graduating from High School. Then my three oldest leaving to go work at camp for the summer. It was just me and Screamer. WOW did we have a BUSY summer!!!

Let me see, I finished my quilt after 3 years. I am very thankful for my teachers Kim and Karen! Thank You ladies! I would post a picture but I am writing on my sons lap top and have no pictures. When I post a gain I will post one. Hold me accountable!!! Then I made a couple skirts one for me and one for Twin A. And the jam oh the jam I have made! My friend Jerri and I spent one WHOLE day 15 hours making several kinds. Boy was I pooped the next day! And bread, well lets just say that I might have started a little business of selling breads and jams. I even got a email from a lady who heard about me and wanted to order some from me. Pretty cool!

So school has started for all my children. Twin A and Twin B are successfully in college. PC has started 8th grade and lil ol' Screamer is in 1st. We just started on Tuesday. And they LOVE it!
So this is a quick review of what has gone on in my life. I need to have a blog night in my week. This is really sad that it has been so long. I will try to work one in. I just need to DO IT!
Hope you all have a wonderful School year!

Blessings on your family!

Jennifer

Happy New Year!

2010-02-22T18:48:00.002-07:00

Ok so I am a few days late... Ok maybe a month and a few days. Anyways If I have been busy like you all out there I shouldn't be posting right now. But I want you all to know that I am still here. I know that I don't have much time on here. My little Screamer turned 5 today! He and his brother are watching a movie right. now. But I know that he will be in here at no time to have me play his new I Spy game he got for his birthday. So quickly I must tell you what I have been up to...

Well first I got through Christmas, then New Years, then my birthday, then PC's birthday now Screamers. All which were great! I have pictures some where. But I know I do not have time to put any on. I will do a mass picture post in the (hopefully) near future. Because I know that is why anyone reads blogs... is to see the pictures. Or is that just me?

God has kept me very busy these past several months. I think it has a lot to do with my mass reading of government stuff on the Internet, and listing to talk radio. He even went as far as to break my antenna off my car! (Now I drive in silence, unless the kids are with me.) The funny thing is that I am doing the same things that I have always but I am so much more busier. God knows how to get my attention.

I did have a very very dear friend pass away on the 11th of February. She suffered from cancer for several years. I remembered the day the called me to tell me she was CANCER FREE! We cried and wept on the phone out of praise of what the Lord had done! She won the fight for about three years. Then this pain on her side started to bother her. It was the radiation she had had to kill the cancer, it had killed her intestines slowly over that three years of victory. Then there it was in a lump in her abdomen and there it was , the cancer had come back with a vengeance. She was in and out of the hospital for the last six months. It was so hard to see her suffer through what she did. She was so strong up until the last day.

I love that little lady. I do know that she does not suffer anymore. Praise God.

I must go for now, Mom life is calling me.

Blessings on your Family,

Jennifer

It's Been a Long Time

2009-12-18T21:19:00.004-07:00

Wow, I would like to start by re-introducing my self... I am a Wife and Mom.

Well now that we got that out of the way, let me tell you all what I have been up to! Lets start from sending my daughter back to be with my baby sister the last month of her pregnancy. It was PURE torched for her let me tell you. My Baby Sis's honey was transfered with his work to another state. She called and we sent! I went out there the day after he came into the world. We had so much fun there. My baby sis and her hubby were great hosts. Needless to say they were amazing parents also. This little guy took my heart from the first pics I saw of him. And boy let me tell you it was sure hard leaving!

Isn't he CUTE!

We stayed till the day after Thanksgiving. Then Twin A and I flew home. So have any of you all ever flown on one of those little"puddle jumpers" let me just tell you they are NOT for the weak stomach people like me OR Twin A. I sat alone (which was probably a good thing). But Twin A... well lets just say she had the lil ol' lady next to her worried! Its a pretty scary thing when the airline holds the door open with a rope tied to the propeller! But in the end all was safe and we managed to keep our lunch inside instead of outside.

Well, after we rushed home, I ended up making some more jam the next two days for a lady that asked me back a few months ago. Lets see I made Strawberry, 3 Berry, Peach, Spiced Peach, and Strawberry-Peach. I would show you pics but my computer is being strange. Oh wait I don't have pics of these. But I do have pics and it is onl letting me put them at the top. I guess since it has been so long since I have blogged I have forgotten how to do it. Maybe at my next blog I can figure it out. Anyways, got all my Christmas decorating done. and Shopping is done also, took some pics of the kids to send out in the cards, and we are on our third Christmas party! We haven't been busy at all! I will sign off for now, and try to blog sooner than later.

Blessings on your Family!

Jennifer

I am still Alive!

2009-10-05T20:05:00.007-07:00

Just so you all know I am still here. School is in FULL session. I feel like I am going a thousand miles a minute and getting no where! But we have managed to get out apple butter and apple sauce made for the year. We went a little lighter this year in stead of 180 lbs. form last year, we went to 240 lbs. But I do have to say that it went much easier this year. We took two trips to the mountains this year. Well I took one with the family, and then one with my friend. We got 120 Lbs the first go around and the same the next go around. It was much easier! I went all golden delicious this year and it made very very sweet apple sauce. So sweet that I didn't have to add in ANY sugar! I used the same recipe as last year for the apple butter. It is so nice to do it in a crock pot!

This is the first batch... I have given a lot away!!

This is part of the second batch... The small jars is the apple butter, that is two crock pots. I still have three crock pots to go.

I had a neighbor text me and ask me if I was making apple butter again, because she could smell it over at her house! At least it smells good!

Here' s one crock pot...

Here's another ONE more after this!

Kids are all doing good. We will be sending Twin A back east at the end of the month to be with my baby sister for the remainder of her pregnancy. She is due the 16th of November. Her hubby was called to to a job in another state. I will join her on the 17th of November. Cant wait to see the little guy!

My Man received a new job at his work which put him on days! We really like this shift. It has taken some adjusting but we are getting use to it! Screamer did ask me at 9 this morning "when will Daddy be home?" I just smiled and said not soon enough honey!

I do need to go I still have papers to grade. My personal goal for this school year is to stay caught up. So far so good. But now that I have told the world... I'm bound to mess up! oh well! God is good!!!

Blessings on your Family!

Jennifer

Memory Verse...

2009-07-23T22:54:00.004-07:00

I know that I have not posted my memory verse here, but it has been on the side. The reason... I wanted to get all of Philippians 4:4-9 down before I posted it on here.

4 Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice! 5 Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lord [is] at hand. 6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; 7 and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. 8 Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things [are] noble, whatever things [are] just, whatever things [are] pure, whatever things [are] lovely, whatever things [are] of good report, if [there is] any virtue and if [there is] anything praiseworthy--meditate on these things. 9 The things which you learned and received and heard and saw in me, these do, and the God of peace will be with you.

This was from May 1, 2009 to July 1, 2009.
The one for July 15, 2009 is:

Psalms 27:14 (NIV)

Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.

Blessings,

Jennifer

Remember Me?

2009-07-23T20:52:00.010-07:00

Since the last post I or We have:

Made Strawberry Jam,

Cleaned the stove,

Made Laundry Detergent

Made HOT PINK ( Screamer's pick) play dough,

cleaned up our mess,

I made a wonderful creation (it's a cat),

Screamer smashed it,

Ate Screamer's watermelon that he grew

Had family come to visit
(took them to Tombstone)

My Niece and Prince Charming hanging out.

Aunt Rose ready to win a bet....
The bet- She could ride around the block on
Prince Charming's bike for a buck!

She won! (I have video to prove it!)

Had a few birthdays, My Man ( don't he look good!)

Twin A, and Twin B

With a few friends...

My Man's best friend and his wife (she is my friend)

about 35 of them! =)

Screamer cut his hair (2 days after we paid to have it cut),

Good thing he knew what he was doing, he got all those places the barber missed.

Taught Prince Charming how to shave,

See, now you can see his handsome face
after all that hair was taken off his face!

Ginger missed her owners,

fought a ginormous spider and WON!

Took some pictures of our flowers outside...

To bad they are all dead now!

Bummer!!!

Good thing we got pictures!

Our Sunflower patch

With a quick Science class before church for Screamer.

Can you see all the bees on it.

Our mint,

Oregano, we also have Basil, Rosemary and Parsley

Having fun with Screamer... This is how we will wear our pants when we get old.

Cute right!

Then some sleep! (notice the book he was reading) He really wants to learn to read!

I know that there is a lot more things we have done. It would take me a LONG time to try and post it all! Now if I were a good little poster it would have been done in a timely manner. But you all know me by now that is just not how I roll! Blessings to you all!

Jennifer

Update on our garden...

2009-06-22T20:07:00.012-07:00

Our Watermelon has taken OVER!

Here you can see Screamer looking for watermelon.

Some tomatoes Screamer picked.

A few things we have made with our veggies...

Tomatoes and cucumbers

Salsa

The corn is taller than me now... and I am 5'9" But this will give you a good idea.

We picked all our onions last week.

This is some that we picked a few weeks ago.

This is the last of what we picked last week.

Some of our green beans, tomatoes and jalapenos.

This is a picture of some of our tomatoes a few weeks ago.

Here is that same tomato we picked yesterday.

Pickling cucumbers (we picked yesterday)

We tried making Dill Pickles... We will see how they turn out in about 6 weeks.

Screamer is a BIG HELP!

And here is the finished product.

Well, as you can see God has blessed us with a wonderful harvest so far. We have enjoyed all that has came out of it... Except for the watermelon that we picked yesterday.. thinking it would be ready... well it wasn't it was still white inside! I have never seen that before. Guess what it tasted like... rabbit! Not really it tasted like cucumbers! There are many out there so we will get a good one soon enough!

But for now I must go. My family is getting home. And my in-laws will be here soon! I do have LOTS more to post so stay tune! But just not on the computer, it will take much longer than that!

Blessings on your Family!

Jennifer

P.S. I know that it seems like we only have one child (Screamer) and a child worker in the garden, which we do provide food and housing for a goods day work. (pictured above, in one of those pictures)

The twins just got home Saturday. They will be here for a week and then will head back to the camp they have been serving at. They have enjoyed being there very much!

What to do...

2009-06-15T20:16:00.007-07:00

So tell me, what would you do if you heard your sweet little child calling you from the bathroom, and when you get there you see this!

I know it is a little blurry... But you get the picture. Right?

All I can say is THIS BOY keeps his mama on her toes! He told me the undies were clean. But really I didn't want to know if they were or were not. I simply made him get into the shower right away!! And just in case you are wondering what the things are around his arms and legs it is body armor for time of war. Now look at that picture again... Do you really think anyone is going to mess with that boy at war time?!?!

Now you might be asking your self, is this normal? Should a mom walk into the bathroom and see her son like this. The answer... Absolutely YES!!! In my house Yes, Yes, Yes!!! This kind of thing is VERY normal in my house.

It's my life, what else can I say!

Blessings on your Family!

Jennifer

Past, Present & Future

2009-05-24T15:13:00.003-07:00

Thank You.

To all who have served, continue to serve, and who will serve .

Twin A's Piano Recital

2009-05-14T19:45:00.004-07:00

We just got home from Sis's piano recital, and I thought I would share it with you all! Enjoy!!

Blessings on your Family!

Jennifer

Our Garden

2009-05-14T13:55:00.014-07:00

We were ready to plant our garden this year! We really could not wait for the temperature to change so we could get it started. The last time we had a garden was when my Hubby was serving over in Iraq. (several years ago.) My dear Hubby worked so hard to get the ground ready several days of turning the earth over, pulling out weeds, turning, watering, turning and so on. Well as soon as the temperature changed we started planting. I made a map of the garden, to figure out where to put everything. First thing we planted was Romaine Lettuce, Roma tomatoes, Beef Steak tomatoes, Sweet yellow onions, Red onions and jalapenos. Then the weather changed! So there were several nights I was out covering our garden with sheets. After a few weeks had passed We planted the rest of out garden, green beans, carrots, pickling cumbers, regular cucumbers, crocked neck (yellow) squash, watermelon, cantaloupe and corn. The last thing to come up in our garden is the corn.

So here is the thing.We had each of our older kids pick five rows to be "theirs" to weed. They are doing a good job. One of them is doing a great job! I think one of the hardest thing is trying to see if it is a weed or a plant. There has been a few corn plants pulled up by mistake. So I am now going to put little sticks next to the corn plants so they wont get pulled up any more. :o)

So lets see some pictures!

The layout of the garden,we had to put it inside a fence so Peter Rabbit and his hundreds of relatives didn't eat our veggies!

The lettuce

The tomatoes

The pickling cucumbers

Here you can see our lettuce,tomatoes, jalapenos, and green beans.

This is also right as you walk in the garden.

Jalapenos

Onions

This is looking at it from the onions.
You can see the pickling cucumbers, regular cucumbers, green beans, tomatoes, and lettuce.

These pictures were taken by Twin A. She did a great job! Thanks Sis! We will take more when it starts to change.

Blessings on your Family!

Jennifer

Trying, to make a button

2009-05-12T17:30:00.008-07:00

So, I am trying to make a button for my blog I have gone HERE for help. This Blog goes into great detail on how to do it. I sure hope this works! You all know me I think I could mess up writing my name if I tried real hard!! Ya all can feel free to grab it if you like!

Cute things Screamer says...

2009-05-12T13:55:00.007-07:00

Screamer and I were on our way to church on Sunday. All of the sudden Screamer says "Oh Shoot Mom" I asked him what was the matter. He said "I forgot to bring money", I asked him for what? He said " so I can give it to Pastor so he can feed his family"

Long story short, my hubby gave him about two dollars in change a few days before. They went to Minit Mart to buy a candy. When they came out Daddy told him he need to save his change so he could give it for tithe on Sunday at church. Of course there were all the questions on what tithe was and what it was for. Daddy told him it was to help the church buy things that it needed. So Screamer asked and to give to Pastor so he can buy food for his family? Daddy said yes with a smile on his face.

After I had told my hubby what he said, he told me the story.

Cute isn't it, the way a four year old mind thinks.

Blessings on your family!

Jennifer

Catching Up...

2009-05-11T18:44:00.014-07:00

Well it's is "official" one April 17th of 2009 I am no longer a member of the church that I grew up in. I did receive a letter from the Bishop of the church letting me know that by having my name removed from the church records cancels the effects of my baptism and confirmation. Hmmm I wonder what kind of "effects" it had on me, and Praise the Lord those "effects" are gone! (for those of you who would like a little back ground read I am One , Got my letter yesterday, and A Quick Update) The final letter said:

"This is to notify you that, in accordance with your request , your name has been removed from the membership records of church.

Should you desire to become a member of the church in the future, the local bishop or branch president in your area will be happy to help you."

I am wondering, why anyone going through the trouble of getting off their church membership would want back on. Anyways another chapter in my history I can turn the page on.

** By the way if you are a member of this church and would like information on how to get out, I would be happy to share information that could direct you in that way.** I feel no need to mention the name of this church, what I do know, is that if you are a part of this church you know what church it is.

Lets get some pictures on here:

I would like to tell you who helped me pick out the best Vodka for my vanilla, but I would like to keep her record squeaky clean. I would be the bad influence in our friendship.... She very well could be a Pastor's wife, or a Nun.

It multiplied in my pantry!

Screamer planted some beans. They are growing faster than ours out in our garden. (I will post some pictures later)

Remember this? It is our Apple Tree yes I know it has no leaves, BUT there are some growing!

Screamer loves to clean his room! Really I have a friend that can tell you how much he LOVES to clean it! She was on the phone with me today, and she heard the JOY in his voice!! On another note, I think Prince Charming's maid forgot to make his bed today! Notice Screamers bed is made nicely... he has a GREAT maid!

This is how I feel when I do house work! Just kidding I LOVE housework!

I have other pictures that I would like to put on here... But I feel I need to get permission first!

Blessings on your Family,

Jennifer

Grocery Shopping Today....

2009-05-05T10:30:00.003-07:00

I need to go grocery shopping today. I am a little worried about this Swine flu. I don't know which one to get I really like the hand bag that comes with the orange one, the yellow straps really bring out the blue in my eyes. But I think the green one comes with a friend that does floors. Oh the choices!!!

Oh, how sad... even the pigs are worried!

(and he's brass!)

I am a Christian AKA Right Wing Extremist

2009-04-23T13:03:00.008-07:00

I just finished reading the "Assessment" that our Dear Secretary of Homeland Security, Janet Napalanto sent out to all our law enforcement.

BEWARE OF RIGHT WING EXTREMIST

Because I am a Christian who believes that killing unborn babies is wrong, or because my husband who is a Veteran, who believes in teaching our children Godly values, morals and what it is to be a Christian in America. This my friends makes us potential Terrorist.

Basically, long story short.... If you are a Christian driving in a car with veteran plate on the out side of it. With Stock piles of food, you are a ummm whats the word awe yes, a Domestic Terrorist! Waiting, at any moment to blow and start killing anyone around you! Anyone that is that does not agree with your way of thinking. Hmmm, that would be those who agree with what our President is doing.

I think the thing that made me laugh the most was the stock piling of food because of "End Time Prophecies" I honestly laughed out loud! My kids looked at me in a stranger way than they usually do. I want all you Mamas out there who use your coupons and stay within a budget to be extremely careful when you are shopping... you never know when the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will JUMP out from behind the toilet paper at WalMart and tackle you to the ground because they see you are buying to much toilet paper which in turn could very well mean that you are stock piling! And that there sweet mama... would make you a terrorist, now you could just tell them that it is a screaming deal and you rarely buy more than one. Let me just say ... I hope it works for you.

The thing that sadden me the most was what was said about our Veterans, these men and women, who put there life on the line, have had their own people turn their backs on them when they have come home. Gives Miss Napalanto the right to do what she did. You want to know the funny thing. When my Husband came home from Iraq, she came and gave the Welcome Home speech to them. Told them great job, glad your are home safe with your families blah blah blah... And NOW she is saying that they, MY HUSBAND is a potential terrorist! I guess I should have figured out, that her showing up 45 minutes late to give her speech, should have told me right there she did not give a rip about our Guys who gave her, her freedom.

Please don't misunderstand me I know there are Veterans that come home with problems. How 'bout instead of the government putting them on the terrorist list get them some REAL HELP, and I am not talking medicating them, real help so they can get over the blood shed and dead bodies that they dealt with in TIME OF WAR.

Another funny thing was (and this will be my last) how she kept referring to the "90's" . HMM lets think back to who was in office then! Oh yes, a FREAK! And now look who we have in office again. Do you possibly think that the American People see their freedoms being swiped away from them, that they are not going to stand up and say something.

I have a great idea for Miss Napalanto, why don't you go after ACLU or PETA or some other Left Wing Extremist group.

Hope you all have a Blessed Day!

Blessings on your Family,

Jennifer

One for the road!

A Quick Update....

2009-04-16T20:21:00.008-07:00

First off Here is the NEWEST addition to our family! This would be my Baby Sis and Hubby's picture of their baby! We'll name him/her Baby Pea! If you are a mom I know you can see where the baby is. If you are not ... get a Mom and have her show you! ;)

Next, my Baby Sis came to visit over Easter weekend. We had a good visit.

This would be Me and my Baby Sis. We all came home from church and took off our Easter clothes, and did not get any pictures of how cute we looked! (hee hee)

This would be Baby Sis and Twin A

This would be Baby Sis and Twin B, he is MUCH taller than her! And if you know my mom... My Baby Sis looks EXACTLY like her! Especially in this picture!

We had a lot of fun with her here. Hopefully we will get to go and see her and her hubby next week.

I do have an update on my I am one post, The Bishop of the church stopped by my house on Easter Sunday. He wanted to confirm that I was indeed the one who wrote the letter. He also said that in your letter you stated that you did not want to wait the 30 days. I told him yes, I did not. He said that he would give my letter to the Stake President that day. And it would be taken care of. The funny thing in the letter that was sent to me at the beginning of the month said that it was being sent to the Stake President and that he would give it to the Bishop... HHHMMM :o) Anyways it all continues!

Memory Verse # 8!

2009-04-15T19:59:00.000-07:00

This would end the last of Isaiah.... If I were smart I would have memorized this in order... But then where would the confusion be!!!

Isaiah 41:12 (NIV)

Though you search for your enemies,

you will not find them.

Those who wage war against you

will be as nothing at all.

So from start to finish here it is Isaiah 41:9-13 (in order!)

9I took you from the ends of the earth, from its farthest corners I called you. I said, 'You are my servant'; I have chosen you and have not rejected you. 10 I took you from the ends of the earth, from its farthest corners I called you. I said, 'You are my servant'; I have chosen you and have not rejected you. 11"All who rage against you will surely be ashamed and disgraced; those who oppose you will be as nothing and perish. 12 Though you search for your enemies, you will not find them. Those who wage war against you will be as nothing at all. 13 For I am the Lord, your God, who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, Do not fear; I will help you.

These are some great verses. A lot about fear... and God being there for us! I hope by the end of this year that I can say all of this with out ANY goof ups!

Be encouraged by His word today!

Blessings on your Family,

Jennifer

Got my letter yesterday...

2009-04-04T15:46:00.005-07:00

For all of you who have followed my I am One blog. I received my letter yesterday. To let me know that it was being sent through the "chains" before I could be released from the church membership. Officially I was released from membership when they opened my letter. But according to them... It needs to go through the proper chain of command. So from now until it is over it should be between thirty to sixty days.

I think the thing that most disturbed me was the last bit of the letter they sent me. It read: "In view of the eternal consequences of such an action, the brethren urge you to reconsider your request and to prayerfully consider the statement of the First Presidency"

Eternal consequences... What scares me the most, is that I have friends and family that believe there will be eternal consequences from this church. It saddens me to think that this church has this much control over their members. The eternal consequence I am worried about is when I die, not going to be with my God in heaven. And I know the ONLY WAY to to get there is through the cross, where his ONE and ONLY son (John 3:16) died there for me because of the sin I have committed and the sin I have not yet committed, but will.

In John 14, Jesus is talking to his disciples about going to prepare them a place. In verse six it says: Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. He is the way He is the truth, He is the Life, not this church. Now sure you can hear and learn about the way, the TRUTH and the life in a BIBLE believing church. Where the Bible is taught and is believed to be the ONLY inspired book of God. Where my family and I have been for the past several years. Praise God!

Blessings on your Family!

Jennifer

Memory Verse # 7

2009-04-01T20:46:00.000-07:00

**Didn't I just put the last one on!**

I think it was just days ago that I posted the last Memory Verse! Anyways, here is the next one.

Isaiah 41:11 (NIV)

All who rage against you will surely

be ashamed and disgraced; those

who oppose you will be as

nothing and perish.

This is the next verse in the group that I am trying to memorize. If I would have done it correctly they would have all gone in order. But who ever said I was correct! I am trying to memorize Isaiah 41: 9-13. I think I have one more after this one. Do I have them all memorized not quite, but I am working hard on it! One of my tricks I do to help me memorize is to write each one everyday. ( which is usually in the morning) Great way to start my quite time! ;)

I should really get on here and post more often. I have lots and lots to post on, but have little time. BUT I WILL post! someday!

Blessings on your Family!

Jennifer

Memory Verse # 6

2009-03-27T18:45:00.003-07:00

Yes I know this is VERY Late. But here it is Memory Verse #6....

Isaiah 41:10

Fear not, for I am with you;

Be not dismayed, for I am your God.

I will strengthen you, Yes, I will help you,

I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.

I love this verse... It lets us know that God is always with us, he will strengthen us and help us. And will hold us in his hand!

Amazing!!

I am having a lot of fun with this. I hope you all are encouraged to memorize some of Gods word a long side of me!

Blessings on your Family!!

Jennifer

I GOT SOME NEWS TODAY!!!!

2009-03-07T09:48:00.007-07:00

I just got off the phone with my baby sister..... GUESS WHAT !

Her and her hubby just told me they were pregnant!

The picture above in my lil' sister on her wedding day. But that was how I reacted when they told me! Of course screaming, yelling and then crying. All my family knew, I guess I woke them all up. (there is no time for sleeping , with NEWS like this!!!)

What is funny about this is, every time she calls me I am hoping that "this is the call". I finally told her awhile back that I am waiting for the day that they call to tell me that they are expecting. I had NO idea that I would react like that! I am going to be an Aunt. But this is different from being an Aunt to my other nieces and nephews. (Not that I don't LOVE THEM ALL!!!) My lil' sister is like a daughter to me. My man and I had raised her after my mom passed away. She was a 11. But more than that without taking the responsibility away from, or in any disrespect towards my mom. I (helped) raise her from the time she was born. With that little side note. Would you call me an Auntgram, or a Aunam, or a Agam or Gramaunt? Hmm....

All I can say is that

I AM SO EXCITED!!!

Blessings on your Family!!

Jennifer

Memory Verse # 5

2009-03-01T18:29:00.008-07:00

It is that time again.... Memory Verse # 5. I think I kinda did these verses backwards... I guess I should have thought about it before I picked my last memory verse. Any ways her it is....

Isaiah 41:9 NIV

I took you from the ends of the earth,

from its farthest corners

I called you. I said, 'You are my servant';

I have chosen you and have not rejected you.

I do have to tell you, I have enjoyed doing these verses. I might not know them word for word, but they are in my heart. And that is where they should be!

You can still get in on the FUN!! Do not let a couple of months discourage you!

Blessings on your Family!

Jennifer

I am one...

2009-02-26T19:27:00.005-07:00

I am ONE of hundreds maybe even thousands a year who leave the church they grew up in. Today I sent a letter to the church that I grew up in. A letter of resignation from the church membership.

This was hard, let me explain... Growing up you were not to ask questions you were to just...agree with what you were told. Now, I have not gone to this church sense I was about 13 years of age. But the strong holds and bondage this has had on my life has effected me in many, many ways. I truly believe that doing this is going to help me break the bondage that has pledge my life for years.

The funny thing is I have been a Christian for 11 years. But the reason why I did not do this sooner is because I live in a town where this religion dominates. What this means is the repercussions could be very harsh. My kids are good friends with kids from this religion. In doing what I am doing, they could loose their friendships. I have family who are still in this religion, who may very well never talk to me again. I have friends in this religion who may not be my friends after this is all over. But in the end I must loose to gain more of Christ. And I am one in Christ. Praise be to him for giving me the strength to do this.

Happy Birthday Screamer!

2009-02-22T18:19:00.008-07:00

It has been a LONG four years.... I mean Screamer has been a true blessing. God does keep reminding me of that. No matter how many trips down the hall we make each day.
Really Screamer does keep my soul (s) going (on my shoes!) I do Love this Kid! He makes me laugh at life its self, he keeps me young. He has been a great reminder to our family how to have fun, and to remember the little things of life.

Screamer opening his morning present. ( I am not sure when this became tradition in our family.)

Screamer assuming the present position Pose.

Another assumed picture position pose.

The cake. I made the inside!... But it would be my Husband who made it look so good on the outside!

Screamer with his cake.

4 Reasons why I Love Screamer!

1. He is a very lovable kiddo.

2. He is his mama's Snuggle Muffin!

3.HE KEEPS ME ON THE RUN!

4. With his strong will...
He is going to be a mighty man for God!

Screamer had a lot of fun at his party. He loved all his friends that came ( and missed the couple who could not make it.)

It was really funny, on Friday we started telling him how exciting it was that his birthday was coming, all your friends will be here to celebrate tomorrow. His party was Saturday. His birth date was Sunday. Tradition in our family is, in the morning before the kids get up, I will go into their bedroom with a candle in a donut and sing happy birthday to them. Well after I had did this on his actual birthday, he looked at me and asked "Mom how many birthdays do I get!" I guess three days of celebrating was to much!

Blessings on your Family!

Jennifer

Today was the BIG day!!

2009-02-20T17:35:00.004-07:00

Can you see those cool, proud, excited smiles! Yes those would be their Driver's Licences! It is hard to believe that they are ready.... Well they are TOTALLY READY! But is Mom ready is the real question. I am excited for them, it is a nervous kind of excitement but that will do for now. They are very responsible teens. And will be safe. (mama will be on her knees lots more now!) Congratulation Twin A and Twin B!!!!

Blessings on your Family!

Jennifer

Update: (8:21 P.M.) I did not know how HARD it was going to be to watch my children... the ones from my very womb drive off in the family car! It was a feeling VERY unexpected! And yes... they had to call me when they got to the place they were going. And they will call me when they leave. This wont happen forever, just until they are about .... 30! ;o)

Memory Verse # 4

2009-02-15T08:45:00.001-07:00

It is that time again! I am having so much fun doing this. I actually found this verse a few days after I found my last one.

ISAIAH 41:13 NIV

For I am the Lord, your God,

who takes hold of your right hand and says to you,

Do not fear; I will help you.

Blessings on your family,

Jennifer

Snow in the Desert?

2009-02-14T11:57:00.005-07:00

IT MUST BE GLOBAL WARMING!

Look at how quickly the snow is melting RIGHT before your EYES!

I have never seen snow melt this fast in the desert. It was here and then it was GONE! I mean, I had to let my kids go out and play in it before we went to the dentist that morning. Or it would not be there to play in when we got home! With ALL the things you see on T.V. hear on the RADIO and read on the INTERNET, I have come to the conclusion that with all my knowledge that I have consumed over all the TRUTHFUL findings.

IT IS GLOBAL WARMING!

So now the time has come for me to say how SORRY I am to my children that they can not enjoy the snow in the desert because if of my follies, driving my mini SUV in stead of riding a horse and carriage ( does the horses dung ruin the environment?) cooking ( I am sure the smells of the food have something to do with the corrosion of the layer of earth that is missing). cleaning, for all the horrid chemicals that are place on my counter to make sure my kids do not get sick from the previous fruit I cut on the counter. ( wait didn't the government scare us into all that antibacterial stuff?) To wasting water when I shower.

To save our earth from any more Global Warming... I shall start doing my part.... No more driving, no more cooking, no more cleaning, and no more showering. (well I will have to keep showering BUT I will use the left over water from the dishes and washer.)

Really all kidding aside I would like to draw your attention to this website to find some understanding about this "Global Warming".

On another note.... Check out these AMAZING pictures my daughter got on the day the LORD blessed our desert with snow.

God is GOOD!

Blessings on your Family, Jennifer

Kids to the snow...

2009-02-03T20:14:00.006-07:00

This was last Saturday. All the bigger kids (not screamer) went to the mountains with the youth group from church. They said they had a great time. I just wanted to share some pictures of them "before they left"

Twin A, Twin B, Prince Charming, Screamer, and PC friend.

See my 16yo Twin B still needs his mama to tie his shoes!

And his Big little sister to button his pants!

I think he knew when these pictures were taken they would end up on Mom's Blog! I love you sweetie! I know you are a big boy now and you can do it all yourself. But Thank You for letting your dear ol' ma feel like she is still needed! ;o)

Memory Verse # 3

2009-02-02T13:54:00.003-07:00

Hey Ladies,

It is that time again! my verse for this time is:

1 Peter 5:6-7

6 Therefore humble yourselves under the

mighty hand of God,

that he may exalt you in due time,

7 casting all your care upon Him for,

HE CARES FOR YOU.

Did You Know....

2009-01-31T20:12:00.008-07:00

Did you Know...... Your children can surf the web for site that shows them How to drive their mom crazy! This is not funny! They (or at least mine) do not need any help. This would be an outrage!

This is funny how I found this site.... I googled crazy mom for images. (this would be the kind of month I had) Liked the picture above, clicked on it and that was the site that came up!

***NOTE TO MY CHILDREN***

If you try this I will take Ipods, Zunes, MP3 Players, cell phones, Xboxes, Play stations, and anything that helps you breath easily away! I Love you and I want you to be happy Lil chils.... But we all know the saying.... If Mama ain't happy ain't nobody happy! Or is it if Mama ain't had her coffee LOOK OUT! I don't remember, but they both work for me!

Just a little funny before January is over. :o)

Footnote: I Love my kids! They do not drive me crazy. And I am not that crazy if I don't get my coffee in the morning. ( maybe instead of footnote I should put Attn. CPS)

Blessings on your Family!

Jennifer

Memory Verse # 2

2009-01-14T21:14:00.005-07:00

Hey Ladies! It is time for the next memory verse over at LPM. This time it will be:

Psalms 5:3 NKJV

My Voice you shall hear in the morning O Lord,

In the morning I will direct it to you,

And I will look up!

I will seek the Lord in the morning. Wait on Him expectantly to speak to my heart and spirit. (That is of course if I can hide long enough from my children!)

If you are still wondering if this is something you want to do, please allow me to encourage you... GO FOR IT! Really what do you have to lose?

Blessings on your Family!

Jennifer

Happy Birthday Prince Charming!

2009-01-11T20:28:00.019-07:00

Happy Birthday Sweetie! WOW I can not believe it has been 12 years sense I screamed at the Dr. to "GET THIS THING OUT OF ME!!!!"

My Man frosted the cake for PC Birthday. He did a good job! Considering that if I had done it it would have looked like my 3yo did it!

This is a little thing that I had made for PC when he was in public school for a "Student of the Week" thing. (What a CUTIE!)

This is PC Begging to open a gift on his Birthday Eve.

How could we tell him no!

This is him opening gifts at his Birthday Party.

This is PC and his friends at his little get together.

Twelve Things I Love about Prince Charming!

1. He Loves The Lord!

2. He is a prayer warrior in the making.

3. He is an Excellent Big Brother.

4.He is a HUGE help to his mama.

5. HE has a BIG heart!

6. He has a PASSION for his Country.

7. He has a great but goofy sense of humor!

8. He loves his friends

9. He is VERY Loving!

10. He is a CUTE KID!

11. He wants to be "just like his daddy when he grows up"

12. He has a BIG/ Very Creative imagination.

Something Came for Me today!!!

2009-01-08T15:32:00.007-07:00

Did I mention it was for Me!

Starting out the New Year right !

2009-01-03T10:10:00.009-07:00

Hi all,

Over at Living Proof Ministries, there was a call for all the "Siesta" (which are the ladies who read Beth Moore's Blog) sign up and memorize 2 Bible verses each month. So I thought to keep ME more accountable I would share my verses with you, on my Blog. So on the 1st and the 15th of every month I will put my new verse up. So If you do not see one on those days, PLEASE leave me a comment and ask me where they are!

So here goes my first verse:

PSALMS 90:14 NIV

SATISFY us in the morning with your UNFAILING LOVE, that we may SING for JOY and be GLAD ALL our days!

How amazing it is to go through trials in our life, and having that peace of GOD'S unfailing Love!

Praise God!

I would like to encourage all (2 of you) to make a commitment such as this. Even if you do not know Living Proof Ministries (LPM) you are MORE than WELCOME to leave it here on my Blog. How wonderful would it be to start 2009 out with Memorizing Gods Love Letter to us!

Blessings on your Family!

Jennifer

And the Winner is......

2008-12-31T19:20:00.003-07:00

Wanted to tell everyone Happy New Year! And let you all know who won the 3 jars of Crushed Red Pepper is "C", sense you were the only one to show interest in it you WON!!!! How very exciting! All you have to do is mail me a blank check with your John Hancock on it, and date it for today! I am so Happy for you! (and will be so happy for me when I get your check!!) ;o)

Really this was so funny to do. I had forgot about it until "C" left me a comment about it. I thought to myself "WOW this person really must like this stuff! So she/he really needed to win! Hope you enjoy!!!

Hope you all enjoyed the laugh!!! ( and please if you have had a REAL give away, please don't be offended) ;o)

Happy New Year To You All !!!!

Blessings on your Family!!

Jennifer

Merry Christmas!

2008-12-24T19:59:00.008-07:00

Merry Christmas!

Singing with the Angles.

What a Sweet and Innocent Child!

From Our House

To Yours!

Another Funny!!!

2008-12-23T10:56:00.002-07:00

So ya, this is funny and I think applies to our family, except for the amount of kids, the van, and the spelling bee. (that DNA would be from their Mom!)

Enjoy!

Blessings on your Family!
Jennifer

FUNNY!!!!

2008-12-22T23:57:00.003-07:00

This is pretty funny... If only I could do this for my kids each and every day... oh how they would LOVE me!!!

Enjoy!

Blessings on your Family!
Jennifer

Christmas Gifts.... (and a little rockn' Mom!!)

2008-12-21T20:02:00.005-07:00

Christmas is almost here!!! So what did I do all day Thursday of this week... I made my traditional gifts.... For all my friends and family... (well all my family has moved away.) Cinnamon Rolls! (This picture would be of only a FEW of what I made.) I think in total I made 18 dozen! It was a very long day! This is a very yummy recipe. I got it from a friend, which it was her grandma's. And the frosting from my friend Teri it is her Butter Cream Frosting! MM MM!!!

So the day started about 9 am. do you all remember the 3 kitchen aids from a previous post. Well lets just say I put them to good use!

Yes, yes, yes... It looks like it all started out good.... But, my Kitchen Aid didn't even last for the first batch. In fact I think I had to shut it off after I finished that video! So I was on the phone with Teri and I said to her listen... there was a clicking sound coming from her Kitchen Aid. So I asked have you heard that before? ( thinking it would be normal) and sure enough she said NO! So then it starts to smell... like mine did when the motor started to go in it. Well then Kim's started to get Bodged down. I really think I am not suppose to have a Kitchen Aid! You know that it is BAD when the kids say... Mom can we please open the window, it stinks in here! And of course me being a good Mom and a baker... I promptly say NO!!! then the dough wont rise and it will ruin the cinnamon rolls! So gas mask in tote, we roll on.....

So anyways to make a long story short... I used Teri's for the frosting ( it worked GREAT for that) I let Kim's rest for about 5 or 6 hours before I tried to do another batch, and mine... well lets just say it was the first one clean.

On a FUNNY note! When I went to get the cinnamon out to make the cinnamon sugar this is what I bought!

So what am I suppose to do with 3 bottles of Crushed Red Pepper???? Well I was going to return them until one of my (I would like to say youngest, But is wasn't) kids opened one! Note: We don't use this, never have and I don't think just because I have 3 bottles of it, ever will! And no it didn't go into the cinnamon rolls... then they would be called crushed red pepper rolls!

Hmmmm.... maybe it could be my first giveaway!!! Leave me a comment and give me 3 good reasons why You should win these Very Expensive jars of 5th Season, follow me on twitter, email this out to all your friends, email me, place it on your blog, follow my blog, give me your first born... wait no never mind on that one. And pay for shipping (which would probably cost more that the spices!) What a great Give away!!!! any one in?!

This picture would be the second batch of dishes of the day!It was a Huge mess! But the kitchen did get cleaned! Thank You Sister! (Twin A)

*** See the Apple Tree in the window. My how it has grown!***

And this video says it all! ( You have to watch it till the end ) NOTE: ignore the kid that says a "a horrible Mom" it would be the end that matters. Oh and you might be thinking What kind of mom lets their kid lick the counter like that... .well a mom that didn't want to wash it. I would be that MOM! Side note... yes it was about 15 minutes before he went to bed. AND THAT WOULD BE WHY I ROCK!!!

Blessings on your Family!

Jennifer

$500 Walmart Card Give Away!

2008-12-10T11:06:00.000-07:00

Hey Everyone my fellow Blogger over at Centsible Sawyer is giving away a Walmart gift card. head on over there and check out how you can win!

If I were a rich Girl...yabadibadibadum :o)

2008-12-08T14:20:00.002-07:00

Isn't it funny to have 3 Kitchen Aids in my house at one time!!!! The middle one would be mine... it is ready for the Kitchen Aid cemetery. The one to the right of it would be my friend Kim's. She got a new Bosch for Christmas :o) The one to the left would be my friend Teri's. She won a new one from a contest over the Internet.

SO here's how it worked... Teri said she would send me hers. (which took a little while) So Kim let me borrow hers till I got the one from Teri. (which came today!) So If they were all working Great I might be able to sell them all for my own Bosch! :D But I wont. Kim's I told her I would put it on EBay for her... But it sounded a lot like mine did before the motor blew. So I will have to see what she wants me to do with it. It would probably still sell on EBay, just not for as much.(little info for you Kim:o) ) Mine I heard my hubby say he wanted to take it apart and make a knife sharpener out of it. Hmmmm that kinda scares me. So now I will be walking around the house the rest of the day singing If I were a rich man from Fiddler on the Roof. Just might even have to dance around the house.( the kids have a friend over... that would be good!!!) like the dad does in the movie! ( did ya all get a visual on that one??!!! YIKES!)

So, just in case you didn't... there ya go... I tried to paste my face on the dads... but uh ya well I don't have the talent nor the time to do it! But you can picture mu face on there!
Any ways Thank You Kim for letting me use yours and Thank You Teri for giving me yours!
Love You Both!!!

Blessings on your family!
Jennifer

Kissing The Face Of God...

2008-12-05T17:01:00.006-07:00

Isn't this a BEAUTIFUL Picture! Could you imagine kissing that little face. Knowing that you were kissing the face of God. I Love this picture.

There is a song that goes with this picture.

Check out this Video.....

This song says so much... I do have to say this is a first (I think the first time anyways), I am speechless.... Word can not explain what my heart is feeling. This little baby, this tiny tiny little thing, I mean really could you imagine being Mary and Kissing that little face. Knowing that he is Our Lord and Savior. Did she know? What he was sent here for. Did she know that He would give his life for ME for YOU! That LITTLE BABY! So innocent from that sweet little baby face, to hanging on the cross, for what we did. (I can not put it in to words! UGH!)
AMAZING! is all I can say. Amazing!

Blessings on your Family!

Jennifer

Here I go again!

2008-12-04T19:48:00.001-07:00

Hey all, (one or two of you) does it count if I read my own blog? Anyways, just wanted to say hey to everyone. Let me see ... what have I been up to? Well those shoes (from my last blog) sold on EBay! COOL! So did some other things I put on there. Now I have other things to put on there.

This really COOL thing happened to my Best friend Teri.... OK well let me tell you the story behind it... So about 6 months ago my Kitchen Aid took a DUMP.... (NOW every time I make a loaf of bread I pray, just this one last time Lord... PLEASE! I don't want to do this by hand!) Anyways.... SO Teri called me and said you should search for give aways for mixers.

(Well I REALLY REALLY RRRRREEEAAAALLLYYY want a Bosch Universal Plus Mixer, please see picture above :D) So I did but all that came up were Kitchen Aid give aways.(which hey... if they are giving them away I'll take one!) Then she tells me oh, here is one, go to momswhothink.com... and there they were giving away a Kitchen Aid. All you had to do is tell them what your favorite "Comfort Food" was... No problem... so both Teri and I enter the give away.... and about two weeks later Teri gets this email saying she WON!!! Well it was one of those things (we both said) I'll believe it when I see it. Well she emailed the web site to find out if it was REAL... and it was... so about two weeks after that low and behold a Red Kitchen Aid is delivered to her house! How cool is that!!!! So then my friend Kim.... her mom called here and asked her what she wanted for Christmas.... Long story short I took my kids over to here house to drop them off.... and BAM! There it is the BOSCH UNIVERSAL PLUS MIXER!
Yes, I had to go in and slobber over it.... and did finally ask her if she wanted to make bread at 10:00 AT night... I would have made it for her... :o)

I told them both... You know a few years ago I would have been completely jealous of you... COMPLETELY!!! (God has been working on me!) Not now... All I could say is how excited I was for the BOTH of you. I think I told every one about Teri winning her Kitchen Aid before she told her husband.

After all this.... I am getting a new to me Kitchen Aid Mixer... Teri said she would give me her old one. God is so Good! HE is so good He blessed me with a Whisper Mill Grinder a several months ago. (Thank You Kim!) Funny thing about that is that Kim was having problems with the grinder, and could not get it fixed. So she got a new grinder, and said she would give me her old one. Praise God !.... I have not had any problems with it.

Anyways this was suppose to be a "Really quick" post. I gotta go get the little ones into bed... and read to them. That MOM Thing seems to always creep up on me!

Blessings on your Family!

Jennifer

What Happened to Me?!?!

2008-11-24T20:01:00.000-07:00

Oh my has it been a while since I have been on here! I bet there are Millions of you all (ok maybe one) wondering what I have been up to.Well lets see.... ummm well. Goodness I have done something in the past few weeks, haven't I? Well on Monday (last week ) Our family had the honor of hosting a few girls from the Honor Academy.We had to feed them.... what better than ice cream with all the works! And a movie.(the pictures of the family one of the girls took. ) They stayed from Monday night to Wednesday morning. We had so much fun with them.

Lets see next I took a picture of Screamer in his lovely new to him Jammie's

I think he is trying to give a kiss.... maybe. He looks so cute in them... Lets not tell him they are from his friend who is a girl.
Next I tried to get a picture of Twin B new hair cut.... this is what I got:) But as you can see above one of our guests had No PROBLEM getting his picture.

Then I listed these fancy shoes of Screamers on EBay.... this is what I put for the description:

Up for auction Nike "ROBINO TRAINER (TDV)" Toddler shoes size 8.5c. These shoes were bought for my son. That he used maybe 3 times.They are EUC!!!
On the inside curve of the shoe is a signature. Please see picture. I have no idea who it is (I think it maybe a soccer player), but I did not put it there to increase bidding on the shoes.:o)
The tongue of the shoes do flip to blue,on both shoes. Please see picture. (Again I did not add to increase the bidding), BUT it is a great place for your little one to hide a snack!
I would like to start the bidding out at $95.00, but that is not what I paid for them. They do retail for $31.95.

Hope you enjoyed the laugh. Have a Blessed Day, and Happy Bidding!!!

No one has even Bid on them yet! So that encouraged me to put several other things on there. all clothes of mine that seem to have "shrunk" Because !I KNOW! I haven't grown! :o)

Lastly We eD U KatED ed our 3 year old how to use a steak knife to cut his steak!

So after all that I sit here waiting and waiting and waiting....for the pictures to upload and the video to upload also.... I am sewing (by hand) the Velcro back on Screamers shoes. Boy does my finger hurt! Oh and speaking of fingers hurting ...... I did sew a hem on my honeys new pants (for work) by hand.... and with in a few days he figured out he didn't like the hem so I took it out!

BUT!!!

The Best thing of all that happened this week.....

Handsome Man! and Prince Charming were Baptized! With which Prince charming told me today that "he felt different, like a new person!" Praise God!!!

Blessings on your Family!

Jennifer

Happy Vereran's Day!

2008-11-10T22:00:00.002-07:00

This by far is one of my most emotional holidays. Have you ever stopped a person with a hat or shirt that says "WWII Vet " or "Vietnam Vet" or even "Iraq Vet" to tell them Thank You. It is sometimes amazing what they will say back to you.... I was only doing my job, or sure no problem, or a simple Your Welcome.

These Men and Women have put their lives on the line. Many of them still are. We get this one day every year to Honor them. Lets remember what they have all done for us.

I am so thankful for my freedom that each and every one of these Veterans have given to me and my family. I do not know if I could ever find the words to say how thankful I am.

I will say this.... Thank You, I support you, I stand behind you, I pray everyday for your safety and for your family. May God bless you, protect you, bring you home safely, and be with you always.

For those who gave the ultimate price, for those who are still here to tell us of the past and those who are preparing for our future freedom. Thank You! and God Bless.

To my most favorite Veteran of all... I Love You, Thank you for putting your life on the line and coming back home. You are so humble about what you have done and so brave for doing what you did. I Love you!

Blessings on your Family,
Jennifer

Only a Mom could love this face

2008-11-05T14:09:00.001-07:00

Can you see the dirt on this boy's body! This is how he looks almost EVERY day! This would be from him playing out side in the dirt for a few hours.

This picture is NOT of one of those little ones you would see on T.V. to support financially. This would be my Screamer!! After a hard day of exploration!

See how cute he is after a bath!

This is what he says..... oooohhhh YAY!!! I feel Good!

So this morning he was playing with a Lego in his mouth. He turned right into the wall. Which shoved the Lego into the back of his mouth. It was a pretty good gash. Well at lunch he had a sandwich and some chips. He was determined to eat the chips. He would take a bite of one and a second later he would say OooWww, then another bite and say OoooWwww... We would tell him don't eat the chips.(the salt from the chips was getting in his cut) But he is his OWN MAN! He had to finish them!

Soccer is OVER!

2008-11-03T13:37:00.002-07:00

Just a fast note....

We finished soccer for the season. Twins took 1st place. Second year in a row! I call that TWIN POWER! They really had a good team and worked well together. I would have to say the 2 highlights of the game had to have been the goal one of the guys made from a kick at center field. It was amazing! The other would be when our goalie went to kick the ball out of the goal and it went right under his foot. It was a good thing we were up by 2. It was really funny. I am sure the goalie would think so also in about 20 years!

Prince Charming's team took 6th place. They also played a good game. I just think the team was ready for the season to be over.

Anyways.

Out of the mouth of my BABE!

2008-10-30T23:30:00.001-07:00

So Like all moms of toddlers we can not go to the bathroom without company. Right!? I mean if they are not sitting on our laps they are asking a thousand questions. Like why do you have to sit and I have to stand, can I watch a movie, why do you have to use toilet paper, can I have a snack, where does the water go when you flush the toilet mommy, mommy will you get me a drink. ( and that is all in one breath!) Does this happen to anyone else or is it JUST ME!?!?! I mean I can lock the door so he cant come in. But then there is that little sweet hand that comes in a sweeping motion under the door... and then the QUESTION, Mommy whatcha doing? UGH! Really just one time I would like to get lost in my bathroom!

My sweet sweet Screamer was sitting on my bathtub step entertaining me while I was uh... well yeah... I tell him go on mommy will be out in a second. He says I can see you mommy that's nice please go and mommy will be out in a second. I see your big (you know the oh shoot how do I get out of this one fade away "G" sound in the word big) ..... your little leg. Well now I feel better, that even my three year old knows the difference between BIG and LITTLE. I have taught my son well! Who needs flash cards, when you have a bathroom a toilet and BIG ... oops I mean Little legs!

Food for thought!

Blessings on your Family!

Jennifer

Random Pictures

2008-10-30T21:22:00.004-07:00

I think Screamer might have taken a few of these pictures. This is really what we do on our weekends. Soccer and Church. This weekend is the last game for Twin A and B they are playing for 1st or 2nd place. they do have a very good team. Prince Charming will start his tournament this weekend... So we could have 2 more weeks to see where his team ends up.

This is us at church (Handsome Man! and me)

Post military hair style :o) ... I really like it!

Screamer took this pic at church

Twin A at the Fine Arts Festival playing the piano

These next four pictures....

**Question**

Would this make me a official "Soccer Mom"?

Twin A

Twin B

Prince Charming

Screamer
Macy after a bath... It is worth the laugh!

Just had to put the last one on there... it made me laugh to much not to!

I do have to add I think there are a few photographers in our family! I am going to need many many photo albums! Or a good CD holder!

Blessings on your Family!

Jennifer

Home again, Home again, jig...jig...jig...

2008-10-23T22:22:00.001-07:00

Just got home from my best friend out in California. (Well a week ago) What can I say I am a Mom I have to make up for lost time. ;o)

Anyways, my best friend Teri and her husband blessed me with a trip out to visit them for a week. ( Note to reader: I would post a picture here... but for some reason every time I tried to take a picture everyone stopped dropped and rolled! I don't understand why!) Teri and I have so much fun when we are together! You would think with all the movement from laughing I would have lost a few pounds! I mean we jiggled a lot that week! ( from laughing!) I got to hang with her kids and not worry about discipline. Boy was that nice! ( Note to reader: another picture would be placed here..... but uhh yeah.....) Her kids are the same age as mine except for our last 2 . (We just love our babies! enough said!) Really she has great kids. So do I. ( just in case my kids are reading my blog) :o)

Anyways I went to help her out . She was injured at her job over a year ago, and has a hard time with her head, well... she has always had a hard time with her head but this is different. ;o)
(this would be why we are best friends.... I've got her fooled! for 31 years now!!!!)

We were so busy doing for everyone else we didn't get any thing done! Well we did make cinnamon rolls and bread and butter cream frosting! I am sure there was chocolate too.(hm mm.... maybe that could be the reason why I didn't lose any weight?!)

I had a wonderful, relaxing time. I do want to say that I am a VERY BLESSED gal to have such a wonderful, close, loving friend. Really I think God puts some friends in your life for a season, and then He put some of them in your life for life, and Teri well she would be for LIFE! I Love her to pieces!

(I think she will kill me for this picture! But at least we were skinny!) We just couldn't figured out where our bras went. :o)

Blessings on your family!

Jennifer

Apples, Apple, and more APPLES!!

2008-10-08T19:18:00.001-07:00

One Saturday (in between soccer games) we went up to Mt. Graham to get a few apples. I do have to say we enjoyed ourselves very much. After picking the BEST apples and having lunch, finishing our soccer games. We went home. I really thought it wouldn't take me that long to make the apple butter and apple sauce. Well after the 3rd day I stopped the apple butter. Experimented with different flavors of apple sauce... ( Peach, Strawberry, and Brown Sugar Spice) all very YUMMY! I went to make the Last box of apples into apple pie filling. After about the third apple my apple/peeler/corer/slicer BROKE! I DID NOT want to cut that whole box by hand! But I started. A friend called and asked what I was doing, so I explained it ALL to her. Guess what... She had one of those apple peeler things that she let me use! I was so HAPPY! So here I am a week later thinking ... Hmmm I do not think I will get 180 pounds of apples next year! Maybe JUST half!

The positions I made my Hubby get in to get THE BEST apples!

Ok... Get the kid :o)

Tasting the product.

The product!

Twin A & Prince Charming. (side note... Twin B is impossible to get a picture of)

Twin A and Screamer.

The end of a long day of picking apples.

After a hard day of picking apples.... Lunch in the mountains. No, this was not lunch. Twin A took this picture after we were done eating.

Is this all you got!?!?! NOT!!!

This would be 180 POUNDS of Apples.... 3 Banana Boxes 2 Laundry Baskets, and JUST in case I didn't think we had enough...1 little box to top it off!

This would be 1 of the 4 crock pots of I did of Apple Butter

Would this be Child Labor? Really they enjoyed helping!

This would be what I did for 4 days... this does not include the 8 freezer bags of the apple filling I did.... DONE TILL NEXT YEAR!!!

Blessings on your Family!

Jennifer

Autunm Give Away Over at Steven's Rib

2008-09-14T17:41:00.002-07:00

My friend, Heather, over at Steven's Rib is having a giveaway in honor of the her 100Th post. She is giving away some Wonderful Autumn items made by herself and her very talented daughter, Elissa, and a few other pretty things. Go to her Blog and post a comment to be entered in her giveaway! Let her know that I sent you.

Just a few words...

2008-08-28T19:41:00.001-07:00

Well What a day! It has been a good day but also a busy day. Tomorrow Handsome Man! is having some of his guys from the National Guard over. Just a little get together for him and "his Buddies" it will be most interesting! I really should be cleaning , mopping, brushing, doing something to get ready... But you know their GUYS... are they really going to notice? Anyways they are here for Handsome Man!!

This is Handsome Man's last "Drill" National Guard in August of this year! 23 Years of service to our country!

Here he is getting ready to leave! Yes all, he is a real live AMERICAN HERO! Living in My house!!! What an honor! I am going to post more on his retirement later ...

I am going to say Bye for now... Got to get those kids to bed... they don't do it themselves!

Blessings on your Family!

Jennifer

Back to School...

2008-08-20T13:38:00.000-07:00

Well we officially started school on Monday. Only missing math for Prince Charming. But it will be here on Friday. I think we are off to a good start. Twin A and Twin B are doing American Gov. this year. But they are also doing Mystery of History with Prince Charming and Screamer(when he feels like chiming in) Just so we could do it all as a family. I really thought Twin A and B were going to give me a hard time about it... But I really think they are enjoying it. Now if Mom can just keep up with them! So in yesterdays lesson they had to create their own creation.
This would be Twin B"Dudog" it is a mix with a Duck and a Dog. It has a body shaped like a dog with a tail, and wings and head like a duck. And it has absolutely has no meaning to life , except it makes a great little pet, because you only have to feed once a week!
This is Twin B's "Rogdor". He says "My Dog/ Human eats everything and it will kill for no reason!" So I guess stay out of its way!
This is Prince Charming's "Hesesor" he says "My meat eating animal can defend itself with its spiky tail and it's "3X's the size neck"as a T Rex, and it's teeth are 5 X's the size of a T Rex. "
This is Screamer's "Dump Truck" Robby says "This Dump Truck can dump dirt ANYWHERE you would like.It can also pick up BIG CARS! If you would like to buy one, please contact Robby (he's the one in the picture).

Really they have done other things in school but this is what we have pictures of right now. I am going to sign off for now, to go let Screamer take a rest!

Blessings on your family!
Jennifer

Welcome Home Twin A!

2008-08-05T19:39:00.001-07:00

It was a LONG wait! But my baby girl is HOME! Here are a few pictures of what we did for her.

I would like to say that a young child made this beautiful sign for Twin A. But this would be all my talent in a nut shell!

These are some pictures Screamer-3 did for Sister. we hung them on her closet door.

Some streamers Prince Charming-11 Screamer-3 and I put up.

More streamers. In Twin A's room.

This was at about 10:30 that night. It was a long day of waiting, But it was sure good to see her! This is her getting ready to walk in her room.

Her in her room.

Her catching falling streamers!

Getting the COOL thumbs up!

And this last picture has been how it has been for the last few days! Screamer sure does LOVE his big sister, and is so glad she is home! Just as is everyone else!

WELCOME HOME SISTER!

Is 3 To Young For Coffee?

2008-07-31T08:23:00.002-07:00

My husband ( "Handsome Man!") and I love coffee. Every morning I get up and make us a cup or so. Well my children have grown to love coffee also. (A little side note... I was raised in a religion that you do not drink coffee, tea or soda with caffeine in it. It was not good for your body.) So with these roots still in me. I have a hard time with my kids drinking coffee. I am getting better A LOT better. My teens (16), I am OK with them having a cup every now and then. My 11 yo, I let have a cup on Wednesday mornings. The reason, he along with Twin B(16yo) have a paper route. It is "Prince Charming's" turn to deliver them on Wednesdays. He gets very car sick, so I give him a motion sickness pill (that makes him fall a sleep) and a cup of coffee to keep him awake. Now understand me that when I say a cup of coffee (for him) it is half milk and half coffee. Now my 3 yo, he thinks every time he hears the coffee grinder that he needs a cup of coffee. WE started out giving him HIS cup of coffee, what it really was is milk, sugar, and a SPLASH of coffee to color the milk. Now it is not strong enough for him! When he asks me for a cup all I can tell him is YOUR 3! I protest!

I am so excited Twin A (16yo) comes home in 2 days!!!! She left June 4th to go and spend time with family back east. I have missed her so much. I think she is ready to come home.

Let see if we can put some pictures of the family on here.

This is Twin B (16 yo) Handsom Man! (My Man!) and Screamer (3yo) on Twin A, Twin B and Handsom Man's! birthday. (Yes I am one of those wives I gave my husband the best gift ever!... TWINS on his Birthday!!!) Twin A was already gone back east.

This is Twin A (16 yo) over at a friends house.

This is Twin A at her Birthday party. We had a little get together before she went back east.

This is Twin B and Aunt Rose. She and Poppy (my father-in-law) came to visit us in May.

This is Prince Charming (11 yo) out side.

This is Poppy and Aunt Rose (poppy's sister) They came to visit us in May.

This is Me. Screamer took this when we were out side watering the flowers.

This is Handsom Man!, Prince Charming took this picture (in the back of a humV). They had the chance to go to the state border and escort the Traveling Wall back to our town. Where it was set up for a week at a park.

This was a very sobering experience. Words can not explain what feelings go on inside your mind and your heart. I have only had this feeling one other place. On the Battle field of Gettysburg. To which one of my kids said to my "This is the best vacation ever!" To be able to see what our history has brought us, like I said before... words can not explain. Don't ever miss the opportunity to show and share with your kids the history of our Free Country.

Blessings on Your Family,

Jennifer

Dont Forget To Water The Apple Tree

2008-07-30T20:28:00.001-07:00

This is our little Apple Tree. We had bought some Pacific Rose Apples several months ago and loved the taste of them .So I decided to take the seeds of one of the apples and see if we could get a little tree out of them. (This was several months ago) I placed 4 or 5 seeds in a jar with damp paper towels, and after about 3 LONG months we saw a few sprouts! We let it grow in the jar. Then came the BIG day to transplant it into this little pot. "Twin A" (my daughter) took on the responsibility of watering it daily. When she left in June she placed a little note above the tree that said" Don't Forget To Water The Apple Tree" I have been faithful about keeping it watered. What amazes me is that this little seed grew into this little tree, and (with proper care, Love and Prayer) this tree could produce hundreds and maybe thousand of apples for all to enjoy! ALL FROM A LITTLE SEED!

This reminds me of the Parable of the Sower in Matthew 13:4-9

4 And as he sowed, some seed feel by the wayside; and the birds came and devoured them. 5 Some feel on stony place, where they did not have much earth; and they immediately sprang up because they had no depth of earth. 6 "But when the sun was up they were scorched,and because they had no roots they withered away. 7 "And some fell among the thorns, and the thorns sprang up and choked them. 8 "But others fell on good ground and yielded a crop: some a hundredfold some sixty, some thirty. 9 "he who has ears to hear, let him hear!"

I don't want to have hard , stony, or thorns in my ground. I want my ground (my heart) to be ready for the planting God has in store for me. I want that LITTLE seed to fall into ground that God has tilled, turned, watered, so it will sink deep into my heart and bring new life to me.

What is that?

2008-07-24T23:16:00.001-07:00

Here I am doing my laundry today. Like a good house wife ( that would be me?) I am hanging out my laundry for "that just fresh out of the desert dirt smell." ;o) When I come in my back door, my dryer door is open and something is sitting in it!

This would be my three yo "Screamer"! Who is clueless to the danger that lies in sitting in an empty dryer. I tried to explain "Sweetie you should NEVER get into a dryer or a washer or a freezer or and oven for that matter! No one could know you are in there and shut the door!" After what I thought was a great well understanding three year old speech. I got down to eye level with him and said "DO YOU UNDERSTAND MOMMY?!" His three year old intelligent response to me was "WHY?!?" So of course Mom had the perfect answer (as I stumbled for words) " Because I said so, That's why!"

We are going to have a busy week here in our house. Our oldest son "Twin B" is coming home from camp on Saturday. He left on Monday.

My Daughter "Twin A" will be home the Saturday after that. She left June 4Th to spend the summer with aunts, uncles, grandparents and cousins back east. I am so excited for here to come home. While she has been gone "Prince Charming" (my 11 yo) has been very happily using her room, (so he didn't have to share with "Screamer", something about flying teddy bears). Now we have to get that "little brother" smell out of her room before she gets home.

We will finally be one happy family again.

Better get to bed

Blessings on your Family!

Jennifer

First Time Blogger

2008-07-23T21:58:00.004-07:00

Well, as you can see this is my first time to try this thing out. It is kinda funny because I have read several blogs, and really enjoyed looking at pictures.

The other day I had taken some pictures and thought to myself these would be really funny on a blog... I did not have one.. so ooh well.

Now look here I am with a blog, only because I wanted to make a comment on a friends blog, and I assume I had to sign up for a blog to leave a comment. So here we are. Was I taken for a ride... should I have read around to see I only needed an email address to leave a comment, and now here I am ready to tell the world I have NO idea what I am doing!

Well I guess I could start by telling a little about me... I am a Christian homeschooling Mom of 4 great kids. I have twins who just turned 16 (son and a daughter) a son 11 and another son who is 3.... and to tell you the truth if I keep up this blog He (my 3 year old) would be the talk of the blog! I am married to one Amazing man. Let me tell you ... anything this man touches works! He is a brilliant craftsman, wonderful husband and a Great Father, and as Heroes go for me it's God and my Husband. He is after 23 years stepping away from one of his passions... defending our country. It was a hard decision for him to make (and for me to take). We are very passionate about our country, and stand fully behind our guys who are fighting for the Freedom we sometimes we forget about and take for granted. Anyways....There are so many thing that I like to do... But with a three year old.... Well I am lucky to get a shower before he hits the ground RUNNING! So I do A LOT of dreaming, one day I'll do this, and maybe this, ooh and most definitely this! All dreams! But maybe someday they might come true! Last but certainly not least I am on a mission to live for God first and foremost. This is my daily drive, I want all that I do to be pleasing to my Lord. And at the end of my life here on earth I will hear those words I have always longed to hear.... Well done my good and faithful servant. So that is a little about me.

Now let me put one of those pictures on here.... Ok well I guess it was put up top... I'm going to have to figure out how that works! Anyways... I am a Mom, and I am trying to eat healthier... So the other day I pulled out the George Foremen Grill to grill me some chicken for Chicken Salad. I grilled 3 of those little chicken breast you get form the Schwans man (all nice and wrapped by themselves) ok, when I went back into the kitchen to put the other two away (because I had one on my salad) that (in the picture) is what was left... My oldest son used a knife to cut him a couple of pieces... but my 3 yo just ate it! And his excuse... Well Twin B had some! Now I did not mind at all! But that is his excuse for everything! Oh and the Barney collector plate is not for sale... I have two of them (because I have twins)

Now I will say Good night for now... Oh just one more thing I cant spell and I Absolutely LOVE run on sentences!

Blessings to you and your family!