New Shoes

Darcy got a pair of orange crocs, pink camo japanese brand shoes (I LOVE THESE SHOES) and the boys got the disney crocs. Jessica also got a new pair of lime green crocs but she had them on.

Brown Shoes Mommy

Darcy's new croc mary janes. She loves them! She ask me all the time for her brown shoes!

Jeremiah

He loves his big boy seat.

Jacob

They've had their carseats turned around for about a month now. I didn't have any rearfacing ones so I was left with no choice. They meet the weight requirments but they aren't a year old yet... less than a month away!

Heartbreaker!

Oh Happy Days

Jeremiah is riding in the back... Jacob's in the front. When Jacob rides in the back he pulls Jeremiah's hair and ears!

My Beautiful Girls

Where's Darcy??

Sometimes Darcy likes to hide under the nightstand. This is one of those times but she didn't just hide....

Matthew's nightstand

Look Closer!

its a darcy turd!

Jeremiah

Chillin

Daddy and Jacob

Thanks Grandmaw!

Darcy loves the ball!

Dis is FUN!

Darcy big ole yellow ball. Big enough for her and Jessica to roll around in together!

Just call me...

SPEEDY!!! I have my DSL hooked up finally. I'll be posting all kinds of pics as soon as I can get my 2 year old out of my lap!

Its for you

Darcy loves to pick flowers for me... she's a sweetheart!

Hug Me!

Jeremiah and his big beautiful blue eyes.

Ain't I....

just a cutie pie!













Jacob

Jacob

Look at what i can do mommy!

Soaked!

This picture was actually taken several weeks ago. She wanted to go outside so bad and since it wasn't lightning I thought it was harmless. She loved it!

My Day

Took Jessica to the orthodonist today to talk about braces. She's getting them next month. Wow, I didn't expect them to be soooo expensive! If all our kids have braces then we will have spent $20,000 on beautiful smiles!

After the orthodonist we stopped by Cobblestone shoe store b/c they were having a HUGE croc sale. I got Jessica a new pair - lime green! I got Darcy a pair of brown mary janes and a pair of the regular orange crocs ($10) and I got the boys the black disney pair with the red strap (onsale!). I did not by myself any... maybe one day but its hard for me to spend money on myself esp when my kids need things. I ordered Matthew some new tennis/hiking shoes this weekend from zappos.com and I got darcy a pair of really cool camo pink japanese brand shoes. I ordered them Saturday night and they came in yesterday! wow and it was FREE shipping!!!!

We had another regular dentist appointment this afternoon for Jessica. She has to get cleaning and all that stuff before the braces. I like the new dentist... he's down this way and really friendly. He also works late nights so people with jobs get see him after working rather than taking off.

Speechless

I'm sitting here thinking about what just happened and I'm simply amazed at God. He has never failed me and I need to remember that instead of panicing every time the boat rocks.

I can never tell anyone what has happened but just know that God really stepped up to the plate through a very unsuspecting source. I'm truly grateful.

Much to say

I've been pretty productive today. I've made some much needed phone calls... not to friends but to take care of things I've been putting off. For example... I've scheduled Jessica a orthodonist appointment and I'm waiting to hear back from the regular dentist to schedule a cleaning for the rest of us. I've made many more phone calls but you get the idea of what I've been taking care of.

The other night I had a "moment" where I just needed to get away! So I tried to find someone to go with me but realized I didn't have any friends... or friends that lived close anyways. So I went to Walmart alone and spent 2 hours there. I went down every aisle and repeated some ;) I had Jessica's ipod with me and at times I caught myself singing outloud! LOL I got many looks... but I didn't care. I was in NICOLE MODE! I came home with bags full but only bought myself chapstick, socks and vitamins! And no I didn't buy groceries!!!! LOL

The vitamins I bought are called stress tabs with energy. I've taken them 2 days now and either its in my head or they're really working! I wanted to buy something for weight loss but my husband is very supportive of diet pills so I refrained. Although, when I told him about how I almost bought some he said "whatever makes me feel better" soooooooo I might go back and get some ;) For those of you who don't know me or didn't know years ago I've gained A LOT of weight... when I first met my husband (6 years ago) I weighted 150 and now I'm at 207! I make excuses of why I can't lose the weight but really I'm just lazy! I eat when I'm bored and you'd think with 3 little ones constantly attached to your hip I wouldn't have time to be bored but I snack when they snack! And I don't excersize AT ALL! I take my kids outside and I SIT and watch them play. But I want to change all that so I'm taking baby steps in that direction.

Matthew gets off at noon today so I'm hoping to run some errands. While taking Jessica to school this morning I was listening to Magic 96 (which I do every morning). They had some guy... didn't catch his name... that was at the comedy club tonight and tomorrow night... he was hilarious and not at all crude. I really want to see him. I've been there once for Matthew's work. I'm not even sure if we could get a babysitter but I think it would be fun to go.

Let me clarify... I'm sure we could probably get a babysitter. His parents, my parents or my sister but the thing is we need them soooo much for things that we HAVE to do that I almost feel bad for things we just WANT to do. And I could hire one... if i knew one but I don't know if I trust some teenager to watch my kids. And after you pay for a babysitter than you don't want to spend any money going out!

Does Beth still read my blog? Beth from North Alabama? For some reason I was thinking about her when I was trying to fall asleep last night. Are you out there? Does anyone remember her blog address?

Well I'd better get back to the little ones. Darcy is napping but the boys are in the saucers crying... Barney is over :(

Hope I didn't take too much of your time. Comment please.

OBTW... Did anyone catch survivior last night... love that show! I hope poppa smurf is alright! I can't believe they chose to vote someone out... I thought they were a pretty tight group so I was surprised by them voting out... and then the girl they voted out... shocker! I'm staring not to like Rocky... his mouth is going to get him in trouble! The little asian guy cracks me up!!!!!!! And one more thing... what makes FOX thing we want to dedicate 3 nights to American Idol!?!?!

OINK OINK

I asked Jessica how she slept last night and she said "like a pig!" I laughed and told her I'd heard people say they ate like a pig but never heard slept like a pig!

I took her temperature at 8:30am and it was 99.5. The doctor said he wanted to see her again tomorrow if she ran a fever today but I'm not sure if he meant any fever or just a high fever. I'll watch her closely today and call him later this afternoon.

Can You Guess...

what 102.9 might be???

Its not a cool new radio station!

It was Jessica temperature this morning!

We've just gotten back from the doctor... he said it was virual. He wants her to stay home again tomorrow and we're watching her closely. If she runs a fever tomorrow then he wants to do testing on her to rule out Mono. Please say a prayer for her b/c she's one scared and sick child. There's been a couple of girls at school thats had mono and it took them a loooong time to get over it. She's afraid of missing school and not being able to play sports.

Also say a prayer for the rest of us b/c the doctor said she was very contagious! I stopped by the store on the way home and stocked up on chicken noodle soup, gatorade and lysol!

Kids Say the Cutest Things

Matthew took Darcy to the store with him the other night. She was going through the store naming all the fruits... she's sooo smart! Anyways these two mexicans walked by and Darcy pointed at them and said "Deigo daddy!!! Deigo!" Matthew said she was soooo excited to see Deigo that he couldn't get her away. We both got a huge laugh out of it. I'm not sure if they looked like him or if she just heard them speaking spanish... either way its pretty funny!

Question

Matthew and I have gone back and forth on whether or not we should get one of those wooden playsets. They can be very costly! We'd hate to spend all that money on one and our kids not play on it. So do any of you have one or something like it??? And do you think it was a good investment? Even if you don't have one you can still tell me your thoughts ;)

Our thoughts are.... our kids are young so they'd have plenty of years to play with it. We could just buy a metal one but they don't have the cool fort things with it and they RUST!

We're trying to make the most out of our HUGE yard. We're hoping to have plenty of things to do so that our kids don't get bored outside. So far we've decided on one of those blow up blue pools... family size --- Does anyone have any feedback on those???? And we want to build a sandbox. Jessica has a volleyball net and a basket ball goal. And we're putting up a privacy fence with our tax refund. I wouldn't mind having one of those little tykes picnic tables but I'm waiting to find one at a garage sale or thrift store.

Its Broken!

Darcy usually watches her favorite Dora and Boots video, Super Babies, when its time to take a nap or go to bed. Sometimes she'll wake up in the middle of the night and want you to turn it back on b/c it helps her fall back to sleep. Well last night it happened... The VCR broke!!! The VCR is the same one I had when I was a kid. The TV she's using has issues itself. The volume goes in and out but we were hoping it'd last just a little while longer. I'll guess we'll have to buy a new TV and VCR soon. She's the only one that has a TV in her room. The rest of us fight over the TV in the living room (we don't really fight b/c no one really cares about it). We've talked about letting Jessica have one in her room but we don't want her to isolate herself from the family. She has a portable DVD player that she uses sometimes.

What are you thoughts on having a TV in a childs bedroom?

In our old house matthew & I had one in our room with the dish hook up... so did Jessica. She knew what shows she was allowed to watch and I never had any trouble out of her. But my concern wasn't so much what she might watch but more about her staying in her room ... which she didn't. I had a TV in my room growing up and I'd stay in there all day! Matthew and I hardly watched the one in our room but it was nice to have just incase I wanted to lay in bed and watch the news or whatever.

Happy Birthday Matty

This from our trip to the beach this summer.

My wonderful hubby

He turned 27 yesterday! I tried to convince him that he should take off since it was his birthday but he wouldn't/couldn't. I made his favorite.... hamburgers and fries! lol Jessica also made brownies to eat with our ice cream. The girls made him a huge colorful b'day card while I just went out and bought one ;) I also got him the new archeological study bible and some clothes.

Prayer Request

We got a call this morning that Jessica's uncle Wesley (her dad's brother - not my husband) had a freak accident yesterday. He was digging a whole with a tractor... actually the - i'm def not going to spell this right but oh well - the auger? anyways... its a big screw driver type deal that spirals down into the ground... his jacket got caught in it and it pulled him in. Thank God he had his back turned to it or else it would have been a lot worse. It broke both of his arms and the jacket nearly pulled his skin off his back. He had emergency surgery on both arms. He's lucky to be alive. He'll be released from the hospital either Monday or Tuesday but he'll have a long recovery. He can't use his arms so he's pretty much helpless. His wife, Marie, will have to do everything for him. Please keep them both in your prayers. We were able to visit with him today. He's in a lot of pain to say the least. And I'm sure once he has to give up the moriphin (sp) pump it will be worse.

My Dad's Side of the family

 


There's a bunch missing but here's most of us. This was taken in January at my cousin's house.

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Serious Bloggers

Does anyone else lay in bed at night and think of things you can blog about? I do but I rarely have time to actually blog about it!!!

Crazy Weather

Last night we spent 40 minutes in the bathroom with all the kids and their toys! LOL There were at least 2 "rotations" in our area but none touched down.

This morning is was soooo cold as I loaded up the kids to take Jessica to school. It was SNOWING IN CHILTON COUNTY! And it was windy too. I've moved the boys into their big boy carseats so now I have to take them one by one to the car. I used to just grab both infant carriers and teeter tot my way to the car.

Once I got off the interstate in Alabaster the snow was really heavy. It was beed up on the hood at red lights then blow off. You could see it blowing on the road. I was worried that they might call off school once I got back home but I guess its not going to STICK around long. LOL

Happy Valentines Day

We don't have any big plans b/c Matthew has no idea what time he'll get off. Yesterday he got off at 2:30... which is really good but when you don't know from day to day then it can be frustrating! He went in at 7am so he'll at least work till 3:30pm. I guess I'll just try and have the house SPOTLESS so all he has to do it come in and relax. Maybe I'll light some candles around the house ;) wink wink

American Idol

Well I went straight to Crystal's blog this morning to leave my comments about the show last night but she hasn't posted about it yet! I can't believe this!!! I guess I'll have to do it for her. I'm not really a big fan of AI... usually I just watch the auditions and thats it but I had some extra time last night so I watched it.

I thought the boys group that mixed it up were good. I'm not sure if they could sing or if the change just caught everyone off guard. I thought the boy with the fro looked like Jack Osbourne.

I felt really really bad for Bayley (i think thats how she spells it). I wish they would have given her a second chance. I wanted to knock those other two girls out! Maybe she'll be the wild card... who knows.

I also felt bad for the black girl who sang what her momma wanted her to sing. The worse part is... thats going to haunt her for the rest of her life.... well maybe not the rest of it but at least for a while.

I thought the part about gay guy who had such an 'emotional' time could have been left out of the show... I mean do we really need to hear about his family problems. Do you think that little episode might effect how people vote for him?

Do you already have a favorite? I like Bayley but I'm not sure who I'll pull for now.

Jessica

She's growing up on me. She has a BIG heart... She's a good kid!

The Mess

Little Miss Darcy.... She's into everything! She makes me laugh even when trying to discipline her.

Jacob

My little man.... He's so full of love. He gives kisses!

Jeremiah

what a sweet innocent little boy.... He steals my heart with this face

Its been a while

since I've last posted. I've not had a lot of time since Matthew's been working soooooo stinkin much.

Saturday morning (okay so it was afternoon) I was laying on the couch thinking about how I didn't feel like doing anything (I was having a 'moment')... when all the sudden Darcy started screaming "Daddy!!! Daddy!!!" I looked up and there he was.... He had gotten off half a day! We spent the rest of the day playing in the floor with the kids. We also managed to get outside for a little bit.

Saturday night we layed on the couch and watched a PPV movie... this was probably the first time in MONTHS that we've been able to do this alone. We rented The World Trade Center.... it was sooo good but I was soooo emotional. It took me a long time to get everything out of my head that night. We were going to try and watch All the Kings Men but it didn't come on until an hour after the first movie ended and we couldn't keep ourselves awake that long.

Sunday we slept in.... okay so it was around 7:30am but thats sleeping in for a man who's been getting up at 3:30 for the last 2 weeks! I made breakfast and we slowly got everyone ready. We packed up and headed to town LOL aka Alabaster! We decided we'd better eat lunch so we grabbed some Arby's and headed to his parents house to visit. Our plans were to go to Lowe's and to Walmart (and to take the kids) but once we were at his parents house things changed. We stayed over there for a little while and then his parents ended up watching them while we ran to Lowe's and Walmart. We got back to our house around 6 and spent the rest of the night wishing we'd had more time together.... A day and a half is just not long enough after going 2 weeks without seeing each other!

side notes:
Matthew got an ipod from his parents for his birthday.... the BIG one! It holds 7,000 songs! I asked him if we could share and he said NO! He said he wouldn't be anywhere without it so I wouldn't be able to use it! LOL His b'day is the 19th. He'll be the big TWENTY SEVEN!!!! We were going to have a b'day party for him but I canceled it b/c he's supposed to be working all weekend... but he was supposed to have worked this past weekend.... I guess we'll see.

Jacob says Momma. Jeremiah dances while standing up and holding on to things.

Darcy's hair is getting soooooo long. I'm afraid that when I cut it her curls will fall out.... thats what happened to Jessica's.

Jessica has been a BIG help with the kids since Matthew's been working a lot. She finally finished the dreaded science fair project!

Oscar has been visiting since Saturday b/c my parents went out of town. The kids love him!

87

is






the number of













hours

matthew











worked




last








week!

Correction

The number should be

87

anymore guesses???

Um...

Can anyone guess what the significance of the number 84 is to me????????

C'mon try!

Matthew's B'day Party

Matthew will turn 27 on the 19th.

I'm having some folks over for a ice cream party.

What are some toppings I should buy?

Long Week

Matthew has worked a lot of overtime this week. Monday he didn't get off until 10 something and the rest of the week he's gotten off between 6pm and 7pm. He has to be at work by 5:30am... it takes him an hour to get there!

momma is ready to pull her hair out after being a single mom for a week... but guess what? its not over!!!! he's working this weekend and all next week will probably be the same crazy hours.

Thank God for the money but I miss my honey!

Ghetto Talk

Darcy calls her brothers "Da brothers" I think its cute! She can say their names but its so much easier to just say "da brothers!"

Its in the water...

Guess who's pregnant!?!?!

















its not me!















Its my sister, Renee!!!!!!!!! She's due in September! This will be her 2nd child. I have a nephew, Zachery who's 8 years old. The funny part is... my sister and I are 9 years apart, Jessica and Darcy are 9 years apart and now Zachery and this baby will be 9 years apart!!!!!! Please keep her in your prayers.

What an eventful day

Let me just tell you about a day in the life of Nicole...

Woke up at 6:25 to take Jessica to school. First had to change diapers, crank the car (it was iced over), make bottles, refill sippy cup. Loaded up everyone. Scrapped the windows with my CVS bonus card and drove off. Getting to school always takes longer b/c I'm with the flow of traffic. Drop of Jessica at 7:40 head home. Get off our exit and Darcy throws up. She hasn't gotten car sick in a long time. But she threw up BIG TIME. I couldn't pull over b/c I wouldn't be able to take her out of her seat and it would only make things worse. I just kept talking to her. We only live about 4.5 minutes off the interstate. The car begin to stink. I drove up in the driveway, unloaded the babies and as I was walking towards the door I noticed it was WIDE OPEN! Jessica was the last one out and she was carrying Darcy. I never checked to see if she'd close the door. I walked inside and looked around just to be safe. The house was freezing... it was 28 degrees outside! I went back to the car to unload Darcy. She was covered in chunks of throw up - soured milk. This is where I might be offering too much information but its kinda funny.... if you know me than you know i have a week stomach for smells. Well as I'm trying to get her out of her car seat I started gagging... well since I've had 4 kids gagging = peeing... so here I am about to throw up trying to get her out of the seat and the whole time I'm peeing on myself! LOL yes I just shared this on the WORLD WIDE WEB!! I finally get us inside and we both ended up in the bath tub. I had to leave the boys strapped in their carseats watching Barney so we could clean up.

Okay so that was just this morning all before 8:30am. The rest of the day was pretty normal. I chased the boys into various parts of the house and feed the bottomless pit aka Darcy all day. Everyone took naps... including me :)

Just before Matthew got home I was playing in the floor with the boys. Darcy wanted to watch Dora in her room so I put Dora on and walked back into the boys room.... next door. My mom called, we talked for maybe 2 minutes. I smelt a dirty diaper so I let her go. I picked up Jeremiah and realized it wasn't him. I heard Matthew drive up so I walked to the window and waved. He came up the stairs and said "what is that smell???" I said "I think its Jacob... unless its darcy but if its Darcy then she must really have a bad one for me to smell it in here." Well just as I got that out of my mouth he peeked into Darcy's room and found her COVERED in POOP!!!!! If I had thought about it I would have taken a picture but the site and smell of it was almost a repeat of this morning for me. And matthew was fighting off throwing up himself. She literally had her hands covered in it. It looked like she had been playing in a mud pit. Her hands squeeshed when she moved them... YUCK! When she saw us she started straight to her daddy with her hands held out for him to pick her up. Needless to say we had our hands full. Their was chunks of pooo in the tub. I had to scrub her, myself and the tub. Then I scrub the floor. It was H O R R I B L E!

For dinner tonight I was going to make Turkey burgers for Matthew. The only kind of turkey I could find was the kind that was wrapped in a tube like sausage. I'd never bought that kind before but I figured it would be okay. Well I was wrong. I put all the usual things in there but it was so soggy... or something. I was a job to cook those booogers... i mean burgers. The smoke alarm kept going off b/c there was something on the eye or either on the bottom of the pan. It was just crazy. Anyways we just finished our meal and I thought I'd tell ya about my day. Its only 7pm we've still got time for plenty more drama!!!!

Scratch That

Forget what I said about Matthew getting a work van. Its not going to happen b/c apparently he and his partner didn't check it over with the big boss and apparently the other guy is the only one that can take it home b/c he's 'over' matthew. And if you take the van home then you're pretty much on call 24/7 and would more than likely be going alone... which b/c matthew doesn't have his journeyman's care 'yet'... he cannot do anything alone.

But he's been studing really hard and he's taking the test again in March. I think he'll pass with flying colors!

Whoo hooo

Matthew called me at lunch to tell me that they gave him a company work van. He gets to drive it home which will save a lot of wear and tear on his truck. The best part is... they gave him a gas card! Thats going to save us almost $100 a week!

I have something exciting to tell you about....

some of my faithful readers may remember a while back I talked about friends and how we need to always make time for them. I told you guys about a friend of mine that I had grown up with named Melissa. Well to make a long story short we both got pretty busy and lost touch for several months. One night after watching a sad movie I decided I'd call her dad's house (her parents were divorced and she moved around a lot). I dialed the number and her step mother answered the phone. Turned out that Melissa had died a few months earlier in a car accident. I was devasted to say the least. That was 1999. Since that day I've thought about her a zillion times. I had so many unanswered questions.

Recently I had a friend tell me she'd found someone she'd gone to high school with by searching google. Right away I went to the computer and I was able to locate Melissa's family's website. I had tried many times before to search her but never went to google.com I emailed the only family member on that page that had an email address. Weeks went by and I heard nothing. Last night I checked my email and there was an email from Melissa's grandmother. She asked for my phone number and I immediately replied back. Just moments later she called and I was finally able after so many years to ask all the question I had wondered about.

I've talked to Granny Pearl today and I also recieved an email from Melissa's mom. I'm just sooooo thrilled to have finally found them. God is so good.

Angel Food Ministries

Have you heard of
click here -----> The Angel Food Ministry????
You really should check it out!! Its for everyone and its nationwide!
You can buy a whole bunch of GOOD groceries for $25 and they have bonus packages that have even more meat in them. As far as I know there's no guidelines. You just have to preorder your "Box" and pick it up on the assigned date (which I think is always Saturday).

You really should check it out!!!
I am!

9 month check ups

Yesterday my mom and I took the boys to their 9 month check up. We were the first appointment of the day (which I'll have to remember to do that again b/c that was the first time EVER that we got out of there under 2 hours!). The nurse that came in to weight the boys stunk like cigarette smoke. I wanted to say something to the doctor about it but my mom said to leave it alone. But seriously... if you're going to work in a CHILDRENS doctor's office and handle CHILDREN then you need to keep that in mind before you smoke a pack on the way to work. SHE STUNK!
Moving along ------> Anyways so Jacob and Jeremiah both weighted 23 lbs even and 30 inches long... except Jeremiah had an extra 1/2 inch to his length. I asked the doctor about baby foods b/c my boys dislike the stage 3's and I hadn't started them on the little treats that melt in their mouths. I thought I was a little behind with them. The doctor said that at 9 -10 months is the time to try the stage 3's and the treats so that made me feel better. I had also asked the doctor about bumps on their hands and when to be alarmed. Jacob had rammed his head into the cabinets and he had a huge knot. She gave me the whole spill about watching them for four hours and if they throw up I should be concerned. Well last night I went to Jessica's game and guess what happened????? Jacob fell out of his high chair on his head! Yep... so Matthew freaked out and called my mom who told him everything the doctor had said but he still ended up calling the after hours nurse just to make sure. And of course Jacob was/is fine.

What's the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the word

THONG

I think GROSS!

Now please don't be offended by what I'm about to say (type) but when I think of thongs I see young girls in low riding jeans with their thongs showing. I don't think... A good way to hide panty lines. A few months ago someone gave Jessica a bag of hand me down clothes.... there was a pair of RED THONGS in there. Of course I threw them away b/c I think for an eleven year old girl thats not appropriate. I think when young girls start worrying about what underwear they wearing its time for parents to worry about what they're doing. Am I right or just too overprotective?

A Very Proud Momma

I was able to go to Jessica's basketball game yesterday. It was in Montgomery. The last few games I've been able to go to she hasn't played. But yesterday she sat next to the coach. The game was very close and there was a lot of fouls. Jessica nudged her coach and said "I can take number 23.... she's the same size as me and I can take her!" Her coach said "okay then go get her!" It wasn't too long after her entering the game that she got the ball. --- One of her new years resolutions was that she was going to shoot b/c up until now she'd been too scared to shoot.--- With everything in her she jumped and shot... and she wasn't close but wasn't in the three point zone...
















IT WENT IN!!!! NOTHING BUT NET BABY!!!!

And the crowd went wild!!!!!! I was jumping up and down (I almost cried!!!) but I wasn't alone. Everyone was on their feet screaming!!!! Her coach was going crazy!!!! It was such an awesome moment that I hope to always remember. Her first basket! They ended up winning the game by only 3 points in overtime. It was a great game!

Let it GO!

Let it go for 2007
By T. D. Jakes

There are people who can walk away from you.

And hear me when I tell you this! When people can walk away from you: let them walk.
I don't want you to try to talk another person into
staying with you, loving you, calling you, caring about you, coming to see you, staying attached to you. I mean hang up the phone. When people can walk away from you let them walk.
Your destiny is never tied to anybody that left.

The bible said that, they came out from us
that it might be made manifest that they were not for
us. For had they been of us, no doubt they would have continued with us [1 John 2:19]

People leave you because they are not joined to you.
And if they are not joined to you, you can't make them stay.

Let them go.


And it doesn't mean that they are a bad person it just
means that their part in the story is over. And you've got
to know when people's part in your story is over so that you don't keep trying to raise the dead.

You've got to know when it's dead.

You've got to know when it's over. Let me tell you
something. I've got the gift of good-bye. It's the tenth spiritual gift, I believe in good-bye. It's not that I'm hateful, it's that I'm faithful, and I know whatever God means for me to have He'll give it to me.

And if it takes too much sweat I don't need it. Stop begging people to stay.

Let them go!!

If you are holding on to something that doesn't belong to you and was never intended for your life, then you need to......

LET IT GO!!!

If you are holding on to past hurts and pains .

LET IT GO!!!

If someone can't treat you right, love you back, and
see your worth.....

LET IT GO!!!

If someone has angered you ........

LET IT GO!!!

If you are holding on to some thoughts of evil and revenge......

LET IT GO!!!

If you are involved in a wrong relationship or addiction......

LET IT GO!!!

If you are holding on to a job that no longer meets your needs or
talents .

LET IT GO!!!

If you have a bad attitude.......

LET IT GO!!!

If you keep judging others to make yourself feel better......

LET IT GO!!!

If you're stuck in the past and God is trying to take

you to a new level in Him......

LET IT GO!!!

If you are struggling with the healing of a broken
relationship.......

LET IT GO!!!

If you keep trying to help someone who won't even try
to help themselves......

LET IT GO!!!

If you're feeling depressed and stressed .......

LET IT GO!!!

If there is a particular situation that you are so
used to handling yourself

and God is saying "take your hands off of it,"

then you need to......

LET IT GO!!!

Let the past be the past. Forget the former things.
GOD is doing a new thing for 2007 !!!



LET IT GO!!!



Get Right or Get Left
think about it, and then ....

LET IT GO!!!

"The Battle is the Lord's!"

I miss you!

Darcy's new thing is to say "I miss you" and sometimes you might even get a "i miss you more" - too cute.

We played outside all weekend long with her new toy. Its a huge blow up ball that you can actually get inside! She loved it... and to think that I thought she'd be scared of it - what is that kid scared of?

The weather was crazy warm. We were burning up with our jeans and t-shirts on. Jessica actually put on shorts! Does this mean we're going to have a really HOT summer or does this mean we're going to have a late and COLD winter like the blizzard of ninty - something?

Sewing 101

I got a sewing machine the Christmas before last but I've only used it a handful of times. I really want to learn to sew. It can be a great way to earn money and just to be happy knowing you can make something! other than making babies i'm clueless! LOL

Hancock fabrics offers sewing classes but thats all the way in Hoover! I've wrote down some numbers for some shops around here... maybe they'll know of somewhere to take classes.

Recently I went to Old Time Pottery and bought some really cool fabric for $4.99 a yard. I figured that I would just buy fabric that I liked randomly then maybe one day I'll actually make something.

My craft room is still a mess but I not complaining b/c my hubby does so much. Hopefully will get it together soon.

You can make a killin on ebay with diaper bags and stuff.

My Boys

Jacob and Jeremiah are growing soooo fast. Jacob crawls more... and he sometimes crawls on his hands and knees. Jeremiah pulls up on everything! I've got to lower their mattress or else someone is going to tumble out! I walked in their room the other morning and Jeremiah was leaning over the crib rails!!! YIKES! Darcy was 13 months old when she climbed out of her crib. And from then on she slept in a bed.

They have their 9 month check up on the 22nd of this month. I'm curious to see how much they weight. I swear they weight MORE than Darcy. They seem to be moving a little slower than Darcy did... but i'm okay with that. It could be b/c I don't have as much time as I did with Darcy.

Its raining its pouring

Darcy begged us all day yesterday to go outside. Finally after her nap we said yes and we started getting her dressed. Matthew opened the door and guess what..... It was raining - HARD! We hadn't noticed b/c we'd been watching TV with the shades down. But Darcy was determined she was going outside!!! So we did what any good parent would do... we let her play in the rain!!!! And she loved it! Don't worry it wasn't lightning or anything.... it was just pouring down rain... and not even cold! She played outside for about 20 minutes. She played in the left over left pile... she made leave angels. She splashed in every puddle she could find. She was muddy and soakin wet! We had to strip her down at the door and take her straight to the tub.

I took pictures... I'll try and post them one day ;)

Duvet or Quilt

We were able to take back the duvet cover that Matthew had gotten me for Christmas. He intended on getting me a duvet after Christmas but didn't realize how much they cost. He bought me a duvet cover from Pottery Barn. We tried to ghetto rig it and put it over our comforter but it didn't look right. And I was a big fan of the one he picked out... neither was he once he saw it. So we took it back to the store Saturday... but they would only give us an instore credit(which is being mailed to us) since we didn't have the receipt. We thought we'd swap it out for a quilt but they don't have a lot to choose from... we did manage to find another duvet cover that we both liked and it was a different texture so it had a different look than the one he'd gotten me. I guess we might end up buying a duvet after all...

It was a Date

Matthew and I spent the whole day together Saturday - Kid Free! His parents watched them during the day and my parents came Saturday night. We spent most of the day taking back christmas gifts. Saturday night we used our gift card and ate at Stix. We also managed to sneak in a movie!!!! We saw The Good Sheppard. I actually picked the movie out but I had a hard time keeping up with it. We had a great time together. It was a very much needed date ;)

Another Random Post

Sometimes I lay awake at night and think of all the things I want to do to my house. And often I hear myself say "when I get it the way I want it"... well do we ever get it the way we want it? Or are we constantly doing more things? Last night I rambled off a list of things to Matthew that I would like to do... things from paint the trim to paint furniture and all sorts of things in between. Don't get me wrong... I'm very happy in my new home... and I love all the things we've already done but its like my wheel never stops turning! A lot of it takes my husband actually doing it... but I'm going to see how much I can accomplish my own.

Last night I cleaned out and organized my closet... now I can actually use it as a closet instead of a place where all the unpacked boxes hide out.

Am I being Silly?

C'mon tell me the truth... cause I know you will!

I'm a Florida Gator fan... my mom and sister are both Auburn fans. For christmas they bought the 3 little ones Auburn clothes. When I pulled them out of the bag I laughed and said you gotta be kidding me?! I said "what makes you think I'm gonna put my kids in Auburn stuff?" They both got upset b/c I said I was going to return them! Now am I being silly or was that just dumb on their part to think I'd go along with that?

Ebay!

I have a really hard time spending $30 plus dollars on shoes for the little ones... esp since their feet grow sooooo quickly. I got on ebay last night and found SEVERAL lots (2 or more) of shoes. I bid on a few... actually I'm bidding on 6 pair of shoes for the boys... I think so far I've bidding a maximum of $20.00 for all. And I'm bidding on 3 pair for Darcy thats $6.00! I don't want to bid on any single pair... unless its just a must have... its a lot more cheaper when you bid on a lot... even if you don't like all of them. I did find a lot of 36 pair of boys shoes from baby to young boy... but I don't really have a place to store a bezillion shoes... and most of them looked really worn. Hopefully I'll luck up on the ones I'm bidding on. Darcy is down to a pair of brown dressy boots and the boys wear socks!

Wild New Year's Eve Party

So here's the 411 on our Rockin New Year's Eve Party...

We invited some friends over for chili and games. Those that showed up were:

Brian & Aimee with their 2 sons
Michael & Heather
Amy & her friend, Mandi

We played the same game that I played with my family on Christmas. I have to say I think everyone enjoyed themselves. Brian & Aimee left around 9pm or maybe it was 10... anyways their little ones couldn't hold out any longer. Amy & Mandi left probably around 11 or so. Michael & Heather stuck around until the wee hours of the morning... I think they left around 2:30am!

My Year in Review

2006 was a year full of learning experiences for me.

Matthew and I had our twins in April.

8 Months out of the year we were living under someone else's roof.

We sold our house and was able to pay off our vehicles and all of our credit cards.

We bought our house and 'moved into the country.... gonna eat a lot of peaches.'

Jessica started middle school which is really more like high school since there's no real way of seperating the two when they're all in one building.

Jessica made the volleyball team and the basketball team.

Darcy began talking... i mean really talking!

Matthew changed companies after 5 years.

I welcome 2007 and all the changes it will bring!

Last night I sat down with my family and few close friends and we wrote out our 2007 resolutions and shared them with each other. We're supposed to keep the list in our drawer and pull it out next new year's eve and see what we accomplised. Some of the things I listed, but not all, were things like:

Lose 50lbs by June 1st.

Study the Bible by myself and with my husband.

Spend more time playing with my children.

Learn to control my tongue/temper.

Those are just a few but it was neat hearing everyone elses.

HAPPY NEW YEARS!!!!!