Happy Birthday Chance!!

Happy Birthday Chance!

Happy Birthday Gabe!

What kind of mother am I? His birthday was Jan. 23 and I am FINALLY wishing him a happy birthday. He did get presents and cake and ice cream on his birthday, don't feel too sorry for him!! I even took him to do 2 of his favorite things. To.......

We had a great time and LOVED the movie!! It's a must see! Anyway, take a look at some pics of Gabe over the years.

Let me explain this one. When Jeff was home, he said that Gabe was getting a fu-man-choo (please excuse the spelling!) and showed him how to shave. Then he had to go back overseas and so we were thinking that we should exaggerate things a bit and send him a pic. This is what we came up with.

Braces! You gotta love 'em!


THE hi-tech game system of the day. Gabe when he was 10 or 11.

Hello Mr. Suds!

Pig nose. Need I say more?

Yo Gabe! You are cool!

When hugs hurt.

"The wheat and barley did just fine this year. Gollllly!"

Chunky Monkeys!

Batman's here to save the day!

Snuggie VS Slanket

Snuggie vs Slanket.  Who will prevail?  Is there room enough for 2?  You decide!

These commercials crack me up.  Who in their right mind would spend $20-$30 to look like a weirdo!  What's really funny is how my husband and kids react to the commercials.  They always make fun of the colors that these things are offered in and how they have these strange "Price Is Right" models rubbing their hands all over them.  Too funny!  

Did you Know. . .

Hi it's Ravyn!! Here are a few things you may not know about me. . .

My name is Ravyn
I am a member of ecoteam
I love to sing
I love to blog
I do not have a blog
I wish I did
My mom's friends think I look good in bangs
I know they are saying it because they are my mom's friends
They say no
I say yes

I am sad, I couldn't show you myself singing because Gabe was featured and didn't want anyone to see. I could have shown you. I am sorry guys!!!

These are a few of our favorite things.....

Our Favorite Roller Coaster

This is the Hulk Roller Coaster and we all loved riding it. Liam was the only one that was too short to ride it. Jeff took the 4 older kids on it first and then insisted that I go on too. The lines were too long to ride together but if you go and stand in the single rider line, you can get through in about 10 mins. I took Ravyn and Chance with me and they said they wouldn't mind riding alone. We ended up getting in the same "car" but in different rows. Anyway, they told me it was really fast but I wasn't prepared for it. You know how when a roller coaster first starts out, you slowly creep up the incline and then when you get to the top, that's when you really take off? I was expecting this ride to do the same thing but when we got a little over halfway up the incline, we take off at lightning speed. It was the most terrifying ride I have ever been on. I screamed the entire ride. The people that sat by me were eyeing me when the ride was done. I never once opened my eyes which made walking afterwards pretty interesting!! Ravyn and Chance had to let me lean on them because I couldn't seem to keep my balance. When did I turn old? They also have pics of you on the ride that you can purchase and mine was hilarious! My mouth wide open in a scream, my hair huge because it is, and my eyes closed shut. If I wasn't so cheap I would have bought it but $30 for a picture? Really!?

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Spending Time with Daddy

Here's some pics of the kids with their Daddy. He's left on an assignment overseas and we miss him terribly! I told him he has to stop being so fun to be with and it would be a lot easier!

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Our Favorite Visit with Friends

We got to see our friends, the Simons, this summer. We have known them for about 10+ years from our old Army days. They have 7 kids and we have 5. We used to go to Savannah to hang out together and go walking around and it was like a big parade. We always got lots of attention--not always good attention. One time a lady scolded me for not having mittens and a hat on my kids because it was a chilly 55 degrees! Silly lady!! They haved moved again and we miss them but we are positive that we'll see them again. Besides, Liam and Sophia are going to get married some day!

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Our Favorite Family Vacation

This is a picture of all of Jeff's side of the family when we went for a visit to Sturgeon Bay, WI. We have color coordinating shirts for different families. The gentleman in the green shirt that looks a lot like Jeff is his twin brother Jason. I'm kind of in an awkward position because I was the one that had to press the timer button thingy and then run to get in position. I almost tripped on those darn rocks a couple of times!

Things you didn't know you needed.

Aren't these funny? I like the last one the best. Who said you couldn't cuddle anytime, anywhere? LOL!

The albino squirrel

Have you ever seen anything so cool and strange in your life? He lived right outside the room that we rented in Florida. He would taunt us. He'd be all cute and sweet and then when you would bring out the camera, he'd run and hide. Has anyone ever seen one of these before? I never knew they existed!

Brace-Faces

OK, so this didn't happen today. It' s been an ongoing process. First, poor Ravyn, then Gabe and Simon. Simon went in yesterday and got the hardware put in his mouth. It's called a Herbst and what it does is bring his lower jaw forward. all within his mouth. No outward gear. When Ravyn got hers put in, a substitute teacher at school said, "What's in your mouth, your Dad's whole toolbox?" What a wonderful thing to say to an impressionable young lady that is in pain!! And you are in the teaching profession because......? I was so annoyed by the comment that I mentioned it to her teacher who ended up mentioning it to the principal. Don't mess with my kids!!! Anyway, Simon was a trooper. Not a complaint out of him! I though for sure that he would have a hard time but he surprised me once again.

Ahhh.. the sweet times!

I was putting Liam to bed tonight and he's at the age where he has a million questions. Why do people wear clothes? Why do feet stink? You know, those kinds of things. Well tonight he had disaster on the mind and asked me plenty of questions. What would happen if a tornado hit us? We'd hide in the middle of the house. What if it got to us in the middle of the house? I'd hide us under a mattress. Why? Because then the flying debris would hit the mattress and not us. What if I broke both my legs? I'd put you in a wheelchair. What if I broke both of my legs and arms. I'd still put you in a wheelchair but I'd have to push you. What if I broke my arms and legs and they never healed? I'd take care of you. What if I got hit by lightning? I'd take you to the hospital. What... Excuse me, this is the last question. What if I smell really, really bad? I'd wash you. Please go to sleep now.