All is RIGHT (a mess) Again! :)

Woo Hoo everyone is back home this week. The kiddo's are back from camp and Frank is back from Canada, the house is a wreck there is loads of laundry in the laundry room all is back to normal!

Frank worked from home Friday so I got 3 whole days to him! Friday night Frank and the babies and I went and walked around Sam's club then came home and had a lazy night.

Then Sat. early we were headed to get the big kids. Aden got car sick just about 1/2 mile from the camp and got sick all over himself and the car. So dad got to stay in the van with the babies until the campers ceremony was over. Then when Marcus and Natalie opened the van door to get in Aden went wild. Both him and Bella were SO excited to see the big brother and sister. We heard all their camp stories the whole way home. So glad they had such a good time. Marcus did have 2 seizures while he was there. A bummer and is really making us think about football this year. ?? Saturday night we went to a very hot Naturals game with the Anderson's and the Miller's. We had a good time despite the heat.

Sunday we all slept in until 9 or later. Frank made everyone French toast for breakfast. YUM-O!! Then we just spent the day being mostly lazy. Taking naps and watchin movies. Around 4:30ish we went to the Bentonville pool and let the kids swim for about an hour or so. They all had fun. It was the perfect time to go too b/c most people were leaving.

So all is back to normal this Monday. I am back to trying to keep the house somewhat clean, doing loads of laundry, and attempting to make everyone in the house happy!

That's my Life!

Our Little Aden

He is our baby, but it's going so fast and he wants to be such a big boy. This past weekend he started sleeping on his big boy bed. He loved it. Thought he was such a big boy laying there with Bella. He got his first big boy hair cut over the 4th weekend and it seems like it changed everything. He says yes for yes and no for no. It's so cute to see him answering questions. And sometimes when you tell him something he will say K (for ok). As with all the kiddo's it just seems like all the sudden over night they are big.

It's funny b/c alot of his words he is lazy with and he will just say the beginning or end of the work. Like Bella.....he can say Bella but most of the time it's Be with a short e carried, or Natalie is Naaaa with a short a carried. Even though he can say it.

Thank you God for our little blessings!

He is all about making messes. Forget his room (s) sull of toys, NOPE he wants to get into the closets and bookshelves and pantry and his FAVORITE place in the house is Bubba's room. :)

Lost an Angel

I have been needing to write, but have been upset and wasn't sure if I could get it out. Last Saturday night we came home to our little puppy Dexter being quite sick. Sunday morning we took him to the Emergency clinic and found out he wasn't going to make it. Apparently on our trip to Mena he got Parvo from another dog. We didn't realize he was sick until it was too late. He hadn't been eating as much but other than that we didn't notice anything. Frank and I are both heart broken. Dexter was perfect for our family in ever way. He just fit. The babies loved him. He was Bella's best friend. Not sure what our next step will be. We haven't really been able to talk about it yet. We love you Dex! So so so so sorry we didn't know sooner.

Some Pictures!

Here are some pics from the last week! Frank


Marcus

Miss Bella

Waiting for Dad

Marcus and Mom hangin out

Playin in the rain!

Natalie at Gulf Shores riding a wave

A Short Week

It has definately been a short week. I only got to see my Natalie for 7 days and she is fixin to be off to camp. Marcus and Natalie both will be leaving this Sunday for Camp War Eagle. They are SOOO excited! Counting the days. They have had a good week. They went with Lauren to the promenade and walked around all the stores on Wed. to get out of the house for a while. Today they are going with her to see Despicable Me at the movies. They definately can't say they haven't had a good summer. Between Silver Dollar City, White Water, Mena trips, Natalie going to Gulf Shores, camping, canoeing and now Camp War Eagle they have had a filled summer.

Frank has started his new job with Sam's this week. He has been thrilled. He found out next week he will be going to Canada for 3 days and next month he will be going to Orlando for 4 days AND he gets to go to Universal Orlando while he's there. I am so excited for him and also SO jealous. :)

Now when do I get my vacation? A cabin by the lake with at least 1 day of relaxing and quiet please. :)

Catchin Up! Again.....

After being sick almost all last week I am back and ready to play catch up. With everything. Blogging, cleaning house, laundry, cooking meals at home :)
Had a great weekend with family for the holiday! Friday and Saturday was spent with Frank's family hangin out, went to the "Dog Park" in Mena which is like a mini mini Chuck E. Cheese, got to eat some Mexican food! Then Frank and I had to go to Ft. Smith to pick up Natalie from the Hess' (she got to go on a 1 week long vacation to Gulf Shores, AL) so we got back late. Frank's brother and mom introduced the babies to fireworks and scared the living daylights out of them. Sunday was a fun filled day at my grandmas!!! We cooked TONS of food as always! Ate tons of food (as always) played 4 games of volleyball (so fun) and all the babies got to play and swim in the pool! Then that night we all did fireworks. Aden sat with Nana through the show and didn't get scared until the very last one. Bella sat in the sun room until the very last one and then she ran in the house. It was much fun times!

So glad to have us all at the house for the week. This Sunday Natalie and Marcus are off to Camp War Eagle!!! They are excited!

Our Weekend

We had a pretty good weekend!

Miss Natalie got a surprise and got to go to Gulf Shores with our friends the Hess'. She left Friday night and won't be home until the 3rd. I am missing her SO much. Thank goodness Kim is sending me pics.

Marcus was bored without her. He would never admit it, but totally was. Friday night we had grandmommy and Apryl and Frank's 1/2 sister Ariel over. We haven't seen her since Natalie was a baby. it was nice! Good dinner! Saturday we were pretty lazy. Hung out at the house for a while then went into town and walked around the promenade a little bit. Went to eat at Red Robin. Ever since they have started that commercial where the kids are playing hid and seek and say Red Robin me and Marcus have been saying we need a burger from there. :) It was good! Then Marcus got to pick a game for the Wii. That's how he decided to spend his money. That night my wonderful hubby talked me into watching Shutter Island. During and right after the movie I was thinking "this is one messed up movie" Frank even commented "who would even think of this stuff." Now I look back and knowing the end wouldn't mind watching it again to process everything. Sunday morning we finally made it to church!!!!! Oh man have we all missed being there. Well everyone but Aden. He is at the stage where he doens't want to be left. We have been told that as long as they don't look at him then he doens't cry. Silly boy. On the way home we stopped by Braums and got us some tubs of ice cream and then came home and chowed down. Momma and the babies took naps!! Much needed! Then we all got up and got ready to go to town. We were going to go to the Celebrate America at the new Orchard's park, but it started storming right as it was starting. !Bummer! We did get to see our Anderson friends for a few minutes! Been missing them. We also made it to the snow cone stand "Frozen Tung" before it closed so that was a good thing. Once we got home we let the babies play in the rain on the back porch for a while. They thought it was great! Too much fun. Sunday night we all wastched a movie from our Netflix que, then off to bed.

It was the first weekend we have had in months where we didn't have plans

and was able to hang out and go when we wanted too!

Big Kids Project

So every other day to help keep Marcus and Natalie's brains active they have to do some kind of project with stuff from around the house. Today's was making their own homade cookies with the left over candy bar pieces we had. Natalie's were M&M's and Marcus were mixed pieces of snickers, kit kat and twix!

They are proud!

Fun Family Weekend!

An overview of our weekend! Friday my mom and nana came up to visit. We watched the kids play in the back yard, watched Marcus, Natalie and dad get the new basketball goal unloaded and ate coke floats. It was a good evening! Frank and I got to go on a date. We haven't had a date since Christmas so it was much enjoyed! We went to the movies and watched A-Team. It was a good action and comedy all in one. We got a bunch of candy to take with us and I of course made myself sick eating so much. We were both making jokes at each other b/c our movie started at 10pm and we were both yawning the whole way there.
Saturday AM we woke up bright and early and Me, mom, nana, Bella and Natalie all went to garage sales. We had SO much fun! We all found lots of goodies, ate donuts for breakfast and ended up getting way to hot. Once we got home and all the kiddo's had showed off their goods we all took naps. After naps we all got together in the kitchen and made salads, lasagna, ate some watermelon AND made cake! We were totally stuffed! After clean up we just hung out and talked and watched the kids clown. That night we took Marcus, Natalie and Bella to the drive in. All of us watched Toy Story 3 which was so cute. By the time that was over all the girls were asleep in the car and the guys watched Prince of Persia. Through the whole night there was a lightening show behind us. It was really cool to see. Wish I would have had the camera. Overall a good night.
Sunday AM we all slepted in then mom and the kids went to WM to gets dad's goods for Father's Day. Came home ate dad's yummy pancakes and then said our goodbyes to mamaw and nana. The rest of the day was pure laziness!

It was a great weekend spent with family! I am learning that I need to take more pics to share.

This week in Pics

Some pics of our week......

Natalie's first day of summer and she's up doing practice pages.

The kiddo's had a blast in the sprinkler on a Very Hot day!

Mom and Marcus' team WON the Playoffs! 2010 Champs!

Aden covered in Vaseline. Glad I was at the store. :)

This was our Monday. Going to the Hospital to get glue.
I love watching Aden play with his cars!

THANKFUL!

Philippians 4:19 - And my God will supply EVERY need of yours according to HIS riches and Glory in Jesus Christ.

I thank you God for All the blessings in my life. I ask for forgiveness for overlooking all that I already have, for any selfishness I have in my heart. I ask that my heart and mind will continually seek you daily/hourly for your will to be done in everything I do.

I am THANKFUL for the children God has given me to care for, love and teach, I am THANKFUL for the man God chose for me and the relationship he guides us through daily, I am THANKFUL for the jobs we have been given to do all we can for God, I am THANKFUL for the food (good and bad) we have to nurish our bodies with daily, I am THANKFUL for the home we have to live in, the cars we have to drive, the love we have in our hearts, the friends we have to learn from and Most of All today I am THANKFUL for the FREEDOM to love my God.

I want to seek God's face daily for his teaching, love, guidance and protection in life. For me, my husand, my children and all family and friends.

Psalm 119:59 - When I think on my ways, I turn my feet to your testimonies;
I Peter 1:14 - As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance;

Marcus' Boo Boo

As gross as this is.....here is why Frank and Marcus got to spend 2 1/2 hours at the (crappy) Bentonville ER Monday night.





My smart son decided to stick his finger in a whole where a screw should go in his metal framed bunk bed. Needless to say the bed won. After attempting to hide it from mom he came out of the bathroom with blood on his clothes and when I asked him "what's bleeding" he pulls the bloody hand out of his pocket. Luckily dad got home within minutes and they were off to the hospital leaving mom to clean up the mess he had left in the bathroom. Ended up getting it glued and banadaged.

I'm tellin ya there is always something going on.

Usually it does include some kind of HUGE Dr. bill.

A little too much FUN in the SUN!

This past weekend we took the kids to White Water. This was out first venture there. The kids had so much fun! They loved the water. There was so much to do for the babies and the bigger kids. The lines weren't too long at all. Everyone had a good time. Hannah, Pete and the babies went with us. We didn't take any camera's or phones in so we have no pics which kinda stinks. I got over heated (even though I didn't feel it). Even though Aden got tired as long as we didn't stop he was fine. At first he was a little sceptic about all the water. He isn't a fan of being splashed, but after standing back for a few and watching all the other kiddo's he was all in. Bella loved it from the start. She went down any and all slides she was able. We had a picnic lunch and the kiddo's did good. No fits. Everyone ate their lunch and then we were back in the water. The wave pool is my favorite. For 15 minutes it's a regular pool and then for 10 min. they do waves. The waves are pretty big and get bigger the longer it's on. Marcus and Natalie loved that. Bella loved to jump the waves. Aden wasn't sure at first b/c they nearly knocked him down but our last venture in he was all about it. He kept trying to walk farther into the pool. The waves didn't let him go to far.

Overall it was lots of fun, the place was clean, we rented a semi-cabana so we had shade, a locker, a table and chairs to rest. We will definately be going back soon! Next time we will take some pics!

Housekeeping BLAH! Ants DOUBLE Blah!

I am currently at this point where I am SICK and TIRED of cleaning house. Since it's on the market to be sold I HAVE to keep it clean. So my daily routine includes LOTS of cleaning. With 6-9 of us in the house at once all day it needs constant picking up, cleaning, sweeping at least 4 times, mopping at least 2 times, disinfecting, and some DEODORIZING to make it not smell like diapers. :) Even though I do all this DAILY there is 1 little enemy that I can't keep out. ANTS. Honestly my arch enemy. No matter what I do I can NOT keep them OUT. Eveytime I treat for them they will stay gone for maybe a week and then they are back. I HATE them and they LOVE to torment me. I WILL beat them. If it's my daily/weekly/monthly goal I WILL win.

i HoPe.

My babies first haircuts

Here are a few photo's of Bella's first haircut and Aden's first trim. They were so good about it. Aden tried so hard. The second the hair hit the eyes he was yellin done.

Craziness Stage

So I believe we all go through many stages in life.

Sometimes the same stage happens more than once in our lives.

Right now we are very much so going through the craziness stage. So many times when someone has come to me and told me about all the craziness in their lives I always say "It's life and you just have to live it." Right now at this moment I am having a hard time taking my own advice.

It just seems like it's never ending. Everything going on with Marcus is so overwelming for everyone. It seems like 1 minute things are going good and it's going to be back to normal and then boom when you least expect it something happens. I love this boy so much. I pray daily I am making the right decisions for him and loving him as I should. Always pleading God's blood over him for protection and God's consuming love over him for peace and guidance.

Right now we are also hanging by a thread over all this real estate stuff. As of right now I am NOT a fan of realtors. They are about as bad as car sales men.....if not worse. We have been working on our credit for some time now. It seems like no matter how much we work on it there is always something else there. Especially now with the medical bills. So we are just weeks away from being approved for a home loan. We moved in our current house with hopes to buy it. Now that we have been in it and see all the problems it has and some that we can't see, but have learned it has it's a constant battle on what's the best thing to do. We have moved soooo many times in our lives. We really didn't want to have to do it again. We hate moving the kids schools. They are even sick of moving.

Now we are haveing to sit through strangers coming through the house, while I am here with all the kiddo's, to decide if they want to buy it. I so badly want to point out all the flaws. One thing I have learned about Frank and I is that we are WAY to gullable. People just eat us right up and spit us out.

So many prayers and studying happening right now. Trying to take in all that I am suppose to. Needing guidance in every move I make to make the right decisions with finding our home, taking care of our kids, taking care of others babies, being a good wife and friend.

It's this little thing called life and we all must live it!

Little Man Aden.....

Oh my....where do begin. He is into EVERYTHING. He loves his bub (Marcus). Has to do everything he does, wants to be in his room with him. Loves to play outside! Loves to climb! Everything has to be thrown! He has to (scream) tell MOOOOMAAAAA everything! And right now he likes to hit. This week finally we are getting the hang of NOT hitting. He is intregued by everything and wants to check it out. He seems to get sick alot. Ear infections are like every 2 months or so. And stomach bugs seem to really jump on him. Just had one this week.

He is so fun. We just laugh and remember when the older kids did these silly things. Wishin it would last longer.

Very silly and busy little boy!

MR. Marcus

This will be the longest update for sure. He has grown and changed SO much in the last year. I had no idea it would just change practially over night. It was like he was our little boy and then BOOM he had something stuck in his throat, and turned all hairy, OH and stinky. Bout gave me a nervous breakdown. I was totally not ready for all this. Never felt like I had to be a grown up until now. It honestly feels like I was that age yesterday. Although the things he has and is going through is lots different than what I went through.

Football was awesome this year! his team won the championship. Then they played a tournament in which he played offense and defense. He absolutely LOVED it! The very last game, which was the championship game he got hurt. They thought he broke his arm. Turned out to only be some very deep bruising.

He lives for that stuff.

Of course played basketball right after. Frank helped coach. Marcus did good. This season was a little hard for him. He was by far the tallest kid and got lots of fouls called for pretty much just standing there. Definataly tought him some things. There were some kids on the team that was new to playing ball and that was hard for him. He still loves it! Got hurt during this sport as well. Got elbowed in the chin one game and got some broken teeth and a jaw out of place. We are still going to the dentist and ortho to get this fixed.

The latest is that we just found out this week that he is having seizures. Had an episode at school and no one knew what was going on. They called the EMS and all. We thought he had an anxiety attack and just couldn't fingure out why. Then it happened again.....at school right in front of his teacher. Scared her. So then the Dr. visists started and she immediately said she thought is was a seizure. So far we have had an EEG done and he started a new medicine. I am very unsure and scared about the medicine part. There is so much bad to go along with the good. We are scheduled to meet and talk with the neurologist this Friday and also have an MRI done. He will also be having a EKG done next week sometime.

This is very hard for him. He is VERY active and now can't even go to school. They have asked that he not come until we could have an idea of what was going on so they could know how to handle it. He can't do anything in the water for a while. Just lots of changes happening at once. It's been a major change for all of us.

He is growing WAY to fast for me. So ready to take on the world all by his self. I'm scared and praying for peace in my mind daily. I remember when he was younger I wanted him to not be shy and just go out and play.

I so wish he could just sit right here with me and play and that would be enough.

Miss Natalie.....

Natalie is very silly and serious at the same time! Has really become a daddy's girl within the past year. Very independant. She played basketball had fun, did great! Then we did soccer. Just finished. She had lots of fun. We have learned with her it's all about fun. She is like her daddy and isn't in it for the Win. :) She tought her momma to have patience and enjoy watching! She has made straight A's or A B Honor roll all year! Mom and Dad are so proud of her!

She was introduced to Just Dance on the Wii by her friend and loves the game. Just doesn't like to be beat by mom. She likes to have her time in her room being lazy on her loft bed.

Very loving girl!

Miss Bella

Little Miss Bella got to play soccer this spring. She really liked it. She wasn't thrilled to have to play with boys, as you can see in the pic. She did have lots of fun. Her coach was young and didn't have alot of experience with all the young kiddo's. At first they played 4 on 4 and she really liked it, but after a few games they started playing 6 or 8 at a time per team and she was overwelmed. Her next activity will be some sort of dance. :)

She got to have her 3rd birthday at Chuck E. Cheese with her friends and family. She had a blast! Got lots of goodies! Wasn't so much a fan of Chuckie up close and personal.

She is so silly. Makes me laugh daily! Loves to sing and dance! Loves to change clothes every hour. Has just started actually cleaning her room! Wants to go to school. Loves to help mom and dad cook as often as possible. She loves everyone!

Such a blessing and joy to be around!

Catchin Up!

Wow, how time flies and life as well. It's aparently been 7 months since I have posted. Honestly I forgot I had the account. Another friend of mine started blogging and I logged on to follow her. Then what do you know I found my own account. :)

I don't even know where to start. I could go back on facebook and copy all my posts from there onto here and then we would be caught up. That has been my lifeline to the world outside of church and the kids sports I do nothing. So facebook is like a phone call for me. It's how I get to connect to the world. More importantly connect to grown ups. Some says it's wasting time, but for me to get on for 10 minutes it's a connection. That way I don't go around talking like a 2 year old and singing toddler toons all day.

I can't post one long post so I will post updates on all the kiddo's on seperate posts throughout the day!

Enjoy our cRaaaZy life!