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!