The Sunday Morning Post....

Just a few pictures....
to keep you up to date....
on the daily changes that occur in my children....
Can you stand the cuteness? 
I need more time with them!  (Do we ever have enough time with our kids?  Ashley only has 2 more years at home ... then off to college.  Yikes!)

Seriously?

What is up with the funky-lopsided beanie?

I love my family!

Oh Where Does the Time Go?

Wow...Just a quick update, then some photos.  (Because I know that is the only reason you stop by!)

Back in October, Tim and I began our adventure as business owners.  We purchased a Mr. Rooter franchise, and jumped right in.  Please remember that I was an Education major in college.  Business, finance, accounting, taxes, reconciling,...NONE of this was anywhere near the buildings that I attended classes in.  Reading, Education, and English literature were my focuses.  I didn't know the first thing about running a business.  I found out quickly that I needed to hire someone to help me and show me the ropes.  I finally (last week) found the best CSR in the world.  She TELLS me what to do, and how to do it.  She will soon be running my office, and I'm so glad she is here.  (Thanks Michelle for saving my family!)

So, while learning how to be a working mom (and not adjusting well to it), life literally ran by me!  I can't believe that it is May!  And the END of May at that!

January - the twins turned 2.  I posted about that - you can read about it in the older posts area...

February - Soccer was in full swing....The girl's not only made it to the state championships, but they WON!  Ashley has another letter to put on her jacket, and a championship ring to wear.  It is very cool!  (Pictures at a later time on the jacket/ring thing.)

The twins started sleeping in big boy beds. 

March - Track season!  Hmmm....a lot of hurry up and wait. 

April - Tyler turned 4!  He is getting so big.  We celebrated with a blue birthday cake at one of Ashley's soccer tournaments. 

May - Ashley turned 16!  Holy cow.  Where did my baby girl go?  She's all grown up, dating, going to formal dances, driving, working, etc.  Crazy how little attention we pay to the little things while our children are growing, and then when they get big...we forget.  I vow to pay more attention to the little things with the boys....

The twins decided they don't like their beds (mine is better), but when they get the boot out of my bed they head to the floor...

Tim turned..@!.. He is working more actively in the Mr. Rooter business.  We started running van #4!  Hurray!  We are truly blessed!

Check out a few new photos...

(I still haven't  figured out the new Blogger photo adder thing.  It's not new anymore...I know.  Sad me.)

It's Wednesday Night...

and I should be....

• closing out the invoices that my secretary submitted today (and yesterday!)...
• doing payroll...those guys are going to want checks in the morning...
• getting ready for bed...
• running (didn't get that done this morning)...
• putting Isaiah to bed...again...for the 24th time!

NOT -

• playing with a playlist that I just figured out how to add to my blog....
• wondering why my May calendar looks a few dozen pens have a mind of their own and scribbled notes all over...
• looking at June and thinking, "What the heck?  I'm not there yet and already it looks like my pens have taken over!"...
• contemplating whether I should check my FaceBook page...
• seriously considering getting my picture hard drive out and finding pictures for Morgan (her birthday is next week!)...
• trying to find my usb cords for my phone to upload songs because I need to change my ringtone...
• playing on my blog that I haven't seen in three months...

I'm almost back girls! 

I have news...

I have photos...

I almost have a life, again. 

Thanks to Michelle for taking over in our office. 

That office which is gloriously out of my house! 

Whoo Whoo!

Post 5 ~ Ashley

Don't let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity.

1 Timothy 4:12 NIV

Post #4 ~ Aiden

"But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and forever! Amen. "

2 Peter 3:18

God gives us all unique talents...

Ashley's unique talent is balancing on a soccer ball.

While eating!

She stayed like this the entire time she was eating.

Ashley, what are you eating?

(Must be something not on the clean eating list...she won't show me!)

Look at the stability...the talent...can you get a scholarship for this?

 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.

Jeremiah 29:11

 

We can afford to buy her new shoes...she just refuses to wear anything other than these...and her cleats!

My Little Angel...On The Phone...Again

This kid...

is a phone thief!

So for Christmas, Grammy bought him a phone.

On his birthday, he got a ring toss game.

Trust me, the rings don't make him an angel!

He stole my real phone last night!

Train up a child in the way he should go,

And when he is old he will not depart from it.

Proverbs 22:6 

 

I wonder if Tim and I spend too much time on our cell phones? 

Aiden will walk around the house just jabbering on the phone.

It is too funny!

Riding in the Cottonwood Christmas Parade 2009.

The theme was Lasting Traditions.

Ashley wore an 1800's period dress (except the shoes!) and rode sidesaddle the entire parade.

It was so cold that day that by the time she reached the end of the parade, she couldn't move her hands to work her phone.  When she finally made it back to the truck she was absolutely freezing.

(I had seen her ride in enough parades for the year...I sat in my heated truck, read a book, and waited for the phone call to go pick her up at the end of the parade.)

Post #3 - Determination

My goal was to post current photos in my Project 52 Goal, but I was randomly searching through old photos and came across this one.

 I don't remember taking it. 

I remember the age of my girl though...13 years old.  ~ She was "schooling" her Pop at chess. 

• I don't know how to play the game. 
• I don't want to know how to play the game. 
• There isn't enough talking in that game. 
• There is too much concentration in that game. 
• I get kicked out of the room when others are playing that game.

Aiden and Isaiah's Birthday Celebration

Grandma Goof, Pop, Chandler, Cameren, Aunt Susan, and Katy all called on speaker phone to sing Happy Birthday to the boys.

Isaiah was so excited!  Of course, Isaiah loves talking on the phone.

Tim was busy making lunch.  Spaghetti - a family favorite.

Isaiah likes the olives!

Tyler with alien fingers.

Aiden wasn't too sure about the whole cake thing.  He just wanted to eat it - not worry about any candles.

Grammy was trying to get Isaiah to blow out his candles.

Isaiah doesn't have those muscles working yet.  Our speech therapist is working on it...no worries...wait til you see what sister taught him.

Aiden finally dug into the frosting...

Just pinch them out...No that is not really what she said.

Here she is actually trying to save him.  He wanted to touch the flame.

Time for gifts...

I love watching their expressions.

Here is Tyler playing with their new toys.  The twins were off somewhere else...