The "boys" according to Alyssa.....

So here is the latest "gospel" from Alyssa:

I was putting her to bed the other night and after we got done saying our prayer, which BTW we had to pray for Pweacher Steve because he is having surgery soon so keep him in your prayers, she said " Mommy I did good I kept my eyes closed the whole time"! I said "Yes you did very good!" She said " When someone is praying we don't start talking, " I said that was right when we talk to Jesus we should be respectful. Alyssa stopped me and said "No mommy we are talking to God this time." I told her that God and Jesus were the same, wow Trinity discussion to a 4 year old, amazing that she got it and some adults cant! Well, I told her how God was the Father and Jesus was the Son, she then said, " Yeah Mommy you know Noah? He is one of the "boys" too!" I just grinned and told her she was right! How great it is for all of us to be "one of the boys"! Thank you God for giving us sweet children that put everything into perspective!

Worlds worst blogger!!

Ok so it has been forever since I have blogged so to all you nay-Sayers out there, here we are! Sorry for the delay! Just wanted to post a few random pics of all that has been going on here lately, sorry for the randomness but pictures take so long to download on here it would take forever to get caught back up!

This pic is Alyssa at Panama City Beach........what isn't it warm at the beach! Not a chance! It was ice cold bummer!! Thanks for the jacket Emily!

The next is Alyssa at Awana Derby were she won 2nd place for best looking car! Thanks Dad!

These are just some crazy pics of Alyssa at the beach with some of the girls! So it was almost warm enough to swim one day, but still pretty cold!

Yeah really too cold to be swimming but you cant tell from the pictures!!:)

My two beautiful children in there Easter best!!!!


Eli with no shoes or socks! As usual!:)

Trying their best to get dirty! What is it about wanting to get dirty in Easter clothes! Eli spit up on his right before we walked out the door! Yuck!

The whole family! Sorry it is a little dark, not sure what was up with the camera! And yes, Allen did have on a suit! Thought the youth were gonna have a heart attack!

So that is a quick review of what has been going on with us lately! More to come............sometime!:)

Snow day!

OK, so this is a little random because I have procrastinated putting up snow day pics on here, and now I am getting around to doing it on the day when the high was 75 degrees outside! Can the weather get any stranger!!!??? I am glad we got such a beautiful snow before the end of winter, but today was absolutely beautiful and I am ready to welcome spring!! My favorite part of snow day was the amazement in Eli's eyes the first time he saw the snow, priceless!

Eli watching Daddy and Alyssa "Sledding"

"Penny" the Snowman

Making snow ice cream

Eli hanging out after all the snow festivities were over!

So, there are a few of the pics, next post pics of today's beautiful weather!

Just wanted to send out a Happy 31st Birthday wish to one of my favorite men in my life! Happy Birthday Allen, I love you with all my heart! I have loved spending the last 12 birthdays with you and I cant wait to spend many, many more! I love you!!!

Camryn!!!

Its late on Saturday night but I couldn't let the day end without giving a shout-out to one of my favorite little people! Camryn is 3 years old today and we wanted to let her know what a sweet and special little girl she is !! WE LOVE YOU CAMMY!!!! Happy 3rd Birthday!!!Camryn just a few hours old... and Camryn (almost)3 years old!!!

(P.S.- stole your blog idea, Heather, hope you dont mind!!!:) )

Happy V-day!!

I remember when I was younger, that valentines day was either dreaded or a day of excitement. If I didn't have a significant other it was a dreaded day if I did well let the flowers and candy begin! We would all wait impatiently for the front office at school to call our name and then we would go pick up our flowers etc. This began as early as 6th grade!!! Now that I have a permanent valentine :) (the hubby ) There is alot less worry and anticipation.....unless you are worried he is gonna forget! :) It is nice to have such a wonderful husband, who even though the gifts at Valentines day may not be as extravagant, is more than just flowers and candy. Those things are wonderful, what girl wouldn't want that but more than that he is:

V-very thoughtful of my needs.
A-always there when I need encouragement or a place to vent.
L-loving, even in the small details
E-extremely committed
N-never backs down on his commitments
T-true to his first love, God
I-in touch with the feelings of all around him
N-not afraid to get a little crazy :)
E-engrossed with taking care of his family.

This is just a little sappy note to say how much I love my Valentine, big Al! He has been my Valentine for 11 years now and I cant wait to spend many more with him~ I love you Allen!!!

Random happy pictures!

So I didn't really have anything to blog about so I decided that everyone may need some cheering up. What better way of doing that than posting cute pictures of my favorite kids!!

Here is Eli being so happy!
Love that grin!

My two favorite girls all dressed up for Halloween, I know its late but how cute!

Alyssa and her favorite brother!

And last but not least, my silly girl, gotta love that face!