2 plus 2 plus twins

BLESSED!!!

2011-02-21T11:50:00.000-08:00

Feeling blessed today....

Christian has had strep throat and a fever virus together all week. He has been kept in our room all week alone (Caroline said "He is like Rapunzel") I felt a little tired and frustrated and sad for him when I thought (or God slapped me in the face) with...I am so blessed that he is even upstairs for me to go up to for the 10th time to take his temperature!! We could be at Vanderbilt in the cancer center or in a bed with a coma or a million other worse things so get over it and be so thankful for what you have, JUST STREP THROAT!!!! Thank you Lord for the slap and for my precious first baby boy!

Too long again!!

2011-02-19T18:20:00.000-08:00

Ahhh...how has it been 5 months!! I said I wanted to do this and I am pretty bad at it! My friends have these amazing blogs that make me laugh and cry and I really want to try so here I go again.

At the moment Christian is battling strep throat plus maybe the flu...he has been at 103 to 104 all weekend. Caroline is days away from being a 5 year old which I can hardly believe and Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum figured out how to take off their pj's in bed which makes us come in to see them which makes them laugh hysterically!

Just to get up to date I am picking one pic of each of them to give our current status which WILL BE BETTER UPDATED from now on!

We have had LOTS AND LOTS of snow this winter and Christian has loved it!! My fave memory is when we had a little friend of Caroline's over and he and Christian were not done in the snow when Caroline was so as they walked back out to the sled hill Christian asked him "You still go to Mustard Seed??" When the child replied "YES" Christian, confident that this child had a good grasp on creation, said "Bud, we are going back into God's creation"! Thank you Mustard Seed Preschool!!!

All Caroline wanted for her birthday was to start gymnastics (pronounced gynastics to her)! I took her for a free trial lesson and she ate it up. Not only was it picture day, which she posed perfectly for, but she loved each exercise so much and did great! PLUS the outfits are really sparkly which is always an incentive!

Benjamin and Peyton still LOVE outside and have learned many more new words to add to "shoes" which was their plea to be let out! Car, Milk, Truck, JJ, Papai, Mimi (all mastered while we were in hawaii) bird, dog, baby......they are crazy little guys but we love them!

OK...never will I go this long again and I hope maybe by tomorrow I will figure out what antibiotic will work for Christian (he came down mid post and his throat looks 10 times worse than the day we started the z-pac)!!! Ahhh life as a mom!!!

School Pictures!!!

2010-08-30T09:10:00.000-07:00

wow almost a year

2010-08-29T20:03:00.000-07:00

OK...I have no pictures or great stories but I REALLY want to start blogging again...for myself....where has the year gone?

Christian is in first grade and loving it, he is growing so much. Caroline is at "Christian's school" in Pre-K and is doing well.

The babies are home with me and into EVERYTHING!!! They need to walk but I think are just so content to crawl they do not want to!

Too much has happened in the year to wite about but with 2 out of 4 kids gone at school I want to blog so I can remember these days as they go by way too fast!

Wes got the job...Praise the Lord!

2009-10-30T20:31:00.000-07:00

After months and months and months of interviews and flights and tests Wes, well God, gave Wes a new job. He will be working for Stryker Orthopaedics. Be careful if you need shoulder or knee surgery, Wes may be in the operating room!

Gentry's Farm 2009

2009-10-25T14:17:00.000-07:00

As a tradition we always got to Gentry's Farm during October. This year we again got to go with Christian's school which is so nice. We played in the corn mazes, went on a hayride, went swinging on tire swings..so much fun! We even got to see a baby cow that had just been born! I always make the kids take a picture at the wagon in the front. It is so fun to see how they grow every year!

My cute Baby Boys!

2009-10-25T14:14:00.000-07:00

Just pictures of the cutest twins on the block...and there are other twins down the street:-)

Baby Princesses

2009-10-25T14:12:00.000-07:00

Caroline and her friend Libby were hanging with the boys...that's all I can say!

Christian's Birthday Part 2

2009-10-25T13:57:00.000-07:00

OK...I am really behind but want these pics for the archive! Christian has his birthday "day" at the waterpark so on September 11 we just had a family party which is always a big deal as well. He started the day out at school where he recieved his "birthday book"! Mrs. Blue talked about what a great boy he is and said he was a very "unique individual"...that sure sums up Christian! Later that night we went to Kuku and Mimi's for the party! He played outside, opened gifts, has a Star Wars cake and had lots of fun! We love you our big 6 year old boy!!! Cannot believe it has been 6 years!

Caroline is Off to School!!!

2009-10-02T13:51:00.000-07:00

Her big day finally arrived and she was SO SO excited! Caroline was off to Mustard Seed Preschool! She had no problems, loves her teacher Miss Ellen and is ready to learn. We love you Caroline!!!

Twin Bath

2009-09-07T11:59:00.000-07:00

The babies' baths were becoming a little like an assembly line so I tried them together in the tub with just a little water! This made for a more relaxing, spa like experience for the little guys. They loved it!!

Christian's Birthday Day!

2009-09-07T11:46:00.000-07:00

Well...Christian is almost 6 and so we decided a one on one day was in order! We took the little daredevil to Nashville Shores. Funny how a day going up and down stairs all day in between going down slides and pumping was one of the most relaxing days I have had in awhile! He was REAL NERVOUS as we pulled in and he saw the 4 flights of stairs leading up to the slides. After much coaxing and actually threatening he got up his courage to go with me on the double tube down the first slide. After about 2 seconds in a still nervous shaky voice he said "Mom...knock knock"..I said "Who's there"...he said "Fun"...I said "Fun who"... to which he said "This is FUN"!!! The slide ended and immediatly he said "Let's do it again". All in all we had a blast and enjoyed being with our first born all day. He did say several times though.."Caroline would love this"..what a sweet brother!!! Happy Birthday Christian!

Wedding Anniversary and Dress Up

2009-09-04T13:38:00.000-07:00

Tuesday was Wes and my 7th anniversary!!! So much had happened in the last 7 years. We have lived in 3 houses, had four children, Wes has had a couple jobs. Sometimes I feel like it was just yesterday and other times I can't even remember life before Wes:-) As Christian was at school Caroline and I went down memory lane and I showed her my wedding dress. Of course she LOVED it and wanted me to wear it while she wore her flower girl dress. I have not put that thing on in seven years. The tummy area was tight but I wore it long enough to snap a few pictures and Caroline really did think I was a princess!!!

2009-08-22T20:52:00.000-07:00

August 12, 2009- Christian's First Day of Kindergarten

A day of emotions for sure. As we were loading the car at 6:45AM we noticed we had missed a call from Pastor Steve Berger letting us know Josiah had been in a serious car accident. We headed to school, stopping a Cracker Barrell for a special breakfast and walked Christian in. He was all smiles as you can see. He is LOVING Kindergarten and his teacher. I am excited to have a little boy who truly loves learning and know he will do well this year...if they can keep his attention span!!

Josiah went to be with Jesus 3 days later. It was an amazing time of praying and begging God for a miracle. Steve said it best, that we asked to be given a miracle and we gave one instead. Josiah was an organ donor and 77 lives will be changed because of him. His homegoing service was amazing. His family is such a testimony to Christ already and an alter call was given at the memorial!!! You don't see that everyday. As Christian and Caroline say...Josiah is healed, he just lives with Jesus now. We can't wait to see him again!

Two Peas in a Pod

2009-07-21T21:24:00.000-07:00

Saturday we took pictures of the babies. My extremely talented brother, Brandon Chesbro came over to take the photos and the babies performed perfectly..they were little pros. We got carried away and had so much fun!! Thanks Uncle Brandon!!!

Funny Christian Conversations

2009-07-21T21:01:00.000-07:00

conversation number one:
Mommy: "Christian...you can give some of the coins in your piggybank to the offering at VBS"
Christian: "I don't really want to"
Mommy: "OK..well I don't want to make you, you just need to feel in your heart what you want to do"
Christian: "OK..well I want to give some but not any of my silver ones"

conversation number two: on the way to the zoo
Mommy: "Wow, the babies' have never been to the zoo"
Christian: "You know where else they have never been?"
Mommy: "Where?"
Christian: " The place where dreams come true" (meaning DisneyWorld)

2009-07-15T20:08:00.000-07:00

OK...just playing with how this whole blogging thing works...Here is my family on 4th of July! This is our "funny picture" as Christian says. We had a blast at Kuku and Mimi's and watched fireworks even though it started raining!

Blogging to Make Memories

2009-07-15T08:33:00.000-07:00

I realized last night when my sister inlaw told me I could make my blog a book that I should really use this advance in technology to make memories of this CRAZY time of life!!! So....here it goes....people may read it to see what we are up to but most of all this is for me to have to look back on and remember when the kids were little and I had just enough time to jot down here what went on that day. Here goes nothing....