It's A Long Story......BUT Someone Has to tell It!

Here ya go Mom

2009-09-21T04:17:00.000-07:00

Well Saturday was a pretty neat day for me....Our local Christian camp hosted a ladies day that was SOOO much fun.

We made candy and candles and body lotions and body scrubs...At least that was the first part of the Day!! The second part of the day we got to get facials, hair cuts adn hair styled hand , foot and back massages, and our makeup done! They also provided free child care to which TORNADO HAD A BLAST!

I can home just smiling away i had so much fun...THANKS HONEY FOR THE SURPRISE!
I also came home with a new hair cut and a few new Ideas on how to deal with the amazing amount of hair I have!!!
Well First I had it layered. I had it like this in college a lot BUT i always made it curly. The lady who styled my hair used a flat iron on my hair which really made the layers stand out AND then she put anti Frizz stuff on my hair. I never thought my hair was frizzy but what a neat transformation! Now I must admit I had to brush my hair before our Open house that evening so it is more poofy than earlier in the day!

Tornado said the cutest thing to me at the camp as I helped him up to the water fountain...he looked up at me with those blue eyes of his and said (without any prompting) "Mommy your hair looks so beautiful"
Talk about melting a mommies heart! What a sweet boy you are!

Today We Are Sad

2009-09-17T07:58:00.000-07:00

This morning we found out via a facebook post by a friend of ours that her little girl is going to die! This touches my heart so much because this little girls holds a VERY special Place in my heart. She was one of my two flower girls.....I also lived with her family for a couple of weeks while I looked for an apartment my senior year of college and her mom DID all of my flowers for my wedding!

The family is going through some other Major trauma as well and could REALLY use your prayers. Sasha you are such a brave young lady and we LOVE YOU!!

A VERY Long Story Cut VERY Short!

2009-09-15T17:07:00.000-07:00

We got one dog,
His name was Ace.
He seemed to be just our pace.
He was cute
but he was huge.
He was a Great Dane Lab Mix!

The sad thing was this cute dog of ours
Got attacked by a pit bull the day after we got him.
And then he was scared ...
He nipped at hubby and I though he cared for the kids!
So we said goodbye through many tears.

We prayed and Prayed
And through much looking we found a pair meant to be.
What joy they have brought.
Their names are Linus and Lucy and they are as happy as can be!
Being Lazy as you will see

They are quite and lazy and and as laid back as can be for two little Puppies of the ripe old age of five months. they are brother and sister and they love each other. Labs are companion dogs...they LOVE the companionship of other dogs and it has worked well.

We will miss you Ace And we Love you Lucy and Linus!

My Life in the last two days....

2009-08-19T07:34:00.000-07:00

Tornado Singing Baa Baa Black sheep yesterday.."One for my master, one for the dame and one for the little boy who lives down the drain"

Hubby had called me to make some updates on the prayer list and Vug started crying so I let Hubby go and went to see the trouble...the trouble...Tornado and Ladybug were "holding communion" With Ladybug's' plastic Teapot and Tornado saying "and this water wepwresents Chwist's Bwood"...Apparently vug is too young to take preschool communion!!! LOL...I called Hubby right back...Hubby laughed as hard as I did. Hubby said "he is setting himself up for a hard road" You should hear this boy preach and he is ONLY 4!

Lafybug is actually playing ...YAY...that's after she informed me this morning."I'm not sick anymore *vomit*...." Insert a very whiny as sick as you can get tone for a three year old!

Yep that about sums it up!

Can you believe it...

2009-08-17T17:11:00.000-07:00

Summer is almost over....
It has been such an eventful summer and I am frankly tired.
As the new school year rolls around and we homeschool both tornado and Lady Bug through pre-school I have a new plan set in place! So I will be able to blog more regularly here....AND POST MORE PICTURES AS WELL! So we will see you more often after Labor day..See you then

Family Photo Shoot Installation #3

2009-07-31T04:23:00.001-07:00

Family Photo Shoot #2

2009-07-30T10:50:00.000-07:00

Family Photo Shoot! #1

2009-07-29T06:10:00.000-07:00

Long time No Post

2009-04-04T14:18:00.000-07:00

So it has been over a month since we have last posted ANYTHING to this blog and I am SOOO sorry....BUT we have moved and had a VERY eventful month...LadyBug got sick..which made mommy get sick with pinkeye and the flu which made tornado and Vug get sick..We fgot better this past weekend..that is until Tuesday (mommy's birthday) when EVERYONE woke up with a dreadful 24 hour stomach bug. Thursday was our churches AWANA grand prix (hence the reason for this post.

It was Tornado's first time racing and we wanted to share some pictures of his car!..which hubby made with a little help from the kids!

Internet shuts off today...

2009-02-26T06:36:00.000-08:00

Okay so i don't know just how long it will be until we get internet hookup in the parsonage BUT it will happen eventually so this is the last time you will hear from me in a while...I love you guys and please pray for our transition time! I will be be back...THAT IS NOT A THREAT BUT A PROMISE!!

MOVING DAY IS SATURDAY!

HI ALL

2009-02-07T11:13:00.000-08:00

Our family at the Creation Museum In Petersburg Kentucky!

I know it has been an incredibly Long time since we lasted posted HOWEVER we are going through some Major family changes over the next month and we hope you can hold out that long......

Now I know you are wondering what on earth is going on ...well I am going to tell You!!!

We are moving across state! Hubby was called to a church at the end of January 3 days before we left on our family vacation to Nashville and Northern Kentucky. We have been back for a week and are in the full swing of packing up our whole house to move in three weeks!

So hold onto your hats because we have some really neat things to show you...It may just be some time til we can get to it!

Tonight at Dinner

2009-01-05T16:39:00.000-08:00

Vug tonight at dinner He may be sick but he is still a happy Little guy!

CHRISTMAS CUTENESS

2008-12-29T11:18:00.000-08:00

Can i start off By saying HOLY COW! It has been two months to the day since I last posted on this Blog. I am so Sorry things have been so crazy around here as of late So here are Some Christmas photos Please Enjoy

Ladybug Loving her new Bike From Uncle s

Tornado's new bike from uncle S

Vug just wants to play with paper

Oh and eat it too

Lady Bug and Vug climbing around the packages

A Christmas smooch from Tornado to Lady bug

How cute

Open your eyes you silly boy!

Almost all of them looking at me!

What a cute little guy. Growing up SOOO Big SOOO fast!

New pics

2008-10-29T10:00:00.001-07:00

can you guess what I was eating!?!

Sleepy Head!

2008-10-14T17:43:00.001-07:00

Snug as a Vug In a Rug!!!

Haircuts!

2008-10-14T17:34:00.001-07:00

A Ton of Pictures!

2008-10-13T10:06:00.000-07:00

Saturated with Blood!

Eating makes Me SOOOOO sleepy!

Snoring away!

He fell asleep while I was going to get the other two clothes for after bath time..
Which daddy was giving

Pumpkin patch activities!

Long Line for a Long Slide!

Getting closer to the top!

Lady bug and pappy!

What Happened..Daddy and Tornado!

Farm Barrel train ride!

Daddy and Lady bug!

Tornado and the calf

Tornado and the tractor

What a cute little tractor

The bug and the Calf!

The Big cow gave her a kiss!

So what's all the fuss about...All I get to do is sit here and watch!

Lady Bugs staples! Owie Owie!

I was being a cute Stinker!

2008-10-06T17:15:00.000-07:00

Tonight I was being a stinker but mommy said I was being a cute stinker. I didn't want to go to bed as you can see. I was not tired, I wanted to play but daddy took all my toys away and just let me have this little stuffed lamb....He's good to chew on and he is soft and he says the cutest little prayer but I much prefer my monkey who hangs by his tail and makes funny noises and his red nose flashes at me!

As you can see I can sit up quite well now and every once in a while mommy catches me on my knees trying to stand up but I am going make her wait as long as I can to see me stand...She might just faint!

I am cutting two more teeth that came through today...that makes agrand toal of 6 teeth for me!

I am still a very happy boy and mommy and daddy keep talking about me saying dada but I just laugh at them and say mommy...though I did surprised her with pop pop a few days ago when she and tornado were talking about POP POP...I think that's the guy with the caterpillar on his lip!

Mommy thinks I don't know how to talk but she would flip if she found out I could type!

GOOD NIGHT!

Watercolors Galore

2008-10-06T16:46:00.000-07:00

These are pictures i took today while the kids were using water colors and Vug was eating his breakfast.

A New Method for Relieving Hiccups

2008-09-27T17:01:00.000-07:00

Tonight at dinner we were all sitting around the dinner table. Tornado Myself and lady bug had all finished and we were waiting patiently on daddy and Vug when tornado goes. Oh No We gotta get the hiccups out. I asked him if he wanted a drink to which he replied..."Please take off my head and get the hiccups out?" To which I replied..Oh if it were only that easy!

Hey Dum Dum Give Me Gum Gum!

2008-09-15T07:03:00.000-07:00

Now just imagine Tornado running around with lady Bug Close behind reciting this portion of the Movie.

By the way i highly recommend this movie. It's hilarious..Mostly because it stars two of my favorite funny people. Dick Van Dyke along with Robin Williams who plays Teddy Roosevelt!. It also has on Cast Mickey Rooney!!!

The Main actor is Ben Stiller!

If you haven't seen it, it is a riot!

3 Year Old Olympic hopeful -In Training

2008-08-26T08:46:00.000-07:00

Tornado came running in to our room going

"Mommy mommy watch me go fwimming!"

So i followed him to his room where he showed me this....

When I asked him at the end where he learned to do that he looked at me with those big blue eyes and said ...

"The olymsicis"

He has loved watching the Olympics with us! I guess he loved it more than I realized. You can't see it in the picture but the toddler bed is up on top of two mattresses and a box spring and he is jumping onto another mattress and box spring! Oh and he put the toddler bed up there!

2008-08-26T06:44:00.000-07:00

notice the view of the beautiful bridge

Yes that sky has been altered. Apparently i had a smudge on the lens that affected the pictures..i was able to crop most of them but this one it was right next to the bridge!

At dinner

GW bridge at night time...4 am to be aeact

Part of the city at 4 am on Monday morning

I only got two shots of the kids. We really didn't have an opportunity to take pictures. We were supposed to go to the beach with friends who are CEF missionaries on the island but their youngest son got sick so we couldn't get together!

It's all my fault!

2008-08-19T03:53:00.000-07:00

So I wrote at the end of my last post that we were heading for a local amusement park! I also said that I would take lots of pictures ...If I remembered my camera...Well the good news is I did...the bad news is i forgot my card! Sorry! It was still in the dock from my last major upload~

So here is a couple of highlights....

1. There is a water park attached. And in that water park there is a Kiddies pool. Well Lady bug Loves the water. Tornado Does not!!!! Anyway so there are two small slides that go into very shallow water...Lady bug immediately loved this. Slides and water her two favorite things!! Well she went down the slide about 3 times the conventional way..you know sitting up n your bum feet facing forward! Well she was doing this all alone with Daddy standing at the bottom waiting for here..with Tornado when she decided to go down face first on her belly!...Yep i know that would have made a REALLY cute picture but alas! Anyway she REALLY loved that so she quickly got out of the pool and walked up the ramp again..Except for this time the slide went faster than it had any other of the four times she went down. She went face first into the pool with an immediate reaction from both daddy and the life guard. The funny thing it is she was all upset she wanted to do it again and we had decided to head to another water park ride.

2. The next ride was a floating ride where you sit on an inner tube and float down a river, At three different spots there are places where you get completely soaked if you manage to get under the water umbrella or two waterfalls. Tornado sat on Daddy's Lap and Lady bug sat on my lap....We went at different time because someone had to stay with vug! I think Mommy and daddy liked this a whole lot more than the other two!! I think Lady bug liked it as long as there was not water pouring over her head!

3. We only did two water things..here wasn't much we could do with three small kids and then we moved onto the kiddie park. Where tornado and Lady bug got to ride in a T-Bird!!! A little motorized car on a track..They had a blast...however at the end of the ride Tornado didn't understand that he wasn't going to keep the car. He thought it was his!!! Then it was on to the little boats that went in a circle....By this point Tornado understood it was not his boat and he had a blast. Tornado sat in the front steering and Lady bug sat in the back seat steering.. then we had an hour meeting with a friend we met there (the whole reason for going)

4. Then it was back for more kiddie rides. The turtles and the airplanes....The turtle ride looked so cute but the kids only made it around the track twice (they were the only two on it at the time) They hated every minute of it. It was a circular track with only two small bumps but nonetheless they hated it and the girl stopped the ride so they could get off! Then there were the airplanes....not well liked either mostly because they went up a few feet...Like to my head. Anyway they liked it just fine when they were closer to the ground but they didn't stop the ride. However we were kinda worried because both kids wouldn't look out at us but kept focusing on the center of the ride! If they would have thrown up they would have never wanted to ride rides again. Then it was off for a snack and one more ride on the T-Birds for both kiddos and then a boat ride for Tornado.

5. Mommy got to ride one ride. Kind of like the the Cosmotron at the local amusement park near where I grew up except for it is not inside a building and there is one huge bump in the back! Oh yeah and the play mostly OLDIES! With a little of the new stuff mixed in!

6. Then it was off to Friendly's for Ice cream with our friends from UTAH. Where Tornado slept on the bench and didn't have any ice cream and Lady Bug spilled a glass of Ice water...on Mommy's Lap!

Well we had a lot of fun...sorry we forgot the camera card. Maybe next time!

Saturday !!

2008-08-17T05:03:00.000-07:00

Tumble!

Climbing High

What Are you Doing to Me!

No mommy I'm being Good

(I don't think the picture shows it very well but between Lady Bug and Tornado we have a mote between our side walk and front steps...It will swallow you up...or just break an ankle!)

WHEEEE!!!

Here I come!

Sneaking a Hug

Look out MLB Here I Come!

Swinging Siblings!

Strike two!

Ready as I will Ever Be

This isn't So Bad!

Mid Swing

Hey Where Do you Think you're Going?
To The Park!

Awww!

Not the Conventional Way!

Loves to ride his Tricycle

Fun Fun Fun!!!

How Sweet

Still trying

She's Gonna Be our Roller Coaster girl!

All About Anything with an Engine!

Did i mention she like sliding too!

We just call him Coach!

(His favorite movies are the three Mighty Ducks movies and Rookie of the Year!)

She's our Major dirt digger!

Vug has become a living breathing work of Art

(we think lady bug did it when he was in the high chair eating!)

Help From Daddy!

W will be heading to a local amusement park on Monday so be looking for updated photos...That is if I can remember the Camera! See you around the blogosphere!

Sleepy Heads

2008-08-11T04:30:00.000-07:00

As of the this last week I think we have had at least one thunderstorm every night. And that means scared kiddos.

This is the picture hubby and I woke up to on Friday this last week. They were cuddled up at the bottom of our bed!!!

And this was Saturday night where we had about 10 thunderstorms / about one every twenty minute or so. One would end and twenty minutes later another would start. I will say this though..it is considerably cooler!!!

She turns TWO!!

2008-08-07T16:55:00.000-07:00

Lady Bug turns two today...And bot looking back has she changed. She is such a beautiful little girl!!With Captivating eye s and an electric smile. What a joy she is. Here are a few pictures to mark today's events!
This is Lady Bug a few days after she was born

And this is her today..with her birthday presents..not the dolls or the back pack but the stroller and high chair...

This was her dinner..She didn't have cake for dinner ..Ok so maybe in a way she did!. Her favorite is pancakes. So i made chocolate chip pancakes with cool whip and blueberry syrup and sprinkles.

She loved it!!!
She wasn't quite sure what t make of the candles though
She tried and tried to blow them out but it just didn't work!
So someone had to help after the 5th or 6th try!!

And this is the aftermath...by the way that is tapioca pudding!!

She didn't want her picture taken so she closed her eyes thinking..if I can't see you you surely can't see me!!

We will have Birthday cupcakes when our friends come up for a visit this weekend. their daughter turns one in a week!

Battles Waged

2008-08-04T08:02:00.000-07:00

We had a GREAT weekend! Hubby and the kids walked around the lake (that's 3 Miles)On Saturday he took Just Tornado and Lady bug. Vug wasn't awake yet so he slept a while longer. On Sunday Hubby took all three. Now you may ask how can he take all three. He wasn't by himself either of those days. hid parents were also at the Conference!!

The two toddlers were in the double Stroller and Vug was in a front pack on Hubby! They had a great time.

We didn't get any pictures this weekend but I can tell you of some happenings that occurred.
Friday

Got to camp and set up
In the middle of the night had a huge Thunderstorm that lasted hours (no we didn't get soaked)

Saturday

Went swimming in the pool (Tornado hates this, but remarkably he is always the one who begs to go)
Had lunch at dining hall
Were going to go to the concert but we decided that we didn't want to overload the kids so we played with the kids in the open field near our camp site
Another huge thunderstorm (no we didn't get soaked)

Sunday

Hubby and kids walked around the lake
Church services..a good friend was the speaker
Pappy took tornado and Lady bug to play at the play ground around the hedge row from our camp site...He put Tornado and Lady bug on One end of the Teeter totter and himself on the other end....What ensued resulted in these pictures

Yep you guessed it he fell off. He didn't fall very far but it was enough to give him that nice Shine!

After lunch and their nap he got to go play with grandma at the Big play ground hear the pool. They played in the sand box and miniature golf, baseball, tether ball and lots of other fun things while mommy and daddy broke camp and packed up. We had dinner at the dinning hall and then went to the evening services. I managed to get sick during the service..due to something i ate..Once It was out of my system i was perfectly fine..Beginning to end 1 hour! It was so weird!

The camp is so amazing with a huge lake the camp offers Pontoon boats. rowboats canoes, paddle boats and a speedboat where you can water ski and tubing!

They also have a swimming pool, tennis and basketball courts Shuffle board and miniature golf course, tether ball, 2 playgrounds, a Huge camper section, cottages, tent sites, a motel and a huge array of sports equipment. You don't have to bring your own. And A game room with all sorts of table games! Not to mention all the great speakers. you get two sessions everyday but that still leaves plenty of time to enjoy the outdoors and make some great friends!

Well I have a huge pile of stuff down in our den that is just calling me to unpack it So i will write again soon!

A Camping We will Go!

2008-07-31T20:31:00.000-07:00

Tomorrow we will embark on our second camping trip with three small kids! No we will not have a camper and yes we will be in a tent! The kids loved it the last time..So it promises to be lots of fun!

Here area few pictures from the July 4th camping trip!

This is a picture of Vug who decided he like the grass better than the blanket we laid out for him!
A true outdoors man already!

Here's our camp site..this was after Hubby had taken down the screen tent over the picnic table. And yes we are the ONLY ones there...and that should be the same this weekend!
And there is the whole campsite! Truck Included!

Here is Daddy and Tornado cooking hotdogs over the fire. they were having a lot of fun together
Tornado with one of his favorite treat MARSHMALLOWS!

Oh and Look at that face...Maybe we should have waited on the baths until after lunch!!!

So This is the end of our first camping trip however I do want to leave you with one Cute picture of Vug. He fell asleep in his high chair after eating his veggies..which you can see he successfully smeared all over his tray!

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!!!

Ok So Here It Is!

2008-07-31T08:37:00.001-07:00

Hubby And I decided to make tis blog for family and friends to keep up with our ever growing family. So here it is after much eyestrain and neck strain and everything else that goes with not finding what you are looking for I have come up with something decent!

We also wanted a place where we could document the cute and funny happenings in the lives of our three little munchkins!

So here area couple of pictures for your pleasure ad please remember to use our aliases as we try to keep our family's identity safe! I will Post a list of the aliases on the side bar!