Tuesday, January 26, 2010

ten

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Our little beauty.

She makes it impossible to choose a favorite.

Monday, January 25, 2010

happy monday



Monday.
The day we stay home.
Together.
I love Monday.

Friday, January 22, 2010

Sissy

My favorite. This one reminds me so much of Aunt Heather.


"What can I be in charge of, Mom?!" Is what she always asks me.

As long as she has a project to be in control of, she's happy.

Whether it be cooking dinner, setting the table, putting groceries in the cart, folding clothes or organizing the closet. She loves to think she's Boss!

Thursday, January 21, 2010

Today

Camden: I can't wait to die on a cross and go to Heaven!

Mama: Sweetie, you don't have to die on a cross to go to Heaven. Jesus loves you so much that he already did it for you. All he wants is for you to love him with all your heart, and then you'll go to Heaven someday and live with Jesus forever.

Camden: I know that! But I just love Jesus sooo much that I want to die on a cross for him.

Now, I'd say that's loving Jesus with all your heart...
My babies continue to teach me new things each and every day.

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Camden Asher

Such a happy heart he is.



Tuesday, January 19, 2010

tuesday

1.This week's choice phrase?
"Prepare to die!" Initiated by, who else?... Gwyneth.
Camden took off with it yesterday. His twist?
"Prepare to be born!" In a voice oozing of gloom and doom.

2. "There's no time to spare!" comes in as a close second.
You guessed it; Gwyneth again.

3. My oldest daughter is a firecracker, to say the least.
I'm having trouble knowing where to draw the line. I can't discipline her every time she opens her mouth. She is all fire and spirit, remove that and she is no longer Gwyneth. But how do I channel it towards something other than her own detriment? And does it make me a horrible Mama that this instantly made me think of her? I want to get it for her room. Bad Mama.

4. Haven't seen much of Daddy these days. He is always working, even when he's home. Wouldn't be soooo bad if we got some kind of compensation for it. ($$$) But no, he's on salary. I get grumpy when I don't see my Lyle. And when I have the kids 24/7. Anyone want to know what it's like to have absolutely no free time? No, you don't, I promise. But at the end of my life I'll have been much better off with too little free time than too much, right? (: I get bored easily, anyway. And I do like a challenge.

5. I hate our bed. If we had carpet I'd be sleeping on the floor. It wasn't so bad when we had the feather top on it, but Gwyneth was mad at me and peed all over it when she was in time out a couple of weeks ago. They won't even deal with it at the cleaners. They said we'd have to do it ourselves in one of their big machines and then spend the day there trying to get it dry. Lovely. Who has an entire day to sit at the cleaners? Certainly not a mama toting four little rascals. I wake up every morning (assuming I was actually able to fall asleep in the first place) feeling like I got hit by a car. Grrr.

6. Adah is my best eater yet. Now, those of you who have seen my kids eat know that's saying a lot. An awful lot! I think she sometimes out eats them now. How are we ever gonna afford feeding teenagers?

7. I want to adopt. I've always wanted to, but Lyle has always been against it. Until now.

8. Like I said no free time...

gotta go!

Monday, January 18, 2010

s'more

over the top?
yes.
Eccentric?
yes.
too much?
never.

Are we talking about the hat or Jude?
I'm not sure.

It's so perfectly him I just couldn't resist.
And he loved every minute of it.



Held dearly by everyone you encounter...

no one shall ever treasure you as Mama does.

I love you.