Shoot, You're Kidding

Jules and I have so much fun together...I love my sister!

Rand and I had so much fun staying up until 12:30 Friday night playing Guitar Hero with Jules & Stephen. My sister can tear up some "More Than a Feeling" (duh, it's Boston, after all!) Stephen can tear up any of the songs because he is just awesome like that, Rand can tear up on some "Sweet Child of Mine" and I, myself rocked out to "Woman" after many failed attempts. I love that game!!!!! We cracked up at the boys because they think Cherry Pie is really about cherry pie and sing the song...oh, the downsides of that game.

The twins got a trampoline for their birthday last week and it is the hot new item on Bobbies Circle. We jumped for 2 hours Saturday morning and ate donuts from the village bakery. It was wild: Stephen tried to slaughter me on it, Jules is quite the cheerleader as she can still do a toe touch, Rand taught Anna that is okay to fall down and that it is actually fun, Rand made sure we knew the rules of proper jumping before he got on and then we broke the weight limit with 6 people on it at one time and it didn't break!

David, Daniel and Anna got new bikes for their birthday. Their Uncle Randall and Daddy made sure they were adjusted properly and fitted to their liking. Anna just likes to sit on her Dora bike with her matching helmet and have everyone look at her. And I must say, she is awfully cute.

Let me tell you about the local resale shop in their town. Jules & I got a sack of shirts for 25 cents! I of course forgot to get mine out of the bag before we left her house...rats! Rand loved the thrift store because he swears all that stuff is from his childhood home...crack me up.

Jules planned a weenie roast birthday party at the state park for the twins. They had fun roasting their hot dogs with their friends and playing baseball. The cutest thing was the cake. It was a Jeff Gordon Nascar cake. David is the only one who likes Jeff Gordon though. So, Julie had to pick out another car on the toy aisle and stick it on the cake to make Daniel happy. It was cute and the best part is that they think their Aunt Abby made it! Oh, and I must not forget to mention the they had a baby alligator at their party. We got to pet it..."Shoot, you're kidding"...nope, it was for real.

I have posted a few picture's of Anna's birthday party and will have Julie post the one's from the boys party. I forgot to take my camera...not cool, I know! I am also posting a picture of Julie and Stephen from their ski trip last month. A hodge podge, but you will enjoy, I am sure.

That hat is too cute on her

She is such a pretty birthday girl

The cutest cake...no, I did not make it :)

What cute ski bunnies

Abby

All Aboard The Birthday Polar Express

Can you believe Henry Patton will be 4 years old tomorrow?! Neither can we. We celebrated his birthday last weekend with his first all boy party, polar express style. I had so much fun preparing for it, as you can probably tell! My mother who is never at a loss for words said it looked like Polar Express threw up in my house. She was SO right and we loved it! We had a breakfast pajama party with 7 three and four year old boys. It was such a fun time. I had his pajamas monogrammed with a train and his name. He loved them and I liked how they sort of looked like the ones on the movie. Henry loved all the bells I had everywhere. There is no doubt we believe at this house. We had the jingle loud and proud! I had his invitation made from a shop on Etsy and I was very pleased with them. One of his little friends came to the door ready for me to punch his ticket. It was so cute. I ran to get a hole punch and punched it for him. Every good party has to have go

Meet Shaun

This is my single co-worker and church friend, Shaun. He and I have so much fun bantering back and forth. He takes what I dish out and scoops it right back up and hands it back to me. He is a keeper for that and many other reasons, which I will share on this post. He was kind enough to allow me to highlight him on Kelly’s Korner http://www.kellyskornerblog.com/ for her singles link up. His last words to me about this were, “ This better not be an embarrassment! ” I trust I will do my best to make it not be, but I make no promises! The first thing you need to know about Shaun is that he loves Jesus and the Boston Red Sox . He asked Jesus into his heart at age 8 and is still seeking and serving him today at age 26. Shaun graduated from Arkansas State University with a degree in digital media and design. When he is not busy creating masterpieces for our customers he is hiking, watching the Red Sox , playing basketball, horsing around at the lake or beach, and watching movies. He is fu

He's home!

I know you didn't know my dear husband was out of town. I decided not to post such information. I get scared enough as it is, I sure didn't want to advertise the information. Yes, you read correctly, I get scared. Before we had children, and well, even after Samuel was born, I would stay with a friend of mine when Stephen was gone overnight. When we moved from that town I didn't have anyone to stay with, so I would just sit up and watch tv all night. Fear kept me awake. Isn't that silly? Well, it didn't seem so at the time, but when I look back on it now it seems silly. That is until I have to be without a manly-man in the house. I'm telling you what, I hear every noise, sound, creak, croak. It's awful. Sunday night (the first night) while I was lying AWAKE in my bed I was praying and telling God that I knew He didn't want me to be fearful and that I knew there were many verses in the Bible that told of His being with me at nighttime . I just couldn'

Anonymous said…

I know what fun we can have with our families. I am so glad that you all had such a good time together. I would have like to have seen you 4 playing that game.
The hat picture of Anna is cute. You did a good job on the hat.
Stay close to each other. You girls are the future family.

love
mama

May 1, 2007 at 9:24 PM

Life with my sister

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