Amanda'sThoughts

Well its almost Christmas

2011-12-19T22:53:00.002-06:00

Christmas is my favoriate time of year :) every year me and the kiddos do soo much to get ready for santa to come. This year things were done a little different. Last friday their grandma took them to see the Christmas lights and Santa as it was my birthday and their daddy took me out to dinner. But we did take them a couple weeks ago to see Santa after our local Christmas Lights Parade. Every night we have watched the 25 days of Christmas on ABC Family. Today we rearraged the whole house and cleaned the house for Santa and family to come. Tomorrow night we will be making some Christmas cookies :) (But will save some to make Christmas Eve for Santa). Wednesday the kids will make Christmas Cards for the family. Thursday we will mainly relax and watch Christmas movies. Friday we will start cooking desserts for Saturday when Rynes mom and brother come for Christmas dinner and gift exchange, after all that I will do the dishes the kids and daddy will write a letter to Santa then we will make cookies for Santa, and watch A Christmas Story after that we will set out cookies and milk for Santa and I will try and get the kiddos to bed. Christmas we will be going to my moms and dads for Christmas where we will enjoy time with them and I will also be there for my precious nephews first Christmas :)

It's Been A While

2011-12-09T19:03:00.003-06:00

Well it sure has been a long time since I have blogged :( Life has been pretty crazy here lately. My husband and I ended up splitting up and getting a divorce but in the end we ended up back together :) Maybe one day we will get re-married but only time will tell. Everything happens for a reason and only God has the answers. There was also another birth in my family, my step sister gave birth to a handsome little guy in July. After 2 long years of not being able to find a job my step father finally found a great job :) I am really going to try to post more often :)

Vacation Planning Again

2011-03-10T05:18:00.003-06:00

Well it is time again to start planning our vacation. This time we are doing this a little better I do believe. We are planning another trip to Orlando,FL. This time we are going to try and make it kid free due to the fact that, my husband and I have been married for 3 years and still have not had a honeymoon. But we are not going until September 2012! Yes this is some time away. But at least this time we will plan out days better and plan our time better. We are hoping for no children but we can never be sure! So this time we are making sure in advance the babysitter will not back out at the last minute and if something does happen where we do have to take the children or one of the children(for some reason its easier to find a babysitter for our boys than our daughter), we already have someone on call saving money to go with us. Last year we took a friend of mine that turned out to be a BIG mistake! This time we are not planning on going to Disney World, as it was fun and we did enjoy it, we just seemed to have a better time at Universal Studios! Ecspecially since Harry Potter World is there!!! I have a huge Harry Potter fan and just loved that part of the park! We also enjoyed going to the Halloween Horror Nights. As I normally do not like going to Haunted Houses or anything like that, I must say that I enjoyed there night time theme!

Some things we do to save money on our vacations are:

we book our hotel on a website such as book-it or travelocity, ect.
we also try and get a hotel room with a kitchen in the room or a kitchenette
buy our own food to make at night
book a hotel with free breakfast
book a hotel with free theme park shuttle(as we learned last year parking at the theme parks can get kinda pricey.
research where the cheapest gas prices are normally
take our own drinks and snacks(this is a MUST when you have small children as we do)

Thankful Thursday

2011-03-10T05:10:00.002-06:00

I have so much to be thankful for. I am thankful I have a great husband. I am thankful that my youngest son is doing so much better in school, my oldest son is doing so much better now that he is going to his new school, my daughter is learning and growing up so fast. That I have my two very best friends back in my life, with what has gone on in my life in the past couple weeks I do not know what I would have done without either one of them.

Need Some Ideas.

2010-12-06T02:22:00.002-06:00

Normally every year on Christmas Eve we just make cookies for Santa, and make sure house is cleaned for family to come over, well this year I was wanting to do other things besides this, to make Christmas Eve go by a little quicker for the kids and to make them a little more tired so we dont have as many problems with getting them to to bed.

Autumn in her Minnie Mouse Costume

2010-09-12T22:06:00.003-05:00

I had this costume made from adivasdesign.com for Halloween

and pictures are done from Leslie Johnson Photography and you can visit her at

http://www.facebook.com/#!/lesliejohnsonphotography?ref=ts

Mamarazzi Monday:Back To School

2010-08-16T08:28:00.003-05:00

Today was back to school for my oldest son. This morning while getting ready for school he realized that he will not have the same teacher as he did last year and it was possible that none of his old class mates would be in his class. So when we got to school and found his class and his desk he was very excited to see a familiar face walk into the room. Who is this other boy you ask? He is my "nephew". And one of my sons best friends.

This is my son and my nephew on their first day of school.

What A Weekend

2010-08-08T22:36:00.002-05:00

This Saturday we had a skating party for my 2 sons. It was a late birthday present from my brother in law. It was a great time, sadly I had to leave early due to I broke my wrist skating. The one who did the best was my 2 year old daughter surprise surprise! She even won the limbo contest! This was all 3 of my children's first time going skating they all did pretty well though. Pictures will be posted at all later time due to my hand is killing me just writing this post.

Mamarazzi Monday

2010-08-02T03:14:00.002-05:00

Crystal is sleeping

Wait no she is now throwing a fit

Now she is content

Now big cousin autumn is holding her

I Heart Faces: Fix It Fridays

2010-07-30T13:30:00.003-05:00

This is the first time I have done a "Fix It Friday." And what better picture to do this with than the great one himself, the Nature Boy Ric Flair! The dirtiest player in the game. No he is not my favorite wrestler but he is my husbands. But it was a grand experience just to meet him, and shake the hand of a leagand.

Boost My Blog Friday

2010-07-30T04:00:00.000-05:00

WOW

2010-07-29T09:15:00.004-05:00

I went and mowed the lawn at my mother in laws house that she has up for sale this morning. I decided to go over there about 7 o'clock this morning because it was supposed to get really hot. Well I was just mowing listening to my mp3 player when all of a sudden i have a women that lives next door jumping up and down so I turn off my mower and see what is her problem because frankly she looked like a crack head. She told me I better stop mowing because I am waking up her kids, well by this time it was about 8:15 and I was like I will stop mowing when I get done. She told me she was going to call the cops and I told her to go ahead and call them. She went inside and I started back up my mower and started mowing again. Then to no surprise there is 2 cop cars in the in the alley next to this house, and asking me what the problem is, and I told them, this women told me I better stop mowing the yard because I was waking up her kids. The cops then went next door and talked to this lady. I sat on the porch drinkin my bottle of water, and waited for the cops to come back. Well one cop came over and he looked very aggitated and the other cop was laughing so hard I thought he was going to pee his pants. Come to find out the kids she was talking about was 2 dogs!!!! And that her husband was inside crying because I woke up the dogs! Me and the cops couldnt figure out how she got that it was against the law to mow the yard and wake up 2 dogs. Moral of this story is there are some strange people in this world!

Thursday Blog Hops

2010-07-29T03:37:00.001-05:00

Another First, But Still Many More To Go

2010-07-28T18:38:00.003-05:00

my oldest son just turned 6 years old about a month ago, and today he lost his very first tooth! he is very excited and told me to put it on here so everyone would know.

Wordless Wednesday: time for chores

2010-07-28T17:33:00.004-05:00

my daughter thought she was a big girl and tried doing the dishes. i thought it was very cute until i had to clean up the mess!

Hoo Are you?

2010-07-27T03:03:00.002-05:00

1. Do you sing in the shower or car when no one else is listening?

Actually yes i sing in the car all the time.

2. Do you have a nickname you go by now or growing up?

My grandmother use to call me Mandy Pandy

3. Do you speak another language?

No, but I want to learn French

4. Where is you favorite vacation spot?

St. Louis, MO

5. What do you cook the most for dinner?

spaghetti, seems to be the favorite in my family so thats what i make the most

Follow Me Back Tuesday

2010-07-27T02:55:00.001-05:00

What Do You Think?

2010-07-26T23:20:00.003-05:00

Just this month, we celebrated my two sons birthday. Well as many might now these boys are not biologically mine, but I love them as they were mine. 2 days ago, mind you 19 days after the oldest birthday and 3 days after the youngest ones birthday their real mother decided to call them and tell them happy birthday. My oldest son did not want to talk to her I had to force him to talk, and when he got on the phone he told her, about the tattoo I had gotten of their names,that she does not love him and that I am his mommy. When I got back on the phone this is thrown up in my face, like I am the one who made him say this but truth is he is now 6 years old and he is realizing what is going on. Their mother has not been there for three years, she has not sent birthday cards Christmas cards nothing, and some how him feeling this way is my fault, not only that but she says I have no right to get their names tattooed on my body because they are her sons and not mine. Yes she may be right I did not give birth to them, but I am here every day. I am the one who is here when they get scared or they get sick. When they get a boo boo I am the one who kisses it to make it better. Not only her but everytime there is an argument in the family this is thrown up in my face by many people, thankfully not by my mother in law or brother in law. Sorry about the ranting but this has just been eating at me

After School Snacks

2010-07-26T23:06:00.002-05:00

Does your child come home from school everyday and go right to the kitchen and say I'm hungry? If not feel lucky, every day after school last year my oldest son did this. So this year I am going to be very prepared, I am sitting down every week and writing a snack down for each weekday. Not only do I want them to get a little snack in while doing home work and not getting to full before dinner, I also want them to eat healthy. I am very lucky that my children absolutely love fruits. So far I have a few after school snacks such has.

strawberry with homemade cream cheese dip
bananas and chocolate pudding
mixed fruit cups
yougurt
cheese and crackers

These are some of my ideas? Do you got any?

Back To School

2010-07-26T22:57:00.002-05:00

With August almost here, my boys are getting very excited as they get to go back to school. My oldest will be entering the 1st grade, and my youngest boy will be entering kidnergarden, and he is very excited about it. I recently got the school lists from our local walmart to see where my budget needs to be with school supplies and school clothing. We are very lucky that we get the school tax day here in Illinois, where August 6th through August 15th, there is no tax on school items and clothing on purcheses under 100.00, so how to pull of getting everything I need at one time for both children under 100.00?

1. get the generic crayons, markers, siccors, pencils, erasers, ect. they are just has good as the name brand and also you can get more for the price you get the more expensice ones for.

2. for clothing, my youngest gets lucky and gets all the old clothing from my oldest son, well the ones that are not too worn out. for more clothing i shop thrift!

3.shoes we buy them right before summer when they are on sale. we always buy them a little big so they have room to grow.

this is my list, how does yours look?

Favorite

2010-07-26T22:37:00.002-05:00

Going through all the pictures on my lap top I found this picture which this is my daughter about 2 days after she was brought home from the hospital. I took this picture after one of our late night/early morning feedings. this is my absolute favorite pictures of my daughter.

Mamarazzi Monday

2010-07-26T22:30:00.002-05:00

This weekend I got to have my oldest two nieces stay with us the whole weekend, yes having 5 children in the house, was a great time to go invest in some advil. But it was also a great time to be with my precious little nieces. Here is a picture of my daughter and my second oldest niece sneeking up from bed!

I Heart Faces:Purple Photo Challenge Week 30

2010-07-26T22:20:00.002-05:00

This is a picture of my second oldest niece 3 years ago, she was trying to be a little tough girl right before her 4th birthday. I think she is just the cutest.

Hoo are you?

2010-07-23T00:14:00.002-05:00

1. Have you ever broke a bone or anything on your body?

long time ago i broke my big toe

2. What is your favorite drink?

sweet tea

3. When is your birthday! You don't have to tell the year you were born!

December 16,1986

4. Do you have an allergies?

5. What is one of your all time favorite movies?

Grease

Outdoor Wednesday

2010-07-21T01:42:00.003-05:00

Here are a couple pictures of my little princess playing outside. She is such a doll and turning into such a tomboy!

Way Back Wednesday

2010-07-21T01:33:00.003-05:00

I myself have never played on a sports team but here is a few pictures of my oldest son last year in his t-ball gear. He loved it and had so much fun playing.

Wordless Wednesday:Birthday Boy

2010-07-21T01:26:00.005-05:00

This is my little boy the first night that I met him, he is not my biological son but I am the only mommy in his life and its been that way for 3 years now. Only 1 almost 2 in this picture.

And this is my little birthday boy now! Can't believe how big he has gotten and how smart he is. He is mommys little boy and I love him very much! And here he is 4 days before he turned 5!

Happy birthday lil man mommy loves you very much!

Mamarazzi Monday: Birthday Party

2010-07-19T17:57:00.002-05:00

Just like the shirt says my handsome and huggable little boy!

My Big Boy

My boys with their pirate birthday cake

And the baby girl after eating cake cheesin it!

Surfin Saturdays

2010-07-09T22:14:00.000-05:00

Welcome to the first official Surfin' Saturday hosted by Chubby Cheeks Thinks, Two Monkeys & a Washtub, and And Then There Were Four! Each week we will be surfin' a different social network. You will have to check back every Saturday to see where we will be! One week it may be a facebook hop and then the next an email hop! It will be lots of fun and you will get to meet new people and see old friends as well!

We kindly ask that you follow these 3 simple rules

Follow the hostesses in the first three spots
Please only link up the network that is being hopped that specific week. So for facebook, you would link your facebook page.
Absolutely no spam or online stores. These will all be removed.

Happy Birthday Sadie Ladie

2010-07-04T07:48:00.001-05:00

Today is this wonderful ladies birthday. She might not be here to celebrate with us but we will never forget her today.

Five Question Friday!!

2010-07-02T10:41:00.002-05:00

1. What is one thing you miss the most about childhood?

the carefree days with no worries, no DRAMA

2. Are you still friends with your friends from high school?

just a few

3. Is there a catch phrase, cliche, or word that just drives you bonkers every time you hear it?

how do you like me now?

4. What is one thing that you think symbolizes America...besides "Old Glory"?

Statue of Liberty

5. What are your 4th of July weekend plans?

Tonight we are going to see the fireworks in another town, Saturday we are cooking out and having a little swimming party, and Sunday my 3 children are going to spend the day with my mother and father, and my husband and I are going to a St. Louis Cardinals game(even though we are Cub fans, my hometown team is their opponites) and then we are coming home and spending the rest of the time with our children.

Wordless Wednesday

2010-06-30T13:32:00.004-05:00

This is an old picture of my grandmother and myself. She was always my best friend and the more important person in my life! I love and miss her very much, but I know she is up in Heaven watching over me and my little family.

Outdoor Wednesday

2010-06-30T13:19:00.003-05:00

http://asoutherndaydreamer.blogspot.com/

These are pictures from my husband and I's last trip to St.Louis,MO. We were there for the TNA LockDown FanFest And Pay Per View. But just like every trip to STL I always make my husband stop at the Arch, it is my favoirate place there, and everytime I go it feels like my first!

CSNstores.com Review + $80 Gift Certificate Give Away

2010-06-29T13:11:00.002-05:00

Here is a great review and giveaway that I have recently entered to win. Plus there are many many more.

CSNstores.com Review + $80 Gift Certificate {Giveaway}

If you remember a little while ago (not really that long ago), I did a review of theBoon Animal Bag that I received from CSNstores.com. I've worked with them in the past too, and I will continue to do so on a regular basis now.

This time I decided instead of choosing something for myself to review, I thought that you, my lovely readers, would enjoy picking something out for yourself from CSN. I have a gift certificate from them to give to one lucky winner.

I've always been impressed with CSNstores. They have such a variety of things from headboards to mailboxes to strollers to shoes. And I've learned that they are adding more things all the time.

I will be giving away an $80.00 gift certificate to CSN. There are so many things that you could get for that much. Here are some things that I like just to give you a few ideas:

A KitchenAid Cookware Cast Iron 4.5 Quart Covered Round Dutch Oven in Garnet- It's so pretty, and every time I see The Pioneer Woman using a Dutch oven I wish I had one.

Chicco Four in One Ride-On Car- This would be perfect for my two little nephews very soon. Fun!

Or how about a Uniflame 24" Black Fire Bowl w/Foldable Legs- How fun would this be to have friends over or take it along to their house for the upcoming weekend holiday celebrations.

South Show Sand Castle Nightstand in Sunny Pine- It's a great nightstand that would go well in any bedroom, plus they have other colors and varieties similar too.

Whatever you like, I know there is something for everyone with CSN. And lucky for you, you'll have lots of chances to win the gift certificate. Read all the rules and ways on entry below.

Buy It: All of the items featured here are available from a variety of CSNstores.

Win It: There is an $80.00 CSN gift certificate up for grabs.

Go to to enter! I DID!!!

Oh No He Didnt Tuesdays

2010-06-29T00:31:00.005-05:00

Welcome to “OH NO HE DIDN’T” TUESDAY, a super awesome blog carnival created by Kristi at Live and Love…Out Loud. Click on over to her blog to find out what made her and everyone else stop and say “OH NO HE DIDN’T!”

My husband and myself and my mother in law decided to take a vacation to Disney World and Universal Studios this September and October. As we already have the money put back. For we have already booked our hotel and just have to buy tickets now. While everyone knows that this is what this money is for, and how much my children are looking forward to it, a friend of mine calls me out of the blue, makes small talk for about 30 minutes then he ask hey can I borrow $20.00 til Thursday I need cigarettes and some beer. I tell him we only have enough for my husbands gas money for work til he gets paid next. He gets quiet for a moment then he pops the big question, can't you just take it out of your vacation money? Well that just pissed me off, this guy is supposed to be like my brother. My children call him their uncle and he stayed at the hospital with me the night my daughter was born. So I just let him have it, and let him know how much he has really upset me. He tells me its no reason to get upset and hangs up on me. So of course I figure that's the end of that, but not even 5 minutes later he calls me back and asks "So can I?" my reply was..."Oh no you didn't!!!" and hung up the phone!

Post It Note Tuesday

2010-06-29T00:23:00.001-05:00

Top Ten (Tuesday)Reflecting On My Grandmother On Her Birthday

2010-06-28T23:49:00.009-05:00

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My Grandmother has passed away 3 years ago it will be 4 years in November. She was my very best friend and my most faviorate person in the world! This past Saturday(6-26) would have been my grandmothers 84th birthday. So on this day, I dedicate the whole day to her, we make the same things she use to make, including chicken n dumplings, real mashed potatoes, green beens, and her great grandmothers cheese tort(kinkda like cheese cake). Also unfortantley my children never got to meet my grandmother, so we go through pictures of my grandmother that I have, and these have been my childrens favoriate pictures of her.

This is something I made on imikimi.com and have it printed and hanging above each of my childrens beds.

This is my Grandmother and my Uncle Jonny whom she joined in heaven.

This is from my first Christmas her sittin on her eldest sons lap while he plays Santa for all the children

This would be my grandmother and my grandfather whom she joined in heaven

My grandmother on her wedding day

My grandmother with all her sisters and brothers

My grandmother and my great grandpa whom she also joined in heaven

This is a very special picture it was taken on my grandmothers birthday not only did we throw her a huge birthday party but her best present was her youngest child her son coming home from The Persian Gulf War

Grandma in the kitchen it was her favoriate place to be

My mother, my sister, myself, and of course grandma

my grandmother and my sister

Follow Me Back Tuesdays

2010-06-28T23:18:00.003-05:00

This Weekend I...

2010-06-28T14:23:00.003-05:00

http://keystothecottage.blogspot.com/

This weekend I...

-set up kids pool

-went swimming with kids

-cleaned entire house

-enjoyed keepin my 13 day old niece for a couple hours

-enjoyed catching up with an old friend of mine and meeting his new girlfriend

-bought a new bed

-set up husbands game room(he gets to share with laundry room)

I heart Faces-Pets

2010-06-28T13:57:00.003-05:00

Wordless Wednesday:New Baby

2010-06-16T12:06:00.004-05:00

Here is my new precious bundle of joy! This is my niece Crystal Dawn. She was born yesterday at 1:48 P.M. She was 6lbs 7oz, and she was 20 in. long. So glad she is finally here!

Follow Me Back Tuesday

2010-06-15T00:30:00.001-05:00

Oh No He Didnt Tuesdays

2010-06-15T00:16:00.010-05:00

Its time for "Oh No He Didn't Tuesdays."

Over the weekend we had found out that someone had sliced my childrens pool, and that upset us greatly. With me being pretty level headed just sucked it up as a lose and went a bought the children a new pool, while my husband went crazy about it. He has the cops watching the house and went and spent 500.00 on security cameras. Yes these sounded like a great idea, until my husband came home and said, "Here Amanda I bought the security cameras so you can put them up." While at the same time, I am dealing with 5 children ages 2-8, putting up the new pool, having to stop for a couple of hours because of the storms, cooking dinner, cleaning house, and trying to get purple nail polish out of my 2 year old daughters hair, to make things even better he decides he wants to read his book!!!!

Post It Note Tuesday

2010-06-15T00:04:00.000-05:00

2010-06-15T00:02:00.003-05:00

How sweet is this? I come back into the kitchen to finish dishes tonight after my boys get home, only to find my 2 year old daughter trying to finish dishes. But what makes it so precious is when I told her to get down before she got hurt, she said no momma I big girl wanna help!

Fathers Day

2010-06-14T01:51:00.000-05:00

With fathers day coming up very soon, I will be posting a lot of my step father and the father to my children, with pictures, poems, and even songs. I hope all that read my blog will enjoy! And here is my very one.

Here is a few poems that I think fit my step father perfectly:

Stepfathers Are No Less Than Those of Blood
Stepfathers are no less than those of blood:
The spirit is more comely than the flesh.
Equally, two mysteries might mesh,
Paired by nature or by neighborhood
Fathers are defined by how they love,
And not by how they multiply or breed.
Though you did not supply the primal seed,
How you've loved me does your kinship prove.
Each child must turn when life's too hard to bear,
Regarding someone's arms or empty air.
So do I turn, and always you are there.

My Dear Stepdad
To me you are a
Priceless commodity
A wealth of wisdom
You've been to me
If I have thoughts
I need to share
Always I know
That you will care
I always enjoy the things
We do together
When done with you
They’re always better
You always have
An open mind
A better stepdad
I could never find

I Heart Faces:Babies

2010-06-14T01:34:00.001-05:00

This little princess is only 13 days old, and I believe she is just a adorable!

6 Word Saturday

2010-06-12T20:14:00.000-05:00

Well with Fathers Day next Sunday I am looking for the perfect gift for my husband from our children. He is really wanting a LapTop of his own but and that would work out great for us considering I am always on the one we own for blogging, emailing family, ect. Well he wants his to have so many Gb, a certain size screen, so much memory, to be a certain color, ect. in 6 easy words:

MY HUSBAND IS WAY TO PICKY!

The Girls Playing

2010-06-09T11:27:00.000-05:00

These are my nieces and my daughter having a great time outside at grandma and grandpas house!

Wordless Wednesday: Sisters!

2010-06-09T11:04:00.000-05:00

These two beautiful little girls are my best friends daughters. The baby is a week old today and the oldest daughter is almost 5! Isnt it precious!

I heart Faces

2010-06-07T14:57:00.000-05:00

Here are 3 little girls that I love to death my lil princess, and my two niece!

Dinner Tonight

2010-06-03T11:41:00.001-05:00

Hawaiian Burgers

Things you will need:

5 hamburgers(you can use the pre made or you can make your own)

5 hamburger buns(I use the hawaiian style)

Cheese(optional)

5 sliced pinapples

How to cook:

you can either cook on the grill or stove top, I personally love to cook on the grill... first you cook your burgers til they are completely done. Next you want to cook your pineapples. Then you just assemble your burger... Complete with any sides that you and your guests or family would enjoy!!!

Wordless Wednesday: Welcome LiL Miss Emma Rae

2010-06-02T23:47:00.000-05:00

Today was the birth of my best friends newest daughter. She is such a doll. So of course LiL Miss Emma Rae had to be my Wordless Wednesday...

First Swim Of The Year

2010-05-31T00:22:00.001-05:00

In my family summer is our favoirate time, kids are out of school, we are having bbqs, having fun in the pool, our boys have their birthdays, and so much more, and this is just the begining and here are some pictures

Wordless Wednesday:Sleepy Girl

2010-05-26T20:33:00.000-05:00

This is my little girl about 7 months ago, we were out pretty late due to her going to the er and well on the way home she had to have her bottle her monkey blankie and her daddys psp.

Grandpa n his grandbabies

2010-05-26T17:59:00.000-05:00

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This is a picture of my father and all 3 of my children, with fathers day coming up I thought that this picture would be great! They love their grandpa very much!

Wordless Wednesday:Crawling!

2010-05-19T10:04:00.000-05:00

This is a picture of my little girl about a year and a half ago, when she first started crawling! I got so luck to have the camera in hand when she started crawling!

Faces N Flowers

2010-05-17T18:10:00.000-05:00

Notice the pretty flowers on my little princess' dress! N I cant help to love her little face here wit her tounge sticking out!

Wordless Wednesday: What Were They Doing?

2010-05-12T08:25:00.000-05:00

This is a picture of my little princess and an old friend of mines daughter. This was taken about 2 years ago, as I have many other pictures of these two together, for some reason this is my favorate of them all. I think its because to this day I really dont know what these two little girls were actually doing in this little dora tent.

Oh No He Didnt Tuesdays

2010-05-11T09:56:00.000-05:00

As we all know this past Sunday was Mothers Day and well my husband decided to wait til Saturday to go get my mothers day presents from my children. Oh No He Didn't Right? Well turns out that he came through and did very well.

This is the bracelet my youngest son had gotten me on it, it says "MOM" on the front and "A mother understands what a child does not say." That is because my 4 yr old son does not talk very much and I his mother can understand everything, about him.
This is the locket that my daughter had picked out for me, this means a lot to me because ever since I became a mother I have wanted one!
These are the pink roses that my oldest son picked out for me. How sweet my 5 yr old son knows that his mommy only likes pink roses! He did good.

Not only did my husband get these for me but he also cleaned house, all except for the kitchen of course thats the mommys job! And he also cooked dinner for my mother in law and myself! He is such a great husband and he takes great care of me!

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I heart faces-mothers

2010-05-10T11:11:00.000-05:00

This is my mother, my best friend...

My mom was a single mother of two girls, and worked very hard to give us everything that she possibly could. Not only is she my mother but she is my very best friend. Here in this picture she shows that she will never be done helping me, here she is holdin my little diva while I register her in the er, for what I really can not remember for it was about 2 years ago, but anytime I need my mommy she is always there!

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Gettin To Kno Me

2010-05-10T10:54:00.000-05:00

The questions..

1. What has been your most memorable Mother's Day? (with your mom, as a mom, or with your wife)
I would have to say my very first mothers day as a mom, when my husband wrote letters from my step sons and our daughter and made me breakfast in bed, and then dinner also. That was the best one of them all.
2. Have you ever been pulled over for speeding and were you able to talk your way out of it?
I have a perfect driving record, no tickets on my record
3. What's the oldest thing you have hanging in your closet?
the baptisim outfit that has been in my family for about 30 years
4. Do you whiten your teeth?
no
5. Underwear or Panties..What do you call your "unmentionables"?
thats a little personal
6. If you could go on vacation right now..today..where would you go?
to my home town to see my gmas grave
7. Do you get offended when people cuss on their blogs?
no
8. If you had to give up one luxury item, it would be....?
my cell phone

Prom Season Was Here And Now Its Gone

2010-05-10T10:31:00.000-05:00

This time a year there is so much going on and well I love it. The last two weekends we have had proms, one in our town and one in the next town over. It was a great time for all, and glad everyone had fun, here are some pics from both proms.

Me and the girls

me n a friend of mine

my niece n a friend of mine

my niece and her boyfriend

all the friends

my nephew and myself

my niece and myself

my nephew and his date

my niece and her boyfriend again

Dirt Cake With The Kids

2010-05-07T15:31:00.000-05:00

Today my two youngest and I decided we were going to make dirt cakes for everyone in the house, and well it was really fun and they turned out great! Here are some pictures and the recipe.

WORM DIRT CAKE

1 to 1 1/4 lb. pkg. Oreo cookies
1 (8 oz.) pkg. cream cheese
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 cup powdered sugar
3 cups milk
1 (12 oz.) tub Cool Whip (can use chocolate)
2 (3 1/2 oz.) pkg. instant vanilla or chocolate pudding
1/2 tsp. vanilla
4 gummy worms and/or other critters

Crush Oreos. Put 1/3 of the crushed Oreos into a new, clean flower pot. Set aside.

Mix butter, cream cheese and sugar and vanilla together. Set aside.

Combine milk and pudding mix. Fold Cool Whip into the pudding.

Fold together pudding mixture and butter-cream cheese mixture.

Layer this mixture (about 1/3 of it) onto the crumbled cookies in the pot. Next, add another layer of the pudding mixture, then another layer of cookie crumbs, continuing until all ingredients are used.

As you're layering the ingredients, decoratively place several gummy worms and critters in the "soil" so they will be seen emerging. If you have a toy (clean) garden trowel, a plastic daisy, or some edible flowers, these can also be used creatively to embellish the presentation.

Chill in refrigerator for 3 to 4 hours before serving.

Prom Comming Soon

2010-04-28T23:05:00.000-05:00

Well our town prom is this Saturday May 1st which we have 2 going to, and there are 2 going to prom in a different town. No these are not my children going to prom but they are my nieces and nephew and I cant wait. For the past 3 years I have helped out with prom, and they have all been special. As I have never actually helped out with the school this year I am, I will be helping out at after prom this Saturday night along with my sister in law. Here are some pictures from last years prom.

Our little princess of the family and I while we wait for the 2 prom goers to get ready

Me and my niece outside the highschool, isnt she beautiful?

My nephew and I after promanade, Isnt he just handsome? He will be attending again this year!

I will be posting the pictures of prom for this year next week and the week after!

Oh No He Didnt Tuesdays

2010-04-27T09:48:00.000-05:00

My first in the "Oh No He Didnt Tuesdays" is froma couple years ago. In the picture below you will see my husband and our new born daughter at the time, while it was late at night and our little diva decided she wasnt ready for bed, but mommy says it was. My husband decided she was old enough to play the PS3. Yes at the time it was adorable but....

Here they are now 2 years later, and guess who still wants to stay up til her daddy goes to bed, to do all the same things he does!

The whole point of this Oh No He Didnt Tuesdays is I cant believe he got my daughter in the routine at this young age to stay up all night and play all day because, its mommy that gets to fight with her at night to go to bed!

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4th of july smile

2010-04-26T15:26:00.000-05:00

This is the little princess of the family last 4th of July. Love the little cracking of the smile here.

New Blog Carnival

2010-04-24T14:23:00.000-05:00

I just found out about a new blog carnival starting next week, its called "Oh No He Didn't Tuesdays" To find out more about this head on over to

This sounds like a fun one to do and I cant wait for it to start!

dunkin dounuts

2010-04-22T22:32:00.001-05:00

Puppy Chow

2010-04-22T18:18:00.000-05:00

With having 3 little ones running around the house, we need to have snacks, but with it being the end of the month we dont have any, so I started looking around the house and seen the chex mix and some chocolate! Well I thought about making some chocolate covered chex mix, but then I seen the peanut butter and the powdered sugar and thought maybe some puppy chow! So that is what we made, and the kids had fun making it and it was fun as well for to me to let them do this no matter how big of a mess they made for mommy to clean up!

2 cups chocolate

1 cup peanut butter

1/4 cup butter

4 cups chex mix any kind

3 cups powdered sugar

melt together chocolate, peanut butter and butter, add all chex mix stir together gentley, then put powdered sugar into a gallon freezer bag, add the chex mix blend and shake all up!(this was kids favoriate part!) Then ENJOY!

In STL

2010-04-21T12:54:00.001-05:00

If you are planning a trip to St. Louis, MO this is a must place to go. It is called Crown Candy Kitchen. If you like home made ice cream and good food this is the place to go. My husband and myself went there when we visited St. Louis this past weekend, we seen this place on a show called Man vs. Food, and we just had to try it, and it was worth it. This place has to be good when you have strangers that see you are about to leave and sit down in the booth with you to get a seat, as my husband and I experienced. Even in the freezing cold and snow they have a line around the corner! You can visit them online at http://www.crowncandykitchen.net/

A Crazy Deal

2010-04-21T00:45:00.000-05:00

I had to share with you all a great deal my husband and I got this weekend at the recent TNA event that we went to.

Jeff Hardy Shirt normally 25.00

Jeff Hardy Necklace w/ pendant normally 10.00

The Best Of Jeff Hardy normally 15.00

The 50 Greatest Matches DVD normally 13.00

Phenomenal: The Best Of AJ Styles Vol.2 normally 15.00

Plus a TNA bag all for 20.00.

We saved about 60.00 and that is just crazy! I guess that is why they call them Don Wests insane deals! If you like wrestling especially TNA you can go to http://shoptna.com/index.aspx and they have tons of great deals on all their stuff!

Wordless Wednesday

2010-04-21T00:32:00.001-05:00

This is the little diva of the family and the little boy of the family, of course they are brother and sister, and the best of friends. They just love being together and playing together. Just love the huge smile from my little boy, and of course you will normally find the diva with something in her mouth.

A great weekend

2010-04-21T00:14:00.000-05:00

This weekend my wonderful husband took me to TNA Fan Interaction and TNA Lockdown in St.Charles, MO. It was such an awesome time. Because of my husband I got to meet my favoraite two wrestlers of all time, Jeff Hardy and Hulk Hogan. There are many more pictures from this weekend of myself, my husband and all the wrestlers but these are the ones that I like the most. I had an awesome time and it was worth the money and time, even the aching feet that we got because of standing on our feet for many hours to get their autographs.

Jeff Hardy, Myself, And Shannon Moore.

My Husband And Myself

Hulk Hogan And Myself

My Husband And Sting

Myself And Rick Flair

My Husband And Rick Flair

Scott Hall, Myself, Kevin Nash, And My Husband

Myself And Dixie Carter

My Husband, Myself, And Kurt Angle

Mr. Anderson...Anderson, And Myself

Baseball!

2010-04-12T14:26:00.000-05:00

Well just like every year about this time, baseball season is under way. This is a big deal in my home, as my household is Cubs fans all the way! Here is a cute picture of my daughter, with a little saying for herself and her daddy.

Dinner Tonight

2010-04-08T15:59:00.000-05:00

Tonight we tried something new for dinner, my husband had bought me this cookbook and found this recipe in it and thought about trying it and well my 3 kids are picky eaters and they loved it!

Chili Joes

3lbs Ground Beef

3/4 cup chopped onions

1 cup catsup

1 cup water

3 pkg. chili seasoning mix

1 1/2 tbsp brown sugar

1 tbsp lemon juice

16 hamburger buns

Cook and stir meat and onion in skillet until light brown; drain. Mix catsup, water, chili seasoning, brown sugar and lemon juice;stir mixture into meat and simmer uncovered 5 minutes.

We also had disappearing brownies for dessert

Disappearing Brownies

(brownie Mixture)

1 box german chocolate cake

2 egg;beaten

1 cup butter soften

(cream filling)

2 eggs

1 8 oz box cream cheese soften

4 cups powdere3d sugar

Mix cake mix butter and eggs, put 1/2 half of batter into 9-in x 13-in baking dish, sprayed with vegetable oil. Beat eggs, cream cheese and powdered sugar. Pour 1/2 of filing on the cake mixture. take the rest of the cake mixture and cover the filing, then take the rest of the filing and spoon it onto the cake mixture. bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes

Wordless Wednesday: What Were We Thinking?

2010-04-07T13:56:00.000-05:00

This is one of my nieces and myself we thought it would be a good idea to get in the childrens vehicles and sit, well I guess we didn't realize that the boys would decide to push us down the hill backwards! It was a great night though

easter fun

2010-04-05T18:14:00.000-05:00

We had a great easter! First we went to my mother n fathers house and had a late lunch with them and my sister her hubby n her two kiddos, and my lil sister and her boyfriend n my aunt, then we went to my sis and bro in laws and enjoyed a easter egg hunt and cook out and my nieces 18th birthday here are some pics...

my oldest son bein cool

they r besties

my olsest nephew n my hubby

my youngest nephew

my niece n nephew

my niece -the birthday girl

my 2 oldest nephews my niece n my hubby play football n my lil boy

the lil diva lookin for eggs

she found 1

mommas baby boy

mommas big boy lookin for eggs

mommas youngest babies

momma big boy

eatin her sucker from her favoriate uncle

nanas sunshine helping momma angel do a headstand

mommas girl doin a flip

help i have fallen n cant get up

Another Birthday

2010-03-01T02:17:00.000-06:00

Well last Wednesday was my youngest nieces birthday but we celebrated this past Saturday and we sure did have a blast. On every blog I read they talk about how time flies, and well I cant believe my lil sunshine just turned 7.

me n my lil sunshine the birthday girl

mommas lil boy

nanas lil angel

mommas lil diva

mommas big boy

sisters

she got the cake on her--wait nana did it

wit her presents

from nana

from gma n gpa

from nana

from kathy

from mom n dad n sissy

from mom dad n sissy

Autumns Birthday Party

2010-02-25T22:36:00.000-06:00

Autumn had a great birthday and got lots of things she got clothes, pjs, elmo live, elmo mailbox shape learner, disney princess doll bed, cinderella babydoll, disney princess babydoll carseat, baby doll, nightlight, fur real kitten, pandabear walker thingy, bumble gum mechiene,hannah montana conforter n sheet set, knitted hat, suckers(by the way SIL these were her favoriate) peeps, socks, $5.00, sock coin purse, n much more..

My Baby Girl Is 2

2010-02-21T00:16:00.000-06:00

Well my baby girl turns 2 today, I cant believe it, I just wanna cry! She was 5 days late, but she was sure worth the wait! She is my perfect little angel. Here are some pictures from the day she was born for a flashback, I will post some more pictures later after her birthday party.

"This is her very first picture takin right after being born, she was not happy!"

"I didnt get to see her for 2 hours after she was born because her oxygen was low and this was the first time I got to see her after bein out the nursery"

"This is the first and only time she wanted that binkie in hyer mouth"

time flies

2010-02-19T17:26:00.000-06:00

This has been one crazy month, but a happy one. My husband and I have been married for 2 years. My husband turned 25 on the 5th, and my precious daughter will be turning 2 on the 21st. I cant believe she is growing up so fast, she is just so smart. She loves to dance even when there is no music playing. But she is also a handful, she is 2 going on 15 I swear. I have also found out that I have another niece on the way. My sister is due in late June. My sisters youngest child will also being turning another year older this month she will be 7 the 24th. I honestly love my life and wouldnt change it for anything, the best thing that has happened this month tho has been my oldest nephew returning home, even though the reasons he had to return home are unfortanate we are happy to have him home. I am hoping that the whole family shows up for my daughters birthday as it will be the frist time in a very long time the whole family will be together. Also this month I found out my mother will be getting married, next month.

"I fell in love with this shirt when I seen it, even though not everyone thinks it is appropriate for my daughter to wear I couldnt pass it up"

"This is my favorate photo right now, my husband, our daughter n sons, our niece, her mhusband, and out first great niece."

kinda mad

2009-08-26T01:33:00.000-05:00

I just don't understand how people can seriously think that they can tell a 22 year old married woman with three children what she can and cannot do! I went and seen a old friend of mine in jail yes he is also an ex boyfriend of mine but my husband was ok with me going to see him I asked my husband the night before and he said he didn't care. My friend that is in jail Keith is one of the only friends that I have had since I lived in saline county. But anyways the one person finds out that I go to see him and gets all hateful because I went to see him because this other person doesn't like him and this other persons boyfriend doesn't like him well who are they to say who I can and cannot be friends with. This really makes me miss the few friends that I use to have that never did judge me and never did try to tell me how to run my life! Its a wonder how it took me this long to realize some things in my life but better sooner than later right.

Prayer For Grandma

2009-07-26T01:12:00.000-05:00

This is a poem I found on the internet right after my daughter was born...

Prayer For Grandma

To my grandma I pray,

Please protect me as I lay.

Please watch over my daughter,

Send her down some love,

Gaurd her,

And guide her,

Please watch over her.

To my grandma I pray,

I know you couldnt stay.

Though far from me you lay.

I think of you everyday.

To my grandma I pray,

To the one who brought joy.

To someone who knew love was not a toy.

To my grandma I pray,

I will see you again someday.

To my grandma I pray,

To whome I miss everyday.

My grandmother passed away November of 2006. She was my very best friend, and though I had disappointed her greatly in the last few years of her life she never once thought of me any different. The day she passed away still haunts me everyday and probably will for the rest of my life. See my grandmother went into a coma a week before she passed away, right after watching her last GreenBay Pakers game, she then went into the hospital she never came out of the coma, the day before she passed away my aunt had called us and told us that they were taking my grandmother off of the breathing machines but they were going to wait until everyone got to say goodbye. My grandmother lived in Milwaukee, and myself I lived in Southern Illinois, so myself and my mother and my sister had to take care of getting off work and everything else, so we left first thing the next morning. The whole drive up to Milwaukee I sat in the back seat thinking and telling myself I was going to be strong I had to be strong for my grandmother, I was going to say goodbye without a tear in my eye, but that did not happen as soon as I seen my grandmother in the hospital bed with her eyes closed hooked up to all the machienes I lost it I could not even walk into the room where my whole family with the expection of a few were standing by her side. I just cried and cried and cried, family members tried to get me to just go hold her hand and say goodbye, but I couldnt I didnt want her to leave me. I know that is very selfish but I was grandmas lil pumpkin. But I finally got enough strength and walked in there and held my grandmas hand and told her I loved her and that is was okay too let go. Then my uncle, the one that never showed any emotion cept for anger said we needed to say a prayer for her we all help hands and prayed her for. And for the 1st time in 19 years the man I thought didnt know how to cry, CRIED. After that my family except myself my mother and one of my aunts all went home or to whomevers house they were staying at that night. My mother and my aunt went and talked, and left me alone with my grandmother, and even though she couldn't talk back I just sat there and told her about my nieces and that it was okay for her to go, she needed to go be with my uncle jonny and my grandfather, that our family would not fall apart, which I know was always a concern for her, she is the only reason any of our family probably even talked. If my mother and my aunt would have walked into the room exactly 2 minutes later than what they had I would have been the only one in the room when my grandmother took her last breath. I was the last person to talk to my grandmother, I held my grandmothers hand while she took her last breath, I even got up at the funeral and read a poem I had written for her. I know a lot of people think big deal people die everyday, people have to go through what you did everyday, but to me its a big deal and still to do this day it haunts me. I love my grandmother so much and all I want to do is make her proud.

my boys birthday

2009-07-24T00:05:00.000-05:00

we have recently celebrated my now 4 and 5 yr old sons birthdays this past wednesday they had such a blast here are a few pictures from their party at mcdonalds.

life goes on

2009-07-17T22:52:00.000-05:00

this past week has been very hard, my 2 step sons went to visit their real mother for a whole week and i miss them so much. yes i have enjoyed the time with my daughter but it is just not the same without them here. there is once again a fight between the family but nothing is going to change the way people think, for the reason i took my daughter to chuck e cheese after a friend of mine called and asked me and all 3 kids to go with her and her daughter but the 2 boys were with their real mother, but as for some see i just sent the boys off to do things with my daughter. but since the boys have been gone that is the only thing i have done with my daughter like that. but as my title says life goes on. my oldest step son turned 5 on the 6th and i really cant believe it, its kinda crazy he starts kidnergarden just next month, and i really hope he likes it. my youngest step son will be 4 on tuesday he has grown and changed so much from the 1st time i seen him, i am so proud of him, he is talking alot more, doing a lot more for himself, put now if we could only get the potty training down we would be doing GREAT..LOL.. he will get it when he is ready and there will be a huge party waiting for him when he does. they are having so much fun with their mom and gma sara but the oldest told me he cant wait to come home cuz he misses me and his sissy... i know his sissy misses them, all week she has walked around the house yellin for ayton(payton) and bubby(lil ryne) my hubby and myself have been getting along a lot better well thats all for now

what a week

2009-06-21T00:00:00.000-05:00

its been one of those weeks where you wish it was just not true. but things happen and life goes on, no matter how much some people would love to see us fall, we are just not going to do that. i have got the chance to reconnect with a great friend of mine, and regardless what others think he is and always will be my best friend, we may only get to talk on the net but thats ok because its better then never talkin with him again. this is one person that no matter how long we dont talk for its like we have talked everyday for our whole lifes. tomorrow is going to be such an awesome day, me and the kids are going to let ryne sleep in and then we are going to make him breakfast whenever he wakes up, then we are off to my sisters house for a cookout to celebrate fathers day. then of course rynes off to work. I really hate it when he has to work in KY because its just me and the kiddos home but we have to do what we have to do.

oh what a day

2009-05-27T12:15:00.000-05:00

Autumn had her 15 month check up yesterday, and well she is 19lbs 04 oz. and 26in long. She is growing but not as fast as others her age, she is going to be a small child apparently, she also at the 2 yr old level, so that is pretty exciting. She did the cutest thing the other day, she was hitting my sister Evelyn and well my mom started to get on to her and before she could finish what she was saying Autumn plugged her ears so she could not hear my mom. All the fighting around here has stopped as far as I know. So that is better than what has been going on around here. One of my husbands friends are suppose to be moving in tomorrow so I am cleaning, cleaning, and some more cleaning all day. I pretty much lost a good friend of mine, because well she had her opinion on something and I didnt want to take her advice. My children have a lot of clothing and I do mean a lot. They are young so they kinda need a lot for messes, spills, play clothes, nice clothes, ect. Well she suggested that I should get rid of all their clothing except for 4 outfits each, well I find that kinda stupid and she got mad because I told her I cant do that because of the fact I like them having clothing so that they have nice clothing and play clothing. I just dont understand why she got so mad just because I didnt take her advice but oh well I guess. They are my kids and I clean my house and do my laundry not her so she shouldnt really care.

Great day regardless of...

2009-05-23T22:56:00.000-05:00

I am so proud of my niece Krystina, she did it she graduated. We had such a great day. Me and my little ones went over to my sister in laws house had a cookout, got to spend time with the family. But of course there was a fight because a brother in law of mine, the one that always likes to start drama. But that is ok, because he did not ruin our fun. I am so proud of the way Krystina handled the fight that happened, because I know that in the past she would have stayed upset, this person would have got his way and ruined her day, but she just said whatever and went on. She has grown up so much in the 2 years that I have known her and I am so proud of her. I just wish they wouldnt move away because once they do its going to be me against other people and I'm going to miss them. Not only is Angie my sister in law, she is my best friend. We have had our fights, we have said hurtful things, but we got over them. This is one friendship I can honestly say will never fade away. I love her to death, as well as her husband, and all her children, and her ganddaughter. I wish Susan, Matt, and Katelynn would live closer to us, I love being around them. But they dont so I cherrish all the time I get to spend with them. I wish that all the fighting would just stop for good, so we could all enjoy good times together. I know that will never happen though because once a fight starts someone always has to keep it going so that he is the only one that feels good, well he can go sit on it... Not only does this cause my husband and other family members that I am very close to and that are very special to me to fight it always makes others not involved hurt.

5 children just me home none will go to sleep

2009-05-22T22:56:00.000-05:00

Well myself my husband and my children and my sisters 2 little ones all went to something called Raleigh days today, as we were so happy to be joined by 2 of my sister in laws, and 2 more of my nieces and 1 of my nephews. Of course there was a falling out with my husband and my sister in law, but my husband is very nosey and very mouthy, he thinks he has to have say in what everyone does. I am just glad that I didnt get involved or brought into the middle of it because I love spending time with my in laws. They are very special to me and very important to me. But the children did have fun as well as myself. But now I have 5 children my 3 little ones and my two youngest nieces, and my husband is at work, and none of the children want to go to sleep. They are very energized now, and well that makes it fun for me. Then it doesnt help that I have a huge fear going on right now. In 2 weeks my 2 sons will be going to spend the weekend with their real "mother" and I use "mother" very loosly with her because she hasnt tried to see them in over a year. I have many fears about that weekend. First and formost is my youngest sons medical problems he has very bad asthma and well he is on a nebulizar and well they want to take him camping and will be sleeping in a tent with no electicity so if he has an asthma attack how are they going to give him his treatment. Second is the part of her not seeing them in a year, I dont know how they are going to act with her and if my youngest will even want to leave with her, he was so young when everything went on between their father and their mother and he really only knows of me as mommy. The only females that have ever always been there or taken care of him for as long as they have been in his life is myself and my sister in law Angie. Another thing is I know she has not been one to watch over children like they should be and they are going to be around water, neither one knows how to swim. My oldest son he has some authority problems already because of everything that he has been through already and his mother is a main part of that, I am afraid that him being with her will make it worse. Like any other mother/step mother, all they want is for their children to be happy and safe. I know my children are very happy and safe with the ones they are around here, but I am not sure on how safe they will be with their real "mother". And that scares me to death. Well enough about that. Tomorrow is going to be a very busy day, my niece Krystina is graduating high school tomorrow, and I am so very proud of her. I hope all my nieces and nephews that have not yet graduated high school, does graduate. For I did not graduate high school, and I regreat that everyday of my life and I never want any of them to have to live with that regreat like I have to. Not only does my niece graduate high school, but my oldest niece Susan, her husband Matt, and their precious angel Katelynn will be here and I love getting to see them when I can for they do not live that close to us. Well all kids cept for the youngest have gone to sleep now, so I believe that I wil be going to get her to sleep and try and go to sleep myself now.

first blog

2009-05-22T20:10:00.000-05:00

Well I am a happily married mother of 3. I have two boys, Payton whom is 4 and Ryne Jr. whom is 3, I also have a little girl Autumn whom is 1. My husband is Ryne, we have our ups and downs but what married couple dont? I love him to death and wouldnt trade him for anything, well most of the time. LOL... I have 1 sister Evelyn, she has two precious little girls, Nicholle is 7 and Sierra is 6. I have one of the best sister is laws you could ever ask for her name is Angie, she does so much for me and my family and I cant thank her enough. Her husband Roy is just the same I love them both to death. I have 3 nieces Susan, Krystina, and Erica, and 3 nephews Tim, Cory and Josh. I also have a great niece Katelynn she will be 1 in September. I love all these kids to death also. I love doing things with them, its always fun.