Dell-Parker Seven

Our newest family member!

2011-07-19T22:58:00.002-06:00

This is Mr. Colton Gray Pollard. Isn't he adorable? As I said in my previous blog he was born on July 7, 2011. He was 7lbs 9oz and 20 inches long. I am already in love and can't wait to have him and his brother Axton over for weekends and spoil them!!

I love this picture. My sister in law was kind enough to let me take this one of her even though she said she was not feeling her best! I think it is perfect and shows the most precious mommy baby moment, a little snuggle with a sleeping baby is priceless!!

More pictures to come soon since we will be visiting them this coming weekend................

Getting settled

2011-07-19T22:41:00.002-06:00

Sorry for taking so long. We made it to El Paso with a very uneventful end. It was so fantastic after our first couple of days on the road. My Mother in law has been so gracious to us!! She cleaned out 2 rooms in her house for us and we try to keep things picked up as best we can. We have seen some friends and family and it has been wonderful!! We do miss our Georgia friends but we know we will see them soon! However it has been going going going since we got here!! Wow I am really looking forward to a day of PJ's and movies!! My sister in Law added a new addition to the family. Mr. Colton Gray was born on July 7!! We were able to visit with him and he is so handsome!! We have eaten at some of our favorite places and man was it good!! I even ate at some places I was not fond of to please my sweet family!! lol *chicos* ewwww!! lol Our kids also have been he busy travelers and scattered here there and everywhere!! The day after we got here Sophia and Madison went with Auntie Erin for a week then Sebastian left for sunny CA to spend some time with family and see Josie. Matt has been here every now and then but she is a busy teenager!! She now has her license so be thankful you are reading this from the safety of anywhere but here!! LOL!! Kidding!! I must say one of the highlights has been Josie coming home!! Although we have not had the chance to have them all together yet it is nice to have her here when I can see her and say good morning!!

Looks like prayers have been answered Scott has been offered a job!! We have some things to look at and if it all pans out he should be starting in the next week or so! We only ask for prayers for a house now and a job for me is next!! I am nervous but looking forward to the next chapter for me now!

OOOOO the chaos that comes with travel!

2011-06-29T19:12:00.002-06:00

First in order to read this you MUST follow these simple steps.............

1) go get some popcorn and a drink
2) point your chair AWAY from the screen you might spit your drink
3) please laugh...it will make me feel better! :-)

I did not blog last night because the chaos of the day was TO much and I needed sleep so here we go day 1 and 2 combined for a good read! Here we go.......

I need to start by saying our Monday was crazy!! Last minute packing and only Scott and I to pack up the truck while playing beat the rain was a little difficult. Then our realtor stood us up for looking at the house! Scott and I FINALLY got to bed about midnight on our nice little air mattress that at some point during the night deflated slightly so my hips were KILLING me in the morning. Still at the ANNOYING chiming of my alarm we were up and going by 7am.

Day 1 -
Last minute packing and getting the house clean were stressful. 11:00 and we were ready to head out only to find that Scott's GPS decided that Columbus GA was a little to small to find to get us out on the road so maneuvering a moving truck around some little roads was enough for me to pull over and call the president!! Finally we get out on the road and on our way. Then it started....about an hour into our drive we have to pull over, one of our dogs got car sick and threw up all over Sebastian!! Poor guy!! So we pull into a shopping center and get him cleaned up and we think *sigh* drama over. HA!! 4 hours later while enjoying the quiet of my car and my time of reflection my phone rings and it is our bank card protection telling us Scott's identity had been stolen and the put a freeze on our account......WHAT?!?! Thankfully we had put our moving money in my Wells Fargo account!! Still it had me completely stressed for the whole last hour of our trip! We pull into Jackson MS and decide that we want to stay in the same hotel we stayed in moving TO Georgia. I call to get directions and the gentleman tells me he just rented the last room!! *smacks head for not calling for a reservation* (we just were not sure how far we would make it)....ANYWAY....Scott says we will find another and there was a sign over there that said it would get us to Jackson.....*worried face* I wanted to just take the highway but I needed to be trusting of Scott's want so lets go..............AHHHHHH!! It was the WORST part of town and we were all scared and of course EVERY light HAD to turn red!! I was a nervous wreck and just wanted to get back to the interstate!! We managed to get back to highway and into the small town of Clinton, MS. 2 trys of hotels later we find on that accepts pets and get checked in. Walk the dogs and get them into kennels in the room and go to dinner. Now we are all full and decide to unload the car and get some sleep. WEEEEELLLLLLL......we get everything out of the car and upstairs to find the key does not work, downstairs to get another key....doesn't work.....downstairs and back up with the desk clerk and no key works...*insert stiff laugh* They have to call someone to get the doors open only to find one of the dogs escaped and POOPED all over the floor....is this a joke?!?! Clean up, showers, kids settled and off to bed!!

Day 2-
A bright new day and the sun is out!! YAY!! Today is Dallas day which we are all excited for!! It means seeing Scott's cousin Chris and meeting his Mom Ursula! However the HUGE loss in our already empty bank account is hanging over our heads! But we get all ready and get the car packed up. Then I loose my car keys....:-) They decided to sleep in under the dust ruffle of the bed! OK fine no biggy get everything packed up and girls loaded in my car and turn around and go to say something to Sebastian and his dogs PEES ON HIM!! SERIOUSLY!! Yep and you guessed it his suitcase is in the BACK of the car!! *sigh* Changed shirt and on the road. Scott called the bank and thankfully we are going back to El Paso where our bank is and hopefully with all the paperwork our bank should be credited back. *Thank you Lord* So uneventful rest of our day and we are here with Chris and I was able to meet Ursula and she is a DREAM!! I don't ever want to leave her!!

I hope you all laughed I know I did writing it, after all of you can't laugh at yourself then you need a drink! *wink* Story continued tomorrow..................

Our next journey........

2011-06-24T20:43:00.002-06:00

Well here we are a little more than a month after Scott was laid off and we will be leaving Columbus on Tuesday June 28Th. He has yet to hear about a job after all the resumes and applications he has put in. One company is still interested in him but they do not have a start date for their project so they cannot offer him a job. So we are happy to announce we will be traveling back to El Paso while we wait for a job. Although it is hard to think we will have to leave our loved ones that are there again we are thankful for the time we will have to visit! I cannot wait to see everyone and hug you till you grunt!! *grin*

Leaving Columbus will also be difficult. We have met some great people and just as Scott and I love to do our family was once again expanded. We are so happy to call our friends here our FAMILY and we know we will see you again!! We love you so much!!

I would like to say Thank you so much to everyone who has been praying for us and sending us so much love! It sure has helped on low days to receive so much love and encouragement! Who says Facebook is useless?......Some of the best people I know live in there!! *chuckle*

I will blog it all out I am sure this is my therapy......this and dishes!! *wink*

Much Love from all of us to you!!

Mattelynn's Quinceañera

2011-06-16T18:15:00.010-06:00

It has taken a lot for me to gather up the emotions to create this post. As a Momma you see your children grow and blossom but there comes those times when it seems to hit you all at once. This was that moment for me. Although this is my darling daughter I did not give birth to it feels as though I did. She is amazing in every way and I am proud every time she calls me "Momma" It is not a title I earned over night but it holds so much meaning for me and I don't take it for granted even when it is said with a sassy to her voice. In the early afternoon of April 30Th I saw a beautiful young woman in the place of my little giggle girl Matty

I still see her this way. 7 years old and giggling at everyone and everything except when she hears a siren then she squeezes my hand a little tighter so I know it is time to share a smile to let her know it is OK.

However this is the magnificent young lady I saw when I went into that back room.

Scott and I are so proud of our little Matt-Attack :-)

Scott's Mother Charlotte and sister Kari

Mama and Daddy

Saying prayers for her to continue to grow and learn the path God wants for her.

Father Daughter dance, Tim McGraw "My little Girl" Honestly I was looking around and there was not a dry eye in the house!

Mommas turn with the special birthday girl, Martina McBride "In my daughters eyes" I tried to not cry but it did not work. :-)

Looking at this picture I still cannot believe she is 15, when did I fall asleep and all this time passed from when that little girl asked me to still kiss her goodnight and please make her a snack. I cherish our heart to hearts and pray they only get better. And just as "our song" says

"In my daughter's eyes, I am a hero.
I am strong an' wise,
And I know no fear.
But the truth is plain to see:
She was sent to rescue me,
I see who I wanna be, in my daughter's eyes."

Update

2011-06-15T21:05:00.002-06:00

First of all let me say the out pouring of love since confessing our little set back has been amazing!! We are truly Blessed with wonderful family and friends! Thank you all for all the prayers, messages, calls and texts. Scott and I are so grateful!

As of today we now have 2 offers on the table. Scott and I have prayed about it and truly believe we will go where it will be the best for our family! Please keep praying and sending good thoughts!

On an uplifting note no matter which way Scott and I go it looks like we will be able to see some family and friends. We are so excited at the thought and hope we can plan it out just right. Everything works for a better reason and we are very excited to embark on our new journey.

MAYbe we just needed a change?

2011-06-12T20:12:00.003-06:00

May was a very difficult month for us. On the 18Th Scott was laid off from his job. It was very unexpected and a hard blow to the gut! We have done our best to keep it under wraps and not tell or burden anyone. It has almost been a month and fingers crossed we will get some good news this week. Scott had an interview last Monday and we have been on our toes!! They have assured us we will hear something this week. Please keep us in prayer. Unfortunately when he was laid off his company thought we would just pack up and move back to Texas so they sent his unemployment paper work there. So when Scott went to apply they said they had to wait for it to come BACK to Georgia before they could even start the process. We were told AT BEST it would be 21 working days before we would have any sort of assistance. Needless to say it has been a very difficult month and are so thankful for prayers and the blessings of a friend that brought some food to help (thank you it meant so much) Scott and I are truly surrounded by wonderful people who have kept us in prayer and called or messaged us to offer encouragement and help in finding a job!! Please keep the prayers and good thoughts coming for this coming week that we will get good news. I thought of a funny thing tonight. Wouldn't it be funny if he got a job before we even get unemployment? *giggle*

Happy Birthday Scott!!

2011-04-15T07:47:00.005-06:00

I wanted to do something special for his 41st birthday that he would not forget. He wanted it to be quiet and just our family so I said ok going out was not an option. So I decided to try something fantastic at home. I did not want to just make him a cake, so I made him cupcakes......41 to be exact. *wink* I wanted to put something special on them as well. So for about a week and a half I worked on my "phrase" You would think it would be easy.......NOPE!! Wow it was so difficult. I would come up with the perfect 37 or 43!! I finally got it and he was blown away!!

"Happy Fourty First Birthday Scott! We Love You! Then one extra to symbolize the number

All lit!!

We were singing but he looks a little nervous!! I think he is making a plan.

He did pretty good!!

Scott called out in between breaths "HELP!!"

Maddie drew this picture for Scott. LOL Sorry I tried to turn it but it was to funny I had to post it. Gotta love kids!!

Wearing his gift from Sophia!! He is pretty awesome I think!! Looks pretty good too!! Oh yeah!!

P.S. OH MY GOODNESS!! Just realized doing spell check on here I misspelled "Fourty"!! LMBO!! Really leave it to me!! HAHAHAHAHA!! I can't breathe I am laughing so hard!!

Backyard bar-b-q and music fest!

2011-04-11T13:16:00.004-06:00

This past Saturday we just wanted to hang out with the kids and bar-b-q some good food. So we were out on the back deck and Sebastian brought out his guitar to play for us. It was so awesome having a drinky-poo and listening to my boy!! I am so proud of him! He has only been playing since late October and is so good. He learns by hearing the music or watching someone play. He can read music but really does better hands on. *grin* There are times when he is trying to learn a particular song that i listen to it over and over and over but in the end when it all comes together I love it. I could sit and listen to him all day!! Oh and he makes a pretty cute guitar playing face too *wink*

Is that a...................

2011-03-14T18:13:00.003-06:00

TROLLS BEHIND!!

OH Goodness this cracked me up!! Scott and I went for a hike up Pine Mountain last Friday. We will really enjoying all the nature and were taking pictures of all this neat stuff and I took this picture and started to laugh so hard. I thought it looked like a troll started to climb in the hillside and got stuck like Winney the Pooh with its butt in the air. LOL I hope you see it too!! If you don't I really do look crazy now!!

Family Picture 2010

2011-03-14T18:06:00.002-06:00

Well at Christmas time we had all 5 kids together and thought it was the perfect time to get a new family picture. The kids did so good and were so very patient while I "designed" our outfits and look. It really did pay off and I am happy to share the final result!!

These kids are so beautiful I can't believe they are mine!!

Dell Parker Family 2010

Catnip????

2011-02-08T12:32:00.002-07:00

I overheard a conversation the other day and I could not help but do the sideways dog confused look. Two ladies were talking about catnip and one of them turned to the other and said "You know what that is right.....(whisper)a drug!!" She then goes on and on about how it is in the new Tinkerbell movie and they says "Way to go Disney my kids will no longer be watching your movies" *shocked face* WHAT?! Was she serious? Boycotting Disney over the use of catnip to get a cat away from the fairies!! I laughed a little to myself. I mean how far is TOOOO far with putting blindfolds and earmuffs on them. Yes shield them from violence and sex but Disney?? What is this world coming too? Am I missing the bigger picture? As Cher said "Am I totally clueless?" Wait.....don't answer that. Soooo does anyone else have any thoughts on this catnip boycott of Disney?

Really is there anything better than cupcakes?

2011-01-07T13:41:00.003-07:00

I say NO!! SO while Skyping with Josie we had the idea of be blogging cupcakes!! Different flavors and decorating. I am not sure if I can but we will see. Maybe one different one a month because if I do one a day or even a week my family would be so FAT!! LOL I do have a really cool cupcake cookbook my friends mom gave me......I don't know even if I do a new one each month there is a lot of January left!

My determination to be smaller!!

2010-10-18T06:14:00.002-06:00

Well today is the first day of the rest of my thinner life!! I am not really over weight even though doctors and the Internet says I am but I no longer feel good about me. So that's why I have started my weight loss journal and diet with exercise. I hope it doesn't fizzle away and I don't give up! I wish I had someone to do this with. Or even just a cheer leading section. Someone to follow me around and say "HEY GOOD CHOICE" or to slap my hand when that danish is trying to hit on me!! I also already am feeling discouraged because I do not like a lot of the foods the diets I have found list. Such as 20 almonds!! Yikes the only way I like almonds is covered in CHOCOLATE!! IIIIIIIII don't think that's what they have in mind, do you? I guess I will put it out there I am 161 and 5"4'. The thing I don't like the most is that my thighs are causing thunder and my Santa belly causes me to want to shop maternity I am not sure why I am putting all this here except that I want to make sure when I go back and read I know what I was feeling and why I started this. I want to FEEL and look better!! Good Luck to me!!

A BEAUTIFUL experience!!

2010-07-18T20:12:00.002-06:00

I must say I do not remember the last time I was so touched as I was earlier this month. Scott and I were at the airport waiting for Josie and my Mother. I noticed a man standing next to us with 4 kids, all different. 2 were black, 1 was white and 1 was chinese. I thought it was cute and wondered if they were his or had taken a few friends kids to the airport. Then as the rush of people came I saw a lady walking towards them pushing a stroller and she was smiling so big and the kids were calling to her. I thought it was so cute then the lady unbuckled the little girl out of the stroller and said " Say Hello to your new little sister" All the kids hugged and said Hello and the Daddy knelt down and hugged her. I felt so honored that I was able to be a "spectator" at this beautiful moment in their life. A family was made right before my eyes and at that point I could not longer hold back the tears. I leaned on Scott and even he said he was getting a little chocked up. Thank you to those beautiful strangers that I was able to share a precious moment with!

Dishes and Feelings

2010-07-05T11:01:00.002-06:00

I have figured out this morning why I tend to enjoy doing my dishes by hand instead of taking the easy way and using the dishwasher. It is my therapy. I will do every single dish I can when I am feeling a little blah because I will work out every feeling and unfortunately work out a few old ones not yet resolved in my head. So here I am standing in the kitchen after doing a hefty load of dishes and feelings blogging. For me I wanted my blogs to always be happy and informative. However that comes with the occasional emotion filled reading as is mine today it seems. I seem to be feeling a bit like an outsider these days. So many times I feel as thought I am walking through a store looking into the windows of all my loved ones lives. Never a part of things but always with my face pressed against the glass wanting to be on the other side. In no way am I unhappy with my life. I am in a beautiful place in my life and seeing my children grow and develop is awesome and I am so blessed to hae each of them and Scott makes me smile every morning. There is just this corner of my heart and mind I tend to close the door on and every once and a while I hear a knocking and I need to deal with it. I know I need to hit my knees running more and give it to God to work out for me. Will that fill my emptiness of wanting to be part of something? Yes! is the answer I know but can't seem to grasp. Well time to close this door for my next round of dishes! Thank you and my deepest apologizes to those who read this until the end. Much love from me to you!

I love Georgia!!

2010-06-23T08:26:00.002-06:00

We are here in beautiful Georgia and I hope we never leave!! I really could not be happier!! The drive was long and I almost lost it on the last day. Traveling with 3 kids, 3 dogs, a moving truck that will only go 70 and a rain storm was just a bit much!! *wink* It all paid off though our house is amazing!! I cannot wait for our first visitor to come!! I wonder who it will be?

I was right the sun room is my favorite! I have not found my chair but for now I just borrow Scott's. Sitting here in the early morning hours while the kids are still sleeping it wonderful. I have my coffee and listen to the birds. It reminds me of when I was little. Then the kids wake up and turn on cartoons and I am SMACKED back!

We have only been here for about 3 weeks and we have not seen much but I hope we can get out soon and explore more of what Columbus has to offer. We have found our favorite bar-b-q place (which is hard here since they are everywhere) and Hobby Lobby is close enough to walk to. Which could prove to be very dangerous!! For Scott that is! *wink*

Stress and GREAT news

2010-05-25T22:28:00.003-06:00

Whoever said moving was easy should be SMACKED! Or house looks like a MAZE! Stack of boxes here and more over there. I am not sure I am going to make it, right now being done with the house by Friday looks impossible! I need encouragement! On average I get a whooping 3 hours of sleep a night and on top of that I DREAM of packing! I think I am getting the raw deal here. Shouldn't I be dreaming of sugarplums or dancing on a hillside? Then to top it off I packed ALLLLLLL the coffee cups today so tomorrow morning circle K will be my BF!

On a more positive note 3 of my kids took the TAKS test and have been commended. I am a very proud Mama! Being commended means they missed only 1 to 2 questions. HA! Take that dumb ol' test! We went to Mattelynn's award ceremony at school today and she now has more certificates than she knows what to do with. We were the proud "my hands hurt from clapping" parents! I will post pictures after this week when we have most of the kids ceremonies under our belt. JosieLin also received A's and B's on some work she did. We are overjoyed!! She is working very hard and doing fantastic!!

Well my bed is calling me I am not sure why all we do is fight! *grin*

We are MOVING!!

2010-05-20T21:40:00.002-06:00

To Columbus, Georgia!! Scott's job gave him an offer he could not refuse! *wink* We are looking forward to it but I am very sad to leave my friends. I have some people I am very attached to here. I know some will come visit me and I am really looking forward to our FIRST visitor!! Will it be YOU!?!? We have already found a house and I am feeling a little intimidated. It has more room than I have furniture. BUT after 6 years of living in a house that we outgrew before we moved in I will probably welcome the open space. I will give you a grand tour once we get there. I am also looking forward to all the places we will see on our way. I really cannot remember the last time I saw more than desert!!

There is one room in the house I am EXTREMELY looking forward to. We have an enclosed SUN ROOM! (ask me how much i love it later when I am CLEANING all those windows!!) I have decided when we get there my first mission will be to go out and find myself 1 fabulous chair to put in there just for me, it will be MY space that I can sit and blog from or enjoy coffee there looking out at all the green!

The kids are so excited about their new adventure. They were a little sad but as time is moving forward they are looking forward to it and they love the house from the pictures.

Please keep reading!!

I did it again!!

2010-05-20T21:38:00.002-06:00

I stopped blogging!! Sorry!! I am not sure anyone reads mine but in case you do sorry I left again! lol Lots of changes in the Dell House so hopefully I will have some "free" time to come over here and write more. Tell you all about it in my next blog. Here I go.....................

Comments

2010-01-27T08:25:00.002-07:00

Hello Hello!! I know I went MIA again and I want to get back to writing. I love to blog and when I was with My Space I blogged constantly. Well now that my postings are private I made it so ANYONE can comment. So even if you are not a blog member and just a friend reading you can leave me a comment, YA! I love comments!! lol Have a wonderful day!

A new Wreath

2009-12-20T23:06:00.003-07:00

I think I am really going to start a tradition of making a wreath for the different season or holiday. They are so much fun and a wonderful way of spending 30 minutes to an hour letting your creative side explode!! he he!! This is my Christmas wreath, it is not the best picture but I can't find my cord for my camera and I really wanted to share it. *grin* I even put a big nail into our newly painted walls, so I guess making one for different season/holiday is a MUST!

Family Pictures!

2009-12-20T22:57:00.005-07:00

I absolutly love doing our family Christmas Pictures. I think my favorite is going to look back at the years past and adding the new ones. It is also so nice to see how the kids have changed and my girls are growing so beautiful, It really scares me!! Sebastian is quite the handsome young man as well.

Each one is so precious!! I love all my girls!!

Goodness he sure is handsome! *wink*

My 2 favorite guys!!

My one and only!

Let it Snow!!

2009-12-20T22:45:00.003-07:00

We had the best snow El Paso has seen in a long time at the begining of December. We woke up in the morning to this beautiful blanket, I just wanted to cry!! The kids were excited because it meant a delay in school. I still had to brave the roads to go to work but had the best time watching them play with it in the morning. Even the sky is showing that winter is here!!
My little snow angels!

Scott using some matrix snow moves!! lol

snow beauty

precious!!

beautiful

Handsome little guy, this look is deceiving. Right after this picture was taken he HURLED a snowball at his sisters face!! lol

Another beautiful snow blanket!!

Since I brought it up........

2009-11-19T19:31:00.002-07:00

Here is the picture of my Grandma I talked about in my previous Blog. Scott thinks it is almost spooky how much it looks like me. I think my Grandma is beautiful so I am honored!!

Weekend in Deming!

2009-11-19T19:18:00.004-07:00

Once again I somehow got my writing to be underlined!! Sorry!! Here we go anyway!!

This past weekend Nov 14th we traveled to Deming for my Uncle Benny's 50th birthday/retirement party. My parents also came in so you could say it was a double feature!!

Uncle Benny and his TEETH cake!! So funny my cousin Jenn is pretty darn creative!!
My Grandpa has not been doing so well so we did not get to see him Saturday but Sunday morning we got up and went over to my grandparents house and were able to say Hello and get some pictures before he was too tired and had to go back to bed.

Grandpa and his first son and my Dad with his first grandson!! Precious!!

My Grandma, my Dad and I. Everyone says I look like her. I hope so! I do have a picture of her in her younger years and I must say it is pretty close!! I will have to find it and share! :-)

JosieLin having a moment with her Great Grandpa. This brings a tear to my eye!! These are the moments that mean so much!!

Sometimes I let my creative side come out and play!

2009-10-26T13:38:00.003-06:00

My friend Candice showed me the CUTEST wreath a couple of weeks ago and I loved it so much I wanted one too!! Obviously it was really cute because her co-worker also wanted one. So we got together and made wreaths, it was so much fun.

Here is Candice with the "before skeleton.

This is mine "after" I wanted mine to be a girl. The one Candice made for her house was a boy and he had a top hat. He was pretty handsome!!

We decided we should get in the Halloween mood!

I think it helped our creative side come out!

I love this picture of her! She is so pretty!

Moving right along, the more the better!

Glue guns are dangerous!! I must have glued my fingers to mine 6 times!!

Candice and her finished wreath!! She did superb!

Mine!! Not as cute but I liked it!! lol

Creative buddies!!

All hung up and ready to be enjoyed!!

When did she grow?!

2009-10-26T13:27:00.002-06:00

WOW I am very far behind!!

My oldest daughter JosieLin turned 13 on Sept 21. Where did the time go. I see my friends with their babies and I still think of mine that way then I have this little vioce come to me and ask a question and I realize wow that's not so little!! She is grown!! She is trying to find herself inside and out. Sometimes I wonder where I fit in? Her and I don't always see eye to eye but isn't that the way teenagers grow? you try NOT to be the same as your mother or rebel in some way only to find out she is pretty amazing! Still I find myslef staring at her and thinking back to when she was little and my eyes water.

We had a party with her and I want all of you with little girls to beware of the 13th!! It is as scary as the day when it falls on Friday!! lol It was an adventure and I can't believe I have 2 more to go!!

Been a while!!

2009-10-26T13:12:00.002-06:00

I have not been here to write in a while and there is so much I want to post. But I will start with something simple. This past weekend I was stressing a bit (for another blog) and I had to run an errand. while while I was out Sbastian and Madison took it upon themselfs to clean the living room (vacum and dust) clean up the dinning room and put away the clean dishes. How sweet!! They also colored me some pictures and made me a CD!! Why can't I do ALL THAT!! lol So as a proud mom I put in the CD and get SCARED OUT OF MY MIND!! I jump and yell as TNT from ACDC starts to play!! lol There are also many rock songs to follow then to end with soft country. lol Now I am a lover of all music but to have 1 CD with ALL of it on there is quite the adventure!! lol

It had been to long!!

2009-09-17T09:43:00.002-06:00

Well the day went by WAY to quickly!! In a flash my cousin Becky was here and then in the blink of an eye she was gone!! I really wish I had more time to spend with her but cherished the time I did get!! Thank you Aunt Cathy and Uncle Denny for making the pit stop!! I was happy I was able to meet her husband and her 2 kiddos, SOOO adorable!! Maybe one day I will get to see them for a longer amount of time!!

Jacob was dipping his nuggets like he saw grandpa do with a french fry!
I can see the family resemblance!!

Sweet Haven Rose slept the whole time!! Traveling is hard work.

Love you Becky!!

Aunt Cathy and Uncle Denny!!

Exciting News!!

2009-09-01T21:07:00.002-06:00

Found out today my cousin Becky (the one who brought me to this Blog) is going to Deming for a visit. Weeeeellllll she has to fly into El Paso where I live first!! So after not seeing her for about 13 years I will get to see her and meet her husband and kids!! I am SOOOO very excited!! Look for pictures and a blog of our visit soon!! Love ya Becky I can't wait!!

What comes after S......Tea Time!!

2009-09-01T20:48:00.008-06:00

I was watching a movie the other day and all these ladies were sitting around in pretty clothes and drinking tea and having a great time and I thought "Hey that looks like fun!" Scott and I are always having bar-b-q's but I thought it would be nice to do something with just my girlfriends!! With the help of my friend Jenn I did it!! I wanted to make sure it was pretty and girly and all around a good time!! My plan was I wanted to make a coffee table book with pictures from the party so Scott was nice enough to take pictures!! I could not post ALL of them but here are a few of my Tea Party!!

Here I am!!
Jenn made the menu look fantastic!

Andrea and Janay brought me this beautiful basket!!

Janay, Andrea, Claudia, Jenn and I sitting down to begin.

All the yummy sandwiches!! I made cucumber, chicken salad and peanut butter with nuetella (I love that sandwich!)

Jenn made about a dozen of these all with different quotes on them! It was such a nice treat to read them all. Most of us even found a favorite!!

Asher was all tuckered out from all the fun!! Heehee!

The goodies!! Pumpkin bread on bottom, lemon bars on top!

I asked everyone to bring their own tea cup and saucer to use, great ladies all brought one!! Also my "special" chocolate cake and chocolate covered strawberries!! I would have been happy with just those!!

The tea cart!

Jenn having a good laugh! to bad the day after this picture was taken Jenn got sick!!

I was reading the description of the different teas

Scott had told everyone that the cake was baaaaaaad so they would not eat it!! Andrea was not fooled and she loved every bite!!

My Ladies!!

I always knew she was "terrific"

2009-09-01T20:03:00.008-06:00

Ok first I cannot get this off underline so hang in there and just think of it as EVERYTHING I am saying is really important!! *grin* I am still learning!!

So at our school getting terrific kid is a BIG deal!! Even bigger than that is getting terrific kid FIRST!! Well for the past 2 years Maddie has done it! We are so very proud. We were very happy to get the noticed but that happy feeling left fast when I remembered I had jury duty that day, so I asked Scott to go in my place because last year we BOTH missed it. I was in school and Scott had a lot happening at work. So this year one of us WAS going!! Imagine how thrilled I was when it turned out we were BOTH able to go!! It was so awesome to see the smile on her face!! She loves to be a good student!!

Madison was patiently waiting her turn!! (notice the IMpatient face) lol Her moment!!

I wish the ceremony had not been on "wear your favorite jersey"day!! *grin*

She was so very happy Daddy came!! Notice there is only a picture with Daddy!! Mommy is invisable when Daddy is around!! lol

The 3rd Grade "Terrific Kids" *clapping*

Ever have trouble reading?? Try this!!

2009-08-10T20:38:00.002-06:00

Sophia was doing her homework tonight which consists of letters, sight words and reading. I was cooking dinner so Scott was helping her. Well as always there was some sort of volcano erupting in the back of the house. Scott went to put out the fire and Sophia had trouble with a word. I went over to help and saw her rather unusual concentration technique. Did you know twirling your hair helps to read? Oh AND a glass of wine......Ha ha just kidding I left my glass in the wrong place!!

First week of school is over!!

2009-08-07T08:45:00.002-06:00

OK We survived the first week of school!! It has been an adventure that's for sure. Madison's teacher told her the first day of school that she was strict.....so in turn Maddie is SCARED to death to turn in something late or do something that would give her a bad grade. lol She came home yesterday with a permission slip for swimming and with the house being crazy last night I forgot to sign it and this morning she was in tears!! You would have thought if she did not turn in that paper it was going on her permanent record!! I just bent over smiled sweetly (tried not to laugh) and told her I would send her teacher a note that I would look it over and send it in Monday!! lol The highlight of her week was the "funeral" her class had for the word "CAN'T" Her teacher says that's a bad word so each child wrote the word on a paper and hung it over their desk and yesterday they all said a little something about the word then they all got to RIP it down and stomp on it!! I LAUGHED so hard because while Maddie is telling me about it she is snarling!! Oh goodness it was AWESOME!!

Sophia just says her teacher is weird. Which is hilarious for me to hear especially coming from that child!! Like she has ANY room to talk about being weird. I mean this is the child who came running our of the bathroom once and announced to the room "IIIIIIIIII'M NAKED" and shook her hips about out of their sockets!! lol I just smile at her while I am laughing in my head. Sophia's biggest accomplishment this year is getting to take a "Home Lunch" She carries her Tinkerbell lunch box with pride!! It is so cute

Josie and Sebastian are loving Jr. High!! They are doing well remembering to switch backpacks and remember to put their schedule in their folder. It warms my heart when I drop them off in the morning. I sit in the car for a minute and watch them walk away and to see them interact and wait for each other is wonderful!! As a mother you try your best to get your kids to get a long and be kind to each other and when they fight and bicker you think "where did I go wrong" Then there are moments when they think you are not looking and they do kind things for each other and you smile!! I am proud of them and enjoying watching the relationship that is developing with them now. I hope it continues to get stronger!!

We will get to see Matt this weekend "fingers crossed" I will have some news on her next blog!!

For now my days have been spent doing laundry, shopping for school supplies and drinking coffee in the quiet!! I love it!! I was able to have lunch with my friend Jenn the other day and spent time with Carmen yesterday. It has been good to catch up with my friends without breaking up a fight or getting something to drink!! lol I do miss the kids but it is very nice indeed!!

2009-08-03T13:27:00.003-06:00

Today was the first day back at school for our kiddos!! We now have 3 in Jr. high, a 3rd grader and a 1st grader!! Wow!! For those of you who know me you know my kids have been running me into the ground for the past 3 months and I could not WAIT for school to start!! Well that all changed this morning when I walked away from the school. Usually I know he teacher or at least are familar with them. This year I went in blind and I was scared!! Here I thought I would have a funny picture to post of Scott and I smiling real big after dropping them off but I ruined that will a tear stained face!! Now in 2 short hours they will be home and safe in my arms and then I will be anxiously waiting for their 7:45 bed time!! lol Enjoy our first day picutures!! Our MIGHTY first grader!! She was so excited she kissed us and quickly said "BYE" and I know she was really saying "LEAVE"

These 2 have a hard time being apart!! She was very sad he was going to a new school and would no longer be able to check on her on his way to lunch!! Angels!!

Yep he HAD to use 2 different shoe laces!! Way to express yourself Cbass!!

This picture makes me sad. I remember the last time I took one JUST like this. Sophia was on the end in a mickey mouse shirt and a nemo backpack, because even though she was to little for school she had to be in with the "IN-crowd" and have a backpack!! My heart hurts....Hurry 3:15!!

Trying to get this party Started!!

2009-08-02T20:36:00.000-06:00

I am trying to figure this out!! I love to blog and was known for daily postings on myspace!! Hopefully I will have something to read soon!!