Joshua, Austin, and Jaislynn




Jaislynn at 5 weeks

I thought since I was feeling better, and starting to get more sleep I would be able to catch up on my blog and get everyone updated......then my kids got sick!

Cody is getting over strep throat, he was sick for 3 days then I took him to the Dr. and found out he was positive for strep. I should have went sooner, how do you really know though?!

Joshua started coughing Sunday morning and then couldn't breath for about 3min he was gasping, I thought we would have to take him to the ER for sure. Then it stopped as suddenly as it started. He has only coughed occasionally since. He has been a little grouchy, and wants to be right with me no matter what I am doing around the house.

Jaislynn started to have a stuffed nose, and cough on Monday. She was very grouchy Monday and Tuesday, only wanting to be held by me, and couldn't be laid down for more than 10min and she would seem too congested.

So it has been a crazy week so far. I am praying that this all will be over soon, and my kids will be feeling like themselves.

I tried to upload some pictures to go with this post, I am still learning how to get this work the way I want it to, and it didn't! So there will be pictures soon I promise....

Dads are so important......

Here is a video I think is worth sharing....I'm back to feeling like myself again, so stay tuned for a lot of catching up! I am way behind!

Anyways this video is so true!

Summer Fun

Austin helping Josh swim




Maycee being cute she is quite the fish, she swims with her eyes open and ends up having bloodshot eyes the rest of the day.
She reminds me of myself when I was a little girl!



Austin at the deep end.
He has been going off the high drive this year!



Joshua loves to swim in the big pool as long
as he has a life jacket on, he does a great job!



I have to sneak pictures of Cody from the deck,
he has to wear these silly nose plugs, always has though,
he can not stand water going up his nose!

Vacation Bible School

Cody, Austin, Maycee, and Joshua all went to VBS at Hamlet Union church last week. They had a great time and learned a lot too! Cody helped with games since he was "too old" to actually go to a class. Our friend Nada was so awesome she gave the kids a ride too and from every day! I was so happy that I could go to the church website and download these pictures to my computer....enjoy!

More Maycee.....

Almost done......she was soo happy!
She had been looking forward to this for a long time!The finished results......
She had to pose a little behind my mom's tulips....

Maycee Chawnta Michelle

Maycee had been growing out her hair to donate to Locks of Love. She wanted my Mom to be the one to cut it. This is her second time to do this. I am very proud of her. I am also happy not to have to brush and fix so much hair every day.





Two years with just trims, and one cut will get you hair this long if you are blessed.

We decided to braid it this time since she had a extra 2 inches than what is needed.


The first cut, it only took three or four to have the braid off!

Almost Done....

Josh, Josh, & more Josh.....Don't worry I will spotlight each child in the up comming post!

A few more Birthday pictures....






















Presents from Great Grandma Lea, he loves the bouncing ball. There are days when it seems to be his only form of transportation everywhere around the house......it's pretty funny!














He was sooo happy to get this Bike!














This is the actual morning of his Birthday March 31! He took a bath, and like always had to have his froggy towel, be wrapped in a blanket, then watch part of a movie to get warmed up before he can get dressed. This kid is not spoiled at all!













Nana & Joshua 3-31-08

Still playing catch up with everyone!!!

I am going to attempt to catch up on all our events over the past 6-8 weeks that have kept us so busy! I am still getting the hang of this blogging stuff, so please bear with me! I had posted a photo of Austin & Josh wearing their John Deer shirts, and now its gone since I tried to move it down. Guess I'll try to post that later, they looked so cute!

March 30th we celebrated Joshua's 4th Birthday. We had to have the party inside since the weather was not cooperating. He had his heart set on the park, so did I since we were giving him a bike and I knew he would have a lot of fun being able to ride all around at the park. It all worked out ok though, and he said it was great, so that is all that really matters! It was nice to have some family and friends all together for a couple hours to honor him. We played pin the tail on the donkey, balloon pop relay, and had a pinata.


Here he is with his cake....I LOVE this picture!!















Posing for Mom















Just hanging out....















Getting ready to pop the balloon

Catching up......