My Grandparents 50th Anniversary

Today was my Meme and Papaw's 50th anniversary party! That is a huge deal to me! 50 years is a long time! They are so sweet too! There was about 100 family and friends there. I had a good time visiting with my relatives that I haven't seen in over 10 years! This first picture is them renewing part of their vows.

My 4 all together for once! It is very hard to get these kind of pictures!

My Meme and Papaw, their 3 sons and their wives and kids and my sister's son and my 4

Me and my babies!

My Mom and Dad and their grandchildren

Me and my sister

My Baby girl Kadie

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Lake Day for Journey!

Today we went to the lake with some other church members and some of their family and friends as well. We had a blast!! The girls got a little sun burned and so did I, but nothing too bad. We ate BBQ sandwiches and chicken and rode the tube behind the party barge.

There were a couple of people with cameras and Lou sent me these pics from her camera and I love them! Stratton is my shy one, so there's only one shot of him. He tends to avoid the camera. Now Kennedie on the other hand, loves the camera! The boys wouldn't ride the tube, but the Kennedie loved it and Kadie was scared a couple of times when we hit the waves, but she liked it. Kadie liked "driving" the boat with David the most though. I think she could've done that all day if he would've let her!

My Girls

Kadie and Taylor

Stratton, Ashton, and Sam

Me and Kadie

Becca and Kennedie



David and Kadie


Excuse the oreo on her face!

Kadie, Kaylee, and Samuel

Trenton

Kadie sitting on the bank because she's scared of the water!

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What I've been up to...

Friday, I managed to go to all 4 of the kids Christmas parties!! Trenton's started at 9:30, so I went there first stayed awhile, and then Me and him went to Stratton's party at 10:00. After his party, me and the boys went home for a little while and then we were off to Kennedie's party at 1:00. She got to see Santa Claus and then we were off again to Kadence's party at 1:30! I was wore out after all that and we went home! It was busy, but a lot of fun!

Saturday, My mom and dad took the boys to the state capital to see the lights and they went shopping. They had a lot of fun! Me and the girls stayed at home and relaxed!

Sunday, we went to church and the kids put on a play for Christmas! It was so cute!

And besides that, we haven't done much of anything else, but sit around the house and try to stay warm! It's finally cold here after the 70 degree weather we just had a few days ago! Now it's in the 20's! That's so crazy when the weather flip flops so drastically like that!

The kids are getting more and more anxious about Christmas! A lot of you have asked when I start my new job. Well, I go in on the Jan. 2nd for paperwork and training and then I start on the 5th! I'm so excited!

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Asking for Prayers again!

OK, I know you are all probably tired of me asking for prayers with the job thing, but hopefully soon I will have a job and won't have to ask anymore!

I got a call this morning about one of the million(just 4 actually) jobs I applied for and I have an interview Monday at 1:00! Maybe this time I will get the job, but who knows?!! I believe it will be less pay than I actually want, but we all know how long I've been looking for a job, so I would take it regardless right now! I need to have some experience down for future job opportunities that come my way!

As far as the kids go: Everyone is well, for now, and no more trips to the doctor either! Kadie has a runny nose, but she keeps one of those most of the time, so it's nothing new! Oh yea, and you'll never guess what my 3RD grader got in trouble for in school the other day?!! And guess what? I'm not telling yet! I want to see if anyone can guess! It will be interesting to see what people come up with! Keep in mind, that this is my extremely shy child who only gets in trouble once in a blue moon! With that being said...GUESS AWAY!!

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PICTURES!!!

Here's some of the pictures we took this weekend! Of course I had to add some of the outtakes as well, because, well that's my kids for ya! I'm pretty satisfied considering there were 5 kids being photographed! Please leave feedback, I'd love to here your opinions.
THE BOYS

ALL FIVE

MY FOUR
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CAMERON (MY Nephew)

Outtake 1
Outtake 2\
Outtake 3
This is how Kennedie would smile ALL the time if it were up to her..LOL! I have to tell her "Don't smile so big!" I can imagine you all see why I tell her this!!
There are more, like some individual ones of my kids too, but I will be having a new header in the next few days and I'm using those for that!

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Why??

Why is it that kids like to act totally different when they are away from home? I know my mom has told me a many of times that I was the same way, but I am yet to figure out why?

My little Kadence decides while she is at daycare to become a "mute" child! And yes, I mean completely uttering no words, baby talk, anything! I ask them everyday, because I keep thinking that one day she will talk to them too. As I speak of this, my Kadie is blabbing away (to herself). She can actually say lots of things, like mama, bye bye, bubba, kennedie (a little anyway), nana, papaw, meme, daddy, baby, book, and so on. I do not think she is talking like she should for her age (20 months), but nonetheless, she does speak. So back to my question, does anyone have a clue why she chooses to stay mute while at daycare! I'm clueless!!

Then there is Kennedie, who is wonderful at school..(minus the peeing on herself everyday for the last week) They all love her and think she is just the sweetest little thing! They also feel that way at church about Miss prissy pants (i said pRissy pants, not the other that I probably should be referring her to, or at least for the last week). When she gets home.....watch out....she is going to get into anything and everything, try to eat anything and everything, be mean to her sister and brothers, throw fits, talk back, and yes, still pee in her pants!! But, she is smiling all the while! So why is it that she can't be sweet all evening too? Is she just so tired of being good all day, that she just HAS to unleash the dragon?

Then there is Stratton, who also never gets in trouble at school and is so sweet and quiet! Well that's a joke when he steps foot in the truck after school! He actually has a very smart mouth and can be very mean to his siblings! He also likes to say he "hates" things or people...I really despise it when kids (especially mine) say they "hate" anything!

O.k. and last, but not least, there is Trenton....ummm....well....actually he isn't much different at home. He can be rowdy and back talk occasionally, but for the most part he is a very sweet, loving, cuddling, little kindergartner. I know I better enjoy it though...because that sweet little boy will be growing up soon and things always change, at least somewhat.

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