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Saturday, December 18, 2010

We wish you a Merry Christmas!





And so the holiday season descends upon us again. We have made it through Halloween and Thanksgiving! Only Christmas and New Years to go! Christmas is of course the biggie 'round here what with the assorted small fry and all! These first shots are of decorating cookies with the kids and the Annual Cookie Swap Juli was kind enough to host this year! Both were a blast!





This set is Jilly's Christmas Program at Alcovy. Also known as "Why am I here? These lights are too bright! I'm ready to go home."



And then we have SNOW DAY 2010 which had the bad taste to be on a Sunday so no one got to stay home from school....lol...Even I was up at 6 am the next morning checking school closings....

Sunday, November 28, 2010

Thanksgiving 2010

Went to see Darien and Anna in Jacksonville, FL! A wonderful time was had by all!!!!


Sunday, October 31, 2010

HALLOWEEN!!!!!!!!!!

TRUNK OR TREAT at the Church then the Covington Square!!!!!!


Thursday, October 28, 2010

Cindy's 36th!

Friday, October 22, 2010

Day Five!!! And still alive!

DOLLYWOOD!!!!!!!

Thursday, October 21, 2010

Day Four!

Ober Gatlinburg, Alpine Slide, Carousel (way too many times), and landscapes!!!! The leaves are gorgeous!!!!!!

AND EMILY LOST HER FIRST TOOTH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Kim almost took her to the ER..LMAO..I got to pull it out!!!!! I keep forgetting Em is her first munchkin......

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Day Three!

THE AQUARIUM!!!!!!!!!!!! WOO HOO!!!!!

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Day Two!

More Go Carts! We seem to be developing a pattern here! Lots of shopping! Some crafts and general goofing off! OH! And the scream Swing! Ever heard grown adults scream like baby girls??? Well one of them actually is a girl but still.....

Monday, October 18, 2010

Day One!

Mayfield Dairy tour, Dinner at Texas Roadhouse and Go Cart Track!!!!!!

Thursday, October 14, 2010

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Then they stole her and took her to be Christened……

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LYRA!!!!! Oh and her parents too.

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Saturday, March 13, 2010

And so it was...

I wonder why I can't keep up with this blog? I have so much to tell people. So many things to share. I catch myself thinking, "I should blog this..." then one of them does something else cool and we are off and on to the next thing. I don't want to sit down and write about what was when I can be doing what is. And for all of the members of the ..."Wait till they go to bed" group....these kids can out last me with out even slowing down. I'm doing good if I get them all down before I'm asleep. Well not really but close...very, very close......



SO here's a quick recap of the last however long it has been:



Pie is about to be 14 in 9 days and wants an iPod Nano for his birthday. Or cash. Kiddo really likes money! He is at present at his girlfriends house for her baby sisters birthday party.....LMAO...., while I sit at home and pray he's behaving...Not really...He's a good boy! Anyway....Her Daddy has a lot of land, a pond, and no remorse when it comes to his oldest daughter. He has already warned Pie once and I don't think he'll get more than one. Academically he is by and far impressing me. And that is not so easy. Apparently Science is his his thing...(How cool is that??????) He placed first at the school Science fair and went to regionals. Then went to the Science Olympiad and won a medal for building a windmill. Out of card stock and tape. On the bus, on the way there, because the first one broke that morning. I am so proud of him. Not just the Science and the Grades. He's really turned into a wonderful young man. He's a hard worker. You rarely have to tell him twice. He has really come out of his shell this last year.



Smooch is now 13! And probably going to take issue with me calling her Smooch before long. She had a slumber party for her birthday, which was a total contradiction in terms as NO ONE SLUMBERED!!! 4 a.m. I finally told them to go to bed...She got an iTouch for her Birthday. She was totally happy with it too until a friend of hers got a Laptop last week....lol...But unless the Cockcroft's are looking to adopt anyone she's SOL till next year. Shoot...I JUST got one! And I am so not 13. If I had to wait till I was 21 she can too.... She is actually playing with it (the iTouch that is) as I type. It's pretty cool really. She is trying to talk me into paying for some app she isn't going to play with next week. Academically she has always done well and continues to do so. Still loves to read...Thank You God! I usually try to read what she does and really enjoy most of them. I think (and have been told)...that I let her read too far above her level. But I figure she will either stop or ask questions...either way I'm good.

Popstar is looking forward to her 5th birthday....in July. Nothing like planning ahead. Apparently the "Everything" she received for Christmas has faded in to the recesses of her little mind and **NEW** stuff is taking over. The list is long.....long and expensive. She may look like Hubby but my genes are strong in this one. I just had my second parent teacher conference on the 8th. She is excelling academically but has serious issues with sitting still (that's her Daddy right there) and staying in her seat (I repeat...). She also enjoys throwing stuff. She doesn't seem to understand why throwing is not OK even if you don't hit anyone. We are working on that. If you throw something and are going to get in trouble you should at least hit your target.....

Our Church has become a mainstay in our lives. Popstar goes to the school attached to the Church and has really enjoyed it. Unfortunately because of our move (hopefully in the next couple of weeks) she will be going to Public School next year. But we all enjoy the Church itself and when we decided to remain in GA it was one of our deciding factors. We joined last summer and have had a blast ever since. It's small and friendly and fun. And very family oriented which, strange but true, I haven't found a lot of in the local churches. Odd huh? One would think.....


But then they don't pay me to think......

This is where those of you trying to find jobs may want to stop reading......


I did what I swore to never do again.......LOL....I not only took a job outside of my house, I took a job outside of my field. It has been a learning experience. I have learned that I am not too old to learn new tricks. I am however too old to want to.....And so sometime in the next 15 days I should be Happily Unemployed and back home where I belong. While I realize this is a horrible thing to say in this economy as a number of you are looking for jobs, I can only tell you to send your resumes as I don't think my replacment is going to last long. I'll give you a good reference.
Well the time has come for me to sign out. If you stopped by drop a line......Say Hi! I wonder who reads this sometimes......





Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Some memories of summer...

Just couldn't leave ya on such a bummed out note.....So here is some sunshine:




A little chillin out.....


And a bit of bedtime to send you off tonight.......



Later!

My how the time files....

Or: How my time flies...

I keep promising to update more regularly and I really intend to...Really! But the best of intentions and all that...

Anyway Christmas is of course over and New Years too. Both were a lot of fun. Lots of Family and Friends. Lots of Love and Food (I sometimes wonder if my Mom has confused the two or just expresses Love thru Food...). Christmas dinner was a triumph. And if I hadn't been so full I would have gotten off my lazy butt and posted this then...lol...The Kids were all happy with their hauls- individually and over all- I think Popstar put it best. When asked by her Sunday School Teacher (and subsequently any stranger around) what she got for Christmas, the standard answer was said on a sigh,"EVERYTHING!" So good times were had by all. Somewhere on this computer are pictures from the Christmas Pageant at our Church but I don't know where and Mom is not home. You'll have to make due with this until I can find them.
*** I just realized that this pic is over a year old....lol....***

The time is going by now though. So quickly. I'm working again. Have been since October. It's not a bad thing really. The money is good and the job is interesting. But I miss being home with the kids. Much like every other working parent in the world I guess. We are staying with Mom and Dad while we look for a house but I don't think it's going to be around here. Every time I think I can suck it up the God Forsaken JC school system fails again. I am so tired of the fools running the school district. This isn't fair to my kids. They shouldn't have to deal with this kinda crap!!!
On a lighter note Hubby is on his way back from Chicago and is bringing me authentic Chicago style Deep Dish Pizza!!!!! It (and He) should be here around 3am...*sigh*. Thank God I am a willing to eat real food for breakfast kinda girl. I'm gonna have ta share though. I can just feel it...the kids will smell the food from their cozy little beds. They're good like that.
Well that was all the Happy I can think of right now. I hope to be back soon with a more cheerful update. I just don't have it in me right now.
God be with us all.
Love ya!