HAPPY 18TH ANNIVERSARY

I not only have been blessed with 18 years of marriage but I have been blessed with my children too. Now first my husband...
I love that man. He is SOOOO perfect and he is mine and I love him for being just that! He loves me and that is all I will ever need!
Now for the kiddo's...

This was what the two little ones wrote to us for our anniversary. I cannot stop laughing....



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Sweet as sugar

Look at that smile
I love my kids!

Thurman's newest.....

Amber let the dogs out a few hours ago. It was very late and she was calling Thurman to come in. There was a lot of noise so I got up to see what was going on. Thurman is running around the house and finally comes in but has something in his mouth.
I bopped him on the head and out popped this........











So now Amber and I have to go out and find the nest to put him back......
1 1/2 hours later.....
no nest, SRD won't find the nest again, I am stuck with a bunny!
The only place that will take it is some place in philly.....
What to do...
with little bunny foo foo?
Who got plopped on my carpet and I am
scooping up bunnies and bopping SRD on the head?

Sorry couldn't resist....







SRD
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Happy Birthday Aus"TEN"

Where has the decade gone!?!!!
The day you were born was much like today. A beautiful sunny day and your birth was perfect. You were so cute! The only thing was that you cried for about an hour after your were born. No matter what we did you screamed! And since then we are still trying to get you be be quiet! Boy do you love to talk! You are such a great kid and you care so much about everyone. I am so proud to be your mom and really enjoy everything about you! I LOVE YOU VERY VERY MUCH!!!! Keep smiling and making me smile!

YOUR FIRST FEW MONTHS.....
YOUR 2 MONTH OLD THIGHS

YOU AT 11 MONTHS....

YOUR 1ST BIRTHDAY

YOUR NEXT YEARS....


THIS SUMMER....

TIME TO CELEBRATE

Batman - The Dark Knight

john is now totally convinced that HE is BATMAN due to the release of this movie. It comes out on his birthday.

Please feel free to call him on Friday to wish him a HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

the latest Slowskys Commercial :D

Here is another good one

LATIN DANCER..... PERHAPS...his new career..

Amber and I were watching "So you think you can dance", Along came a latin dancer. I said, "I don't get this anybody can do what he is doing even Adam...."

Adam being the goofball does it and he looked just like him!

The power of THUNDER

This is what happened after the thunder storms on Tuesday...............

THUNDER CAUSES A LOT OF DAMAGE!
WHO KNEW??












THURMAN




He is afraid of THUNDER, this what he does....
SRD! (stupid retarded dog!)

Can you guess what he is doing?

WHAT IS HE DOING?????

Dead Dog Walkin'....

6:45 a.m. - Adam comes into my room to take Cappucino. (a normal every day event)
6:46 a.m. - John tells Adam to take Thurman out. (the dog we are dog sitting)
7:00 a.m. - John goes down stairs and sees Adam on sofa with Cappucino
7:01 a.m. - Jonh asks Adam if he took Thurman out
7:01 a.m. - Adam replies "Oh I thought you said Thurston"
7:02 a.m. - John asks " Well did you let Thurston out?"
7:02 a.m. - Adam "yeah"
7:03 a.m. - John "really?"


8:00 a.m. - I call and chat with John about morning ect. I get "filled in " on the mornings happenings.
8:05 a.m. - Plan hatched in my mind... can't wait until 3:00 p.m.



3:00p.m. - Pick Adam up from school
3:01 p.m. - I ask Adam " how was school?"
3:01 p.m. - Adam, "Fine"
3:02 p.m. - I ask Adam "So did you let Thurston out this morning?"
3:02 p.m. - Adam "Yeah"
3:03 p.m. - Me, "Really,...Did he poop?"
3:03 p.m. - Adam; "yeah"
3:03 p.m. - Me; "really? How long was he out there?
3:04 p.m. - Adam; "I don't know, a few minutes, I left him out there until he startred barking."
3:04 P.M. - ME; "He was barking? How long was he barking?
3:04 p.m. - Adam; " Uh 2 or 3 minutes. I couldn't take his barking anymore so I let him in.
3:05 p.m. - Me; Really, He was barking for 2 or 3 minutes? That is AMAZING!"
3:05 p.m. - Adam; "WHY"
3:06 p.m. - ME; "BECAUSE HE HAS BEEN DEAD FOR 4 DAYS!!!!!!!!"


We decided not to tell the kids about Thurston's passing and wanted to see how long it would take them to notice. Well as you may have already guessed from Adam's behavior that it took him 4 days and a really big LIE for him to notice.




His punishment????

10 Sunday of having to clean up dog poop in the yard!
Why that punishment?

Well he lied about the dog and he was full of crap so I thought the punishment fit the crime!
Parenting can be fun!

He disagrees!

Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead (Hillary)

Ok he wasn't a witch but he was evil and ugly!



Thurston left our home on Saturday. He was removed by my husband to an undisclosed location. He told me not to ask questions and that I was to call him "Dexter" I am honestly too tired and busy to to even think about it. It took the children 4 days to notice that he was gone! So any of you who had bets that he would out live us all you have lost....
and no I did not cry. But I will show you his last impression of a camel....

Result of late late night web surfing.

and I still think it is funny

Painter's humor.....

Spring?!?

I stole this idea from Carla and decided to bring spring at least to my blog.
Enjoy the colors.
New post with photos to follow soon!

Survivor Eyler

Will he make it to 15?

YES OR NO


Should he be voted off the EYLAND?????

DADDY"S BOY....

Our guard dog....






Family sleepy day...

Latest, latest addition....

Allow me to introduce THURMAN. He was a weekend guest who turned into a long term resident. He is a nice dog. We do have issues with his name since I can never remember it. He has been called, Bently, Horton, Lumbar, and Hoover. Don't ask!

There was also the night we discovered that he does not like wind. That was funny and John named him SRD (Stupid Retarded Dog) when he climbed onto his nightstand at 3 in the morning. I just lost it and cracked up!

Anyway we now have 4 dogs and 4 kids.......
I always said I liked even numbers.

our latest addition....

I have be given a cool opportunity to have a baby without all the work.

I would like you all to meet Bennett Enns...


He is visiting us 3 days a week while his parents work toward their goal of becoming full time missionaries.
Bennett is the first child of Katie and Ryan. Katie (a.k.a kateski) was our first babysitter for our kids. (I feel old typing that)
I am getting my first taste of being a grandparent. This is so great. I get to play with him and have fun with him and just when I get tired he goes home! He is such a good baby and not just because he leaves.(hehe) The kids are loving it too. They all like helping out with him too. It is a great learning opportunity for them too. Amber as already learned that she does not like baby food squash.

It also brings more laughter into our home. One day I told Amber to go ahead and give him his bottle and Anna come running over saying "No, No, I want to milk him!



Thanks Katie and Ryan for sharing your joy with us.

Just Cute...

While I was looking for some pictures I came across these.








This is Adam...........





And this is Amber....




They do say history repeats itself.
Boy were they cute...

Out of the mouths of babes...

Today we headed out to New Castle PA for Great Mom-Mom's funeral. It is about a six hour ride but we packed snacks and movies. The ride was a bit rough with misbehaving children. John and I both worried about how they would behave at the service after being cooped up in the car all day and then having to sit in church. We prayed and hoped for the best.....


The evening started out a bit rough, our youngest not handling the whole funeral situation well. I had to talk with her for a while to calm her and after she settled down she came over to me and handed me a note. She asked me if I could go out and put it in Great Mom-Mom's "basket" (that what she thought it was called.) I told her I would. As I was going to the casket I opened it to read it. It brought tears to my eyes. She wrote

Dear Mom-Mom

I hope you have a good time up there with God.

I love you
Anna

We left it open in her casket for all to see. She really loved her Great Mom-Mom.

During the funeral many people spoke about Mom-Mom. Uncle Dave pointed out that without Mom-Mom there would have be no Reverend Nicholson(Pop-Pop) When Pop-Pop asked Mom-Mom if she would go out with him Mom-Mom told him that she would go out with him if he would go to church. He did just that and went on to become a pastor and serve over 60 years in the ministry! One cannot not imagine how many lives Mom-Mom has touched. Then the Pastor asked if anyone would like to share or say something about Mom-Mom. We heard other wonderful stories about Mom-Mom but our biggest shock came when our son Adam stood up to speak. He told everyone that he was her grandson and the we should not be sad because the casket just was holding and empty shell and the real Mom- Mom was in heaven. He also said the we would miss her and how he would always remember how every year she would give all the grandkids McDonalds gift certificates for christmas. He really can be such a sweet boy! I was touched by his strength and courage to get up and speak.
As the time of sharing was coming to an end little Austin stood up. He started telling everyone that He too was one of her grandsons and that was as far as he could go. The poor boy broke down and wept. What Austin was able to say with those tears spoke volumes. He is such a dear child.

I love my kids and how God uniquely designed each one. I love them more than they will even know. I am also so thankful for them and proud to be their Mom.


All is all it was a good trip and was nice to spend time with family.