So last week was Teacher Appreciation week. The kids wanted to participate and they should…their teachers deserve it! Well seeing as there are 5 kids at my house, I didn’t want to do a gift a day. That can add up really quick! So I did some research and found some good ideas for them to pick from. I told myself they all had to do the same gift to make it easier. Of course they all didn’t want the same gift so I let the bigger kids choose 2 different ideas. Madelyn didn’t have a choice Read More....

So our little one made it to state with her gymnastics team. It is such a great feeling to cheer Nevaeh on while she is giving her all performing . She is truly a talented girl and has a love for the sport. Madelyn is following in her foot-steps participating in the younger class. I wanted to share a few pictures of her meet this past month. This is Nevaeh and a few of the girls getting ready and making sure they had EXTRA glitter in their hair! Read More....

Well hello there! I have been MIA lately. I have come to accept that there are seasons in our life. I have been going through a season where blogging wasn’t on my list of top priorities. Do I love my site and miss it? YES! But I have been super SUPER busy with life! So much has changed for me this year and the biggest change is ME! God has really been working in my life and transforming me to be more like his image :) I am a work in the making and it’s not something that coRead More....

My sister Melinda and I have always had to share our birthday month. I never had a problem with it becuase mine came first on the 17th and I was always too young to understand that my birthday was on pay day. Mel's birthday was the following week on the 24th so she was in that 2nd week of the pay period. LOL i'm sure you can see why Mel was always bitter! BUT as we got older we learned to enjoy celebrating together. Read More....

Can I just start off by saying I love Pinterest! They open the world to so many great ideas! Apple Dumplings is a recipe found on Pinterest. I tasted the recipe the first time when Carrie made them and I knew I had to make them for my family as well. They are sooooooooooooooooooooooo easy to make and the kids LOVE them! Here arRead More....

My journey being a Christian is not an easy one. The devil finds ways to creep into my life and I fall into his tricks. I always bounce back and get back back on my journey. This year I decided not to make any New Years Resolutions but rather make a life style change. Once I decided this everything has been falling into place for me. After battling leaving my old church that I wasn't "getting fed" spiritually at I found an amazing church that I get over fed every Sunday. Every year for one weRead More....

So today is my little monsters 4th birthday. I have been just fine with her other 3 birthday's but this one brought tears to my eyes. It is the first time I can see her "big girl" personality really starting to come out. She is 4 going on 14! Dont want to compare her to an adult just a teen :) Since her birthday landed during the week I decided to make treats for her class. I was talking about birthday parties at school with a mom at gymnastics and she put a guilt trip on me thinking about hoRead More....

Every year my sister and I go Black Friday shopping. When you have a million kids to buy for you HAVE to bargain shop!!!! I personally have 15 kids I have to buy for between my sisters kids and Jacob's sister's kids not to mention our 2. I decided to take a few pictures this year since we had 2 first timers come along with us, Carrie and D'ylan. Read More....

This past weekend my mom packed up all her sewing stuff and came over to teach Nevaeh how to make her own apron. Last year she showed Nevaeh how to make her and Madelyn's Easter dresses. Ever since then Nevaeh has wanted to make more and more things. An apron is something simple for her to do on her own. Here is a front and back view of the dresses she made :) Read More....

Heck who knows where Waldo is.....all I know is I'm back! Last week I took a serious blow to my gut with the loss of my cousin and did not have any motivation or fire in me to blog. God has given me the strength I needed and I am back on track. Nevaeh is back home with us :) so I started the week off right with getting all of her lunch box notes ready! Since fall will be here on Friday I decided to make all of her notes with a fall feel. I am so ready for fall I cant stand it!!!!!! I am going tRead More....