Dinner with some friends...

Saturday night, we had some great friends over for dinner and fellowship. The Hudson family have five great, well mannered, and well behaved children and number six on the way. Our kids had a blast together. I love some good ole cookin and some good ole fellowship. The table has seven kids minus one that was in the dinning room eating. So fun! I love the friends God blesses us with...

All I want for Christmas....Is My Two Front TEETH....

If my daughter looses any more teeth, she is going to look like an old man. She lost yet another tooth this week. It came out as she was eating laffy taffy. Go figure! She has now lost the top four teeth and nothing has come through? I am wondering were they are? Peek a boo, we don't see you! I told Madelyn she will be singing, "all I want for Christmas are my two front teeth". It is so funny to see your daughter with hardly any teeth! So, the tooth fairy has visited our house a lot this year!

Picnic...catered by Chick-fil-A

Today, Emma had preschool and Steve is leaving after lunch and we thought we would indulge in some ummmm good Chick-fil-A. The girls badly wanted to play inside, buy I told them we were eating with daddy at home as a family and that they could enjoy eating it in the play house. Of course, they loved every minute of it! Absolutely adorable....

I am not sure how I should label this...except for...Poor Boomer...

Our only inside dog, Boomer, is a boy. We gave him a big name for such a small dog. He is well and loves life. For those of you who are wondering...we got every penny of the groomer's insurance money. Thank goodness! Well, you know with three girls, Boomer, just does not stand a chance. He too in fact, has to play dress up. Amazingly, he just sits there and is okay with it! HA!

My Hero....

As a kid, I always thought of having a hero was just plain ole crazy! Maybe that comes with being a girl? As I have become older and have become a mother of three, I think about my Paw Paw and Granny often. How they did it with six kids, no money, little bitty house, fought in the war, made their own clothes, cooked every meal (including breakfast and lunch), walked everywhere, drove for hours on Sundays just to spend time in the car with all six of their children. We go crazy with our kids just driving down the street. Why is that? My grandparents were two amazing and loving people. I often think about my Pawpaw's sternness but yet beautiful, crystal blue eyes, and snow white hair that loved you with everything he had inside of him. "Gray hair is a crown of splendor; it is attained by a righteous life." Proverbs 16:31 His love was so strong that "NOTHING" could ever come between you and him. My granny would always french braid my hair before school when she visited. And let me tell ya, she did the best french braid of anybody I had ever seen. I always felt so beautiful after she had finished. She did the kind that was so tight and stayed for a couple of days. You know what I am talking about if you ever had your hair french braided. If I could go back in time, I would go back to have just one more day with my granny and paw paw. My paw paw went to be with the Lord shortly after I married. I just wished he could meet his great-granddaughters. I could just see him now, slipping a dollar into their pocket and sneaking them off for some ice cream or my granny lining them all up for hair-do's. In my conversations with the Lord, I express how thankful I am to have had two loving grandparents and if He could just tell my paw paw in heaven, "he is my hero". My Paw paw is my hero.....

Three Little Gymbugs...

Last week we started our gym classes. Madelyn is in hip hop because her feet won't stop! Emma is in tap and ballet, so cute is she! Lydia is in tumble and oh how she loves it. Lydia is probably the smallest in her class but one of the best. I think it helps having two older sisters to follow the rules. It is so nice because each girl has their own class, and it is at the same time and the same day, so I have a 45 minute break of complete solitude! Yippee!!!!

Emma Going to PreSchool...

Oh, my sweet sweet Emma. So precious is she. Just a walking doll she is...Oh, I could just squeeze her to pieces she is so cute. Her birthday falls after the deadline for kindergarten, so she has to do two years of preschool. So, this is our second year and next year, she'll go into kindergarten. She, like most girls, gets so excited over "new" backpacks. Love it! The other picture is her standing in front of her cubby at school. She is only going three days a week and will be home with me and the gang the other days...

Get Ready...Set...Go...

This weekend we celebrated starting school on Monday. Such an exciting day for all of us. Emma starts preschool and Madelyn starts homeschooling. Such a delight.

"Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart." Psalm 37:4

You know me and my sweet tooth...I made cute cupcakes for the girls as a surprise to celebrate school on Monday. They were delicious!

A New Journey....

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight." Proverbs 3:5

Today is a new beginning in our home. A day the Lord pressed upon mine and my husbands' hearts a year ago. We are treading a new path, a path the Lord has set in front of us that we are following.

"Show me your ways, O Lord, teach me your paths; guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long." Psalm 25:4

Homeschooling is a new and exciting adventure for our family. Madelyn was bursting with excitement and much anticipation for today. Her enthusiasm and the overwhelming joy in her heart gave me a sense of peace and happiness as I am about to teach her.

"You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. " Deuteronomy 6:5-7

God is so good in how he prepares our hearts when His work is at hand. He is simply amazing and Almighty!

"Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path." Psalm 119:105

Date Night With Daddy...

I absolutely love having three beautiful, wonderful and precious little girls. We definitely have a lot of pink in our home, I mean a lot of PINK!!! We also want lots of daddy's attention. So, we have started having date night with daddy. We have a designated day each week that is reserved for daddy and only one girl. So, we alternate each week. The date consist of ice cream of their choice. Somehow I am left out of the picture. We all know that I have a sweet tooth, but for some reason, I don't get to savor the ice cream moment. My girls love it! Last week we started with Madelyn, this week was Emma and next week it is Lydia's week. Can I be squeezed in?

A Finished Project...

This is a finished project that my mom and myself have been working on around the clock for two straight weeks. What a hard job this was! I am participating in a consignment sale and thought that I would participate since I do have mounds and mounds of clothing from all three girls. I just never knew what it took to participate! We went through every single piece of clothing, ironed every piece, had to hang every piece on a wire hanger and then had to tag the article of clothing and then if it was pj's, they had to be placed in a ziploc bag and then tagged on the outside of the bag. That is what those three tubs are-pj's, bags, and blankets. Oh my goodness-there was absolutely no stopping once you had started. Then, if it had a stain, it went in a separate pile, because of course, who would want to buy a stained piece of clothing-nobody! I am so glad this project is complete. I am only selling 0-24 months clothing, because we use our sisters clothing. So, I will again participate this Spring for Spring clothing. All of this was only winter believe it or not! I just hope I make some money off all these clothes...

It's Time For Dollywood Again....

We chose to go to Dollywood on Saturday along with everyone else before school started. The kids had a blast as usual. We always look for the star of the show, Dolly Parton, but have yet to see her. We have an adult per child. That is basically how you have to do it until the kids get a bit older.

Emma drove the cute little cars. She loved it even though it was on a track and completely operated, but she didn't know. She thought she was a natural born pro!

Emma and Lydia love the bumble bees. Up and down and around they go!

My sweet little girls......

Okay, Emma loves cotton candy I think more than I do. She could not eat it fast enough for the fear of her sisters eating more than she would or more than her momma would!