New Chart

We have been having attitude issues with Autumn and Riley so I saw a friend who made a chart similar so I decided to try it! The top has with a smiley, and thumbs down They have 3 tags there if they have an icky attitude with us or each other, hit, pinch whatever or backtalk they get 1 tag moved to the "thumbs down" side. If they get all 3 in 1 day they get no TV for the following day. The bottom part is chores they have to do as well as extra they can get paid for. (.50) When they accomplish their chore they move the tag to the middle. We start over every day! So far so good. If they do not move all 3 tags over for one week they get a Strawberries and Cream from Starbucks. (Bribery works HA) I was the parent who always said I wound not bribe! Oh well whatever can change our attitudes! Riley's 1st t-ball game got cancelled but Autumn has a game today! More later! Oh and Autumn vacumend yesterday and Riley cleaned his bathroom Totally worth my 1.00!!! Oh and I will not be able to go to women's retreat I am bummed but really what can you do?

The Boys new hobby

is to use a saw (YES FOLKS A REAL ONE) Daddy taught him how!

He is so crazy he was outside all day Sat, Sun, Mon, and today so far sawing the wood he has! At least when he gets older he will be handy RIGHT! So far he has a drill, tons of wrenches, screwdrivers, and hammers. All real he frowns upon the fake stuff :D

Autumn had major meltdown (UGHHH) yesterday she did something to Riley (I was standing right there) and so when I got onto her she started yelling "NO ONE EVER BELIEVES ME", and then " I didn't know I shouldn't hit Riley's hand" " it is crazy to get in trouble for something that I didn't know was wrong"

I emailed Eli what she said and his response (jokingly of course) was I think I need to stay late at work! HAHA!

I am loving the weather so far!! The kids have been outside which means less toys for me to pick up at night! I ca't believe that my girlie is almost finished with KINDER YIKES Where in the world did the year go???? Today she told me that she gave our number to a friend so they can call her UMMM NO you are only 5!!

She misses her friends at church terribly but is doing well, Riley misses his REALLY BAD and is not doing as well but it will get better! I am still hoping to get to go to the retreat we shall see. (MUST REMEMBER PACK ENOUGH CLOTHES)

Easter!!!

WOW What a week and a weekend!! We had a great time! Our week was great and fun filled!
So onto other things! The boys wanted to watch Rambo (I know it is not kid friendly) but Riley is in LOVE with "weapons" well he LOVED Rambo and so him and Zackary called me out while playing on the trampoline and this is what I went out to!




Here is proof they really DO LOVE each other even if they all like to fight!! I have to say I have the cutest boys in the whole world but I think every parent feels that way :D



Aren't they so stinking cute???


And I got this of all 3 I love these babies so much!!!



Here is our Easter Picture of the younger 2 babies. Riley has a thing for long sleeve button up shirts with ties and he looks adorable in them so Easter morning I figured he would happily oblige to wear one of the ones he has NOPE he did NOT want to wear them so this is what he wore and this is how he smiled


Oh well this is totally his personality!!

We had an egg hunt at church yesterday and I think for the maybe 10 kids there we had about 150 to 200 eggs it was crazy but the kids had a blast and all day yesterday Riley would be missing and I would go look for him He would be in the kitchen sneaking chocolate. Crazy boy would have it all over his face!

Love you all have a great week!!

Camping Trip

On Sunday after church we headed out to Possum kingdom to go camping. I was not exactly thrilled with the idea to tell you the truth. We finally got to the camping site around 5 ish. We got to drive around and pick the site we wanted and found a good one that a was little hidden and a playground right across the little road. We start unloading our PACKED TO THE RIM car and start the fire and set up the tent. All of that went suprisingly well. The babies wanted to go play at the park in the sand and there were a few kids there so they played in the sand and got really gross dirty but they were happy! We then cooked our hotdogs on the fire















After that we had more park play and exploring our little area. We then HAD TO HAVE Marsmellows on the fire. Those were yummy messy but yummy!
Around 830ish Autumn asked to go to bed and since I was tired also We went to "bed" (Eli wanted to be a sweety so he purchased me an airbed on clearance but we forgot to pack the airpump) so Autumn fell asleep I did a little reading and fell asleep while my wild boys played with the fire and were being goofy.

It rained just a bit on Sun night but not bad! Mon we woke up and the kids had breakfast which consisted of cold pop tarts (yuck) and powdered donuts ( yuck) and a water. I had a bowl of cheerios and a banana. Around 9ishe we headed to the hiking trail. We had a stinking blast hiking around looking at all the diffrent stuff, the cool trees, and just taking in the beauty of God's creation, and just spending time with just us, no TV, no phones, no computer!










After the hike it was lunch time. Then just play time! We had to fish because that is what the kids love to fish (IT IS SO STING BORING). Then Riley got to play with the slingshot which was a HUGE HIT! Then back to the campsite to start the fire and start the burgers! Then after dinner had more marsmellows.

The 2 babies were exhausted so we got them ready to sleep. Right around 9ish the park ranger starts comming around announcing we are in a tornadoe watch with 4-5 inches of rain possible and golf ball size hail. We were going to ride it out but both the babies got a little freaked out and even though they had already fallen asleep we decided that the idea of golf size hail did not sound appealling! So we packed up quickly ( with 2 kids sleeping) 1 kid who just wanted to play in the fire and 2 tired adults. Made it home last night around midnight Eli and I showered and went to sleep. I will totally go camping again even if just for the hike! It was so good to get away and enjoy the family!

So this was the end of the trip here is the cutest picture of the 2 babies while we were packing up!





I have tons more pictures but do not want to bore anyone!!

Highlight of camping

Zackary : the fire (dad let him put things in the firs and they spit in it Mom was asleep), and carving aa point in a stick.

Autumn: Roasting Marsmellows and fishing

Riley: Playing with the weapons (AKA the slingshot and a pocket knife), and roasting marsmellows

Eli: Hiking and sitting around the fire

Dorothy: Looking at the cool sights and hiking.

What a stinking week

Here is a rundown of the latter part of our week.

• On Friday while driving on the highway I dozed off and almost wrecked (The Lord had his hand on us for sure) I was so freaked out and so scared as were the kids.
• My debit card
• while at the bank to get cash since my debit card is out I think I threw away my license.
• My dryer broke last night

And suprisingly I am still laughing and VERY calm which if you know me it is very WEIRD :D

Today is the first day of our "New" church it is very odd not to be driving to 121.

We love you all 121ers and will totally MISS seeing you guys today!!

I am sure I will have tons of camping stories when we get back!

UGHHHHHHHHHHH

I tried 3 times today to use my debit card (yes I had money in there) and it kept being denied, so I called my hubby and asked if he had trouble with his he said no so I explained what happened. He told me to call the bank well someone tried to buy 430.00 worth of stuff at WALMART so they denied that THANK GOD and then flagged my acct. so basically I have no debit card for the next week and it is spring break OMGOSH My kids are going to be bored!!!!

Oh and since I am venting HA! our water heated pipe thingy broke (something not the whole thing) so we had to spend money on that and now I am driving around with squeaky brakes I am gonna need a break!!!


Ok thats all tomorrow I will be driving for 8 hours and then on Sunday after church we are going CAMPING LIKE REAL CAMPING IN A TENT CAMPING (totally hubbys idea Love ya sweety) but I am not an outdoorsy girl I mean going to the women's retreat is a big deal for me!

I am trying to let go!

I did it again! I let the boy pick out his own clothes. He did a pretty god job at least they sorta matched :) We start to work out again tonight the Flu kicked our butts.


My eyes hurt......

And we had a fab day yesterday eating lunch and getting great advice from very CLOSE LIFELONG friends :D Love you guys!! Oh and I will be stormig your dorm at the Ladies Retreat!