Happy Halloween!

We had a great day! Paul and Addie both had a big day at school celebrating "Reformation Day"...I was in charge of their parties...pizza, ice cream sandwiches, and relay races set up outside for their classes. Emma had "PJ Day" at school and went in her comfortable pajamas and we took cupcakes. Tonight was our Fall Festival at our church...full of tons of fun! It was just a busy day all the way around. As we were leaving the church tonight at 8:30...(after a very full day of entertaining kids, let me remind you)....Paul asks me, "So Mom, what are we doing tomorrow?" I was quite upset leaving the Fall Festival!

I've been thinking about that comment since I got them home and in bed...how often do I do that with God? He gives me so much...is so patient with me...blesses me in ways I don't deserve....AND STILL I KEEP SAYING..."God, what can you do for me now?"

Don't you love how God uses your kids to knock you down a little...teach you something...make you smile...and push you closer to Him??? 8-)

It's fun to see both girls as the rabbit 3 years apart!

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Tradition!

As I was making plans to go to the Pumpkin Patch today, I started wondering..."Do I really need to go? Do I need to dress the kids for pictures and head to the Pumpkin Patch just because I've been every other year? So what if I miss a year of pictures in the Pumpkin Patch, right?"

Well, I decided to go. NO! It isn't a "must"....NO! It doesn't matter if I have a picture of them each year in the Pumpkin Patch...but YES! I'm glad I went....glad I went to the trouble because now I have my pictures and I had such a good time tonight going back and looking over the past 4 years of our Pumpkin Patch pictures. I smiled and laughed at how they've grown and changed. It was worth it....there are some traditions I want to continue.

"If Nemo gets wet....He cries and dies!"

Well, we are on the downhill slide to our last venture EVER in potty training! It's never been too big of a deal in our house but it's nice to see it all coming to a close. Emma is very excited about all of her "new" Nemo panties (actually they were all Addie's old panties...is that gross?) Every time we put on a pair we say...."If Nemo gets wet...he cries and dies!" No one wants to kill Nemo, right??? 8-)

Got to Love Phonics!!

I was cleaning up the living room today after church and came across a piece of paper on the coffee table. I knew it was Paul's writing so I asked him about it. They were supposed to recite the first 5 books of the Bible in Sunday School this morning and so yesterday he had written them out to practice learning them. It was great to see phonics in action!!!

Friends for a Lifetime!

Do you have any friends that you once lived close to....you now live far away...but when you are back together it is like not a minute has passed? It is great to have close friends like that! We have college friends, Jim & Michelle Murphy, who were our great friends in college and in the 4 years after college while we lived in Lexington. We all moved away at the same time and have been apart now for 6 years. We see each other maybe once a year...when we do it is like we haven't been apart at all! They came through Macon this weekend traveling from Florida back to Kentucky. We had a blast! They have 3 kids and our 6 kids hit it off each time they are together....it is definitely a friendship God has blessed us with! We love our pictures of our whole crew each time we're together.

This was our picture last summer at their house in Kentucky.

It's Hard to Believe!

It's hard to believe that Paul is 7 years old...wow! Our little boy is growing up. He had his birthday on Tuesday out at the pond with 16 of his classmates and friends. It was a wild time...especially considering that GoGoDaddy was in charge of many of the activities! We did some fun things....

1. There was a hayride that GoGoDaddy rigged up. We had a blast on it especially when it turned into a "thrill ride" going speeds that a hayride is not designed to go!

2. We had a pecan throwing contest in the pond. Paul & GoGoDaddy had collected green pecans and let all the kids throw at a target in the pond.

3. GoGoDaddy had a race with all the kids in the pasture!

4. We had organized games like Sag Nads, Bocci Ball, and Football that Gobby made a great effort to keep the kids involved in!

5. We grilled hot dogs, ate cake & ice cream, opened presents and tore up a pinata!

6. GoGoDaddy took groups of kids in the pick-up truck around the pond and let each kid drive his truck....we took their head shot and are going to make official drivers license's for each kid to have for passing the "GoGoDaddy's Pick-up Truck Driving Test"....which is VERY LOOSE....GoGoDaddy has VERY FEW RULES....IF ANY!

7. Paul's gift to the boys for coming to the party for a jar for each kid with a tadpole in it that he and GoGoDaddy had caught for each boy to take home.

It was an awesome time! Paul had a blast and at the end of the evening said, "That felt like the party only lasted 1 minute!" The adults at the party disagreed wholeheartedly....it felt like a month! Tons of fun...couldn't have done it without Gobby & GoGoDaddy. THANKS!

Krazy Kelley Kid!

I'm going to start a new category in my blog..."Krazy Kelley Kid". I will post crazy things my kids do periodically...it happens often but I won't post every crazy thing...PROMISE!!

This first post in the "Krazy Kelley Kid" category comes from Emma.

We have been baffled by the way she sleeps many nights....not so much WHY (we really don't care about that) but instead HOW (this part we would like your input). We will go in to get her in the mornings and she will just be a lump under her fitted sheet....yes, I said UNDER. Somehow, she pulls the sheet away from the mattress and then gets her "not-so-thin" self between the sheet and the slats of the bed...then lets the sheet snap back around her and she falls asleep! It's definitely a crazy thing...one we can't figure out how she actually does it. We have pictures of the finished position but haven't caught her in the act....YET!