The Cabin

LG in Elizabeth's camo hat

CAB and CPB on a horse

EB and AW- aren't they cute? EB cleaning her fish

EB's fish CAB's fish

CPB's fish

Thanks to our wonderful, gracious friends, Jason and Michelle, we were able to get away for the weekend last weekend. We were away from everything. Michelle's parents have a cabin in the middle of nowhere Mississippi. They have a small lake, horses, cows, donkeys, roosters, cats, dogs, 4 wheelers, goats, tons of acrage etc.....The kids had a blast! They got to go fishing, then scaled the fish, ride horses, feed horses, ride the 4 wheeler, drive the Kaboda, go to a carinval, run and play outside with friends without a care in the world. They made memories that will last a lifetime. It is so relaxing out there. It was nice to be away from the phone (cell phones don't work out there), the computer, the TV (although they had a tv, the kids for the most part stayed outside.) The simple life. There really is no time out there. No rushing here and there, nothing that has to be done right this minute, etc...it was soooo nice. Michelle's parents were so wonderful to let 3 families come stay at their home for the weekend. They blessed our family, I pray they will be blessed too!

One day at a time

I have been completely overwhelmed lately with how much work my house needs. We have lived here for a year now and has not had a good cleaning since we moved in. I was pregnant almost immediately after we moved in and then along comes 1 more.... more things to keep me busy like feeding a baby all day and an extra load or 2 of laundry a week and so on and so forth. So-I used to read the Fly Lady a long time ago and I remember one of the big things is you do a little bit at a time. My problem with this is that I like my house all cleaned at the same time. It just feels so good to have a clean house. I was laying in bed the other night unable to fall asleep because of all the things I needed to do were weighing heavy on my mind I looked up and the fan that is no longer spinning round and round because it is cold outside was staring at me with a thick coat of dust. Then I decided I would try the Fly Lady's old tricks. I am going to just clean 1 room at a time---but clean it WELL! I started yesterday and CAB and I cleaned mine and Chris's room. We changed the sheets, made the bed, cleaned the blinds, cleaned the fan, dusted all the furniture, swiffered all the dust from under our bed and dresser and mopped. It was so nice to have such a clean room! I felt like I actually accomplished something! I am going to continue through this week and I should be able to get the whole upstairs done, I hope! At least all our beds and baths will be done. I will let you know how it goes. Day one went well. I also found out that if you give CAB a wipe-she will go to town cleaning. She also likes to swiffer.

3 months old already!

Our precious LG....so loved by her brother and sisters! They adore her. She is getting so big. She is such a wonderful addition to our family. She just giggles at us she is cooing lots. She has started shoving her fists in her mouth and drooling. She sleeps from about 9pm to 7am. She is just a wonderful baby.

Locks of Love

EB has been growing her hair out for quite some time now and last year decided she was growing it for locks of love.....today we got her hair cut for locks of love. She had a great time and was so proud of what she did. I am proud of her too.

Zoo Trip

The kids have been begging me to take them to the zoo. Our zoo pass ran out last summer and then we moved, I was pregnant, then this summer the new baby. This fall I ran out of excuses. I caved and we renewed our zoo pass. The kids had a blast! We got to see the new kangaroos. Here are some pics from our trip.

UAB Game

These pictures were taken at the UAB game 2 weeks ago. .

Gluten free blog

I have decided to start another blog. It is http://www.jenny-glutenfreefamily.blogspot.com/ I did this because EB has Celiac's Disease and our family is heading towards being completely gluten free. I have been researching the internet for recipes, websites, and gluten free foods for almost 3 months now. I thought this would be a good way to keep it all together. Maybe it will be helpful to someone out there. If not, it is at least a good way for me to organize all my gluten free information I have been collecting.