Six

I really admire those moms out there with Six + kids, I do not know how they do it all the time. I had six children in my home yesterday, which usually is not a big deal, but I swear there was something in the air. Sometime during the time that Aaron and I were eating lunch, the kids found Emilie's prayer rock that she keeps by her bed. She has had it in her room since March and there has been no issues. But yesterday happened and 5 out of those 6 kids got put on a time out for throwing it in Emilie's room. They also got a stern talking to. Ya wanna know who did not get in trouble.......surprise surprise Justin was the good one. After that, all was okay and we finished our day without any more problems other than whineing of course.

10 years and Counting

Well, today marks Aaron and I's 10 year anniversary. It is really hard to believe it has been so long. They say time flies when you have fun, but it really flies when you have children. I know we are not doing anything today, because we celebrated over a month ago while the children were in New Mexico. So 1. thank you Pat and Wava for having the kids those two weeks, it was a nice break. They are already looking forward to next summer! 2. Aaron, thanks for being there, I love you. Let's see what the next 10 years will bring!

Father's Day

Since the kids were in New Mexico for the original father's day, we postpnoned it for later. We celebrated Father's Day last Sunday. We let Aaron sleep in while we went to church, when we got home, we gave him his presents. He got some manly smelling body wash, a 12 pack of soda, & a t-shirt, oh yeah we made him a card as well. We also took him out to lunch, we went to On The Border in Allen. We were having a great lunch, however we were just about done when a waitress accidently spilled ice water down my back. I was not mad, and I had no intention of being mean about it, but it did feel like my shirt was made of ice. Well, even tho I had every intention of paying for the meal, they were nice enough to comp it for us so we did not have to pay for a thing. Anyway, after that we did some window shopping then came home. We had a nice dinner then everyone went to bed.

Memory Tag

Here's a really fun tag that I saw on my friend Audrie's blog:

1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn’t matter if you knew me a little or a lot,if we’ve actually met in person or not, anything you remember about me!

2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. If you don’t want to play on your blog, or if you don’t have a blog, I’ll leave my memory of you in my comments.Everyone reading this is tagged! So, play along!

Fishing Derby

There is a fishing derby that we took the kids to last year, and they had fun. We went again this year and also had fun. We did not get to sleep in, but it was worth it. We woke up at 6:30am and piled everything in the van and went to Lake Texoma on the border of Texas. We thought hey no problem they can catch a few fish and have fun. We sat there for over 2 hours waiting for those little boogers to bite. It was very frustrating for the kids and Aaron and I. Mind you that EVERYONE around us was catching them but not us. Someone across from us suggested that we fish deeper with a worm on the hook. So I actually tried it, laugh all you want to but we caught our first fish within 3 minutes!! We (I) caught a total of 3 small fish, I think they said they were Blue Gills.

The first fish went to Emilie who wanted nothing to do with it, but look at it. The other two fish went to Justin, who held them and released them back into the water.
Then we went to the Pavillion where the prizes were all given out. Justin had his name pulled for another tackle box, now he has two! Like he needs another one.

After all that excitement, we went to the other end of the park and decided to go swimming. The water was better then I expected and I had a good enough experience in the water that I would like to go there again soon.

Overcoming Fears

THEN:
When I was younger, I remember going to a party at a lake. Everyone was having a good time swimming and eating hot dogs. I did not know how to swim at the time, so I stayed close to the waters edge, but still I had fun. A girl there that I knew started screaming trying to get out of the water, it turned out she had a couple of leeches on her. Of course everything turned out fine, but it freaked me out enough, that I never liked to go in lakes again. Between the leeches and slimy stuff, I just could not do it.
NOW:
I am proud to say I think I overcame that fear this weekend, at least for the most part. We went swimming at lake Texoma. It took me about 10 minutes to realize that 1. there were no slimy stuff under my feet and 2. that no big bad leech was heading to get me. I know it sounds very silly, but to me it was not I assure you. I simply trusted God to be by my side and help me along the way. YEAH, I did it!

I will try to post about the rest of the weekend in the next couple of days (it was a good weekend)!

4th of July weekend

We had a nice Independence Day! The 4th was probably the not so good day for the kids, we did grill out till we ran of propane, then we finished cooking inside. Burgers and hot dogs with potato salad to go with it. We watched a movie while we ate dinner, that was about it, because it rained a bit and the ground was wet. Saturday, we went to the Frisco Mall and watched Kung Fu Panda at the theater. On our way out of the mall, Justin begged to try the climbing wall at Dicks Sporting Goods. Aaron gave in and actually did it with him. To everyone's amazement, Justin made it to the top to push the little red button. Oh yeah Aaron also made it to the top right before Justin did. Later I learned that Aaron encouraged Justin about in the middle of it, I guess he wanted to give up. I am proud of them both. Emilie was cute during the whole thing as well, she was their little cheerleader! She was saying "go Justin go" the whole time! If I would have known that they would do that, I would have brought the camera. Oh well there is always next time, cause Justin says he wants to do it again. Yesterday, we went to church and when we got home, I took Justin to half price books and we each bought a couple books each. Aaron made delicious ribs for Linner (we ate about 3:30pm). Then that was that. Did nothing else the rest of the weekend.

We are so grateful to the men and women who put their lives on the line so that we can celebrate Independence Day! Thank you all!