Chicken Coop, Monsters University, Kid Time, Fireworks... Fun Weekend

HAHA Thursday Mom helped me get part of her old chicken coop so I could move the chickens outside some.  We thought surely it would fit in my car..... not so much haha!!  Red Necks no doubt!!

PS: They love it outside and the kittens love watching them.  Sissy, our bobbed tail kitten, would love to snack on one LOL!

 Grandmama had to get an MRI last week and Soph went with me to take her.  She was very concerned about Grandmama's "boo boos".  She has such sensitive skin that she bruises so easy, so where they put the IV was a big bruise. 

 Friday morning I helped mom paint one of her rentals and then that afternoon we got ready to head to see Monsters University :)!!! I highly recommend y'all taking  your kiddos to see it.  SOOOO good.  Not just for adults, but kids too. 

While we were getting ready, Heidi was taking some snap shots LOL!! Of course in her words, "Mom... you are so crazy".... still amazes me that I have reached that "crazy" stage in 7 years. 

 We picked MeMe up and headed to the movies... Babee and KyKy met us there after he got off work.  Anyway, 9 miles out and Sophie decided she could not hold it anymore.  So we pulled over to let her and Kman tee tee.  (He can pretty much pee on the spot LOL).  Anyway, a car pulled over and then started backing up towards us.  I was getting nervous, but Cindy knew he was just being nice.  Sure enough.  He was an army man and pulled over to see if we needed some help.  How nice was that?? It is so rare to find good people now-a-days.  Plus people like me that does not trust easy, I was getting very iffy about him walking up.  I am ashamed to admit.  BUT.... you hear more bad than good about stuff like that.  Of course I had to get a picture :)!!

 Karter and MeMe LOVE Monster's Inc.  That's "their" movie.  So he might have taken his eyes off the movie a couple times during the whole thing.  He sat in my lap majority of the time and later moved to KyKy's lap. 

 After the movie was over, they all got in the "hurricane wind" contraption.  I was really expecting Karter and Sophie to start screaming and want out, but surprisingly they loved it.

 

 Those of you that have seen the movie understand that you cannot leave the theater without getting in front of the poster and "roaring" yourself LOL!!!

 Sophie's Roar in that video is the funniest thing to me.  She is distracted soooo easily.  LOL!!! You have to watch it.

 And here's the group..... super fun time.

 Saturday was a me and kiddos day.  We were going to go to the beach, but since the weather was so iffy we decided not to.  Turned out to be a pretty day of course LOL! That's how it works.

We started off the day by going to Karter's friend, Kade's, birthday party.  They had so much fun. 

 After the party we headed to Wally World.  Since they were so busy I made all the kids sit in the buggy :)!  They enjoyed it though. 

 OHH And yes.... Karter insisted on wearing his Monsters University shirt to the party too!

 After our WalMart trip, we came home and changed and then the 4 of us went to Dad and Yana's to swim.  Fun time.  They have a huge pear tree and the kiddos love pears.  I bet they ate 3-5 pears each!! I would peel them and they chowed down.  Sadie and Sierra (their labs) love pears too, so she was chasing Karter in this one begging him for his pear HAHA....

 Saturday night I cooked Tacos, Babee came over and ate and then we went to watch the June 24th Firework celebration in Florala. 

Hard to tell bc it was getting so dark, but they were trying to pet a duck in this picture....

 Waiting for the show.....

 And then there was Sunday Funday :)!! We went to Dad & Yana's after church and had lunch and swam all afternoon until time to get ready for evening church.

 Papa started vacuuming the pool, and of course Sophie had to help.....

 And then we snacked on watermelon.... sooo yummy.  They then had a seed spitting contest LOL!

And now there is Monday :)!!  Today is a clean house, clean up outside, wash clothes kind of Monday.  I have got to catch up :)!!!

What Is A Friend?

Studying my Bible the other day I came across some notes I had jotted down by some verses.  I'm not sure how long ago I had wrote them, but they really touched my heart as I looked back over them and I thought I would share them with you.

What is a friend?  We all have different answers to that question for what we would define a friend as.  But I am going to give you the Biblical definition.  They are coming from the New Living Translation.  I like to use that Bible when I am studying scripture because I can understand it better.

(1) A friend is willing to sacrifice.
               1 Samuel 18:4
                       Jonathan sealed the pack by taking off his robe and giving it to David, together with his tunic, sword, bow, and belt.

(2) A friend is a loyal defense before others.
               1 Samuel 19:4
                      The next morning Jonathan spoke with his father about David, saying many good things about him.  "The king must not sin against his servant David," Jonathan said.

(3) A friend gives others the freedom to be themselves.
                1 Samuel 20:41
                      As soon as the boy was gone, David came out from where he had been hiding near the stone pile.  Then David bowed three times to Jonathan with his face to the ground.  Both of them were in tears as they embraced each other and said good-bye, especially David.

(4) A friend is a constant source of encouragement.
                1 Samuel 23:15-16
                       One day near Horesh, David received the news that Saul was on the way to Ziph to search for him and kill him.  Jonathan went to find David and encouraged him to stay strong in his faith in God.

I won't say a whole lot about those because they will speak to you differently than they spoke to me.  I know for my personal self that I just try really hard to be a faithful friend & always try my hardest to encourage my friends and others.  I may not always agree with what others do, but that's me giving them the freedom to be themselves. 

ALWAYS BE A GOOD FRIEND :)!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Sophie Girl!!

 Yesterday was a great day.  It is still so hard for me to believe Soph is 3!! My how time flies.  She woke up to a video text from her Daddy :)!! She watched it 100 times.  Every time she would watch it, she would talk to him as if he were in "real time".  I wish I could have video'd her doing that and let her watch it too. 

A LITTLE ABOUT SOPHIE TODAY:
- She loves to dance.  Has a passion for dancing.
- Still can be mean as a snake, but yet sweet as an angel
- Wants her hair down and "scraggly" 90% of the time.
- She doesn't really have a favorite food.  She eats anything.  Has a great appetite.
- Completely potty trained.  Has beat her brother on that with the night time pottying.
- Loves to sing.  Will sing at the top of her lungs and not care who is listening.
- If you have something to eat, just be prepared to share with her.  She WILL want a bite or a sip.
- She loves to tumble just like her big sister & is not afraid to try anything.
- She is scared of bugs just like me.
- She weighs 24 lbs.
- Every night before she goes to sleep, she will look at me and say, "Good night mom" & that's when I know she is giving it up.

****Our life would be so boring without her in it****

Babee made her cute birthday outfit :)!!! So she started the day out by opening it.

 Her absolute favorite thing to do in the entire World is swing!! She will swing as long as someone will push her. 

Her only request yesterday was for us to make a "Purple Strawberry cake".... & that is exactly what baby girl got.  She didn't want to go anywhere.  Just hang out at home.  I was surprised and kept asking to go to the park, get ice cream, or something.... but nope.  Just to play at home. 

 It was the ugliest cake I have ever made.  It was still really good though.  So moist.  I guess that's the reason it was coming all apart.

 I was in my room piddling and kept listening to Karter and Sophie screaming Happy Birthday, so I went to record them.  Funny to me watching this video because they are both screaming at the top of their lungs and then cut it off at the exact same time. 

At some point I walked in Sophie's room to find that they had dumped not only all of her clothes from the drawers, but a lot of Karter's too!!! My My My.... no worries..... while I got a shower, they were under strict orders to put it all back up.

 We also played hiding go seek :)!! It was lots of fun. 

The Big Sister...... :).....

 Papa got home a couple hours before we had to leave for church, so we went over to swim until time to go.  The kiddos had a blast.

So over all she had a wonderful, relaxed, calm birthday :)!! Which is sooo the opposite of her.


SOPHIE,

My dear Sophie....... wow.  THREE...... THREE??? How are you THREE???  You have always brought so much life to our little family.  Not a day goes by that you do not make us all laugh.  In your 3 years of life, you have made me a better person.  A better mom.  A stronger woman.  I have learned so much in the past 3 years & I am an entirely different person today because of it.  I cannot imagine life without you in it.  You are the funniest, strongest, wildest, smartest, happiest, loving three year old I know.  You are hard headed, strong willed, and take no crap off anyone LOL!! That is all what makes you.... YOU!  I thank God everyday that he blessed us with you.  You have a special spunk about you.  A spunk that definitely helps our family to not be so boring.  I love you sweet Sophie with all of my heart and I am so thankful God chose me to be your Mom!  Thank you for all  you have taught me without even realizing you were teaching anything. 

                                                                Love you, Mommy

Mower, Storm, Teddy.... Oh My!

The other morning while Face timing, Kyle and Sophie were practicing holding up "3" fingers she her birthday was almost here.  She couldn't get them to cooperate haha.  So I taught her to just do the "ok" symbol and that holds 3 up.  Works for me!

 Monday was kind of a hectic day.  Our mower needs a little TLC and moms blades need sharpening.  So she got My Uncle's mower and his has some short in it and won't stay going.  But he wasn't sure if it was just a fluke thing or worked now, so Mom got his mower to do hers and came to town to get gas & thought she would come by here and I could mow ours in no time with it.  Well it just wouldn't work.  So she took it back and got her mower.  We thought maybe it wouldn't be so bad..... well I had to mow our front yard twice because of all the twigs it left.  SOOOO I went and borrowed Dad & Yana's and finally got the grass mowed that afternoon.

In the meantime with all of that, Babee mentioned Burger King for lunch, so I went and got that while she was doing the 2nd lawn mower swap.

Well y'all, Heidi has graduated from the kids meal to a regular sized meal.  The kids meals just do not fill her up.  I got her a Whopper Jr and when we got home, it was a tiny burger.  So I put it on Karter's burger and low and behold..... SAME SIZE!!! How about that?  So I paid more for her a burger that she could have gotten with a kids meal.  So FYI to everyone!

I got me a chicken sandwich.  By the time I got everyone situated with their food, Heidi was finished with hers and was still hungry.  Like any other mom would do, I gave her mine.  So I paid $27 for a Burger King meal that I didn't even get to eat.

 When I was almost finished with our yards, it started raining on me.  I just finished because it wasn't that hard and I didn't have much left.  It was getting very dark, so I knew a storm was approaching.

I managed to get Dad & Yana's mower loaded and the kids and when we got up the road, the bottom fell out.  So I unloaded it in the pouring rain.  When we got back home it still wasn't raining LOL! So I loaded moms.  Heidi was so nervous because it was lightening and thundering.  I managed to load it before the rain and up the road of course it was pouring again.  Wouldn't you know when we got to moms it hadn't even rained.  Funny how that works.

Here we are after 1 of the times with getting soaked.....

 I mean like I couldn't even hardly see in front of us.  And then like 4 miles up the road it hadn't rained a drop.

 It had mellowed off when we got home, so I was able to let the dogs out.  I had to get in their fence to fix their feeder.  This girl has learned how to tweak quite a few things ;-)!!! I have learned that zip ties work wonders haha! 

In the mean time, my cousin sent me this picture of her beautiful daughter in one of the birthday shirts I made her.  It put a big smile on my face :)!!!

 The yucky weather and crazy day brought us inside sooner than we usually are.  We were all so yucky, so we got baths and started supper.  It was a breakfast kind of night :)!!

The babies love to help me cook..... and I will be honest.... I love for them to help me. 

 And I love this picture...... it isn't staged, it is as real as real can get.  This is how most all of our nights end.  I rock all of them, but when the babies fall asleep, I put them in bed and then come back and Heidi likes to rock until she falls asleep.  If I am too tired to do that, she and I go crawl in the bed :)!! But I LOVE the realness of it.....

 And this was yesterday........

 He has fallen in love with this bear.  He calls it Teddy.  Teddy has sat in his chair in his room for a year or so,  but all of a sudden is his best bud!  He even called me the other night from Babee's to tell me to get Teddy from his room because he (teddy) is afraid of the dark.  He went to church with us Sunday morning & night.  And as I am typing this, he is on the couch with Karter watching Disney on my phone.  Not sure what struck the sudden obsession, but he is certainly attached.

AND GUESS WHOSE BIRTHDAY IS TODAY..... yep..... our Sophie girl.  I took this picture last night.  Her last night as a 2 year old!!!! Time seriously flies.