Melting Pot Restaurant

Happy Birthday!

Frank, Devin and Fawn. Our birthday's are all three with in two weeks of each other, June 23rd, June 24Th and mine July 4Th. So we decided to go to the best place on earth Melting Pot Restaurant. Very expensive but so worth it. We had 3 couples come, sad that everyone else couldn't make it, maybe next time. Devin and I, Frank and Karren Harris(Devin's parents), and Kevin and Patricia Stradling. We had a fun time and well another year older, year just another day for me. HAHAHAHA

Happy Birthday Uncle Brady

Crazy to think that my kids have a great great Uncle. And we were honored to go to his surprise party. Uncle Brady just turned 80 and let me tell you he doesn't look nor act his age. My grandparents both died a long time ago and we miss them more than words can say. We don't get too see him as often as we would like. With gas and the great distance between us it seems like when there is a birthday or funeral is when we get too visit. Crazy how that works. Would like to turn that around. Well hope you had a wonderful 80th Birthday Uncle Brady we love you.

Swimming

Summer Fun

Since we moved Taylor had been going threw withdrawal from her best friend Kamille. So we had her stay with us for three days. Felt so bad because we really didn't do a whole lot. But Wednesday, when Devin got off work. We went over too Kevin's place, by the way thank you Kevin and Patricia, and swam. They had a blast. I think we were there for about two hours and we had to fight them to get out of the water. Life when we were kids, that was the good old days.

VINYL ORDERS

Hello everyone just putting vinyl orders together. If anyone needs to order anything please email me or call me and I will get you a quote. We except custom orders or quotes from our book. Just let me know ASAP. I am closing the orders on July 11th.

These are just some examples.

Summer Break

Is there anyone else that is ready for school to start up again. My kids think that they are going to die. They just want too play xbox 360, watch TV, and sleep. Normally that would be okay but all the normal stuff like chores and helping mom doesn't seem to exist during the summer. Not going to handle that. Oh yea mom can only handle so many days in the pool. I am going to be a prune hahaha.

If anyone has some great free things to do to keep them entertained please I am all ears.

Fathers Day

Hope all the fathers out there had a great Fathers Day. Even though I didn't have a great mothers day. I tried to make Devin's a good one. We invited my in laws and my dad over for dinner. Everything went great. Thank goodness there was plenty of food and just a perfect amount of dessert. Always fear that there won't be enough food and they will go home hungry. Since we have 4 dads to buy stuff for it gets expensive so we just do dinner for three of them. I gets ocward with my dad and step dad, So we only have my dad. Well everything went great hope everyone else's was too.

Family Pictures

Wow Finally got it done. My brother is a professional photographer and a great one I might add. And as long as I can remember he has been taking mine and my family pics. When Devin and I first started dating he hated getting pics taken, but after the last 13 years, he is accepted the fact that my family is picture freaks.

We usually get new family pics every 6 months but since we had been living in Florence we haven't had any taken. Makes me so sad, Poor Daxton was neglected. We don't have hardly any of him as a baby.

Then picking out the outfits to match. That is really hard for all five kids and then for the parents to match. I guess I am just not very good at that part. I figured out we would do red shirts and black board shorts. Do like a summer theme. But couldn't find anything red for Aeden. Went to too many different stores just gave up and he has red shorts but sad part is they are hidden so he is the odd ball. Oh well he is still adorable. exceptionally with his hair hock, that is one hundred percent natural. CUTE CUTE.

Scary Day

Well, let me just tell you today was one of those days when I really wish Devin had called in sick for work. As many of you probably don't know I am a panickier, if that is even a word. I don't think when there is a scary situation I just panic. Well today was one of those days, The kids were playing games inside all day and then we had to leave to go get Abbi, Taylor's friend. And all of the sudden, Taylor said she felt like she was gonna throw up, so in a rushed mood I said hurry up and get too the bathroom. When I was all done loading the kids up in the car I went too check on her. She looked really pail, but had not thrown up. So told her too get a bowl (thinking that she was faking it, bad mom) and go get in the car. We went to get in and all of the sudden I looked at her and she fainted. I caught her. And just screamed. Thank goodness my neighbor had just pulled up and I yelled at her to call 911. She ran into her house and did, thank goodness. It was a nice way to meet my neighbors. A friendly hey I need help already. HHAHAHA. She then woke up and was coherent, and then proceeded to throw up. Thank goodness for the bowl.

Well she is OK the paramedics came and checked her out and said that they thought she was just dehydrated. So we have been keeping her inside and drinking lots of fluids. I told her to never do that again. Exceptionally when dad isn't home. The joys of being parents. We are given trials for a reason but let me tell you. They just keep getting harder and harder as we get older. But we learn from them. Hopefully???????????

Reunion

Family Reunion

Well had another camping trip, This time it was really nice during the day and we froze our BUTTS off at night. Aeden didn't sleep at all the first night. And I had the worst headache because I was so cold. But then I got a nice nap and then the second night was better. Taylor slept with her cousins in their trailer, so we used her sleeping bag on top of us and it was much warmer and so we slept like a good baby, hahahaha.



We went up by strawberry, next too a nice big open field so the kids could play pretty much anything. My family gets together once a year and usually camps. Lets just say the adults are way over powered by kids. But its nice because there are more older kids to keep the younger ones happy. We always have the usual dirty face and someone always leaves with a bruise. Well this time as usual Daxton always had the dirty face and this time Aeden had the bruise. He is getting active since he started crawling and he crawled right off the front seat of the car and right past his dads arms. Dad felt horrible. But won't be the last time he gets a bruise if he is anything like his brothers and don't forget big tomboy sister. hahahaha. Was fun but next time we will not go that far up the mountain this early in the summer.

Rock Band

Rock Band

Well for Devin's 31st b-day we got him ROCK BAND, The whole family loves it. I have been having a hard time finding it for the ex box 360. So when the kids were gone in Taylor, AZ. I had free time on my hands so we found it at Kmart. So he got his present early. But that's ok I got mine early too. And mine was much better hahahahha.

If you haven't had the chance to play the game you must it is hilarious to sing and watch people get frustrated with the drums or guitars and well just a fun game to laugh at people hahahaha. Here are some pics

Settled in

Wow, I remember now how much I hate moving. We probably have one more car load left at our old place. Been really hard leaving behind our first home. But hopefully the road ahead will get better for us.

Well, We had a real bad scare yesterday. We hadn't transferred our home security system over too our new home. And Monday morning we got a call from our security system letting us know that our sensor for the front door was going off. Needless to say we didn't live there and the door was dead bolted on Saturday when we left. So the cops were called out and didn't get there for an hour. Thank goodness everything is OK. And not much too take except the quads, but I grabbed the kids and ran out there. Then Devin met me out there with a trailer and we grabbed everything that we could and prayed that the house will still be there in one piece next time we come back. There has been three or four other break ins just on that one street in the past two weeks. My friend had her home completely vandalized. So sad they weren't living there but in the middle of a contract to sell it. Prayers are with you guys.

Anyways, good luck for the Magic Ranch area, HAHAHA what happened to this world, why can't people just leave everyone else's stuff alone. That would be really nice.

Memorial Weekend

Wow, Can't believe it is finally over. I want to first tell my in laws THANK YOU SO MUCH for taking the four kids for five days too Taylor, AZ. That was a much needed break. Plus with all the stress of moving it was very nice too only have the one kid crying. Actually he did pretty good. Next I want too tell Kevin, THANK YOU SO MUCH, for helping Devin with all the heavy lifting. Man I wouldn't have been able to move the fridge and freezer and couch. I pretty much had to lift everything else. I am so grateful too my dad for letting us stay in his place for the next year. But, I am really sad to let our house go, We are trying to short sell it, HINT HINT!!!!!!!! If anyone is interested, $85,000. Devin has recently put alot of work into it over the last year and sad too leave it all behind but we know it will better our kids future too start our own business and start fresh in Mesa. But will still be doing Girl Scouts with Troop 1085 and will be back twice a month for meetings. So will still be making that nice trek out there.