Farewell for now....

I have to say good bye to all of my bloggy friends. I no longer have internet at home so I will not be posting anymore. It has been a great ride........

It has been a while, once again....

It has been a while but I am still here!!! My last post was about Amber's birthday. Well, at her surprise horse party she got lots of gifts and enough money to buy herself a new bicycle!!! She was SO excited!

Here is a little video of her riding. I will update more later. ENJOY!!!!

Special 200th post!!!!

Today is March 19th and it is my 200th post and today is also my sweet little Amber's 5th birthday!!!! I haven't been blogging much but I am still here!

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I wanted to share a little bit about my princess Amber. I mostly post her pretty pictures where she is posing like a beauty queen but today I want to show you a few other sides of Amber. She is very girly but she is also silly. Sometimes we just sit back and laugh at her while she puts a show on. She loves to dance and sing. And she loves to make others laugh. She has a very sensitive side to her also. If I get onto her she usually busts into tears and starts saying how sorry she is. She is quick to tell on herself. And she makes friends VERY easily. We can go to the park and within minutes she is playing with someone.

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I love this little girl with all of my heart and I am SO glad that God has blessed me with her!

Here are a few pictures of my little Birthday girl!

Making a silly face for the camera.

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This is from the day that the kids were all playing bad guys, I LOVE this picture!

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And here is "Princess Amber"

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Me and my little angel.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMBER!!

I LOVE YOU!!!

Just in case you are wondering......

We are on Spring Break this week so I will not be on the computer as much. I am trying to get some things done around here. Have a GREAT week!!!

SNOW DAY!!!!

We had an AMAZING day in the snow Sunday! Nathan is finally old enough to enjoy it. We got about 3 inches at the deepest part here but my brother who lives about 15 minutes from us got about 10 inches!!! So unfair! LOL

It is all about melted and by the end of the week we are supposed to have 70* weather. Great southern weather!!!

Here are a few pictures from our snow day.

George getting ready to go out.

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Me ready to go out, Amber said I looked like a robber! LOL

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Jacob mid-snow fight.

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Amber cheesin!

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Nathan LOVING the snow!!

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George mid-snow fight. See the snowball flying! LOL

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I went in and got stuff ready to make homemade hot chocolate.

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Almost there....

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It's ready!

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A great end to a great snow day!

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Our day

On Thursday morning I decided to make my famous berry pancakes for breakfast. The weather was warm that day, around 70 for a high and I had lots of energy. We got school done early and spent some time outside. Amber got up and decided that she wanted to learn how to make pancakes. So I sat her up with me and answered TONS of questions! LOL
Here are some pictures from our day.

My sweet Amber.

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Cookin' pancakes!

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The famous berry pancakes before.

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The famous berry pancakes after.

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My 3 kiddos and my 2 home schooled kids that I keep sometimes eating a snack outside.

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My New VAN!!!!

Well, today is the day.......I got my new van!!!!! YAY!!!

I LOVE it! I wanted to share a few pictures with you all so you can share in my joy. This has been a need for a LONG time! And God has come through for us. It is a 2003 Chevy Venture. It has everything we had prayed about in a van.

Hope you all have a great week!

Back to the Basics....

Good Friday morning all! It has been a while.

Since my aunt passed away things have been quite crazy around here. We had TONS of family in from California and my house was sort of a base for people to shower and sleep. I ended up not being able to make it to the service Monday night because Jacob came down with strep throat. He was SO sick! By the time we got back from the doctor and I got back with his medicine it was 4:30 and the service started at 5:00 about an hour and 15 minutes away. We did enjoy seeing all of our family though. Some of them I haven't seen since 1994. And some of them had never met my children, so it was nice to see them all.

So all of this brings me to needing to get back to the basics. My home has been in such chaos that I have had no schedule at all! Amber was begging to do school yesterday because it has been so long since I have done any with her. So Monday is the day to get back on track! New week, new schedule, new way of thinking!

On a better note, Jacob has kept up with his school and not gotten behind. I got his school stuff and Amber's kindergarten stuff ordered for the Fall. We got our income tax and I always do that first thing. That way I have it in the Fall and we are ready to go! This next year will be different though with Amber doing school every day. I am going to have to stay on top of things better than I have in the past. And she is ready! She is so excited about starting school. And I am so glad that she is! LOL It makes it easier on me.

I also paid off my stove that I had to get a few months ago. That was nice. And I got a new microwave that goes over my stove. My old one was VERY old and started getting mold in it. So it had to go! Now this weekend we are planning on going van shopping! Please pray that we make the right choice and get the right one. We want God's will on this one.

Well, I guess I am gonna go for now. Here are some before and after pictures of my microwave. Just keep in mind that I have flat paint until my hubby repaints, so there are lots of grease spots on my wall, it looks so gross! Sorry.

Have a great weekend!!!

I was so proud of my hubby, he had to do electrical work and everything!!!

There used to be a vent hood in the empty space right under the cabinet, I didn't think of my camera until we already had it down.

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Before

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My new microwave!(on the table)

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My hubby with his finished product! How handsome is he!

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After! I LOVE it!!!!

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Sad news...

I just wanted to let you all know that my aunt Annette passed away last night. Her 2 children need your prayers. She had no life insurance and they are trying to raise the money they need.

Also we have some unsaved people in our family that I am praying will be impacted during this time and make a decision to accept Christ as their Lord and Savior.

I will probably not be posting for a while.

Just a friendly reminder........

If you ever lose your toddler....

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Just go and take a look....

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On top of the washer!!!!

He really is so cute, but he is getting to be such a handful!!! Can you tell! LOL

Update on Amanda

I wanted to let you all know that my step-sister, Amanda, finally had her baby this morning. Not sure if it was a boy or girl, so since she has 3 boys already they are assuming that it was a boy and named him Tucker. They said that the baby had separated from the placenta and that is what caused this. They are now waiting for her to pass the placenta.
Amanda started running a high fever last night and that is gone today. So I am praying that there is no long term problems from this, infections etc.

Thank you all for your prayers. The family appreciates it.

Oh how time flies....

Hello all! Sorry it has been so long. We have been busy around here.

I am feeling some better. I still have some pain in the mornings but it is getting better.

We have had some snow since I last posted. I have pictures to share.

My aunt has gotten worse and has been in the hospital. My aunt Sherry came from California to visit her one last time since she doesn't have much time. The doctors have given her about 6 months if she continues to not take the meds that she is supposed to take.

I have a prayer request too, my step-sister, Amanda, who lost her baby last night and today she is in the hospital having to deliver it. She was 17 weeks along. Please pray for peace and healing for her. She has 3 little ones at home.

We have been getting some school done and stayed on track with that. YAY! And the babysitting is going very well.

I went shopping the other day and got clothes for George and all 3 kids. The total was around $140 and our savings were around $350!!!! We got around 20 pieces of clothes for all 4 of them. So we got some AMAZING deals! And we got all of this at Belk in the mall. They had a great sale going on so I decided to go and get me some stuff Saturday. I got 10 shirts, a pair of jeans, a pair of pajama pants, a purse, a new wallet, and some under clothes all for around $220!!! I was in a much worse need for clothes than the others. We never get to shop like this and it truly was God's favor! He is so awesome!

Well, now I will share some pictures. Have a great week!

Amber getting ready to play in the snow.

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Jacob going out in the snow.

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Amber in the snow.

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Jacob and one of his friends playing.

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What fun!

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Me and my Aunt Sherry.

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Jacob

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Nathan

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Amber

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Amber being silly. This was such a great picture I had to share it!

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Update (quick)

I am tired but wanted to thank you all for the prayers and let you know that the doctors have said that my problem is pulled muscles. I guess I just can't handle pain very much!
I am thankful that it isn't anyting serious, I was praying that it wasn't.
So now I am supposed to rest and not use my muscles! LOL!!!

Prayers needed!!!

I have had some trouble since Sunday. I was sitting in church and started hurting in my belly and back. Well to make a long story short, after my nap Sunday afternoon I had to crawl out of the bed. George took me to the ER and they ran tests. They said that it was pulled muscles. Gave me meds and told me to follow up with my regular doctor.

Wednesday morning I woke up in just as much pain so I called my doctor, they can't see me until tomorrow. So I am going in the morning @ 10:30.

I really need prayers. The more my hubby and I have talked about this the more it reminds us of the time I had to have a cyst and my right ovary removed. It was about 4 years ago. I know my doctor will take care of me I just want all of this to go away!

So I will update after I know what is going on. Thank you all for your prayers!

Once upon a time......

For Christmas Amber got a create a book set. One of the books is to make your own story(which we did here) and the other one can be a journal or whatever you want. We wanted to share a little bit of what we did.

Amber with her finished book.

Princess Amber....

One of the pages.

Last page.

Updating

Hello all! I haven't posted in FOREVER!!! It has been busy around here.

Terri commented and asked me how the babysitting is going. So I thought I would post an update and let all of you know how it is going. It is great!

The kids are 13 and 7. They come 2-4 days a week and the 7 year old gets his school done pretty quickly. The 13 year old takes a little longer of course because she has more work. They are great kids. And it makes things easy for me because any new concepts they learn from mom and dad. And I don't have to check the work. They get that done at home. They use the same curriculum that we do so if they have any questions it is easy for me to help them. But they really just do it all themselves and I just make sure they stay focused and get it done. They get along really well with my kids. And we all go to church together so the kids already knew each other. The best part about it is that they don't get here until around 9 am!!! SO I don't have to get up really early to get them.

It is working really well for everyone I think.

I am having an interesting time preschooling Amber. She is SO independent. It will be different than teaching Jacob and I hope that I can handle it! LOL

And Nathan LOVES anything to do with ABCD's(as he calls it). I think it will be really fun when Nathan is starting school and I have all 3 of them doing stuff.

So things are going smooth here. We are getting lots of school done. Today we are going to hang out with another home school family for a little while. The kids need a fun day. So we are working to get school done early.

Hope you all have a great Tuesday!

First day back....

Today we got back to school and I began a new job! I am keeping 2 home schooled kids a few days a week and I think it is gonna be great! It helped me to stay on schedule better with my own children.

Jacob started back on his PACES after a long break and I think that he was even ready again. Amber started a new pre-school book I got her and she is very happy with it. Nathan hasn't felt well, I think he is cutting some of his last molars. He had a fever until today and he still has a cough.

Well, I wanted to share how well our first day back went. Hope you all have a great week!

Our story......

In 1996 a man named George Bingham called me and asked if I would like to go out with him. Let's rewind a little.... Years before this my brother, Daniel, worked with George and told me that if George didn't have a girlfriend he would fix us up. Well, I worked at Target in 1996 with a woman whose husband worked with George. She said that George had recently ended a long relationship he had been in and she thought we would be a good couple. So she gave him my number. And now we are back to the beginning of the story.

We met in July of 1996, he met me at Target when I got off of work. We went to a movie and then to Arby's to eat. I had no idea that day that my life was gonna change so quickly. By October he asked me to marry him. And In January of 1997 I became Mrs. George Bingham! Yes that is 6 months after we met.

The funny thing about this is that most people that knew me though I had lost my mind. But it is now 12 years later and we are happier than I could have ever imagined! I love this man with my whole heart, soul and mind.

I am posting a few pictures for you to see.

This picture is from the day that George asked me to marry him. I was SO excited and happy that God had finally sent me "the one".

This picture is from our wedding day. Aprille from Clay In The Hands Of The Potter was my maid of honor. And my brother Daniel was George's best man.

And this is the most recent picture of my love and I. 12 years later!

I LOVE YOU HONEY!!!!