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!!!

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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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

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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Our Family Christmas

Hello all!

I have wanted to post for a while but just now had time. We had a great Christmas and I hope you all did too. I have to admit though that it hasn't felt like Christmas. Today it is really warm here. I have my windows open. Maybe we will get some snow sometime.

We went to my dad's house for Christmas Eve and had a great time with family. We don't get together much with my dad and step-mom and when we do we really enjoy it. The kids had so much fun with their cousins. Then we came home that night and the kids opened the gifts from me and George. After that we sprinkled our Reindeer food on the yard(thanks JoAnna!) set the cookies out for Santa and tucked the kids into bed.

Then Christmas morning we got up around 7:30 and opened gifts from Santa. I made cinnamon rolls and sausage & biscuits for breakfast. And after that we just had a lazy day.

Now I will post some pictures for your viewing enjoyment!

Me and my dad.

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All the kids at my dads.

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My sister Wendy and I.

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My brother Michael and I.

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My step-mom and I.

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Amber with her doll and horse.

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Jacob posing with his new lounge pants.

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Nathan posing with his new dinosaurs.

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~CHRISTMAS MORNING~

Amber's doll house.

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The other side of the doll house.

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Jacob's skate board.

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With the beloved skate board.

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Nathan's easel.

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Nathan and his guitar.

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TRUE ROCK STAR!!!!

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Me and Jacob.

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Me and Nathan.

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Me and Amber.

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Amber with her beautiful porcelain Snow White doll! My neighbor Ms. Gloria gave it to her. Amber LOVES it!!!

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Nathan with his Elmo PJ's.

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Nathan and his firetruck.

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Jacob and his NERF gun.

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Well, that is all for now. Hope you all had a Merry Christmas and have a Happy New Year!