Our Summer

Ok well to say the least I have not been on top of updating this. I am not sure how many of you even look at it actually. However I like to do it most of the time. Well this summer has flown by for our family. The kids will be starting school on Monday. Yep August 3rd we will officially have a 4th, 3rd,1st and Kindergarten. It is so hard to believe that the kids are that old. I guess that makes us offically old.
Well we had the wonderful opportunity to go to the beach will all Charlie's brothers and sister and their families. It was a great experiecnce and we enjoyed it so much. We had 28 people there and we all got along and that was great being that there were 14 kids. The weather was great. We had no rainy days and only a couple stormy nights. It was nice to sleep with the sound of the ocean. I sometimes think it would be nice to hear it all the time however I guess then I would get used to it and it would not sound the same.
The kids also got the opportunity to spend a week with Charlie's mom Granny Carol. She took them to Chuck E Cheese about 3 times and did many things with them. They had a great time there and are now looking forward to Papa Charles and Granny Laura come to see them so that they can go fishing. They have wanted to go fishing forever however Charlie nor I are fishing people. We live on top of the lake and have only been out one time on it in the 4 years that we lived here. Then we only fished that time for like 10 minutes and gave up.
Well we also have a new name for Nathan. He has renamed himself to actually 2 different names. He is either Nathan Blues Cafe or Little Charlie. He likes to call me Mama Bear and Charlie Daddy Bear. He calls everyone bear. So that is funny and cute. I tell you he is a cutey.
Well this is a glimpse of our summer. We leave to go tomorrow to go to a family reunion for Charlie's moms family. We look forward to seeing everyone. Who knows what the future holds for our family but we are hanging in there and loving each other.

Mason, Baptism and Parties

Well on May 28, 2008 we were blessed with a little boy. We welcomed Mason Silas into our family. He was 8lbs 9oz and was a sweet as ever. He has grown alot over the last year. He turned on 1 a few days ago and well I am just now getting around to doing my blog update. I still have a journal to do for him which shamfully has not been done in a few months. Well he now is walking and has great lungs. I have to get him to talk so he can tell me what he wants because right now he screams and man can he scream. He also has a temper ( I am not sure where he got it from). He likes to have things his way but don't we all? He is still a sweet heart and we will keep him. Here he is now!

Well on Saturday May 23rd we had 2 special things taking place in the family. We were able to have Emily's baptism. We were so glad for the family and friends that were able to come and be with her on the this special day. Emily was so excited and looking forward to it. She is a very sweet child and loves the gospel. Then we had parties for Callah, Emily and Mason. We also celebrated my 33rd birthday. I have been blessed to have Emily the day before my birthday and then to get her baptism on my birthday is awesome. Well here is a pic of Miss Emily at her baptism.

Emily

Well 8 years ago today we were blessed with our beautiful daughter Emily Grace. She arrived uneventful unless you count that the meds made me sleep through delivery. It was totally not what i had expected but hey I got through it snoring. OK well anyway she arrived to only make our lives more fun and Callah a big sister. She is getting baptized tomorrow and is so excited. So here are a few things about Emily: she loves to draw and is prewtty good at it. She loves school which is a blessing. She helps other kids in class for the teacher to explain things. She loves to sing and dance. She does not like to clean but likes to help cook. She loves to read and loves animals. She is a mini me and we love her greatly. Happy Birthday Emily!

The Year 2000

Well I am a few days late and dollars short. However I want to reflect on the year 2000. In the year 2000 we were blessed to start our family with the arrival of a beautiful little girl. Miss Callah Abigail came into our hearts on 5/5 at 10:10am. She has been the center of attention since then one way or the other. She is now 9 years old and the time has flown by. Some interesting facts about Callah are: She loves to be the center of attention. She loves to look at herself in the mirror when she talks. She loves to be tickled. She is a very fast runner and has been since she started walking. She has to be in charge. She loves root beer. She likes a little boy from school a lot and I am hoping it past quickly. She is good at school. She tries very hard at everything she does. She can ride a bike. She likes to help out when it puts her in charge. She loves to dance and sing. So here is the video that always makes me smile. I love you Callah and Happy 9th Birthday to our Dancing Queen!