Birthday x 2

Well Saturday was Ethan's birthday. He turned 9! We went to his basketball game that morning and then just hung out around the house all day. It was so nice because even Jonathan was able to be here this weekend. We gave him his gift which was a really cool MP3 player with a built in radio and it plays videos too. He loved it! He thought he was sooooo cool and grown up. For dinner he wanted to have tacos and I made him a chocolate cake too. Evan helped me make the cake too! Ha!
Sunday was just a lazy day. The boys spent all day playing outside. Justin of course played video games and I organized a bunch of junk that I'm getting ready for a garage sale.

Monday morning was Jaxon's birthday. He turned 5! It was so cute when he woke up he asked if he was going to school. I told him no and why he thought that. He said y'all told me when I turned 5 I would get to go to school. I had to explain to him that he would go to school next year after the summer. We gave him his gift which were 2 leapster games and a tag book. He's been playing the Spongebob game since yesterday morning only taking breaks to eat & sleep! Ha! He decided to have grilled cheese sandwiches and chocolate cupcakes for his birthday dinner. Notice the leapster on the table. I told you he didn't put it down all day!


We had a great weekend filled with birthday celebrations! Hope y'all had a great weekend too!

ps - Thank you all for the prayers. Hopefully the problem will be resolved in a couple of weeks and then I might be brave enough to blog about it. I have put it all in God's hands. Prayer is an amazing thing. Thanks again for keeping me & my family in your thoughts & prayers.

Prayers Please

I know I have made some wonderful bloggy friends and I was just wondering if y'all would mind saying a small prayer for me and my family. I really don't want to go into detail about what's going on because of it being a private matter. I have put myself between a rock and a hard place and with God's help I know I can get myself out. Any prayers and positive thoughts are much appreciated. I know the power of prayer is a powerful thing. Thank all of y'all from the bottom of my heart!

Show Us Your Life

Today over at Kelly's Korner she is having Show Us Your Life and it's about your ministry!

I guess my ministry, passion, or love would have to be all my boys (Justin included)! I'm a stay at home mom with 4 boys. I'm lucky to have Justin who works hard so that I can stay at home and take care of our boys and house. Love him for that!


Jonathan is my oldest and I had him when I was sixteen. People ask me sometimes if I think he was a mistake. Never, no child of God is a mistake. I just should have waited for God to give me this gift when I was older. On top of having a child I got married. Needless to say we were divorced two years later. Jonathan lives with his father now because of the difference and fights me and him have. I think deep down he blames me for not being with his father. One day when he's older he will understand that we were just kids when we got married and that was all that happened.

I've been with Justin now for ten years today ( read here). We have 3 beautiful boys together Ethan, Jaxon, and Evan. I almost didn't make when I had Evan. I had to have an emergency c-section and I started to bleed internally (I'll save this story for another day soon).

I love my life even if it's not perfect. I share on this blog about my ups and downs and all the things I go through with raising boys! I love all my new bloggy friends and it's easier to get through the hard days with their sweet comments! So I hope y'all come back and join me on my crazy journey with all these boys!!

10 Years!

Ten years ago I met the love of my life...Justin! We were introduced by a mutual friend at my other friend's birthday party. I do believe it was love at first sight. We've been together ever since. He's such a good man and father! My favorite thing is that he makes me laugh every day!


No we're not married yet! Shocker! He proposed to me 9 1/2 years ago, but things happened that were more important. Like having three kids, buying a house, and just life. I want to have a real wedding and he just didn't want to spend the money, but I have finally talked him into it (only took me ten years)! I'm starting the Dave Ramsey baby steps plan. So I'm going to plan a wedding into that to! I can do it! I will be married to this man, but until then I will go on enjoying our Kurt & Goldie relationship! Ha!


Happy Ten Years baby, Love you! Hope y'all have a happy Friday!

Thank You Shaun White!

Last night Shaun White won Gold in the halfpipe!!! If you don't know who Shaun White is, he is an amazing snowboarder and skateboarder! He is also know as the Flying Tomato for his red hair. This guy is such a great role model for kids. He's a good guy and great athlete!

Ethan loves watching him. This morning he woke up and was talking nonstop about him winning the gold and the crazy tricks he did. He even wanted to wear one of his Shaun White t-shirts (they sell his clothing line for boys at Target) to school.

So thank you Shaun White for giving my son the dream to fly as high as the Flying Tomato!!!

WW: Fat Tuesday Parade!!!

Last night me, Justin, Lacey (my sister), Abby (my niece), Tyler (my nephew), Ethan, Jaxon and Evan went to the 25th Annual Krewe of Aquarius parade in Galveston. We go every year for the Fat Tuesday parade, but we didn't get to last year because Evan was too sick from RSV. So this was Evan's first parade! He loved the music!!!


For more kind of Wordless Wednesdays head over to 5minutesformom! Happy Wednesday y'all!

Monday Flop

Yesterday we headed out to go get my car fixed so I could get the inspection sticker. I headed to Autozone to see if they could help me figure out what was wrong. Luckily I was help by this really kind mechanic and come to find out nothing was wrong with my car. Jiffy Lube had unplugged something and didn't plug it back in, so it was causing my check engine light to come on. I finally was able to get my sticker. Yay I'm driving legal!!!

That evening I decided I was going to make The Pioneer Woman's Cajun Meatloaf. You can see what it's supposed to look like here. Mine turned out mushy in the middle. I guess I didn't add enough bread crumbs or something. It was my first attempt to make any kind of meatloaf. I ended up having to make chicken for dinner. This is what mine looked like after I hacked into it!

I made some mashed potatoes and peas to go with the chicken! Evan loved the peas so much!


We were all cracking up because we thought it looked like a booger in his nose. I needed a good laugh after my "first time cooking meatloaf failure"!


I also received two awards yesterday!!! Made my Monday better thanks ladies!

"This award means you're really going places, Baby. You'll still be blogging about your great adventures 10 years from now, and I'll still be reading them. "

I received this one from Short Southern Momma! Go check her out. Her blog is so cute!

I received this one from Backwoods Boy and a Fairytale Princess! I just started following her blog and I like what I see! Go check her out too!!!

I have to go and get ready because my sister is coming over today with my niece and nephew! We're going to the Mardi Gras parade in Galveston tonight! The kiddos are so excited! Happy Fat Tuesday y'all!!!