3 Birthdays for my 3 girlies :O)

Three of my girls have birthdays crammed together; Mary first, then Abby, and finally Ellie. Ruth has her birthday right after Christmas so I guess you can say she has no brothers in between her and her sisters! Mary's is September 22nd and she turned 6 this year. Abigail turned 4 on the 4th of October. And my oldest Ellie turned 17 on the 10th of October!! I can't believe she is almost 18. Wow, time has a way of going by way to fast.

Let me start with a Mary update. The many things she loves are; cart wheels, hand stands, playing with friends, going to church, jumping on the trampoline, holding kittens,eating CANDY, shopping for clothes, and mostly going on dates with mom. :O)







Now my Abby loves: playing with her best Friends next door (Macey and Addyson), playing outside, riding her new bike, going to church, going to co-op, watching Bernstein Bears and Little Bill, being unbuckled and sitting in a big seat belt, and most of all being with her mama :O)





Ellie loves: HORSES... that is all, I don't have any more things to add. :O) Well, that is mostly true. But she also loves; driving with her permit, being with good friends, going to Church, playing the guitar, her dog Daisy, and being with her MOM :O) (Notice all my girls love me so much?? LOL)







I just realized after looking through all my pictures, I have much more to blog about. So stay tuned!!

Has it really been that long???

I am feeling a bit bad for not blogging in FOREVER! Really , so much has gone on in the past few months. Our yard is turning green!! You heard right, our yard is no longer rocks and rocks but now almost complete. And I am so thankful for this Indian summer we are having. It is almost October and going to be 90 degrees out today!!! WOW....



Mary just turned 6 on the 22nd. Let me tell you what she told me.... "So tomorrow is my real birthday right"? I said, "WHAT"? I could not believe she said that to me. We had songs, cake, presents, and dinner out with mom and dad. I do not understand why she would not think that it's really her real birthday. LOL Silly girl!



Abby is turning 4 on October 4th. She is still my tiny little monkey baby. I can't believe just how tiny she is. One of my kids asked me the other day if she will always be super little?? Maybe.... But I do remember Chad being this way when he was a toddler. I thought he would never ever grow. And now, he is getting so tall and big, and tweenagerish. If that is even a word. All moms of 12 year olds I do believe know what tweenagerish means :O)



Today I have my first day of Bible study! Let me tell you I have not gone to a Bible study in YEARS. I thank God that He has put certain friends in my life to encourage me to go. I know that this will be something that will strengthen me in my walk. I really look forward to what the Lord will have in store for me.



I have now gone a complete week without eating any processed sugar. It has helped my complexion so much! I am just waiting for my extra weight to leave. I mean those zits must have weighed in at a pound each... I am sure of, right?? LOL If sugar causes acne, then I surly do not need it! I am slowly and slowly aiming for NO processed stuff. I am starting with sugar this month. Maybe flour next? Go straight to wheat? I do not know. But I do know that I already feel better.



Well, I better depart from this blog for now. And hopefully it won't be a few months till you hear from me again. God bless you all....

I am back!

Finally found myself out of a pile of rocks. We have been very busy getting rock, which turned in to boulders OUT of your yard. Trying to save $$$ and by not having to get topsoil is hard work. We have great soil, but after having removed so so so many rocks we have to fill the gaps some how.... I think we will end up getting top soil anyway. Oh, how I wish we were done with this summer fling. I do not like it... and I think I am becoming allergic to dirt. That is why I am in here blogging all the while my dearest hard working husband is outside cleaning out trenches. :O) Thanks HUNNY!

Not much new to report other than kids get along, then fight all day long. Play all day long in the sun and come home super tan and dirty. :O) Every few days we go to our community pool along with all the other mommies and their kids. I am constantly dealing with my disorderly DOG (she never got better in case you were wondering). And YES... we still have a few frogs, but not so many. :O) TA TA for now!!

BAD dog, BAD!

I have not posted to my blog in over a week.... I think. I have lost track of all time because it's been corrupted by a BAD DOG. We have a 12 year old Brittany Spaniel that has been DUMB from day one. I know, I know... she can't help it because I was told that when she was born she was deprived of oxygen. Let it be her excuse, but excuse me for saying ... .she is still BAD. Here is her list of bad doings: She has pooped upstairs multiple times. My daughters have found her UP on the Kitchen table. One day she got up on the table, and ate an entire BRAND NEW pack of gum (that is after she dug through my purse to find it). Confession #1... I told her I hope that she choked and died. Constantly she is sneaking food off of my kids plates. The other day I came home only to find her frothing at the mouth (appeared to be anyway) but then I noticed that she was eating pancake mix, you know that dry kind in a bag. It was caked to her fur which looked like froth. Confession #2.... I hoped she would have died from overdose of pancake mix. And now I am brought to confession #3 I keep wondering if she will get to die soon??? I know that is awful... but I can't help myself. She is just such a BAD dog! EEEK!

FROGS!!!

We have FROGGIES every where... under trampolines, in window wells, buckets of water, strollers, plastic containers, towels, tight hands, under my couch, my kitchen floor, and finally .... behind the toilet. I just named all the places my kids have had them. Mostly my daughter Abby. She is going around and calling her frog, "Sweetie" and treating it like a baby. I have to admit it's pretty CUTE. But I am afraid she may love it soooo much that she squeezes the life out of it. At night we have so many frogs the sound would be hard to explain. But let me try... maybe like electric static. It's not the croaking noise normally associated with frogs. It's a constant vibrating sound like a machine, over powering the crickets by a long shot. :O)

What a fun summer this is turning out to be! I know this post was short but "sweet" but I gotta run. Time to plant flowers!! Everyone go find a frog to squeeze, and if you have a frog shortage come on over!!

Distractions....

Have brought me to this place. I have been distracted with family time, and rodeos. A good thing right? I believe so. :O) In case you were wondering the skunk smell I believe is GONE. YIPPPPEEEE!! Now, I pray that does not happen anymore. LOL I just LOVE SUMMER TIME!!!

Duane's (my husbands) parents have been in town since Thursday night of last week. And this morning they are heading off to their next destination. It's been a great visit. We have had a lot of good quality time including, dinners together, swimming, freezing rodeo's, and a lot of game playing (fast track). But now it's back to reality. We are jumping back into our home school studies, and I have errands to run. Ruth wants to get her hair cut off into an "A Line" again. She has such a tender head that this hair-doo suits her best. :O) And it's really cute on her too.

My little Abby just gave me a baby doll to hold (she is pretending that we are neighbors). And told me that she needs to poo and when she is done she will yell, "neighbor you can wipe my butt"! I surely do not hear that every day. :O) On that note, I better go do some wiping! Till next time friends....

So it's been a few days...

Maybe it's because I had to wash my car 3 times and that took away from me being able to do other house hold chores. I got behind, all because of a SKUNK. I was coming home from church Wednesday night and ran over a skunk. I was hoping that it was so fast that he never had time to spray me. Let's just say the dogs were running out into the street when I drove home. I now know that skunk juice is a stink meant to stay around a while. Granted after 3 washes it's much better. But no matter how much good smell you spray on BAD you can't get rid of it. It's going to take some time just wearing off. Maybe I can apply this as a life lesson to me. Who knows? LOL

I have had 3 kids staying at my parents for a few weeks now, and I miss them like crazy. I look forward to the day when we will all be together as a family. I am very grateful that they are able to spend time with my parents though. They get to play in the country and hike, ride horses, explore. What a wonderful opportunity. I want to start introducing each of my kids. I will start with my oldest daughter Ellie
She is an ANIMAL crazy beautiful 16 almost 17 year old, especially loves horses (and loves the LORD :O) ) . She is spending the entire summer with my parents while she trains her new horse. And I must mention that Ellie is really good with horses. She is doing an amazing job... but I still miss her!! I can't wait till she is back home.

I think I am going to spend time letting you know about each child, oldest to youngest, one day at a time. I thank you for reading about them. They are each so special they really do deserve individual attention. :O) God bless everyone... till next time!!

God is good...

I am so in awe of how good God is. He loves me, more than I could ever know. And how would I ever make it through the day with out His guidance and strength!! I look into my childrens face and see the beauty He has given me and entrusted me with. What a responsibility to have! Lucky me I have a GREAT boss. :O) And I also have a wonderful husband. He treats me well, and is a great spiritual leader of the family. I love the way he loves me. For me today is a day of being grateful! Thanks be to the Lord my God, in whom I trust! May His blessings touch all of you today......

Ending my day one

Yesterday really was a good day. How often do I come upon days like these, I often ask myself. :O) Even though the snow had pored down, the sun did come out. My kids were able to run outside (even abby and her friends were kind enough to walk through ankle deep mud so I can have shoes to spray down with a hose in the freezing cold) and jump on my neighbors trampoline. We are gracious enough to have a neighbor that has the trampoline that "everyone" can enjoy!! And now I must get to the point of the ENDING of DAY ONE. My husband was kind enough to text me and ask me to dinner, so sweet of him! Thanks my love! We are on our way to town and he asked me where I wanted to go. I told him that either the Mexican restaurant or the Chinese one suites me well... you pick I told him. So, he picked SUSHI. Does everyone see what happened here? So being the good wife I try to be (who really does not care for SUSHI, but we sort of thought I liked a certain tempura kind) replied... sure, that will work. I can't always have what I want after all. :O) I guess when it comes to sushi I am troubled with the textures, the rawness, and the SIZE of the bite. How rude is it to cram that big of a piece in your mouth. Seriously I feel like I am taking chopsticks ... grabbing a sock and inserting it into my mouth. (you can't take bites off cause it falls apart) I feel like I am chewing and things are going down my throat before I am done chewing and I am thinking, "wow this has good flavor but I have sea weed going down my throat... do I chew or swallow, chew or swallow, help!!?!!" Then I swallow and do it all over again. (CRAZY) Coming to an end I finally told my husband that I can not eat anymore! I am done. "Really", he asks me..... Yeah REALLY. I do not know how any one person could over eat or shall I say over fill on SUSHI. I am thinking that I will NOT do sushi again. I love my husband cause he actually bought me dessert to enjoy, because I think he knew I needed to end on a good note. He is good for that, always thinking of how I feel. We then went home and brought the kids swimming at the community pool, came home and tucked them in bed So, an over all great day.... great ending to day one. A day I will not soon forget! And now, my day can start all over. :O)

Day One of Blogging

I am finding it ironic that it's my fist day of blogging, the 24th of May, and it's dumping snow outside. I hope this is not a pre-cursor for what is to come from me being a wanna be blogger :O) (Note that smiley face, I do those all the time, just want you to know I am smiling) I will start by introducing myself..... I am a stay at home mom (homeschooling mom at that) to 7 kids. (who are fighting over cereal samples at the moment). And that is why I call my blog , "Say what 7 times" I get that question all the time.... "You have how many kids" so I repeat to them the magic number 7 and they are still in SHOCK. So please just say it 7 times and get it out of your system. :O) My oldest is 16 1/2 and my youngest is 3 1/2. I am sure you will get to know them better as the days pass on. I am also a mom who struggles with weight loss daily. (I am down 20 pounds from last summer, that is a start). Another important bit of information is that I am happily married to my husband Duane. We just celebrated our 13th wedding anniversary. I am sure you will also find out much more about my husband as days go by as well. And the most important tid bit of information is......I LOVE the LORD with all my heart. He is my Rock in whom I lean on daily to make it through this crazy life, in which I am thankful for. This verse has been on my heart lately .... Psalm 16:11 You will show me the path of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; At Your right had are pleasures forevermore. And with that I will leave you till next time!! God bless you all!