Month: April 2014

Xander, Shelby, and Angelina’s Birthday’s

Here’s a long ago birthday party!  I could try to guess the years on these kids but I was doing good just to remember which kids it was.  I think Xander must be turning 2 here.  Spider man was his very favorite thing, we had 

Tattle-Tale!

Almost on a daily basis at my house I hear these types of wailing’s “Mommy, Zoe took my toy” “Mom, Ezra got into my bookshelf again” “Mom, Xander hit me!” “Mommy, Ezzie’s coloring on the wall.” Over and over again, I have to be the 

Xander 2003

In 2003, Matthew and I had just graduated from college and we moved back to Marshall.  We were living at Matthew’s parents house until we found a place for us to live.  So we lived in his old high school bedroom in the basement. Xander’s 

Raylees’ Sacrifice and Action!

Today I had the great privilege of watching my daughter get her hair cut for the first time. It isn’t very often that a mother gets to see something that she has taught her children become an actual action.  We have  been talking about sacrifice 

Carving Pumpkins – 2013

This weeks Way back Wednesday pictures are from last Halloween.  We love to carve the pumpkins, but the mess involved is too much for four kids.  So we painted them instead.  This worked out really well and we have do it this way for several