Surviving In The Wired World Blog

Just wanted to put a link to the new blog I've been co-blogging on safety on the internet. I know I have readers who aren't on facebook and I will be posting safety tips on other things too,
not just facebook. I am co-blogging with my friend Tracy,
with http://www.coastcomputerdoctors.com/ who is a true computer guru. So please check it out.......it will be a wealth of information.
http://wiredworldsafety.blogspot.com/

Thanks yall and I hope you have a great week!!

Memories In the Making Part 2

My kids get to go to the funnest birthday parties. I don't remember getting to do half the stuff that they do. But I do have some very fond memories from certain birthday parties when I was growing up. Of course the skating parties were always fun. And Gayla Gatewood used to have slumber parties out at her parents cabin which were always fun. I always loved Rhonda Burrough's spend-the-night parties too. I remember one time we stayed up all night long. It was the first time I had ever stayed up the entire night. We camped out on her trampoline. When the sun rose that morning we thought we had really done something! We were so proud of ourselves for pulling an all-nighter! Of course we passed out around 6. I still have a picture that Rhonda's mom, Mama Kay, took of Rhonda and I sleeping on the couch. I guess we were around 10 or 11 years old, probably around the same age as my little Bren Bren. It is so much fun to remember all those fun times growing up. Our children are lucky because it will be so much easier to remember stuff now that everthing is recorded so easily now. I guess that could be a good or bad thing!haha I'm not sure I'd want to see "everything" recorded from my teenage years!

Speaking of spend-the-night parties, Bren Bren went to his friend, Karl's birthday party this weekend. It was so awesome. They live right on the bay and they all rode on canoes and kayaks. We got there a little late because Bren had baseball practice. They were already on the water when we got there. Bren was a little apprehensive at first. His friend Sam floated up and a kayak and Bren passed on getting on it with him. It looked a little bit too easy to tip over and it was kinda chilly outside, especially if you got wet.

Bren just gave his big ole smile and said "no thanks"!!LOL

His buddies, Nick and Jack floated up on a real canoe that looked a little bit more sturdy, so Bren finally got in.

He had never been on a canoe before so it took him a minute to get warmed up.....

Being the Mama that I am, I tried to not freak out and show my fear, I really am trying to let my kids grow up, even though I really was screamming inside my head, "DON'T DROWN! DON'T ROCK THE BOAT!! BE CAREFUL!!"

Bren is getting the hang of it!! Look at the neighbor's dog running along with them! SO CUTE!

Oh I was so scared they were going to tip over.......

But they didn't!!

And off they go!!...........

I enjoy watching my children have fun, but boy it makes me sad seeing them grow up so fast. It's unbelievable how it seems like just yesterday I was pregnant with little Bren Bren......now he is about to be 11 years old this summer. Time really does fly when you are having fun.............

Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!!

I'M BACK!!

So sorry it has been so long since my last post. I guess I could say "oh I've been so busy with all these kids" or " I've been cleaning house" or some other lame excuse but the truth is I have been just too lazy lately. Sorry!:-) I promise to try to do better.



I have been playing around with my photos, making collages and pics to print out and frame. I posted some........

This one is from 2 years of Christmas pics....... 2008 and 2009. Not much changed in a year, except Patrick had more of the "teenage angst" look in 2009........other than that not much. Patrick is in the light shirt in 2008 and the black in 2009. Both years you can tell that the boys were trying to hold Brady to make him stay in the pictures....

Me with my brother and 2 sisters! I love and miss them so much!

Sisters......

Mama with her baby chicks.......a pic with each one and the middle with all of them....


Me and Brian

Patrick

Brendan

Katie

These are some pics I took of Katie a couple of years ago, before she had all her teeth in.....we were just playing around in make-up, Lord I dread the day when she "really" starts wearing makeup!

She was a good little model.....I'll have to take some new ones of her now that she has all her teeth in!

Super Brady!

And the poor little "4th" baby hardly has any professional baby pics..........but I promise I made up for it since he is now the one who gets his picture taken the most by me..........I made this collage of him when he was a tiny baby.........he was so dang cute!

That's it for now. I'll be back soon, and I promise to not stay away so long!