School Starts Today

What a glorious yet sad day it is today. As the kids go off to school it is so exciting to know that I am going to have the house all to myself and that the peace and quiet will be so wonderful, however with this new found freedom comes the saddness of knowing that my baby is now in school and that it will not be long before he is all grown up. Randall was so excited about the prospect of starting school this morning that he did not even want to give me the satisfaction of taking him to class on his first day of school. I have always loved the fact that I got to take Brenden and Mikel to school on thier first day of Kindergarten as well as the first day of school every year since, and then there was Randall. He tried to jump on the bus this moring with the girls so that he could be a big boy and go to school, If he had his way about it then he would have gone to school on his own and loved every minute of it. He is so grown up. It is funny how children do not know how important it is to us as parents to get to do these things with them, however I know that mommys can often cramp the styles of our young ones when they think that they are big. So as I look forward to my day of quiet, I have to also remember that my boys are all growing up and I have to take advantage of the little things while they are here because they do not last forever.

Is he getting older or am I

Okay as I sit here trying to filter through the tears of joy and tear of sadness at the same time I can not help but feel like a blubbering idiot. But how can the time go by so fast. My baby, Brenden turned 7 years old today and I can not believe how fast they grow up. It still feels like yesterday that I brought him home from the hospital and now he is 7 years old and fixing to start 1st grade. Wow, how the time flies. I hope I am not the only mother in the world that cries these tears. I know that the freedom that his age brings to my freedom also brings the sadness of him no longer needing me for everything. I know that it is good for him to have his freedom, however I am not ready to let him go either. So I will continue to sit here and wonder how they can grow up so fast, and enjoy it at the same time. Thank you for listening, and I will be posting updates soon seeing as the boys start football soon.

Allergic reactions

My poor Brenden has inherited my allergic reaction to bees so we found out on vacation. He insisted on playing with a wasps nest and knocked it down and as you can tell he is very allergic. He got stung over his right eye and as you can tell from the picture (keep in mind that it is 2 days old) it was not a very exciting time. However we have healed very nicely. But it has been a very good learning experience for our little bug catcher. You have to love boys. It is amazing the things that kids will do to have fun. Everyone told him not to mess with the nest, yet he could not help himself he just had to do it. The funny thing is that when he got stung he was embarrised enough to not want to tell anyone what had happened. He tried to tell every one that he fell on the chair. It is a good thing for him that he has a little brother that looks after him (LOL). Randall made sure that we knew that he got stung which is a good thing since he is allergic.

Six flags

We took the kids to Six Flags in San Antonio las month and they had a blast. We had so much fund that we went to Six Flags in Arlington this weekend. The kids loved it and wouldn't you know it Brenden is a rollercoster junkie. He rode the Shock wave 2 times in a roll. Actually he rode evey rollercoaste at least 2 times some of them even more. However Randall is not a fan of rollercoasters. It is so great to be able to share these wonderful experiences with our children. We are looking forward to taking them to Sea World as well as to all of the other wonderful things we plan on doing with them this summer.

Hope everyone has a wonderful summer. I will be trying to get caught up soon with some pictures from Mikel's talent show as well as pictures and info on the boys.

Time Flies

Isn't it funny how time flies when you have 11 kids. I did not realize how fast time flies by until you get really busy and then you look up and a whole month has gone by and you can not figure out where the month has gone. okay so it has not been exactly a month since I last posted but it has been a while. Now I am sitting here with one room of girls quarantined because they are sick and I am trying to keep the rest of the house from catching the illness. Oh yea did I mention that I just finished my first week back to school. And I wonder why my time has all disappeared. But I have to admit that We are loving our new job. It has been a blast so far. And I thank God everyday that he has presented us with this opportunity.

ONLINE

We are finally back online. It has been a while since we have been able to get on the internet. So I have not gotten to talk with you all in a while. Well we are officially moved into the Cherokee Home for Children. We have been here for almost three weeks. And we are loving it. This Saturday May 3rd is Cherokee Day and everyone is invited out to take a look at the campus. We are excited and cannot wait for everything that God has in Store for us. I can not help but think about one of my favorite verses in the Bible everyday while we are here. Proverbs 3:5-6 says Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on our own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him and he will make your paths straight. For those of you who know me know that my life has not always been this way, but I am so glad that I have my Lord working for me in my life today. Thank you to every who tries to keep up with our family and hopefully now I can keep everyone up to date better.

Changes

It is official! Our Family is moving. We have been accepted to become house parents at Cherokee Home for Children. We are due to move Thursday or Friday. We are so excited about this opportunity. We have been waiting for months and months on this call and now it is happening. This is going to be a wonderful opportunity for our whole family and I am looking forward to being able to let our family grow. I will keep everyone posted on the blog. Although we are going to miss all of our family and friends here in Brownwood. We are really liiking forward to our new lives with our new family.