THE COOKIE CRUMBS

Boys Will Be Boys

2011-09-26T07:59:00.000-04:00

I was going to spend some time here and add some photos of our trip to the Erie County Fair. Or maybe talk about when school started. BUT...All the children decided to wake up right when I turned on the computer this morning. They should still be sleeping! Oh well. Off to make some pancakes...

Time has gotten away...

2011-09-14T07:33:00.001-04:00

Time sure has gotten away from me this last month. I have alot of updating to do on here. I have many photos of the Fair I should share with you. Maybe just a few. School has also started. Lots of changes there. We rearranged 2 rooms to make school better for all of us. We are all enjoying the new feel of the rooms. Perhaps I will have time this weekend to update more, who knows. Right now, I am going to get my coffee and Bible before the crumbs wake up! Thank you for following! Have a wonderful day.

A Giveaway from The Duggars!

2011-08-19T07:35:00.002-04:00

I found the Duggars family blog not to long ago. On it is a giveaway for their latest book "A Love That Multiplies" Here is the link to the giveaway they are having. http://duggarsblog.blogspot.com/2011/08/another-autographed-book-giveaway.html It ends on Aug.25th, so go now to enter!

I sure hope to win the book! I have not read it yet and would love to!

National Night Out

2011-08-03T09:43:00.000-04:00

Here in Western New York communities celebrated National Night Out. We decided to go to Fireman's Park near my brother house and have fun. My camera ran out of power quickly, so not as many photos were taken that we wanted.

They boys had fun shooting a target with the fire hose. Here is Jamison taking his turn. I didn't get the camera out quick enough to take a photo of Kendall & Carter doing it.

Jackson really enjoyed it.

We got funny balloon characters from a clown. We got Army dog tags. Which Carter loved the most. There were Police cars to explore in. Fire demonstrations. MaGruff was there also. Abigail followed him then he looked at her and she cried. There even was a bounce house. Just one. They needed 2. A Helicopter landed and took off from the baseball field. That was great to see.

We ate free pizza & hot dogs! Plus free soda pop. I smelled cotton candy but saw none. Maybe someone was teasing me? LOL I love love love cotton candy!

Overall it was a fun and exciting evening.

Homemade Won Ton Pizza Pockets

2011-07-28T15:35:00.000-04:00

These were made with one pack of Won Ton Wraps. I just added some homemade pizza sauce & cheese.

They turned out better than I thought they would. You could stuff them with anything you want. My next goal is to make a sweet filling for them. Something with cream cheese sounds yummy!

A small dab of pizza sauce & a small cube of cheese.

We the edges with water and press to seal closed. Then fold away!

Here they are baking in oven. 350 for about 10-12 min. That is all it took. It took longest to put them together that it did to bake them. You could boil them also. The cheese oozed out of some of them. I just need to seal them better next time.

If you make them I hope you enjoy them. What filling will you be making?

Summer Fun

2011-07-21T20:51:00.009-04:00

( I have tried for about 6 hours to load up this video. It wont do it so I have given up. Now you can read the comments and just imagine the silly video of Carter and Luke in my kitchen ;-) )

This is what children do when they get a hold of the video camera with out the parents knowledge. Where are the parents you ask? Out in the Living Room visiting with one another because they have not seen each other in 3 years.

The boys made about 7 videos that day. Carter seemed to be the master mind behind it all. So silly! I am glad the boys enjoyed each others company so much during the visit. I sure enjoyed

Here is everyone, except Abigail. I was holding her, she was cranky. It was nap time, you know how that goes. What a great bunch of children!

Summer fun at the Splash Pad! See in the background...our new playground equipment. Ours needed replacement years ago. So glad the grants were there to help out!

Julia Child eat your heart out!

2011-07-18T14:02:00.000-04:00

They were so much easier than I ever imagined! So light and you can fill them with anything you want!

The batter was runny and needed a 15 min. rest. I have never made them before now. I will be making them more often for sure! Super easy.

I have heard that the first one never comes out, well they were right. It was browned but it torn when I turned it. Everyone after that was perfect! I was so glad to see them form so easily. If you have not tried it you must soon.

A small 10 inch pan is all I needed. Don't they look great!

Here is my stack, it made about 15 or so.

My fillings were not planned out. I just woke up and thought, "today is crepe day" so I did not have much on hand for breakfast fillings. Plus it was hot and humid out and NO WAY was I turning on the stove for any cooking. Or an extra burner to whip up some eggs.

I got a little fancy with mine. I spread strawberry jelly down the center then some sliced banana. I put a little syrup on top for a yumo breakfast!

Abigail has Nutella in hers (she is a chocoholic at age 1 1/2). She made a royal mess!

Here is Kendall, age 6, enjoying his crepes and a banana!

Abigail talking on the phone

2011-07-11T15:55:00.000-04:00

This was back in July. Our only daughter began walking on April Fool's Day. She was 15 1/2 months old. Yes, it was late, but all our children walked late. That is just how it is.

We arrived home from church and she grabbed my cell phone as usual. She began "talking" on it. What a great laugh we all got out of it. I even had happy tears in my eyes.

Girls are SO different from boys, and I don't mean for the obvious reasons. She walks around with a dolly and hugs on her and snuggles with her blanket. My 5 boys talk about gross things, play with bugs, and they laugh at the oddest things. Truth be told, I am ever so thankful that God gave s 5 boys and 1 girl and not 5 girls and 1 boy! I could no way handle 4 more of Abigail! LOL

I hope you get to enjoy this video

2011-05-19T15:08:00.000-04:00

What in the world is that? Cron dog Muffins?

They did not turn out as I had planned. They ended up eating only the hot dogs. I used the wrong corn flour. I only had some corn mesa on hand & I don't suggest using that.

Our Trip to the Buffalo Science Museum

2011-05-19T14:58:00.000-04:00

Nice Lion

This was their favorite thing to do at the museum. They built a water way and canal and had so much fun with it.

Quin building some fun.

Jackson at the train table.

Jackson didn't want his brothers having all the fun!

It was great fun for them, they worked together.

Abigail even had a good time in the toddler area.

Yes, I know it's sideways! I couldn't move it.

Jackson and the polar bear

We all had a great time at the museum this day. We are looking forward to going again in the near future.

A Trip to the Zoo

2011-05-19T13:38:00.000-04:00

You all know how much little boys enjoy things that are gross and disgusting, right?

Here is a photo I took while at the zoo a few weeks ago and it goes in that category.

Hope you get a good laugh just as my boys did. These Monkeys/Apes are the highlight of our Zoo trips!

Homemade Sliders

2011-04-22T22:23:00.000-04:00

My oh my, what do we have here? Connie over at www.smokityfrocks.com post this recipe about month ago. We tried it twice since then. All you need is 2 pounds of ground beef, about 1/2 cup of dried minced onion, a few shakes of season salt, 6 slices of cheese, dinner rolls ( or you could do what I did. I toasted bread & cut in fourths.)

First thing ya do is sprinkle the minced onion on the bottom of a 9x13 pan. Then you spread the 2 pounds of ground beef. It will shrink down so spread it all over evenly. After you have done that, sprinkle some season salt over the top of the meat. Add it to a pre-heated 400 degree oven & cook for 20-25min.

It will shrink in size, as you see here. Drain the grease is your next step.

Lay 6 slices of cheese on top and let melt a bit.

You can now cut them into "slider" shapes. Simple, each slice of cheese gets cut into fourths.

So, now you take each slider and place on your cut dinner roll or toast. Add your favorite toppings and enjoy! One pickle slice is yummy!

Hope you get a chance to make these & enjoy them!

A Yummy Lunch...

2011-04-22T21:58:00.000-04:00

As most Mom's do, I enjoy finding & creating new meals for my family. Since we home school, I make a homemade lunch for my 6 children each day. We are not a "organic or Health food" type family. If it tastes good & my crumbs eat it, then it is food for us!

Here is a simple example of something simple, that all but 1 ate. You may have served this to your family before, but we just did for the first time not to long ago.

Peanut Butter & Jelly Quesadillas Surprise

What you need are flour or wheat tortillas, peanut or another nut butter, jelly, and a surprise ( I used mini M & M's).

Spread peanut butter on one side of a tortillas & spread jelly on one side of another. Sprinkle on the surprise and lay the jelly side on the peanut butter side.

Here is Abigail, waiting patiently for her yummy lunch.

Cook them as you would quesadillas. Use a pan on the stove top or an electric griddle. ( I love our so much, it was the best find and deal)

They were approved by my 8 yr. old. If you make these I hope your children enjoy them as we did!

HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY

2011-03-17T11:38:00.000-04:00

My attempt at making shamrock pancakes for breakfast this morning. It was easy to make them green. It was not easy to make the shamrock shape.

Even after making a few of them I still could not get the right shape of a shamrock. Oh, well. All that really maters is that the boys enjoyed them.

Green pancakes? What is this? They sat and stared. They sat and wondered what it was. They sat and made funny faces. You want us to eat this? As if...then the tasted it and realized they were poison free and yummy!

This squirt bottle I picked up from Walmart the other day came in handy. I first drew an outline of the shamrock then filled it in with batter. They tasted just fine!

Eating green food can be fun. They ate all they could eat. Well, at least everyone but Jackson. He just licked the syrup off his plate. He was happy.

I just realized she looks like she has red hair in this photo. Oh, no! I can only handle one of those, please God, not another! LOL She ate her shamrock pancakes. (Yes she is wearing her brother's pj's, When you have 5 boys then a girl you have to make due with what you have. They don't have coupons for PJ's) Next we are making Patty Cakes.(cupcakes with green frosting). Great Home Economics project. I will make sure you get to see the green mouths from the Patty Cakes!

Bounce Magic

2011-03-16T22:10:00.000-04:00

We got to go to Bounce Magic back in Feb. for Jamison & Jackson's birthdays. We usually do Chuck E. Cheese, but changed it this year. We spent a long time having fun! Abigail loved it. She enjoyed crawling around the bounce houses.

Is that me? It sure is hard to get your 8 yr. old to take a good photo, LOL. I bounced too, so much fun!

Jamison did flips and tumbles all over. The boys really enjoyed themselves this time. It was worth going to just to watch them have so much fun!

James even climbed in a bounce house and jumped a few times. It is always fun when Mom and Dad join in on the games.

A super slide. Why is it that children enjoy going up slides? Is it a rule as a child that you have to do it?

Carter & Quin using team work to get up the slide?

Hey there birthday boy!

She was worn out like the rest of us! Time to go home and take a nap. She loves her Daddy.

The basket balls were the little guys favorite. Jackson stayed in this one most of the time cause it had the balls and a net. So glad we went. It was worth every penny we paid. Glad that parents are free!

Brownie Cupcake Fail

2011-03-16T10:52:00.000-04:00

I was inspired by Paula Dean. I don't watch cooking shows like I used to anymore. I get m inspiration from the Internet, friends on Facebook, Family and my 2 favorite cookbooks. I just happen to record an episode and this is what she made. Brownie Cupcakes with peanut butter chips in the middle. Sound yummy right? i thought so. Make the brownies as you normally would. Fill the muffin cup 1/2 way then add some peanut butter chips.(I used swirled chips)

Add the remaining brownie batter on top and the let them bake. Take them out of the oven and let cool. Then you can enjoy your homemade goodness...or can you?

At first glance they looked amazing, a success! Then the time came to get them out of the muffin pan. Failure, indeed. The bottoms stuck to my well greased muffin pan. So I let them sit longer, still stuck. Oh, well. What can you do? Even the most expert chef has their moments. This was mine, LOL

Try try butterfly!

Having a daughter is such a joy!

2011-03-16T01:04:00.000-04:00

Who would have ever thought that after having 5 boys, that the Lord would have given us Abigail? She is amazing! She really is. Any of you who have had a daughter after having boys know exactly what I mean. Or even a boy after having all girls. You can tell she is a girl by the way she plays and acts. I just wish her hair would grow or wish she would keep her head bands on her head, LOL. For Christmas my Brother and Sister-in-Law gave her a toy purse with some toys inside. One being a lipstick rattle. I showed her how to use it and she does it all the time. In the video she does it and it is so precious to me. I am so thankful that God gave her to us! The boys all love her as much as James and I do.

dreams

2011-03-12T23:46:00.000-05:00

So...is it true that you will have bad or strange dreams when you eat alot before you go to bed? Cause I just ate a MONSTER SUB!

Valentine's Day at our house (on video).

2011-02-17T07:04:00.000-05:00

James gave me a digital video camera for a Valentine's gift. I have wanted on for awhile now. It is small like a phone. Kodak makes it, the color is Raspberry. Nice. I am still playing with it to use it the right way. The boys keep asking me to video them. All they want is to see themselves. Silly boys. I gave James some new headphones for his X-Box. He picked it out. What do I know about X-Box? Nothing.

It was a fun day at our house this year. Since I am making new traditions for Holidays this year, Valentine's was my 2nd try at it. It all worked out good. I had 2 scavenger hunts for the boys. They got a new game for the Wii and a coupon for a milkshake. They love milkshakes! James gave me a tulip plant. I love tulips! Had them in my wedding bouquet. I love to get flowers but would much rather have something that lasts. So a video camera and a tulip plant are perfect!

Valentine's Day at our house!

2011-02-17T00:50:00.000-05:00

Here is our Valentine's Day breakfast table.

On the menu was heart shaped pancakes and heart shaped eggs.

Here are our yummy heart pancakes!

Everyone is ready to eat! They were hungry. It took longer than I
wanted it to to make our love food!

Happy brothers

Now on to lunch. Heart shaped grilled cheese sandwiches.
They were fun to eat today!

Jackson was ready to eat!

Still don't know why he was so grumpy. His mood changes daily. Nice red hair he has.

New Topics

2011-02-17T00:36:00.000-05:00

Wow! With all the computer problems we have had recently I have been away along time from my blog. Since no one looks at my blog I know I was not missed. boo hoo. Oh, well. I am back and have new ideas for my blog. I keep changing things on here. I need to concentrate on our homeschooling now so that is our new subject. I will still add photos of our cooking and baking cause it is just so fun to do with my boys. Abigail is only 14 months old so she just can't do anything buy play with the bowls and spoons on the kitchen floor while we all bake.

So keep in touch!

HOMEMADE POPTARTS

2011-01-16T21:52:00.000-05:00

Mix together 3 1/2 cups flour, 1 tsp salt, 1 cup melted butter, and 1 cup plain yogurt. Knead a few times on a floured surface till it all stays together.

Get the cutest little boy you can find and have him help you roll out the dough and a well floured surface.

Using a knife cut out to rectangles as best you can. About the size of pop tarts.
You should get 15-20 pop tarts.

The recipe calls to use 1/2 tsp of jelly. After enjoying one Cookie Dad & I agreed they needed more jelly. So maybe a full tsp. would do it. While making them I was thinking of the different fillings one could put in it. Nutella? Custard? Peanut butter & jelly? The possibilities are endless!

Find a top that is about the same size and place on top. Seal the edges with a fork as you would around a pie crust.

Bake 350 for 25 min. or until golden brown. Do your best to hold off temptation and
wait until cooled before enjoying.

These were great for little helpers to help make. Super easy and the house smelled so amazing! You could freeze them and pop them in the toaster for breakfast, if you resisted temptation from eating them all.

Hope you get a chance to make them!

Thanks to HeavenlyHomemakers.com for the recipe!

http://heavenlyhomemakers.com/homemade-healthy-poptarts/comment-page-2#comment-67036

HOMEMADE HOT COCOA

2011-01-13T23:29:00.000-05:00

If you have not made hot cocoa yet, I suggest you do so and soon! Everyone loved it. It was so creamy. I used milk, not powdered.

Here are my little hot cocoa makers. Jackson's new favorite thing is to pull up the stool and help Mommy in the kitchen. He does great and I don't mind his help at all. He enjoys dumping the ingredients into the bowl. Stirring is a good thing for him. Abigail, she was just curious what we were doing.

These are the basic ingredients for the Special Hot Cocoa. (very simple)

Let me know if you make it and how you enjoyed it.

http://amysfinerthings.com/specia-hot-cocoa

I found this at the web page above. You can go to it or use the recipe below, which is the same.

Special Hot Cocoa

1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

2/3 cups sugar

pinch of salt

1/3 cup boiling water

6 cups milk

1 tsp vanilla

candy canes (optional)

add cocoa ,sugar. and salt together in a saucepan. gently add the boiling water and whisk together. bring to a boil, stirring constantly. simmer and stir for 2 min. add the 6 cups of milk and heat but do not let boil. take off heat and add vanilla. serve with a candy cane for a minty touch!

Help!

2011-01-10T10:09:00.000-05:00

HELP!

There is some strange black liquid oozing out of my amazing coffee maker. What is it and how do I make it stop?

Is this going to take over my kitchen? Its it on its way to my microwave?

Aaaahhhhhhh!

Having Fun

2011-01-10T10:00:00.000-05:00

Guss who wants to play Mouse Trap?

BIG TOP DOUGHNUT CAKE

2011-01-06T23:24:00.000-05:00

My Mom gave me the Big Top Cupcake and Big Top Doughnut cake pans for a birthday gift. Tonight we made the doughnut. I had a box of chocolate cake mix in the cupboard and a box of Banana cream pudding. I filled it with the pudding. Then I just made a simple frosting with cocoa, powdered sugar and milk. Everyone enjoyed it. Jackson and Jamison couldn't wait for me to make it. They looked at the box each day and asked me to make it. Carter, Quin and James each had 2 slices. It was so easy to make.

Now I need to make the cupcake!

Garlic Focaccia

2011-01-06T23:18:00.000-05:00

I made a Focaccia for the first time tonight. It was super easy. Bread making is time consuming and this was a breeze! I over cooked it just a bit. It still tasted great! Jamison ate the most. Carter dipped his in catchup??????? Yuck! http://goodcheapeats.com/2010/01/garlic-focaccia/ Hope you can add this to your menu soon.

What's cooking now?

2011-01-02T22:41:00.000-05:00

PIZZA QUESADILLAS

3 simple ingredients I already had in the fridge & pantry. A jar of spaghetti sauce (free from Wegmans), mozzarella cheese, and flour tortilla shells. Oh, so yummy!

Here is the way I made them. Add a tortilla to the skillet and add some sauce, spread all over. Sprinkle on some cheese and add another tortilla. Brown on both sides. Smells like pizza. Cut into triangles and serve.

Here is Quin enjoying one. I asked him to smile and this is the face he made. Jamison & Kendall are in the back round. They all enjoyed them very much.

Sunday nights I made a quick snack before the children go to bed. We have a big meal in the afternoon when we get home from church which we call "linner" Lunch and dinner combined, get it? So when we get home from church Sunday night they need a quick yummy snack before bed.

You could add anything to this just as you would a pizza.

Gonna try it?

Already made this before?

Happy Cooking!

NEW YEARS EVE

2011-01-02T22:12:00.000-05:00

Our new traditions began on New Years Eve 2010. I got this idea from a site I recently found, Life as Mom. She has some amazing ideas. I made a goodie bag for each boy to open throughout the night. Each hour beginning at 8 P.M. they each opened a bag. It had a small gift inside bought from Dollar Tree. There was a total of 25 bags. Seeing I have 5 boys. I did not make any for Abigail, she just turned one a few weeks ago and went to bed about 8:30 anyway. The boys loved it. They made sure to tell us when the hour came to open the next bag. It helped keep them busy and happy while we waited for midnight to arrive.

Here is what I had inside. 8 P.M. - punching bag & a bouncy ball, 9 P.M. - candy, 10 P.M. - mechanical crayon & magic grow capsules, 11P.M. glow stick, 11:55P.M. - noise makers.

I found 2 kinds of noise makers. First was the regular kind you would use for this Holiday, They spin and click. The other was a blower that sounded like a whoopie cushion. They were a hit. My boys like these odd types of things.

We did the countdown and cheered "HAPPY NEW YEAR" It was so much fun! The next morning Jamison asked if he was going to get some more. This is a tradition that we loved and will continue to do every New Years Eve.

Dinner

2010-12-30T20:37:00.000-05:00

     No photo of tonight's dinner makings. I had to whip it together fast to feed the hungry crowd. Carter had a friend sleep over and we went sledding. We got home late picking up Quin, who slept over a friends house last night as well.

     As soon as we got home from Wegmans I made dinner. Fettuccine Alfredo w/ chicken & broccoli. You want to know how I know it was a good dinner? The children needed no correction during dinner. It was quiet and you could hear them chewing. James thanked me at least 3x for the great tasting meal. I put my new cookbook to good use. The $5 dinner Mom cookbook was the best gift for Christmas. (Thanks Quintin)

     On page 59 is her recipe for Fettuccine Alfredo. It is made with a basic white sauce with some Parmesan cheese added. Oh, my how easy and simple it was! The recipe for the sauce is on page 276. I made it with ingredients already in my pantry. I cost no more than $0.70 to make the sauce. Added some chicken I had in the freezer i bought a mega pack of.   Steamed some broccoli and sliced up a loaf of Pane Italian bread I got free using double $1 coupons at Wegmans. Oh what a wonderful meal. James had 2 helpings and Jackson, age 2 2/3 yrs. finished off the broccoli!

     Make this when you don't know what to make and your family will devour it as mine did!

     Thank you Erin Chase for you amazing blessing of a cookbook!

Homemade Pretzels

2010-12-28T21:39:00.000-05:00

Our pretzels turned out great. I am sooooooo going to do this again and soon. I could eat all of them! I was surprised they were so good. Don't know why I was surprised, but I was. Jackson helped me make the dough and the other boys helped me form the pretzels. Here is the link for the recipe- www.allrecipe.com/recipe/Mall-pretzels/Detail.aspx

Hope you can make some for you family soon!

Here some are all ready for a baking soda bath and to be placed on a baking sheet. The boys helped roll out the dough and shape them. It was like playing with play dough I told them.

(anyone know why you give them a bath with water and baking soda?)

Baked them in the oven for 8 min.

Then dipped them in melted butter. Oh, so yummy!

We dipped them in butter then added cinnamon sugar and others had just salt.

The boys loved them! That's all that mattered.

What' cooking now?

2010-12-28T16:17:00.000-05:00

     I have promised the boys to make homemade pretzels today. It is almost time to make dinner, so now is a good time to start. By the time the pretzel making mess is cleaned up it will be time to make the dinner mess. What's cooking now? Open Face Tacos...I found it on another blog and can't remember which one. As soon as I remember I will give her the credit. So it is off the the red Kitchen Aid mixer with no dough hook. Where is my dough hook? It just vanished one day. To be honest I think hubby put it away in the wrong spot and I can't find it after about 6 months now. I have searched my cupboards a zillion times and no luck.

      I can't wait for the pretzels to be ready... I love soft pretzels!

Waffle time day 4!

2010-12-28T15:31:00.005-05:00

These are so yummy. I am so overly happy that my Mom gave this to me. The boys continue to enjoy hot Belgin Waffles each morning. Day 4 of eating them and still going.

Happy boys with happy bellies full of waffles again. Kedall ate 2 1/2 this morning. I was surprised he could fit it all in.

The waffles made it on the plates for 4 days in a row now. Even though they said they didn't want them again. I asked them this morning what they wanted and they all said waffles. Except Jamison and Jackson. They are not fans of pancakes and waffles. My 2 youngest boys enjoyed a bowl of cereal. Jackson is not a big eater, so what wever he eats I am glad he is eating. He eats like a bird. A little bit here, a little bit there. He is not a fan of sweets, neither is Jamison. They love fruit. Anyway...

it's waffle time!

2010-12-27T11:09:00.007-05:00

The mess is so worth it. I need to make the batter the night before to save some time. My oldest 3 boys and hubby each eat 2.

Here it is open and used. Oh, so yummy!

What our plates looked like after we all ate homemade waffles for breakfast day 3.

What fun we are having with our waffle maker I got as a gift from my Mom on Christmas.

It sure is messy making homemade waffle. Looks like a disaster hit.

2010-12-24T00:09:00.004-05:00

Here is a photo of some of the finished gingerbread men & women. I ate some of the leftover frosting and am regretting it. Sweetness in my mouth is too much. I need to go brush my teeth and go to bed.

I almost forgot to share the recipe. I got it from a young friend of mine from college. She posted it on Facebook and I looked into it. It has butter in it! Yummy! www.mccormick.com Gingerbread Men recipe. Hope you enjoy as much as we did.

Gingerbread Men

2010-12-23T16:18:00.006-05:00

At the house baking gingerbread men. i mad the dough on Wednesday afternoon. The boys were a bit impaitient. They wanted them done already, It smells so amazing in the kitchen. Only if you could smell it. Does smell-o-vison exsist?

I even cut out a few girl gingerbread men. Well, I guess they would be gingerbread girls then, right? Ha ha ha Girl gingerbread men? That sounds a bit suspisious. That reminds me of a memory from church many years ago when I was a young teen. We had a guy come to church in a dress. I still remember it. Anyway, like that has anything to do with the cookies...

I just left this for a moment to take more cookies out/in the oven. Well, I just about had to take one of my gingerbread girls the E.R. Her arm got stuck under the wire of the cooling rack. It almost broke off. What is the cost of a cast on a gingerbread girl these days? (I am kidding)

Sine I am still new at this blogging thing, I need to find out how to take pics with my web cam and not my camera. It would be so much easier. I can do it on Facebook. I know some of you are saying right now how easy it is and you can't believe I don't know how to. Thanks for making me laugh. Which reminds me, I have laughed alot today. More than most days, what's up with that?

Well, I am off to roll out more little men. It is hard to keep 6 little fingers off these yummy looking cookies. We will have fun later decorating them. Yeah for sugar!

MERRY CHRISTMAS

Alot Has Happened...

2010-10-23T07:26:00.004-04:00

Life has changed much since I last posted. Nothing really life changing just daily things that add to the excitement of life. Summer is over and it is now Autumn. The leaves have changed and begun to fall. Here is Western new York we are awaiting our first snow fall. You can always count on it snowing a small amount by the end of October in our part of the world.

School has started. They boys are working on improving their reading and penmanship. It will be sometime next week when the PACES arrive. So far Kendall is the only one excited about the new work. He is finishing up some Kindergarten work and Carter and Quin have 2 PACES they are working on. The boys are also doing some work in some old ABEKA books that I have. Carter has been enjoying the math work. I have been using their K-5 and 1st grade readers to help Quin improve his reading. They are easy readers and it is giving him more confidence when he reads. I am slowly adding harder stories each day. We need to work on more blends with him, that is where he struggles the most I have noticed. It is getting better. I don't even want to think about homeschooling Jamison next year! He is so not ready for it now.

I need to go get ready for the day. It has been a great weekend so far and I waiting for some more fun later on today. We are on a Married Couples retreat in Niagara Falls.

Target Deals

2010-07-26T23:06:00.002-04:00

What an amazing time I had shopping at Target today. I stopped in before my regular grocery shopping and got lots of things for free. Yes, I said FREE.

On Facebook I found a page that is "Money Saving Mom" Each day she posts things she finds that cost little or no money. She lets you know of the deals at CVS and Walgreens.. Different online deals. Coupons from different companies. Today was a post about Target deals. So I looked into it and could not resist!

I printed out the coupons and had a big stack of them. I hopped they would let me use them all. Some people don't know that Target will let you use a manufactures coupon and a
Target coupon. So you get extra savings. I put all my goodies in my cart and went to the checkout line. The total came to $26.48. That is before the coupons. I handed her the coupons and she scanned all of them. Then my total was ...get this...$6.20! $6.20!

Here is what i got-

4- 8packs of juicy juice boxes for just .54 cents each.
4 microwave bowls chef boyardee - FREE
1 Aquafresh kid toothpaste .12 cents
2 Sobe life water- FREE
1 Wonka bar- .29 cents
2 pack bagel bites .24 cents each
1- 10 pack Bic pens red, FREE

There was more I could have bought or gained. but I did not want to buy it just cause it was cheap. I wanted to get things I used or needed. I think she has a blog I will look for the link and post it for you in case you want to look at it.

http://moneysavingmom.com/

It is not a blog but a website.

Hope you can get some amazing deals as I did!

What Silly Boys I Have

2010-07-25T21:21:00.002-04:00

Tonight when the boys came home from church they told me they would be putting on a show for me at 8:00. They got together some musical instruments and began to sing "Jesus Loves Me" It was great! Even though they mixed up some words. That just made it funny. After that they sang and did the motions for "The Hokey Pokey" That was definitely funny cause Jackson joined them and had so much fun shaking his legs and arms around.

The last song was "Who is the King of the Jungle" You know the part where you spell out the name of Jesus and shout "YES"? Carter id something we laughed so hard at. Here is what he spelled, "G-E-F-U-S" Who was he singing about, i have no clue! We now have another great memory of Carter. He did not even know he did it. So silly!

It sure is great to have boys that are not boring. With dull days and the same thing happening each day these diversions are a blessing to be a part of. I sure am thankful to our Lord for my wonderful boys, whom I loved so much. Thank you God for them and our beautiful baby girl. Oh, love you to James, if it were not for you I would never have these 6 beautiful children! Thank you for working hard to keep us going.

Sick Boys

2010-07-25T21:09:00.003-04:00

So the past 2 nights I have been awakened about 4 A.M. to the sounds of Jackson throwing up in his bed. What a gross mess for anyone to clean up. So, I guess Jamison didn't like Jackson getting all the attention so he proceeded to throw up as well. Why does it have to be so stinky and disgusting? Jackson's bed was so hard to clean up in the dark. Do I turn the light on and risk waking up the other boys in the room? Uh, no!

Just as I am cleaning up the vomit, here comes the runny stinky diaper mess. Come on! It's Sunday! I stayed home and worked more than normal mornings. I am so tired tonight! The boys seem to be doing alot better. They are a bit warm when I feel their foreheads. Jamison enjoyed a few games of Lego Batman alone while he stayed home. Jackson watched alot of "Cailliou". It is his favorite!

I sure do hope I get not surprise awakenings this evening! Pray I don"t.

More recipes

2010-07-21T22:46:00.002-04:00

For dinner tonight we had another yummy one! I am not trying to make myself look good as a cook, just wanting to share somthing that our family enjoyed. I have made this before and was surprised how good it was then. I had all the ingredients on hand, just had to buy the ground beef for it. We have a neighbor a few houses down that gives us a few canned goods ocasionally. He gave us an ingredient and didn't even know it.

I found this recipe about 6 yrs. ago in a "Boxcar Kids" book. It is simple and so much better than the boxed version of it. Here goes...

HAMBURGER HELPER

1 pound ground beef
1 med. onion, chopped
1/4 tsp. pepper
2 T. parsley
1 clove garlic, minced
2 cans tomato soup
1 soup can water
1 1/2 cup elbows
1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese

cook meat with onion, add next 6 ingredients and mix well. cover and turn heat to low. simmer 20 min. pour into greased casserole dish and sprinkle with cheese. serves 6

If you try it let me know if your family enjoyed it or not. It is a budget friendly meal. Serve it with homemade biscuits and a green salad. That's what we do. Play around with it also. Add to it and let me know what you did to make it better!

Summer Fun

2010-07-20T15:49:00.003-04:00

My Mother found a park not to many people know about and we went there today. Thank you ,Mother! We had the most fun and the boys can not wait to go back another day. We are going again on Wednesday. We are planning on going when they open at 10 A.M.

It is in Lancaster and it is surrounded by trees and tucked it a nice neighbor hood. It was so wonderful to get away from the city for a the morning. When we got home James took the 4 oldest to the pool while the other 2 took naps.

There is a hill at the park and they put down some plastic and made a water slide. That is what my boys loved. We were not prepared to get wet. I let them go anyway. Jackson even went down one time with Carter. I did not think Jamison, 4, would be brave enough to slide down. He showed me I was wrong and went down and down and down. I will take pictures when we go on Wednesday and then post them another day, so you can all see the fun.

I wish I was a kid again just to go down the water slide!

Sunday...the Lords day

2010-07-18T16:55:00.002-04:00

We all go up late this morning. I had a hard time sleeping last night and James stayed up to late playing games on the X-Box. I went to bed at a descent hour just couldn't sleep good.

There is no post for Saturday. It was such a busy day. Very hot outside and when we went outside it was very windy. Not a good day for a full skirt! I had to use my hands to hold my skirt down each time i got out of the car. "Sorry boys, Mommy can't hold your hand."

We went out as a family and it was nice to be together, just not fun where we went. I promise I will never do it again. It was nothing wrong or evil, just I am never doing it again. We thought, actually James thought, it would be nice to do. He soon learned it was not a good thing. I warn him all the time about going out during nap time. I know how my children are when they go with no nap. All you Mom's out there can testify to it. Why does he not remember? They need naps for a reason. Same time everyday. Same children everyday. Now did you learn your lesson, James? Haaaa haaaaa

Today is Sunday and we left late for Church. We got to Sunday School when it was almost over and I had nursery. So, I felt as if I never was in the service. I really wasn't so that explains things. I did enjoy the nursery though. Not every baby was there and the ones that were there behaved very well. Even my little sweetie! She is so amazing, I love her dearly! Thank you God for our daughter!

I got a sweet tea at McD's on the way home. It was terribly hot and humid. I want our AC fixed in the car so badly! Maybe someday? I also want my dishwasher fixed, which will happen first? Any guesses? LOL

That is all for now, time to get the boys dressed for church.

Who knows what will happen tonight, something exciting maybe?

Fishing Fun

2010-07-16T23:29:00.003-04:00

We had so much fun tonight at Walden Pond. It seems like every time the boys throw their rods in the water a fish is caught. The fish are still small, they just stocked it not to long ago. But they do not care! James even got a cat fish tonight. He was very happy about that one.

We just hung around and enjoyed each other's company after the worms were all gone. Quin and Kendall were poking a dead frog and have a blast doing it. Jackson wrestled with James in the grass and the laughter was great to hear. Carter and Quin practiced throwing a Frisbee. Jamison was a good boy today. He loves to fish. It is one of his favorite things to do.

Instead of grilling we brought the crock pot with BBQ pulled chicken. It was great! I just put a large package of chicken thighs in the crock pot during the day and when they were done, I shredded it and added the BBQ sauce. Had it on buns with a salad and cupcakes for desert. Good food, great fun!

Our dinner was great!

2010-07-15T22:31:00.003-04:00

Wow! That apple pancake was sooooooooooooooooooooooo yuuuuuuuuuummmmmmmmmmmmmmyyyyyyyyyy! Everyone ate it. You do not even need to put syrup on them. We had fruit with it and some sausage links. Oh, and ABC tator tots as hash browns. James gobbled those up. Next time I am doubling the recipe so I can have leftovers. After dinner we went to Burger King and got Icee's for $1. What a deal that is! It has been so hot they hit the spot.

Here is the recipe for the Apple Pancakes in case you would like to try them at your home.

4 eggs
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
3/4 cup milk
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 cup butter
2 med. apples, thinly sliced
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 tsp. cinnamon

Heat oven to 400 degrees F. Place 2 (9 inch) round layer pans in the oven. Beat eggs, flour, milk and slat in a small bowl for 1 min. Remove pans from oven. Place 2 TBS.butter in each pan, rotate pan and coat sides of pans. Arrange half the apples slices in each pan; divide evnely between pans. Mix sugar and cinnamon; sprinkle 2 TBS. of sugar mixture over batter in each pan. Bake uncovered untill puffed and golden, 20 -25 min.

Serve this piping hot from the oven. Serves 4

Let me know if you try this. I found this recipe on recipegoldmine.com . That is a great site that has tons of recipes on it. I have a link for it on the side bar. Happy cooking!

Apple Pancakes

2010-07-15T17:19:00.003-04:00

I think it would be a great idea for me to delete all the photos on the memory card from our camera. All the pic's have been put on the computer. So if i want one printed i could just send it to Snapfish or CVS.

I want to take pictures of the food that I am making so you could all see it then form an opinion. The 7 up chicken was good. It was even better for lunch. It has a slight taste that you wondered what it was, then remembered the 7up. I would make it again, for sure. I do think my family, mainly my husband, is getting tired of me using the slow cooker so much. It is soooooooo hot out, why would you want me to turn on the oven to 350 for 25 min and make it hotter? You know how I get when I am hot!!!

If I do not get back tonight have a cool evening. We are taking the boys to Walden Pond again Friday night for some fishing. They are really looking forward to that! Plus I need to get to Wegmans tonight to buy something to take with us to eat!

Dinner

2010-07-14T14:41:00.003-04:00

For dinner tonight I am making "7 up chicken' in the crock pot. I never thought of putting soda pop on top of a meat in the crock pot. I sure hope it is good, I have nothing on stand by and it is a church night. Here is the recipe in case you would like to try it.

6-8 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves
2 TBS. butter
1 can 7 up
1 tsp. seasoning salt
1tsp. parsley flakes

place chiken in bottom of crock pot. Add butter.
Mix 7 up iwth salt and parsley. Pour over top of chicken. Cover and cook on LOW 6-8 hrs.

I will let you know if it turns out or not.

Church tonight. I sure would have loved a nap. Jamison fell asleep on the couch while I was making lunch. He only slept for about `15 min. and that is all he needs. He has breakdowns. I try my best to remain calm when he does but sometimes sending him to his room makes it easier for the rest of us. He gets so loud! Then I go correct him in his room. When he is happy and rested. It has been a tiresome week. Going to to the splash pad each day and the heat! Even Kendall has gone to lay down on his own cause he was tired.

Trying to make this pretty!

2010-07-13T22:23:00.002-04:00

I have been working on making this blog pleasent to look at. I did a web search for bolg buttons and blog blinkies. I like the ones I have so far. I am still praying about what my content should be about. Should I just be about my famiy? What about sharing recipes? I like to share funny experiences, how about that? It could be all of that.

I watch the movie "Julie and Julia" agian. I sure do not have the time or ability to cook through a cookbook like that in a year. How about asking for help? I would love some help. I would like some help in my child rearing, my cooking, my time management, my time spent with God, and help to be a better wife. I know we all want that, ladies not you men. Well, whatever this ends up being it will be for fun and God gets all the credit. So keep coming back to see the changes and to read what this will be about! I hope you have a wonderful day, and remember God loves you!

Playing at the Splash Pad

2010-07-13T16:01:00.004-04:00

What did we do this morning? We walked down to our park and splashed in the splash pad. It was fun at usual. There was no one there. The boys had it all to themselves. I love it when it is like that! Some young children showed up awhile later, so they had a few children to play with. They did not stay long so we had it to ourselves again.

I almost didn't want to leave when it was time to go home today. I really enjoyed the quietness and the beauty of the park. I wish I had brought lunch with us. Then we could have stayed longer.

James is takig the older 4 boys to the pool right now. I must admit, as much as I hater where I live, it is nice that we have the park at the end of our street. THey came home and had to change shirts. A new rule is "no shirt or a white shirt". You are wearing a shirt no matter what others are doing! "Why Mommy?" A lesson in keeping our bodies covered properly was learned today. Thank you Lord for my 5 boys, whom I love dearly!

Surprisingly enough, Jamison has been very good today. Each time he begins to act up I am right there saying something nice and giving him a hug. It seems to be working. Who knew? Carter has a problem with being really bossy to his brothers, any suggestions?

We are working on not tatteling in our home. I can not stand when any child does that! Unless they are in danger I do not want to be reported back as to what everyone is doing wrong!

Nothing happen today

2010-07-12T22:44:00.004-04:00

We did not do much today so not much happen. I am making progress with Jamison and his temper. He spends alot of time screaming and yelling. Today there was an issue and he was crying so much, cause he got in trouble, that he was all red and sweaty. It took him a long time to calm down, but he did.

I took the boys to Caz. Park to play in a splash pad they have there. There was way to many people there to have fun. Quin didn't go play in the water until alot of children left. Jackson spent most of the time chasing the sea gulls. He loved doing that. Abigail was good as well. She enjoyed playing with an empty water bottle. (don't worry I took the lid off) She was happy as a clam! How can you tell if clams are happy? Oh, well.

We came home very late. Took naps. Then I went out grocery shopping. No one wanted to go with me today. All by myself! I stopped at 7-11 and bought a Slurpee. It hit the spot. It was a hot day in Buffalo. Target had some great deals on clothes for Abigail. That baby has more clothes than I do. That is so not fair! I wish I could get a shirt and skirt for $1.50! She is so easy to buy for. She never complains about anything I buy her.

James made dinner cause I came home late, cause I spent to much time at Target! Then he took us to 7-11 for Slurpee's. I got 2 in 1 day. Lucky me! Only the children who ate dinner got a Slurpee.(not Quin or Jamison) Sorry boys, ya gotta eat!

On Tuesday we are going to our splash pad if the weather is hot. When is it not hot now? Yikes, I love the Fall and Winter!

The Lord took care of us today, cause nothing happen today. We are all safe with no owwies. Did I spell that right? owwies? Is it a real word? Thank you Lord for keeping us safe and free from harm! You are always there for us!

Quintin says the silliest things!

2010-07-12T09:29:00.003-04:00

After breakfast I asked the boys to do their chores. Off they ran into differnet directions to get the jobs done. Will it ever be quiet in this house with 5 boys and a little sister? Not until they are all grown. One of Quin's chores is to clean the bathroom sink. He comes out of the bathrrom with the bag of toilet paper. You know the 4 pack? It has 2 left in it. Quin says to me "Can I use these little paper towels to clean the sink?" How funny was that? I am glad God gives me these laughing moments throughout the day or I would never make it! Love you Quin!

Our drive home from Church

2010-07-11T22:36:00.000-04:00

Our drive home from church tonight was a hot one. I can not wait to get the ac fixed in the suburban. Abigail slept most of the way home and they boys behaved for the most part. I so enjoy the car trips when I do not have to turn around and correct any of them!

When we arrived home Kendall said something interesting. He says to James and I "We played basketball with rollie pollies today in Children's Church." We smiled and laughed. I can not wait to tell the teachers and see what they say. This is typical of Kendall. He has a funny story just about everyday. This one will make his teacher laugh if they don't already know.

It's been awhile...

2010-07-11T16:31:00.000-04:00

Well friends and family...

It sure has been a long time since I have posted anything new on our blog. Life went into crazy mode last July. This are somewhat normal now enough for me to begin again.

Where shall I begin?

We moved.

James got a good job. Not far from where we live.

We had a baby. Not just any baby though. A girl! Abigail Catherine was born on Dec. 14, 2009. I will talk more about her another time.

We began and finished another year of homeschooling. Not the best year but it is over. We may have an occasional day with a little review so they do not forget anything. They are boys mind you.

We are working on a budget with the help of my brother, Adam. It has made a great change for our finances. There is money in the bank for us to save for emergencies now! Adam has been a big blessing to us in that area. Heather married a good man!

We all love to go to church.

Did I say that yet? We all love to go to church each week! Kendall said our first service there " Can we come back next Sunday? I had fun!" I hadn't heard that from any of my boys in a long time. Our church has been a great blessing to us this last year! So many messages seemed to be preached to heal our broken hearts! Thank you Pastor!

Well, it is time to get everyone dressed for night church. I will post more at a later time. Maybe when the children are asleep this evening? Oh, wait, not tonight! "The Next Food Network Star" is on tonight. Monday, then! Ok, talk to you later friends and family!

2009-07-03T10:52:00.000-04:00

Most of you know by now, but I am going to let you know just in case you do not know. We are going to have another addition to our family. We are going to have baby #6 in late December. Pray for us as we prepare. There are many big things we need like a different car, one that fits 8. Also, it would be a good idea for us to move. That will be the hardest I think. James still is unemployed so we can not afford to move now. So pray he gets a good paying job so we can get the two big things taken care of.

I recently went through a very stressful thing this last week. The LOrd brought me through it and it is all taken care of now. Thanks to God for taking care of us when do not desere it!

School is over, Praise God! I enjoy not rushing to get the work done each day. Now i can take care of things around the house that have been neglected. The boys love playing all day long. They get so dirty! Are all you mom's having this problem also? The boys are wearing shorts and sandles so it is mostly thier legs and feet. Every day it seems they just need that washed. It is starting to drive me crazy. Kendall has a funny tan line on his foot from his sandles. I thought it was dirt but it is a tan.

Jackson loves going outside. He gets his shoes and waits for us to put them on him then waits at the door to go out. He is so funny. He loves to go for walks in the wagon. His favorite toy outside now is a bucket of water. He just splashes in it and laughs. I love watching him do it.

All the boys have bikes now. They are always riding them. We found helmets for each boy. Even Jamison on his tricycle. Carter and Quin have never had a bike so they are learning with training wheels. They are so fast! The bikes were all given to use except Quin's, James found his on big garbage day down the street. It works great, nothing wrong with it. Don't ya just love it when someone throws away a perfectly good item and it becomes yours! Free is great!

I am feeling much better than before. The nasuea has gone for the most part. It creeps back once in awhile. It lasted 4 months. MOrning sicknes yeah right, try all day sickness! Now I am just excausted all day! I could sleep in and still need a nap. It had better be a girl for how I feel!

Enjoy your summer!

2009-06-05T16:25:00.000-04:00

I found this old photo of jackson taking a bath. as you can see someone is trying to poke his eye. any guess as to who it may be? if you are a member of my family i am sure you know! the wise guy is jamison.

jackson was about 7 or 8 months in the picture. i thought it was funny so i wanted to share it.

Jackson has been walking for over a month now. he has started to walk so fast he loses his balance and falls down. you can always see it coming. he is proud of himself when he walks around. just last week i found out he knows how to get down the stairs. we have a gate at the bottom to keep him from going up. everyone was upstairs the boys were playing, then i couldnt find jackson. where's jackson i said. a voice from downstairs said. he's down here with me. how did he get down there i asked. he came down himself.

he can also climb up the ladder on the boys bunk beds which is not a good thing. we are constanatly keeping watch on that one. we have told him no and swatted him but they never give up!

i am off to my mom's for a girls night out! bye

Fishing all the time

2009-04-19T17:40:00.000-04:00

I am here at home at what are the boys doing? Fishing of course! Jamison lives for fishing. He talks about fishing all the time, seriously! Whenever i figure out how to download the pictures from our camera i will have new pictures to put on here.

the boys were off for spring break and i sure did enjoy not doing school every day! monday is back to the normal schedule. i hope we all get back into schedule with no hitches!

2009-03-29T14:06:00.000-04:00

So much is going on in our lives. The boys are doing wonderful in school each day. James is still without a job and yet the Lord is providing all we need. We have a roof over our heads and food in our bellies.

Church is going better than ever! The weather here in Buffalo has broken and we are now going out soulwinning each Saturday. So far we have had two mens and two ladies groups go out each week. My niece Lizbeth was home from Hyles-Anderson last week so I was able to go out with her. I enjoyed it. Our boys are learning to go out even if they do not want to. This last week Quin did not want to go so I told him of the rewards in Heaven he will get for brinning people to know Christ and it changed his spirit and he was happy again. He even prayed for next week at lunch time.

It is finally springtime here and fishing is on the boys minds. James took them out twice last week and what fun they all had. They came home covered in mud and all wet. James caught one large fish. He was unable to keep it because the area was a catch and release area. Our church hopes to have a fishing outing for the children and adults this summer. We did it at our other church and it was so popular that we decided to do one here. We have a large yard and may have hot dogs there afterwards.

I will put up some pictures of the boys fishing soon. I am at my husbands computer at church and the pictures are at our home computer.

2009-02-28T10:04:00.000-05:00

Gimme my cake and no one gets hurt! He made such a mess with is dinner and birthday cupcake! He enjoyed himself!

2009-02-28T09:54:00.000-05:00

Here is Jamison blowing out his candle on his Diego cake. I made the frosting a little dark for Diegos skin and he looked like an african amercian diego instead of spanish. Jackson's cake was cupcakes put together to look like the number one. Jamison had the same thing when he turned one. It was easy! I know we have each exsperienced this but it amazes me each time. no matter how old some of the children are at birthday parties they will play with the toys no matter what age they are for. The big kids were playing with baby toys. So funny! When my sister Robin was there, she and Carter played Mario Cart on the Wii most of the time. Robin has fun playing the Wii with my boys when she comes over. They got it for Christmas and it is our family fun toy.

2009-02-28T09:39:00.000-05:00

Here is my one year old baby boy! Oh, you can not see him? Sorry! I was so glad to get this shot. He put the bag on his head himself. It made me laugh! I bought him that shirt just to wear on his birthday and then latter realized it was a girls shirt. The word cute was outlined in gold. So what! I dress my boys in girls clothes. He looked good in it. When i looked at the reciept latter on it did say shirt/girl on it. I got it on sale at toys r us. it was on clearance than another 30% off. I got a good deal at least!

I made the diego cake for Jamison. Whenever you mentioned his birthday to him all he said was"Diego". He got alot of Diego toys and clothes. He was every happy. We took the boys to Chuck E. Cheese on thursday for the birthday boys. We got over 1,000 tickest. that was the most we ever got before. My mom always plays some games and wins big. My boys don't really like the toys they have all they want is the candy. They did get these neat markers though and Quin got a pirate hook and patch. It was a fund time. We always take the boys for thier birthdays. I go durring the day when all the other kids are at school and there is no one there. We take days off for birthdays. Then we have school when the other kids don't. It works out good for us!

2009-02-22T21:12:00.000-05:00

Jackson had the best birthday. All our friends and family spoiled him! It is easy to do cause he is so presious! Jamison also had a great party. We celebrated both birthdays since they are just five days apart. Jackson had no idea what was going on. Jamison knew! I will post photos when i get them on the computer from the camera!

2009-02-16T20:55:00.001-05:00

Here is cookie crumb number 2, Quintin. He was born not long after Dr. Jack Hyles went to heaven and we gave him Frasure for his middle name. Quin in 6. He is in first grade. He is ok with school for the most part. He does not enjoy reading. He reads so slow i fall asleep listening to him. I know it sounds bad, but for some reason my boys relax me when they read, especially Quin. Here he is doing what he and his brothers love most. Playing x box. Quin is the silly one, he can make ya laugh. He is also a sweetheart. The girls always want to play with him.

2009-02-16T20:41:00.000-05:00

Here are Kendall and Jamison. They are playing in a ball pit at Scandia in California. This place was alot of fun for the little ones. There were tunnels for them to crawl around in. Mom and Dad even got to join in on the fun. There were three levels of climbing fun. We each hid and let the others try to find us.

Kendall turned 4 in October and he love the space shuttle. He watched it take off over and over again. I made him a blanket to snuggle with in the cold weather and it has rocket ships and planets on it and he loves it. James just went fishing today and Kendall can not wait to eat the fish he caught. He is a hugger and always tells me he loves me.

Jamison, well he is the oppostie of the rest of the boys. He has red hair and a temper to go with it. He loves cows and balls. He will be 3 on the 26th of Feb. I am making him a Diego birthday cake. He seems to enjoy that show. Jamison is the first one up these days and comes bounding in our room in the morning with a "hi, mom" every morning.He likes to play boxing on the Wii. It is fun to watch him. He has so much energy. He needs a jungle gym in the house to keep him busy.

2009-02-16T20:03:00.000-05:00

This is Carter on his 8th birthday last November. He is so his father's son. If we let him he would spend all day watching "Star wars the clone wars" and playing the x-box and the Wii.

He is a tall young man and does his best to be a help to all of us. He is the oldest and acts like the dad sometimes.

Carter is doing great in school. He is in 2nd grade. We changed our cirriculum this year to A.C.E. and he has improved so much. His reading is great and he always does the paces that i thought were hard, first. He is getting 100% on the majority of his tests. Each time the boys get a 100 on a test i have a box of goodies they get to pick from. Carter choose a whoopie coshin the last time.

2009-02-16T19:57:00.000-05:00

Here is the youngest of our cookie crumbs. Jackson will be one on the 21st. of Feb. He is always talking and happy. He loves to play with his brother and he is always giving Daddy hugs!

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I so do not know what i am doing when it comes to putting this togehter. perhapes james can help me when he gets home from fishing. we will see. i want to put misic up and i am haivng a hard time with it!

OUR FAMILY

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Well, here we are! We are attempting to start a blog. Let's see how this all works out. We can keep you, our friends and family, updated on all the events that take place in our lives. Not that much exciting things happen on our end, but you never know with five boys what may happen.

We hope you enjoy our music selections as you read our blog. We hope that we can get the music up and running for your enjoyment. There is a little for all to listen to. From church songs to clasical to star wars. We had fun finding all the songs.

talk to you soon!