tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65674086835007611892024-03-07T22:16:22.262-06:00Life with Twins and QuadsLife with two sets of multiples can get crazy. But we just go with each day God gives us and we always seem to make it through one more day. The quote "We may not have it all together but together we have it all" fits our family perfectly.Deannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00198669704757061276noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6567408683500761189.post-280467159881959652011-05-24T17:51:00.004-05:002011-05-24T17:58:23.333-05:00Wow it has been a long time since I posted on the blog. So here is a quick update. Brent and Bradley are officially 7th graders and in Junior High and Miles, Marshall, and Madyson are officially 2nd graders. We are getting ready to move from Waxahachie and looking forward to moving closer to friends and out of Waxahachie. I am going to try and post to the blog at least once a week with new and exiciting things happening with the kids. Brent and Bradley have done awesome in band this year both getting all 1's in UIL competition and Bradley getting honorable mention for his clarinet solo. They also just did their last performance for band and it was great. Being a first year band they sounded awesome. They got all region at the last competion they had and at their awards ceremony next week are being Commended for making above a 90 on the Taks test in both math, and reading. I am one proud mom. They just keep amazing with thier awesome grades and talent. The little guys all did well in school this year as well making the A honor roll most of the year. And Marshall got to go on a field trip just for kids who had no marks in their folders all year, so he got to go to a Rangers game and was super excited about that. Madyson and Miles both did well in school as well and are all looking forward to moving. Hope everyone has a great memorial day. <br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://s264.photobucket.com/albums/ii192/jennifertakala/?action=view&current=deannaturnersig.jpg" target="_blank"><img border="0" alt="Photobucket" src="http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii192/jennifertakala/deannaturnersig.jpg" width="209" height="58" /></a>Deannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00198669704757061276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6567408683500761189.post-31860228620397702252009-07-09T13:24:00.003-05:002009-08-07T11:20:43.684-05:00Our Trip to Washington, D.C.On June 25, Andrew, Brent, Bradley, my neice Abby, and myself got on a plane and headed to Washington D.C. This was the kids first time on a plane and they were excited. Our planed took off early that morning at 7:00 am and we landed a little after 11 at Ronald Regan National Airport. The flight was great, we had no turbulence and the kids did great. Bradley, Abby, and Andrew sat in front of Brent and I. And both the boys got windows seats, with the understanding Abby got a window seat on the way back. They had backpacks with things to read and do and they did not cause any problems.<br /><br /><br /><br />Abby is like my sister. She has to check out every bathroom so she got up twice to go to the batroom even though I had her go before we took off, and Bradley got up once. Brent and I were troopers we did not get up once. Which is not unsually for me!! (I do have the bladder of steel) Walking through the airport Abby wanted to stop and shop but I told her we had plenty of shopping in the days ahead! So we got our luggage and headed to the rental car bus.<br /><br /><br /><br />After getting our rental car we headed to the Pentagon to see the Pentagon Memorial. The Memorial was touching, it brought tears to mine and Andrew's eyes. This was our first time to visit and we explained to the kids exactly what happened on Septemeber 11,2001 when they were 2 years old.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/?action=view&current=thekidsandpresidentabe.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/thekidsandpresidentabe.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><div align="center">Ford's Theather</div><div align="center">Deanna, Brent, Abe, Abby, and Bradley<br /><br /><br /></div><p align="center"><a href="http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/?action=view&current=infrontofthewhitehouse-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/infrontofthewhitehouse-1.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><div align="center">In Front of the White House</div><div align="center">Deanna, Bradley, Brent, and Abby<br /><br /></div><p align="center"><a href="http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/?action=view&current=smithsonian2.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/smithsonian2.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><div align="center">American History Museum</div><div align="center">We spent the whole day there. They had a blast. The museum had a science area that we spent a lot of time at. </div><div align="center">Brent<br /><br /></div><p align="center"><a href="http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/?action=view&current=smithsonian5.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/smithsonian5.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><div align="center">Bradley at the American History Museum.</div><div align="center"></div><div align="left">We had a blast and the boys enjoyed learning all about American Goverment and History. They are my little book worms. Their favorite place was the Spy Museum but we were not allowed to take pictures inside. After visiting the museum every where we went they said people were spys!LOL!! </div><div align="left">Visiting the White House was hilliarous. My niece Abby saw this button on the fence and she ask me what it was. I told her I did not know but don't push it even though it looked as if it was broken. I told them that all in the yard of the White House were Secret Service Police but of course, they did not believe me until they saw someone in the bushes. It was getting dark so they could not see all the security. Well after that Abby decided she wanted to find out about the button. She turned around to a Secret Service Police officer that was sitting in his car behind us and ask what it was for. It use to be used to call up to the White House and he told her it was older than me. He then told her that people think when you push the button missles shoot out of the fountain. I just died laughing. After that they believed about anything I told them!!LOL!! I had some fun with that one. <br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://s264.photobucket.com/albums/ii192/jennifertakala/?action=view&current=deannaturnersig.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii192/jennifertakala/deannaturnersig.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div>Deannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00198669704757061276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6567408683500761189.post-21444626323516110982009-06-16T21:17:00.002-05:002009-06-16T21:25:22.832-05:00Summer is here!!Well summer is finally here and we have been super busy. I have not had time to post pictures form kindergarten graduation or 4th grade graduation but hopefully this weekend I can get to that. Brent and Bradley are off to church camp and I am sure their counselor will have tons of stories for me. He told me he was taking a journal so he can blog about it next week. I will be sure to include a link to his blog. So far we have gone to the water park, I got burned, every one else was fine. Go figure. I am the one who always tans!! Last week the boys had swim practice every morning so we got up and went to Fort Worth for Practice and then on Thursday they had their first meet. They did very well for thier first meet. I will share pictures with you of that as well. This week it is just Miles, Marshall, and Madyson so we have been having some fun times together. Yesterday we went to my friend Brandy's and went swimming with her and her kiddos (who are the same age) and then we came home and read books and "played school" they love to write in the journal's I bought them for the summer. They also like to color and practice writing and reading. Each week we go to 1/2 price books and get a gift card for reading the previous week. They enjoy getting to pick out new books each week. Although it can turn into a nightmare when 5 kids are all trying to pick out books. They have learned if they go to the clearance section they can possible get 3 books instead of one. So they aim to fine the dollar books! It is pretty funny watching them pick up a book and if it is not a dollar they will most of the time put it back, at least the three little ones will. That is pretty much all I have to report right now. I need to upload pictures for everyone to see their graduation. It was very sweet. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://s264.photobucket.com/albums/ii192/jennifertakala/?action=view&current=deannaturnersig.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii192/jennifertakala/deannaturnersig.jpg" border="0" /></a>Deannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00198669704757061276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6567408683500761189.post-21384884912117273432009-05-12T07:44:00.002-05:002009-05-12T08:41:19.713-05:00My babies are no longer babies!!WHERE HAS THE TIME GONE!!<br /><br />Wow this school year has flown by!! My babies are not babies anymore, they are "FIRST GRADERS IN TRAINING" Yes, you heard me right on June 4, 2009 they graduate from Kindergarten and will be heading to the first grade. They are finishing up the year with field day on Monday May 18 and then a Field Trip to the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History followed by the big Kindergarten Graduation on Thursday June 4.<br /><br />To start I need to brag on my "big boy" Miles. He started out the year being ony 5 for about 2 weeks so we have struggled with maturity and the once in a while behavior issue at school, typical "boy" in other words. I am glad to report that in last 3 weeks Miles has recieved 4 purple stars for expectional behavior, and on the other days received green, which is the best you can recieve besides the purple star which is awarded to one child a day. Last week he ended the week with 2 purple stars!! I am so proud of him. You may wonder why I call him my "big boy". Well Miles is almost as tall as Bradley and Brent. He is catching them very fast and will probably pass them at some point in the near future. He is tall and skinny and looks just like his daddy. I also have to say he has done very well with the transition of teachers. His teacher had a adorable litle girl back on April 15 so he has had a sub and after the first week of not wanting to go he has not had any issues.<br /><br />Next comes Marshall, that little booger read me Green Eggs and Ham all by himself the other day along with another Dr. Suess book. He is doing very well at school and rarely gets in trouble. A funny story about Marshall, although it was not very funny at the time, I look at it now and think what a little toot. A few weeks ago he was eating breakfast at school with 3 other children from his class, well they all decided it would be fun to be late to class so they could get a "green late pass" to class. They all 4 walked into class late laughing about the fact they were late. Poor Mrs.Agee, she took all 4 boys to the office to talk with the assistant principle and then had to call all the parents to let them know what had happened. It just so happened, I was at the school later that morning so she did not have to call me. She just told me in person, what I foud funny was that as I walked in the room Marshall acting as if everything was fine and was given me tons of hugs and kisses. I soon found out the reason for so much love in front on his class mates. When he got home that aftenoon we had a talk about being late to class. He has not been late since then. Marshall is the child who will not do something to get in trouble in front of you, and everyone is always shocked we I tell them he did this or that. Well on another occasion he decided to be the class clown and got out of his seat while Mrs. Agee was out of the room and ran out into the hall way. I guess he figures he has been good for the most part of the year so he going to see what he can get away with the last six weeks of school. He is learning very quickly not much.<br /><br />Madyson is reading and writing better and is doing great in dance. She did not get to do her "practice" performance at Mayfest this year because the event was canceled due to the SWINE FLU! It was a bummer but next week is her big performance and I have to say she looks so cute in her costume. I will take pictures at her practice next Wednesday and share with everyone. We are not allowed to video or photograph at the actual performance since it is being professionally recorded. As soon as I get the video I will upload her two performances. She is going to be a "Tiger in a tutu" and "Cowgirl" Now back to school. Madyson talks all the time at school. She sometimes gets in trouble for talking and her teacher told me that when she tells Madyson she has to pull her card and move it she will "twirl" to the chart pull her card and twirl back. With that being said she always gets green, so she really does not get into trouble except for talking every once in a while. (I wonder where she gets that from, surely not her mommy!!LOL)<br /><br />I talked about Miles, Marshall and Madyson going to first grade but the BIG news is that Brent and Bradley are graduating from elementary school to intermideate school. They will be going to the new intermediate school (5-6 grade) next year and are very excited about getting to change classes and have different teachers for each subject It seems just like yesterday they where starting kindergarten now they are graduating 4th grade. They have a "clap out" ceremony the same day that the little guys graduate kindergarten, so that day is going to be a day full of tears. I am already prepared. Marshall actually told me I would cry at graduation!<br /><br />For Mother's Day Bradley and Brent wrote a song for me. It was so cute. They both sang while Bradley "played" his guitar. I was very impressed. It was a great Mother's Day gift.<br /><br />Brent made straight A's last six weeks at school. I was very proud of him. He brought all his grades up and went from the A/B honor roll to the A honor roll. He loves to read but his favorite thing to do is play video games. I sometimes think the Ninetendo DS is stuck to his hands. I just redid his and Bradley's room. It turned out really cute. They have a "surf board" themed room and it fits them both very well.<br /><br />Bradley loves to read and loves anything to do with Science and writing songs. He has a notebook that he writes his songs in and appropriately has it titled "Bradley's Songs". He has been telling me that he is starting a band. I guess we will have to see where that goes. He also likes to play the piano. This summer I am going to sit down and teach him how to play the piano along with Madyson, I was a little younger than Bradley when I started to play so I am excited they both have an interested in the piano.<br /><br />Bradley and Brent both went on a Field Trip last month to Austin for the day. They left the school on charter buses at 6:45 on a Thursday morning and came back around 8that night. They went to the Capital and to the Bob Bullock museam and came back with a lot of knowledge about the state capital.<br /><br />You just have to see the next pictures to believe it!! On May 1 my sliding door on my van literally came off. I did not believe it when I was first told. I had to get up and look. And this is what I found!!<br /><br /><a href="http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/?action=view&current=020.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="WIDTH: 488px; HEIGHT: 471px" height="546" alt="Photobucket" src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/020.jpg" width="578" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/?action=view&current=023.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="WIDTH: 502px; HEIGHT: 232px" height="301" alt="van door" src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/023.jpg" width="661" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The bad thing is that we just got it out of the shop and had only been home an hour when this happened. Andrew drove it back to the dealership without the door!!LOL!! I can only imagine what that looked like and the looks that he got while driving up Cooper Street without a door. When he pulled into the dealership they could not believe what they were seeing and were of course laughing. How could you not!! Needless to say I have had a rental van for the past week and don't know when I will be getting my van back. <br /><br />Well I think that pretty much catches you up to this point. I hope everyone is having a great week.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://s264.photobucket.com/albums/ii192/jennifertakala/?action=view&current=deannaturnersig.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii192/jennifertakala/deannaturnersig.jpg" border="0" /></a>Deannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00198669704757061276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6567408683500761189.post-74164306889613530822008-11-09T15:08:00.001-06:002008-11-09T15:27:47.748-06:00Halloween 2008This halloween the Older kids wanted to do a High<br />School Musical theme so Braldey was "Troy" and Brent was "Chad" my niece<br />Abby was a "Wildcat Cheerleader" and to get in on the fun Dana, my sister<br />thought it would be fun for us to dress up as Sharpay and Gabriella. So I<br />was "Sharpay" and Dana was "Gabriella". We all had fun! Enjoy the pics<br />because I am not dressing up for Halloween again!! Madyson was of course,<br />Cinderella, Miles and Marshall were Spiderman and my nephew Mason was a x-ray!!<br /><br /><p align="center"><br /><br /><a href="http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/?action=view&current=20081105_55.jpg" target="_blank"><img height="320" alt="Photobucket" src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/20081105_55.jpg" width="233" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:7;"><span style="color:#ff8000;"><strong>Go ahead<br />Laugh!! You know it is funny!! Get it over with!<br /></strong></span></span><br /><br /><a href="http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/?action=view&current=20081105_53.jpg" target="_blank"><img height="277" alt="Photobucket" src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/20081105_53.jpg" width="240" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff8000;"><strong>All of us!!</strong></span><br /><br /><a href="http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/?action=view&current=20081105_49.jpg" target="_blank"><img height="320" alt="Photobucket" src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/20081105_49.jpg" width="240" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff8000;"><strong>Brent (Chad) and Me<br />(Sharpay)</strong></span><br /><br /><a href="http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/?action=view&current=BrentandMe.jpg" target="_blank"><img height="320" alt="Photobucket" src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/BrentandMe.jpg" width="240" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="color:#ff8000;"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">Another<br />pic of Brent and myself</span><br /></strong></span><br /><br /><a href="http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/?action=view&current=20081105_44.jpg" target="_blank"><img height="320" alt="Photobucket" src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/20081105_44.jpg" width="224" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff8000;"><strong>Marshall and Mason</strong></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/?action=view&current=20081105_41.jpg" target="_blank"><img height="277" alt="Photobucket" src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/20081105_41.jpg" width="240" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff8000;"><strong>The six of us waiting for Dana, Abby, and<br />Bradley</strong></span></p><br /><br /><a href="http://s264.photobucket.com/albums/ii192/jennifertakala/?action=view&current=deannaturnersig.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii192/jennifertakala/deannaturnersig.jpg" border="0" /></a>Deannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00198669704757061276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6567408683500761189.post-36668741028247349162008-11-09T14:20:00.002-06:002008-11-09T14:57:00.554-06:00Church Choir Performance and Madyson's fall festival<p align="center">I know I am behind on posts!! Sorry! We have been<br />super busy around this house. With choir, dance, field trips, halloween,<br />and just the normal routine with 5 kids. Brent and Bradley had a choir<br />performance at church a few weeks ago and they played musical instruments as<br />well as sang. They both did very well. Bradley even put a "little groove" into<br />his singing but I was not able to get a picture because he was standing behind<br />his choir teacher. Hopefully when I get the video I will be able to show more.<br />Here are a few pics!!<br /><br /><a href="http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/?action=view&current=20081105_22.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/20081105_22.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><br /><p align="center"><a href="http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/?action=view&current=20081105_7.jpg" target="_blank"><img height="300" alt="Photobucket" src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/20081105_7.jpg" width="320" border="0" /></a></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/?action=view&current=20081105_14.jpg" target="_blank"><img height="300" alt="Photobucket" src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/20081105_14.jpg" width="320" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />And a few pics from<br />Madyson dance performance at the Fall Festival<br /><br /><br /></p><br /><br /><a href="http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/?action=view&current=20081105_39-1.jpg" target="_blank"></a><br /><p align="center"><br /><br /><a href="http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/?action=view&current=20081105_39.jpg" target="_blank"><img height="240" alt="Photobucket" src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/20081105_39.jpg" width="244" border="0" /></a></p><br /><br /><p align="center"><br /><br /><a href="http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/?action=view&current=20081105_34.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/20081105_34.jpg" width="282" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />And here are some pics from Parents night at Dance. Her class has been doing so well that they<br />got to advance to the bar which is normally not done until next year. She loves<br />Ballet. And is very good at what she has learned already. This years<br />dance recital in the fall they will do a tap performance and a ballet<br />performance. I can not wait. The costumes are adroable. We got to<br />see a sneek peek in book last Tuesday night. <br /><br /></p><br /><p align="center"><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/?action=view&current=226-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img height="298" alt="Photobucket" src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/226-1.jpg" width="240" border="0" /></a><br /> </p><br /><p align="center"><br /><br /><a href="http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/?action=view&current=228.jpg" target="_blank"><img height="424" alt="Photobucket" src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/228.jpg" width="322" border="0" /></a></p><br /><p align="center"><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/?action=view&current=231-1.jpg" target="_blank"></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/?action=view&current=235-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img height="320" alt="Photobucket" src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/235-1.jpg" width="240" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/?action=view&current=236-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/236-1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://s264.photobucket.com/albums/ii192/jennifertakala/?action=view&current=deannaturnersig.jpg" target="_blank"><img height="77" alt="Photobucket" src="http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii192/jennifertakala/deannaturnersig.jpg" width="223" border="0" /></a> </p>Deannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00198669704757061276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6567408683500761189.post-1908419204076599492008-11-09T12:29:00.003-06:002008-11-09T14:17:10.670-06:00The Field Trip to Green MeadowsWell we had a great time to the Green Meadows farm. Miles, Marshall, and Madyson had a great time. Some of the things they did made me think of when I was a kid at my grandparents farm. We use to chase chicken and roosters around and catch them. Which is what the kids got to do at the farm. At first they where all scared to touch them and then Marshall started picking them up. That was a big suprise to me. I figured it would be Miles. Madyson wanted nothing to do with the chickens nor did she want to milk the cows that the boys did. They all had a good time and at the end they all got to pic a pumpkin. Enjoy the pics.<br /><br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/?action=view&current=20081031_30.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/20081031_30.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><div align="center">Madyson petting a calf<br /><br /><br /></div><p align="center"><a href="http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/?action=view&current=20081031_31.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/20081031_31.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><div align="center">Miles petting a calf<br /><br /></div><p align="center"><a href="http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/?action=view&current=20081031_3.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/20081031_3.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center">Miles the farmer in Papa's hat<br /><br /></p><p align="center"><a href="http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/?action=view&current=20081031_2.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/20081031_2.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center">Marshall, Papa, and Miles waiting for the show to start<br /><br /></p><p align="center"><a href="http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/?action=view&current=20081031_59.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/20081031_59.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center">Marshall holding a chicken<br /><br /></p><p align="center"><a href="http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/?action=view&current=20081031_54.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/20081031_54.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center">Madyson would not hold a chicken but she would pet one.<br /><br /></p><p align="center"><a href="http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/?action=view&current=20081031_19-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/20081031_19-1.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center">Miles milking a cow<br /><br /></p><p align="center"><a href="http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/?action=view&current=20081031_20-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/20081031_20-1.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center">Marshall milking a cow!!</p><p align="left"></p><p align="left">They all had a great time and got to even go on a hay ride. That was an adventure. Our driver liked to drive fast but the kids enjoyed it. The parents and teachers held on for dear life!!</p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://s264.photobucket.com/albums/ii192/jennifertakala/?action=view&current=deannaturnersig.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii192/jennifertakala/deannaturnersig.jpg" border="0" /></a>Deannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00198669704757061276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6567408683500761189.post-12324586097581424362008-10-27T20:43:00.003-05:002008-10-27T20:56:55.497-05:00Our Crazy LifeSorry I have not blogged in a while. Things have been a little crazy around here. The kids and I are moving right along with school and the little guys actually have thier first field trip this week. They are very excited. Brent and Bradley also have their first field trip it is with music to the see the 5th and 6th grade sympony at one of the middle schoools. Thier big trip to Bass Hall to see the Nutcracker will be coming up soon and Brent is very excited. He loves nutcrackers so he can not wait to see it. Madyson had a dance performance last week I will try to get pics posted one day this week. She was so cute up there doing her little dance. She loves to dance. This year is her dance studios "BIG" performance so they are gearing up for that. She will be in two numbers and have two costumes. Hopefully her hair will have grown back a lot by then. It is growing back so I am thankful for that. Well that is about all that is going on with the kids and I. We did all have a fun weekend away from home. They boys got to announce at a rodeo they went to with my aunt. When she told me it reminded me of when I was pregnant with the quads and I was standing in the baby department at Target and hear a little boy say "Attention, Attention, everyone listen" I thought to myself at that time that poor mom. Then my cell phone rang and the fear came across my face. That child was mine! It was Bradley!! After the day at the rodeo my Aunt took them to see a magic show where they got to help the magician they really enjoyed that. Miles and Marshall stayed with my sister and got to do some early trick or treating with Mason and had a blast. Abby and Madyson got a girl trip with me and Nana. They had fun and mom and I had a great show and fun seeing my cousins. As soon as I get pics from my mom I will upload them from the fall festival. I am also starting back into photography so look for my photography blog to be coming soon.<br /> <br /><br /><a href="http://s264.photobucket.com/albums/ii192/jennifertakala/?action=view¤t=deannaturnersig.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii192/jennifertakala/deannaturnersig.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>Deannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00198669704757061276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6567408683500761189.post-16434596189704603462008-09-02T08:00:00.004-05:002008-10-27T21:04:52.588-05:00Comparison Pics!!Ok I have been ask by a few of my online friends to see pics of what I looked like when I delivered twins and what I looked like when I delivered quads! So here you go.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"></div><div align="center">37 weeks with Brent and Bradley</div><p align="center"><a href="http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/?action=view&current=August1537weekswithtwins-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/August1537weekswithtwins-1.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center"></p><p align="left">Every inch of me was swollen from head to toe. My feet were so swollen I could not wear shoes. I remeber going to the hospital in a pair of flip flops of my sisters and they would not go on my feet but part way.</p><p align="left"></p><p align="left">And this is me at 29 weeks on the way to the OR with the Quads. I was WAY bigger!! I did not know my stomach would ever stretch this big but apparently our bodies can do a lot more than we think it can.<br /></p><p align="center"><a href="http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/?action=view&current=scan0003-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/scan0003-1.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center"><br />Now I am in the mood for a few more comparison pics. I started looking at my online album and found this pic of Madyson. She was about 1 1/2 in this pic. What a little angel or should we say "DIVA" she loved these overalls and sunglasses. She actually still has the overalls and will not let me get rid of them. I am going to have to sneak them out while she is at school, and that is on my list. Cleaning closets.<br /><br /><br /></p><p align="center"><a href="http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/?action=view&current=divaoveralls2a.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="WIDTH: 310px; HEIGHT: 454px" height="710" alt="Photobucket" src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/divaoveralls2a.jpg" width="440" border="0" /></a></p><br /><br />Somethings Never Change!! She is still our "little diva" and still likes to wear sunglasses.<br /><br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/?action=view&current=001-5.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/001-5.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /></p></a><br /><a href="http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/?action=view&current=001-5.jpg" target="_blank"></a>Deannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00198669704757061276noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6567408683500761189.post-19545209618210159372008-09-01T16:10:00.004-05:002008-09-01T16:36:33.797-05:00Happy Labor DayHappy Labor Day! I hope everyone is having a wonderful day. We went to Hawaiian Falls today and this is how it all went down!!<br /><br />I have always thought Miles would be my adventurous child. All summer long he has been going to the water park and having a blast in the kiddie area. He is not afraid of any of the slides in there and will play for hours. On his birthday he adventured out more and road the "big kid" rides, granted there is not many but he still road them. All week long he has been asking me to go to Hawaiian Falls, he wanted to go there instead of school one day!!LOL!! So today the last day they are opened, we went and he had a blast along with the other kids. <br /><br />Brent and Bradley are at the age they really don't want to hang out with mom so they took off with their cousin Abby and Abby's cousin Drake. So that left Miles, Papa, and me to ride the "big kid" rides. We started out on the slides that everyone could ride just outside the kiddie area. This was the first time I had been on these slides so I figured they where not much to worry about since any size child could ride them. It started out with my dad going down so he could be at the end when all the kids came down. Well he got stuck going down so I figured ok, this is more for the little guys. Next all the kids went down and they went down slow. When it was my turn, I literally flew down that slide. When I got to the end my dad said I came down the fastest. Well that would be my first and last time on the slide it scared me to death. I would have thought Madyson would have gone the fastest but I was wrong.<br /><br /> After that we took off to the wave pool for some more adventure!! Marshall was jumping in the waves and going underwater like a little fish. He has become very adventurous in the water the past few weeks and has showed a big interest in diving off the side and swimming to one of us. So today was no different, except he was jumping belly and face first into the water. The kid can do some major belly flops!LOL! I wish I would have had a water camera with me. Just imagine a little boy his size doing belly flops and you will just laugh thinking about it. Madyson had fun in the wave pool until the waves started crashing against her inner tube at that point she decided she would just watch from the side. The waves where no challenge to Miles he kept trying to go further into the water. Marshall started jumping the waves and then jumping into the waves face down. It was hilarious. <br /><br />After that we decided to go ride "the toilet" or the correct name would be "Blow Hole Bowl" but the kids renamed it "the toilet" Gotta give them an "A" for that because it does look like a toilet bowl when standing at the top looking down. Miles road with me and Brent road with Papa, that left Abby to ride by themselves. We all had a competition to see who could go around the longest. Miles and I went around 1 complete time then got flushed down on our second round. We went down backwards and Miles laughed all the way down. Abby went around 2 times and then Brent and Papa won the reward they went around a full 4 TIMES! I think that is a record!! Anyway we all had a blast. After that it was time for a break and to each some lunch. While eating lunch all the kids keep going back and forth to the slide we started out with. Now I am pretty sure Miles was cutting because he managed to make it down faster than anyone else. I finally ask him and he told me "YES" like it was no big deal so we had a talk about waiting our term and not cutting in line in front of someone else. <br /><br />Finally we where off to the "orange slide" that Miles had been begging me to ride. He would have been happy with just riding that because he had Mommy to ride with him. Him and I went down the orange slide and we both laughed all the way down. After that adventure it was time to get everyone together and leave. That was fun because as soon as I would have 4 one would leave to go find the other and then someone else would return. I finally told the 4 to stand still and the 5 would eventually come back. I think it was all a trick just to go ride one more ride!!LOL!! I have to give it to them they are all smart.<br /><br />They will probably get one more chance to go to the park in a few weeks. Our school district is having a school Olympics there for elementary and intermediate students so we are going to try and go to that. That should be fun.<br /><br />We are now resting and going swimming at the pool when Andrew gets home. Well at least the kids and Andrew are going. I think I might stay home and enjoy the peace and quiet for a short period of time.Deannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00198669704757061276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6567408683500761189.post-65480283051252135322008-08-30T15:18:00.003-05:002008-08-30T17:28:00.914-05:005 Year Well Checks<div align="left">WOW! Time has gone by fast. Yesterday we had our 5 year old well check appointments. 5 years ago we where all still in the hospital facing another 4 weeks before the boys came home and other 7 weeks before Ms. Priss decided to finally join us.<br /><br /> Let's start with Madyson.<br /><br /><br />At birth she weighed 1lb. 14 oz. and was 12 1/2 inches long. So imagine a ruler and she was a 1/2 inch longer than the ruler. That is small, you could hold her in your hand and when you looked at her compared to her daddy's hand she just seemed so tiny. Her hands where small but she had what seemed to be long skinny legs. All though she may still seem small she is actually not the smallest in her class!! Can you believe that? We are finally not the smallest. Ok her goes her stats as of yesterday. She finally weighs 30lbs. YIPEE!! We have waited for that moment for a LONG time. She is 39" tall and if she continues to grow on the current curve she is on she will be 5 feet tall and 100 lbs. Can you say PETITE!! And here is even BIGGER NEWS!! SHE IS FINALLY ON THE GROWTH CHART!!! YIPEE!! For 5 years she has not been on the growth chart and FINALLY we hit a milestone! Ok enough of my enthusiasm. But I am one happy mom. Finally she passed her eye and hearing test with flying colors. One funny note, while doing the hearing test Nurse Marsha told her to raise her hand every time she heard the beep. After the third time, Nurse Marsha ask her if she heard it again and Madyson looked at her and said " I have alread done it three times" We both just started laughing and her hearing test came to an end. She is such a prissy thing. Even her teacher told me that yesterday. Andrew says I have created a monster. I say I have created the Prissiest Girl ever!! She likes anything that has to with girls, especially Prissy girls!! Madyson will also be seeing a therapist because she is pulling her hair out. Yes, she has pulled all of it out from the back and is working on the front. Before long she will be completely hairless. She is big time into covering it up and wants to wear hats every where we go. Thus the increased focus on hats and other accessories. </div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"> <br /><br /><br /><br /> Now onto Miles!!<br /><br /><br />At birth, he weighed 2lbs. 14oz. and was 14 1/2 inches long. He was the longest and weighed the most. And has been that way every since birth. He is going to be on tall kiddo. The doctor told me yesterday that if he where to stop climbing on the growth chart, which is not going to happen, he would be at least 5' 10" tall when he stops growing. But over the past year he has made some leaps and bounds on the growth chart and has made it to the 50th percentile for height. Now I know that may not be much to some of you. But I have never had a child in the 50th percentile for height. So I was SUPER excited. I knew he was getting tall but I had no idea he had grown so much over the last year. He went from the 30th percentile to the 50th. Ok so here are his stats. He officially weighs 36lbs. and is 42 1/2 inches tall. He did not pass his eye test so we will be seeing the eye doctor sooner rather than later. We still see the eye doctor once a year for being preemies and we are scheduled to see him in October but we will be seeing him in September now. I will let you know how that goes.<br /><br /><br /><br />Before I move onto Marshall does anyone know what birth order I did?? <br /><br /><br />It is REVERSE BIRTH ORDER!!<br /><br /><br />Madyson was "baby D", Mckenzie "was Baby C", Miles was "baby B", and Marshall was "baby A". Everyone always thinks Miles was "baby A" because he is bigger, but no he was "b", I remember his birth by laughter from all the nurses and Dr. Tabor. Miles made sure his plumbing worked. And as I learned on Thursday afternoon his plumbing still works. You will ALL find this funny. I picked them up from school by parking the car on the street that goes to our house then walking to the school because I was running late and did not have time to get across the street and walk back. Anyway, after I picked them up we got in the van and came home. I was trying to unlock the door and I hear Bradley and Brent laughing and yelling at me to turn around. I turned around to find Miles and Marshall water my grass with their "PLUMBING" Miles had his pants dropped to his ankles while Marshall just had it pulled out. To make matters worse they were not facing the house they were both facing the street so that anyone who drove by could see them. I was so embarrassed. I am sure my face was blood red. But as my doctor said yesterday "BOYS WILL BE BOYS" And I have 4 so I should be blessed that I have never seem Brent and Bradley do it. I am sure they have just not in front of me. <br /><br /><br /><br /> And Finally Marshall!!<br /><br /><br />He weighed 2lbs 10 oz. at birth and was 14 inches long. We always called him "our little old man" because he still had a ton of soft white hair all over his body. He did not liked to be messed with. I remember nurse Courtney always suctioning Marshall out while he was on the C-Pap. I would come in to that boy screaming at the top of his little lungs. And yes, he could scream loud. Nothing compared to his sisters whom you could hear all over the NICU, but he still had a loud cry. Marshall is not going to be much taller than Madyson. POOR BOY! Boys are not suppose to be this small if he continues on the same growth pattern he will be 5'5" and 125lbs. Now he has falling slightly off the growth curve so our doctor wants him to see the endocrinologist again and make sure nothing is going on. Madyson already seems him so he is just going to go when Mady goes in a few weeks. She thinks he may want to put him on growth hormones as well. If so it is no biggie. We already have Madyson on them and look what it has done for her. Marshall weighs 32lbs. and is 39 1/4 inches. Maybe next year he will be able to ride all the water slides. Miles is the only one who currently can and he loves it. He rides everyone of the slides and laughs all the way down. That doesn't surprise me since he has that dare devil look in his eyes. Madyson and Marshall love the kiddie area but are scared to go down in other slides. That again is not surprise they have always been that way. Besides going to the endocrinologist Marshall is in excellent condition and had no other problems.<br /><br /><br />Brent and Bradley go for their 9 year well checks next Friday so I will update you all then on their check ups. Have a good weekend!!</div><div align="left"></div>Deannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00198669704757061276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6567408683500761189.post-35524315756241050352008-08-30T14:54:00.002-05:002008-08-30T15:18:03.905-05:00We Made it Through the First Week of School!!<div align="center">Our first week of school is over and we all made it!!! Including Mom and Dad!! The afternoons after school proved to be hectic. They all came home HYPER you would have thought they had eaten a ton of sugar. But by about 7 the little ones went to sleep without any problems. This is what they looked like at night!! Oh how we love these moments. Nice and quiet and everyone fast asleep!!<br /><br /></div><p align="center"><a href="http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/?action=view&current=003-4.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/003-4.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><div align="center"><br /><br /><br /><br />Marshall is on the left and Miles is the one with his bottom up in the air! As far as their sheets. Well Marshall decided he needed to pull them off instead of sleep on them. And I was not waking them up to put the sheets back on.<br /><br />After seeing the boys fast asleep and so cute.I decided to try and sneek into the princesses room and see what I saw. Now opening up her door you have to be very careful because she wakes up to the slightest sound.<br /><br /></div><p align="center"><a href="http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/?action=view&current=004-3.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/004-3.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><div align="center"><br /><br />What a sweet little angel! She had put this hat on sometime after I put her to bed.<br /><br />And this is what happened when the flash went off!!<br /><br /></div><p align="center"><a href="http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/?action=view&current=005-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/005-1.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><div align="center"><br /><br />Little stinker!!<br /><br /><br />Madyson's first day of dance. She would not let me take her picture without having my sunglasses on so here you go!! She also got a new dance bag that I made for her out of some ballerina fabric I had left over she was super excited because she got a new bag and new tap and ballet shoes.<br /><br /><a href="http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/?action=view&current=001-5.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/001-5.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><br />The little guys have a color chart system for behavior. Green means they have been good all day. We have a deal, bribe whatever you want to call it, with Miles, Marshall and Madyson. If they come home with a green on their folder everyday for the next six weeks Miles and Marshall are going to get more pieces to thier Geo Trax system and Madyson is going to get a new hat(she is into accesorizing right now)LOL!! As far as Brent and Bradley if they do well the first six weeks of school on their report cards they will get to buy a new game for thier PSP2, which they bought with their money they got for thier birthday. They are smart boys! They put all their money together ,and even tried to get the little ones to go in on it, so they could get a PSP2 and the guitar hero game. Andrew and I pitched in a little so they could get both. So now I hear a guitar being played all the time. They are bot very good at it, and have told me I suck at it. Which I do but I don't want to hear my 9 year old tell me that so we had a talk about telling people they suck.Deannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00198669704757061276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6567408683500761189.post-6828293120527172462008-08-26T19:58:00.003-05:002008-08-26T20:20:18.771-05:005 Little Ducklings!! I mean 5 little Turners!!Well today while walking home from school with the kids, I had this vision of what we must look like coming across the cross walk. First off I am sure someone is looking at all of us and thinking she has twins and triplets. I always get that comment. Anyway, I looked at Bradley, Brent and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Madyson</span> who where in front of me and then Miles and Marshall where holding my hand and I just thought we must look like a mother duck with her ducklings crossing the street. Which reminding me of a song the kids like I think it is called 5 little ducklings or something like that. Another funny thing is how they call the kids when I get there to pick them up. I refuse to drive because it would take forever and the school is just behind our house so it makes more sense to walk plus it gives us all some exercise. What you have to do when you walk up to get them or drive is you have a sign with the kids name on it and the teacher name and grade. Well I got smart on that one I was not carrying 5 signs with me so I put all of them on one sign. Yesterday Mr. Skinner the assistant principal called them "The Turner Triplets" and "Turner Twins" and then rattled off their names and teachers. Now <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Madyson</span> gave him a funny look and I though "oh no" she is going to say something to him about being a "quad" and not a triplet. But luckily we escaped that and she just walked on out to us. That is something we really have not talked about with them that people are going to call them triplets because they don't know or they just don't know what to call them. I just let people call them triplets because it is easier than trying to tell someone about <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Mckenzie</span> or getting that I am sorry conversation going. Anyway, today when I went up he decided he was going to try and say all their names and teachers names, he gets an "A" because he rattled them off better then I can when I am trying to get their attention. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Kuddos</span> to him!! Now I just need to get his air horn to use at home. That is what would get their attention!!<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">LOL</span>!! <br /><br />Today was also <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Madyson's</span> first day back at dance. She was very excited. Last night at 5:30 I decided to try her shoes on her and found out the child had actually outgrown her tap and ballet shoes. Now that is a big deal for her because she can normally wear shoes for a while. She went from a 7 1/2 in tap to a 9. I about fell over. I will try and post a pic tomorrow of her in her "new" dance outfit that she just had to have. Andrew called me a sucker, but I know if he would have taken her she would have walked out of there with the leotard and the hair bun she was trying to get me to get her. I told her she could get that when she let her hair grown long. Our goal on that is to have longer hair by December so that when our Christmas dance performances come along she has enough hair to put in a bun and slicked back like all the other girls. We are working on it. Keep your fingers crossed that she stops pulling her hair out and starts letting it grow back. Well check appointments are Friday so I will <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">definitely</span> post that evening with our new stats. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Madyson</span> I think is finally taller than Marshall. They will never catch up to Miles! He just keeps getting taller and skinner every day. I think he is going to be the tallest of all 5 <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">considering</span> he comes up to Bradley and <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Brent's</span> shoulders currently. That boy is just tall!!Deannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00198669704757061276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6567408683500761189.post-55991626098058240682008-08-25T11:50:00.002-05:002008-08-25T12:21:31.343-05:00First Day of SchoolWell today was the first day of School. We hit two milestones today, Miles, Marshall and Madyson started their new adventure in Kindergarten, 3 classes and 3 different teachers. Madyson has Brent's Kindergarten teacher, who we also know from dance because both of her daughter's dance at the same dance school. Marshall and Miles both have great teachers also and they all three where excited to go to school. Brent and Bradley had a milestone their first day of their last year in Elementary school. Yes, next year they go to Intermediate school and apparently they will get to go to a new school that is being built down the street from my sister. We took the three little guys to class without any problems. No one cried Including Mommy!!! Now I almost did because Andrew was rushing me to get out of Marshall's class so I told him to BACK OFF before I started to cry. After that we where fine. After dropping the three little ones off we went to make sure Bradley and Brent made it to class OK. Of course, they where sitting at their desk doing work and like it was no big deal. I know next year they are just going to ask me to drop them off so I am preparing myself now for that change. Here are pics from the first day!! Enjoy!!<br /><br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/?action=view&current=001-4.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/001-4.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><div align="center"><br /><br />Miles, Madyson, and Marshall<br /><br /><br />And if you think you can ever get all 5 to look the same direction and all smile at the same time well that doesn't happen very often. So here you go!!<br /><br /><a href="http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/?action=view&current=004-2.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/004-2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Marshall, Madyson, and Miles front left to right<br />Brent and Bradley<br /><br />Our little "old man" Marshall, that is what we call him sometimes he has the mannerism of an older person. He is also known as Little Larry since he looks just like his pepaw. He is also our go with the flow, mostly mellow child!!<br /><br /></div><p align="center"><a href="http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/?action=view&current=005.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/005.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><div align="center"><br /><br />Miles our Eager Beaver and has to have everything lined up just like he wants. Yes he has some OCD!!<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/?action=view&current=008-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/008-1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />And Finally the "Drama Queen" and our "little princess", Madyson with her mommy!! You should now she was coloring a picture of a Raccoon, because they are going to read the story "The Kissing Hand" today. Well little Ms. who has to have everything pink was coloring her raccoon PINK!! I do hope we outgrow this stage, because currently everything we color has to be pink. And mostly everything we put on is pink. Most likely my fault because she is the only girl and had tons of pink stuff when she was a baby. But doesn't she look like a doll in her hat and pink giraffe dress made by "yours truly"<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/?action=view&current=012-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/012-1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I am sure they will all be ready for bed early tonight. I know I was tired just trying to get everyone out the door and to the right classroom. Tommorrow we are going to all walk to school because the line to get to the school is crazy!! We are also walking home from school today. If we don't it will be 4:30 before we get out of the school parking lot and they get out at 3:15.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>Deannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00198669704757061276noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6567408683500761189.post-66628988437408570432008-08-18T20:42:00.002-05:002008-08-18T20:49:52.514-05:00We are ready for KindergartenToday I took Miles, Marshall, and Madyson to have their pre-assessment for Kindergarten. All three teachers said there is not doubt they are ready to start school on Monday. They are all three very excited. Wednesday night we get to meet their teachers. Madyson is hoping she gets the same kindergarten teacher that Brent had, I am hoping for that as well. All of our kinder teachers are awesome but it would be nice to have a teacher that we have already had. Plus her girls dance at the same studio as Mady so she is use to prissy little girls!!LOL!! And boy do I have one of those. She has to take her purse every where we go and sometimes I have to take my matching purse because we have to match!LOL! The joy of having a prissy little girl. So many of you may be wondering about the hair loss on the back of Madyson's hair. Tomorrow we go see the dermatologist to see what is going on. Our pediatrician thinks it is either a fungal infection or something else medical. At first I thought one of the boys had cut her hair but more started falling out and it was not like it was when she pulled it out so we went to see our wonderful pediatrician and she got us in to see the dermatologist tomorrow morning. My wonderful friends online are sending us some hats to wear until her hair grows back. I will share pics when we get them. She gets to wear them to school so that will be good. At least we can cover up the bald spot on the back of her head that way. Everyone should be proud of me. I have been doing really good at blogging lately. Know I would not count on that staying up but for now I have done a good job. Look for first day pics next Monday. <br /><br />DeannaDeannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00198669704757061276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6567408683500761189.post-77449157397859128452008-08-17T21:09:00.003-05:002008-08-17T21:18:01.176-05:00Happy 9th Birthday Bradley and BrentNine years ago this afternoon at 3:08pm Bradley Andrew made is way into this world. So at 3:08pm we all sang Happy Birthday to him and he jumped around like a crazy 9 year old!!LOL! Then at 5:28 pm 9 years ago Brent finally decided to arrive into this world via emergency c-section. He ask me why he has 2 hours younger than Bradley and not a minute apart like the little guys. I told him he was stubborn, and he looked at me and said I still am!! I could not argue with that statement. He has lived up to that name to this day. They love to look at thier baby books so we got them out and went through them and I pointed out special memories I had of each picture. My favorite pictures was when they tried new food, they were amazed that they actually ate those foods because they will not touch most of it to this day. Unfourtanetly we did not get to go anywhere becuase Marshall and Madyson where both sick but we are planning to go swimming on Tuesday evening with Andrew's parents. The boys did not seem to mind they got to pick what they wanted for lunch and dinner and Brent actually fixed his favorite for dinner Macaroni and Cheese. He had no help and it did not taste bad at all. I can officially say they are pre-teens. That is just scary!!! And for the first time in his life Bradley weighs more than Brent by about 5lbs. Bradley thinks that is pretty cool. Happy Birthday Boys!! I can not believe how big you have gotten since the first time I held you both in my arms weighing in at 5lbs. and 5lbs. 12oz. WE love you and hope you had a great day!!<br /><br />Mom and DadDeannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00198669704757061276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6567408683500761189.post-75697567288738581102008-08-16T20:18:00.004-05:002008-08-16T20:57:06.552-05:00Remembering Mckenzie PaigeIf you look over to the right I found this awesome ticker that you can use as a memorial for a child that you have lost. I saw that and knew I had to place it on our blog. The kids birthday is always hard but the anniversary coming up is even harder. There is not a day that goes by that we don't remember her and as Madyson has gotten older she has started asking more about her sister. So I thought it only fitting to put that on our blog as a memory of Mckenzie. I hope it does not offend anyone but she is still very much apart of our lives even though she is not hear with us,and will always be apart of our lives, nothing will ever change that. We see her in Madyson every day. As Bradley and Brent told us when they where younger. Since God needed Mckenzie he gave us Madyson so that we would always know what she would look like and act like. <br />That reminds me of a story when the boys where about 5. It was raining outside and we had gone to the store but I decided to stay in the car with the kids and let Andrew run in so we did not all get wet. The little ones had to be about 1. Anyway, out of the blue Brent pipes up and says "That is not fair" I turned around and looked at him and ask him what was not fair. He told me that God was letting "kenzie" (that is what they called her when she was born) play with the water hose in Heaven. I just died laughing. To this day when it rains they all 5 tell me Mckenzie is in Heaven playing with the water hose. It is amazing how kids can put things into a different prospective. As we approach the 5 year anniversary of her death I find myself remember little things that either the boys have said or I remember about her. So today I am going to leave you with a sweet poem my friend Brandy wrote for me not too long after we met. Brandy and I met the week after Mckenzie died and a few days after her triplets where born. We had a special bond from that day forward because she remembered me as the girl who thought she was having triplets and found out a few weeks before she delivered that "SURPRISE" you are having QUADS!! That year Brandy also made me rice babies that where the exact weight as my babies when they where born. That was the best gift I have ever received. Brandy thank you for the poem and the babies. I will always cherish them.<br /><br /><blockquote>Our Little Angel<br /><br />God gave us an Angel<br />Sent from up above<br />He knew we would wrap her up<br />In all of our love.<br /><br />Mckenzie Paige was her name<br />And although she was small<br />At 2lb 1.8 oz and <br />12 ¾ inches tall.<br /><br />In the hospital she laid <br />And everything was fine<br />We thought all was well<br />Until that dreadful time.<br /><br />In one single phone call<br />Our life got turned upside down<br />We felt like all was lost<br />But we knew you were heaven bound.<br /><br />Mckenzie Paige is our angels name<br />We miss her forever <br />And would like her to know<br />One day in heaven we will be together.<br /><br />To Deanna, Andrew, Bradley, Brent<br />Marshall, Miles and Madyson<br /><br />With love from<br />Brandy, Lee, Levi,<br />John, Jacob and Alison<br />on<br />March 16, 2004</blockquote>Deannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00198669704757061276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6567408683500761189.post-9490890024683666112008-08-16T20:12:00.002-05:002008-08-16T20:15:18.210-05:00Memory BlogOk, lets play a game! My good friend Jamie is doing this on her blog so lets have some fun!! Now before we start I must tell certain people, and you know who you are, to be nice!!LOL!<br /><br />I visited a friends blog and she had this one hers and since I left a memory of her, I had to follow the instructions. <br /><br />1. Add a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember!<br />2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you.<br /><br />It's actually pretty funny to see the responses.<br /><br />If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you.Deannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00198669704757061276noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6567408683500761189.post-70496680925165309202008-08-14T19:08:00.004-05:002008-08-16T18:29:54.193-05:00Birthday Pics from Hawaiian FallsSaturday we spent the day at Hawaiian Falls in Mansfield celebrating all 5 kiddos birthdays. They had a blast. Miles was tall enough to ride all the rides and was not scared of a single one. He has always been my dare devil!! The other two little guys enjoyed the wave pool and the kiddie area with their friends John, Jacob, and Alison who will be turning 5 in a few weeks. Bradley and Brent took off with their friends and we very rarely saw them except for when they where to check in with us. I am glad they all had a great time. On Tuesday we celebrating the little ones actual birthday and they opened more presents from us and their grandparents. Yesterday they went and spent the gift cards they received. Now they are pretty smart about gift cards. They know that if they put them together they get a much better gift. So all the way to Walmart Brent was trying to convince the three little ones to put their gift cards with Brent and Bradley's so they could get a Nintendo WII I quickly axed that since I knew they would not share that with the little ones. So instead they bought a PSP 2 and got the guitar and a game to go along with it. They are having a blast with it and I was very impressed that they worked together to get something they really wanted. Madyson decided on a doll, no surprise there and the little boys got pieces to go with their Geo track train set. They are really into building things and they received Lincoln logs from Glen and they are building things like crazy. It is so fun to see how much they have matured just over the past few months. Anyway as promised here are some pics from their party. I will share more when I get them from my mother in law. Enjoy!!<br /><br /><br />Everyone, of course, wanted a different theme so here we go!!<br /><br />Madyson had a Strawberry Shortcake party with a cute cake made of course by our famous "Uncle Glen" he is not really their uncle but that is what they call him. They love Uncle Glen's cakes and always put their order in about 6 months before their party if not sooner. He makes AWESOME CAKES!! Thanks GLEN! I know it is a lot of work decorating them. It was a lot of work just baking them all!!<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/?action=view¤t=004-1-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/004-1-1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><br /><br />Miles and Marshall wanted a Monkey cake to go with their monkey surfing theme room!! Look how cute this turned out!!<br /><br /><a href="http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/?action=view¤t=001-3-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/001-3-1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><br /><br />And Brent and Bradley wanted a surfing theme. We just redid their room in a surfing theme now they want to go surfing. I told them to keep dreaming no where around here to do that!!<br /><a href="http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/?action=view¤t=006-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/006-1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><br /><br />Thank you Glen for decorating the cakes!!! As always they turned out really cute!! Glen decorated all 4 of the cakes with a messed up rotary cuff. He is truly a good friend and really loves those kids to do this for them. So a Big Thanks to him!!<br /><br />Here are just some random pics!! The first is of one of my dearest friends that I met scrubbing into the NICU the week after Mckenzie died. Her babies were just a few days old when we met. Our kids are best friends and love to play together and play very well together. It is nice to have a friend that has kids the same age that do the same things we do. In the background you see my dad. He decided it was safer outside of the cabana than in the cabana with presents and paper flying everywhere. <br /><br /><br /><a href="http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/?action=view¤t=056-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/056-1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/?action=view¤t=010.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/010.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/?action=view¤t=014-2.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/014-2.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><br /><br />Andrew was in charge of the camera and he did not get a picture of Madyson with her cake I am getting pictures from my mother in law tomorrow so I am sure she has one that I can post. I have posted more pictures on my facebook album so if you are a Friend on facebook head over there to look at them, if you are not email me and I will send you a invite. Have a nice evening. Tomorrow my big boys turn 9 can you believe that!! They are going into the 4th grade. I will have to go find some baby pics to post of them for old time sake. So check back I might have them done tomorrow if not hopefully Monday.Deannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00198669704757061276noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6567408683500761189.post-31078896040668701942008-08-12T15:09:00.002-05:002008-08-12T15:13:59.751-05:00Happy 5th Birthday Marshall, Miles, and MadysonWell today is the big day!! Marshall, Miles, and Madyson turn 5 tonight. It is hard to believe that this time 5 years ago I was doped on on Demerol and phenergan trying to stop contractions while Andrew smelled of Railhead BBQ. I might have been doped up but I know the smell of BBQ!!LOL!! We are having a family birthday party tonight so I will share pics from it as well as the party on Saturday later tonight. <br />It is also hard to believe that exactly 13 years ago at 2:00pm Andrew and I were married. It is hard to believe we have been married for 13 years. And have 5 beautiful children. More to come later. I have to wrap presents.Deannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00198669704757061276noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6567408683500761189.post-82677360968107840692008-08-10T14:20:00.002-05:002008-08-10T14:33:03.146-05:00The Boys Go to Church CampThis was the first year the boys were old enough to go to church camp and stay the night. Monday morning they where both excited and nervous but that tone quickly changed when they saw the charter bus they got to ride on to camp. They did not call home once and being this was the first time away from home without being with someone in our family I was very surprised. Wednesday night I got a call from my sister saying she had received a text message from one of the counselors and that the boys where having a blast. They got up everyone morning before everyone else and headed out to go fishing before breakfast. And every chance they had they where either fishing, canoeing, or kayaking. Friday when the bus arrived back to the church ever counselor told me they where a joy to be around and that the kept them laughing. They apparently have stories to tell of the Turner twins for years!! Brent had Bradley convinced that fish liked Oreo Cookies. So they got an empty bottle smash up oreos in it and where going to cath minnows with it. That is what one of the counselors told me. They also learned the art of selling candy. All the kids apparently where selling their candy but my boys were making profits off of selling gummy bears!! Those are just a few of the stories I have heard. Besides the fact they both caught frogs and thought they were bringing them home. When Mr. Brandon told them to let them gently go back in the water he turned around and one of the boys was pitching the poor frog in the air back into the water. That's my boys!! Now being their first time to go to camp I really did not expect to see many of their clothes return home. But to my surprise they did, and I have had to wash them 2-3 times to get the smell of I don't know what out of them. I have seriously thought about tossing them or burning them. And just think I have three more that in 3 years will be able to go to camp. That should scare all of us!!LOL!! When I get their pictures developed I will share them with you. If there are any that are good. Their is no telling what they took pictures off. That in itself scares me!! I am just glad they had a great time on thier first official trip away from home.Deannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00198669704757061276noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6567408683500761189.post-49562862550787266942008-08-10T13:51:00.002-05:002008-08-10T14:06:07.718-05:00Where has the Summer Gone!Sorry it has been a while since I posted. As normal we have had a busy and crazy summer. We have been remodeling the upstairs since the great bathroom flood in May so that has kept us busy along with the kids. Five years ago today I was in the hospital waiting delivery of the quads. This was the day I talked poor Dr. Tabor into letting me go home as long as I promised to stay in bed and stay on my monitor. Since it was just a few days before Brent and Bradley's Birthday. I bet he never let's another woman convince him to let her go home when she is 28 weeks pregnant with quads. The next day prove to be an adventure with me being sick as a dog all day and having awful back pains. But the monitor only showed irratibility so I did not have to go back to the hospital. By the morning of the 12th things where very different I was on my way to his office and was told I was going nowhere unti those 4 babies where born. I remember sitting in his office trying to convince him to take 20 week quads becuase I was so HUGE and miserable (refer to the picture in a previous post) Well he admitted me and much to his dismay he delivered 4 babies later that night. Marshall was born first at 8:40pm weighing 2lbs. 10oz. 14 inches long, then came Miles, he made a grand entrance showing everyone that his bladder worked just fine and even got to squirt Dr. Tabor. He was born at 8:41 weighing 2lbs. 14oz. 14 1/2 inches long. Then was our first precious girl Mckenzie born at 8:42 weighing in at 21bs. 1oz 12 1/2 inches long. Then came the our final baby girl Madyson the smallest weighing 1lb 14.7 oz and was 12 inches long. Madyson was so small that the preemie pacifiers they had where to big so my dad bought her a special preemie pacifer from the gift shop. Today has brought back many memories of the two days to come. We had all of their parties yesterday at Hawiian Falls and they all had a blast. I will share pics when I have a chance to upload them. We will be having a family party of Tuesday for the big 5 year olds, as they tell me, and Andrew and I will also be celebrating our 13 year anniversary. I don't know which is scarier the fact that my babies are not babies anymore and are going to start kindgergarten or the fact that we have been married 13 years!!Deannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00198669704757061276noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6567408683500761189.post-69787590505094964082008-05-05T17:14:00.003-05:002008-05-05T18:56:34.408-05:00Mayfest 2008Once again it has been a while since I blogged. Sorry everyone!! To catch everyone up in March I had emergency surgery for an internal hernia and a twisted bowel, which was caused from me loosing weight, 114 lbs. to be exact. My hernia was leaking and causing me to become septic. I was admitted immediately after I saw the surgeon and put on antibiotics and scheduled for surgery the next morning. I came home that day and began the recovery period. During that time I decided it was time to go back to work. I began work the middle of March working as a marketer for a company that does MRI's. Four days into work I doubled over in pain and went back to the ER. They at first could not get me out of pain and it took about 12 hours to get pain meds in me that eventually started cutting the pain. They came to the conclusion that I had a partially twisted bowel and if I did not get better I would be having surgery again. After having 2 different types of xrays and contrast I finally started feeling better and the twisted bowel corrected itself. Thank GOD, I was not looking forward to another surgery. Since then I have been doing very good and I am enjoying working. I miss being with the kids but it is good for us to have a little break from each other during the day.<br />This past weekend our "Little Princess" Madyson preformed at Mayfest and was so cute. I am of course partial but you have to admit she looks so cute in her frog costume. She will preform again on May 17 for their final performance for the year. She loved her costume but she really enjoyed getting to put make-up on. She got to wear "RED" Lipstick along with blush, eyeshadow, and mascara. She told me today that in 2 weeks she gets to wear make-up again and she gets to wear "MORE" since she will be performing on stage. She heard her teacher tell us that at our meeting to get her costume. Funny how they hear the things you really don't want them to hear. After her performance she changed into regular clothes and we walked around and enjoyed Mayfest. All 5 of the kids got to go fishing, not my favorite thing to do, but they all enjoyed that. Then we moved on to the kids area where they had a blast playing and making crafts, Madyson even got to have her fingernails painted. That was a big hit with her. Bradley and Brent enjoyed the Science area, and really enjoyed gettting to make slime and launch rockets. For a day that started out cold, we all had a great time.<br />Finally I would like to ask you all to say a prayer for my friend Robyn's sister. Terra has been in the hospital for the past week and they thought she was going to get to come home today but she has taken another turn for the worse. Her liver enzymes are elevated and the doctors can not figure out why. Last week her kidneys where also failing and she was on dialysis. Terra is only 26 and currently has a walker because she is too weak to walk on her own. Please just keep her whole family in your prayers as they go through this difficult time.<br />I am hoping to get some family pics taking here in the next few weeks as long as every stays well and the weather cooperates. I will post those as soon as I get them done.<br /><br /><a href="http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/?action=view¤t=001-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/001-1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /> <br /><br />Madyson and Mommy<br /><br /><a href="http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/?action=view¤t=004.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/004.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><br />Our little Princess Frog!!<br /><br /> <a href="http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/?action=view¤t=014-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/014-1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/?action=view¤t=026.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/026.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><br />Miles, Marshall, Madyson, Brent, and Bradley<br /><br /><a href="http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/?action=view¤t=030.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/030.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><br />Miles and Marshall fishing with PePaw<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/?action=view¤t=031-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/031-1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><br />Miles, Marshall, and Madyson fishing with Daddy and Pepaw<br /><br /><a href="http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/?action=view¤t=029-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/029-1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a> <br /><br />Bradley and Brent fishing with Andrew<br /> <br /><a href="http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/?action=view¤t=033.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/033.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><br />Marshall and Miles busy making a tambourine<br /><br /><a href="http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/?action=view¤t=044.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/044.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><br />Miles decided he needed to get a little closer to "Elsie" the Borden cow.<br /><br /><a href="http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/?action=view¤t=036.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/036.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><br />The day would not have been complete without Madyson getting to have her fingernails painted.Deannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00198669704757061276noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6567408683500761189.post-82825135695662549142008-02-23T20:24:00.005-06:002008-02-23T20:34:03.341-06:00Some Fun Pictures<div align="left">Today I was organizing some pictures on my<br />computer and came across some that I thought I would share. I<br />also get the question how big did you get carrying quads? Well here you go, this<br />was taken as I was being wheeled down to the OR to deliever them.<br /><br /><br /></div><p align="center"><a href="http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/?action=view&current=scan0003.jpg" target="_blank"><img height="285" alt="Photobucket" src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/scan0003.jpg" width="425" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center"><br />Yes, I was huge!! I felt like I was going to POP! I was not<br />that big at 37 weeks with Bradley and Brent.<br /><br />This is the first time I got to hold Mckenzie. My aunt took this picture and had it enlarged and put in a frame with roses from Mckenzie's funeral. It is a very special photo that I will cherish forever. </p><p align="center"><br /><a href="http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/?action=view&current=scan0004.jpg" target="_blank"><img height="295" alt="Photobucket" src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/scan0004.jpg" width="480" border="0" /></a> <br /><br />My dad is<br />multi talented!! This was the little guys first Christmas and since we could not<br />take them to see Santa, so Santa came to visit us. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/%3Ca" action="'view&current=" albums="" y7="" twinsandquads="" com=""><img height="608" alt="Photobucket" src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/scan0005.jpg" width="420" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Next<br />up,one of my all time favorites of my dad. This was in July 2004 at Disney<br />World with my parents. Stitch really liked my dad!<br /><br /><a href="http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/?action=view&current=DSCF0098.jpg" target="_blank"><img height="337" alt="Photobucket" src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/DSCF0098.jpg" width="464" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This has to be one of my favorites of<br />Brent and Bradley. I took this at the park when they were just over 2. I<br />actually entered it in a contest and it was published in a book. <br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/%3Ca" action="'view&current=" albums="" y7="" twinsandquads="" com=""><img height="463" alt="Photobucket" src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/scan0001.jpg" width="356" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This one was taken at the same time. Bradley stepped on a<br />something and Brent sat down to look and figure out what it was. It was so<br />cute.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/%3Ca" action="'view&current=" albums="" y7="" twinsandquads="" com=""><img height="471" alt="Photobucket" src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/scan0002.jpg" width="379" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />She may have been small but her lungs worked<br />just well. This was shortly after Madyson came home. She was 11 weeks old<br />and she is wearing doll clothes. Yes, I said doll clothes. Preemie clothes<br />literally fell off of her so one day while at Costco I found these cute doll<br />clothes and we played dress up.<br /><br /></p><p align="center"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/%3Ca" action="'view&current=" albums="" y7="" twinsandquads="" com=""><img height="494" alt="Photobucket" src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/scan0007.jpg" width="387" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center"><br /><br /><br />Fall 2005<br />at the park.<br />Back row left to right: Brent and Bradley<br />Miles, Madyson, and<br />Marshall<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/%3Ca" action="'view&current=" albums="" y7="" twinsandquads="" com=""><img style="WIDTH: 510px; HEIGHT: 333px" height="371" alt="Photobucket" src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/kidsfall.jpg" width="560" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Bradley's Baptism<br />June 2007<br /><br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/%3Ca" action="'view&current=" albums="" y7="" twinsandquads="" com=""><img style="WIDTH: 506px; HEIGHT: 330px" height="382" alt="bradley's baptism" src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/DSC03050-1.jpg" width="572" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Brent's Baptism<br />December 2007<br /><br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/%3Ca" action="'view&current=" albums="" y7="" twinsandquads="" com=""><img style="WIDTH: 397px; HEIGHT: 478px" height="497" alt="brent's baptism" src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/DSCF3979.jpg" width="397" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />My dad got the privalge of Baptising his older 3<br />grandchildren all in the past 1 1/2. I know it was a special time for him<br />as it was for the rest of us. I look forward to the day he can baptise the<br />younger 4. </p><p align="center"><br />And to end the famous Bluebonnet pics. I am<br />allergic to bluebonnets and found out after taking a wonderful pic of Bradley<br />and Brent when they were 2. So I braved the elements with benadryl in tow<br />so that I could get a pic of all the kids in the bluebonnets. Bradley and<br />Brent were 4 1/2 and Miles, Marshall and Madyson were 8 months old. I am<br />hoping I can get another bluebonnet pic this year. Hopefully I can stay<br />out of the bluebonnets and still take the picture.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/%3Ca" action="'view&current=" albums="" y7="" twinsandquads="" com=""><img style="WIDTH: 498px; HEIGHT: 361px" height="457" alt="Photobucket" src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/DSC00079.jpg" width="734" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Left to right: Marshall, Brent, Miles, Bradley<br />and Madyson</p><p align="center"> </p><p align="left">I hope you enjoy the pics! I was fun looking back on how much everyone has grown, or shrunk, in my case. I bet you did not know a stomach could stretch that much. Well it can and will never do it again.Deannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00198669704757061276noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6567408683500761189.post-63138937567816336002008-02-22T18:39:00.014-06:002008-02-22T20:25:01.267-06:00Sorry It has been so long!I know I promised to be better at updated the blog and I am sorry. As you know I am going to school fulltime and the last 10 weeks I have had 2 math classes that have required more work out of me than any other class I have taken towards my degree. Anyway, my last math class is coming to an end and I am so thankful. If I never see another quadratic equation it will be too soon.<br />We have had some major changes over the past month as far as school goes with the boys. After a very much prayed about descision we decided to take Brent and Bradley out of public school. They are both at the same private/homeschool that Miles, Marshall and Madyson, and are doing great. They both read on a 8/9 grade level and are both doing mostly 4 grade work. So they got to skip the rest of 3rd grade and move onto 4th. On many things they tested on higher grade levels but being only 8 1/2 we did not want to put them in the higher levels. It is a self paced program so they can acclerate to advanced levels at their own pace. They have both finished most of their first books and have moved onto their next paces (workbooks).<br />It is a different experience for all of us but we are adjusting and I am enjoying spending the quality time with all 5 of them. They have a great teacher and they all love her and her school.<br />With the change I am helping out at the school almost everyday and loving it. It is hard work but it is very rewarding.<br />Today we had a visit to the Fire Station. Brent and Bradley did not get to because they where sick but the three little ones had a blast. Mommy had fun also! I got to wear one of the fireman's hat. I also found out they have citizen's fire academy, I got the information and I really want to do it, so if things work out you might see me climbing the ladder of a ladder truck!! That would be a site considering I am scared to death of heights. But who knows it might make me over come that fear.<br />So here are some pics from our days activities.<br /><br /><a href="http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/?action=view&current=002.jpg" target="_blank"></a><div align="center"><a href="http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/?action=view¤t=002.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 486px; HEIGHT: 318px" height="498" alt="Photobucket" src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/002.jpg" width="682" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">At school this morning planting our seeds for our vegetable garden will we be planting in the Spring.</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><a href="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/021.jpg%22%20width=680%20border=0%3E" target="_blank"></a><div align="center"><a href="http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/?action=view&current=021.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="WIDTH: 518px; HEIGHT: 331px" height="498" alt="Photobucket" src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/021.jpg" width="762" border="0" /></a></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><a href="http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/?action=view&current=029.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="WIDTH: 514px; HEIGHT: 325px" height="465" alt="Photobucket" src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/029.jpg" width="674" border="0" /></a></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">Madyson and Mommy! So what do you think, Does she look like her mommy? That is what everyone tells me.</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><a href="http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/?action=view&current=028.jpg" target="_blank"></a><div align="center"><a href="http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/?action=view&current=028.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="WIDTH: 355px; HEIGHT: 497px" height="557" alt="Photobucket" src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/028.jpg" width="355" border="0" /></a></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">Marshall enjoyed geting in the Fire Truck. And who does he look like. Well we like to call him Larry Junior. He is a splitting image of his Pepaw, Andrew's dad.</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><a href="http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/?action=view&current=027.jpg" target="_blank"></a><div align="center"><a href="http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/?action=view&current=027.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="WIDTH: 361px; HEIGHT: 530px" height="562" alt="Photobucket" src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/027.jpg" width="361" border="0" /></a></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">Miles keep us on our toes. Like always. At one point one of the garage doors starting coming up and we all looked around to see who had opened it. Well it was not Miles or any of the kids. It was just one of the ambulances coming back. That was a huge relief. Can you guess who he looks like? Well he is a splitting image of his daddy. And he acts like him too. Poor Mommy! Just kidding. </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><a href="http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/?action=view&current=031.jpg" target="_blank"></a><div align="center"><a href="http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/?action=view&current=031.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="WIDTH: 568px; HEIGHT: 345px" height="517" alt="Photobucket" src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/031.jpg" width="596" border="0" /></a></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">Finally, I got to get in the fire truck, and I got to put the helmet on. The kids thought that was funny. </div><div align="left">Our next adventure is the post office and in the near future I am going to do a ride along with my friend's husband who is a sheriff deputy. That will be FUN! </div><div align="left"></div><div align="left">And finally our Christmas pic. I know it is almost March and I am just now putting it up. Better late than never!</div><div align="left"></div><div align="center"><a href="http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/?action=view&current=DSCF3910.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="WIDTH: 562px; HEIGHT: 320px" height="441" alt="Photobucket" src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/DSCF3910.jpg" width="600" border="0" /></a></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">Back Row: Madyson, Miles, Marshall</div><div align="center">Front Row: Bradley, Brent and Charlie</div><div align="center"></div><div align="left">This was Madyson's first dance performance. All the girls where so cute! </div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="center"><a href="http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/?action=view&current=DSCF3902.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="WIDTH: 373px; HEIGHT: 460px" height="758" alt="Photobucket" src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/twinsandquads/DSCF3902.jpg" width="531" border="0" /></a></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div>Deannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00198669704757061276noreply@blogger.com2