Mayfest 2008

Once 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.
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.
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.
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.




Madyson and Mommy



Our little Princess Frog!!






Miles, Marshall, Madyson, Brent, and Bradley



Miles and Marshall fishing with PePaw




Miles, Marshall, and Madyson fishing with Daddy and Pepaw



Bradley and Brent fishing with Andrew



Marshall and Miles busy making a tambourine



Miles decided he needed to get a little closer to "Elsie" the Borden cow.



The day would not have been complete without Madyson getting to have her fingernails painted.

Some Fun Pictures

Today I was organizing some pictures on my
computer and came across some that I thought I would share. I
also get the question how big did you get carrying quads? Well here you go, this
was taken as I was being wheeled down to the OR to deliever them.

Yes, I was huge!! I felt like I was going to POP! I was not
that big at 37 weeks with Bradley and Brent.

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.

My dad is
multi talented!! This was the little guys first Christmas and since we could not
take them to see Santa, so Santa came to visit us.



Next
up,one of my all time favorites of my dad. This was in July 2004 at Disney
World with my parents. Stitch really liked my dad!



This has to be one of my favorites of
Brent and Bradley. I took this at the park when they were just over 2. I
actually entered it in a contest and it was published in a book.




This one was taken at the same time. Bradley stepped on a
something and Brent sat down to look and figure out what it was. It was so
cute.




She may have been small but her lungs worked
just well. This was shortly after Madyson came home. She was 11 weeks old
and she is wearing doll clothes. Yes, I said doll clothes. Preemie clothes
literally fell off of her so one day while at Costco I found these cute doll
clothes and we played dress up.

Fall 2005
at the park.
Back row left to right: Brent and Bradley
Miles, Madyson, and
Marshall




Bradley's Baptism
June 2007



Brent's Baptism
December 2007




My dad got the privalge of Baptising his older 3
grandchildren all in the past 1 1/2. I know it was a special time for him
as it was for the rest of us. I look forward to the day he can baptise the
younger 4.

And to end the famous Bluebonnet pics. I am
allergic to bluebonnets and found out after taking a wonderful pic of Bradley
and Brent when they were 2. So I braved the elements with benadryl in tow
so that I could get a pic of all the kids in the bluebonnets. Bradley and
Brent were 4 1/2 and Miles, Marshall and Madyson were 8 months old. I am
hoping I can get another bluebonnet pic this year. Hopefully I can stay
out of the bluebonnets and still take the picture.




Left to right: Marshall, Brent, Miles, Bradley
and Madyson

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.

Sorry 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.
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).
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.
With the change I am helping out at the school almost everyday and loving it. It is hard work but it is very rewarding.
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.
So here are some pics from our days activities.

At school this morning planting our seeds for our vegetable garden will we be planting in the Spring.

Madyson and Mommy! So what do you think, Does she look like her mommy? That is what everyone tells me.

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.

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.

Finally, I got to get in the fire truck, and I got to put the helmet on. The kids thought that was funny.

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!

And finally our Christmas pic. I know it is almost March and I am just now putting it up. Better late than never!

Back Row: Madyson, Miles, Marshall

Front Row: Bradley, Brent and Charlie

This was Madyson's first dance performance. All the girls where so cute!

Update on things going on around here!!

Hi everyone! Sorry it has been a while since a post, as you can see by the date I started these a while ago and just never got it posted. We have had a lot of things happen around this house and family since October.

I will start with the beginning of October. Andrew and I went to Black Mountain, North Carolina for his sister Sallie's wedding. We had a great time and enjoyed some time away from the kids. Our trip home was fun. We were delayed for 4 hours at the Greenville/Spartanburg Airport due to bad weather here. We finally got to leave and then hit turbulence about an hour outside of Dallas. It was so bad that my laptop was shaking and I could not read it. I had never flown on that small of a plane and never plan to do so again.

Once we got home the true fun began. We had to finish packing our house for the big move down the street. Now Andrew thought this would be an easy move since we literally were going down the street. NOT!! This was the hardest move I think we have ever done. In the meantime, while in the car driving on Monday October 29, Brent asked Jesus into his heart. That was just what a parent needed to hear after a really rough day. That was also the day that Andrew was let go from his job. Talk about a rough time. We were both very nervous that the mortgage company was going to do a last minute check on employment but his official last day was not until after we closed so that was good. We closed on the 31st then came home and waited for the funding to go through so we could get the key. In the meantime I had a cold and I layed down so that I would be ready for Trick or Treating. Well around 3 we got a call from the title company, the mortgage company had messed up on some paper work and we were going to have to close AGAIN!! I am not kidding! We went back on the 1st at 3:00 and closed again. In the meantime the kids enjoyed going Trick or Treating and here are some pics of them.

This morning Santa made an early visit to to our house and brought us our new addition to our family. Yes, we must be crazy but the kids are really enjoying our cute little butter ball. After a long discussion from Miles about naming him Raggedy Andy, the kids all decided to name him "Charlie" Now since discovering Charlie this morning I have been told by Marshall that Santa needs to bring us another puppy because we need two, and Madyson has decided he needs to bring a Cat. I have assured the all that Santa would not be bringing anymore animals to this house!! The three ones have finally settled down a little and let the poor Charlie lay down and take a nap. I caught all three of them reading him a book, but was only able to get a picture of Miles reading. Notice his clothes, a long sleeve shirt, shorts, and dress shoes. He dressed himself and told me that was what he was wearing today. He obviously gets his sense of taste from Andrew!! LOL!!

Everyone have a Merry Christmas and I promise I will post pics of Christmas morning as soon as I get a chance.

Poor Madyson!!

Saturday while I was fixing lunch and Andrew had gone to the grocery store I heard Madyson screaming she was bleeding. I took off runing towards the kids rooms when she meet me in the hallway with blood flowing from her upper arm. I did not stop to ask what had happened I just grabbed her and took of to the kitchen for some paper towels to apply pressure. Brent heard the garage go up so he ran out to get Andrew. Madyson kept saying Miles had cut her but I did not know with what until Andrew appeared with a pair of child's sccisor, like the ones they use at school. While trying to calm her down I looked at her and realized not only had he cut the poor baby's arm he had cut all her hair! YES, all her hair on the left side that is! I literally started screaming and crying at the same time. I realize it is only hair and it will grow back but she is my only girl and now has no hair. I can not even put a bow in it. After our trip to the ER for stitches, which turned out we just had to get glued back together, as Madyson says, with Dermabond Andrew took her to Cool Cuts 4 kids and told them to do whatever they could to even it up. Needless to say I could not go. I could not watch them cut the other half of her hair to match the nice butcher job Miles had done. When she came home they had put a little barrett in her hair and pulled a tiny bit up in a pony tail. Let's just hope it grows fast. Everytime I look at her poor hair I want to cry. But I am thankful that he did not hurt her worse. Where he cut her could have been really bad. So yes, I agree with Andrew it is only hair and it will grow back! I think what makes it so bad is that she sat their and let him do it!! And now she asks me if "Maca" can fix it! Maca is my friend who cuts my hair and Madyson's. I told her that she did not have anything to fix and that it just has to grow back.

Before the Infamous haircut!!

Miles' version of what he Thought his sister should look like!!

Notice how there is very little hair on her left side!! He did not touch the right side! And Madyson did not cry until he cut her arm! So she is as guilty as him! She let him do it! And Marshall stood by and watched! So techniqually they are all guilty! Does that suprise you!!LOL!! We have the victim, the barber, and the guard!!

What had to be done to even it up by the professionals!!

At least we don't have to worry about her twisting her hair and pulling it out anymore! She doesn't have any to twist!! Just warning everyone now there will be no Christmas card pics this year unless her hair has grown back where I can at least make her look like a girl! Headbands here we come!!