The Beach!! Myrtle Beach

Well, we survived a week @ the beach!! It was Ryleigh & Ashleigh's first trip to the ocean or as Ashleigh says "the Lotion". Ryleigh loved watching the waves & Ashleigh was scared too death. WE stayed at @ a beach house that had four bedrooms & a golf cart to take to the beach!! My cousins went w/ us. Traci & her three kids Carlee 13, Ricky 4, & Lauralee 23 months. Lanna brought her fiance Ben & I called them the Love Birds. My mom was with us along w/ a partridge in a pear tree haha So we had 4 kids ages 4 & under. It was a blast!! It was a lot of work, but I want my kids to have memories of vacationing w/ the family. We had several highlights such as burying the kids in the sand, I almost cause a few concussions driving the golfcart w/ my delicate use of the brakes, mom catching the largest fish on the deepseas fishing trip, Nathan almost catching someone's eye casting @ the Pier, and lots of other great times. Check out my slide show to see all the fun pics!!

Visit from the VA in-laws

We had a wonderful visit w/ the in-laws. Yep, you heard it right!! Great Visit from in-laws. Most people complain about in-laws and all that jazz, but mine are the best. No I am not sucking up because they can read this!!!


I absolutely love kids hence me having 5 of my own & always having extras around the house. My sister-in-law Lori brought her 3 beautiful bambinos:
Alexander-5 Maggie 3; and baby Andrew 8 months


We had a great time swimming and playing outside w/ the kids. I enjoyed having other adults around especially Lori, because we both can totally relate to each other w/ kids and dad LOL Harriet, my mother-in-law has had a very long year battling w/ brain, lung, and breast cancer. She is winning the battle and looks 110% better than the last summer. She is a wonderful woman who is fighting a very ugly disease!! George, Nathan, and I had a great stroll in our backyard discovering the small creek & its hidden treasurs on Sunday evening. Lots of fun, but too short of a visit!

OK.... I Did it!!

Ok.... My life is very interesting @least it is amusing to others watching. So let me get started.
I am a mom of 5 wonderful kids & have one beautiful angel baby in Heaven. Yep, thats right I have given birth 6 times & have lived to tell the tale of my crazy life that is a whole blog in itself. I am married to a great guy who challenges me daily on understanding the opposite sex, and learning to apperciate differences & loving the outcome of two people working together to create a happy loving family. I have a wonderful mom who raised me in the way of being a very strong independent woman who loves life & loves to laugh at the silly things that happen. Ok.. Now that was the introduction. Now see what my life is really like!!! :-) This is gonna be fun.