4th & Goal

Snowy Vidalia

2010-02-13T07:40:00.000-08:00

Last night the snow started coming down so we got out in it.

We woke up to about 3 inches, and the fun started again.

Christmas Decorating

2009-12-01T09:15:00.000-08:00

Despite the lack of wintry weather, we made hot chocolate, turned on the holiday music, and spent the night decorating for Christmas.

The kids love decorating the tree.

Jessica . . . not so much. Actually, she does too, I just happened to photograph her as she was about trip over the lights chord.

We had a great time. This is our family's favorite season of the year.

Latest Pics

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Awesome Giveaway!

2009-12-01T05:57:00.000-08:00

www.whimsycoutureboutique.blogspot.com is doing another awesome giveaway! A $50 giftcard to Dejaroom!! Check it out :)

more lately

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lately

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Whimsy Couture!

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Is doing a great giveaway today. Check out her blog and her etsy shop. She is so very talented!

Bama Princess <3

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Latest Pics

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Rock and Roll... hold the Miley Cyrus!!

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Triplets!

2009-08-16T10:40:00.000-07:00

The girls got jealous of all the cute dresses I am making for my clients. They asked for cute dresses of their own ~ so I made them dresses and matching purses with their initials appliqued on them.

Eli's Big Catch

2009-07-29T09:39:00.000-07:00

Eli had never before bass fished, and look what he caught. He thinks he's an expert now.

Sunday Morning

2009-07-05T13:38:00.001-07:00

Just to prove to you that I do bathe my children and comb their hair I thought I would post some pictures from this morning. We clean up nice!!

You know, it always kinda dawns on me that we have FOUR kids when I see family pics. I look at them and it is like it hits me!

Happy Fourth!

2009-07-05T13:32:00.001-07:00

OK, first of all, I made sure all the children had red/white/blue clothing for 4th of July pictures. Then I forgot to change them and remembered as we were walking back into the house. I am truly debating posting these pics because the kids look totally thrown away. This was the first day in a while that it didn't get up past 100 and they actually got to play outside.

Obviously, they didn't care. They had a great time. Chris went and bought some redneck fireworks and we (ahem, he!) set them off in the back yard. The kids LOVED it. They thought is was the greatest thing ever. We should get out more.

Ava

2009-05-19T09:34:00.000-07:00

Sunday night (actually early Monday morning) Ava spiked a high fever and had a febrile seizure. Chris and I rushed her to the ER (so thankful for our wonderful neighbors who came to sit with the other kids). She is doing much better and is smiling, laughing and walking around just fine.

God has been so good to us. One year ago He gave me this beautiful, healthy baby that I didn't even know I wanted. He has blessed me so much with all of my beautiful children... but I will always look at Ava and see His grace. When I found out I was pregnant with her I wasn't exactly happy. I had other plans. God has shown me that His ways are so much better than mine and He knows what He is doing. Thank you Lord for giving sweet Ava to us and for protecting her Sunday night.

Email from Jake's Pre K Teacher:

2009-04-28T10:16:00.000-07:00

Rev. Vinson's Golf Skills

I am very impressed to learn that Tiger Woods can hit the golf ball as far as Rev. Vinson!!! My job brings so many smiles especially when I hear how proud the children are of their parents.

My favorite fabric ever

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Easter Weekend

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Happy Easter!!

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The Girls

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ALL 4

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This week...

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We have had the busiest week. Sunday, during church, while we were praying for her, a dear, sweet member of our church family lost her long battle with cancer. Our kind neighbors babysat the children so I could go to the visitation Monday night, and then another friend babysat the girls Tuesday so I could attend the funeral. It was a beautiful service. Christ was truly glorified and Mrs. Debby was honored. Please keep the Edwards family in your prayers.

The next day, my aunt and uncle happened to be nearby attending a funeral so I decided to pack up the girls and drive to see them. It was worth the effort. We had the best time and Uncle Burt retains his "Most fun uncle" title (I remember how much I loved him when I was a little girl). He is too funny and always has some trick up his sleeve. When I was a little girl he would say, "I see your epidermis," or warn me not to let anyone "unscrew my belly button." He is still up to his old tricks with my girls and they love it as much as I did.

Through all this Chris was preaching a revival at a sister church in the area (no white suit. . .yet) and Eli was neck deep in machine pitch baseball. The other kids and I took him to his game Tuesday night; it was really fun. His team was down 10-3 and they came back in the last inning to win 12-11. He was really excited and cute.

We are having company over tonight so I better get cleaning. Nothing motivates me to clean more than company.

Big Smiley Girl 2

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Bro's

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Big Smiley Girl!

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New Birthday Gift

2009-02-21T06:24:00.000-08:00

Birthday Gift for a Friend's 5 Year-Old Daughter

Christmas

2009-01-19T11:43:00.000-08:00

It just dawned on me that I didn't post anything about Christmas!

We had a nice Christmas. Eli's favorite thing was his Nintendo DS lite that "his sweet Mimi" and DayDay got him. Jake's favortie was the Batman Batmobile that Beegum and Grandpa got him and Emma loved her Dora bike. They were nice enough to at least act excited about the things I had made for them ;). As you probably know Ava was content to play with the boxes, lol.

Here are some pictures:

My brood in the Christmas Pajamas I made them

Emma riding her Dora Bike and Jake opening one of his many art gifts

Eli opening his Alabama blanket, I made one for each of the boys & Ava looking sweet

Our Year

2009-01-06T11:34:00.001-08:00

Make an on-line slide show at www.OneTrueMedia.com

Teeny Tiny is on the Move

2008-12-09T02:59:00.000-08:00

We often call Ava Teeny Tiny because she is much smaller than the other kids were at her age. Perhaps because she's so little, it's hard to believe she's on the move.

Watch:

Zoo Trip

2008-11-27T05:36:00.000-08:00

We took advantage of the kids being out of school by going to the Jacksonville Zoo.

It was hard to tell, however, which monkeys were on
display and which ones were visiting.

Cameron Indoor

2008-11-11T10:45:00.000-08:00

A good buddy from seminary invited me to go with him to a Duke game on campus.

I have loved Duke Basketball for years. Cameron Indoor Stadium was amazing.

After the game, I was able to get down on Coach K Court.

Thanks Rob!

Jake is 5

2008-11-07T14:54:00.000-08:00

Hard to believe our little Jake is already 5 years old.
Here he is with his best friend (Eli, not Spiderman).

Seeing Eli and Jake here together reminded us that they've been best friends from the beginning.

Seven Things

2008-11-04T07:32:00.000-08:00

My good friend Becky tagged me so here goes:

Seven Random Things About Me:

1. I almost named Emma Abigail instead. Actually I was sure I was going to name her Abigail until about 4 weeks before she was born. I have never regretted the change for a minute.

2. Despite having 4 difficult pregnancies followed by four c-sections and the fact that I KNOW that I don't want anymore kids... I still miss being pregnant and will always have baby fever.

3. I have ten beautiful, wonderful friends that I have never met. These ladies know me better than most of my family and have been the most faithful and awesome friends for the last 3 years.

4. I have lost 15 pounds in the last six weeks.

5. I have a strong love for high end handbags and shoes. I don't get to indulge often... but I dreamshop alot.

6. Whenever I get dressed to go anywhere my room ends up looking like my closet exploded. It takes me over an hour to get it cleaned up whenever I get back home.

7. Ava will be 6 months old on November 15 and she is still sleeping in a bassinet in our room... which is 6 months longer than any baby has ever slept in our room. I am having a little trouble letting go.

Thanks for tagging me. I now tag Kim!

Homework Time

2008-11-03T13:06:00.000-08:00

Eli brings a weekly homework packet home on Monday (typically 10-15 pages). He knocks it out in no time. By the way, notice the brain food he's snackin' on.

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Ava's Growing

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Emma Outside

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Our Newest Little Girl

2008-09-26T15:02:00.000-07:00

A friend gave us a dog, and she's a hit with the kids. This Jack-Russell & Schnauzer mix may not win any beauty pageants, but she's smart and sweet.

Random Cuteness

2008-09-12T15:32:00.000-07:00

Ok, so maybe this is becoming a sewing blog!

2008-09-09T13:19:00.000-07:00

I got this idea from crafster.com to turn an old mens dress shirt into little girl's dress. Heavens knows we have plenty of dress shirts in this house so I grabbed one and got to work. I think it turned out pretty cute for $1.50 of trim and $.98 of elastic.

...and yes I know that I need to make the boys something... I am getting on that this week.

Emma and Ava in their matching dresses

2008-09-03T10:28:00.000-07:00

I decided to make Ava a dress to match Emma's... but they were out of the black material. I went w/contrasting material and I think they turned out cute. Of course I had pretty cute models ;)

I promise this isn't turning into a sewing blog

2008-08-28T04:56:00.000-07:00

But my mom wanted to see pictures of the dresses I have made Emma. They aren't the best pics because Miss Priss wasn't in the mood for picture taking.

I'm Crafty ;)

2008-08-20T10:34:00.000-07:00

I have wanted a new sewing machine for a while now and Chris suprised me with one on Monday. I thought I would post pictures of my first sewing project. Mostly for my Aunt Judy to see.

Four little monkeys sitting on a couch...

2008-08-14T16:45:00.000-07:00

Back to School

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. . . with Tide backpacks

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The boys proudly carried their new Alabama backpacks to school (even if Georgia is ranked #1 in preseason polls).

The Girlies

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