Number 4 :)

Yeah yeah, I know this was taken on our campin' trip to the lake a week ago and I really like it so I decided I'd save it and use it for my 4th week photo. ONE WHOLE MONTH OF MY GOAL!!! YAY!!

I know it's crazy but even after all of these family photos, I still have trouble getting the self timer right! and Jake almost got cut out of this shot! Ben and I had the craziest looks on our faces but we were havin' FUN!

Family Photo number 3!!!

This is my second favorite. Ben and Rivers always race to the camera after it snaps to see if we got a good picture and she got a little snap happy this time. She beat the bell and took off before it snapped completely! I love it because she is so excited and she knows that she beat Ben to it...this time   :)

Fall Campin' at the Lake

Well, I thought I was gonna get to post a few more times before now but even while we were at the lake, there was a lot goin on......well, actually the kids were here and there and everywhere! Even at the lake I'm that "paranoid freak of a mom". Unless they were on their bikes all three together ridin' the loop, either Michael or I were right on their trails   :)  and let me tell you, they didn't slow down!!!

Of all the campgrounds I've been to, this is the prettiest to me....the others we go to are at the beach and they don't have to be pretty cause you don't stay at the campground whilst you are at the beach!!! Anywho, all you want to do at this one is just sit around the campfire...unless of course if you are a kid and then all you wanna do is run around everywhere and make your mama crazy wonderin where you are!

but of course ridin bikes really fast around the curve we stayed on is really fun too!!!

even the little miss got in on the fast action!

and the fact that they make them wear helmets makes me feel a little better...especially when they are racin around with all the other 100's of kids that are there.....and especially since we had just taken a trip tp the e.r. the nite before because one of the seats in my car locked down on Ben's fingers and almost chopped them off!!! The only thing he was worried about while we were tryin to free his fingers was that he may not get to go camping and fishing at the lake!!! I promised him right then that even if they were broken we would still go!!! Luckily and by the grace of God they were fine and we ended up leaving the hospital before we were even seen!!!

This was our lunch after MAP got there on Friday. The kids were excited b/c he took off 1/2 a day from work. So we picnicked even though it said DON'T.....cause that's how we roll   :)

As you can easily see, Ben's fingers were fine! And it happened to be his right "reeling in" hand/fingers that got smashed.  

and just FYI, this is the BEST SALSA I HAVE AND WILL EVER HAVE EATEN IN MY WHOLE LIFE (yeah, it is worth alllll caps!!!) so go get you some!!! look for it on the mexican food isle. SO GOOD!!!

little miss "camera hog"

and just so you all don't think I really just overlook all the rules (like picnicking where it says DON'T), this is what the other side of that sign read   :)  that picnicking spot was just for us campers   :)

They even moved the playground at the campground, and added a few new things like this twirly bird of a thingamajig? You could make it spin all by yourself but after Rivs got off, MAP and I gave Jake a little spin   :) he was beggin for mercy!!! hahaha!



HAHA! Here it is! Family Photo number TWO!!!

You never know where you'll see us next! I had a great idea for this week but I couldn't find anyone to cooperate! Man, I don't realize just how big my hair is til I see it in pictures......higher the hair, the closer to God, I like to say! There will be another post or two before next weeks photo.......we are goin' campin'!!!

Fall Goodness : ) and an angel....

Well, I couldn't stand it any longer! This morning I got up and made some ooey, gooey, yummy goodness!

Don't tell anyone but these are not the four hour recipe I was talking about last post....but they are just as good if I do say so myself!!!

They may be hard to spot but they are in there amongst all that yummy icing.

And this here is what they look like on the inside....they aren't as neat as I would have like for this picture but they were just packed so tight and "cozily" in that skillet that I had a hard time gettin them out....but I did......and we ate....and they were YUM!

My goodness gracious....like I have said before, food this good should be illegal!

and I couldn't help but add one more picture that'll make you smile  :)

It kinda gets me teary eyed . Some people think that you should get kids to quit suckin their thumb for different reasons: it'll mess up their teeth or habit forming....yadda yadda yadda....that's what braces are for and how many adults do you see walkin aroiund suckin their thumb? But I know the day she stops sucking her thumb, she is no longer my wee bitty baby  :(

She is my angel though......as long as she's sleeping anyway  :)

Happy Day!

CRAVINGS!!!!!!!

Why is it that this time of year I get the worst craving for these two things!!!???

I am sitting here posting this and hoping that my husband will not argue when I tell him I want to go to Starbucks for one of these when we go to Tifton....

I mean, I don't have to have one everyday.....or even every week for that matter but right now I am seriously lickin my chops........this is the first one I'll buy this year that my best friend won't be with me :(     but I'm still so happy that she is too!!!

and really, who  in their right mind could turn down something this ooey, gooey, doughy and delicious?

I just discovered a new oxymoron on pinterest today...."healthy cinnamon rolls" which I think can be translated into "don't even bother"

and p.s. the ingredients for Suetta Bechtel's Cinamon Rolls (out of my Amish cookbook) are on my shopping list for today!!! YAY!!! and FYI, these babies take 4 hours to make!!! so go ahead and start slappin ya mama in advance  :)

Normal?

BTW: this was supposed to be posted last week!? have no idea what happened!

NORMAL: adj. conforming to the standard or the common type; usual; regular; natural....Dare I say        things are getting back to that? May Be!

Today we got 'em up got 'em goin' and got our school work on! We have been on hold for about a week and a half with all of the things we had goin on and on top of weddin-ing, two of the babes got sick and MAP got staph!!! Talk about a full plate! BUT, I am woman and I totally tackled all of it!!! The babes are well (as of now) and MAP's foot/toes are on the road to recovery without amputation, hallelujah! And in the midst of it all, Jake pulled another tooth.....and tried to pull another one over on the tooth fairy.....by hiding it on top of his "Tony" cabinet...she totally only left him two dollars for all the effort she had to put into reaching the tooth  :)