MIA

I know, we've been missing in action for awhile. I've got lots to blog about as we've been quite busy with Asher's last day of preschool/ graduation, a trip to the beach, and lots of other STUFF. I will get pictures up soon....

Hanging with friends from Nashville

So this past Friday there was a conference at our church called ReThink for youth ministers or really anyone in ministry. Blake of course was very involved in helping out with it which meant another LONG day for me at home alone with the boys and no help in sight..... So out of the blue Friday morning the phone rings and it is my sweet friend Julie asking if she could come over and hang out with me and the boys since she had just been up at the church helping out with registration for the conference and thought about me at home. Then she also said, "Why don't you go up to some of the conference if you want and I'll stay with the boys!" Are you kidding!!! I was SO excited and went about putting on clothes that I would actually wear out of the house and starting to blow dry my hair instead of leaving it up in my costumary clip that it stays in on most days till oh around 2:00 when I actually have ten minutes or so during naptime to dry it!
Julie and I actually schlepped all the boys up there to see daddy for a little while before lunch and then she helped me get them all home, lunched, and down for their naps and I went back for my friend Tina's seminar for the wives of the youth pastors. It was so nice to be able to be there and be refreshed for an hour or so. The funnest part was that one of Blake's buddies from our Liberty days was there with his wife so it was fun to see him again (Dwayne Blasdel for those of my LU friends) and meet his wife Tiana! The other great thing about getting to spend some time with them was that they are the parents of four GIRLS who are all about a year to year and a half apart too! Theirs range in age from seven to three while we are from five to five months. It was fun swapping stories and talking to someone who is just a little ahead of us for a preview of what's awaiting us.... ahem SCHOOL! It was funny to find out that our kiddos personalities are pretty much carbon copies of each others keeping consistent with their birth order. Who is easy going, difficult, etc.... Tiana and I decided that I might have to come to Nashville and spend some time with her and the girls and she can send Dwayne to our house so he can get his boy fix! We were also trying to figure out which of our kids we could go ahead and start planning arranged marriages for!
We had such a fun time hanging out and then meeting them for lunch today at Moe's before they headed off to the airport to catch their plane. I meant to get a picture of them and I even took my camera along, but alas... I forgot!

The Newest Fave

This is the boys latest craze... it's a new show on Playhouse Disney called Special Agent Oso. They LOVE it, Caleb especially.

Robbers....

These were quoted by Asher today on our way home from the doctor's office. (Blake and I were listening to his and Caleb's conversation in the back of the van)

"Caleb, did you know.... people who don't love Jesus are called robbers."

And then he went on from there to say matter of factly.... "And all robbers are sinners"

He's really into robbers lately...... hmmmmm

Boosters All Around!

Okay, before you go thinking my boys are weirdos because they looked positively thrilled to death to be sitting on a table in the pediatrician's office waiting to get shots, let me assure you, they were not. Well at least two of them looked thrilled, Caleb looks like he knows what is about to come.....
So last night we got a call from one of Asher's preschool teachers saying that one of the kids in Asher's class had full blown chicken pox and she was just calling everyone to let them know, especially us with our herd of children! Ha! This morning I called our pediatrician to talk to a nurse about the situation (whether or not the boys should be around other kids even though they've had the vaccine since Asher has been exposed, should I be worried about Judah since he's too young for the vaccine, etc.) Even though all the boys had all gotten the vaccine when they were one, they usually give another booster between 4 and 6. So I knew Asher would be up for his booster since all his shots were coming up with his five year old well check. Not only did the nurse tell me to bring Asher in today for his booster, but Caleb and Nate too. And to top it of she said, "And since you'll be here anyway, why don't we just go ahead and do all of Asher's five year old shots today so he doesn't think he has to get shots every time he comes to the doctor!" O glory..... so as soon as I hung up with her at 10:30, I called Blake at work and said "I need you, we have an appointment for shots at 11:15." I mean who is crazy enough to take four children, three of which need shots, to the doctor's office alone!? Definitely not this girl! Really everything couldn't have gone smoother. Our favorite nurse was there today and we were literally in the room at 11:15 and back out in the van by 11:35! The boys all came out smiling, dum dums and stickers in hand, and best of all there was no co-pay since it was only a nurse visit and we didn't have to see a doctor! And of course we HAD to stop by Chick-fil-a on our way home since it was after all lunch time! Now we just have to pray that we don't see any spots....

Notice Lamby and Baby Raccoon got to come along for moral support!