Where did the time go......

Momma's little monkey boo is two years old today! WOW!

12 years, baby!!!

Bradley, HAPPY ANNIVERSARY SWEETHEART......I had no idea what kind of ride this marriage was going to be, but I'd do it all over again and again......I love you and I love our life together..........and oh, we need another bike soon!

My sneaky girl

This was the conversation in the van on the way home from school.
Neal....."hey Mom, did you know that Baylee got a valentine from her boyfriend"
(leave it to my Neal to always tell me the news)
Baylee...."shhhh.....Mom isn't supposed to know that I have a boyfriend, Dad says they are not allowed"

goodness........I'm in SOOOOOOOOOOOO much trouble. She is only 6 and already being sneaky about her boyfriends. Its going to be a rough life for her since we won't allow dating at all! Courting and dating are different........no dating for my girl.....

Pizza Braids

We have started two new things in our family in recent months. One of them is family game night, and the other is the kids get to cook dinner (with limited supervision). Both are so fun. Tonight we made Pizza Braids. I got the recipe out of a "kids cookbook", but I'll write it out below. It was very simple and the kids had a blast cooking all by themselves. OK, Brennan was in bed at this point, but Neal and Baylee loved it! And it was very yummy!

1 pkg. philsbury breadsticks
butter
Italian seasoning
Garlic salt
Pepporoni
Shredded Cheddar Cheese

take breadsticks, two at a time and braid them together (wrap them around each other)
drizzle melted butter on top
sprinkle seasoning and garlic on top (very little)
chop pepporoni (the part you might want to help your kids with)and cover breadstick with chopped pieces
sprinkle cheddar cheese on top

bake until breadsticks are done (like 10 min.), dip into fav pizza and/or spagetti sauce......it is YUM-O

My sweet babies

Are these the cutest kids on the planet or what?

The best fiction I've ever read

I'm not much into reading fiction. I like reading theological books, books that help me in my walk with God, Christian resources for parenting... things like that. When my sweet friend, Mary Kate suggested I read a fiction book I reluctantly said yes. WELL, I stayed up until 2 a.m. three nights in a row to finish this book b/c it was that good. I've never read anything like it before and doubt I ever will again. It is truly an epic tale of God's love for us told in the story of a man named Micheal instructed by God to take a prostitute for a wife (sound like a familiar story). It it set in the 1800 gold rush of California. I love that period of time anyway, so that helped. But the love story between these two people pulled at my heart strings the entire time. I've never read fiction that made me cry, and I cried more than once. I can't even begin to explain it, but just to say go and get a copy and read it for yourself. You won't be the same afterward, its that good.

"Redeeming Love" by Francine Rivers

Go Team!!!

Not much new to our family lately, not anything funny or cute anyway. I do have some words for my small group though....I love you guys! Even though most of you are younger than me (which I love by the way).....I feel like we are part of a family, a family of brothers and sisters in Christ who try (even though we may fall flat on our face at times) to walk with the LORD in a way that brings honor and glory to him. I'm so very grateful that our lives have meet each other in this way, at this time. GO TEAM!!!!

For those of you who don't know, we have a blog, a Team Rocket blog! Its on the side of my page.