Stay at home Mommy

2012-01-20T22:19:00.011-05:00

Well I am a blogging slacker. So much has been going on there is not much free time left for my hobbies. I am totally not complaining though, my new free time is spent holding this little cutie.

And with all that cuteness who could resist!

We sure can't!!

Then the rest of my time is spent..

Teaching a first grader..

Cleaning up after one messy little boy!

and pre-schooling one very spunky little girl :)!

And most of the rest of the time left is attempting to keep a clean home. I mean do you know how much laundry 6 people can create! Its insane! I do have a awesome little helper though :)

Natalie and Matthew are a work in progress, lol!

But what can I say I am so blessed!

All my little cuties first thing in the morning, lol!

Till next time...

2011-09-26T15:30:00.000-04:00

Sorry I have been MIA for a while. I have had lots of appointments, and sick babies and non stop chaos for the past week. Anyways while I have a few seconds here are a few quick swaps that you can change at not much more cost and not much change in taste and you get healthier foods.

Ketchup- hunts all natural, no diffence in price or taste.

Jelly- Wealch's all natural jelly, grape is cheaper but I love strawberry. Not much diffence in price, but much different ingredients, I like it better than the others.

Tea- We drink decaf tea instead of sodas, much healthier and cheaper than loading up on all the soda. And tea is really good for you.

Ice cream- Bryers, I know it can be expensive, but you can find it on BOGO at food lion pretty often. It is worth the extra money if you compare the ingredients.

Coffee creamer- Make your own, much healthier. It is unreal what is in your coffee creamer and you can google it and find so many easy recipes, I like milk but Bobby is a big coffee creamer fan.

Cookies- Make your own. I use the recipe on the back of the hershey chocolate chips and it is so awesome and makes lots of them. Walmart has chips for 1.88 a bag right now and make sure you use real butter :) I dont buy any premade cookies or snacks at all, so if you cut that out of the budget, this is more affordable. I usually make the dough up while the kids are sleeping and I have the convience of baking them through the week. I am a baker so most the time this stuff is laying around anyways.

Peanut butter- just incase you didn't read the other post the jif all natural is made with palm oil instead of hydrognated oils and is at no change in cost or taste.

chips- always get lays chips, no preservatives and fried in sunflower or canola oil.

olive oil- always use when you can. Canola is a little cheaper and it also works good in brownie recipes.

Biscuits- make your own. It is so easy, I make Bobby some almost every morning. What about the shortning? use real butter instead, and make sure it is cold, also white lily flour makes all the difference in the world, you need a flour with less protein to make a softer biscuit.

I have lots more but my children are demanding my attention so I must go, sorry if the spelling is bad or if this is scattered but being a mommy of three computer time is limited. Hope this helps. Have a great day everyone!

2011-09-19T12:43:00.002-04:00

I'm sure all of you are probably tired of hearing my post, but my poor husband has to hear it so much I will just share with y'all and give him a break, lol! Well FYI on the dish detergent I made, you have to use the vinegar for it to work. Once it ran out of my rinse aid dispenser, the dishes kept getting a film on them, so a rinse aid is a must with this. I am in search of a new recipe, but am having a hard time finding one that really saves money compared my my newest discovery. When I ran out of detergent and I didn't want to use the vinegar, I bought a box of sun dish washing detergent for 1.00 at walmart, and I am impressed, my dishes come out shinny without the rinse aid. Now I don't think I will be able to make it much cheaper than that, but I am going to do some figuring and I will get back to you on that one. Now on to healthy food with minimal cost. I love so much to buy organic, but it is costly so I try to weigh out what is worth it and what is not. So there is a few swaps out there that are not so costly. Lets try peanut butter. We are a big fan of JIF peanut butter. It makes for a cheap meal and everyone gets full. Well peanut butter has hydrogenated oils in it. So I really dont want to feed my family this on a regular basis. Well this is an easy fix. JIF has made a natural peanut butter with no hydrogenated oils, at the exact same price as the regular one. We buy the biggest jar walmart has, by the way I have found no other store cheaper than walmart for this, and eat lots of it. Now the big question, does it taste different, no it doesn't. My picky husband did a taste test for me and he thought the regular JIF was the natural one. Now there is some natural peanut butters that are different so I am just vouching for JIF, but it is a cheap healthy swap to keep your family healthy. Well being a family of 5 almost 6 and packing my husbands lunch everyday we go through a lot of bread, and I'm sure all of you notice if you buy a good bread it is going to cost you. I have tried making bread but one thing is I can't hardly keep up with how much our family eats and I just haven't quite mastered it yet. Well a quick fix if you live in the Lenoir area is the bread store behind mcdonalds. They have good saralee bread for a 1.00 a loaf, and buns for 1.00 as well. The kind I like at walmart or food lion is about 2.50 a loaf. We go through about 4 or more loafs a week so that is a big savings for us! So yes I go and unload all of my children for a 5 min trip in the bread store, but the savings is unreal, and the bread is good. We have never got a bad loaf there, and it is always very fresh. So those are a few ideas for today. I hope it helps! Have a great day everyone!

What are you eating?

2011-09-16T13:17:00.002-04:00

What is this?

HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP; CORN SYRUP; WATER; COCOA; SUGAR; CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: POTASSIUM SORBATE (PRESERVATIVE); SALT; MONO- AND DIGLYCERIDES; XANTHAN GUM; POLYSORBATE 60; VANILLIN, ARTIFICIAL FLA HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP; CORN SYRUP; WATER; COCOA; SUGAR; CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: POTASSIUM SORBATE (PRESERVATIVE); SALT; MONO- AND DIGLYCERIDES; XANTHAN GUM; POLYSORBATE 60; VANILLIN, ARTIFICIAL FLA HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP; CORN SYRUP; WATER; COCOA; SUGAR; CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: POTASSIUM SORBATE (PRESERVATIVE); SALT; MONO- AND DIGLYCERIDES; XANTHAN GUM; POLYSORBATE 60; VANILLIN, ARTIFICIAL FLA HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP; CORN SYRUP; WATER; COCOA; SUGAR; CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: POTASSIUM SORBATE (PRESERVATIVE); SALT; MONO- AND DIGLYCERIDES; XANTHAN GUM; POLYSORBATE 60; VANILLIN, ARTIFICIAL FLA HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP; CORN SYRUP; WATER; COCOA; SUGAR; CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: POTASSIUM SORBATE (PRESERVATIVE); SALT; MONO- AND DIGLYCERIDES; XANTHAN GUM; POLYSORBATE 60; VANILLIN, ARTIFICIAL FLA VOR VOR VOR VOR

any takers?

This is what you are putting in your body when you drink chocolate syrup from the store in your milk. If you have been around me you know how I am all about the food I put in my families bodies. So another one of my quest is to feed my family healthy foods. Thanks to my good friend I tried my own syrup recipe and it is wonderful and here is my ingredient list. Cocoa, sugar, water, salt, and vanilla. You tell me which you would rather be giving your kids. I have been trying to rid my family of partially hydrogenated oils and hydrogenated oils. Whats so bad about that? Why dont you go and type it in google and read all about it. Well what has hydrogenated oils? Try almost everything anymore. Oreos? yes. Goldfish crackers? yes. The wonderful fast food places? They are loaded. Use Shortening? Yes that is all hydrogenated oils. So take it or leave it, use it or not, but I am trying my best to rid of family's diet of all these I can. Do I still eat some, yes or have a fit if someone gives my child an oreo, no I do not, or do I never go to a fast food restaurant, sure sometimes just as a treat, but I try to do as much as I can to keep there diet as free of them as possible. So do I not give my children cookies, yes I do, but I make it all my homemade stuff and you know what, it taste even better. It just takes a little more work on your part, but the benefits are great. Keep this in mind when you are shopping. The less ingredients the better. Go look at butter, real butter. Whats in it? Cream, thats it. So lets just say the baking isle is my favorite one because I am making lots of stuff from scratch, and saving money all the same. Looked at lays chips lately. Yes I do spend the xtra money for them because the plain chips ingredients are just potatoes, salt, and they are fried in sunflower oil. Compare that next time you are at the store to whats in the others, sure they are .50 cheaper, but at what cost? Can you do this and not spend a fortune, well I am doing it so if we can on our budget, you can most def do it to. I will try to write more info and some things we have been doing to change our diet, but right now my children have gotten quiet so I better go check and see, lol! have a great day everyone!!

2011-09-15T13:07:00.002-04:00

Sorry I haven't posted in a few days. This is the first time all week I have had a free second. I did try the dishwasher detergent and I like it pretty good. Its very quick to make and saves lots, but you have to be careful not to put to much in because it could leave a film on your dishes. In its favor though I have had that problem with the store bought kind too. Just be careful, if you don't use to much you should be fine. Also a rise aid would be good. You can use vinegar in your rinse aid, but I absolutely hate the smell of vinegar, but it is an awesome cleaner and rinse aid, some people love it, so you could try it. I tried it, and my dishes did not smell like it at all, but I could smell it when I would open the dishwasher and I just don't like it.

All you do to make it is add 2 cups borax to 2 cups baking soda and 4 packs koolaid lemonade and mix it up really well. Put in a sealed container, I used jar I had, and put a 2 tbl scoop in it. Use 2 tbl per load and you are good to go. Very simple. This has been the easiest of all my homemade stuff so far. Well Natalie is having a moment so I have to go. I will try to post more as soon as I can. Have a great one everyone!

Day 2

2011-09-10T12:47:00.002-04:00

Another way I have been saving money is for all you moms with little ones at home. A really good friend of mine taught me how and I love it so much I thought I would share it with you.
I have been making my own baby wipes. For Ian, our new one on the way, and for Matthew, I am probaby going to switch to cloth diapers which will also save a bundle and just use the disposable for when we go out, just for convience. I stay at home so it wont be as hard as some of you working moms out there, but I will let you know how that experience goes when we get the money saved up to invest in them. But anyways for now we are making our own wipes. I havent exactly figured the savings but I know that they are a bunch because it has been three weeks and I havent bought not 1 pack of wipes, and I still have so many left I can make. Well the recipe is:

1 roll of bounty paper towels cut in half ( make sure you use bounty, my friend said she tried the cheaper brands and they fell apart)

2 tbls baby wash, right now I just use Johnson head to toe baby wash, but any will do

2 cups of water

mix your soap and water and pour over paper towel roll and let sit for a while in a sealed container of your choice. I usually wait about a hour and then you are ready to use.

Now for my input on this. I think that this recipe has a little to much water for me and in this house we use a lot of wipes so here is my recipe I created. I like the wipes more damp than wet and less soapy so here is the Tracy version of it.

I cut my paper towel roll in half, then i put the whole roll both of them in a container that will hold the whole roll, just be creative :). Then I mix 3 tbl baby wash with 3 cups of water and pour over them. Then I wait a hour and then I like to unroll them in nice little sheets in my container just because that is what I like. Just tweak it and make it the way you like, but it is super quick and much cheaper so give it a try. And if you think you can't your wrong because this is my 6 year old Lindsey's chore and she does everything but cut the paper towels so it is super easy. I hope this helps a lot and I would love to hear any more ideas from all of you. Today I am getting ready to make my own dishwasher detergent so if it goes well I will be posting that soon. I will also try to post some of my recipes I make that help us save as well. Well I will be posting soon. Have a great day everyone!

My money saving adventure

2011-09-09T14:46:00.002-04:00

Well as most stay at home moms and even us on a tight budget are always looking for ways to save. I have been doing several things trying to save any way I can. I am a person who likes to create, bake and do everything I can myself, everything, lol! So in my free time I have been looking up things I can do to help the hubby with the expenses. I have mentioned it to several of you ladies and many have been asking me how, so I am going to try things and let you know my experiences in my own opinion and hopefully save all of you some too. So today I am going to let you in on my first secret that I have found very much worth the time. Several weeks ago I decided to make my own laundry detergent. Silly sounding I know, why make when you can buy. Well with 3 almost four children and 2 adults we were spending at least $6 a week in detergent. I am such a researcher and I can not explain or demonstrate any better than the person on this website does.

http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2008/04/09/making-your-own-laundry-detergent-a-detailed-visual-guide/.

I followed their directions pretty much exactly but I decided to double my recipe and I bought a 10 gal container to keep it in and just stored it in my laundry room. I also bought a tea pitcher to keep it in and a 1cup measuring cup so I would not have to dig it out of the 10 gal container all the time. I love this detergent. Some clothing that I had trouble getting stains out of came out wonderfully with this stuff. I also used Fels Naptha laundry bar soap, which is only a dollar a bar at walmart. This didn't take me long at all to make and I did it while the kids were watching a tv show. my 1 gal tea pitcher lasted me about two weeks, and I do around 3 loads a day of laundry, and I still have several gallons left. The borax and washing soda will last you a while so the next time you will only have to buy the bar soap to make many more gallons. In my opinion it is a great way to save some cash, and it doesn't take much of your time. I am very happy with it and hope some of yall have great results with it. Let me know how it goes if any of yall decided to do it, and I would love to hear some other great money saving ideas. Sorry thats all for now because Mr Matthew is crawling out of his high chair, but Lord willing tomorrow I will post another great money saving thing I have been doing. Hope you enjoy!

2011-08-23T15:12:00.003-04:00

Happy Birthday Lindsey!

Six years ago today, the Lord blessed me

with a beautiful 71b, 7oz baby girl!

Since then I have had the joy of watching her grow

from a precious little baby

to a messy little toddler

to a beautiful little girl

An Awesome big sister

a straight up Daddys girl

a loving daughter

and now a beautiful young lady!

I praise Jesus for gifting me with this wonderful

blessing from heaven. She has taught me how to be a mommy

how to put others first, how to be patient, so many things that

cannot be put into words. He is so good to me!

Thou art my God, and I will praise thee: thou art my God,

I will exalt thee. O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good:

for his mercy endureth forever. Psalm 118: 28-29

God is Good!

2011-06-22T10:29:00.003-04:00

I want to start this post by saying, Bless the Lord, O my soul and all that is within me, bless his holy name. This week has been a trying time for me in so many ways but the biggest started last Monday. I went for a normal appointment and everything seemed ok but the baby had no heartbeat. My midwife told me I could just be earlier than we thought and not to worry about it, but with all my other children we heard there heartbeat early like 6 weeks. So you can imagine my concern seeing that I thought I was about 15 weeks. So yesterday we had an ultrasound done and I am so thankful to say my baby has a sweet heartbeat of 155 and I am actually only 13 weeks and 2 days which puts me at a due date of December 26th, lol. I am assuming it will be a interesting Christmas this year. I praise God that everything was ok, but even if it were not I just want to say that God is still good. I had prepared myself for the worst just in case and I was trusting that God knows best, but I so praise him for the gift of this child and for the blessings of my other children. And I am looking forward to seeing what God has planned for each of their lives.

I will bless the Lord at all times: his praise shall contitnually be in my mouth. My soul shall make her boast in the Lord: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad. O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together. I sought the Lord, and he heard me, and deliverd me from all my fears. Psalm 34:1-4

For all who dont already know....

2011-04-27T17:46:00.002-04:00

baby # 4 is on their way! Wow another one, or so everyone says, lol. Its funny how everyone reacts. Baby # 1 every one is so excited and wants to give so much helpful advice, # 2 everyone talks about how much baby 1 will love having a sibling, #3 everyone has the reaction "another one" or in my case, now you have a boy you can stop, #4 our reactions have been so far "are you crazy". Well I might be but I tell you there is no greater joy the Lord has blessed me with than my family. I am surprised, but totally excited to have another LaCombe in this household. All you moms who have lots of children know how much fun having a house full is and I am looking forward to more little feet running down the hallway and more laughter in our home. I thank the Lord for all his blessings!!! He is so good to me! and by the way i am 7 weeks if you would like to know, and baby LaCombe is due on December 12th. So everyone say a prayer for us as we start our new journey.

Happy Birthday Matthew!

2011-04-06T22:59:00.003-04:00

I cant believe it has already been a year.

I never knew if I would have a boy. It was my hearts desire to have a little boy. So one day

I got down and ask the Lord to bless me with a son and I prayed that he would do wonderful things for the Lord. My pregnancy was the hardest yet but we made it. On April 7th 2010 my sweet baby boy was born. What a blessing he is to our family. The meaning of the name Matthew is gift of God, he is truly a special gift from God. I praise God for my children and today on Matthew's special day I want to thank Jesus for blessing me with him.

Happy Birthday Matthew!

For this child i prayed; and the Lord hath given me my petition which I ask of him.

1 Samuel 1:27

Just a thought

2011-03-14T09:11:00.003-04:00

I have had a few decisions to make lately and things have been a little tough for me. So today instead of feeling sorry for myself I am going to thank God for the things in my life. Instead of complaining about your husband, be grateful you have a husband to serve. Instead of complaining about the mess your toddler just made, praise God you have that little messy toddler. It is so easy for me to look at the negative, but I am learning that being content is my decision. By keeping my thought on heavenly things, on good things (phillipians 4:8) there lies contemptment. I am so blessed! So my thought for today is be content, love your family, enjoy today. Thank God for your daily bread, for waking up this morning, and for all of the wonderful things he blesses us with. He is so, so good to me!

8 Years!

2011-03-08T08:40:00.002-05:00

Happy Anniversary!

To my wonderful husband and I. Yes today we have been married 8 wonderful years. Since that day we have both accepted Jesus, had three beautiful children and had some rough times, but God has been good and blessed us so much! I pray he gives us many, many more!

And now abideth faith, hope, love, these three;

but the greatest of these is love.

1 corinthians 13:4

Dance, Dance, Dance!

2011-03-05T13:34:00.002-05:00

Want to see the prettiest little girl ever? click on this link.

http://www.photoreflect.com/store/Orderpage.aspx?pi=0C8700GK270000&po=0&pc=189

Lindsey's photos are pages 66-72. Enjoy!

Its Natalies Birthday!

2011-03-04T09:25:00.004-05:00

Happy 3rd Birthday Natalie!!

Christmas 2011

Me 9 months pregnant with Natalie

My new beautiful baby girl!

7lbs 1oz

Sweet Natalie

Natalie's 1st Birthday

Natalie at 2 years old!

Miss Attitude

A great sissy!

I thank Jesus for blessing me with such a beautiful

wonderful, sweet baby girl!

Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and

she that bare thee shall rejoice.

Proverbs 23:25

Natalie's Bday Present!

2011-03-03T17:17:00.002-05:00

Isn't he a cutie!

New York, New York!

2011-03-01T11:35:00.002-05:00

Wow! Can a weekend be slapped so full of things. Well if you are in the LaCombe household it seems that way. I really think it is a sin to stay as busy as me and the hubby do. Anyways, this weekend was busy, busy but well worth it. My hubby's dad and family live in upstate New York and we went to see them this weekend. Bobby's grandfather has not been doing well so we decided to make a trip to see him and we haven't seen his dad and step mom since Matthew was 2 weeks old. Because we are rushed to get back to our jobs, and poor, lol, we had to drive with no overnight stopping. The way up took us about 18 1/2 hours and the way back 20 1/2 never leaving the car except to stretch and go to the bathroom and 1 time out to eat. I packed everyone breakfast and lunches for the ride up and back which saved lots of time and money :) and with me and the hubby switching off every few hours saves lots of time. When we got there we want for nothing because Bobby's step mom is a wonderful hostess and takes care of us the whole time. We also had the joy of meeting her new grand baby who also stayed there for the weekend. I know I feel sorry for her too all 5 of us and her grand baby. I'll bet she slept the whole day after we left, we are a lot to take all at once like that, lol. It was a wonderful visit and they all kicked in and threw Natalie a 3rd b-day party. Most times they are not able to come down for b-days so they enjoyed being able to spend a birthday with Miss Natalie. It was short and hopefully next time wont be so rushed but it was nice to get out and spend some time with everyone. One of the best times for me was when me and little Matthew fell asleep on the couch and I woke up to a wonderful meal Laurie (Bobby's step mom) cooked for us. I'm talking chicken cordon bleu, mashed potatoes and rolls. It was totally awesome and if you are a Mommy you know this stuff does not happen often for you. Well that was our weekend and poor Bobby went to work at 10 last night after a 20 hour car ride home. Say a prayer for him. Then unpacking today for me and cleaning, and then work tonight. Well that's the scoop for today! Hope all of y'all have a great one! Till next time...

How much he loves me!

2011-02-09T15:18:00.003-05:00

As I was doing my bible study last night I was reading about the crucifixion of Jesus. We have heard the story so many times that it seems we get numb to it and don't let it touch our hearts as it should. One verse really stuck out to me and I want you to see it:

And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads, and saying Though that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross. Matthew 27:39 & 40

When I read this verse last night all I could say was thank you Jesus for not coming down from the cross. He could have came down, he could have chosen not to go through any of the pain or the condemnation. He could have not went to Calvary, but he did for me. The one who's sin pushed the thorns on his head, the one who's sin nailed him to the cross. My sin caused him pain. He had to die for my sin so that I could be forgiven. What mercy, what grace! Even though all were mocking him and even God the Father had turned away. We could never know what he went through, but he did it for me. So my thought all day today has been, thank you Jesus for not coming down from the cross. Because he did this I am bound for heaven. Not only that, I have a heavenly father who takes care of me and listens to me and cares for me. How amazing! This is the lyrics to the song, how deep the Fathers love.
We can never grasp how deep his love is for us.

How deep the Father's love for us, How vast beyond all measure

That He should give His only Son To make a wretch His treasure

How great the pain of searing loss,The Father turns His face away

As wounds which mar the chosen One, Bring many sons to glory

Behold the Man upon a cross,My sin upon His shoulders

Ashamed I hear my mocking voice,Call out among the scoffers

It was my sin that held Him there Until it was accomplished

His dying breath has brought me life I know that it is finished

I will not boast in anything. No gifts, no power, no wisdom

But I will boast in Jesus Christ. His death and resurrection

Why should I gain from His reward? I cannot give an answer

But this I know with all my heart. His wounds have paid my ransom.

how long has it been?

2011-02-01T15:40:00.002-05:00

Really it has been too long since my last post. So much has went on from my last post till now i don't even know where to start. How about our working status. Well the hubby has got a new job working 3rd shift, which takes a little adjustment for the both of us. Lets just say I do a lot of reading to keep me company. I have to admit it is kinda nice having some alone time with all the babies sleeping and Bobby at work, its so quiet and peaceful and I have found that it is my best time of day for some much needed Bible studies. Now technically I am no longer a full stay at home mommy. Yes I have recently took a part time job where I use to work before I had baby # 1. I so enjoy getting out of the house and having a little time to myself. I think it is just what the dr ordered and also the money doesn't hurt either :). Next on the list is the house, yea it hasn't got much further than my last post, well any ways. Homeschooling is great!! Lindsey has learned so much this year, and Natalie has started pre school now which is great. Speaking of Natalie, she has been diagnosed with having verbal apraxia. This has been kinda hard to swallow at first when you find out something is going on with your child, even as minor as this, but we have her in speech therapy and her therapist is wonderful. She is so good about giving us homework to take home and practice and I just incorporate it with home school and it works out fine. I do wonder if I will ever hear her talk normal or hear her sing and other things but hey, I'm not complaining and I always did like a challenge. I am so thankful God blessed me with little Miss Natalie and I love her just the way she is and everything about her. It does face lots of challenges though, like learning to read will be a little harder for her and basic communication is what is tough now. I have taught Natalie lots of signs so she can communicate with us and she has picked up on them like a champ. She is such a little blessing!! And who could forget little Matthew, mabe not so little. He has four cute little teeth now and scoots everywhere, lets just say I am loving having a little boy! Well its been scattered, sorry, but that me :) Hopefully it wont take me so long to post next time. Well off to work I go. Till next time...

Progress :)

2010-07-31T19:58:00.005-04:00

We have made so much progress on the house and it makes me so happy. Although not even close to being done, having flooring in a good part of the house makes me very happy.

pretty huh? My hubby does a great job. I am also loving the new color of my bedroom

sorry the pic is off my cell, so its kinda blurry but you get the idea. I am a big fan of color and this makes me so happy. I am looking forward to seeing it completed. I am so excited about the next few weeks, we have a lot happening. First off I convinced Bobby to take off next week for bible conference and in between services we are going to do some work on the house. I am so looking forward to seeing what the Lord has planned for us this week and also to get some much needed work done to the house. also spending some time with the hubby is wonderful. When you are home alone with 3 children under 4, you are overly excited at the chance for some adult time. And then the week after we start home school! I am so excited and so is Lindsey. Then in the next week Lindsey starts dance. I am so excited for her and cant wait to see her dance. This is the one thing she requested that she really wanted to do and I wanted her to have something to do just for Lindsey. Then Lindsey and I both have birthdays coming up. She is going to be my big 5 year old. Time has went by so fast. She is such a blessing to me, I could not imagine my life without her in it. Well it was scattered but you are updated. Pray for our bible conference this week that many will get help from the Lord. Until next time!

Im a slacker!

2010-07-16T10:05:00.003-04:00

Sorry I have been MIA for a while. Sometimes three children can keep you pretty occupied. Anywho, one room in our home is almost done, YAY! a little bit of molding and we are done with my bedroom. I am excited and when we get done I will def post some pictures. Its like a little ray of sunshine on a cloudy day! I have also been getting ready for school which is coming up soon. I am so excited. I have everything ready and planned out, just a few more small things to do and we are good to go. Nothing else new is really going on except Matthew is getting bigger by the day. Yesterday I had him in a shirt that was 6 month, he is such a big baby! The girls are their normal self, sweet, but into everything! Well here is some pics of our big helpers!

Vacation Bible School

2010-06-28T13:57:00.003-04:00

Well another year of Vacation Bible School has passed, and what a blessing it always is. This is a great year because it was Matthews first, of many, Bible School. Everyone worked so hard and did such a wonderful job. It was really great! Lindsey is getting so grown up and I really think she enjoyed it this year more than she ever has. It was so neat to listen to her talk about the things she learned, such a blessing. Natalie was not a big fan this year. She did a lot of crying when we would leave her, but they said she did fine after we left. I'm sure the older she gets the more she will love it. Matthew did wonderfully, but he had some really awesome babysitters who loved spoiling him rotten. I don't have any pics of the girls but I do have a really awesome pic of Matthew, looks like he was having a great time, don't you think?

Happy Father's Day!

2010-06-20T16:49:00.004-04:00

Happy Fathers Day!

To an Awesome Daddy!

We Love You!

How much?

2010-06-17T08:06:00.004-04:00

What can you get for 2.00? How bout this..

yes two dollars after my ECB coupons. This is one of my best deals yet. Sorry the pic quality is horrible, cell phone, lol. How do you do this? Well first I used my coupons and I only bought stuff that would give me ECB back. ECB are almost like using a gift card, you get them buy purchasing certain items. For example the body washes I had a buy one get one free coupon. They were 4 dollars each and when you buy you get 4.00 ECB back. So I bought two the coupon made one free, and I got back 8.00 ECB. So they gave me 4.00 to buy the body washes. I actually made money off them. I love CVS!

So on to other things. Last night was a strange night for us. We were all running around getting ready for church and Natalie was finishing up supper while I was showering and Bobby was blowdryin Lindsey's hair. Natalie comes in the bathroom and keeps messing with her nose and crying. We kept fussing at her for doing it because we thought she was going to hurt herself. So after a little while I looked up her nose and I just thought she had lots of snot up there, lol. So I grabbed Matthews, I don't know what it is called, suction thing and tried to get it out. Well after me and Bobby tried for a while we realised she had shoved a french fry up there and it was not coming out. We worked together using tweezers and the suction thing and after about 20, 30 min we finally got it out. I really hope this does not become a new Natalie trend. Only Natalie, she is our Adventurous child :) . Well today is filled with loads of cleaning I will never get done, lunch with Amy, and working on the house tonight. Have a good one!

Wordless Wednesday

2010-06-09T14:02:00.002-04:00

Under Construction

2010-06-04T16:41:00.002-04:00

Me and Bobby are too... familiar with home projects. First finishing the house when Lindsey was a baby and then redoing a bathroom when I was pregnant with Natalie. Now what is next? Well we have had some problems with the house, I wont go into detail, but we are doing a total home makeover. Our kitchen is tore apart, our dining room is filled with storage and all the floors are plywood. The corner of our Living room is filled with hardwood floor that we have jerked up and is waiting for me to pull the nails out of. Lindsey's room is filled with hardwood flooring and such and the only room that is kinda normal is our bedroom, which we have not started on yet. Our talk in the house has been:

don't step on that board it has nails in it
put your shoes on or you will get a splinter
don't put those nails in you mouth
leave the pliers alone

the sad thing is that I say this daily. Me and Bobby are so overwhelmed at the projects ahead and are so ready to be done, but we have a long way to go, but how sweet it will be when it is done! I am excited of the day I can post before and after pics of our accomplishments. Until then pray for me as I face the trial of 3 children under 4 in a house that is all to pieces. On another note you all can see how big Mr Matthew is getting and he is all smiles most of the time. Natalie is my strong willed child and test me daily, don't think all bad, she can be a sweetie when she chooses and My big girl Lindsey is getting ready to start home school!! Now this I am very excited about. I have done so much research on the Internet it is exhausting, but I have a plan, working on a schedule, found a home school group I am joining, put Lindsey in dance, and am ordering my curriculum as soon as Bobby finishes this side job he is doing. I am nervous though. Even though we have done preschool for years, it has never been scheduled and always very relaxed. I have a hard time being on a schedule, every day for us is something new, but I know it will be very needed when we start so say a prayer for me and Lindsey as we begin this journey. Well lots to do, I better run! Have a good one!

sweet baby smiles!

2010-06-03T08:10:00.000-04:00

Wordless Wednesday

2010-05-26T10:39:00.002-04:00

Great Days!

2010-05-21T11:25:00.002-04:00

Some days are tough being a stay at home mommy. There is moments of overwhelming stress and chaos. Those days when you are a referee or those days holding a crying baby all day or both. But some days the Lord just gives you a calm great day. Now those days can change very quickly,but you enjoy them so much when they happen. Today, so far, has been one of those days. I woke up to miss Natalie sitting on the bed beside me staring at me with sunglasses on. It was so funny and unexpected. Now Natalie is not a cuddlier at all, but this morning she laid in bed with me for the longest time, it was so nice. The girls have been so interested in Matthew today and wanted to help change his diapers and hold him, very sweet. And Matthew has been all smiles today. I love to see those cute baby smiles. Lindsey has been a big helper and did a load of dishes for me. Now that is one thoughtful little girl. Her and Natalie do fight but if you watch for a little while, Lindsey is so motherly to her. When they go and swing on the swing set Lindsey will help her on he swings and push her. She loves to take care of Matthew and loves to help and make people feel good. She is such a sweetie. All in all it has been an awesome day so far. If only the hubby were home it would be perfect. Now things may change because miss Natalie has a dr apt, and I am thinking there is shots involved, so say a prayer for her today. I hope yall are blessed with a great day!

Mothers Walk 2010

2010-05-20T10:09:00.003-04:00

2010-05-18T21:26:00.002-04:00

1 picture is Miss Natalie
2 picture is Mr Matthew
3 picture is Miss Lindsey

Hard to tell them apart isn't it. Well this week has been pretty laid back but is about to get very busy. I have my 6 week check up tomorrow and Miss Natalie has a Dr apt on Friday. We also have several other commitments as well. I really wanted to post some pics of the Mothers Walk for Life we went to this Saturday, but my camera is MIA. And yall can see how I love my pics so I am a little broken hearted by this. I am thinking that a little person might have hid it somewhere from me. So I will post some pics if I ever find it, she is pretty good at hiding things. Nothing is ever dull in this house, they are always into something. For example, this evening I gave the girls a bath, blow dryed Natalie's hair and went to put her to bed. I told Lindsey to go and brush her hair and I would come and blow dry it when I got done putting Natalie to bed. So I come back and get ready to do her hair and discover some hair in the bathroom trash can, and since I have not cut my hair today I look at Lindsey who has cut a big chunk out of her hair. Good Times. I fixed it the best I could, but I still notice its there. Well I can't say much though. I know she was just trying to be like me, and hey, I did the same thing when I was little. She really cut it in the perfect spot if she was going to do it. Well on to other things we are remodeling Lindsey's, soon to be Lindsey and Natalies room. I am so discouraged that our house is torn apart and everything is a mess but I am really excited to see it done. This stuff just takes so long, especially when Bobby works so much. Anyways, I am going to do it in pink and brown and I will post some pics of it when we are all done. It may be a while though, don't tell him I said so, but Bobby is so slow sometimes. I know he works a lot and is tired so I try not to fuss, but I am so ready to get in there and get it done, especially before Matthew starts crawling around. Well I am going to go rest and spend time with the boys. Have a great night!

Just for fun.

2010-05-16T22:47:00.003-04:00

can you guess who it is?

They all look so much alike to me. Its amazing to look back at pics and see the difference in Lindsey and Natalie, wow have they grown! I will post the answers tomorrow. Have a great night!

5 weeks old!

2010-05-13T18:29:00.000-04:00

2010-05-10T14:50:00.000-04:00

He is getting bigger...

yes 10 pounds now, almost 11! He is an awesome baby! He sleeps through most of the night getting up once maybe twice at the absolute most to eat and off to sleep he goes. He is very laid back, something I am not use to, and it is so nice. So how are the girls taking it? Well

Natalie has developed more attitude if that is even possible, lol!

And Miss Lindsey is a great helper but thinks that she is also their mother and thinks she has the right to discipline Natalie. Yes it is fun.

It has been a rough few weeks but I think I am finally getting back to a somewhat normal schedule. I was so excited that I got my coupon book back in order, a lot had expired with all the chaos, and got to go to cvs yesterday and get a totally awesome deal. Well bobby gave me a 20 and here is my shopping list: 1 shick hydro razor, 2- 24 pack bottle waters, 1-12 pack kleenex cottonnelle toliet paper, 2 deodorants for me, 1 pantente expressions shampoo, one pantene expressions conditioner, kotex liners, and 2 crest pro health toothpaste. I got all this for 15.00 and got back 4.00 in extra bucks for next time. Yes this makes me so happy! and bobby was happy I brought back 5 dollars in change. Well I will update you more on the LaCombe household soon. Have a great one!

quick update

2010-04-24T16:59:00.000-04:00

Bobby and Lindsey are cleaning the van, Natalie is down for a nap and Matthew is also sleeping on my lap, so I have a moment. I never realised how busy my life would be with 3 children. I have had moments of being completely overwhelmed but I think I am getting adjusted. So after we got home from the hospital everything was going ok. Me and Bobby were both pretty exhausted with all three babies, but Matthew is wonderful and don't give no trouble. He only cries if he is hungry, or needs changing, he is an awesome, laid back baby, so unlike the girls, lol. It is nice to have one child that is not so dramatic, and those of you who know my girls know how dramatic they can be. Well all was well, we came home on friday and then on thursday I was tending to Matthew and heard miss Natalie doing something and yes she was throwing up, and throwing up, need I say more. Well this is so not what I wanted to go through a week after having a baby, but sometimes you have to suck it up and go with it. Well me and Bobby were up off and on tending to Matthew and giving Natalie showers and washing bed clothes and taking showers ourselves. On friday Natalie was no better and Lindsey started throwing up to. It was rough but by sat Lindsey was doing much better but Natalie still had a ways to go, and yes on sunday I got it to. I thank the Lord Bobby and Matthew were spared. Well we all got better, praise God, and everyone is doing great. Well tuesday Bobby left for the beach because he got a job there laying flooring. It was so hard him being gone for days but I survived. He came home Friday but has to go back and finish up and do another job he got while he was down there. So this time he is taking us with him. We just cant be apart for another week. So today has been spent trying to get ready to go getting things washed and packed. Pray for us as we travel with all the babies and I will write and post some pics when we get back.

a quick pic

2010-04-11T20:37:00.000-04:00

Here is a pic of Mr Matthew. I will post more soon when I have more time.

2010-04-09T16:11:00.001-04:00

just letting everyone know that Matthew was born on Wednesday April 7h at 11:36 pm. He was 8 lbs and 1 oz, 20 1/2 inches long. He is my biggest baby yet and he is so beautiful and perfect. Say a prayer for us and I will post pics soon.

2010-03-29T15:34:00.000-04:00

Sorry for the absence. Nothing new is up, just playing the waiting game. I don't mind a whole lot about being pregnant until you get to these last days. Those are the hardest for me. Expecting labor and not knowing when it is coming. Plus nothing fits and everything is much more difficult than normal. I feel like I fail in every department and my poor husband has had to take over so many things for me and I hate that for him. I like to do things on my own and letting someone else do it is a very hard thing for me. But I am so thankful for my hubby. He has been so much help with no complaints and put up with all my hormones and mood swings wonderfully. I am so blessed. On to other things I did great this week with my grocery shopping. I went to 4 different stores, and harris teeter was triple coupons!, and saved over 300 dollars and spent about 70 total. Today I am going to hit up the diaper deal at cvs and including my extra bucks I will get 2 packs of huggies diapers for about 3.00. I start out with 3.99 extra bucks from last week. the deal is 2 packs for 17.98 -3.99 extra bucks, -6.00 in coupons and I get 5.00 in xtra bucks back making them 2.99 before tax. Pretty excited about that. I also found me a new coupon book which make all my organization that much easier. Yes I am dedicated and I do get this excited over saving money. I think pregnancy makes it worse because this insane pregnant person left before sunlight with the kids and hit up all the grocery stores last Wednesday. Yes I think I have lost it too. By the time I got home I couldn't move but my sweet hubby took a break from work and unloaded all of them for me. What would I do with out him, see he puts up with a lot. Well say a prayer for me I have a Dr apt today to check on Mr Matthew and see if we have made any progress this week. Hope y'all have a great day!

7 years!

2010-03-08T19:44:00.000-05:00

Today is our 7 year anniversary. It was a wonderful day spent working on the house and grocery shopping. I loved every second though. Bobby was having a hard day. We went to meet him for lunch and so he took the rest of the day off. It was a great surprise. And when you are use to having to do the shopping by yourself it is really nice to have someone there to help. And the girls loved it because they had someone to play with even if they did all get on my nerves a little and kept hitting me with the buggy. This past weekend we spent bunches of time together. Bobbys mom kept the girls on friday night and alot of the day saturday and we got to go to dinner at olive garden and do a little shopping. Very nice to spend some time together without the kiddos requiring so much of our attention. He also bought me a new cell phone which was great because my other phone the screen wasn't working and all you could talk on was speaker phone. I am so thankful for my husband, I couldn't imagine being without him. He is my rock, my help and he is just such a blessing to me. I pray the Lord give us many more years together. On another note Natalie had a great birthday. On her birthday I made cupcakes, and let her open some presents then we went to revival at Jesse and Amy's church. She seemed to enjoy herself. Then on Sunday we took her to wendys and took her bowling along with Jesse , Amy and Clayton. I have some really cute pics of our eventful weekend I will post tomorrow. They were so funny bowling and had a great time. Sorry so scattered I am watching Bobby and the girls play fight. Saturday Lindsey and Bobby went out on a date to the father daughter banquet at church. I believe they had an awesome time and Lindsey looked like a little princess. Me and Natalie got to hang out with Granny, aka bobbys mom. She took us to pancho for supper and spent the evening with us. It was a great weekend and great anniversary. Hope all of you have a great night!

Happy B-day Natalie!

2010-03-04T08:49:00.000-05:00

Today is my Baby girls 2nd birthday! What a wonderful 2 years it has been and what blessings she has brought to my life. It has been such a joy to see a tiny baby grow into a playful toddler. She is so wonderful and I look forward to watching her grow and am so excited to see what the Lord has planned for her. So I though yall might enjoy some great Natalie pics from these past two years.

Happy Birthday my Princess!

I Love You!

2010-03-02T13:28:00.000-05:00

Well have things been busy or what! With only about a month to go there is a lot of thoughts going on. I am so ready to have Matthew but my mind has went into a mode that has to have everything done before before he gets here. So today I have been making a mess cleaning. You know the closet looks good but now your bedroom is a mess. It doesn't help that every time we get ready to have a child bobby starts a remodeling project to the house, so right now my kitchen is tore apart and my hallway, Lindseys old room is a storage room and its just a mess. I have to move the girls back into Lindsey old room because it is bigger then I need to set up Matthews room. I am so overwhelmed. I still have to do some painting, and yes me, because while Bobby is at work if it is there and I know how to do it, i will even if it about kills me. Not to mention that the girls have been sick with strep throat, and even though that is gone, now Natalie has a double ear infection. I am very thankful for that though because Natalie has given us a scare this week. On Tuesday she took a dizzy spell and could not keep her balance for about 2 min. She acted very scared and cried the entire time. I kinda let it go because she had been sick and the girls had both been running and playing and I just though she had got to tired or hot. Well Friday night she did it again and this time I knew something was up. Then on sat she got a rash all over her body so yall know how I am I totally dont handle this stuff very well. I was very scared for her. I think this was the longest weekend ever, because for my peace of mind I needed her to go to the dr and I hated to put her through and ER visit. So on Monday I took her to the dr and the rash we think was from some new fabric softner because benedryl took care of it and it was gone before her apt. She is pretty sure the dizzy spells are from the ear infection because Natalie had a lot of fluid in her ear. She will see her in two weeks to make sure everything is good and the meds took care of the infection. I am so relieved because it was very scary to see her act like that. So pray for little Natalie that she get to feeling better and that she would not have any more episodes. Hope you all have a great day!

2010-02-24T08:15:00.000-05:00

Well it has been a busy week in the LaCombe household. Want and update, I knew you would. Well thursday I planned to pack and get ready to go to raleigh. Bobby was going to take the pre testing to be a state trooper. This is a very big deal for me as well because if he passed that meant he could possibly be going away for 7 months starting in august. This is a big deal because new baby, starting to home school lindsey, etc, etc. Also we were going to use this weekend to just hang out and be together. Me and Bobby have not went on a vacation alone since our honeymoon, I know its sad. Money and Time and New babies are all contributing factors to this. Anyways, things dont always work out as planned, right? Well I booked our hotel for friday night and sat night. He had to be there early on sat so we planned on spending sat evening and sun together. Thursday morning Lindsey wakes up running a fever. So I call my friend Amy who works at her ped office and she said strep throat was going around so sure enough I checked her throat and she had blisters. So I got her to the dr, got her on antibiotics and by friday morning she was feeling much better. With Lindsey being sick Bobbys mom had plans and she couldn't keep them. So lets just say friday was a hetic day. I had to pack for all of us to go to raleigh, change the hotel room to accomidate 2 more and it was worse for Bobby because he worked most of the day and ended up getting a truck stuck at work and lets just say we were at walmart in granite at 7:30 buying up last min things. We got there around 10ish. Ok so my day of rest became a whole lot more when Natalie woke up on sat morning running a fever. So my one day of rest became taking care of two sick babies. Not what I was expecting. A two children in a small hotel room, they were very stir crazy and ready to run. Poor babies. Well Bobby did a wonderful job in my eyes but he did not make it. He missed it by one point. He has a slight case of asthma and the running 1.5 miles got him. But he did it and I am so proud of him. Everything else he passed very well but they are very picky. So next year he will be able to take it again. In the mean time he has a plan so pray the Lord would bless him as he works to provide better for our family. He is a great husband and I am so proud of everything he does and how well he takes care of us. Well we made it safely back home, praise the Lord, and the kids are doing much better. Yesterday was a pretty interesting day even though I shouldn't admit it. I had to take Natalie to the dr to get more antibiotics. I get her ready and lay her down for a nap. Little did I know that miss Natalie has removed the bottom half of her clothing and peed the bed. I learned this 5 min before leaving for her dr apt. So we manage to make it in time, so far so good. Then I was going to go to walmart but I forgot my coupon book, crisis!, so I filled the proscription and went home. Natalie napped and I rested so then attempt #2 to walmart. I get in and referee the babies from beating each other and get ready to leave. I left my money in the car. So my sweet hubby goes to get it for me and we also realise I locked our one and only key in the car. I think I have officially lost my mind. So after 15 min of calling people. I dont know what all was involved, but between borrowing a tool from someone, luke helping and I think some random person leaving walmart, they got it open. Meanwhile I a trapped in walmart with two unhappy children. But all is well and me and Bobby got to go on a married couples date, you know grocery shopping a cheap fast food. I loved every second and thanks to phil and amanda babysitting it was so nice for me to spend some alone time with the hubby. So what will today bring? I'm scared to ask. Well that is my weekly chaos, have a great one everybody!

2010-02-17T15:08:00.000-05:00

Yay! Thanks to Phil our laptop is up and running again and I finally get to share some of the pics of what we have been up to. Pictures are so much more fun. First off the snow days:

Then being the girls we are bath time, fixing hair, pedicures and cooking:

And Lindsey doing a totally awesome job at on her preschool:

And last but def not least, Lindsey went to her 1st real dentist apt today. She has been before but not very cooperative. She is a big girl now and I told her everything they would do and if she did good she would get a prize. The lady who cleaned her teeth was so patient and told Lindsey everything she would do and took so much time with her. I am so proud. She didn't fuss, cry or anything, she did so awesome. She was also so proud of herself and had to call her daddy and granny when we got all done.

well that's all for today! Hope you enjoy!

2010-02-12T13:01:00.000-05:00

This week has been a busy one. First off we had revival at our church, second a dr apt, third a dentist apt, and the normal chaos of being a pregnant stay at home mommy. Revival was awesome and I am so thankful for what the Lord did for us this week. Even though it is hard to get a full service in at church with the little ones, I got some help this week from the Lord. On Wednesday night Natalie wasn't feeling well so me and Lindsey came alone, and as much as I wanted my family there wed, me and Lindsey both had a great time. The Lord moved in a mighty way, and I got so much help and encouragement by hearing all he went through for me. We serve a wonderful God! Next on I am 32 weeks now and I feel as big as a house. I know a lot of people make fun because I am a small person, but when you are not use to carrying all this weight, it really puts a lot on my body. I officially look like I have swallowed a basketball! But my midwife told me it was normal to have a larger belly on the third one because the other babies have stretched it out first. I believe her because it does make me feel better. But Matthews heartbeat is strong and he does measure a little bigger than the girls did. All jokes and complaints aside I just want to say how thankful I am that the Lord has blessed with with another healthy pregnancy, I know things could change quickly, but as of now and with the girls I have been so blessed. I praise him for that! But I must say that I can't wait! I want to see him and hold him and compare his features to Natalie's and Lindsey's, and being able to walk normal is a plus too. And I also have to tell you about my totally awesome deal at CVS this week. I did better this week than I ever have. Let me tell you what all I got.

1 pantene shampoo
1 pantene conditioner
2 gillette body wash for men
1 nivea body wash for men
1 nivea body wash for me
1 gillette fusion rasor
5 boxes ritz crackers
2 packs trident layers chewing gum

want to guess how much I spent? 13.00, yes that is right. I went in with lots of coupons and 5.00 in x-tra bucks from last week. I was very pleased and am so excited that I am getting a stock of the things we use under the sink. This makes me very happy. I was really happy when I saw that the gillette razor I bought was 10 dollars at walmart and that I just got all of that for 13.00. I know it may seem silly but I feel by doing all of this I am contributing financially to our family. And I know my job is a tough one but staying home don't help with the money as much so it make me so happy to help out. Well that's all my scattered thoughs for today. Hope all of you have a great day!

2010-02-10T08:12:00.000-05:00

I cannot wait to post pics for all of you but the laptop is still down and I promise I will do it as soon as I can. Today I just want to praise the Lord for answering some prayers for us. Last year was rough for us but yesterday he answered several prayers that we have been praying for and I just want to say how thankful I am to him for all he does. Even with my bitter attitude and lack of trust, I am so undeserving of his love. I am so blessed! This week we have had answered prayer, our church is having a revival meeting, and I have got to spend lots of time with the hubby and the girls, it has been great. If only we would listen when he says he will take care of us. I have a hard time with patience. I want things done now, something to happen now. It is one of my big issues. I hate to wait, ask Bobby he knows, lol. I am very thankful that the Lord is so patient with me. He is such a great God and a wonderful God, an excellent God. He made the Heavens and the earth and still cares about my well being. I want to say how much I love him, how thankful I am to him for my salvation, my husband, my children, everything he has blessed me with. I cant thank him enough. This week we are having revival and it has been such a blessing. The messages have really touched my heart and made me realise somethings I need get to work on. Sometimes it is discouraging because when you have small children sometimes I feel left out of the services because I have to tend to them and I miss out, but you know I am so thankful that they will be raised in an awesome bible believing church, with men who preach the word of God to them. They are so precious to me and more than anything else in this world for them I pray that the Lord save them early in life that they may have him to guide their life, to do something great for him. Please pray for my children and me as I raise them. I mess up so often but I know how big my God is and I give them to him. I know he can do great things through them.

O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: because his mercy endurethe for ever. Psalm 118:1

2010-02-04T09:28:00.001-05:00

Sorry for my absence. My hubby has been working 3rd shift the past few and days are usually spent with him. But today is back to normal. I have some really cute snow pics of the girls I will show you, but the laptop went and got a virus on me and untill that is fixed I have to use the Internet that is hooked up to our tv, fun! So not much time for me because when the tv is on the girls automatically think that barbie is suppose to be on there. Well last week I did ok at the grocery store, especially at bilo, my fav. I had to go on Friday so a lot of my deals were already gone. I did go to cvs yesterday and did very well. First I went in and purchased some dove mens body wash for bobby, 2 of them. They were 5.75 each. I also bought toothpaste for 2.99 with a .50 cent off coupon. The really cool extra care deal was if you buy the mens body wash you get 5.75 back in extra bucks( free!). The toothpaste also gave me 2.00 in extra bucks. So I paid I think around 15.oo tax and all. So I got back 13.50 in extra bucks. Then I went to the diapers which were 10.00 a pack. I had 2.00 coupons for each pack. The deal on diapers this week is if you spend 20 in diapers then you get 5.00 extra bucks. So the diapers were twenty, I had 4.00 in coupons which makes 16.00 then I used by 13.50 in extra bucks which made it tax and all around 4.00. Then I got back 5.00 in extra buck to use next time. Confused yet? Simple version:

2 dove mens care body wash
1 colgate toothpaste
2 huggies diapers
total cost: under twenty dollars and 5 dollars in extra bucks to use next time

I think it is pretty good considering that I got all of this for less than the price I use to pay for just diapers. I would have done better if my printer was hooked up to this computer and I could have printed some of my online coupons but I still am satisfied with what i got. It was also nice to get out and with the hubby home I got to do it alone which was nice. Well the girls just discovered me so I have to go. Lots of cleaning to do today :) Have a great day everyone!

2010-01-27T08:31:00.000-05:00

Lindsey made her first batch of cookies all by herself. Such a big helper!

2010-01-23T15:45:00.000-05:00

Today has been another blah day for me but with good reason. I think I have some sort of sinus infection or something because both ears, my throat and head are not feeling good. But enough negativity already, I know! Well lots of things are going on in the LaCombe household, I would not advise stoppin by. My sweet husband has decided to do some work on the kitchen so we have a big mess, which is the understatement of the year! But he has great ideas and I am looking forward to posting before and after, but it might be a few weeks for that. I do like change in this way, so I am excited. I just told him I wanted it done before Matthew makes his big arrival. Right now the kids are napping, bobby is hauling off our ridiculous pile of trash we had, speaking of is it just us or does anyone else go through this much trash. I mean we have 2 huge trash cans and by the end of the week we are stacking them beside the cans. So anyways, I am enjoying a moment of down time. Yesterday I went on my big shopping experience and being the daring mommy i am I loaded all of us up and headed to morganton. Yes huge pregnant me and my two very hyper angels. First stop was harris teeter where I got 40 dollars in groceries for around 17.00. Next stop bilo where I got 62.00 worth of groceries for 28.00, now this included some on sale new york strips that I got for 1.99 each and a roast i got for 7.00 and got onions and carrots for free. I also bought diapers (pampers ) that were on sale for 7.99 and I had a 2.00 off coupon so I was pretty excited getting good diapers for only 5.99. I also stopped by wal mart to get things that were not on sale at the grocery store that i needed. So when I walked in I heard them announce over the intercom system that all clearance clothing would be on sale for another 50 percent off. So I headed to my clothes, yea right, I went straight to the kids clothes and found Matthew his coming home from the hospital outfit for only 2.50.

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I actually bought 2 and let Bobby choose which one he liked best. It is so tiny! I never remember the girls being so small. This made me very excited. Anyways I figured all my spendings for the week and I got about 170.00 worth of groceries, household, etc, this is counting my cvs on monday and a stop at food lion for some sale items on thursday and I got it all for around 80.00. This is pretty good I think for a family of 4 for diapers, food, cleaners, etc. I was pleased. I am sure there are several of you that can do better but I am learning and I think pretty good for my 2nd week. So after we were all done me and the girls headed to sonic for some lunch and the one bad thing about taking the kids is they have to potty at the most incovient places. That was very interesting and I am strange but public bathrooms bother me. I hate how while I am lining the potty for Lindsey and helping her how Natalie takes this opportuniy to want to touch everything in the bathroom, yuck! Sorry had to get that one out. Anywho, lunch was great and I think all this excitement wore Natalie out, how bout you?

Well have I exaused you yet with all my scattered conversations. Yes I have been alone alot today if that anwsers your question. Well enjoy your day!

having a down day

2010-01-21T11:13:00.000-05:00

have you ever had one of those days where nothing is wrong, the kids have been great and there is no reason that you should feel bad but you just do. I am having one of those days. I guess I have my hormones to blame a little but I think I could cry all day today and be fine with that. I know he has to work but I miss the hubby very bad today. We have issues like anyone else but I cant imagine my life without him. He is my rock, he gets me through the hard days and today he is working out of phone service, which is probably a blessing on his part, but I just wish he was home. I do have a ladies meeting tonight which is going to be really good for me. I love being a stay at home mommy but sometimes I get so lonely and when I get in the moods like I have today it takes all I can to make myself get out, even though I know it is best. I know I have everything in the world to be thankful for, a savior who died for me, a great husband, 3 kids, a home a car, everything I need is there so why do these feelings come? Sorry I am just no fun today. On a positive note, Lindsey did great on her preschool today. We had a workbook but finished it so I have been having to make up my own until I can get another. I am so impressed by her memorisation skills. She is also so good at math. Reading is a bit challenging for her, but hey she is only four, not 10. I need to remember that. She did a totally awesome job saying psalm 23 at church last night, our next verse is proverbs 3:5-6. She is really great. I am one proud mommy. I am very excited about staring the full time homeschooling. Pray for Lindsey, she will be my learning experience. Sorry, I really hope I havent discouraged anyone today hopefully tomorrw I will be more cheerful.

2010-01-18T17:26:00.000-05:00

I just got back from my wonderful dr apt where I had to get a shot in my back for my weird blood type. This is my least favorite part of pregnancy, except labor of coarse. For me it is like a flu shot times two so it makes my back hurt so bad :( but it has to be done. Without it my body would see the baby as a infection or something and could attack it, so I am so thankful for it even though it hurts. So while I am sitting here being lazy I thought I would tell you what I got from cvs today. They didn't have alot of good deals that I use this week but I did get a 20 pack double roll of charmin toliet paper, 2 big bags of m&m's, the really big bags, and a pack of pampers diapers all for just 12.71 Yes for the price of one pack of diapers I got all of this.

charmin toliet paper 12.99
m&m's 2/ 5.00
1 pack pampers cruisers 8.88

1.00 off coupon for m&ms
9.50 in xtra bucks
a 5.00 off 20 dollar purchase

making my total 12.71!
I also got back 6.00 in extra bucks for next week. I was proud of myself. And I am so stocked up on diapers and toliet paper because I got the sale on them last week at cvs too. Very exciting!
On to other things, I am very scattered today; sorry! The Ladies conference was wonderful. We had some awesome speakers that all had a different style and different message, but all was encouraging and challenging. Our ladies at calvary worked very hard and it sure showed. Ladies everywhere were complementing how great it was and how well planned out it was. So great job ladies! I feel more challanged and I want to do more for the Lord and spend more time with him. It was a very nice break for this mommy but a long day for my poor husband who played hard all day with the babies. I heard about hide and seek and spaghetti o's and movies. I think they had fun but were all tired. Well I am going to go and rest. Please say a prayer for my uncle he had a heart attack this weekend and he is doing good but needs prayers, expecially spiritually. Have a great night!!

2010-01-15T14:18:00.000-05:00

Times and been tough this past 2009 in the financial department so I thought about trying out some couponing. Yes I could buy a weeks of groceries and things with 40 dollars but that means we all eat ramen noodles, yuck, and pb and j sandwiches for a week. Those of you who have small children know that diapers and wipes are a regular and are not cheap and that is where most of the money went. I have been doing cvs for a while and I love them. They can be a gold mine if you play your cards right. Yesterday I dragged bobby along and with much planning and clipping we headed to Bilo who is having a awesome bogo week. I got 102 dollars of groceries for 42.00. I was pretty excited. The kids and I have ate all day, its been great and even though couponing and searching can be a lot of work, I enjoy it, and it keeps me busy which keeps me sane. I know 42 is good but next time I am wanting to do even better, but over all I think I did good for my first grocery experience with couponing. I was excited to get the kids some beach nut brand cookies for .29 cent a box, that's right, also getting tons of items under a dollar each like sandwich meats and yogurt, etc, etc. I am very proud of myself and even though the job of a stay at home mommy is a busy and challenging one, I would like to help out financially and I feel in some way I have. Bobby was pretty excited and complimented me several times to people about my awesome experience at bilo. I know I am simple minded but when you don't have a lot you truly apreciate things like this. Well enough bragging on myself and on to my exciting evening. Our church is having a women's conference tonight and all day tomorrow. All the ladies have done an awesome job putting everything together and I am looking forward to seeing how it all plays out tonight. And I do love them, but daddy gets the kids tonight so say a prayer for Bobby if you have a sec because they are a handful today. Also pray that us ladies would get some help and encouragement through this. I will let you know how it goes. Have a good evening!

big days in the life of a mommy

2010-01-11T18:45:00.000-05:00

Yes when you are a teenager you look forward to the collage, marriage, etc but this mommy is thrilled over small things. Yes my baby girl went potty for the first time yesterday! Happy to think of all the diapers you will not be changing soon and all the money you will save from not having to buy all the diapers, but sad that my baby is big enough to go potty. I also know since this is round two all of the accidents and clean ups it contains. But yes this is an exciting time. I had planned to wait until after Matthew was here for a few but you cant ignore the child when she is yelling potty and pulling on her diaper. I think Lindsey has a lot to do with her wanting to start so early. Also I am very proud of my big little girl who passed her math test today with a 100. Yes Lindsey can now add, so proud! We do our preschool at home every day and she is just so easy to teach, but she really has a gift in math. She picked up on it so easy and I gave her a test and she got every one right with no help. I think that is pretty awesome for a 4 year old! She also almost has psalm 23 memorised and hopefully will be ready to say it on wed night at church. Yes I am one proud Mommy if you cant tell. I assume Matthew is still good, hes kicking and we have a Dr apt next Thurs to check on how he is doing. I also went Saturday with miss Amy to get some clothes for me so I can have room for Matthew, sadly my old clothes are not fitting and it had to be done. I had lots of fun, thank you Amy! It was so nice to get away for a while and take some me time. But I do enjoy hearing my name yelled with happiness when I get back home. Well I must go, somehow Natalie has removed all her clothing, ah memories, lol. Its never dull! have a great night everyone!

2009-12-30T13:56:00.000-05:00

I am so glad all of you enjoyed the pics so much. The pics looked happy but you will never know what went on in this house to get them. Lets just say I will never think about making a career taking pics of children. I think I took 300 pics to get these few good pics. It took 2 days and lots of curling hair and tears. Also when one child (Natalie) refuses to touch the other child (Lindsey) it makes the together shots kinda hard. The memory of it is funny now so I thought since you enjoyed the other pics so much I thought you might enjoy some of the battle shots. Keep in mind they are not cropped or detailed up at all just straight from camera. enjoy!!!

2009-12-28T14:03:00.000-05:00

Sorry I haven't posted in a while, busy, busy! So this will probably be a long one. We as most know our vehicle situation has been wonderfully worked out by the Lord. We have a 2003 KIA mini van. Use to I had a hard time with the thought of having a mini van, for some reason, but I am loving it. I tell you when you are have to cart a car load of babies around, it is not so much about looks but convience and when you go without a vehicle for a few it makes it that much more sweet. Another plus it there is plenty of room for baby number 3. Speaking of baby 3, he is doing wonderful. I am 26weeks along, he is strong and kicking, very hard. I am to the point where I cant see my toes and nothing fits, I am going to have to break down and get maternity clothes. With Natalie I didn't need them, but Matthew seems to be a much bigger baby. For the month of January I have three no fun apts to the dr. One is to check for diabetes, never had a problem before so don't expect to this time, another for a shot for my rh- blood type, really no fun there, it hurts and makes me get very sore for days, and my pre natal. Pre natal is not that bad, except when you are carting two small children with you. Ah memories! The next big thing in the LaCombe household and every household was Christmas! I love Christmas, but I have to say I am glad it is over. It was very tiring this year. Lots of family came over several times and that is a lot of dishes! I will tell you though, it was a blessing! Money has been tight and I am not going to get into all that, but I wasn't going to be able to get the kids much if anything this year and they ended up getting more than they ever had, thanks to our wonderful church, our friends, and family. I know it is not about the presents, but I still wanted my girls to have gifts, because I love them and I love to see them get excited over them. The Lord has blessed us so much. There is not enough paper in the world to write all our blessing he has given. We had so much and ate like kings and the biggest thing is we realised how much people care and love us and our children. We thank all of you for everything. You know who you are and how much we thank and love you. Well I better quit blogging and get something done today. Hope you enjoy the pictures!

Goodbye Explorer

2009-11-17T18:15:00.000-05:00

Well where to start. Bobby took a second job recently delivering pizzas at night. So while he was out on one of his deliveries last night down in front of rooster bush car dealership he flipped the explorer 3 times on that hill. He stopped rolling 6 feet before the pond, praise God! the roof was very caved in so if he would have went in the pond he might have not been able to get out. And if you will notice in the pics the driver seat got the least of it. The Lord was really looking out for him. He walked away with some scratches and his back is hurting a little. Please pray for us because that was our only vehicle. We trust that the Lord will provide, but I am a little discouraged today. Please pray for us.

Its a Boy!

2009-11-05T11:34:00.000-05:00

Well as most everyone knows by now, we are having a boy! Don't get me wrong I love my girls and would not trade them for anything, but i am excited to have the new challenge of raising a boy. I really do mean challenge, because I have a neices and baby girls and I don't really know where to begin with a little boy. I know the Lord will help me! I loved seeing the ultrasound, it is always so amazing to see the baby moving, it just makes it so much more real, and I think for the first time I kinda feel pregnant. I have had so much going on it just hasn't really kicked in that I am until now. Bobby is so excited. I wish I could show everyone how happy he was when we found out. He is not one to show a lot of emotion, but i don't think he stoped smiling for a hour. How fun it will be to do boy things and pick out boy clothes. I'll bet it is so much easier getting boys ready, you don't have to do hair and in Lindsey case makeup, lol! Probably not as much drama, ma be, he is my child, I was always the dramatic one. I am just so excited! My sister is coming over today to do my hair, which I am so excited and thankful for. She just finished school, pray for her as she goes looking for a job. I also haven't got to spend much time with her lately so I am really looking forward to that today. Also because of my trip Janet is coming to pick up the kids tonight and bobby closes, so I have a night to myself. What will I do? I have several episodes of Greys Anatomy from netflix that I am very excited about, ma be a pizza and being lazy. I am going to be so spoiled this weekend. No kids, lots of adult time, lady speakers talking about how great our God is and spending a weekend with my bestie Amy. This stuff don't happen to me often so I am going to soak it up. The thing is, is after I get there I will start missing my baby's and my hubby. But they are probably so happy to get a break from all the hormones, lol! I just want to say thank you all for all of your prayers for us, I pray the Lord bless each of you! Continue praying! I want the Lord to be pleased with our family. I pray he does great things through my children, and that I not be a hindrance in any way. I know I will mess up sometimes but I pray I always show Jesus through the life I live. Praying that all of you have a great day in the Lord!!!!

2009-11-03T10:31:00.000-05:00

Well tomorrow is a big day for the LaCombe household. We find out if our new member of the family will be Callie or Matthew! Lindsey is beyond excited, I think she is more than me, even though she said she just knows its a boy, she already has a sister. Boy or girl, they will be perfect for our family. We are just so thankful the Lord has chosen to bless our family again with such a great blessing. This time Bobby's mom is going to be joining us along with both the girls. This will be the first one of our ultrasounds that Janet( Bobby's mom) will have came to one, so I am excited that she will be able to be a part of this. She is a big help and blessing to us! Pray for her, she has the very exhausting privilege of watching the kids all weekend. They can be a handful! And that brings me to the other exciting part of my week, our women of faith conference is this weekend! This will be so good for me to get out of the house and take a much needed break and I always enjoy it so much! It is hard for me to be away from my girls though. I will miss them, but I know it is good for me, and it is so worth it when you come home and they are so excited to see you. Well I need to get something done today! Have a great day!

18 months

2009-10-30T10:30:00.000-04:00

Lindsey 18 months

Natalie 18 months

Cute ain't they! Enjoy!

17 Weeks!

2009-10-29T10:06:00.000-04:00

As of yesterday I am 17 weeks along. I had a Dr apt and the baby's heartbeat is 147 and he/she is doing good! I had to also get the all important flu shot, no fun. I don't know if it was it or just the all so fun pregnancy stuff but I developed a headache last night and got very nauseated, but no worries feeling good today. But the most exciting is that our ultrasound is on wed at 4:00. I love the ultrasound part! Now we will be able to call the baby by name instead of it, or the baby. Names? I thought you might want to know. Well if it is a boy we are going to name him Matthew Paul LaCombe. This was going to be Lindsey and Natalie's name if they were a boy. I just like the name Matthew and love the meaning (gift of God). Paul is Bobby's middle name. His name is actually Robert Paul and he is a 3rd. Bobby didn't want to do a 4th but I still wanted to name a boy after him somehow so that will be the boys name. Well the girl Bobby named this time. You see I picked out Natalie's name, and Uncle Jesse (Bobby's best friend) picked out Lindsey's name, lol! So now it is Bobby's turn so he picked Callie Elizabeth LaCombe. Callie's name meaning beautiful. I think he did a great job. Well now I am off to a long day of cleaning and playing barbies. I hope you all have a great day in the Lord!

I'm Tired!

2009-10-22T21:52:00.000-04:00

It is 10 at night and I am listening to the sound of little feet kicking the wall. I am trying to train Natalie to a toddler bed so when the new baby comes he/she can have the crib. Natalie is unusually clingy to her crib. She goes to it and tries to get in, what toddler does that? After she gets in it she will laugh hysterically then she goes right to sleep. This is a tough thing for Natalie. She keeps getting up and playing or she will go to her room and try to climb in her crib or she gets up in the middle of the night crying. I know it will be worth it but it is so hard. She has been going to bed late and getting up early and with the coffee cut down because of pregnancy, and the new baby growing, I'm tired. Plus good news, we have some people interested in the house. I have been cleaning myself silly, and I hope it is going to pay off. They came this morning and were very interested and they made another apt for tomorrow before they decide for sure. This house selling business is kinda stressful, but I am looking forward to seeing the Lord work out some financial things in our life. Gotta save some money to pay for all those diapers! We also have another set of people coming tomorrow morning to look at it too. Pray for us that we be sensitive to what he wants for us and be patient. I am horrible with patience! It will be wonderful when it sells and it will work out perfect in his time, I keep telling myself that. It is just so much easier to say that when it is all done and over with, you know? Another reason I am tired is my sweet hubby is working late again :(. I miss him. He got off work today at 6 came home and changed and went to the other job. He is prob not going to be home until 1 tonight. I just cant sleep good when he isn't home. I am ready for the Lord to do some work. Get rid of some of these obligations and live simply, have more family time, that's what I want, and a cabinet full of groceries would be great!! Please pray for us. This time has been difficult, but we know the Lord is with us and he will help in his time. Isn't just like us to mess and and not ask God, then go begging for him to dig us out of our hole? I wouldn't have the patience for me, that's for sure. I'm glad is he patient and loves me so much! Well got to go put the kids back to bed for the 3rd time tonight. Have a great night!

16 weeks

2009-10-20T15:20:00.000-04:00

Wow have things been busy! I cant believe I am already 16 weeks (4 months) along in my pregnancy. I guess my girls keep me so busy the time passes faster. My next appointment is on October 28th so everyone be praying for me and baby 3. Hopefully then we will get to schedule our first ultrasound and find out what the baby is going to be. Lindsey and Bobby are both set on a boy, but we will just have to wait and see. Last night I could feel the baby moving. It makes it so much more real when you start experiencing these things. I am so excited about the ultrasound. I think that is one of my favorite parts of pregnancy, Getting to watch your baby do all this cute stuff and finding out what it is and getting a glimpse of what they will look like. I know it might be cheating to peak, but I can't help it, I love it. This time we are taking Lindsey with us. Last time she was still so young we didn't take her, but this time she will really enjoy it. I think we will let Natalie sit this one out, I don't think she will mind very much. Another exciting, ma be exciting thing, is that we have 2 different sets of people coming to look at our house this week, so I am praying that the Lord will bless in this and help us get this house sold. So please pray for us. Sometimes I get so discouraged, but I know we have made a lot of mistakes and it took a while to get us here, so it isn't going to go away over night, so I am just waiting on the Lord and trusting his way is the best way. Have a great day everyone!

2009-09-28T15:42:00.000-04:00

Sorry all. I have really been a slacker in the blog department. Today is a great day. Nothing special has happened it is just one of those days. Last week bobby and I both were sick but I am happy to say the kids are doing fine with just runny noses and we are not 100 % yet, but we are so much better than we were. Tuesday bobby started feeling bad and then Thursday was his worst day and my first day. One of the major downfalls of pregnancy is that every 4 hours I am only allowed 1 ex strength Tylenol. I felt this was pretty unfair seeing that bobby was taking three and was able to take other stuff too. Plus with the loss of energy being pregnant +being sick lets just say I hope no one randomly stops by, the house has severely suffered. Today I have not pushed myself but just spend time with the girls, went outside for a while and watched cartoons. But I am so lonely. I miss my church, and I miss bobby seeing that he has been out of work most of the week. But tonight we have movie night and spaghetti for supper, so I am ready for the hubby to get home. Have a great rest of the day everyone!

2009-08-20T13:26:00.000-04:00

Today is a good day. These past few weeks have been very challenging, but I feel, at least for today, normal. This pregnancy has been so much different than my other two. Natalie was so easy and I can't complain with Lindsey, but emotionally this one has been hard. I am trying to learn to step back and realise that I can't do everything and that I need to turn some things over to the Lord that are beyond my control. I have got so much done today and feel a feeling of accomplishment, even though its just house cleaning. We have so much going on I guess I have gotten a little overwhelmed and it has been a roller coaster ride lately. With the house up for sale, a new baby on the way, etc, etc, I am having a hard time dealing. The Lord has helped me so much these past few weeks and I feel so much closer to him than I have in a long time. Please pray for me. My little girl is turning 4 this Saturday. She is such a help and a blessing to me! She is such a good little girl, she rarely gives me any trouble. She is quick to help and always makes people feel so special. She is shy, but sweet. I am so thankful the lord blessed me with being her mommy. Sunday night we are having a small family get together for her b day. Nothing big this year, but she don't care. Then me and Amy are going to take her shopping. She is all girl and loves to shop. Please pray for her. Pray the Lord would save her at the earliest age possible, that he would allow me to guide her in the ways of him, that one day he will send her a good Godly husband. You know its never to early to pray for these things for your children. Pray for Natalie as well. Its Lindsey's b-day so Ive been talking bout her more, but pray for both my girls, that the Lord would do great things in their life. I hope each of you have a great day in him!

random

2009-08-11T15:35:00.000-04:00

I am sitting here watching a movie with Lindsey and thought I would take a moment to post. Well I have been an emotional wreck lately. Wow I never remembered how hard these hormones are to control. I am probably bout to drive Bobby insane. Well I am only 5 weeks alone and have no appetite for anything. So unusual because with both of my girls I was sick, but never had no appetite. I have ate enough in 3 days to equal a normal meal for myself. I have also been back and forth between crying because I am happy or random movies make me sad, at really un sad parts. Am I making any sense? I know I can't understand either. I think I have a slight ear infection and some sinus trouble too. No fun, and poor little Natalie just went to the dr with her daddy, but it is only teething, no ear infection! Thank you Lord! Well enough complaining for one day, I know. Now that everyone is good and confused and depressed, I will update y'all on a few. So many people have came to look at the house, so exciting! Pray, pray that we sell this house. I am to the point that I dont care about the nice and expensive things of this world so much, I just want more time with my hubby. Plus he works so hard to make ends meet I want lighten his burden, and even though these things are nice, they can be a burden if you try to get to much to quick. We learned that the hard way. Live and learn right? and then if it helps us teach our children better then it was not a waste of time, but a growing and learning experience. Please pray the Lord would lighten our load and that we be more humble when it comes to these wordly things. Linseys b day is comin up on the 23rd and mine is on the 25th. I told all of my family all I wanted for my b-day is for them to come to church with me and they agreed!! So start praying now that the Lord would bless in that and plant a seed or save a soul! What a blessing that would be! Lindsey is getting ready to be my big 4 year old! she is getting so big so fast. I am so blessed! I am so thankful the Lord saw fit to bless me with children. I love them and enjoy raising them so much! They are so much fun! Well I hope everyone has a great day in the Lord!

number 3

2009-08-08T16:52:00.001-04:00

For all of you who do not know by now, we are expecting baby number three. I am so thankful the Lord is giving us yet another special blessing. Please remember all of us in your prayers as we have so much to look forward to and also so much going on with the house trying to sell and such. My due date is April 7th so right now I am about 5 weeks. I also have a very heavy burden on my heart and I could really use all of your prayers. I hope all of you have a great day in the Lord!

2009-08-07T10:43:00.001-04:00

Well it has been a long week! First me and Amy had a yard sale this past weekend, and that takes a lot of work and makes a big mess. I didn't make much money but I did get rid of a lot of clutter. Then all this week we had Bible conference. It was such a blessing and challenged me in so many ways. A lot of the week I was in the nursery with the babies, so I will have to get the dvds for those days. I also got to eat like a queen this week. The kitchen staff worked so hard and we was able to enjoy good lunches and dinners every day. Today someone is suppose to come and look at our home so I pray the Lords will be done in that. I don't know what his will is but I would really like to be more humble and get something more affordable. Having Bobby home more would be the greatest blessing, and to just not have that huge payment. But not our will but his. Then on to take the babies to Granny's house and tonight our Sunday school class is going to the Olive Garden!! I hope everyone has a great day in the Lord!

Lindsey's new verse

2009-07-25T21:50:00.000-04:00

Here is Lindsey's new bible verse. Because of Natalie's little incident she was not able to do it on wed night. But Lindsey will be live on wed night at Calvary Baptist if anyone wants to see. Hope you all enjoy!

my eventful day

2009-07-09T09:49:00.000-04:00

Yesterday Natalie had a dr apt scheduled and of course we are running late. Big surprise there! Well anywho, we decided to get rid of the exlorer so I am driving Bobby's huge truck these days, nice truck just big. So we get to the stoplight and the light turns green, so I start to go and the truck stalls out. My sweet so wonderful husband forgot to put more gas in the truck and seeing that this truck gets like 1 mile to the gallon, I was at a stoplight with tons of cars behind me and nowhere to go. People are so rude, by the way, instead of stopping to help me, all they do is blow horns and throw up hand to this mommy of 2 in a huge out of gas truck. Well what do I do, panic! I don't do good in situations like this, so poor Bobby got a phone call by a frantic wife, he has had more than on of those, and then help is on the way, like 20 min away. So he calls friends and after sitting there for about 20 min with lots of horn blowing and arms going up and Lindsey in the back yelling green means go at me, help was here. By help I mean two police officers stopped by, bobby, two guys he works with, and two other guys. Wow he has connections, and it took every one of them to push that big truck out of the road, least I didn't have to do that. Well fun stuff. After that I was so done. We just came back home, called the dr and made new apts and cleaned the house. Then on to church. Bobby had work last night so I was flyin solo with one very small aggressive child and on who is in la la land. After Natalie was getting loud and being mean and distracting everyone, we had to step out. Poor Bobby didn't get home till around 10 last night, now that is a work day!, so it was a lonely, long, emotional, eventful day. Well, this is the day that the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it. He didn't say just on the good ones. Today has started off to be a good day. My dad actually called and is coming to visit me today, and i think Bobby wont be working so late today. The girls are being so cute and sweet, and there is not a whole lot of house work to do. Today is a good day!! I hope all of you have a great one too!

any advice?

2009-07-07T18:13:00.000-04:00

So, i know Lindsey is only 3 years old, 4 on Aug 23rd, but I thought about starting full time homeschooling this year. If I was going to send her to school she would be starting next year, big wow! my baby is getting so big, so I thought about mabe doing a year of trial homeschooling off the record. I am so lost on so many things, I cannnot tell you all the emotions i have about this, but I know this is what the Lord would have me do. I struggled so long on what I should do, send her to school or home school, and I have such peace with this decision. Now here is where the title comes in. Where do I begin? What curriculum do I use? Do I really need a kindergarten curriculum? How do I set a schedule? How do you teach with other small children in the home? How long do you teach everyday? This is all coming from a very unorganised, scattered mommy by the way. I know the Lord will help me since I know this is what he wants me to do, but I tell you I am really overwhelmed by the idea. Me and the girls do preschool already, but we have never stuck to a set schedule. Lindsey has a very short attention span and after so long, a very short so long, she is done! How do I keep her excited about this, but not be to much? I am so nervous and I know it is kinda silly, but I just dont want to mess up. The Lord has gave me these precious babies and I want to raise them up right and teach them all these things, but sometimes I think that I can't do it, it is to hard. Maybe I think to much. People just dont realise how serious this raising children business is. I mean you are raising the next generation. This child could give major blessings and do a mighty work for the Lord, or do some major damage, and a lot of that depends on the parent. So does anyone have any advice for me?

2009-06-20T11:09:00.000-04:00

Sorry all. I have been slacking in the blog department. Well these past few weeks have been busy! so I will give you a quick random update. Since revival week we have had a girls lock in at the church which was so much fun! I forgot what pre teen girls were like. They were so much fun, and Lindsey and Zoey(my niece) got to go to. Natalie spent some much needed daddy time eating pizza and watching movies. Lindsey had a blast and ever since then pretends that she is having a lock in at her room and lays blankets all over her floor. The Lord has been blessing like crazy and has sold some stuff for us that really was putting a burden on us, but we are still waiting on the house to sell. I just pray his will be done whatever it may be. All this rain has been killing Bobby in the working department since 90% of his work is outdoor work. On a more positive thought, the Lord knows what we need and we are positive he will provide. I am actually excited to see what he is going to do and how he is going to work. I know we go through these things because he loves us, so I am just going to welcome it in and watch him work. Me and the girls have been going swimming a bunch and I found out I have two water babies. They love to swim but Natalie is so difficult. She don't want you to hold on to her but she can't swim, so she is very challenging. Last night we went to Bobby's moms and she made us a great supper and we all went swimming. She also watched the girls so me and Bobby could swim which was so wonderful. She is such a blessing!! Today we have a youth v/s adults softball game and we are going to cook out and such. It is at mulberry park so the girls will love that! Hard work taking two small children to the park. Lots of fun as well! Well that is just a few random things that has been going on. Have a great day!!

2009-06-04T08:44:00.000-04:00

I have had a very rough last few days so instead of dwelling on all the bad I decided to name 10 things I am thankful for today.

1) I am saved! I couldn't imagine what my life would be like right now if God had not intervened. I am so thankful I do not live in the mess I use to be in and that I am able to raise my children in church and teach them about Jesus. Their salvation is the most important decision in their life that they will ever make and I am so grateful that I am able to teach them all the wonderful things of him and to guide them. Pray that I do not every take this task the Lord has given me lightly.

2) My husband. He gets up and works so hard for our family. Sometimes he works out in bad weather, or long hours to provide for us. He never fusses when he comes home to a mess or chaos and is quick to help. He is so good with the girls and to me. I love him and I am so thankful he is my husband.

3)My girls. They are such a blessing. What did I do before them? They are fun and keep my days interesting. I enjoy teaching them new things and watching them learn, even if Lindsey ask 500 questions a day! They are one of the Lords greatest blessings. There is nothing like when Lindsey gets up to say her verse or Natalie prays before she eats, even if we can't understand her, lol!! They are so fun and each day is a new journey.

4) My Bible. I thought Bobby got our stuff and he thought I did on Sunday night but we both forgot our bibles at church and even though we have other bibles at home i just love mine . It is the nelson study bible, and it is purple!, and it is such a great study bible. I missed it so much! I can comprehend it so much better when you have someone at the bottom of the page explaining it to you, and you have the definition of the words you cant comprehend right there in the middle of the page. It is so wonderful!

5) Coffee! I have recently discovered it and it is so wonderful! I am not a morning person and this helps me so much to get going. so great!! I need all the help I can get.

6) No cable TV! It was the greatest thing we have done in years canceling the cable. We spend so much more time outside and with each other instead of being parked in front of the tv all the time. No one gets frustrated for getting their tv program interrupted and if you really want to watch something there is a flick video right down the road, love them 99 cent Mondays!

7) Pacifiers! I know it is hard to break but I love when Natalie is all upset or sleepy you can give her the pacifier and she is good to go. No I am not trying to be lazy, but it is a great thing. She is happy, I am happy, where is the wrong in it. I do hate searching the house and trying to find them all the time. That aint fun, but it gives her comfort, expecially when it is sleepy time.

8) The rain. I love the rain. I know we are broke because it has rained FOREVER and Bobby don't really get to work much when it rains, but I just can't help but like it. I love the way it sounds on our tin roof and I love to wach it fall. me and the girls also like to play in it. Yea I'm a big kid! There is nothing you can do to make it stop, so why complain about it, enjoy it!

9) My church. I love, love my church. I love everything about it. Good Godly people who really mean it when they say they love you and are praying for you . A place you can hear the word of God preached and grow in the Lord. A place for comfort when you are down and new to be built back up. I am so thankful the Lord placed me there.

10) And last but not least my cell phone! Where would we be with out them. I can't imagine not having it now. It is so convenient, any time you need to talk to someone it only takes a second. My wonderful new one has all kinds of neat things that I have not totally comprehended yet. It is so great, I love it! I also love to call and bug Bobby all the time, feel bad for him yet? I also love that he set a reminder everyday on my phone to ring and tell me how much he loves me. love it!

Well now I have got done with my pity party and am thinking positive I will go get started for the day. I am getting a late go this morning. Pray for us, that we stay positive and trust in the Lord even when times are tough. So instead of complaining today lets just remember what we are thankful for instead. Hope you all have a wonderful day!!!

2009-05-22T10:47:00.000-04:00

We had revival this week with bro Tom Gilliam and all I can say is "what a blessing"!! He is one of the most challenging preachers I have ever heard before. It was about time I got a reality check in my life and realise how big my God is instead of just trying to take things in my own hands. My perspective on things have changed since I heard the preaching. I look at the trials in our life in a whole new way, as well as death. We think death is such a bad thing, but to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord. For the first time in a long time I am so excited to go home and be with the Lord. Something in me longs for that better place, home. Don't get me wrong, I want to raise my children, watch them grow and have families of their own and spend all the time the Lord allows with Bobby and I also want to have as many opportunities in this life to serve him, but I am looking forward to that day I will be with my Jesus forever. I also desire to see my family give their lives to the Lord. I wish they could just see, but it is not my will, but his. Yesterday was a hard day for me. I had a slight procedure done, and I will spare you details, it is kinda a girl thing. But I went to the dr at 9:30 and they had some trouble doing this procedure so they had to reschedule me with another dr at 3:30. My first instinct was to call Bobby and whine a while because I was scared. When I got home I was moping around and scared and worried and I was looking for someone to call who had time to talk and the Lord told me, why don't you talk to me I am the one who is in control of the situation. So I picked up my bible and started reading what brother tom was preaching on and I saw in verse 17 of 2 corin 4 , our light affliction which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory. Then I remembered what he said about welcoming trouble in our life instead of letting it take over. I instantly had peace and at 3:30 the dr had no trouble and it was all over. Praise the Lord!!

For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock. psalm 27:5

O praise the Lord, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people. For his merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of the Lord endureth for ever. Praise ye the Lord. Psalm 117

This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. Psalm 118:24

Don't you just love the book of Psalms. It seems no matter what you are facing you can get help by reading them. I just want to thank the Lord for taking care of my light affliction. I pray that my life be for his glory and that when troubles come I run to him and know it is for the greater good. Thanks all of you who pray for us, I pray the Lord truly blesses you for taking the time to pray for my family, what a blessing! I hope all of you have a great day in the Lord!!

Twins?

2009-05-17T22:42:00.001-04:00

Have a great day

hello everyone

2009-05-16T11:28:00.000-04:00

So I hope everyone is having a great day today! We are out riding around to get out of the house. Bobby is doing much better today,thank you so much for your prayers. I hope I am doing this right, I have never posted from my phone before. Me and bobby have some very special objects we would like you to help us pray for. Nothing serious, just stressful. We have given all our needs to the Lord and know he is in control. Sometimes we are careless in our decision making skills and we truly desire the Lord to do a work in us. We pray the Lord would give us wisdom in this time and we trust in him. Just pray and we will be praying for all of your needs as well. We love you all and are so thankful for our relationships with each of you. Have a wonderful day!

2009-05-15T14:27:00.000-04:00

Well where do I start? Yesterday was a rough, and I mean rough!, day. I got up and was going along as normal. Bobby woke up with his ear hurting him a little and he has had some pain in his lungs for a while, but that is kinda normal with his asthma, allergies and all for this time of year. Anyways he calls me at around 10 and says his ear is hurting him so bad and he has to get it checked. I could hear the pain in his voice and if anyone knows Bobby, he can take some pain. I am telling you the man has broke 1 arm 4 times, his collar bone, his other arm 1 time, his ankle, riped his acl in half, dislocated his shoulder, been bitten by a copper head, had a tree fall on him, has 3 steel plates, anyways you get the point. The sad thing is that's not all of it. I knew it had to be hurting because he has to be really hurting to go to the doctor. So he tries to go to the family dr office and they turned him away. So finally I talked him into going to the emergency room. Brutal! We waited in the waiting room over an hour. He was in so much pain he was near tears. He said it felt like it was in his brain and he couldn't get no relief. The side of his face went numb, I was so scared for him. They finally called him back and made him wait another hour and 1/2 before a doctor came in. I thought he was going to pass out he was in so much pain. The nurses were all so rude to me because I kept asking them to help him. It was so horrible. Anyways the dr came in and looked and said oh my! He called it something I can't remember, but it is an extremely severe ear infection. The pressure was so severe it was pressing the nerves on his face, causing the numbness. They put pain meds directly in his ear and left for a while, another 30-1hour, and his ear was swollen shut on the inside and the meds couldn't get in. So the man has been in pain for about 4 hours with no meds. Finally before we left they gave him some meds which kicked in when we got home. Bless him, it was so horrible. Today he is feeling so much better, but right now he is sleeping. Pray for him! I missed going to revival last night but I knew my place was taking care of him. Even though he was feeling a little better that evening, I didn't want to leave him alone with the meds in his system. I have never seen anyone have such a bad infection in their ear. Well that was our eventful day. I pray we don't have to experience that again. Today has been a good day . We have all been lazy and in our pjs all day. I really should clean, lol! The girls are sitting here eating chicken nuggets, dancing to the songs on tv. It is really cute. Well I hope everyone has a great day today!

Thankful

2009-05-14T08:02:00.000-04:00

Natalie had a rough night. She slept pretty good just getting her there was the hard part. She also woke up early this morning, but now she is napping again. I said all of that to say this. I am thankful for my children. I sometimes get so frustrated when they wont sleep or Lindsey wets the bed but I have come to realise it is really a blessing in disguise. Last night I laid Natalie down and most times she goes right to sleep but last night as soon as I would leave the room she would cry. I usually fuss because I am selfish and want my own time but my heart felt for her. As long as I was in the room she was fine. So I grabbed a book and sat in the chair and read as I watched her fall asleep, what a blessing!! Some times I take for granted my special gifts the Lord has given me. Yesterday I read through some scriptures that touched my heart. I realised how much I fail my family. My children are still young and I have so much time, but I hear that passes so quickly. They are my biggest blessing and my biggest test from the Lord. Not test as in a bad thing, but I am accountable for them, to teach them about him and lead them to him. If they see me being a hypocrite they could possibly turn away from the Lord. I want to be the virtuous woman that is talked about in Proverbs 31. Lindsey woke up not to long ago and we have been talking all morning. I am amazed at what goes through her sweet little mind. She is such a good girl and such a help to me. She cleans and helps me cook and is pretty much my shadow all day. She is the best company and I couldn't ask for a better daughter. I love them so much, and I love Bobby. Pray for me. I am so burdened with this. I want to be the best wife and mother I can be. More than anything I want to be more for my Jesus. The preacher preached Sunday a fraction of what he went through for me, because of my sin. I can't never repay him but I would like to do all I can for him, because he gave it all for me. Pray for me and for Bobby. We want to grow in the Lord and have more wisdom on the decisions we make. Pray I never forget all my blessing from the Lord.

Take time to remember your blessing today!
I hope everyone has a wonderful day!!

Some of my Fav Natalie Pics

2009-05-13T14:32:00.001-04:00

I don't realise how big she has gotten untill I look back at these. I hope you enjoy and have a great day!!

Some of my Fav Lindsey Pics

2009-05-12T10:37:00.000-04:00

I have hundreds, literally, but these are a few of my favorites! Stay tuned tomorrow for Natalie!

I hope everyone has a great day!

Happy Mothers Day!

2009-05-10T12:58:00.000-04:00

Today has been the best day! This morning I woke up to the girls crawling all over me and Bobby giving me the most sweet homemade card ever. Usually I am up before everyone on sundays, but we went to the zoo yesterday and I was so tired today that I didn't hear the alarm go off. I assume Bobby planned it that way. He got up and cleaned up our messy kitchen, we have pretty much only been sleeping here and thats all for about a week, and already had my coffee made for me. He has refused to let me lift a finger all day and now he is in there making me lunch while I am blogging. I know it is just a day made up by someone but he has really made me feel very special today. He also bought me a new phone, blackberry, which I am very excited about, and it is much needed. My poor phone is about to kick the bucket. Last year was a tough one for us. Long nights with a new baby don't really help and financial stress ads to the situation, but together we have been taking more time for the Lord, and what a difference that makes. Our preacher has also been teaching some well needed lessons in proverbs in our sunday school. It is such a blessing and me and Bobby both could use some wisdom on living our life for the Lord. Pray for us that we grow stronger in the Lord together, and that our children have an example of how to be strong Christians when they are older. Well I hope everyone has a wonderful mothers day!!

2009-05-07T19:11:00.000-04:00

Hello fellow bloggers! Has your day been as busy as mine? If so bless you!!! I feel like I have been everywhere in Lenoir today. Last night we went to church and Chad preached a great message. I was feeling horrible, so sorry I skipped out so quickly on all of you. I guess it was just one of those 1 day things because eventhough I am soooo tired I do feel much better. Right now I am catching some free time while I am waiting on Bobbys pants to dry in the dryer. Bless him he is so understanding about my issues with Laundry. I absoutly hate Laundry so even though I hate to admit it, we usually are living out of laundry baskets. You know yall do it to sometimes! Well Natalie is sitting behind our recliner hiding from me, so cute!!! and Lindsey is at Jesse and Amy's with her daddy. So I am taking a much needed break! I colored my hair today back to normal, and because Bobby took off with my gloves >:( my hands are colored to. Fun stuff, if only I was patient enough to wait untill I could go and buy more, but then I wouldn't be me. Tonight we are going to eat with Amy and Jesse and I am so excited because I am starving!!! Sorry everything is so random today, I am really tired and watching Natalie be so darn cute! Anyways Saturday we are taking the kids to the zoo and I think me and Amy are more excited about it than Lindsey and Natalie are. I have been teaching Lindsey to read all the names of the zoo animals so I am excited to see how many she knows. Well I will leave you with all my scattered thoughts of the day. Have a good Night!!

2009-05-06T10:30:00.000-04:00

Hello Everyone! I hope everyone is enjoying the rainy day today. I absolutely love rainy days, I know, strange. Anyways, Bobby usually don't work much on rainy days. So even though we need the money, its nice having him home more than usual. I get extremely lazy and get nothing done when he is home, but it is not like the mess is going anywhere right? Well the realtor lady is bring the sign to put in our yard today and pick up some papers to confirm everything. Well today we get the sign and yesterday Bobby was outside and I heard a huge loud thunderous noise. I know what every one is thinking, my accident prone husband has done something else to himself, but not this time, thank you Lord! But our gutter just randomly fell off the house. Like 10 screws or more broke in half, and the weird thing is that it was not clogged, or didn't have a lot of water or anything in it, it just fell. Random! So now we have a house for sale with a building in the yard Bobby is working on for someone else, it really looks junky just sitting there, his tools and junk everywhere and a gutter hanging off the house. Yea this one will really sell quick. I love my husband dearly, but he is one of the messiest people I know, with Lindsey in 2nd place. I can usually get most of it clean, but some stuff is just to heavy for me, ma be I should learn to use the tractor and push all of his mess in the woods, I'm sure he would really like that:) Well enough ranting for the day. I hope everyone has a wonderful Wednesday!!

House for Sale

2009-05-04T10:22:00.000-04:00

Well its almost official. We are selling the house. Why do I feel so sad, or maybe just unsure? I am horrible with certain kinds of change. Moving houses is a biggie for me. I know it will be a blessing to get a home with a much lower payment and it will enable Bobby to be home more with us, but still I hate this feeling. Being unsure of what is next is frightening to me. Pray for us that the Lord would help us get out of some of this debt and have more wisdom in the future decisions we make. I really do feel at peace with selling it, but now I don't feel like it is my home. I know, I am weird. I just can't help feeling this way. Pray for me that I will be close enough to know what the Lord wants for my life. That I will concentrate more on him than the material things of this world, that I be more humble and obedient to him. I love him and don't want to fail him. I feel like all I do is fail him, but I am so grateful that in spite of the things I do, He loves me!!!

On to happier things, sorry for my depressing thoughts for the day. We had a great weekend! Friday we got some things ready for the Ladies banquet, then on sat morning we went to the mothers walk for life. It was great and much needed. I will post some pics later. Then at around 4 or so I went to get ready for the Ladies banquet. I must say I really enjoy working with everyone. It is so nice to see everyone having fun and knowing that you contributed to it. I also love to do things for the Lord. Well then as the night started we heard sister Beth Gillam speak a wonderful, needed lesson on growing in the Lord, it was such a blessing!!! Then we went on to eat a great supper that was served to us by the men at our church. They did so great, and it was a true blessing. I am so thankful the Lord placed me in his family. I could not imagine where I would be if had not been for him putting his hand on my life. What a Great God we serve!

Ahh the Weekend

2009-05-01T14:16:00.000-04:00

Yea I don't get to excited over the weekends because they are usually spent just like the week days but this weekend is full of fun stuff. First tonight I am going to help get ready for our Ladies banquet tomorrow, so excited, and then tomorrow lots of cleaning to do because we have a realtor coming to look at our house on monday, ah to be out of debt......, and then sat night going to our churches ladies banquet. Doesn't sound like fun? You haven't been to one of our churches events then. First we have sister Beth Gillam speaking , I have never heard her speak but I hear good things and her husband is an awesome preacher with the spirit of God all over him. Then on to a supper of alfredo or spaghetti, and I am telling you our people can cook!! And I am not just saying that because I am one of the cooks, it is true ask anybody. At our youth revival they put me in charge of the food, "what were they thinking!" I know that is what you are saying, but it went very well. I guess I am pretty good at bossing people around, who knew?
But seriously, pray for our meeting that first and foremost God would get glory from it, second that someone would give their heart to the Lord, and third that the all the ladies would all get a special blessing from this meeting. Also pray for sister Beth and for all of our men at church, they are going to be serving all the ladies food, etc. what a blessing! I think God for giving me such a great church family. Me being a stay at home mom, I would go absolutely crazy without my church. I feel needed and like I belong there and it is very nice to have that. That's also where I get to learn more about my precious Jesus and his word. Well I hope everyone has a great weekend!!!

A least I have something to write about

2009-04-23T17:04:00.000-04:00

I have not blogged in a while so at least I have something to write about. Well for Bobby's b-day I planned us a trip up in the mountains for a night. Every one know how I am about leaving my wonderful babies so I planed one night, one hour away to give me a starting point. I have to say I could have prob went another day. It was nice having nothing to do for a change. The place was nice, with a few kinks, long story, they had just opened and not quite up to date. The food they had was wonderful and I got to eat and leave the mess, very cool. Well well left about 1 or 2 ish on friday and left the kids with Bobby's wonderful mom and off we went. After that we went to walmart , because no trip is complete without a stopping by, and then we arrived got settled in and then they made supper there, so nice. The next day we went to linville caverns because I have never been before , sad huh? I have also never been to tweetsie or carowins, gasp! I know! Well it was really neat. I have some pics of it. I didn't realise after you left you would look like you had been in a rain storm. I also didn't scream when they turned the lights out one little girl did, kinda reminded me of someone...., Amy will get this one. Anyways we also went to the wonderful candy barrel and spent way to much money expecially on a pink panther (aka pink jack) toy for Lindsey, thanks Phil, he started that one then after driving the parkway a while we went and picked up the babies and went home. A nice weekend if I do say so myself. Screaming children, and a snoring husband later I adjusted back to my normal schedule. Fun stuff!! Here is some pics....

Well today has been a good day. Thankful for all my blessings and enjoying just having a normal day. What is normal? Let me show you:

Long day of Laundry

Telling Lindsey to clean her room, this is Lindsey cleaning her room:

And tonight going to get food for the youth revival with some of the girls. Well I'll best be on my way. Hope everyone has a good day!!

2009-04-15T09:33:00.000-04:00

Yesterday was Bobby's 26th birthday. We met when he was 15 so it is so crazy to think of him being 26 now. Time has flown by, but yet I feel like there was never a time before him, and Lord willing there will never have to be one without him. I am taking him overnight to a place in the mountains called little Switzerland. We were up there driving one day for some reason I don't remember and It has the best view of the mountains. It is a little tourist town. But I thought it would be perfect for a weekend thing. I wanted to surprise him but I am the worst there ever was at surprises, so he knows, he guessed somehow. I have never left the girls to go somewhere so pray for me.
I have no Easter pics to post. Natalie fell asleep and Lindsey was running a fever so I just didn't do them yet. I still plan to dress them up and take some pics or maybe have Phil do it, if he don't mind. He is awesome at taking pictures! Have a good day everyone!

Lindsey's new bible verse

2009-04-10T12:43:00.000-04:00

I know I have been missing out on posting scripture day but I really haven't forgot about it. We have been working on a new verse and I am really trying to teach Lindsey a new one every week. I printed some scriptures off the Internet that you can cut into cards and memorise so that's what we have been doing. Some are longer than others and even though I expect her to be 13, she is only 3, and I think she does great. Y'all should have seen her on wed night. She made me sit on the up front and go by herself like a big girl. She did her verse like a pro and sung so pretty. The she paced back and forth and told me she had to pee in front of everyone, kids have no shame. Well here is Lindsey saying her verse, enjoy.

Natalie

2009-04-08T07:35:00.001-04:00

Today is not going to be a good day for Mrs Natalie. She has the dreaded, by mommy, Dr apt and if I remember right has 4 or 5 shots today. Our apt is at 11:30 today so pray for her then if you have time. I hate seeing them in pain. I would take a hundred shots in replace of the one if I could, but I know it is the best thing for her. I remember the first Dr apt she got shots I was just beside myself. I was the one crying before we even left the house, you know the new mom hormones. Before we left I laid my hand on her and prayed for the Lord to ease her pain, and help her. It was a really bad day that day everything just kept going wrong. When we finally got to the appointed time she did so, so wonderfully. I know it was all him. She hardly even cried, just for a second then no fussing or anything. I remember coming home and just praising God for helping her. I had remembered Lindsey's first shots and I know Prayer Changes Things! So many times I forget to take my concerns to him. There is nothing to small or to big for the Lord. So please take time and pray for Natalie today, and pray for me, I think sometimes she handles it better than I do. I hope you have a good day!

Been a while

2009-03-29T00:04:00.000-04:00

Sorry its been a while. Nothing new has really been going on. Me and the girls have been going out and doing things together these past few weeks and I really haven't had much time for anything else. Lindsey loves to read, or for me to read to her, so we have been going to the library a lot. Its has so much for kids to do down there and since I am with them all day we can go early and there is not a crowd. Lindsey loves it and it is a good reward for her when she does well. I can't believe how big she is. Its happened so fast. She is half as tall as I am already and can talk up a storm, so it is really nice having some conversation during the day, even if it is just 3 year old conversation. We went out with Jesse and Amy tonight and had so much fun. Jesse preached at a youth meeting and then we went to the olive garden. Except for Natalie's mood swings it was great. I thank the Lord for such wonderful friends! Before we started coming to church I never realised that you could have such wonderful friends who were more like family, who would do anything for me and I for them. That love and treat your children like their own. That just shows you what the Lord can do. Because of his love we can show love to others. I did not truly know how to love until he saved me and showed me his love to me. I still have a hard time loving like him, my love sometimes is a selfish love, like loving them because they love me or because they do things for me, but true love is a choice even if they deserve it or not. God loved me even though I didn't deserve to be loved. I pray that I show his love to others, that others can see a difference in me. I always want to reflect the love my savior has given to me. Have a good Sunday!

Update

2009-03-12T11:26:00.001-04:00

Well first it was Natalie, then Bobby and now its on to me. Families seem to pass sickness one to the other and back. Our family shares everything even sickness. I am feeling much better today, but mommies and not suppose to get sick so my recovery time might take a little longer than normal. I absolutely hate to miss church, its like a part of me is missing and even though I'm sick I still feel guilty. Well enough about me and on to Natalie. We had her a wonderful birthday party and I think she really enjoyed it. I think Lindsey appreciated it more than her though, seeing that she got to open most the presents and get to take them home and play. Also everyone was so thoughtful and got her some presents too. Yes she is spoiled! Well here is some pics from the party and a video of Lindsey's new talent, I hope everyone has a great day!

Our 6 year Anniversary!

2009-03-09T00:18:00.000-04:00

Well today is our 6 year anniversary and what a blessing that it was spent going to the house of God. I sure didn't think six years ago that this is where I would be, but I am so grateful that the Lord butted in and changed our path. Bobby and I met in Biology class our 10th grade year at high school. I was 15 when we met and he was 16. I got to sit behind him and he made me laugh all the time. After that semester we had summer break and when we came back our 11th grade year we started dating, I had just turned 16. We have had our ups and downs, good times and bad, fights and laughs, but I am so glad that the Lord has blessed me with such a wonderful husband. We were married in 2003, I was 18 and Bobby was 19. We went on our honeymoon to pigeon forge at a cabin. The first night we stayed at the cabin the hot tub broke, and you could also hear rats in the ceiling at night, or so Bobby said, yes I found that out later. We also decided to light a fire in the 2 way fire place and forgot to close one side, so the whole place smelled like smoke, on top of the explorer messing up, and I got really sick. We have a lot of funny stories to tell though. We lived in a little apartment, thanks to Tony, for a few years. When we first moved in we had no bathroom sink, no hot water heater, etc. Lets just say it was a rough start. Not long after we moved in Tony kept inviting us to church and Bobby hated to tell him no all the time so we went. On Easter Sunday that year the Lord saved Bobby. I made a profession of Faith, but didn't get the real thing. After being married for 2 years the Lord decided we needed a change and here came Lindsey, August 23, 2005. What a blessing she has been to us. Not long after Lindsey we moved into our new home. We got to have her 1st b-day party here. Not to long after we got our new home the Lord started dealing with me to be saved. I struggled with him for a year and finally realised that I was lost and needed him. The Lord saved my soul and I am so glad that he did. He has changed my life so much and I am especially grateful that he did it when Lindsey was so little so my girls will have a mother who knows the Lord and can teach them about him and show evidence of his grace. Not long after I was saved we got another little surprise, on March 4th 2008 our baby girl Natalie was born. She has been such a blessing to us. The Lord has blessed us so much with such beautiful, healthy children, and I am so grateful that he chose me to be their mother. Well that's a brief summary of our six wonderful years. I pray the Lord would bless us with many more.

Happy 1st Birthday Natalie

2009-03-04T22:12:00.000-05:00

Today is my baby girls 1st birthday. On this day 1 year ago the Lord blessed me with a beautiful, healthy, 7 lb 1oz baby girl. I have been so blessed to watch her grow and learn all these new things. Today has been a hard day for Natalie. She had to go to the doctor and they said she had a ear infection. She ran a fever Saturday night and all day Sunday but then it went away so I didn't think much of it, but she continued to get worse so I took her own, so glad I did. Pray for her that she would get better soon. We had to miss church tonight because Natalie was so sick and Bobby worked late. I made her spaghetti and cupcakes and Bobby's dad sent her some presents so she had a mini party tonight. I just want to thank the Lord for what a blessing Natalie has been to us. Pray that the Lord would save her at the earliest age possible and that she would do some mighty works for him. Happy Birthday Natalie!

10 things you may not know about me.

2009-03-03T09:41:00.000-05:00

1) I am a late nighter, not a morning person. I usually don't get to bed before 1 or 2. Its my prime time, lol. I hate waking up in the mornings and I usually am not very friendly or sociable until lunch time. Could be because I am up so late, you think.

2) I have a bad temper. I also have a hard hiding when I am mad. I not one who hides my feelings, I just cant smile and be friendly when inside I am not. Its something I have to pray about all the time. It does take a while most times, like a hard day with the kids and bobby has to come home and make some comment, yea that will usually do it.

3) I was a cosmetologists. Yea a lot of you know that, but some might not. I went to college for it in high school for my junior, and senior year and then 2 days after I graduated high school I started full time and finished at the end of February. I love my job now better than I did doing hair, but it is handy information to know, free haircuts and color, and I get discounts on products, not a total waste.

4) Me and Bobby met in Biology class in high school my 10th grade year. I was 15 when we met, I started school a little earlier, and bobby was held back in 1st grade, see the Lord was already working in our life at an earlier age. I sat behind him and he made me laugh all the time, lets just say he was not the nicest to his teachers, he loved to test them, you can imagine. And yes I had to make the first move, he was really shy about all this stuff, he was a lot sweeter back then, lol. Good Memories.

5) I am so clumsy! I am more graceful since I have gotten older but it was really bad when I was younger. I was not allowed to sleep on the top bunk of the bunk beds, and not allowed to stand near the edge of the steps. Mom made sure. No broken bones, just a lot of bruises. I drop a lot of stuff and break a lot of things, not always out of anger, lol, but just because that is me. I was the one in high school who feel up the steps on the way to class in front of everyone. I don't think I am as bad as Jesse though, right Amy.

6) I am terrified of heights! Just to stand near the edge makes me sick to my stomach, and I get shaky. I love the views from high places, just don't look down or get near the edge.

7) I am scared of the dark. I know I should get over it, but I just can't help it. Bobby loves it because he will hide in the house and turn off the lights and scare me and Lindsey to death. Don't worry, we get him back. I am the one who reaches around the wall and flips the switch on or turns the light off and jumps on the bed and pulls the covers all the way up. I know there is nothing to be scared of but I just can't help it. Yea I'm a big baby.

8) I love to read. I can get so wrapped up in a book, Bobby can have the TV going and I don't even hear it. And it works out because the kids can watch there cartoons while I read, then we all get fun time and I am not stuck watching Dora, or Kai lan.

9) I grew up in the Globe, you know 4 miles from blowing rock. You had drive through 2 creeks to get to my house. We moved there for some reason I have no idea when I was in 4th grade and I lived there until me and Bobby got married. Fun stuff, good and bad memories.

10) I am addicted to chocolate. i like to keep a little extra in the cabinet for emergencies. I love all sweets, but my favorite is by far chocolate.

well that is 10 things about me, how about you!

Just an update

2009-03-02T15:21:00.000-05:00

Sorry I haven't blogged in a while, between Natalie's b-day party, and then the poor baby got sick on me, I have been preoccupied. I missed scripture day. I didn't even realise it was already the first. Lindsey's about has it memorised so later this week I will post a video of her saying her verse. I got busy and didn't work with her like last time, my own fault. I will also put up some pics of Natalie's b-day party soon. Thanks to all of you for coming and the presents for her. It was such a blessing! I appreciate it from the bottom of my heart. Pray for Natalie that she feels better. She started running a fever sat night and so did Zoey. So my sister came and got Zoey Sunday morning and poor Natalie ran a fever all day. Today no fever, but you can tell she still feels bad. Miss Lindsey is not liking all the attention that Natalie is getting so she has acted out all day. Pray for all of us. I love all of you and just wanted to say thank you for all you did for Natalie.

The Big Number 1

2009-02-21T14:17:00.000-05:00

Well Its here, already. Friday is Natalie's first b-day party, and soon following will be March 4th, her first b-day. It has went by so, so fast I can't hardly believe it. I was going to let every one know so if you want to come to the party. We are having it at church so there will be plenty of room and plenty of food. This is a very special time for our family. Pray for Natalie that she will grow up to do some wonderful things for the Lord.

Bath Time

2009-02-18T12:45:00.001-05:00

I was going through my pics and organising them and I realised I have so many good bath time pics. Bath time is like an event or a prize to the kids. Clean your room and you can take a bath, OK! They will also do anything for a cookie, lol. Anyways I thought I would share some of cute bath time pics. Have a good day everybody!!

Love

2009-02-16T15:34:00.000-05:00

Well today is clean up day after the long weekend we have had. So that has been going on most of my day and probably tomorrow too. It never ends, especially with 2 little girls, and a husband. Tonight is movie night again and we are looking forward to that. Jesse and Amy are getting the movie tonight and Lindsey has been asking all day, is Jesse and Amy coming over yet. Over all today has been a great day. I love the Lord and days like today are usually stressful, weekend clean up and tired children days, but he has gave me such a stress free day. I have a lot that I could be stressing over right now, but when it all comes down to it, I'm saved!! Last night was such a wonderful service, and the Lord really helped me.

I have been studying a lot about love lately and I have realised that I "love" with a selfish love, that I love in order to get things in return, I'm selfish. Gods love is pure, God is love! I can't love my husband and my children like I should until I learn to love Gods way. I want to do things for people with nothing expected in return, no praise from man, only from God. Even though people don't see the things that I do for him, my husband, the kids, etc, he does, and that is all that matters. I can't love until I learn how. So I have been trying to learn how to love. Trying to be patient and avoid conflict, and I can see a difference in my marriage. I do stumble a lot, I am a complainer, but I have been trying to stop, take a breath, not to dwell on the things that anger me. Like when Bobby make me upset, just think of something he does that makes me happy. Its hard especially because I have to much time to think during the day. I want to use my time more wisely, use it for God. Through him I will be a better wife, mother, christian, daughter, friend. Pray for me that I would learn how to love the way God loves.

Charity (love) suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in truth; Beareth all thing, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. 1 Corinthians 13:4-7

And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity(love).
1 Corinthians 13: 13

A while back me and Bobby were having a really hard time. It seemed like every time we were together we fought. I was so upset one night and I said Lord why. Why bother trying, I want to just give up and forget it. The Lord convicted me to get up and read my bible one night. At 1 in the morning I was hesitant, and lazy but I did and I opened my bible to this scripture I just wrote and the thing that stood out to me the most was Charity or love endureth all things. The Lord touched my heart with this scripture and made me realise that better or worse fighting or not I love him and our love through him can endure anything. Since then, when I realised that giving up is not an option, I have been trying to learn to love the way he loves. In return if you love someone and give yourself to them, I believe that they will want to love you even more. No one wants to be around someone who is depressing and complains about everything you do wrong. Pray that God would keep a hedge about our family, keep up from things that could allow sin in our home. That we would dedicate ourselves more to him. I don't want to fail the Lord. I only have one chance at this and I want to hear him say well done good and faithful servant. Pray for me.

Scripture Day

2009-02-15T21:31:00.000-05:00

Well on the first of this month I wrote that I decided to add Lindsey in on our scripture day. I must say that teaching her has made me much more dedicated. She did so good and even though she is still a little rough around the edges on this verse I think she does so good for a 3 year old. Our Scripture was:

Verily, verily I say unto the, Except a man be born of water and of the spirit he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh; And that which is born of the spirit is spirit. Marvel not that I said unto the, ye must be born again. John 3:5-7

I am so proud of her. Keep prayin, she is going to do some wonderful things for the Lord. I am looking forward to the day I can hear Natalie's little voice say the scriptures as well.

Well I need to start with a new verse now. Our scripture next is:

And this is the confidence that we have in him, that , if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us. 1st John 5:14

Well here is my smart little cookie in action

Cleaning my Home

2009-02-09T11:40:00.000-05:00

My sweet, sweet, blessing of a friend Amy gave me a wonderful mothers journal, which I absoutly love! In this Journal it has thoughts, and scriptures on one side of the page. Today I was reading and the question was What is a Home? As it went on talking about how your house is a place with walls and a roof, a place to keep out of the cold, etc, but a home is something different. A baby laughing, children playing, a mother singing, the strength of a father, a home is us. So I started thinking, I am so concerned about cleaning my house, but what about my home. Do I tend to let my children go without a good cleaning or let junk get in. Do my words make them dirty or give them a clean spirit. My house will always need to be clean, but my home is only young for a short time, and I truly pray that I don't fill it with junk and clutter it with worldly things. That I leave room for him and fill up their storage space with things of him, kindness of heart, a want to help others, love, patience, fun, happiness. I do not want my actions to make them bitter, selfish, and in other words dirty and cluttered. I want every little bit of space in there little hearts to be clean and reflect him. To be so clean and shiny that all you can see is Jesus reflecting off of them. God has blessed me with this wonderful blessing, I pray that I never take it for granted, that I am always quick to listen and to say that I am sorry. That I will keep myself clean so that I will be a better mother and wife. So how clean is your home?

How?

2009-02-03T17:56:00.000-05:00

Everyday I try to write out schedules to do and keep myself on task, but it is just so hard for me. I know I need to be more scheduled for the kids, me, and most of all time for the Lord, but how? Everytime I try something comes up to throw me off, or I just get discuraged and end up getting nothing accomplished. Mabe I try to hard, mabe not hard enough. If I am going to homeschool I need to be more focused and more diciplined, but how? I need to do better, do more for the church, more time with the kids, keep the house cleaner, read my bible more, make time for my husband, spend more time with our friends,make sure all the bills are paid, make sure to keep up with family, keep the girls well taken care of , I get so overwhelmed! I know things come with experience, but how can I do it now? All these things have to be done, but where do I find the time, how do you get motivated when there is just so much to do? Mabe I have to much alone time to think about how much I have to do. It seems like everytime I take a step in the right way I take 2 more back. I start off the day good and then something happens to get me discouraged. Like someone will call and tell me all there problems, several times a day, or Lindsey will act out all day, Natalie will be fussy, or Lindsey will spill milk on my freshly moped floor, never fails, or just when you get done at the end of the day Natalie refuses to go to sleep. How do you keep from getting overwhelmed? How do you maintain a good attitude when you feel like the walls are falling down around you. I feel like I fail the Lord so much. I love the Lord, but I need to love him more. I don't understand how some mothers can keep a perfectly clean house, with children who know 5 languages and never misbehave, be the perfect wife and perfect christian. I want to be more but how?

Scripture Day!

2009-02-01T15:26:00.000-05:00

Today is scripture day and I didn't get my goal of psalm 27 yet, but I am working on it. So far I have;

The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? When the wicked even my enemies and my foes came upon me to eat up my flesh they stumbled and fell. Though a host should encamp aginst me my heart shall not fear, when war shall rise aginst me in this will I be confident. One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life that I may behold the beauty of the Lord and to inquire in his temple. For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me, he shall set me upon a rock. 1-5

Even though I didn't meet my goal I enjoyed the scripture I learned. I think I will take a break from this psalm and start including Lindsey in my scripture memorising. So our first verse is:

Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Excet a man be born of water and of the Spririt he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the spirit is spirit. Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again. John 3:5-7

Have a blessed Sunday night service!