Well we had our Christmas family gathering tonight. The kids were so excited to open presents. We still have to make our trip to Amy's to take some Santa stuff. Waiting for kids to be close to sleep!!!

Jacob is 8, Myles is 8, or will be on the 31st, Grace is 7, Katie is 6 and Caleb is 4. These are happy times. Caleb is pumped for Santa.

Write more in the p.m. tomorrow after we see what Santa brought them.

We can get excited about Santa, cause we rest assured that they each one, are well aware that CHRISTmas is all about CHRIST!!!!!

more later

whats been going on...

Well I have not posted anything in quite a while. Guess that kinda tells ya what an action packed life I lead huh? I cannot believe January, February, March and April has past by so quickly. Now it is May and thunderstorms and tornadoes are a daily occurance. And I am not going to say how many times I have watched Twilight or how many times I have read all the books. They are just so good!

I rarely get to see Myles and Grace anymore. Jason only calls his dad and that is only when he wants something.

So I fill my life with the other three.

Jacob is maturing so much everytime I see him. He is in the first grade but reading on a fourth grade level. He finally let it click that what he is reading has a mental picture to go with it! He reads to his little sister and brother also. Good practice.

Katie never had her birthday party and she wants to have a swimming party now. So right now it will be on June 6th at their country club in Gadsden.. I think Caleb is looking forward to it as much as she is!! He loves swimming better than chocolate donuts!

Katie's ballet recital is also that evening.

And Caleb is Caleb!

Amy bought her a Canon Rebel ssi so I will have pictures to post soon.I am going to keep this blog up more, try to type on it more each day.

later

Oh yeah, our little Katie enrolled for public Kindergarten the other day and is so excited. Takes me back to when Amy got on that school bus for the first time. I was watching from my window and saw her pony tailed head bounce up and down at the bus driver. I asked her later what the driver was asking her and she said, " She wanted to know if I was old enough to go to school."Amy wanted to go to school and ride that bus from the age of three and then in junior high she wouldn't be caught dead on one!!

Katie and Caleb

Well I got to spend some quality time with Katie and Caleb today and yesterday. Katie had her Christmas program at her school and then both she and Caleb came to my house to spend the night. Nana, one of their other grandmothers, came and got Katiebug yesterday and took her to her house, and I took Caleb home CAUSE he wanted to go home to his MOMMA!!! Talk about a TOUGH mommas boy that is our Caleb. He is so ALL BOY but a mommas little darlin' too. Today we played "What was that? I heard something?" then we SNUCK all over the house looking for whatever made that sound that we really didn't hear!!! We slayed us some tigers and mean guys all over their house!!

I wish I could video little Caleb's thoughts'

Caleb is so funny we just never know what is going through his mind. But we get a hint when he comes out with funny little anecdotes that he fully believes is real. Like how he was positive that Michael Phelps was going to come to his birthday party. He watched the olympics every night and was GLUED to the tv when Michael swam. The olympics were in August and his birthday was in September. He started swimming at the country club solely from watching Michael swim. He was so funny standing on the side of the pool bent over with his arm back, and DIVING in. I am serious. He would actually dive and then do exactly like Michael did with the little 'body wave' and go a long way before coming up for air. After repeatedly doing this he convinced his mom Amy that he didn't need his life jacket. And sure enough he didn't. He would 'dive' in head first and do the little fishtail thingy and then come up for air then swim to the side. I'll see if I can't find a video of it.

Caleb is just so smart and fun to be around. Once we were driving down the road and a tractortrailer, without the trailer, passed us and Caleb laughed and said "look he don't have a tail." I thought it was so cute that he thought the trailer was a tail!

That leads me to this story, and Amy may make me take it off, but I think it is just too cute to forget. Amy was getting Katie ready for her ballet class and Caleb came into her room. He did a double take and said, "You don't have a tail!" Amy laughed and said, "a tail? You don't have a tail either!" To which Caleb exclaimed, "Yes I do!" and proceded to pull his pants down to show her! Amy cracked up and said, "Caleb that is not a tail, it is a (insert correct name here, I don't won't someone coming to my blog because they googled certain words!) and girls don't have those." We just never know what is going on in that cute little head of his. I think three and four year olds are the most fun age to just listen to, or even carry on a conversation with.

Here is a video of him practicing calling Michael Phelps to invite him to his 3 yr old birthday party... well it won't upload, I'll figure it out and show it later, really cute.

Katie Sarah turned the big 5!

Our sweet little Katie turned five on December 1. She wanted to celebrate by going out to eat at 'crusty crab' and no she is not allowed to watch Spongebob but has evidently seen it enough times she knew who or maybe what 'crusty crab' is. We didn't. But when she and her Mom drove by Red Lobster she said there that place, that's the 'crusty crab' place. So that is where we went to eat to celebrate her turning five years old.

Katie is going to have a birthday pahty in January.

Something new for my blog 'FEEDJIT'

I have seen this on others blogs but did not know how to get it to mine. I did it and hope it stays. Even though right now nobody comes to my blog but me. My kids really need to check it out since it is mostly about them lol.

I found an old friend by just clicking (you really have to be careful about where you click) but I found theAgees blog an I am so happy about that. I need to get her email and really find out what has been going on in their lives, and let them in on ours. Amy and I both have wondered and wondered where they went. So happy.

Mike and I are cleaning and preparing for Thanksgiving tomorrow. I always cook a big turkey, I have since my kids were little. That was/is my holiday tradition more so than anything to do with Christmas. Mike always does the rest of the cooking. He is good at it so I'm not gonna stop him! He cleans as he cooks so there is usually no big mess later.

Amy and her bunch should be getting back from the beach in a short while. She usually comes over early on TG day and helps me decorate my house up for Christmas.

I have made a big start on my gift list so far. I only buy for the grands mainly.

I also have some sewing to do that is a high priority. Baby gifts, Christmas and just regular sewing. I really should get off this pc and go sew.

later....

Jesus Jesus Jesus, there is no sweeter name I know

My oldest grandchild, Jacob 7, asked Jesus to come into his heart. Praise God Whom All Blessings Flow. It was just beautiful the way it all came about. Jacob has been under conviction for a while now. He lives in a very Christ centered home and has been taken to church all his life. His school has an after school program once a week where they study the Bible and talk about Jesus and who He is and why He had to die.

On their way home from school that day Jacob told his mother about that day's class and what they talked about. He said the leaders had asked if anyone felt like they needed to step out of the room and speak with one of them one to one, to raise their hand. He said, but I didn't raise my hand. Then he asked her how would he know when to ask Jesus into his heart. She told him not to worry about it that when Jesus wanted come into his heart he would know and would have no doubt.

Well later that night after they had bed time prayer and he was supposed to be asleep, he came out of his room and up to Amy and said "Mom I just prayed and I asked Jesus into my heart". (insert tears of joy here). She talked with him for awhile and then they prayed together. I hate it that Kevin had to work late that night.

Jacob talked with his children's director at his church the next night, on a Wednesday, he prayed again with Jacob and his parents. Then on Sunday, Nov 2, he went down before his church and publicly professed his faith in Christ. (insert more tears of joy).

Later we went out to eat and I told him "Jacob, do you know what the angels in heaven did when you prayed in your bed and asked Jesus to come into your heart?" He said no and I told him that at that exact moment all the angels in heaven sang ALLELUIA and rejoiced, Luke 15:7.

I am so happy for him and proud of the parents Amy and Kevin are. He is going to baptized into his church on Nov 23, I'll post pictures for sure.