Just a pic

Just a cute pic of me and my baby boy I thought I would post

I dream of Jesus

In honor of Father's day I decided we would devote not just Sunday but the whole weekend to Eric. He is such amazing father and deserves more than I could probably ever describe with words. I decided to let him sleep in this morning & get up and make him breakfast. Well he woke up & thank goodness he finally had a good nights sleep as I don't think he has been sleeping well considering all that has gone on with us. My little pumpkin was still asleep and we finally decided at 9:00 to wake him up(By the way I am loving this new sleeping in thing, as usually Cole wakes up at 7 or 7:30). Now to the part and reason for writing this post. We sit down to eat breakfast and we start to eat and Cole says WAIT-we need to say Grace mommy, which I am so thankful for his reminding because I know sometimes we get in a hurry and forget, which makes me sad thinking we should never been in too big of hurry that we forget to remember the good Lord above who has provided and blessed our family with so much. Now for the best part, Eric was discussing how he was dreaming & then Cole pipes in & says I was dreaming too Daddy and I ask him what were you dreaming about and with the biggest grin on his face he says "I was dreaming about Jesus. " My heart just melted with joy!! We have been teaching Cole about saying prayers and about Jesus and it just give me such joy in knowing that at such an early age he recognizes who he is and that we need to remember to give thanks to him. My hope has a mother is that I will continue to instill Christian values in his life and that as he grows older he will be a " Man after God's own heart." That in successful relationships and especially within a family that God should be at the center & To remember that when life gets tough and you are faced with trials to remember to have Faith & Hope in our Father God as he has a plan for all of us and he is with us every step of the way.To always remember that God should be the most important Man in his life then Eric.

The father of one
who is right with God
will have much joy.
He who has a wise son
will be glad in him."
(Proverbs 23:24, )

Happy Father's Day to my heavenly Father, my dad, to my father-in-law and to my wonderful husband Eric!! We love you!!

Overnight Guest

This past weekend we watched my niece Keira for this first time overnight while Shandi and Kody when out of town. We decided to have my to other niece Kindall and my nephew Caden over to play as Cole loves to get to hang out with his cousins. I took a couple of pics I just had to share. You might begin to wonder if my son ever wears clothes as you will see in the pics except for 1 he in his diaper or naked. We have decided that soon enough he will get over this exhibitionist stage, until then we are not going to fight him any longer trying to get him to keep his clothes on. The kids had so much fun-call me crazy having twins might not be so bad.

Cole and Keira Saturday morning in their jammies

Kindall helping me give them a bath-She is such a good little helper

Hangin out in the backyard

She already has good taste in purses

I finally had a chance to update

It seems like it has been forever since I have had a chance to get on here and update. I have been extremely busy at work so by the time I get home I don’t even want to look at a computer. We had a wonderful relaxing weekend with friends and family. It was my brother’s weekend to have his kids so we thought what better fun than to take them swimming. My cousin Michael was so kind to let us enjoy his pool while he was out of town. The kids had so much fun however I got a little bit too much sun and go a little to0 burned. That evening we had friends over for a BBQ and had watched Keira and Kadyn for Shandi and Kody while he took her around Midland on her first motorcycle ride with him. I guess my baby boy hadn’t had enough of the pool so he decided to jump in ours when he got home with the kids and yes he is naked in the picture. I think my son is exhibitionist-we can’t quite get him to keep his clothes on. We ended our weekend with taking the kids to see the Night at The Museum which actually was kind of cute.

Happy Early Mother's Day

I got this in an email and thought it was definitely worth sharing. To all you invisible Mother's out there and the sacrifices you make. I hope you have a wonderful Mother's day.

--- Invisible Mother.......It all began to make sense, the blank stares, the lack of response, theway one of the kids will walk into the room while I'm on the phone andask me a question.Inside I'm thinking, 'Can't you see I'm on the phone?' Obviously, not.No one can see if I'm on the phone, or cooking, or sweeping the floor,or even standing on my head in the corner, because no one can see me atall.I'm invisible. The invisible Mom. Some days I am only a pair of hands,nothing more: Can you fix this? Can you tie this? Can you open this?Some days I'm not a pair of hands; I'm not even a human being.. I'm aclock to ask, 'What time is it?' I'm a satellite guide to answer, 'Whatnumber is the Disney Channel?' I'm a car to order, 'Right around 5:30,please.'I was certain that these were the hands that once20held books and theeyes that studied history and the mind that graduated sum a cum laude-but now they had disappeared into the peanut butter, never to be seenagain. She's going; she's going; she is gone!One night, a group of us were having dinner, celebrating the return of afriend from England ...Janice had just gotten back from a fabulous trip, and she was going onand on about the hotel she stayed in.I was sitting there, looking around at the others all put together sowell. It was hard not to compare and feel sorry for myself.I was feeling pretty pathetic, when Janice turned to me with abeautifully wrapped package, and said, 'I brought you this.'It was a book on the great cathedrals of Europe ..I wasn't exactly sure why she'd given it to me until I read herinscription: 'To Charlotte , with admiration for the greatness of whatyou are building when no one sees.'In the days ahead I would read - no, devour - the book. And I woulddiscover what would become for me, four life-changing truths, afterwhich I could pattern my work: No one can say who built the greatcathedrals - we have no record of their names. These builders gave theirwhole lives for a work they would never see finished.They made great sacrifices and expected no credit. The passion of theirbuilding was fueled by their faith that the eyes of God saw everything.A legendary sto ry in the book told of a rich man who came to visit thecathedral while it was being built, and he saw a workman carving a tinybird on the inside of a beam. He was puzzled and asked the man, 'Why areyou spending so much time carving that bird into a beam that will becovered by the roof? No one will ever see it.' And the workman replied,'Because God sees.' I closed the book, feeling the missing piece fallinto place.It was almost as if I heard God whispering to me, 'I see you, Charlotte.I see the sacrifices you make every day, even when no one around youdoes. No act of kindness you've done, no sequin you've sewn on, nocupcake you've baked, is too small for me to notice and smile over. Youare building a great cathedral, but you can't see right now what it willbecome.'At times, my invisibility feels like an affliction. But it is not adisease that is erasing my life. It is the cure for the disease of myown self-centeredness. It is the antidote to my strong, stubborn pride.I keep the right perspective when I see myself as a great builder. Asone of the people who show up at a job that they will never seefinished, to work on something that their name will never be on. Thewriter of the book went so far as to say that no cathedrals could everbe built in our lifetime because there are so few people willing tosacrifice to that degree.When I really think about it, I don't want my son to tell the friendhe's bringing home from college for Thanksgiving, 'My Mom gets up at 4inthe morning and bakes homemade pies, and then she hand bastes a turkeyfor three hours and presses all the linens for the table.' That wouldmean I'd built a shrine or a monument to myself.... I just want him towant to come home. And then, if there is anything more to say to hisfriend, to add, 'you're gonna love it there.'As mothers, we are building great cathedrals. We cannot be seen if we'redoing it right. And one day, it is very possible that the world willmarvel, not only at what we have built, but at the beauty that has beenadded to the world by the sacrifices of invisible women.Great Job, MOM!Share this with all the Invisible Moms you know....I just did.Hope this encourages you when the going gets tough as it sometimes does.We never know what our finished products will turn out to be because ofour perseverance.

This past weekend we had our annual trip to Fredericksburg. We had such a blast and it was a much needed getaway trip. Our family has had a lot going on, three of the men including my husband have gotten laid off, so it felt so good to get away and blow off some steam. Fortunately on the way down there my uncle found out he got a job so it made the weekend even that much better. I missed Cole terribly but Eric and I definitely need some time away together. My sister-in-laws and mother-in-law watch Cole for us and he had such a blast. After an evening and day with his Aunt Shandi she got him to wear his big boy pants and his now officially potty trained. We had been working on it but we finally are without accidents. It makes me sad to know he is not a baby anymore, he my big boy now. I will miss these first two years terribly but I have to admit it will be kind of nice to not have to buy diapers anymore. Thanks Aunt Shandi!!! Thank you all for watching my baby boy for us so we could get away!

Cole having to much fun while Mommy and Daddy are away

My Cousin Shawna and I in Luckenbach

The Boys

My Sweet Hubby

The girls jammin out to Elton Johns "Bennie & The Jets"

The Girls

Fun in the sun

This past weekend we had a garage sale to get some clutter out of the house and for some extra spending money for our annual Fredericksburg trip which will be taking place this weekend. Although I always miss my baby boy terribly it will be nice for Eric and I to get away together. Saturday evening we hung out in the backyard playing washers and grillin fajitas. Sunday came and it was our lazy day. It was so pretty outside we thought we would lay and get some much needed sun. Here are a few pic of my boys catchin some rays.