I have had some comments in regards to why I am now  screening the comments that come in. I will not be posting comments from names that are made up. If you would like to post under your real name feel free but for those of you wanting to just say mean comments under a different name I will not be posting these. My children read these post and they do not need to see smart, uncalled for, and untruthful comments from those who do not know the truth of what my children and I have faced. Those of you that have been very encouraging and kind to my boys and I, Thank you, I appreciate and love you all.

Newest family member

The boys and I still have moments that we are so sad we had to get rid of our dog when we moved. I have been trying to decide what kind of animal we could do here. I am allergic to cats so no cats, I don't know about hamsters, rats, gerbils, they remind me to much of little mice and well they gross me out. No offense to you that have them I just don't think they where for me, not to mention not sure if my allergies would act up to these animals. I also didn't want any smell. So Dalton, Bronson, and I headed to the pet store. We where just checking out some options. I was leaning towards a turtle.

We met a lady there, we now call her the dragon lady. She was very helpful on different animals. (she was working there) She brought out her own, full grown, bearded dragon. Bronson held it. I asked some questions but was sold when she told me that you can put a leash on them. Can you see me in the summer, sitting on the grass with a book and beside me my leashed bearded dragon. haha sounds totally fun. So we went home and told the other boys about it. The boys quickly jumped on board. All but Emery, he is not an animal lover. They began to save their money thinking of ways they could earn some. We found out that "the dragon lady" had some of her own that she sales and they are half the price of the ones in the store.

So last night we headed to the store to get all the things we would need. I could not believe that I was getting a reptile that would have me feeding crickets in a "bug house". But the boys where so excited and I just wanted them to have this. They have been through so many changes and this was something fun I could do for them.

Bronson and I where home doing school today when the dragon was delivered. We are getting use to just how to hold it. The boys have named it pascal. I have decided to just call it PJ. I still have not purchased that leash, will wait tell it gets bigger but don't worry, this thing will be seen outside with us this summer.

11 years old today

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Carter was my 4th son. He joined my family 11 years ago. I can not believe my little peanut is 11. This boy has grown up so much lately. He has always had the best smile. The most sweetest touch. He is tender to the core. He has an energy that if bottled could make millions. Carter is friendly and loving to anyone. I love to watch him.... not just because I can't keep up with him but because he is always moving. When he is observing something, such as bugs, you can just see that his mind is moving just as fast as his body does.

 Carter is so good to his mom. He is always ready for a hug or kiss. I think back on the days that I have been blessed to have Carter and I will admit this child...... wow this child is about all I can say, what is the right words? handful is to mild to describe how Carter was. I used to say Carter was put on this earth just to teach me patience. As a young boy he just had no measure of what he should and should not do. Thankfully he has mellowed a bit. He is always moving so fast and yet is never in a hurry to get anywhere.  He is a kid that really does stop to smell the flowers, or chase a bug, or throw a snowball, or well just about anything other then what he's suppose to be doing.

Carter is a joy to my heart. I can not wait to see what the Lord has in store for this little man of mine. I hope that his happy, joyful attitude never leaves. I hope this world keeps that mind  busy and that  it's kept away from bad things. I want him to always have time to stop and smell the flowers and enjoy Gods creation. I want a lifetime of those hugs and kisses.

Happy birthday tarter sauce!

Time for the beach

 Florida trip 2014!
So I just had this all written out and then I hit the wrong button and it erased it all. Since I need to go work on laundry and finish unpacking, you will now get the shortened version.
My parents travel to Florida each winter for about a month. We decided to fly down and spend a week with them. We have never flown in a plane (except Dalton, he has)
These envelopes each hold a small activity for the boys to open during the flights. They liked these and it helped to keep them entertained.

Headed out from  Omaha on the first of January, it was cold and snowy here. The flight got delayed a few times. We showed up at the airport 3 hours early since we where so excited so the delays made for a long time waiting. We finally where able to take off and ended up stuck in Chicago, on the plane, for over 3 hours. Remember I have 5 boys, in the dark, hot, crowded plane. They did amazing though and handled it great. We arrived in Orlando after 1:30 am and had a 3 hour drive ahead to the condo. We made it to the room after 4 am and hit the sack. We where awaken very early by an excited grandma who could not wait to take us to the beach.

Carter was born for the beach. He finds treasures like a pro and was always willing to head down to the ocean with anyone who would take him.

This was our first walk down the beach, this area is about 1 1/2 from the condo.

A pool right outside our condo was used very often by these guys.

This was here when we arrived. Its really neat the picture does not do it justice. The numbers are filled in with shells. The water erased it by our second day.

Many moments where spent jumping waves.

A big hole dug in the sand provides much entertainment for boys.

So I asked Dalton to pose expecting a cute picture, Lesson learned.

Those of you that know my boys, know they hate photos. (well all but Carter who is always happy to give a cheesy grin) but they allowed mom a few moments to take some shots on the cold morning of our last day.

Bronson

love love love

Atley, yes he is very cold

Its always my youngest that clowns around

my beach boy

Got this idea to do a family pyramid on the beach. Um fail. the shells where cutting into our knees and Atley just could not get on the top. It was a funny try though.

The plane ride home was much better. We only had 21 flying since they had to cancel the Chicago portion and was now a direct flight from Tampa to Omaha. We each had our own row to spread out and also window views. This was amazing to see from the day.

This was a great trip for us and we will always have these memories.