Some of my favorite things--simple but satisfying!

I find these things simply satisfying!!

Knowing Heaven awaits me--eternal life--JESUS Rocks!
Watching my children pray.
Church.
Hearing "I love you" from someone I love.
Having a dishwasher.
Kisses from my children, even the snotty ones.
Chocolate ice cream.
Getting grubby dandelions and purple wild flowers that Emy picks for me.
Whispers from Emy & Luke.
A child's giggle.
Viewing my blogs (my faves are listed to the right of this post).
Hearing my husband read to Emy & Luke.
Finding no bills in the mailbox.
Listening to Emy & Luke sing.
Clothes that are TOO BIG for me.
International Adoption (any country will do).

Please comment and let me know what simple things you find satisfying!!

Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day to all of y'all mothers out there. Just wanted to share that I HAD THE BEST MOTHER'S DAY EVER!! We went to church where I was bombarded with gifts from Luke & Emy. I got a huge WHITE rose bush (yes, it is real), some dish towels and hand towels, and lots of goodies including the very enjoyable Hershey Kisses!!

Then we went to Ma & Pa's house to be with my mama today!! WHAT FUN!! The kids had a BLAST and are now both sleeping very soundly!!

I will post pics tomorrow evening. Hope you guys had a GREAT day just like ME!!

Guess what! More pics.

Luke cheesin' for the camera!!

Emy at the party!
It was a beach theme, what can I say!
Luke & Jackelyn swinging!
Jackelyn (ain't she cute?) She also stays at Nanny's with Luke & Emy!

A few more pics.

Carthage had it's 20th Buggy Festival today and we enjoyed it very much. This is me, Luke & Cristian getting very dizzy on the spinning thing (I don't know the name of this ride). Yep, Luke is laughing the whole time!! He didn't know what to think when he couldn't walk afterwards, though. But it was FUNNY!!

This is Emy (the back of her head anyway) riding with Chelsea and Chelsea's dad. They were spinning really FAST!
Emy coming down the Titanic Slide!
We went to Ethan's birthday party!! He is 1 year old!!!
He is a very sweet little boy. He stays at Nanny's with Emy & Luke!!

A few pictures to share with y'all...

Emy brought me this from youth the other night! I was thrilled to have an early Mother's Day gift!! I got ALL my favorite stuff--flower, mouthwash, washcloth, candle, tissue, razors and lotion--Emy knows me, huh???

This is MY favorite of the lot--a handmade card!
She also drew/colored this picture for me!!
And played me a song!! Bless her sweet heart!! I love her to pieces!!

Kiss my Foot--by Luke

The other night when Emy was at youth group, Luke did the funniest thing. He wanted me to stomp my feet at him and he was giggling--then he hurt his foot and said "kiss foot". See if you can hear him!

I'm sorry the lighting is bad in my living room--we need stronger bulbs or something. Anyway you can hear the giggling and the stomping so here goes. . .

Let me know what you think--By the way, thanks to everyone who comments, especially Nancy and Ingrid--I love it!!

Emy wants a phone in her room!

Emy is saying toward the end of this video that she wants a REAL phone in her room in case she needs to call 911 for an emergency. See if you can tell what she is saying--she was very excited. This was taken when we were on our way home from Pa's birthday dinner!

Luke then and now!

Luke on Gotcha Day!!

Luke last week--hasn't my tiny man grown into a chunky monkey!!??

A very handsome chunk might I add?!

Emy's purse contents!!

Okay, not long ago I told y'all that I was gonna empty Emy's purse and show you ALL the contents. Ya ready for this???

This is her purse--looks kind of small, huh?

By the way, this purse was a gift from Angie Pangie for Emy's 5th birthday. . it is a good one as you will see. . scroll down, please.

This was in the front left pocket that velcros.
This was in the front zipper portion. . she's richer than me already!!
This is what was in the middle of her purse.

I cannot list it all as it would take all of 10 hours to do such things. I just don't have the time for it. I will name a few things.

Three cell phones (one real (that no longer works), one trac fone that isn't charged and one Hannah Montana).

Hannah Montana sticker cards (I think 5).

MY lip stick (I've been wondering where that got to).

Lotion.

Lip gloss.

Eye makeup.

Hair barretts.

Fingernail polish.

One orange ball.

Sunglasses.

One picture of Alissa J.

Mirror.

Empty Tic Tac container.

I mean, GET REAL y'all. Can you believe anyone would need this much stuff in her purse??

That's my Emy, she is a trip!!

I love her passion for life, that's for sure.

Yep, ALL of that fit in here. And I will no doubt be in BIG trouble because I KNOW she will KNOW I've been in there and I KNOW she will have a fit.

You should've seen me trying to get all that stuff back in this purse!! Whew, I think I want some ice cream or something after that workout!!

A few more pictures to share with y'all.

Luke was SKATING (with a little help from Mama)

Our big girl cheerleader!! Go Emy!!
This is Olivia & Becca (Luke calls Livvy "Lily") Olivia is Luke's best friend and Becca is Emy's best friend. They are sisters. . . they came by to pick Emy up for Youth group tonight!!
Emy, Bible in hand, Ready to go to Youth Group!!
Luke can drive his bus and suck his thumb at the SAME TIME!! Multitasker, huh??

Soccer again today!!

I am so proud of Emy for hanging in with the soccer. She really is enjoying herself!!!

What a kicker! This is Emy & her daddy practicing before they got started this morning!!

Cole, Haylei & Kyrstin came to cheer Emy on today!!
Emy & Luke (trying to help)
Say "cheese" or cheetos in this case!
Emy & Chelsea

Happy Birthday to PA!!

Yesterday, the 2nd, was my daddy's birthday, who all the kids call "Pa".

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PA!

We went to Westmoore Family Restaurant along with Pa's brothers and sister. . . we had a great time eating and fellowshipping!!!!

Cristian, Emy & Darrell
Josh & Luke clowning around with lemons. .
Emy with yellow lemon lips.
The whole crew (Pa is in the far back, 2nd from the left)
James (sitting), Arles, Pauline, and Billy (Pa).

The brothers and the sister!!

By the way

By the way, Luke is putting sentences together (in English)!! YAHOO!! At home he has said the following (in no particular order) "brush teeth", "brush hair", "morning mama", "go side". At Nanny's yesterday he said "Nanny, mama work".

Such fun we are having at MY HOUSE!!!!

Luke & the Eye Doctor

Well, another eye doctor visit and Luke's left eye still crosses in 100% of the time. Dr. B. measured the degree of crossing and said that he wanted to see us back in one month. If the degree of crossing is the exact same, Luke is a candidate for surgery. Sooooo, in another 4 weeks we will know more.

We KNOW that Luke sees better with his glasses. He isn't falling nearly as much and he can see who is singing in front of the church (we sit closer to the back). When Olivia sings, Luke sees her and says "mon Lily" which means Come on Livvy, let's go play!! He LOVES Olivia (I think she is 11 years old?!) but she is Nanny's youngest daughter. . . so he gets to see her almost every single day!!

Emy LOVES Becca (Nanny's 2nd youngest daughter)--she is 18 or 19 now. . wow, how time does fly!! So, in other words, I am not really all that missed at daycare after all. . . it does feel good to see the smiles when I pick them up. Now, when will it happen? the dreaded day when they don't want to go home??? It's bound to happen sooner or later---I'll just think about that when it happens. . . see y'all later!

My children are hilarious!

Hey everyone!

Just wanted to share that I am back at work full time this week and ugh!! It is so hard to get out and about. I really LOVED staying at home and sleeping "in"--well until Luke woke up (around 7). Now it is up at 5:30 or 6:00 and off to daycare and then work. They are doing really GREAT!! Get up, get dressed, brush teeth, out the door. Thank you Nanny for fixing their breakfasts!!!!

The good part is when I come home!!

When I get home from work, they are soooo happy to see me. . especially Luke..he squeals and laughs and hugs on me and wants me to hold him lots and lots. Emy hugs me and is ready to go home and chill out.

Emy story--she fell on the carport and skinned her little knee (just below the knee really). Well, I brought her in the house (carried her), babied her a little bit (kissed her booboo), washed her booboo, put on a bandage and a cold cloth over the bandage and she says the SWEETEST thing ever--Mama, will you bring me my Bible? I thought she wanted to pray because alot of times I pray for her boo boos. . .

I said (thinking how sweet is she) "Oh Emy are you going to read it or pray?". She says "No, Mama I want to play my Nintendo DS and it is in my Bible case". . . and I thought WHAT? Ha! She puts so much stuff everywhere, I can't keep up!

I couldn't help but chuckle a little bit. . . she is a trip--I told her I wanted to empty her purse and I will one day--when I do, I am taking a picture of it all and listing the contents on the blog--y'all wait and see--she's gonna have back trouble when she gets older!!

Later y'all!

Luke & Emy singing!!

Emy kicking with Chelsea!!

Beautiful weather in NC!!

Flowers that Emy grew!!

She did some great kicking today at soccer!!
Go Emy!!
The wind blowing on the way home--ain't she cute??
Luke loves the wind--our windows were down!!

Today was post-placement visit #2 with Meg!!

Luke loves his doggy (thanks Susan G)
Yep, she wanted her hair curly again!!
Emy wanted her room to sparkle for Meg--so she sprinkled shiny sparkly things in the floor--pretty, huh?
Swinging in the beautiful 80 degree weather we are having in NC today!!
Thanks Meg!! We enjoyed having you today!!

(This is Meg with Emy & Luke)

Luke & spilled Pepsi

So, Luke wanted to try some Pepsi last night!! So I let him. I gave him 1/4 cup in a small glass and he dumped it in the dining room floor and then had fun sliding down in it. Enjoy this video!!