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TIME FLIES WHEN...........

I know it has been awhile. I have decided to try this blogging thing again. It will be 2 years since I last blogged. I am hoping to be better at it this time.

I am still working from home. Except the girls are all in school now. The twins go for a half day. This allows me to split my shift.

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All 4 are growing by leaps and bounds. My oldest is 9 going on 13. We have had a lot of Drama at school. She was a victim of a bully along with her classmates. She has been physically sick about school. I think we have turned the corner today. She came home from school happy and we had no issues getting ready to go to the bus stop today.

My middle daughter is 7. I swear there are days that she lives to pick on her sisters. Especially her big sister. She is now in 2Nd grade. She is a star in her class and has a couple of BFFs. I can always count on her to give me a hug and kiss good night.

The twins are now 4. they will be 5 in Feb. They make me tired. I am grateful when they take a nap. That way I can take a nap. It has been awesome watching the twin thing going on between them. they are loving school so much that they play it the minute they get home.

Then there is the glue that holds us all together, my wife. She tries to keep this family running like a well oiled machine. The trouble is we act like a well oiled junker. With 4 girls you just don't know when and where the breakdown will happen. You just hope you can get it running again.

My reason for this blog is to help me remember that no matter how messed up things get that we can get over it, around it and through it together and laugh about on the other side.

Painted Lips

Here I go again. I was almost done with my posting and then Chloe deleted it. I am not sure what button she hit but is is gone. So I am going to give the short version. Long story short. As I was getting clothes together to dress the wonder twins. They managed to get a hold of a manicure kit. Chloe painted her lower lip with nail polish. We found out wet wipes will remove polish from lips. Christina was moisturizing her hands with foot cream.

Stuff

I have been doing a horrible job updating this blog. I just can't find the time or some times the energy. I am going to find the time. I have also just started using facebook. I am starting to get into it. I am discovering a lot of old friends. I have been sending emails back and fourth to my old Mississippi school friend Dave Johnson. It is interesting to hear he is oldest son is 12. Time to start lunch. I will try to update later

I poopy

AS I was talking on the phone with my mother. Christina and Chloe were watching the Wizard of OZ. Christina tells me I Poopy. I tell her I will change her when dad is done. She then runs upstairs to her older sisters. Avery comes running down the stairs, yelling Christina has poop on her hands. I hang up the phone, run upstairs to see Chloe with poop all over her hands. So what did I learn from this? When you kid says I poopy, you better ask what is poppy?

HO HO Snow

Christmas has come and gone again. I sit here in what I think is our living room. It is filled with pieces of wrapping paper and lose pieces from games and Barbies. We had no toys to put together this year. But I did have a MP3 Player that took 4 hours to load. I have prepared myself for endless days of watching the Wizard of OZ and asst. Veggie Tales movies.

We did go over to my sister today. I managed to get through the slush. As I was eating my second helping of Lefsa, I took a look around and notice how blessed my family has been. Despite all of the struggles and changes we had another Christmas together. We have learned or should I say we are learning to trust the Lord more.

I must confess I was not that into the holidays this year. I am not sure it it just came so fast or I just didn't have time. As I watched all of the kids open there gifts and paper was flying I was reminded about the excitement of the holidays. It was the gift. Not the ones we give and receive from each of, But the one we got on this day over 2000 years ago. The gift of Jesus and what he gave us. I can't help but smile and hum silent night as I type.

Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night.

It's all great

I am still working on getting the Christmas program off my camcorder onto the computer. I need to load a new driver.

It has been A crazy month. Getting ready for Christmas, Helping at church with the Christmas show,trying to keep the tree decorated, picking up everything 3 times and having to do it again. Work, bus stops, snacks, Flu shots, not taking naps and did I mention picking up eveything 3 times and having to do it again. It make a person what to stop and scream. Just when I have had enough and I want to runaway. My kids remind me why it is all worth while. I just finished picking up the living room for the second time. Chloe runs it to the room and wraps her arms around my legs and say "My daddy no share and we start to dance". Just then Christina joins in. I am on my knees dancing as the have their arms wrappd around me. I forgot about all of the other stuff. Even the removal of all of the DVDs from the drawer. We just danced and giggled and had a good time. As usual, I have to cut this short. I can smell a diaper that needs changing