Christmas 09

Happy Birthday Jesus, and Merry Christmas to you all! We had a great Christmas, the kids were very excited to see what Santa left, and had fun playing with it all day. Chris got to work today and yesterday which wasn't a lot of fun, but we're ever so thankful that he has a job and gets to work. There's really not any news going on here, we just wanted to share some pictures :)

I had so much...

I went to the park this morning to go for a walk. I've given up on becoming a runner as of now. I've tried and tried, and just haven't done it. I figured, "oh well, walking is better than nothing". As I walked, I thought of so many things to blog about, but after getting 4 kids ready taking one to school, dropping off the forgotten backpack for the other and now back home I've forgotten most of it.

That's how my life goes it seems, I forget everything. I do remember that I wanted to tell you about our women at our church. They are AMAZING! I'm so proud to be part of such a godly group of women! We've begun a new Bible study of the book of Esther. I read through the book last week, and wow, I'm more than excited to start this. I want to find God in my every day, even when he's not noticable, I know He's here, I just want to find him.

We've also started a weightloss journey together which is totally exciting and motivating. This is our 2nd week doing this together and I'm so happy that we've started it, I really needed some motivation. I know I can do it, I've done it before. But you know, it's all in your head, when you're ready.....YOU'RE READY! And by golley, I'M READY!

I'm excited about Thanksgiving and Christmas which are both approaching a lot faster than I thought. We still haven't nailed down plans for Thanksgiving, but we're really hoping that Not-Not will come up for Christmas again, I'd love to cook Christmas dinner again. I'd also love to start some new traditions with our family. I'm not exactly sure what yet LOL but I do want to start some. I want that closeness with my kids. I want them to have amazing memories of our family being close, tight-knit and doing things together as a family all the time. I want them to know they can count on Chris and me to do what we can to meet their every need, spiritual, mental, physical and even material. Notice is said NEED not WANT.

Well, as I think today, during laundry, errands, cooking, diapers and feedings I'll jot down what I had to say :) TTYS!!

halloween

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This is my friend Sara, she's an amazing Christian and photographer. You're sure to LOVE her work!!
http://saraephotography.blog.com/

Cooper

Madelynn

New ones of Noah

Some new one's of Abigail

Pumpkin Patch 2009

so much to talk about...

so little time.....
Noah was in the hospital last week for 3 nights, it was rough! We still don't know what was wrong, but he had fever from Friday to Friday and on that last day he started vomitting and had diarreah. He was extremely dehydrated, so I took him in on a Saturday night, they immediatly hooked him up to an i.v. and admitted him. We stayed until Tuesday afternoon. Thankfully his Not-Not came to our rescue along with our church family. My mom stayed at our house with the other kids Sunday, a girl from church kept them Monday and Not-Not got here Monday night so she stayed until Thursday. Sabrina was a great help too. This is by far one of the hardest parts of being a parent, sitting in a hospital room with a very sick little boy, or just having sick kids period.

Happy Birthday Noah!

Wow, time really did speed up! We had Noah's birthday party, but guess what?! I forgot my camera!! Good grief, what kinda mom forgets the camera at her sons 4th birthday party? Well, I used the one on my phone, so they might not be good quality, but hey, it's pictures right?

a little update

Life is speeding up again, school is about to start! Noah and Abigail will both be in school, Noah in headstart, and Abigail in 1st grade. My how fast time goes! They are growing up so fast. Cooper started rolling over this week, both ways in one night, poor baby, I think he's teething, very cranky and unhappy. Madelynn is almost as tall as her big brother, she's such a sweetheart! Abigail's getting bored with summer and is ready to be back in school, and Noah is ready to start ( I think ).

I've been spending a lot of time with my sister Sabrina. It's been a much needed revival of friendship. We've been walking 2.4 miles every night together. I've lost a few pounds, but we've only been going for a week.

Chris is working hard, he's such a good man, and I'm so thankful that we were able to celebrate our 8th wedding anniversary this summer. He's an amazing Dad and husband!

We've aquired a couple of black labs, Dixie and Bo. I'll post pics later :) they are a lot of fun and help the kids stay outside a little more, well, they keep me outside more too for that matter.

We're just living life, and loving God. Take care all, and stay tuned for new pics. Noah's birthday is this month so there will be some new ones soon!!!

Piggie update-

We soon found out that Tinkerbell was actually male, and so his name changed to Tinkerbob, Raindrop we found out was "with child". That was a little more than I bargained for! I met a friend who also adores guinea pigs, so we traded Raindrop for Lloyd, and renamed Tinkerbob to Harry. Lloyd didn't last long :( he died about a week after we got him. He was our favorite, very friendly, and loved to talk to you. We had our first pet funeral last Friday :(. Very cute though, Abigail prayed for Lloyd at his funeral and asked me about an hour later if I thought that God had taken him yet. I then "attempted" to explain to my 6 year old the difference in your body and your soul. I must not have done a very good job though, because a little later I saw her outside walking slowly to the grave site and checking to see if Lloyd was gone yet.

I had to quickly find Harry a new buddy, but instead found 2 last Friday. Brownie came from a shelter and Eddie, a 4 week old baby, came from a friend. Tuesday, my friend who gave us Lloyd met me with 2 more boys, Gus and Figaro. Gus is HUGE he weighs a whopping 2.7 lbs and our biggest so far. They are all doing well, and the kids love playing with them all almost as much as I do!

I have found that the best guinea pig toys are those things recycled. I found this dishtub at a thrift store for .79 cents and its their favorite by far!
Left to Right: Figaro, Gus, Brownie, Eddie

link to our family pics...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/39290548@N03/sets/72157621293295005/?page=2

staycation at the lake...

New Member's of the Goodman Family

We decided to get a couple of guinea pigs, and let me tell you they're the best little girls ever! They are so much fun they talk all the time and the kids LOVE petting/feeding them. Tinkerbell is the black one and Raindrop is the brown/black one.