Waffle House!

Waffles have become a MOST favorite of my kiddos. Wednesday morning before school I turned on the waffle irons and began mixing the batter at 7am. At 7:23 everyone had eaten and I was loading the dishwasher ....INCREDIBLE!

Last night Jacob and his buddies had been helping Scott when they called and said "Make us 10 waffles, we're on the way!" Jacob and his buddies Nick and Andrew, along with Scott sat eating waffles declaring "These are better than waffle house!!"

What fun these have brought to us all:)

What a SURPRISE!!

Yesterday in the mail we received THREE Professional Waffle Makers!! A surprise. From who? We don't know but tonight we tried them out for dinner....INCREDIBLE! We made waffles faster than I could pass them out and fill up the cup to refill the waffle maker. It is one of the few things that I would not mind the kids having two of because they cook so quickly. So quickly that I put bacon in the oven to bake before I began the waffles and EVERYONE had their waffle and was finished before the bacon was done! So we had bacon for dessert!




Thank You, Thank You, Thank You, Thank You, Thank You!!!!






I was somewhat reminded of Enoch's sermon on Sunday about manna and the grumbling of the children of God as they "only" had it to eat. Today my children all believe we should have waffles for every single meal:)

PS...and the clean up? EASY:) Love them!!

Is it that time already?

Friday night Mercedez asked to speak with us privately. She wanted to know if she could ride to Jackson with a friend (a friend who is a boy) to watch the friends little brother play baseball, then ride back and eat dinner with the friends family.

I wanted to say NOPE, not old enough! lol:) I look at her and see this sweet school girl:



Forget that I know the boy's parents (and like them), it isn't what matters! But, my little girl is just a couple of months from 16, a couple of months from big responsibilities and I don't mind "testing grounds" of my choosing. I told her to have his momma call me, and she did, and we talked and Mercedez went with her friend who-is-a-boy-but-not-a-boyfriend. He got out and spoke to Scott and I when he picked her up, they buckled up. She was home early, had lots of fun and actually had a little girl who goes to church with us sit in her lap through most of the game:)

I am not ready for this, but I am smart enough to know that we start out very small and we earn the privilege through showing mom and dad you are responsible.

In a funny (not so funny) I sat with Mercedez asking Jacob about the boy by text...we texted a long time before he said, "y do u need to know this?" After explaining he laughed and said, "lol..let the pro investigate". Mercedez laughed with me, but she also understood that we are not naive.

In the words of Caleb as he talked to her right before she left, "Buckle up and stay that way!" :) Big brothers are definitely a plus when raising girls!!

Help again...

Once again God has worked in our lives and we won a Tn Care appeal which will allow (aka...PAY) for Samuel's treatment. Sam has been home several weeks while that war was waging. It has been hard because Sam's behavior/lack of good behavior/belligerence has escalated. This morning we were asked "How soon can you have him back in treatment?" That is what I needed to hear. In truth, that is what Sam needs!! He needs so much that he will not get on his own, a level of intervention that Scott and I can not begin to touch, and now he will have it.

It is with so much gratitude I type this blog!!!

These pictures were taken at the girls basketball game on Saturday. Sam got mad, broke his glasses and was very frustrated with Scott and I for expecting him to be respectful.

Where does it come from?

I have some competitive kids.... No doubt!! Where does that come from? From games like this...games where son number 4 plays a crazy around the world basketball game with son number 13 and suddenly...13 is a lucky number!! I gotta love big brothers who play with little brothers:) Thanks Doug!!




The winning shot from the grass....

Men's breakfast

Scott and the boys went to the Men's Breakfast this morning at Molly Mondays with a whole bunch of "men" from church. Seth questioned the name this morning stating that he was not a "men". I asked what he would be when he grew up and he said, "I still won't be a "men" because I will be a MAN." haha...No matter if were boy or man, collectively the men (and young men) all had a wonderful time! The picture above is of Scott and the boys. Well, the boys minus Jacob who drove our neighbor Harvie and John who was running late and drove himself...

Basketball and Baseball....

We are covered up in bball right now...basketball or baseball...take your pick and someone is playing!

Saturday morning had the trio above playing one of the most exciting games!!! They lost by one point after overtime. What a hard fought game for all the girls!

Lita had a great game...gotta love the following two pictures...Lita does not have the ability to hold her game face very long!!!





Bella plays really well under the goal!!




Tasha is tough and really hustles!!






Seth had a nearly three hour (that sure was a long time to mom who was watching) practice. Seth is going to be catching this year....he loves it (of course he loves ball...period!).





And there was plain old yard ball going on at the house too!!!



This is just a neat capture of Stuart's pretty shot!!