Confused Mommy of Three

I'll say I'm 30..........

noreply@blogger.com (confusedmommyof3) — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 19:51:00 +0000

My 30th birthday was last Tuesday......and I'm okay with that. I've been okay with that. Actually last year I was ready to skip 29 all together and move on to 30. Maybe I just didn't want to post-pone the inevitable, or maybe I was just ready for the next chapter in my life.

I think over the last couple years I've really grown as a person, as a mother, a wife, a daughter. The last couple years have taught me a lot about life. I'm not perfect, but I feel like I'm becoming a person who I'm proud to be. I still make mistake, I'm sure I always will, but I've learned that you learn from them, you apologize for them, and you try not to repeat them.

I'm happy with the direction my life is going and who I'm becoming....and I'm happy with everything I have accomplished in life so far..... I'm truly happy ......

And I truly believe that 30 is just a stepping stone.....from where we've been to where we are and to where we are going......

But let's not discuss 40 just yet.................

I've got 10 years to make peace with that......

For now enjoy some of the things I truly believe!

And mottos I like to live by.......

And teach my children.........

And share with my friends......

Thanksgiving..........Through Pictures

noreply@blogger.com (confusedmommyof3) — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 16:16:00 +0000

If only you knew how many pictures like this that I take before I actually get a shot that has three smiling faces!
Or like this.....
We had a great Thanksgiving Day, with family and friends........We started the day off going for lunch at my Aunt Margaret's ( My mom's family). The food, oh the food! It's awesome!
I think Aaron's favorite part was playing football out in the yard with the boys.....Cody and Dalton were more supervising Aaron and Grant though...

Mom, you just said don't get muddy, you didn't say I couldn't get grass stains.........
"Puh-lease, try not to hit your sister in the head with the football.......I don't care if you were just passing it!"
Nope she's not crying she's tougher than that, she just got something in her eye!
Okay I'm taking a break..........
As Mom tells Dad that this would make a really cute picture if Aaron would have had a haircut! lol
You just can't appreciate this picture unless you look at it up close.....it's the way he's holding his leg up, pulling back the ball, and most importantly...it's all how he's holding his tongue.....
And he launches it!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Here I'll give you something to take a picture of!
This was the final result!

Then after we left my Aunt Margaret's we come home and have everyone over for Thanksgiving dinner at our house......

And what's Thanksgiving with a little bit of wrestling.........
I'll save you Savannah!!!!!

And Here Starts Thanksgiving through Brienne's pictures!
Unsuspecting Beth.....
That must be where Aaron gets the tongue thing........
Uh oh Savannah and Aaron are trapped!!
Kevin and Paul horsing around....
Savannah wants to play too!
Beautiful Rosalind!
Brienne needs a little bit more practice on the unsuspecting shots!

My mother would kill me! lol
Amy...........the best lip purser in the family hehe she loves me!
Jim......need not say more!
That would have been an adorable pic if Brie had either zoomed in on Nathan or zoomed out a little to include Mom Dillard.

Look at little Rye Rye.......he's getting to be such a big boy!!

I take it she didn't let Larry know she was taking the picture...

This picture of Brie's I'm very proud of she did a great job....I think it helped she had such a good photogenic subject as well.....

This is about the only time I come out from behind the camera......if one of my children ask to take pictures.....
I honestly think I could have fallen asleep at this point.....I think it was partially turkey coma, and partially I just don't have my strength back 100% yet.....I just tire out easy...it could also be that neither one of us went to bed til 4am that morning and got back up at 9am....that might have something to do with it! lol

I'll leave it with this.........We had a very wonderful Thanksgiving filled full of family and friends and great food, and tons to be thankful for............Hope everyone else had a great Holiday!

And a special thank you to everyone who made it great!!!

With a Thankful Heart

noreply@blogger.com (confusedmommyof3) — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 16:04:00 +0000

I love Thanksgiving! Not only is it filled with good foods such as Turkey, dressing, dumplins, pumpkin pie, but it's also a holiday were you think about what you are thankful for!

I have so many things in my life that I am thankful for right now. I have a wonderful husband who is the best man I could ever ask for to have in my life, as well as an awesome father to my children. (And he buys amazing flowers!) I have three beautiful, healthy, happy children who are my life! I have an amazing set of parents, and who are also wonderful grandparents! We also have wonderful extended family!

We have a roof over our heads, and food on our table, and thankfully the economy situation right now has not touched us as badly as others. We have wonderful friends, and great jobs, we can send our children to a private Christian school.

I just have so very many things to be thankful for in my life, and I think it's a good thing to set back and reflect on those things once in a while. It reminds you when you are having a bad day, that you do have so much going for you, you can't let a little bad get you down. I'm also thankful that even though it's not always as much as I'd like....I am thankful that I am at a point in my life where once in a while when someone needs it I can Pay it Forward.

I'm even thankful for all the small things like Mexican food, hot chocolate, wine, pictures of my kids so when I'm old and senile I'll remember what they looked like (lol), my camera, candles, and many many more!

From our house to yours......I hope you all have a very wonderful and blessed Thanksgiving Day!!!

Another Part of Hubers........

noreply@blogger.com (confusedmommyof3) — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:26:00 +0000

Tractors...........Aaron loves this part. I think it might be his favorite......They have several different real size tractors set up attached to some of the wagons with pumpkins.

They leave them there so the kids can climb on them and play to an extent.....
It makes for a great picture op anyway!

And I couldn't get Aaron out of the seat!
Chasity wanted a turn.........
She's country girl at heart!
But um, Aaron couldn't quite let go......
And I couldn't get Brienne in the seat....too big for such things, can you imagine!!

I Admit It............

noreply@blogger.com (confusedmommyof3) — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:03:00 +0000

I have this graphic on my My Space page, and it's true, I am spoiled. Very very spoiled.

But that's not a bad thing right? I don't think so.....I was taken very good care of last week after having surgery and I'm sure spoiled by him. Am I thankful for it, hecky yes!

Now in the same breathe, he's equally as spoiled as I am.......now not last week, last week was all about me, but now that I am starting to get better he knew what was coming. I'm off work for 6 weeks so that means, good meals every night, the house will always be clean, he'll have baked goods, his laundry will always be done, I won't be complaining I have too much to do....he knows....

And it's not just while I'm off work either......he knows even when I'm working he still gets spoiled, maybe not to the same extent but none the less he does...

And yeah I hear it from my friends about how spoiled I am....."oh my husband would never do that", but then in the same breathe...."If I did that for my husband he'd think he got a new wife"............To me it's give and take.........WE SPOIL EACH OTHER.

Huber's Orchards and Farm

noreply@blogger.com (confusedmommyof3) — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:18:00 +0000

We have taken the kids here every year for as long as I can remember to pick their pumpkins and do other such things. The kids love it, James loves it, and I love it........there are parts of course that each of us enjoy more than another, but never the less, it's a fun family thing that we all look forward to every single year!
Pumpkins are a BIG part of Huber's Farm. Just look at the punkins!! They are so pretty, and bright, and big, and I love to get on the wagon and go out and pick my own! And find the perfect pumpkin!

Here we take a wagon ride by tractor and head out to the fields of pumpkins to find our perfect one!
We went early enough this year the majority of them are still on the vine, and ripe for pickin'!

Here my family starts pondering their pumpkin choices as mom snaps away behind the camera!!

Looks it's Mom!!!!! With a gawd awful snarl on her face! (See it's better when I'm behind the camera) I'm sure one of the kids were doing something, or maybe it was the sun, my week of morphine and percocets last week has taken away some of my memory I fear...though small minute things, I'm sure if I hadn't had that morphine pump, I'd be able to tell you why I snarled....can't now though that will forever be lost!
Oh look Aaron has that snarl too....I'm going to say it's the sun....( I don't care if I did have one sun glasses)

You think it was me or the sun wearing them out????
I'll go with the sun again! lol

See I don't always snarl....I smile

I'll have more to come.....there is just too much to put in one post, it's overwhelming, it's always such a great day!!!!

Where Have I been???

noreply@blogger.com (confusedmommyof3) — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 05:28:00 +0000

First off horrible pic of me, but it says something about that point! lol I was tired and wore out and trying to get everything in my life organized!

So much has gone on over the last few months, and honestly I had been feeling horrible! This past Tuesday I did what I thought would take care of part of the problem, in turn I found out that what I did might actually take care of the whole problem!

I went in on Tuesday to have a partial hysterectomy, which was suppose to take care of the condition I had Adenomyosis which was causing me to have horrible periods, with stomach and back pain. In having this done I also found out that I had endometriosis, so it seems now that that might be the cure of everything! Only time will tell.

So now I'm off work for the next 6 weeks and honestly I plan on spending quite a bit of time on my blog! I've neglected it in the past few months and I so miss it!
Here is an updated picture of the kids from the pumpkin patch!
Aaron at the girls fall festival at school....
Chassy B at my nephews birthday party.....

And Brie at same said bday party........

I miss horses

noreply@blogger.com (confusedmommyof3) — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 21:11:00 +0000

When I was growing up we use to have horses. I use to love to ride, it was one of my favorite things to do! I couldn't wait for my dad to saddle my horse!!
It's been years since I rode and I'd love to start riding again one day! I swear if I ever won the lottery I would buy a horse farm!
I have a said how much I miss having horses???

Interesting Couple of Weeks

noreply@blogger.com (confusedmommyof3) — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 21:09:00 +0000

I can't believe I've been away from my blog this long, it's been a interesting couple of weeks. End of August and September are always crazy for me and I always have so much going on I barely have time to gather my thoughts much less post them into anything coherent that other people would want to read.

I have plenty of stuff to post about and plan in the next week or two to get some good posting going on about what has been happening.

The main thing on my mind right now is that Ike hit Louisville with a vengeance , actually it was like a Category 1 Hurricane hit our city. For a city that is that far inland it was disastrous, we are not prepared for a Hurricane....school has been out all week...we came out pretty well for the most party...except this--------------------

Thankfully James had just gotten out of his truck when he heard the cracking and ran up on the porch. The truck is totaled , but that's all mute point to me, he's fine physically. I think a little bit mentally shaken.

But anyway hopefully in the next few weeks things will get back to normal and I'll be around more! I miss my blogger friends! I have missed reading other's blogs!

Cincinnati, Newport, Erlanger

noreply@blogger.com (confusedmommyof3) — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:13:00 +0000

We didn't have much time to sight see while we were gone this weekend, but Sunday we did hit Newport, Kentucky which is just a bridge drive to Cincinnati....we wanted to eat lunch down on the river front before we left and hit a few shops!

This was the fireman who my sister in law took a picture of, I do believe that was Laura's idea.....and they did ring their bell for us without us even asking!
Amy said she took this picture because it reminded her of Brie......she was my photographer as I was driving! I kept saying Hey Amy get that, get this! She loves me...

I thought that building was cool over on the left....I'm not even sure what it is!
Just one of the bridges
And another bridge
And another......this was actually our view from the patio at Claddagh Irish Pub, it was so nice just sitting on the patio and eating, enjoying the view and the nice weather we had that day.

I tried to get a picture of one of the paddle boats that came by, but the railing was getting in my way from where I was sitting.
This was one of the little shopping squares there, they had a guy on stilts making balloon animals for the kids.
This was Brio again.....I just love this little restaurant...I've never ate there, I just love the look and the fountain they have out front...
Hey it's me! There is a story behind this.....this is right on the corner of Pete Rose Blvd, and Broadway in Cincy....right by the stadium! No where in Newport had a White Cincinnati Reds hat.....so we drove over the bridge and they dropped me off at the corner by a vendor and they were circling the block while I made my purchases for James.....he got a new shirt out of it to while I waited on them!

As we were going back over the bridge!
More on the bridge
And more....
And more
This was for James I'm sure........
That was his hat......that I had to pull teeth to get! lol Amy Amy...shut the window, don't let it blow out the window...AMy Amy...I'm shutting the window! lol
That's the cool Raddison Hotel in the back...it's circular.....
The Cincinnati sky line........it's really pretty....I wish we could have seen it from this angle at night....

Look that's me in the rearview mirror.........Amy you can stop taking pics now
Honestly I've never been in a car with so many back seat drivers in my life........
Look we are on our way home..........
I looked in my rear view mirror one more time to see if Bret's tour bus was trying to catch us and get us to go on tour with him........

Awwwww, well a girl can dream!

That's our Cincinnati/Poison Adventure........

Stay tuned as I chase Bret around my area of the country......

Blast from my Past.....

noreply@blogger.com (confusedmommyof3) — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:36:00 +0000

For those of you who know me well know that I've been a HUGE Poison fan since I was around um, 12 or so....and I've always had a thing for Bret Michaels......it must be that bad boy thing...ya know I got it! lol
This is my friend Karen.....she mostly a Kid Rock fan.....but her favorite in Poison is CeCe.....I agree with her about him playing a mean guitar because he does....
This is Morgane.......isn't she adorable....
And Laura......she was big in the 80's.......ask her college class mates and Spug! lol hehe You love me!
Look it's me! You know me right? Or else you wouldn't be reading my blog....and if not drop a line and get to know me!
This is my sister in law Amy.....she's the best sister in law in the world and my favorite sister in law.....which I remind her whenever I'm drunk...and she always says BUT I'm your ONLY sister in Law.....she's still my favorite.....and she was going to drive me to the Blue Note to see Bret.....thanks Aimes!
I think she snuck this picture in during the concert...I bet you $10 she sent this to my brother in law!

See what a good sister in law does.....she got me this crotch shot of Bret! See what happened was....I had my camera, extra batteries, HUGE memory card and I was set and ready to go! NOPE....security got me....thing was you could take in cameras but mine was too big! Nuts I tell you! So lucky for us, my SIL had her blackberry with a camera on it! Wooot!We had really good seats! You can't tell that much in this picture, but we were in the second section back...20th row.....

I went ahead and posted most of the pics and didn't edit them out because hey it was a camera phone! lol

Did I tell you all it ROCKED!!!!!

We loved this t-shirt this guy had on!!!!!

Look there's CeCe and Bret!

This is me and Morgane....we were having a really good time! Um I think at that point I had lost count of my drinks!

Yeah at this point I had TOTALLY LOST count of my drinks!!!!
Laura was chilling.......I think this was during Dokken......

There is Cece, Bret and Bobby!!

The moon and the crowd........

Me and Laura.....um Amy "Laura, you are suppose to look at the camera not me" lol

Dang Bret looks really tall there....but I don't think he's much taller than me.....

Toes, toes toes......and just so Terri know I did not take this picture....it was Amy!! I'm the one in the pink! lol
Now Laura got the shot right! lol
OMG did I say they rocked!!!!!
Me and AMy......

My head.....Morgane's tongue!

After the concert while we were waiting for the crowd to thin out........the only dissapointment I had was that they didn't play "I won't forget you" or " Life Goes On"

Oh and there was even a fight!!! Bloody..I tell ya! And this woman hit the security guard with her flip flop! lol That was funny! That was all before Poison came on though!

Karen after the show on our way to the Truck!

Loading up girls!!!!!
Say cheese!!!
Amy....did I mention she's my FAVORITE sister in Law....she was our DD!
That's why I love her!
Me and Laura after the show!
Deer in Headlights? Um Actually Deer in Camera Flash! lol I love you Amy!

Me and Karen......oh I am so totally wasted in that picture!

That's my Poison Adventure!!!!! Hopefully I'll be able to show you all my Bret Michaels Band adventure if I decide to get tickets to LRS fest her in Louie on September 14th.....that is to be determined yet...September is a busy month, but they are filming the 1st episode of Rock of Love 3 here........

I'm getting ready to walk out the door!

noreply@blogger.com (confusedmommyof3) — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 12:59:00 +0000

Yes ladies and gentleman, I have Poison concert tickets for tonight in Cincinnati......I have four friends ready and willing to go party down with me tonight.....what more could a girl ask for!

I've been mildly obsessed and/or had a thing for Bret Michaels.....since gosh I was 12 or maybe even earlier...that is dang scary! Anyway.....yeah no they sorta faded off when I got to concert age so I never really got to go see them...I rocked their music...watched things on tv...like the VH1 stuff....

Then ROCK OF LOVE hit....and I still have a thing for Bret.....not so much more the way he looks necessarily but there is just something very likable about him....
Could it be the arms???? Maybe.....the hair ...Nah....but I could live with it.....just kept the hat or bandana on Bretty poo!
I think it's those eyes......God help me...Blue eyes get me every time...WHY WHY WHY.....that just must be my one weakness blue eyes....

So anyhoo...me and my friends are leaving this morning , got a hotel room, are getting a cab...and we are going to go to this concert and party like we are 18 again!!! Except now we can legally buy alcohol!!!!! Woot Woot.......we'll come dragging home sometime tomorrow night...that is if we don't run off with the BAND!

A girl can dream can't she???

I've so been slacking!

noreply@blogger.com (confusedmommyof3) — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 22:27:00 +0000

Yes Blogger friends, I have been majorly slacking! Though if you look at my history since starting this blog, this time of year has always been about slacking....heck, look at that I sound like I've been blogging forver! hehe
It's that time of year where we are doing last minute summer things, have a lot of activities to attend, and are trying to get ready to get back to school!
These are a few pics of one of the things the kids have been loving lately...or well Chasity and Aaron. Brie doesn't like to be the target of my picture taking much anymore. They love when James waters the garden, they get on their swimsuits and hit the sprinklers!!!
Anyway, I promise to try to be a little more diligent in at least blogging once a week for the next few weeks as wel finish up summer...I promise you will tire of me this winter once I start my hibernation!
Oh well , I'm off now.....I'm cooking up a storm tonight.....Home made chicken n' dumplins.....with green beans, corn and corn bread per James requests.......and I'm making some banana nut bread and pineapple upside down cake! Can we say I'm going to gain 10 pounds just tonight!

This is me Today...Crunch Time!

noreply@blogger.com (confusedmommyof3) — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 15:57:00 +0000

Okay well it's a little blurry, but this is how I'm feeling! EEK! I told you all I would be regretting not staying up last night and getting the majority of things done and YES I am!!!!!!!!

I'm a big bundle of stress!! Frannie poo says I'm wonder woman and will pull it off like I always end up doing...and since such a wonderful lady has faith in me it's calmed my cranky butt down! But I sure do wish I had that cape and super powers....even a maid! Oh well.....

I'm off no more computer time for me til I get more accomplished.....so hopefully you'll hear from me tomorrow, telling you how wonderfully everything went and showing you some pictures!!!

Have a great Saturday!!!!

My Guitar Heroes.....

noreply@blogger.com (confusedmommyof3) — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 03:13:00 +0000

Brienne rocks at this game....she really does. She's gotten to like level 8......and she just jams , she better than all of us!
You can't break her concentration!
I have so much to do and tonight here I sit blogging, looking at pictures of my kids....By 5 tomorrow I'm having 20 adults over for a let's get rid of our kids for the night and party like we use to party! Except we are going to be playing the Wii and corn hole! Woot! lol
Awww look at this little guitarist! He loves this game.....totally sucks at it, I can say that because I love him and he's my baby and well he doesn't even care to win, he just wants to jam on the guitar...he doesn't even look at the screen! lol

He just likes to look good ......and that he does...he looks like he really knows what he's doing!
I love my baby!!! He learned to swim tonight, I was ever so proud!
Now I'm about ready to go to bed and procrastinate even more of what I need to do...I'll be mad at myself in the morning for not cleaning my house tonight....especially since I have a lot to cook as well!!

James' Birthday

noreply@blogger.com (confusedmommyof3) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:01:00 +0000

James' birthday was last Thursday, so he took the day off and took Aaron and his dad fishing...........
And look who caught a fish!!!!
He was on cloud 9!
They had a good day fishing ....look at my little man!

Isn't she Lovely.....Isn't she wonderful Edited with Recipe

noreply@blogger.com (confusedmommyof3) — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:28:00 +0000

Isn't she pretty... pretty .sad I know but it was so pretty I had to take a picture. I know I'm a dork!
Most people call this Seven Layer Salad or Pea Salad....
But because neither me nor James really have a thing for me, we substitute cauliflower!
It's super duper yummy and Brienne and Aaron love it too!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Just for Misty~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Just a warning, I don't really measure things..

What you need

Head of Lettuce
Bacon
Shredded Cheddar Cheese
Mayonaise
Cauliflower
Broccoli (for these I buy the pre-packaged small bags at Kroger, its just the right amount)
1 Red Onion

Cut up Cauliflower, broccoli, and red onion and lettuce.....cook bacon, of if you are like me, microwave it...I buy the Tyson pre-cooked...

Layer lettuce, onion, broccoli, shredded cheese, cauliflower, mayo and then bacon......Ta-dah!

I have also noticed some people but the bacon on before the mayo..so I don't think it really matters...

The day after the 4th.....

noreply@blogger.com (confusedmommyof3) — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 16:57:00 +0000

We went back to my mom's to help them clean up but also because some of Grandpa's family was there still visiting and was leaving that day. This is my Grandpa and his sister Patsy...never mind the first picture of my grandpa, he was dosing and I woke him up! hehe
With my grandpa and his siblings even as they have gotten older I can still see that strong family resemblance to each other.

I was admiring the fruit trees over in my grandparents back yard, they have apples and pears, and the trees are FULL! I'm going to be shaking a few branches shortly I believe! I'm already tasting some apple dumplins!
Just one of the tractor loads of shrapnel left that we had to clean up!

Fireworks...at my Parents

noreply@blogger.com (confusedmommyof3) — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 01:44:00 +0000

I'm slow I know, I've had a lot going on this week!
I honestly really need to get a tripod for next year, because my hands were so wobbly I didn't get a lot of great shots like I've gotten in the past.
I was pleased with a few of them. I think I took more video than I did pictures, because we were trying to remember certain ones. And I actually got to watch it more.
And I think this is the same picture but I'm too lazy tonight to remove it, instead I'm going to leave it and let you laugh at me! hehe

I thought this one was kind of cool!

And here are some videos.....don't turn your volume up too much just yet if you watch them, you will hear people screaming and ohhhing and awwwwing lol

My Parents 4th of July Party.......Part One

noreply@blogger.com (confusedmommyof3) — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:02:00 +0000

Just a small preview of some of the fireworks, I'm still trying to do my best to take firework pictures and I haven't quit mastered it yet, but I have more to come, along with a few videos if I can get them to work.
This is my niece Savannah Rose........
Aaron's best friend Adam.....he lives next door to my parents
Aaron of course.....he was a wild child all day, I practically didn't see my children the whole day, except here and there, there were too many kids, and too many people....

Mr. Rylan Roo.......he's getting so big, I told Amy just wait til next year he will be out there running around with all those kids!
This is Uncle Larry(well on my mom's side)! You have to really know Larry to love Larry! He teases, annoys, but in such a way you just can't help but to like him, even though he can be a pain in the ass!

Chasity....I'm throwing in all their pics, cause there are so few of them that day compared to everyone else! lol I let her use my old camera for the day...I have yet to go through all the pics and see if I might do a post of her pictures on here! lol
This is Grant, he's adorable! He looks just like my cousin Travis when he was little, and a lot like my Uncle Hank too.

This my dad's brother Danny and my Aunt Sara.....
Tammi.....this is my cousin Dean's wife....out of the ones he's had, she's been the best! That sounded bad didn't it! lol

Randy! This is Adam's dad, and my parents neighbor Randy....he's been around forever, so really and truly there family is more like our family than just neighbors, Adam even calls my parents Aunt Rose and Uncle David.... He was grilling the burgers this day! And some of you guys from BOL probably remember me asking for prayers for him a while back when he was getting his kidney transplant....things have gone really really well, and everyone thanks God for that! And thanks for everyone's prayers.
My husband of course.....and that's my cousin Dean...double trouble that day....someone just kept handing James the beers....I'm pretty sure it was Larry (Dean's dad, my uncle) but I sorta think Dean might have had a hand in it too! lol
This is James' friend Jason and James brother Paul.....playing corn hole....that's where the guys spent most of the day.

This is Adam's mom Feledra and his little sister Reese......
My grandpa, my grandma's sister-in-law Edna, and my grandma

She has the prettiest blue eyes!

There is my Dad, with his patriotic shirt on! I bought him a Bass Pro Shop gift card for Father's Day so he could go buy more fishing stuff...he got this shirt and a hat and other stuff instead! I call him Mr. Patriotic! lol My Aunt Patty is in the background!! Let me say she makes the best chocolate fudge EVER, hands down!!!!!!! And most everything else she makes is awesome!

This is Rosalind, James cousin Melody's daughter, she's getting ready to be a big sister in September when her little brother Nathan joins the crew.

Brienne...........that's all I'm saying!

The kids had a blast on this thing! And actually for the most part were really good about taking turns and having a blast without getting nuts! Of course we had a few older kids there to help out. Brienne and her friend Sierra and then my cousin's kids Cody and Dalton...those boys are awesome with younger kids!
James cousin's Beth (Hi Beth!, see your picture is here so you should make a comment! lol) and Melody.

That's my cousin Travis (Grant's Dad) sitting next to my Aunt Donna and across from Larry and Tammi

James and Paul playing corn hole...again
Dean, and Melody's husband Kevin
Adam, getting ready to stand by for the fireworks!
Speaking of which, in one of my parents spare bedrooms (or well my old room, and now my girls room at my parents) we stored the fire works...........with lots of prayers that nothing set one off in the house! lol

Yeah I think I have a few pyromaniacs on my hands, but they put on a heck of a good show!
If you haven't noticed these are all raw, uncut photos...I just uploaded the majority of them...gives you a feel of the day...and please remember I was going heavy on the Amaretto sours, and pretty light on food! lol

My Sister in Law(though she is more like a sister) Amy, and my Mother in Law
My Aunt Patty and my mom's very good friend Irma who I love to death, she's so funny...seriously discussing dessert....
Look at the little grin! Not AMY! lol I'm talking about Rye-Rye
Loading up the fireworks to transport to the launching pad.

Okay there is a story behind this picture! Me and my friend Kristie are on my parents front porch when this guy starts walking up....I don't know this person, but that's not uncommon for my parents cookout's...then I noticed he came out of this car.....as my husband walks up I'm like James the news is here...he goes yeah they are broadcasting...I'm like what?? Our fireworks are good but I don't know that they are that good! lol Turns out the Sports guy at Fox 41 News here locally is my cousin Dean's friend....so he came to party! Though he told my Uncle next year since this was so good he might just bring his camera! lol

Rylan getting a little foot ball before the fireworks!

The firebugs doing some Roman Candles as an fireworks appetizer!

These are just pictures of the crowd watching the fireworks!

After the madness people started leaving!!! Look Kristie there you are!!! lol
This is the one and only picture of me......horrible horrible horrible....I have no make up on, my hair started curling from the heat...I am beat, tired, about ready for bed and had so much to drink I was really wanting some white castles! lol James has that same expression on his face every year after the fireworks....I call it....Madness! lol

Pooped.......

noreply@blogger.com (confusedmommyof3) — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 02:03:00 +0000

I am absolutely worn completely out! I crawled into bed around 2 this morning I believe after the party at my parents house. I felt like I was non-stop all day, until the fireworks started then I got to sit for a while. I know my mother was worn out, but I think she had a good time too.....everyone seemed to have enjoyed themselves.....I felt bad like I didn't get to mingle with everyone but there were so many more people this year, and I tried, but I felt like I was getting pulled so many ways.....
So anyway I'm too tired to put up all the pictures from the night, I might try to do that Tuesday night once the kids head to Mamaw's......today we relaxed! I threw Pioneer Woman's Pot Roast in the Oven (a must try if you haven't already) and just let it cook , we rode out to my parents to pick up everything we had been taking out there all week and to see if there was anything we could do.....so I took some pictures of some of my mom's flowers.

I've been messing with my camera more lately , trying to figure out how to use more of the settings, and I'm actually starting to read the book, honestly and truly I wish I had read the book that went to a camera years ago! I could have been taking better pictures! Though on the blueish purple flower up above I wish I had picked the dead ones off first before I took the picture.
Anyhoo.....I think I'm just going to finish sipping on my home-made chocolate shake that James made me and put on my jammies and head to bed! I'm positive I'm going to have a long day at work tomorrow, we have two docs coming back off of vacation, and it was a three day weekend for all and a four day weekend for some, so we have a lot of catching up to do!
And here I'll leave you with a little teaser......

Happy 4th of July!!!

noreply@blogger.com (confusedmommyof3) — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:54:00 +0000

It's the 4th of July!! This is one of my favorite Holiday's! It's really close to Christmas for me, except I like Christmas better because it more a season and not just 1 day....but still it's very close.
And we are all about the fireworks.....this is a little one James set off in our back yard the other night....this is like a baby one compared to the ones he will be doing tomorrow!
My parents have a HUGE 4th of July party every year...this year I think we have grown the biggest we have ever been, we have around 120-130 people who have RSVP'd, and I honestly have lost count! Every time I call my mother, she goes I have 5 more people. I had to honestly ask her yesterday..Mom who else could there possibly be??? lol But my mother is thriving on this and loves to cook for a big crowd so she's in her element today...doing all her prep work!

Yeah I know today is the 4th, but they moved it to tomorrow the 5th because we have a bunch of people coming in from out of town, and we wanted to give them travel time!
And I have a bunch of stuff to make today as well.......so I'll be spending a lot time in the kitchen!
I think we are going to grill out tonight at home and set off a few little fireworks like this one for the kids and watch neighbors fire works.....cause all of the big ones have already been shipped out to my parents house.

See these......these are the Big un's........These were purchased after careful internet research and watching of umpteen videos or different fireworks. My husband tells me in the middle of the Phantom fireworks store and I quote " Is it bad that I like buying fireworks more than Jordan's" FEAR, fear hit me.....Jordan's are his obsession...I've never met a man who loves shoes like my husband...and every time a new pair of Jordan's comes out he has to have them....so a fireworks obsession made me clutch the checkbook! This cannot be good. I LOVE watching fireworks...so I love the big ones....and now he's obsessed....um who is going to reign us in! We NEVER have the same addictions that's how we balance each other out!
Well.......................................
This was our first trip there!! lol But then we made a second trip.............

In the end.....after I figured up everything that we spent, everything my brother in law spent....and all the free stuff this cool guy at the fireworks place hooked us up with we have over $2400 worth of fireworks!!! (Keep in mind fireworks were buy one get one free) And that's not counting what other people bring to my parents house!
So I'm really looking forward to tomorrow!!!!!

Uncle Tommy's 60th Birthday Party

noreply@blogger.com (confusedmommyof3) — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:14:00 +0000

Last Saturday we went to my mom's brother's 60th birthday party. And we had a really nice time, the kids had a blast!

See that's them up above having a blast....well 2 of them, Brie's getting to the point where she just kind of hangs with the grown ups.....
That's my Aunt Betty (my mom's sister in law), Aunt Margaret(mom's sister, and Aunt Darlene (another of mom's sisters)
Here you have my crazy Aunt Patty, my mom, and my cousin Travis' girlfriend Kendra, she's pregnant...it's a girl! Also see the girl standing up behind my mom, that's my cousin Kim...she's pregnant too, but that baby is a surprise! I love the fact that no matter which side of the family I'm around people are having new babies...keeps my missing new babies away! lol
That's my Uncle Hank and my dad.....they were having a discussion on why my Uncle Tommy has screwdrivers stuck in the ceiling of his porch....the answer was because bees or wasps were burrowing or something...
See kid having fun again! lol
There is part of Chasity, my mom hidden behind a cup, my Aunt Donna (another of my mom's sisters) and Aunt Patty again!
Here are Chasity and Aaron...First I love these pictures because they are plotting together! And secondly because well their cute, and their mine! They are plotting to go ask Uncle Tommy if they can go swimming!
Chasity is saying see he's right there, Aaron go ask him....
If you note my kids are all color coordinated this day....my mother has this thing about color coordinating them I guess(they had spent the night before with her)....and I think the only thing that matches for all three are these outfits, because she put them on them a few weeks back when they went to a birthday party!
Here are all the kids in the pool! Hmm I don't know if I can get their names right....so I'm not going to try...some are like my third cousins...

Uncle Tommy spent some time opening presents......
He's a huge Yankee's fan, so he got a lot of Yankee's stuff...I personally loved this clock, I thought it was cool. in the bottom was 2 shelves with little Yankee's memorabilia that sat on the shelfs!
Aaron kept wanting to know who the Green man was on Uncle Tommy's cake. And now since the cake says David would probably be a good time to explain our family's use of names...
Apparently in my mom's nobody is called by their right name....take my Uncle Sonny who recently passed away..his name was Robert Andrew....but everybody knew him in the family as Sonny...that's what everyone called him. It was weird at his funeral when people from their church in the new town they lived in called him Bob...I'd never heard anyone call him that before. Bobby was his son....not him. Tommy's real name is David Thomas....but has been called Tommy since he was a baby or kid or something...that's what I've always known him as. But to his immediate family...his wife and her family...he's always been David....so that's why the cake says David.....I'll go ahead and throw in my Uncle Hank too that you saw in a picture above...his name is Morris K (K-stand for nothing it's just an initial, God bless my Granny Gunn, Hank was the baby, I'm thinking she started running out of names) according to my mom Hank didn't even know his real name was Morris til he started school.....because when he was born my Uncle Sonny said Morris is no name for a little boy.....I'm calling him Hank...so he's been Hank since then.......oddly enough my mom's other brother Kenny....that's his first name..well Kenneth..so I'm not sure why he didn't get another name...but oh well cuts down on confusion!
Look it's me........the girls wanted to take turns taking my picture....so here I am out from behind the camera...don't be scared!

Look at my little monkey's!!!!! I love this picture!

Me again........

I'm not mad...I think she caught me off guard I was listening to my Aunt Mary Anne I believe....or getting ready to talk....hmm not sure

Menace to Society!

noreply@blogger.com (confusedmommyof3) — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 01:37:00 +0000

Yeah she is still a menace to my society, well my house....and now we are looking for a home for her. I'm really sad about it...I mean I've been crying almost every night over it, agonizing trying to figure something else out.
She's a smart dog, and beautiful and I do dearly love her........but when I talked about getting a dog I talked about rescuing one from the Humane Society or a rescue group, I wanted an older one already trained. James brought home the puppy. But the problem with that is James is never home, and after working most weeks 7 days a week 12 hour days, it's me that's having to take care of her and I can't handle her. And I'm very fearful that she is going to knock one of my parents down, and that could be serious business after their recent surgeries. And my parents are at my home at least 5 days a week watching my kids most weeks. So it's not fair to keep her crated when they are here or stuck in the back yard.

In the end I know I'm doing the right think trying to find her a good home, where she can thrive as well as the family or person she is with, but I also feel like such a failure because this is the dog Chasity has always wanted, though she's not the least bit upset about it, and I can't control her and I can't make this work for my child, for the family.

On the upside is that once I do find a home for Licorice, my parents want us to dog share. They have a poodle about 2 that doesn't jump and is trained well, problem is they are here a lot and have been talking about how they really weren't home enough for her, but my kids love her so they were holding on...so this will solve two problems and I'm hoping work out for the best for both dogs, and us. Maybe we can start a new trend too, a dogshare program for busy families.

My Blah's

noreply@blogger.com (confusedmommyof3) — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:37:00 +0000

I'm feeling kind of Blah today, I called in sick, this morning was horrible, I swear I was in more pain than when I was in labor with all three of my children combined. It was horrible and the nausea....I'm not sure if it was a bug, my gallbladder, or what but it was not fun. I never call into work and I hate it. But I couldn't even stand up straight to get in the shower, I didn't know how I was going to drive! By Noon I kept down a bowl of chicken noodle soup. And now I'm feeling 100% better. I hope I never experience that again! Now to combat my blah's, I wanted to post pretty pictures today!

I've been messing with the different setting on my camera , I've had it since Christmas but I'm just now getting bold enough to try different settings beside AUTO , hehe
I don't remember which setting was which, One was Auto, One was portrait, but I like this one the best, it shows much more detail.

I know this one was auto......
And this one was portrait.....so vibrant! These are my favorite flowers and I'm horrible about killing them, well I always forget to break off the dead blooms so they will grow back! Actually I'll tell you my gardening ignorance I never knew that they would!!! But I didn't like the dead looking blooms so I broke them off, and Voila...I have new ones! I love Gerbera daisies!

So now I'm going to try it with the lilies and see if it does the same! lol