Miss Diagnosed!

Josalynd dressed up for the college age (Halloween) party at Free Chapel.  She was kind enough to stop by at Panera to show me her outfit.  LOL!  It was hilarious!  I love the ribbon she made: Miss Diagnosed!

Love the wig!!!!

Washington Farms in Athens!

After having a long day in court on Friday we enjoyed a long morning in bed.  The older teens slept in, the middles and littles curled up on the couches in blankets watching Space Chimps 2 that we had rented for them.  When it was over they came in and had a seven kid pile up in our bed.  (You can barely see Tim's face! LOL!)  It was a nice long morning in our PJs and we so needed it after the past week gearing up for Friday's court day.

Johnston being his usual cute self.  I just love this boy!

 

Jameson being a goof!  He's so funny!

Holly giving Daddy a snuggle.  She is such a sweetie pie and the apple of her daddy's eye!

It was very hard to round up the energy to get dressed.  We all just enjoyed our lazy morning so much, but Tim's mom, sister Kristin and her two kiddos had invited us to go to a local farm for the afternoon.  So we finally rallied the energy and got dressed.  Piled into the can and off we went.  Once we were in the van and our adventurous blood was flowing we were very glad we were out of the house.  We enjoyed a hay ride, corn maze, giant inflated tampoline, and many other adventures.

Cousin Hannah and Holland on the cow train ride!

Max, Jensen and Davidson all in a row!

Becca all by herself in the middle of the train!

Johnston, Jameson and Cousin John protect the rear of the train!

Jensen loved riding these pedal cars around the playground!

The five youngest in our group enjoyed playing in a corn pit.  It was a rather interesting idea.  Their was corn down their pants, in their hair, pockets, etc.  They made corn angels, barried themselves and just had a ball!

It was such a blessing to be able to spend such a wonderful day with Tim's family.  We are just starting to enjoy having the time to spend with his sister and her family home from China.  We are looking forward to spending many more days with them making forever memories!

It's been awhile

I realized the other day that I miss blogging.  I've stayed away....worried about who might be lurking on my blog.....who might take what I say and twist it for something not good.  As a Christian these past few weeks God has been working in my life to have faith in Him and He has given me this peace that is so calming.  So I am taking back something that I love and am not going to worry about who is reading it.  I can't wait to talk about what is happening in my family.  Lots has gone on since my last post.  Another first tooth was lost, we've lost two dear men in the span on two weeks, two adoptions were finalized, another adoption is almost final, I started my first homeschool co-op which is awesome, I've switch a lot of my homeschool methods which I thought I would never be confident enough to do, and I've made some amazing friends in our church.  The list is long!  We've been very, very busy! 

I'm back!

Tooth Fairy visit!

Jameson lost his first tooth!!!!!

So cute!!!!! I love it when one of my kiddos loose their first tooth.  Jameson put his tooth under his pillow and the "tooth fairy" *cough Daddy cough* left him a letter telling him that he was going to go on a special date with Daddy and Mommy in celebration of his first tooth being lost.  This date will include dinner out and a trip to Walmart to pick out a small toy.  Way more memorable then a few quarters under a pillow.  Loosing a first tooth is pretty special around here!!!

With so many kids that came to live with us in 2009 that had already lost their first teeth, but were still loosing teeth left and right Tim decided we had to do something.  So one night the "tooth fairy" left a letter for the Jeffries household.  It said that due to the amount of teeth being lost and going to be lost in our home that it would be more beneficial to give a gift for the entire family that will cover all remaining teeth (except first tooth!).  So the kids were rather excited to find a Wii with a few games left for them that night.  So now the kids know that it's neat when they loose a tooth and they know the following day we will be getting our Wii out to play in celebration of the lost tooth, but the "tooth fairy" will only be visiting our home for the very important first tooth and that's it.  I think the "tooth fairy" was just getting tired of visiting our house every few days or weeks.  You know with it being such a hectic life for a "tooth fairy" have and all!

Wordless Wednesday !

(Jameson starring in a East meets West movie "Cowboy Ninja")

Wordless Wednesday!

Date night!

Tim and I have always loved date nights. Date night for us usually consisted of dinner and a movie in front of the tv. Sometimes we would sit in the living room with dinner or other times relax in bed with dessert. It's something we've done and loved our entire married life. Once in a while we would drop our boys off at grandmas for the day so we could go out in the real world, but we really are homebodies and love our time together at night. Nineteen months ago our lives turned a major corner with the arrival of 10 extra people into our home and we found our date nights thrown not even to the back burner, but underneath the stove. We tried to still stick to date nights, but they were rarely alone. So this past month we've realized our lives even though still chaotic are stable enough that we can now slip away without worry. So I was very excited when Tim came home after lunch and told me we were going out. Dinner was in the crockpots, school was done, it was nap time for all the littles, all was well enough to leave. It was fantabulous! He took me to a wonderful dinner at Olive Garden, then treated me to a movie (Prince of Persia...we will def being purchasing it!), then we walked around Hobby Lobby looking at all kinds of cool things before we finally left with only the rocket launchers and model glue for Tim and the boys rockets, and to end the date we had Brusters!

 

I can't even begin to be say how thankful I am for this man that God brought into my life. He is an amazing husband and a fabulous father. I am blessed, so very blessed!