Recent Days

Life has been a little busy lately. Having three kids is a lot of work, but rewarding! I have lots to post and I won't get to all of it tonight. But I wanted to get these pictures on the blog. I'm having trouble with my camera card adapter, so I can't upload pictures from my camera. But these were taken by my brother at a recent family photo shoot. To see the professional pictures, you can go to www.ereneedavisphotography.com to view the photos that Renee took of my entire family. Renee and her friends did a great job that day!

Isn't she just beautiful?

He looks a little mischievous.

I hope they will always be best friends.
This is one of my favorite pictures ever taken of them. They are so adorable!

Easter 2010 continued

After church, we went to GeeGee's house for lunch and more egg hunting. The lunch was a big spread and tasted so good. Nanny and Pap made pork roast and dressing and we had ham. It was the best meal we've had in a while.


Magan and Daddy hunted a few eggs before she got really fussy. It was past her nap time but she needed eggs too.

Bobo loves his little sisters!

Magan sporting her new hair bow from Ms. Delynne. It matched her dress perfectly!

All in all, it was a great Easter!

Easter 2010 continued

I didn't get a picture of the kids in their Easter clothes in front of any beautiful flowers because there were none at my house. So we had them stop in front of the church for a quick pictures. Magan slept through the whole thing. Mallory's dress turned out so cute (if I do say so myself) and the color was perfect for her. Magan's dress, after several alterations, did not fit. I had to improvise with a dress that someone gave Mallory when she was an infant. It was a beautiful dress and she looked beautiful.

The kids hunted eggs during the Sunday school hour. They split the age groups up so everyone would have plenty of eggs and nobody would get hurt. Everyone had a great time!

Show me your eggs, Mallory!!!

Mallory and her friend, Katy, with their beautiful dresses and their Easter baskets. Lovely girls!

Mason was helping Mallory get some eggs (or he may have been defending his catch!)

Easter 2010

Happy Easter!!!
We had a great Easter this year. The Easter bunny brought the kids new bunk beds (early) so their baskets weren't filled with too much junk. But they still had a good time opening them. We had to get up early because we had to do Easter bunny before we could go to church.

Of course, everybody loved the candy in their basket. The Easter bunny, thankfully, didn't put too much candy in the basket. He knew we didn't need it around here!


This picture didn't come out too clear, but the Easter bunny brought Mallory some play food. There were two ice cream cones in the play food and they thought they were so cool.


The Easter bunny brought Magan a purple lamb and some candy. She was really excited about the lamb! Cute baby!

It was a great Easter morning! Thanks, Easter bunny!

Here comes Peter Cottontail!

I asked my friend Cindy if she wanted to go to the FBC, Covington Easter Egg Drop this past weekend. I had never been to one but heard it was really fun. She and her daughter Katy went with us, and her nephew, Chase, went with us too.

Look at this cute picture of the four of them. The sun was really hot and bright, so they couldn't look at the camera. Check out Mason and Chase. They had not met until this egg drop. Mason was so sweet to keep up with Chase.


The Easter bunny came in the helicopter with the eggs. He made a few passes over us and then dropped the eggs on the ball field. The kids then ran out onto the field to collect the eggs.






Our kids were some of the last to run onto the field. They didn't get many eggs (Mallory didn't get any at all) but they had fun seeing the helicopter. And, they still got candy. They turned in their eggs and got candy from the church. It was fun, but we'll get there early next year!

Mallory's First Soccer Game

Mallory's first soccer game was two weekends ago. It was very cold outside and the wind was blowing hard. But the kids didn't seem to mind. Check out Coach Jeff!

Go get that ball, Mallory!

Katy was running hard for the ball and her teammates, Mallory and Jason, were ready to help her defend the ball.

Gracie loves playing soccer too, and has decided that her job is being the goalie!

More bike pictures...

He has now gotten fearless when it comes to riding his bike. These are pictures from last week. He's now standing up on his bike!

First bike ride!

Mason recently taught himself how to ride his bike. One afternoon, I went out into the driveway to see what the kids were up to. Mason (without a helmet) was riding his bike down the driveway and stopping himself with the toes of his shoes. After I fussed at him about riding without a helmet, he said "watch, I can ride my bike without training wheels". So he showed me again. It made me a nervous wreck. A few days later, he started riding in circles in the driveway. He figured out how to balance himself. I was so proud!!!!! Such a big boy and growing up so quick.

Soccer is Here!

Mallory decided this year that she would play soccer. Her friend, Katy, said that she was playing so Mallory decided she needed to play too. She found out that she REALLLLLLLLY loves it! And she's really good at it. Last year she was a cheerleader. But she didn't do much cheering. She and Gracie stood on the sideline most of the time, or they sat out and ate their snacks. But I think she's going to play all soccer season.







Her coach is Justin Bell and Jeff Roudebush. They are really good with the kids and they encourage the kids all of the time. These are pictures of their first practice. Check out the "pick tails" again!

Spring has Arrived...I think????

The kids have been asking for weeks about warm weather and when it would be coming. After weeks (months really) of rainy, cold weather, the sun finally warmed up enough for the kids to play outside. They were so excited but now they want it to get warm enough to go swimming. This particular afternoon, Mason was trying to see how high he could swing and then he was twisting himself in the swing.

Look at that sweet face! Mallory's new thing is she wants to wear "pick tails" every day. She was outside reading her Bible and gave me a great smile for this picture. Just beautiful!

I caught this picture of Mason in mid-air!

She was reading her Bible to Mason. Check out her cleats on her feet. She's discovered that she loves soccer so she wears her cleats to play outside.

Smiley baby!

Magan has gotten to the stage when she smiles at everything...and everyone. So, she lays in her favorite space (the changing table) and smiled at me for 20 minutes.

What's Happenin'????

So, I'm going to try to catch you up on our lives. We've been so busy the last few weeks. A few weekends ago, we went to a birthday party for our friend, Cole. Cole was in my preschool class last year and he is a really sweet boy. We always seem to run in to Cole and his grandmother in places. And his mom, Christy, is super sweet! Cole turned 5 recently and had a bowling party. Christy made each of the kids a T-shirt with their names on it and they had a great time bowling.

Our friends, Penny and Jesse, had their girls at the party. My kids adore Jesse! For some reason, my kids have always loved him and they love to play with him. Mallory was glued to Jesse the whole time. Funny thing is, their girls love Christian. Penny has often said that her girls were afraid of other men when they would come over. If Christian and I got around the girls, they never seemed afraid of Christian. Strange how our kids feel about our spouses! I thought this was a cute picture of Mallory and Jesse.

Mason and the birthday boy, Cole!

Mallory sporting her new pink T-shirt!

Thanks, Christy, for inviting us! It was a great party!

Are you ready?

So, in the past few weeks, I've been listening to certain church members say,"Get ready. The time is coming. All of the signs are in place." I know if today was the rapture that I would be going to Heaven. Also, I've recently studied Psalms 90 which says we should number our days because we never know when days are up. Make your life worth something for God, not just for worldly things. Well, today my time was almost up.

I witnessed a terrifying wreck as I was taking Mason and Mallory to school. All of my kids were buckled in to their seatbelts and we were almost to school. I had just passed the front of the school on the access road and I was getting ready to turn right into the driveway. I noticed there was an SUV in the opposite lane waiting to turn left, with their blinker on. I knew the kids in the car, so I put my blinker on and was about to flash my lights to signal that they could turn in front of me. About that time, a truck rear-ended the SUV and sent it flying up into the air. It landed on its passenger side about 30 feet in front of my car. I immediately slammed on my brakes, put it in park and yelled at the kids to stay in their seatbelts.

I ran, with my cell phone in hand, to the SUV to see if anyone was injured. I called 911 and began giving them the details. Everyone in the SUV seemed to be moving so I went to check in the driver of the truck. He too was on the phone with 911. The people in the SUV were trapped and ended up having to climb out of the back window. But not before the firemen had to cut the back seat in order for them to climb out. The youngest child did not seem to be hurt. The teenager was taken to the hospital on a back board and the grandmother walked to the ambulance on her own accord. I was just grateful it wasn't more serious.

Then it hit me - Another 5 seconds and that SUV would have flipped over on top of my SUV. If I had been a few seconds earlier or had been traveling a little faster, that SUV would have crushed my car and everyone in it. Talk about eye opening. It only takes one second for your life to change drastically. It will definitely make you think about your life and what you do with it. Me personally, it makes me want to hug my kids every moment I'm with them.

I know that I'm ready. Whether its the rapture or the end of my days...it doesn't matter to me. But are you ready? Where would you be for eternity?

Sweet baby???

When Christian and I first started talking about having a third child, he was not really in favor of it so much. He was fine with having a third child but he wanted them to be adopted. He doesn't really like the pregnancy part and he's terribly afraid of the "C" word. COLIC!

Mallory had it terribly and it lasted for many weeks. It was one of the most stressful times for us both. I was not working when Mallory was an infant but I couldn't make it through the nights by myself. Christian and I took 30 min. shifts to deal with the constant crying. Many nights we would end up in tears ourselves.

So when I approached him about having another baby, he was a little reluctant. But nevertheless, I won that battle and now we have sweet Magan. We prayed for her health when she was growing and we also prayed that she wouldn't develop colic. Mostly because it seems very painful for the baby but mostly because it is stressful for the parents. In the last two weeks, she has started to cry more and we've changed her formula a time or two to make sure she doesn't spit up too much. The last few nights, she has cried for hours at a time starting around 6:30 and lasting as late as midnight.

Last night was terrible. I was with her for five hours by myself and she cried the whole time. I was in tears when Christian came home with Mason and Mallory. I had done all I could do. It took him less than an hour to get her to sleep and she slept soundly until about 5:30 this morning. Tonight she only cried for an hour or so, and then she went to sleep in Christian's lap. He swears she has colic, and she might, but he seems to have the knack for keeping her comfortable. Sweet baby!

Winter Storm 2010

Welllll, our biggest snow of the year! As opposed to the rest of the country, we didn't get much. But for us, it was a big deal. It started out really light and nothing seemed to be sticking to the ground. But after about an hour of good downfall, things started to stick to the roads and driveways. We ended up with about 4 inches on the grassy areas and probably 2 inches on our driveway. I'm just glad it fell on the weekend when Christian was home and could go out with the kids. They had a blast playing with Daddy!

This is a picture of our neighbor's property with the snow on the trees. It really was beautiful!

Doesn't he look like he's up to something?

Two beautiful angels!

What Daddy? Its not too slippery!

There wasn't much snow on the cul-de-sac, but it was covered in a sheet of ice!