September Update!!

Sorry, it's been so long since I've last posted anything on my blog!  I feel like we have been so busy lately! 
It feels like it has slowed down now that the 4 older kids are back in school.  It's weird just being home with my 2 youngest ones.  I love the time I have to spend with them.  Right now I am on Day 2 of potty training Kyndal!  I'm really hoping she gets this soon.  I know she is only 21 months, but I thought I would give it a try.  Tyler was potty trained before he was 2, Jacob was 3, Zach was almost 3, Logan was 3, and Mason was at 26 months!  So, I'm hoping she gets it because I'm tired of buying diapers!  Kyndal is getting so big!  We just recently took her pacifier away and she has adjusted to it well!  We just got her a toddler bed for her to start sleeping in.  I get it tonight!!

 Mason is loving getting lots of attention from mommy.  Him and Kyndal play so well together most of the time!  Logan started Kindergarten this year and he loves it!!  Zachary is in the 2nd grade!  He's a little disappointed, he told me he thought he would get to do more homework!  I told him, I'm sure that will be coming soon!  Jacob is in 5th grade at the intermediate school!  He's doing well there.  Tyler is in 7th grade at the junior high!  He is really enjoying it.  He just joined the chefs club, he loves to cook! 

This is a picture of us from our camping trip in late June!

I just recently decided to go back to college!  I registered at Indiana Wesleyan!  I'm going to do their adult learning program.  I'm going to work on my Bachelor's Degree in Biblical Studies! I should finish it within 2 years!  I'm very excited for the opportunity to go back to school!

Chris and I are both reading through the bible in 90 days!  Chris is on Day 19( i think), and I am on Day 3.  I love reading the bible in big chunks at a time.  I have learned so much already.  I've read through Genesis before, but so much more is sticking out to me this time that I have never noticed before! 

Hopefully I can do a better job with keeping up with my blog!!

Eight and Counting?

Sorry for the delay in posts, but let me catch you up. 

Some of you are aware of our situation that we have been working through, but for those of you who are not, this is what it is!!  We have been waiting for a court date about my nephews in Mississippi.  We finally had one this past Wednesday.  So, me and the kids drove down last Saturday to visit with family since we already had to go down there for court.  Chris flew in Tuesday night for court on Wednesday morning.  Chris and I feel called to have my nephews come live with us.  So, we went to court and the judge said YES!!!  We are all very excited for them to come and live with us and get them out of their foster homes.  Right now they are separated in different foster homes.  We will get them as soon as all the paper work is done with DCS, which could be a couple of months!  They will live with us until the court decides on the future of the parents.  If my brother doesn't get them back, then we will adopt them!  Looks like we are changing from 6 and counting to 8 and counting!!!  Poor Kyndal is going to have 7 big brothers!!!  My nephews are 3 and almost 2!  They are very sweet little boys and I can't wait for them to get here so they can be loved on by our family!  Now we have to figure out where we are going to put everyone in our house!! 

So, after court, Chris and I were driving back to pick up our children, and he said he wanted to go look at the houses that were torn down by hurricane Katrina.  He starts going down all these different streets to take us closer to the water and all of a sudden, I look up and we were at Thunders!!  This is the night club we met at!!

We get out of the car and I wanted to take a picture of the sign.  Chris grabs the phone and says, I'll do it and then says his hand is too shaky and for me to take the picture.  So, I take the phone and take a couple of pictures.  I turned around to him and he was down on one knee!  I said, "what are you doin?"  He re proposed to me, it was so sweet!  I thought he was joking at first!  I of course said YES!!  Wednesday was a great day, proposed to and adding 2 more kids to our family!!  We are going to get remarried July 2013, it will be our 15 yr anniversary!  We just got married at the courthouse the first time!  We are looking forward to having a wedding!  There are lots of details to figure out on how we want to do it!  I really don't even know where to begin!

It was alot of fun visiting with all my family!  All the kids got to see their aunts and uncles and cousins and grandparents!!  I still need to post pictures on facebook of our trip!!!  Sorry, pictures of my nephews aren't aloud online at this time!!

I will be posting more updates, more often now that the daycare is closed and the courts have made their decision.  As an added treat, my sweet hubby wants to write on my blog some too!!!  Stay tuned for that!!

A New Way of Life

If you know me well, you know I DO NOT like fruits and vegetables!!  The only vegetables I will eat are potatoes, corn and peas!!  I have awful eating habits! 

But I've started working out and I am using this work out program and part of it is eating clean.  So, that is what I am gradually starting to do! 

My goal is to retrain my taste buds!

Today, I ate an apple slice......that made the hair on my arms stand up to gag that down!  In a little while, I am going to eat a carrot stick, yuk! 
Everyday, I am going to try to eat some kind of vegetable or fruit that is not potatoes, corn or peas!

I plan on making everyone in the house try all these new foods!  I really want our whole family eating healthier!  I've already lost about 5-6 lbs in the last week and a half, just by cutting down what I eat and working out!  Imagine what I could lose if I was eating healthy food!!

If anyone has any ideas or suggestions on different fruits and vegetables I should try and how to cook them(cause obviously I don't know how), leave me a comment so I can put it on my list to try!