My church is causing a stir...

Well apparently my church is causing a stir all over the country.
Visit http://www.daystarchurch.tv/greatsexgodsway to find out why.

Why shouldn't we talk about sex in church. God lays out a plan for sex. So we should teach it right? We have a serious problem with the "casualness" our children think it is. Oral sex isn't sex, friends with benefits, hooking up... People wake up!!!! One man, one women, in marriage. Period!!!!

Brandi

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow

March 1st in Alabama and it is snowing. I heard rumors of this snow all week. I have to admit I did not believe it. All of you in the north are laughing right now at our "snow". Just stop! This is the most snow we have seen in 10 years.
It really wasn't much a few inches and it didn't last long either. By 2p.m. it was gone. But wow it was beautiful. And for a moment I thought it would be nice to live somewhere where we did have snow. Then we got all wet and cold. You see, here in Alabama where is doesn't snow we do not have clothes for this kind of precip. All of our clothes became wet and then we got cold. So it was all fun and games until someone got wet and cold.
Brennon and Madi woke up early. They went outside and played until it melted. They would come in and change their clothes and out they would go. Lil B wasn't too sure about it all. He wanted to play in it but didn't like the cold of it. I couldn't find gloves small enough to fit him, because here in AL we don't use them! I used socks which he didn't like either. The first thing he did was sit in it. He was so funny.
Madi and me make a snow women complete with daffodils as hair, and ice cycle for a nose and poky balls for eyes, the lips were a small magnolia leaf.

From Four and a Baby

Our House...

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Nikki and Lulu

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Braiden sitting in the snow.

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The Lake...

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Our snow lady...

4 H club award goes to....

Brennon.
Brennon won 1st place in the photography contest with his picture of bald eagles he took at the zoo.

From Four and a Baby

And he won 3rd place in cooking with the oreo ball recipe.
The picture goes onto the county competition and if it places will go to state where it has the potential of winning money.

He was very proud.

Not Me Monday

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.

I did not skip all 3 workout days this week. I was not so tired because my sweet baby is sleeping through the night like all 17 month olds do.. right? Really if anyone reading this has any helpful hints we are desperate. This baby is from another planet where people never sleep.

My laundry is not piled up HIGH down my hall. I always am caught up. HA!

I did not fight with my hubby over stupid things that do not really matter, we are in love and being married to him for 13 years has been wonderful everyday.

I did not let lil B go around at home all week with bows, clips and headbands on. He does not have a fascination with his sisters things.

I did not start spring cleaning upstairs and find we are really messy and have too much stuff. My house is orderly and clean all the time.

We did not have too much fun in the snow yesterday. We did not play, come put on more dry clothes and then go back again. I was not glad to see it melt and things dry off.

We did not accidentally shut our outside cat in the playroom and leave her in there over night. I did not think someone was in our house after the kids left for school this morning. I was not relieved to only find the cat. I did not shut the door back to deal with whatever mess she might have made later.

My sweet hubby is not at work today with a stomach virus. He is not stuck in meetings with people from Germany and he will be home soon. I love you and hope you feel better. Come home soon.

Brandi

100 questions

I borrowed this from another blog. I thought it was interesting and might be fun. Feel free to copy and give it a try....
100 questions.

1. Do you sleep with your closet doors open or closed? we took the doors off of our because they opened into the closet and we needed more space. Since it is in our masterbath we didn't mind.

2. Do you take the shampoos and conditioner bottles from hotels? yes

3. Are you afraid to fly? yes

4. Have you ever stolen a street sign before? no.

5. Do you like to use post-it notes? yes, but I like to make lists better. I have a notebook full of lists.

6. Do you cut out coupons but then never use them? Yes

7. Would you rather be attacked by a big bear or a swarm of a bees? I choose C

8. Do you have freckles? a ton, with I could connect them all

9. Do you always smile for pictures? yes

10. What is your biggest pet peeve? a sassy mouth

11. Do you ever count your steps when you walk? no

12. Have you ever peed in the woods? yes, not a proud moment but when you have to go...

13. Do you prefer the beach or mountains? beach

14. Do you ever dance even if there's no music playing? Yes

15. Do you chew your pens and pencils? yes

16. Favorite reality TV show? Jon and Kate plus 8

17. What size is your bed? king

18. What is your Song of the week? Safe, Natalie Grant

19. Is it okay for guys to wear pink? Yes, I think it is sexy

20. Do you still watch cartoons? Every day. Backyardagans, veggietales, High 5 ( not a cartoon though)

21. What's your least favorite movie? Anything with a lot of violence and bad language we need more family movies.

22. Where would you bury hidden treasure if you had some? ??? not sure. With 3 kids we will not have any.


23. What do you drink with dinner? Sweet tea/koolaide

24. What do you dip a chicken nugget in? sweet and sour sauce

25. What is your favorite food? fruit

26. What movies could you watch over and over and still love? Beaches, six weeks, steel magnolias, my home movies of our kids.

27. Last person you kissed/kissed you? Madilyn- she came down again to tell me she couldn't sleep...

28. Were you ever a boy/girl scout? just a Brownie,maybe half a year.

29. Would you ever strip or pose nude in a magazine? NO! and after 3 kids no one would want me to.

30. When was the last time you wrote a letter to someone on paper? Last week.

31. Can you change the oil on a car? Ummm NO!

32. Ever gotten a speeding ticket? No but now that I typed this probably

33. Ran out of gas? yes, driving my husband's truck.He did not put gas in his truck, so does that count?

34. Favorite kind of sandwich? Rumor's Alohaha!

35 Best thing to eat for breakfast? homemade waffles with strawberries and coolwhip

36. What is your usual bedtime? By 11:00

37. Are you lazy? when I want to be...

38. When you were a kid, what did you dress up as for Halloween? Barbie, princess, all the girly stuff.

39. What is your astrological sign? Capricorn

40. How many languages can you speak? English and some french

41. Do you have any magazine subscriptions? Southern Living, Paula Dean, Womens Health

42..Which are better legos or lincoln logs? Legos

43. Are you stubborn? Yes

44. Who is better...Leno or Letterman? ? We watch Andy Griffith

45. Ever watch soap operas? "Days of Our Lives" when I can catch it on

46. Afraid of heights? yes

47. Sing in the car? Yes, it is my worship time

48. Sing in the shower? sometimes

49. Dance in the car? no

50. Ever used a gun? no

51. Had picture taken by photographer? Yes

52. Do you think musicals are cheesy? No, I love them.

53. Is Christmas stressful? Yes

54. Ever eat a pierogi? No, but have wanted to.

55. Favorite type of fruit pie? Apple or fresh peach

56. Occupations you wanted to be when you were a kid? Doctor

57. Do you believe in ghosts? Just the Holy Ghost

58. Ever have a Deja-vu feeling? Yes

58. Ever have a Deja-vu feeling? Yes

59. Take a vitamin daily? Just pre natal- still nursing

60. Wear slippers? sometimes

61. Wear a bath robe? yes

62. What do you wear to bed? t-shirt and comfy pants

63. First concert? Paula Abdul, Kenny G

64. Wal-Mart, Target or Kmart? Target would be my choice, but Wal-Mart is here in town.

65. Nike or Adidas? Neither New Balance

66.Cheetos Or Fritos? Cheetos

67. Peanuts or Sunflower seeds? SS, but I eat almonds all the time

68. Ever heard of the group Tres Bien? No.

69. Ever taken dance lessons? yes 15years

70. Is there a profession you picture your significant other doing? Something political.

71. Can you curl your tongue? yes

72. Ever won a spelling bee? No... I can't spell worth a lick.

73. Have you ever cried because you were so happy? yes

74. Own any record albums? yes

75. Own a record player? yes

76. Regularly burn incense? Never have.

77. Ever been in love? yes, right now with my hubby

78. Who would you like to see in concert? Natalie Grant, Michale Buble again, seen him twice.

79. What was the last concert you saw? Michale Buble

80.Hot tea or cold tea? cold

81.Tea or coffee? tea

82. Sugar cookies or snickerdoodles? either one, yummo

83.Can you swim well? yes

84. Can you hold your breath without plugging your nose? yes

85. Are you patient? No the fact I'm on question 85 amazes me.

86. DJ or band, at a wedding? band

87.Ever won a contest?no

88. Ever have plastic surgery? yes

89. Which are better black or green olives? green

90.Can you knit or crochet? No

91. Best room for a fireplace? Family room.

92. Do you want to get married? only to my hubby again

93. If married, how long have you been married? 13 years this July

94. Who was your HS crush? .......?

95. Do you cry and throw a fit until you get your own way? sometimes

96. Do you have kids? Brennon 10, Madilyn Claire 8, Braiden 1

97. Do you want kids? yes, maybe 1 more????

98. What's your favorite color? brown

99. Do you miss anyone right now? not right now

100. Did you watch Next Great American Band on FOX? no

Just a family day, with meatballs......

Well after a busy weekend of kids, neighbors, work, baseball tryouts, sleepless night we stayed in Sunday morning. Have you ever thought that life was just too busy sometimes and have you ever missed you kids even when they are home. That was me on Sunday. I felt like I had not seen them since Thursday. For lunch we decided to go to Cracker Barrel for lunch. We played checkers in front of the big warm fire and it was so nice to slow the pace and look at them and notice the changes that had happened to them this week. We had time to talk with them and enjoy them. After we went furniture window shopping. Braiden was wild. He went from sofa to sofa and ran from table to table. He loved it.
I love the idea of a big Sunday dinner together with family. Our family lives too far away to do this. Normally Sunday night is hamburger night. My hubby grills. But tonight I wanted to have that big dinner. Upon request from my little bottomless pits, I made spaghetti and meatballs. I love this. It is so easy to fix and the kids love meatballs. They do not take alot of time and are fabulous. (Giada's Everyday Italian FoodNetwork.com). It was nice to see the kids playing together before dinner. My favorite thing is kids laughing and having silly play time. No video games, TV, other kids over, just playing made up games.
After the kids went to bed. Patrick and I had some quiet time. I have been wanting to sit in the hot tub, but it has been too cold outside at night. Last night I did not care. I ran and hopped in. It was freezing (the 20's) but the HT was warm and the sky was clear and a million stars were out. We had time to talk about our week and relax. We felt like the snow monkeys you have seen in the hot springs on animal planet. Now the getting out and dried off was NOT so much fun. My hair had ice in it from where my hair had gotten wet. I think we will wait till it warms up to get back in. It was so much fun and we laughed so hard trying to get dry and back in the house.
Today I have Madi at home. She woke up not feeling well, sore throat, no fever, but she has just laid around this morning and snuggled. Braiden is still teething and very ill. Today I think we will take it easy and enjoy a day of being together.

Brandi

Not Me Monday!

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.


My weekly confession about a crazy week with three kids and what we did Not do.

I did Not skip my Monday morning workout because I was too tired from Madi's big dance weekend and the kids were out of school.



Tuesday my sweet husband did Not take off work just to be home with us because the kids were out of school that day also.



Wednesday my Boot camp work out did Not almost kill me, I did not almost get sick on the way home (think of swimsuit season girl, think of being healthy and tone). I did Not seriously think about quitting, I am Not a quitter and I can do this.



Patrick and I did Not get our love language right in our marriage class at church. Whoo hoo, we do know and love each other. He is Not a strange man I share a house with and we are Not in desperate need of a date. I do Not feel guilty for thinking this way because so many people I have prayed for have lost their children recently. I do Not feel blessed beyond what I deserve. My children do Not make my heart happy.



Friday I did Not have a house full of boys. We did not end up at the batting cages in the freezing cold. My son did Not hit one ball and end up crying and feeling sorry for himself. His friend from down the street, twins Tyler and Triston did Not hit every ball and this did Not make my son very mad. We did Not eat at Cici's with the rest of Cullman afterwards. We did Not stop by game stop and wonder to ourselves is this all some people ever do???? Really, go sometime and people watch.



Saturday I did Not, not want to go to work and teach all day. That would be selfish of me. And I am not that. I did Not find everything already set up for me by Mrs. Cindy. I did Not feel blessed to work at such a great place with a "mom" looking out for us teachers. I did Not end up having a wonderful class and enjoying the day.



I did Not come home to fajitas and salad fixed by my sweet hubby. The floors were Not vacuumed and the table set for 7. The twins were Not at my house. After dinner we did Not treat the kids to Dairy Queen.



I was Not up all night with a baby who will not sleep longer than an hour at a time when he is teething. Since we are Not teething we did Not miss church this morning because my hubby let me sleep in.



This week I did Not let Braiden walk around with Madi's pink bow in his hair. Every time I took it out he did Not cry to have me put it back in.

I also did Not let him walk around with my hubby's underwear on and wrapped around his tiny body. Again he did Not throw a fit when I tried to remove it. We did not go and pick up the kids one day from school with the pink bow in his hair and the underwear on as well. That would be too silly. Hey, whatever makes you happy babe.



Over all this was Not a great week and I do Not feel incredibly blessed and loved.



"In your presence is fullness of joy." Psalm16:11