Thank you, thank you! I've figured this out. I (hopefully) have a picture up. It's an older picture but at least I have one up. Now for the story behind this picture. This was taken when we went to Maine last summer. I wanted to have a picture of all the children to hang in our living. I figured the beach was the perfect spot to get my "Kodak" moment. I dressed them and we drove to a rocky area near the ocean. It was a beautiful day! It was quite a task getting to this rocky area considering 3 out of the 5 had to be carried through it. There were lots of distractions along the way between the shells, seagulls and crabs. Finally, we found the perfect spot. We tried grouping them several different ways but found that it just worked best to squish them all up there....nothing fancy. Just as we were about to take the picture, the wind started blowing like crazy. (so much for the time spent on their hair!) I was hoping for that sweet, perfect "postcard" picture. Unfortunately all did not go as planned as Miss Annie-fannie decided at the last minute that it was time for her to eat. (again!) The sun in her eyes didn't help the already upsetting situation at hand, either. Still, it ended up being a moment that we will never forget and we now have this picture to look back on and talk about for many years to come. As busy as things are right now, I'm so thankful for the business that comes from being a mom to these 5 precious children. The Bible says, "Redeeming the time for the days are evil," and I want to invest my time in these little ones that God has entrusted to us. People invest their money with hopes of getting a large return. It's our job to invest in our children and with God's help, we will get the kind of return that will last for an eternity. Some day Joel and I will look back at this picture and wish for these days to return. And I hope I can say with assurance, "I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth."
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I love this picture!!! What do you mean someday you wish these days will return - you know how much your kids have grown up in just a year! Not to be playing favorites, but I love this picture of Mary and Mikey especially. I don't know why, its just a really sweet picture of them. And poor Annie fannie - I can tell she's hungry, just look at her she practically looks famished, you really should have been feeding her! :)
Awwwwwww, one thing's for sure, I have no greater joy than to hear that YOUR children walk in the truth. I love those precious ones. Matt is such a good big brother, Mare has such a tender, loving heart, Mikey is my snuggling buddy, Emma is just way too funny for words, and Annie is growing up so fast. Before you know it, I'll be bawling on her first day of school.
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awww. I want 5 kids someday! Actually, I can't imagine how you do it, but if I could be guarenteed to have kids like yours I'd most definetly have 5!
Love you tons!
Gals,
I'm touched that you came on over for a visit! Man, if I had known that I had such a large fan base, I would have posted several pictures!
K, thanks for using our "alias names" and keeping our idenities a secret, YA IDIOT!
awww, a whole 8 seconds past and now I feel just rotten for calling you an idiot after you said such nice things. I take it back. (ya simpleton)
Hey, how do I fix the time on this thing? It ain't no 4:30 in the morning.
Funny little side story...on Matt's first day of kindergarten, I called Krissy to tell her how the goodbye was. I explained that he sat there at his big huge desk with a plastered, fake grin on his face and his eyes welding up. I told her how I said goodbye and walked out to the car with my own eyes welding up. I had no little hand in my hand, no million and one questions. It was little, ole lonely me walking to my car with no Matthew. When I finished talking, I heard nothing on the other end, I said, "Kris?...yo, Kris?......KRIIIIISSSSY?...you there?" Then I heard her come up for a huge gasp of air, she had been bawling. After I let her go on for a good bit, I finally said, "Oh my word, girl! suck it up, I didn't even cry that much!!!"
Ohhhhhhhh, so VERY sorry, but the idiot, the simpleton, the EMOTIONAL BASKET CASE won't be able to help you change the time zone on your blog. I'm too busy trying to locate an online stalker to send your way. Maybe you can make some new friends on the west coast.
Calm down, calm down, don't want to send ya going into another bawl fest.
Besides freak-show, I already figured out how to fix my time. So, go back to yer marathon for life and leave "It's Us" alone.
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