My Funny/Menace Valentine

Justus has developed quite the personality these past couple of weeks. He is quite the menace and trouble finder/maker.

Justus loves chocolate-something also dear to my tastebuds! Emily sent us some Valentine boxes of chocolate. He had a little piece and then got a bath. But....

It obviously wasn't enough. He climbed on the little table and then climbed on the counter to get the box. Yes, Aaron and I were in the house, but we were both doing other things. You know one of those "I thought you were watching him" moments.

He had a good time and another bath!! I put all of the boxes of chocolate in the cabinet. Then...


this morning I come out of my bedroom to find these little bare legs sticking out from underneath the cabinet. I grabbed the camera and called his name. He peaked out....

The other night at dinner. He wanted to put his snow hat on.

Don't try to take it off. He wanted to wear it and would scream when we took it off. Yeah, I know no hats at the table, but I chose not to fight that battle right now! And yes, he isn't wearing a shirt either. He is now toooo messy even for bibs.

Saturday I walk out of my laundry room through the kitchen hear water running and see this...

The bathroom door now stays shut at all times.

This is just a picture of a cake that I made this weekend. Aaron wanted a bundt cake instead of a sheet cake. It looks like a giant chocolate iced donut. It tastes better though! Well, warm Krispy Kreme donuts might be better than my cake. They are sooooo yummy!

Chloe's Field Trip

Exploreum Children's Museum

Tour Our New Home: Part 1

This is the view from our front porch.
Our Yellow Home- Look at all of the boxes piled up. We are getting rid of them on Craigslist. They came here with us from Indiana, and now they are going with an airforce man and his family to Maryland.

The signs that will welcome you as you walk up the steps.

Our chair and sign that greet you as you knock on the door.

Knock! Knock! Come on in!

The view from the front door.

Immediately to your right as you walk in the door is our computer area.

The view if you turn around in our computer chair. Please, ignore the clutter on top of the curio cabinet. I will get to it soon.

Right side of the living room

Left side of the living room

Dining room- my sign above the mirror says, "Friends and Family Gather Here."
Dining room

Kitchen- The little signs hanging up have sayings like "Faith, Family, Friends" ; "Live, Laugh, Love" ; "Simplify" ; "Believe" ; etc...

The plate says, "Family Matters."

I don't have a window above my kitchen sink, so I put this wall application above it. I found it at the Dollar Tree.

The back foyer off of the kitchen.

The view in our house from the back door and foyer. Immediately to your left is a door that leads to the laundry room. Then you go through the laundry room to the garage. I hung my dry erase board in here. I recommend one for busy moms and families. I use it to jot down things I need from the store, the menu, phone numbers, etc...

This is our hallway off of the kitchen. It is in between the buffet table and the little kids table in the kitchen pictures above. This hall leads to the kids' rooms and a bathroom. The little hall off to the right that you see goes to the boys' room. On the left directly across from that is the bathroom. At the end of the hall is Abbie's room on the right and Chloe's room on the left. I will leave you hanging there. I have to finish unpacking and decorating the kids' rooms and our room. I will post pics of those when I am finished.

Our New Church Home

This is the sign that greeted us as we arrived.Our new church home--Crossroads Baptist Church. I don't have any pics of the inside of the church yet. I will take some soon and post them.

As lots of you know, we arrived here a week before any of our stuff. People in the church brought us all kinds of things in order to live without our stuff. One family brought this card table and chairs complete with a table cloth and fresh flowers. Another family brought us a tv with some bunny ears. Another family brought us a playpen and baby supplies for Justus. Different ladies in the church also brought homecooked meals for the first several days. They also brought us paper plates, plastic cups, plastic utensils, serving utensils, napkins, paper towels, drinks, dish rags, and much more. They did all that they could to welcome us and make our first days as easy and comfortable as possible without our stuff.

The first Sunday we were here the church gave us a "pounding". Each family was to bring us a pound of food. This is just a small part of it. We have a FULL pantry. We were also given some gift cards to go and buy more groceries. We are definately blessed and extremely grateful!

Our Last Days in Indiana and First Days in Alabama

The kids' last week at school was Spirit Week. This was mismatch/crazy day!

The kids' with their friends as they say goodbye on their last day.
Chloe with Alisha

Abbie with Savannah

Asher with Gavin

Our trip to take the kids to my parents.

Grandmama and all of the youngins.

The Many Faces of Asher--all within about 3 minutes.

This is what it looked like as we drove away from Indiana.

Welcome to our new city- Mobile

While Aaron and I were here by ourselves we drove out late one afternoon to the USS Alabama park. It is about 20 to 30 minutes from our house. The ship was closed, so we just took a few pictures and walked around. It is an amazing site. We will be going back very soon with the kids. We are going to make a day of it. They also have a little park area with grills and picnic tables. We are going to grill out and spend the day looking around. What history!

The ship and water were beautiful at sunset!

The girls' first day at a new school. Their old school's colors were blue and yellow--same at the new school. Their old school's mascot was the Knight--same at the new school. Yes we have uniforms now.