My ministry is to raise my children in God's truth and light. To make little Disciples of them. I I thank God for this opportunity, to be home and to be able to pour out so much of my time, energy and love to my children and to be able to grow in His Word.
Tuesday, January 31, 2017
Wednesday, April 13, 2016
Greatful tummies
I know I haven't posted in a long time and I'm pretty behind on life events but just wanted to stop and post this super sweet note: so I haven't been making dinner for about a week now- in my defense it has been crazy around here. Well you know more than normal lol.
We recently painted the entire house and installed hardwood floors in all 4 bedrooms! Not to mention baby Aaron got the flu followed by daddy and a week later big brother Elijah. Yep we're still on the same week. Not to mention dance, soccer, and Girl Scouts were all still going on. Anyways dinner was not at the very top of my list as you can imagine. We had been buying take out and for us that was very rare.
So finally last night felt a little guilty, decided to make the kids some steak tips with tons of veggies and some seasoned rice. They gobbled it up so fast and Elijah looked at me and told me "best dinner ever Mommy!" 😊 The hub's then looks at me and says "the kids missed your home cooking baby." I love how grateful my little people are- it fills my love tank ❤
Friday, September 18, 2015
Breakfast Favorites
Sitting here just thinking about everyone's favorite breakfast. Like my oldest, Denyce she loves my home style potatoes and a side of scrambled eggs with chorizo! Then there's Briana who is all about the oven fresh biscuits with strawberry jelly and a side of homestyle potatoes and scrambled eggs. Elijah loves his animal waffles that I prepare for him at home with a little bit of syrup. He doesn't know it but I always add honey, cinnamon, vanilla extract, and milk.Last but not least is my baby boy Ian who loves loves loves oatmeal! ❤ That boy can eat three bowls if I let him.
Saturday, September 12, 2015
Endless Laundry
One thing I pride myself in may seem nerdy or small but its my laundry turn around time. If it's dirty-chances are you'll get it back clean within less than 12 hours. I love the feeling that I get when I lean in to see my laundry basket completely empty!! Yessss Victory! 😂 I never thought as a teen this would bring so much joy #parenting. One routine that works for me is after bath time I gather all the days dirty colored clothes and put the in the washer. When everyone is done with their showers/baths, I start washing. By the time all kids are in pjs, teeth have been brushed, stories have been read, hair has been detangled and braided- its time to load the clothes into the dryer. I normally was whites every other day, towels every few days but colors every.single.day #bigfamilyproblems
Wednesday, September 9, 2015
Back to School 2015-2016
Wednesday, August 5, 2015
Summer Tuesday's
Monday, July 27, 2015
LifeGroup
Thursday, July 9, 2015
Elijah's 4th Birthday!!
A little out of order but want to catch up to our family blog. And I really need to post so I don't end up forgetting any details.
This weekend we celebrated two special birthdays: Eli who turned 4 on 6/29 and J's who turned 36 on 7/5. Since they are only 6 days apart, I wanted to celebrate all together! We had a Cars piñata, cake, kid approved food, presents, and goody bags. Elijah could NOT stop talking about his birthday party for days! He was so excited looking forward to it. He'd constantly ask me if he was going to have a cake, cupcakes, balloons, and presents? Lol When daddy got home with the balloons, he lost it!! In a 4 year olds mind it was now party time!
Definitely not easy cleaning the home, setting up party decor, grocery shopping, prepping food and drinks, picking up cake and balloons with 5 little monkeys! But we did it again. I ask myself during the rush, "is it worth it?" But when I see my kid's excitement filled little faces as they blow out the candles or brace themselves to open their presents or get ready to take the first swing at their piñata. . . I think, yeah it was worth every minute! Something about celebrating all my kid's birthdays here at home makes it special. One day they'll look at their home as a safe loving place with so many memories. Here are some of my favorite moments:
Wednesday, May 20, 2015
Tuesday, March 3, 2015
Gender Reveal...The Thanksgiving Edition
Trunk-Or-Treat 2014
Thursday, January 22, 2015
13 Candles
This past Spring Break, I thought it would be fun to have a "stay-a-cation" somewhere locally. In the past we've gone to San Antonio but this year with a 1,3,5, and a tween- we decided to stay at our neighborhood Hyatt. Shortly after I booked our room I ask Denyce how she would like to celebrate her 13th at the Hyatt with all her friends in a girl's spa sleepover? She was delighted and was looking forward to her birthday even more!!
For her birthday, we invited 5 girls + the birthday girl + little sister + the cool chaperon (that be me ) of course ;) We arrived an hour early and put up all our clothes and started setting up for the party.We waited for the girls to arrive at the hotel and greeted all the concerned mothers. The moms all asked how I would be able to handle all these crazy girls with no help and pregnant. I just laughed and said, no problem, if I can handle my bunch at home- this is a piece of cake. The girls then got ready for a swim. They all goofed around and dared each other to jump first since the water was starting to get kind of cold. As they were having a good time, I ordered us some pizza from Domino's. Figured everyone would be hungry after a swim. We then pigged out and later lit up her birthday cake and sung to her. Then the mom in me kicked in and told them to take showers one by one so they wouldn't get sick because of the swim. Don't need anyone sick under my account. During that time I set up our mini spa. I had different compartments for nail polish, face and hair. I made sure to bring tons of nail polish, polish remover, cotton balls, nail filers, clippers, etc. I also brought a lot of makeup and lotion and for the hair we brought a straighter, wand, crimper and blow dryer. The girls later got dressed in their pj's and started working on their makeovers. After we opened presents, her bf Jordyn sewed her some pj pants. She got a lot of goofy gifts especially gift cards. Just when I thought the night was done and we would all settle down for some zzz's. The girls thought it would be fun to run around the hotel playing elevator tag. Not exactly sure what were the rules even though they explained it to me. Supposedly, they would team up into two groups and each group was to start at different floors. The object of the game was to find the other team first. I seriously thought we were going to get kicked out. I kept reminding them that people are asleep and that they had to be quiet. So basically there went my idea of a good night's rest. I couldn't sleep until all the girls made it back to the room. They would get back to the room every 7 mins or so and would start laughing hysterically. Finally they got tired and went downstairs for some Starbucks. I went downstairs to check on them and snap a quick pic. Luckily they followed me back to the room to get some sleep. The next day we had a giant all you can eat breakfast and the girls gathered all their stuff. We stayed until each girl got picked up one by one. I really don't know who had more fun: birthday girl or birthday girl's little sister lol. I really enjoyed myself as well because there was no major clean up, didn't have to prepare dinner nor breakfast and the price! Only paid $55 including taxes for everyone's stay plus meal :) #HappyTeen #HappyMom ;)
The invitation I made for my princess. |
Made my baby girl her two layered cake to match and sprinkled it with edible gold glitter. |
And last but not least, a collage of her birthday week unfolding. Basically shopping, starbucks, favorite dinner, and a balloon surprise! Love her! <3 |
Monday, December 29, 2014
School Days 2014
First days of school are always pretty interesting. Parents are usually scrambling around trying to get everything off the school supply list, buy new sneakers, pick out the perfect backpack and so on. I try really hard to get most things done between 3 to 4 weeks in advance just because I dislike feeling pressured or cornered. My oldest daughter always tells me she's going to have a hard time sleeping the night before because of the excitement. The night before I gave the little ones a bath, put their pajamas and read to them, "First Day Jitters". This year was Elijah's first day at preschool which meant I got to be home with only one of my little monkeys!! Yay!! The last time that happened was when I only have two girls and Denyce was going to school and I stayed home with only Briana. We also try to make it a tradition to pick up some donuts for breakfast. Here are some pictures I was able to capture right before heading out :)