August 1, 2009
It’s a quiet Friday night at my house. Jeremy is asleep, and so are the kids. I am glad to have a peaceful house, finally. Selfish.
I was looking for something in particular when I went to Tangle.com tonight. I didn’t find what I was looking for and instead found a video that has me sitting here sobbing with tears pouring down both cheeks. The video is titled “The Bridge” and probably everyone but me has seen it before. I heard this illustration in church several years ago, but have never seen it put up on screen, with real people to play out the message.
I have three beautiful sons. I don’t believe I could ever give one of them up to save the life of a drug addict, murderer, or thief. But I am selfish.
Jesus wasn’t.
The Bridge
June 30, 2009
…his name is BOB. It is a time-controlling device that plugs into computers and televisions to limit a person’s time on them. I had been thinking that something like that would be so great for the kids, so that they could earn time for tv, and also lose time if they misbehave. I hadn’t really thought about purchasing one, but we went to Mardel’s a couple weeks ago and lo and behold, they had such a device on their clearance table. We got it for a song! The original price was $99, but they had it marked down 90% off! We thought maybe that was wrong but Jeremy took it up to the cashier and she double-checked and it actually was just $9.99! You just can’t beat that!
So we have it plugged into the tv and each kid has a code and gets a set amount of time per day or you can do it by the week. It’s really a neat tool and I can’t believe we got it at such a good price!
It is working well, and when the time’s up, the time’s up and they’re done for the day! Unless we have a family movie night….!
June 17, 2009
I am up entirely too late again, and came across this adorable decal. I love it! I think it would look so cute on the back of my van!
Probably the one I like more is this:
I love that! These can be found for purchase at
http://hyenacart.com/distinctivedecals/
June 11, 2009
On June 1, the twins turned 3 years old! I must have blinked because it just doesn’t seem like it has been 3 years. I cannot imagine what I would do without them, I love them to pieces. They are about as night- and- day- different as two kids can be. Just looking at them you can see that. P has blonde hair and blue eyes, W has brown hair and brown eyes. I love that they are so different.
P will probably be a baseball player, he loves baseball and has a swing that is pretty lethal for a 3 year old. W loves soccer so he is our soccer star. Hence the soccer and baseball cakes.
I still remember looking at that sonogram machine and saying to my doc, “wait, was that another one?” He promptly told me he was checking to make sure there were not three. Thanks doc, thank you very much.
I loved being pregnant with twins and cherish that special time in our life. We waited until we were 12 weeks along before telling anyone because we were praying everything would be ok. We had a blast telling our family too. We went and got family pictures made and then wrapped the main family pic up for Christmas as a gift to each set of grandparents. We typed up a letter and had it written as if the twins were writing it themselves, and it was precious! In the package with the framed picture, we wrote this:
Portrait Session: $15
Portrait Package: $100
Finding out there are actually 7 people in this portrait: Priceless!
We had SUCH fun and could hardly wait for the grandparents to open their gifts! I remember saying “Lord please don’t let it be two boys because we’ll have so much trouble coming up with names!” Well, God has plans of his own.
I love these little guys so much. I still can’t believe they are 3, but then I can’t believe their older sis is nearly 11. Where does the time go?
P opening his presents
W and his new hot wheels car
P blowing out candles!
W blowing out his candles
May 25, 2009
I think I may need to change the name of this blog to the title of my post. Seriously. OK, so you know about his “encounter” with the dog. Well, I didn’t tell you that while we were still on vacation, earlier that week he was trying to climb into one of the dining chairs, which was a bit on the wobbly side mind you, and he fell back with it and his head broke some of the wicker on it. I was just flabbergasted. I was laughing but at the same time wondering, “oh crap, are they gonna charge us for this????!” His head was fine but the chair was not.
Then we go to take soccer pictures this past Saturday and he walks right smack into the photographer’s camera set up on the tripod and the thing falls plum over! I am pretty sure my heart stopped and started within a nano second. Once again, he was crying and had his feelings hurt more than anything and he comes walking over to momma for some love. The photographer said everything looked fine and was thankful it didn’t fall onto concrete! ME TOO! MY WORD-can you imagine the bill for that????
I think I am going to just order an insanely large amount of bubble wrap and whenever we go out anywhere, we’ll wrap him up head to toe!
I foresee a future of band aids and ER bills. I sometimes just tilt my head up to Heaven and laugh. 
May 21, 2009
No, not the score of a football game! Today is Jeremy and Lizzie’s birthday!
God has blessed me with an awesome hubby and I am so thankful for how hard he works for our family. I love you babe!
Our third blessing, who came as quite a surprise to her father and me, is the big 7 today. She is a lot like her mother, very goofy and very tender-hearted. She is an absolute joy in our lives and I can’t imagine a life without her. Noah was only 7 months old when I found out I was expecting again, and I remember being nervous about what our families would think. You know what? It didn’t matter. God planned this family long before we could even dream of it and that is what matters.
We chose not to find out the gender of our third baby. It was so much fun keeping it a surprise! I knew all along I was having another girl though, the pregnancy mirrored her sisters so much and I just knew. You know mommas, you know when you know, right?! On her exact due date, Elizabeth Ann Deaton made her way into the world, on her Daddy’s 24th birthday. Thank you Lord for these two very special blessings in my life.
May 19, 2009
We had a wonderful time in Destin! The weather was gorgeous and the water was cool but you got used to it almost instantly! We didn’t see any jellyfish even though there were purple flags every day. The water was fairly rough, but that makes it all the more fun to ride boogie boards in! I have bruises to prove I rode! I of course burned the tops of my feet the very first day at the beach; seems to be a theme with me. I looked like a granny trying to walk the next few days but it didn’t stop me from going back!
The kids had a great time too. They made sand castles and played at the pool. Will does not want anything to do with the gulf water, forget it. He was happy to play in the sand. Parker did well, but he held on for dear life just in case! We ate at a yummy restaurant called McGuire’s Irish Pub and the food was wonderful. I had heard it was good, but I am such a skeptic. It is voted the number one place to eat in Destin according to TripAdvisor. They were right; it was good!
Wednesday morning we were sitting at the beach and got to see about 12 dolphins swim by, very close. First time I ever saw dolphins. We went to the Gulfarium one afternoon and saw a few shows and some sea lions and sharks and things. That is a neat place for kids especially. We went to the Destin Commons and ate at Johnny Rockets for lunch, good burgers and fries fyi.
On Friday, craziness insued! We were taking the kids down to the playground and we were getting off the elevator when a lady and her HUGE German Shepherd dog (the biggest one I’ve ever seen in my life) were standing ready to get on. Well, Parker walks off the elevator following Jeremy and the dog lunges and bites him on the left arm! It was absolutely an unprovoked attack! Thankfully a staff member saw the entire thing and got us to the right people who sent us to the ER. We go and get him checked out and he’s fine thankfully. The sheriff even comes to the ER and tells us she visited the owner of the dog and it was up to date on it’s shots. She said that some German Shepherds are territorial and they will do that. Personally, if they are unstable at any time, they don’t need to be around kids. PERIOD. So, we had to fill out animal control reports and accident reports, etc. I even had to call the Walton County Animal Control office this morning to give an account of what happened. The lady I spoke with said the dog had been removed from the property. I don’t know what if anything will happen to the dog. The owner was extremely upset and said the dog had never bit anyone before and she seemed very genuine and was concerned about Parker. I am just thankful to God that he didn’t get hurt worse. And the condominium is paying for the bills…..
Grandpa and the kids building sand castles
beautiful waves
Happy Will!
Sam and Noah at Bass Pro Shop
ewwww!
Those of you who know Destin, this needs no explanation...
Aside from that, we had a wonderful vacation. Jeremy’s parents came with us and they seemed to enjoy themselves too! Will is already telling us to go back to the “con-o” (condo!)
I have a few more pics to share but will do so in another post!
April 28, 2009
The kids woke up today and decided they would like donuts for breakfast. I was really hesitant but eventually gave in. It was 10:15 and we were heading to the donut shop instead of thinking about lunch!
For the sake of anonymity, I will not name the donut shop. We get in there and the kids go straight for the counter and start telling the man what they want. Noah ends up with about 5 for himself, and Lizzie is too dough-struck to decide which one she wants. They finally make up their minds and grab some milk and I go and pay for our stuff. This is not an everyday occurance at our home, mind you and next time there will be a 2 donut per person limit, no exceptions. We did grab some pigs in a blanket or KOLACHES as I grew up calling them.
So the kids have a thing about eating at the place we get the food, fast food included, so I reluctantly agree to stay and eat. We get situated at the two tables and everything is going good until Noah suddenly says “mom, I spilled my milk.” Ugh. That’s so not what I want to hear. I turn around and try to help, he has it all over his shorts and the table is a lake of strawberry milk. The gentlemen who work there were gracious enough to come clean it up while I apologized profusely! Well, I started gathering everyone up at that point, finished or not, and the next thing I know Parker is behind the donut counter and already grabbing a blueberry donut. I was mortified. I found myself apologizing once again and I told the man I would pay for the donut, but he wouldn’t let me. He was very gracious and nice, but I think he was just trying to get us out of there as quickly as possible! I think the men felt sorry for me!!
Most of the time I have no problem taking all five kids with me somewhere. I just have to let them know the behavior I expect from them and they are really good. Accidents happen and 2 yr olds will be 2 yr olds, but I just roll with it.
Although, there is one donut shop we probably won’t be visiting again any time soon.
April 22, 2009
or two jay birds! We had soccer practice this evening at the middle school track. The twins were off playing in the dirt, which was fine by me because that meant that they were not stalking the walkers and they weren’t trying to leave the fenced in area. So, I was diligently watching them, keeping my eye between them and the kids playing soccer, and my dear, dear buddies Terri and Jeremy stroll up to chit chat. They had gone for a walk, and saw me sitting in my folding chair and stopped by. Well, as usual we get to talking about stuff and all of a sudden Noah just non-chalantly says to me, “mom the twins are over there playing and they took their clothes off.” WHAT!? Are you kidding me? I took my eyes off for like 30 seconds….. So I turn around and to my utter horror, there they stood, with their naked paleness basking in the sunlight. Parker I am sure was the instigator of this little plan and he had found a lovely little puddle to soak his feet in, because after all, life for an almost-3 year-old is tough. I enlist the help of my two pals and we run over there amidst the laughing, gawking, walking people and quickly re-dress the boys. It was an America’s Funniest Home Videos moment. Jeremy didn’t even notice because he was so into his coaching. I have to say it was a bit embarrasing, but it was definitely funny. Such a little boy thing to do. I am 
realizing now why God saved these two little guys for the end of my baby-making years…..because if they were numbers 1 and 2, then 3,4, and 5 never would have had a chance! Then again, He is God…..
April 20, 2009
We were saying prayers with the kids tonight before bed, and it was Noah’s turn to pray. Well, he starts out by thanking God for his “beautiful, gorgeous Mom and sisters,” and then his “spiffy brothers and Daddy.” Spiffy. Now I don’t think I have ever heard an 8 year old boy use the word spiffy before. I think it’s plain funny and I had to stop myself from laughing out loud during the prayer.
Of course, I had to go up to Jeremy later and ask him if he knew he was spiffy….turns out he was not aware of his spiffiness. I have a feeling that God was laughing along too.
