today's funny

Since we are potty training we have the seat toppers. This morning, Anneliese decided her baby needed to be potty trained so, she sets her baby on the potty. Too funny. What little mamas I have.

5 girls and a shower curtian

Give 5 girls (4 of which are 2 years old, the other is a neighbor) a shower curtain, a sunny day with a little breeze and you have about 2 hours of complete fun. Today Nique and I were outside enjoying an absolutely BEAUTIFUL day with the girls. We made an Army fleece blanket for her so, I had brought out the outer shower curtain to have a clean surface to work on. When we were done Elisabeth started lifting up the corner, that led to the five girls, Nique and I playing. Nique got out her camera and started clicking pics. It was so much fun. In my opinion there isn't much better than a child's laughter and I had it times 5 today. It was good to see Nique and her girls smile and relax.

Life is so short

Every day I am reminded just how short life is. This week we got a call at 1 am Wednesday morning, it was one of our dear friends crying uncontrollably. All I could understand was "died" Panic rushed through my body as her husband had just returned to Iraq on Sunday. When she was able to calm down enough to tell me, her close friend and fellow Army medic, Jessica, had died from wounds suffered from an IED. Three weeks ago, Jessica had suffered bruises and scratches in a similar incident. Jessica was 24. As a military spouse this is our gratest fear and have seen so many friends injured and lives lost. I salute our voluntary military members who willing join and give their lives so that we live in freedom. This week I am keeping Jessica's friends and family in my prayers as they begin to grieve the loss of a friend, sister and daughter. God Bless our Military and those that love them.

Updates

The past two weeks have been so crazy busy. We had some friends in town for a week. We went up to Kittery Maine to the outlet malls, went down to Plymouth. That was fun can't wait to go back when it's not so chilly out. Caleb turned 7, we went to Friendly's (restaurant/ice cream place). The boys really have got into building with their Lincoln Logs so Caleb got 2 sets of them and a scooter/razor. Then we celebrated Brian's birthday at home with his favorite meal -- Chicken Alfredo. This weekend I turned 35, wow what a difference 10 years makes. I remember being so upset turning 25, having lost my first baby. Now I have 5 wonderful children. God truly blessed us.
For Mother's day, I told Brian and the boys that I wanted to go take some pictures. I don't have any of all them together. So we went to Walden Pond (about 2 miles from the house). Walden Pond was made famous but Henry David Thoreau. He had a 1 room house there in the 1840's. So we hiked around and got some new pictures. The girls even walked most the way; towards the end they had had enough and Brian had to carry them.