Caught...not in the cookie jar but on the computer.....

Oh hiiii Mom!.....What ? Guitar practice?.....Ummmm Yeah!.......Homework?.....Ummm sure!........ the animals fed? Right! It's all done I promise!!!!!!! (Yeah right! )
How many of you have heard this from your kids? Wish they thought their chores were as fun and interesting as playing games!

FREINDS!!!

Oh how they like each other.......Bella has been great with her....she is really careful with Tivi and only does a driveby lick once in a while! The feelings are mutual-- Tivi loves to laugh at Bella and tries to give her "Loves"...... Bella is enjoying Tivi's food donations...She has quickly learned to be under the high chair at meal time.......

Having fun with the camera....

Here are some pictures that we took to send down to our kids in Haiti...... another trip has come and gone with us only be able to send down a package. We feel like we are gettting closer (recognize "closer" is used loosely) to the time they will get to come home. We still could be a year out-- but because we don't know for sure when they will get to come home, and money is so tight-- we are saving so we can bring the home when the time comes........ So I send down packages for them with Corrie and Lindsay who do the updates. Trying to put all your love into a gallon sized zip lock bag can be a huge challenge! I felt like my mom probably did everytime she had to pack it all into the White trailer and the brown horse trailer! I use every square inch of that one gallon bag!!!! I try to make it exciting for them- something for them to look forward to...but I always send two things....pictures of us and a lotion that has a special essential oil in it that I would rub the kids down with every night when I was down there.... I hope the scent will remind them of sweet memeories of when we were together. I will post new pictures when I get my update from Corrie...

Any ways here are some pictures we took for them! The kids were really having a fun time of it!

and really!!!! could the bug be any cuter?
I think not!!!!

Did you look outside?

Golly have you looked outside lately? Everything is white! I think they call it snow....It looks really fun I am going to ask mommy if I can go play in it.......

Mommy says it is too cold for me to be outside - she says the snow is cold and little bugs like me just get to look at it out the window.......

Tru's Birthday- the big 14...

Tru had his birthday last week, we celebrated it on his birthday (12th) as a family but then he took a bunch of his friends paint ballin' on the weekend (thanks to Uncle Ty for coming along and helping Travis with it!)

Life can get messy!!!!!

Life gets messy! I have been learning about this food thing lately......it can kinda get everywhere and then mom comes after me with a washcloth (waaaa)! I try to put stuff in my mouth but not all of it makes it in, worse yet some comes back out! This is alot of work... but I am sure liking the practice!

Life through the eyes of a child......




I thought that going back to baby land would be harder than it has been. Tivi is such a great baby! As a family we are enjoing spending time helping her discover this new world......

So I came up for air and discovered it was January!

So it has been a while since I have written something- I have been glued to Andy's Post since the beginning of December praying for little Conner. I have been spending time with Travis while he was home for Christmas and pretty much that is about it! I decided to really take a laid back approach this season and I have to say that it is highly recommended! My kids had about three weeks off a Christmas- (they go to a charter school with a modified year round schedule) and we had grand plans of accomplishing many a things on mommas to do list- and each respective child had their own ideas of how they would like to spend their free time--- not much of those lists were completed but I think that we were very successful at enjoying the holidays and rested up to tackle school once again! So to catch you up to speed I am just posting a smattering of pictures so you can see what we have been up to....enjoy!

Airica