Happy new year a *REAL* UPDATE!

Happy New year! its been months since i posted!!


Here are a few updates from our life......

John FINALY got transferred to Selma! he was working in Bakersfield, and for 3 years he drove an hour to and from work! with NO work truck. so now, he is close to HOME! he HAS a work truck! and he is considered out of "training", and got a really nice raise! we are SOOO blessed! he wakes up later, which means, literally, our whole home life has changed! cause he is home more, less grumpy, you get the idea.. ha-ha! he is happy, healthy, and just trucking along!



Macie is doing fabulous! She is the most CARING, loving, giving little girl ever! she is so patient with the little girls it is amazing! in school she is GREAT, Honor Roll, Character counts awards, etc.. our little smarty pants! takes after john! HAHA! she is constantly reading or writing SOMETHING, she loves being girly too! constantly decked with accessories for all occasions! ha-ha. she likes playing her WII video game console, and is excited to be out for Christmas break! today is her LAST day till the 7th! she is VERY involved in Church, and I’m SO glad to see her heart follow God! The Christmas program is soon, and she is singing in it with the other kids!!



Madelyn: wholly cow........ well, lets just say, she is a typical 3 year old at this point. ha-ha! I reign in the "drama queen" in her, about 17 times a day! ha-ha.. she is just at that point where she wants power. (typical girl) and I just pick my fights with her. I’m the type of mom where, when your standing in the middle of target shopping, and your 3 year decides to have a nuclear meltdown over something, it is NOT the time and place to START enforcing rules/lady like manners. give them the darn toy and take the control back. I think, if its done at home the RIGHT way, then those meltdowns rarely happen.... its alllllllll about control. if I’m going to be SOOO uptight that I make my kids miserable, then, yes they will be perfect, but then who would get chocolate all over my pants? lolololol... so its fun right now with maddie. lots of funny stories, she is a kick!



Malorie! My little angel JUST started walking!!!!!!!! YEA YEA YEA!!!! about 1 week ago! we are sad, cause she is our last baby to go through these wonderful moments! she says a few words: mama, dada, bite, baba (bottle of water), bobo (me) (stop laughing), sugabooga (sugar booger-dog), and I’m sure some random words here and there.. she is very strawberry blonde! and just the most snuggle happy baby ever! we are enjoying this..... 2 is right around the corner!



me....ha! I’m just surviving! give me some coffee and I can handle anything. I am still getting over being pretty darn sick.

I refuse to sugar coat anything about my life anymore. the last few months we have been dealing with some crazy-insane issues, that I could not keep ignoring for another 9 years.

I lost sight of a very SIMPLE truth: I AM an amazingly strong & fierce mother.

I come from an extraordinary line of strong women! ... I lost sight of ME. See, I'm a people pleaser, the peacemaker, and in my attempts to please everyone in the last 9 years, I lost MY voice, MY voice for my girls, MY voice for my marriage. Everyone under our roof was comfortably miserable. i was NOT ok with that. i heard this, this morning..."afflictions eclipsed by grace" ...really think about that....well, i guess in my case, while i was comfortably waiting on God to come rescue us, he was waiting on me to pick up the tools he already gave me and ...ahem.."step up" or "grow a pair"..... be WHO HE called me to be. be the mom he MADE me. 365 days a year. not giving over my role once in a while to please others. period.

i felt the need to mention this, because so many times you get the "we are all perfect" emails, with a touch of "real life" sprinkled in, a dash of "drama", and a pinch of "funny".

this is life. not a flippin cookie recipe.

so,.... one day at a time right? through Gods grace, and supportive family, our issues WILL work themselves out. And with God, i won't lose myself in the process.=)

besides that, just doing the busy body day-to-day stuff. happy to report: i DO NOT have a baby itch AT ALL, so its nice knowing one stage of our life is over, and the next is exciting to embrace!


Hope to find you healthy and happy! we would love to hear from you!