Owl

Last week when I was taking the kids to the bus stop I noticed a bird on one of the mounts of dirt by house. So after dropping the kids off I went back by where I seen the bird. To my surprise it was an Owl. I remember watching a movie with kids quite awhile ago about a boy saving an area where their were Owls living in the ground. I haven't checked into it yet but I am going to. So anyway, we have seen the Owl almost everyday. I think its really cool that we have an Owl living not too far from us, but I am also afraid that if they keep building the housing around our area, the owl will have to move somewhere else.

Fall Festival

We went to the parade and the carnaval. This year was great, we had Marvin home with us. Although we didn't ride any of the rides I think the kids still had a great time. The whole Green Team had their cars in the parade, although Marvin didn't get far because his clutch went out but he still had fun. Kristy our little dare devil, climbed a rock wall, all the way to the top and she is once again the Winner in the Slipper Swine Contest, that makes 3 times now. It was a good weekend but it was very exhausting. Check back soon for pictures.

Pets

OK, so the other night I was getting ready to walk into my room and go to bed I found our dog Mickey on the floor sleeping in the blankets. Usually he'll barry himself under the blankets all curled up, but this time he was all stretched out I couldn't resist sharing with everyone.

New Place

We've been really busy these past couple of weeks. Packing, moving and unpacking. Things are slowly starting to settle down just a bit. I am truly exhausted. The kids like Mt. Charleston, but they really wish they could have stayed at Floyd Elementary. There work that they've been bringing home has had some pretty good grades on them, we hope they can keep it up. Our new place is a lot smaller than the last one, but we all like it.

Crazy or Is It Something Else?

Well the last few days have been quite busy for me. Kristy has made a new friend and she has been over a few times, we invited her and Kristy's cousins over for a sleep over saturday night. I've had other kids in my home including my own since Thursday. At times I've had up to 8 kids, I must be nuts. A lot of people, especially Marvin doesn't understand how I can do it. It can be hard at times but with a lot of patience, understanding, and some kind of control it's not bad. For the most part they know the limits in my home, although they sure can test them, but they also know that if they do something wrong than they would have to pay the consequences.
Kids are wonderful things that god has given us the oppurtunity to have in our lives. Have you ever just sat there and watched what a child does or says. At very young ages they know how to do things and their minds are very creative. They pick up on everything, even the things that you wouldn't think they would. They have to have such an open mind and not a one sided mind. They can show an adult so much by just they way they express themselves by wanting to copy everything you do to just coming up to you and saying 'I Love You Mommy' without anyone telling them to do that or even just sit next to you on the couch and give you a hug and watch a show with you that you would think they would not understand or even want to watch. From watching my own children to other children I have learned to appriciate everything about a child from the time they are babies until they are old and grey.
Over the summer I had quite the oppurtunity to do things with my children that we just don't do at home. We went to Colorado and it was wonderful. Grass, trees and bushes everywhere. Flowers by every building and the temperature couldn't have been more perfect. I was able to teach my children how to put a worm on a hook and catch a fish. The excitement and pride that swept over them on catching a fish was a wonderful thing to experience, even reflecting on it now makes me want to cry with pride and happiness. During our trip they showed me that it was okay to be silly once in awhile and act like a kid. They got me to roll down a hill a few times, which I was caught by some adults walking their dogs and the neighbors and roommates. It was fun. It felt good. Everyday with a child is a good day. We as Great Grandparents, Grandparents, Moms, Dads, Aunts, Uncles or whoever have the greatest privelage and reward of knowing a little once, we can do our best to teach them the rights and wrongs, to teach them to be better people but at the same time they teach us rights and wrongs and teach us how to be better, and that is why I feel that I am not Crazy or Nuts having so many children around me.

My Mom said!!!

My mom said that I had to create a blog so here it is.
I'm not sure how to start it so I'll start with the events of today. Kristy had a friend come over today. They had lots of fun. They all went outside to play in the pool. Well I know the boys would have gotten muddy, but I didn't expect to see the girls covered from head to toe in mud. Even though they were sprayed off with the hose before they came in they still tracked mud in through the house. Camron was the worst of them all. It looked like he layed down and rolled around in the mud and then was covered in it. I guess I missed out on the mud bath. I hear mud baths are good once in awhile. They all had so much fun.