Southern Fried Saints

Liam and Eli
pretty sunset!!!!!!!!!
Cute Gemma!!
Sutton relaxing
Gemma bean happy
Gemma looks so pretty and Happy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Gemma danceing!!!!!!!
Ezra cute Smile!!!!!!!!!!!!
Eliza and cute Gemma!
Ezz being Silly!
UncleAndy Awesome flip!!!!
Strong Man!!!!!!!!
Too Cute!!
Smiley!
Garrett getting a tan JK!!!!!!

So Thursday Paul said, "Do you want to try pulling the carpet out of the front room?" I agreed and now our home is a disaster zone. The project evolved as the hours passed, and since Thursday we have moved the furniture and "stuff" from the all the kids rooms (except their beds) into our "big room", removed all the carpet from the original portion of our home, removed some base boards, scraped carpet glue and filled the hundreds of pushpin holes in our walls.

Next to come will be painting all the walls in the old portion (about 800 sq ft of house), cleaning and staining the concrete floors, and painting all the trim. We are hoping to get the prep work done tomorrow, painting walls done Tuesday, and then the stain on the floors Wednesday right before we head up to NC for my sister's wedding. I am hoping all will go according to plan so that we don't have to come home to a lot of work. Not only that, but we aren't sure how strong the smell of the concrete stain and seal will be. I'd rather be gone while that stinks up the house.

I will post the finished pictures when we are done with it, but don't hold your breath:)

Today is our 15th wedding anniversary. We had a wonderfully normal day of work and children. I made a beef Stroganoff recipe that has been in my possession for the last 15 years, but I never bothered to make before. It was DELICIOUS! Eliza made a slide show presentation for Paul and I as a gift, and Leah and Sarah made brownies for us. I love that our children are so capable now. We also had someone come and give us an estimate on replacing the windows in the old part of our home. Those will be a very expensive anniversary gift for Paul and I:)


The last 15 years have been every bit as wonderful as they have been challenging.

I`m awesome!!!!!!!!!!
My cool Team
Me batt`in

Sarah play`s catcher,pitcher,and first base !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Last day of school me and friends goof around!!!!!!!! With stickers.

Me and my friend!!!!!!!!!

Hey, it`s Sarah. My field Day was Awesome. I played Baseball with the boys, and I was Awesome at it. they said a girl can`t hit a fast ball, and I said what`ev. I hit it the first time and got to second base. BOO YA! I was the only girl, so it was fun !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then I played football I tackeled A lot of boys. I kicked there BUTTS!!!!!!!!!!!! THEY said I was awesome, it was so funny When they just layed there like they were crying!!!!!!!!!!

Maybe the title is a bit of an exaggeration, but I only have to endure nine more weeks of teaching and taking classes. After May 23rd I will have a break until I begin student teaching in the fall. I still want to quit my program on a regular basis, but there is definitely a light at the end of the tunnel. Paul is looking forward to playing music with friends again after nearly two years, and the children are anticipating having their mother back. I'm not sure what I will do, but knowing me I will have a breakdown of some sort. Luckily, I will have girls camp and our youth trek to keep my mind busy for the first half of the summer.