12 weeks went by fast!

Wow, this last 12 weeks really fly by. It was stressful being home with the children all the time, and not getting to even talk with Andy that much, but I know it was also stressful for him too. He crammed in alot in 12 weeks. He did it, and here are some graduation pictures! His father was able to hand him the award.

Like father like son!

I should have known better than to take pictures in front of this banner, but after graduation it was a little crazy, and Im just glad I got the picture. And no I am not pregnant either, that shirt is pretty, but obviously not very flattering! And neither is the lighting, my hair is not red. lol

The boys are so proud of Daddy, they came home and have been playing cops for days now, I should have added a picture of that. Glasses, belts, guns, vests, handcuffs, you name it they are wearing it. It has kept them busy. I hope graduation will be something they always remember. They were really good and found all the police officers fascinating.

Jerry, Andy, and his friend Darrick. Im glad he came, it meant alot to Andy.

Here are some pages I have done recently.

Our ice storm, that took out the electricity for days. Luckily just off & on for us, the most was 4 hours I think.

Little T's pre-k class. He's batman on the left, hence the arrow.
Thanks for looking, hope everyone is doing well and staying warm!

So....its been awhile!

Okay so to start this crazy long post...yes sorry If you fall asleep. I am trying to cover the last 2 months in one post. Not really a good idea. Anyways I have to start with some layouts.

We finally got our new couches that I have patiently been waiting for, since they came in damaged then placed on back order. They were worth the wait, so soft and comfortable. And now there is enough seating for everyone. I love that I can sit next to Andy now in the loveseat, glad I got that instead of a reclining chair. The best part is all the ends recline. It is bliss!

Okay as much as I didn't really enjoy dealing with the week long ice storm and the lack of electricity every now and then I couldn't help but take a few pictures. It was very beautiful!

And I rearranged the front room, it is such a multi-purpose room. It now holds my crafts the computer desk, the kids toys and I moved the old couch out there, so they can watch movies out there too. I even set up a little craft table, and all my old supplies. It has kept them busy.

Spent a couple days volunteering at school. We had tons of fun making cookies, decorating gingerbread houses and I even had a flour fight...but don't tell the teachers...lol

Yes, he really is insane!

There was more christmas picks of course, but I just loved this one of T and his train set. He just looked so cute in his robe.

And the best Christmas present of all was a new nephew Braycin Carver Hiller born Dec 23. I visited Friday and couldn't help taking just a few pictures. He is absolutely perfect!

Isn't he just the most kissable thing, look at those lips!

You cant tell they are happy, can you.lol

Okay enough for now, thanks for looking!

Announcing Deputy Rork

Journaling reads "These are just a few of the emotions we have felt since the reality of your dream finally becoming true. Oct 9, 2008. It was the day you got the call from the chief, you are cleared, plan on going to the Academy Oct 26th. I am so happy that you tried & tried again for 5yrs. It has finally paid off. You are on your way to fulfilling your dreams. I'm proud of you."

We both can't believe it is truly happening, Andy has a job with Livingston County Police provided he passes all classes...which I have no doubt he will. He will be leaving at the end of the month and he will be in school for 12 weeks, he is allowed to come home on the weekends. We are both elated, but I think Andy is just tired from all the emotions of this process. He has already jumped through many hoops to get here and has many more to come. It will be such an amazing life change for our whole family. And of course the boys think its pretty cool!


Trent on vacation getting his first face painting!

The pic says it all, we got this car when Mason was still in the womb and now look how big he is and it is FINALLY paid off. I wanted to scrap this car, we have raised babies to boys with this car. It has taken us speedily to the ER with both pregnancies it took us diligently to see our baby every day in the NICU all the many appointments after that. It seems so silly to get so sentimental over a car, but you really have to appreciate the reliabilty. I just hope it keeps continuing to be reliable, beacuse we sure can't afford another!........but I guess If we have any more ER visits we can just use Andy's patrol car and hit the lights and siren......he..he...just kidding honey!

Our New Addition.

Here she is, one of the most adorable kittens ever! This is our new girl Zoey, the ratio between girls and boys is now equal. (Even if they are all animals, it still counts!) She is the sweetest thing. She loves to sleep on my chest, right under my chin. It doesn't really work with Andy though, he doesn't have much to hold her up! he..heee
Last weekend I went with some friends to the Women of Faith Convention in Indianapolis, IN. We had a blast, we left Friday and didn't get back home till Saturday night. It took a couple days to catch up on sleep. Those crazy girls had me eating pizza and swimming at 2 in the morning! We managed to get maybe 2 hours of sleep. The Convention was great as usual. It was spiritually rejuvenating and fun. If you have never heard of Anita Renfroe you need to check her out on YouTube. She is AMAZINGLY hilarious! I loved Nicole C. Mullen, she is pure talent from God. All of the women are, but mostly I love just being able to spend a weekend with Tracey & Kristy. We don't get to do much together, but it is always full of laughs when we do. Thanks for the great weekend girlies!

A lot to late!

Okay, so 2 weeks later I am finally posting a few pictures of our vacation. We went to South Haven, Mi. Stayed in a house for a week and spent most of our time at the beach. It was the most relaxation we have had in a long while! This first pictures was when we went blueberry picking. The boys had so much fun!

Trent's first touch of the water on his feet and he went running.....it was a tad bit chilly!

Trent's favorite thing, building sand castles. He never even went in the water....I was thinking of turning our backyard into a big sand pit.
Mason's first inking, for some reason the kid is just not into letting other people paint on him, but he was happy afterwards.

They had the biggest and best park there. We had a blast and it seems so far gone already, now that we are back to our hectic life. I have tons more pictures and scrapbook pages that I have done, I will try to post again soon. Thanks for looking and I hope everyone is having a good summer!

HIllbilly Swimming Pool!

I haven't posted much because It doesn't feel like we have very much "Big" news, but just like the title of my blog our life is filled with all the little moments that matter most. I have actually been feeling like I didn't have many events to scrapbook, but after looking through my photos I realized there are many just this last month to catch up on. One of my favorites is Our Hillbilly Swimming Pool, the boy's idea of course! Apparently a sandbox was not fun enough, so they took it upon themselves to fill it with water.

I thought catching Trent falling was too cute!

We even found fun on the big rock piles here in town, but then we were told to leave by the police officer.....my goodness they were just being boys playing in rocks!

I thought this was a neat picture with the flag in the background!

The boy's summer cuts! So cute and dirty by 9 am.

Last this ADORABLE picture of my niece Jessica. Since I don't have tons of good news for myself, I can at least share the great news that my brother Cole and My friend Jessica are both expecting little ones in December, and my SIL Kristie just had a baby girl yesterday. Lots of babies!

New Layouts

I thought I would add some of my recent layouts for those family and friends that haven't had a chance to be lured into my house and forced to see them!
Steph, Brett, Mason, & Trent at Cullom Park.

Trent & Brett playing at Cullom park.

Daddy was proud of this picture he took of his muscle boys in the tub.

Mason's many faces!

Trent's cute little run!