Me miss you long time....

Well, as you can tell from the previous post from 2009 *eyeroll* I'm not very good at keeping up with this blog. But with the creep-o factor Facebook can have I don't share everything about our life, especially our kiddos, and I know you want to know what we're up to every second of the day! You don't? Well, I will at the very least share what these three crazy kids are up to and throw in some family updates for you who live so far away.

Here's what will bring you up to speed.....

Trace is 13. Yes, I have a teenager. I don't like it anymore than you do. But on the bright side, he's awesome! We couldn't ask for a better kid. The problem other parents seem to have with kids his age just don't happen here. Sure, he can be moody. And messy. Bossy maybe. But all in all we hit the jackpot with this one. He's super smart, very funny, artistic, great at any sport he picks up and exactly the roll model a big brother should be. He is God's way of reminding us that it could be worse....which leads me to his sisters.

Avery is 7 going on 70. At least that's what her choice of clothing is telling me. Picture a cross between Rupaul and an old lady from Tampa. I'm serious. But what she's lacking in fashion sense she more than makes up for in heart. She is the sweetest child I've ever known. She is always saving money to buy gifts for someone else, making us "I Love You" cards and trying to save every animal she can find. This past school year she spent some of her daily class time helping a boy her age with autism because she was the only child he would respond to. Now that will make a momma proud! Maybe one day, if she gives up her dream of starting a bikini soccer league, she will make her mark helping others. As a stylist at a nursing home in Tampa maybe?

Alex. Oh, Alex. Working in at children's clothing store I get asked all the time if we will ever have another baby. I smile and say, "Oh, probably not" while my head is saying screaming "HELL NO!" Let me start by saying that I love her and thank God every day that I am lucky enough to be her mom. BUT if she was my first she would have been my only! I could write a best seller on just the things she has pulled in her short three years. There are those rare moments when she will crawl up in my lap and put her chubby little hands on my face and tell me how beautiful I am or how much she loves me. And she is probably the cutest child I have ever seen, and I don't just say that because she's mine. But she is also the loudest, meanest, smartest, most quick-witted and stubborn three year old ever! She will be keeping the other four of us on our toes (and watching our backs) for a while I just know it!

When we're not chasing the kiddos or working, Justin and I are busy fixing up this old house. It's a work in progress and will be for some time. Hey, if you were 104 years old you would need some fixing up too! Other than that we enjoy long walks on the beach and trying to achieve world peace. Or at least date nights and a moments peace.