I can do it by myself

This is how Mr. Self Sufficient dressed himself recently. In his defense, I think I've seen something similar to it on some famous rappers, and at least Trent looks cute in it!

Blast from the Past

Since I haven't blogged in forever I wanted to make my comeback great! This video is pretty much one of my all time favorite clips of my kids. It is of Zachary just a few weeks after I had Trent. When I came out of my bedroom from nursing Trent, this is what I found:

AND, thanks to Jeff, an angel sent from above, my computer is up and running and I will be back to blogging first thing tomorrow!

Visit from Friends

Back in January (seems like forever ago) our friends from Arkansas came for the weekend. Jamie and I had a great time sitting on my back porch visiting while the kids played outside. I didn't take a bunch of pictures (didn't even get a single one of Jamie and her adorable prego belly), but here are the highlights from the visit.


LOTS of time spent playing on the new BUMP beds

Playing outside in the beautiful weather

Working on major projects

We loved having Jamie, Rhett and Alexee and look forward to your next visit when you'll have THREE babies in tow!

HELP!!!

OK, I had big plans for this blog today, but just not happening for me! The computer tech that I was expecting to help me is no longer. (The details are ugly so I'll spare you!) I have done everything that I know to do or that has been suggested to me and I still cannot get a picture to download. SO, I am asking for any help that any of you can give. AND, if you live in my area and know of someone who makes housecalls for computer dummies, PLEASE pass them along!

Here's the situation: I can add text all day long, but I can't get a picture to download. I have tried downsizing the pics, downloading one at a time, and tried both on my laptop and desktop. Any suggestions???

What the heck??? So frustrating! I have lots of fun pictures to add once I get this sucker fixed!

Technical Difficulties

I have not abandoned this blog, but am having extreme tech. issues. I cannot download pictures on either my laptop or desktop and no one really wants to read my posts without pics. You can stop with the hate mail...we will be up and running eventually and I will have lots to post about then!

Have a good week!

Blog Award!

Nichole tagged me with this sweet blog award. Thanks, Nichole!

First, I have to say one nice thing about my man: Besides the fact that he is my best friend and puts up with more than his share of my "stuff", my favorite part of him is that he makes me laugh every single day. We have so much fun together.

Second, here is my list of 6 ways that I measure success in my life:
1. Being confident of where I will spend eternity
2. Happiness in my marriage
3. Raising boys of integrity and faith
4. Keeping a good relationship with extended family
5. Making meaningful friendships and maintaining them
6. Growing spiritually, physically and/or emotionally on a regular basis

Lastly, I need to pass this cool award along. Here are 6 of my regular reads:
1. The Hart Family
2. The Garner Family
3. KK's Kreations
4. The Svoboda Story
5. Honeyman 4
6. Watsons

Hope you'll all play along.

'Bump' Beds

****FINALLY added the pictures!

Our last crib photo: New BUMP beds
Saturday was a big day at our house. The crib that has been in our numerous places of residence for the past 5 years took a move to the attic. It was a little sad, but it can always be put back up, right? {That was for all the grandmothers...hope none of them had a heart attack!}

I have been trying (and will try again later) to post a final photo of what had become really only a playground for my boys. Sure Trent still loved the baby bed and wasn't too big for it at bedtime, but around three every morning he decided that he was, in fact, too big for the crib and prefers a bigger bed...like a king size one!

We now have new 'bump' beds that the boys are both so excited about (pictures as soon as I can get them to post!). Grana and Pawpaw bought them for the kids to have at their house not very long ago and decided we should have them at our house. And, since it's not nice to argue, we took them ASAP before they changed their minds. Grana even gave me all the bedding for them! I was pumped---to say the least! The beds have a trundle under them that is called a 'tremble' at our house. So basically we have a 'tremble' bed, a lower 'bump' and an upper 'bump'. Loving it!

Garner fam, we are ready for you! Head this way!