Fun Times with 7 kids

Jodi's girls have been spending a couple of weeks with us while Taylor goes with Ashley and Ethan to the local kids college program. We have all had a bunch of fun being together. You can tell the girls miss their mom and dad, but each day has been an adventure and we have really loved having them. Some of my favorite times are in the pictures below, haha, just kidding! They are too cute!

Those are some cute kids!!!

All I can say is that those are some way cute kids!!!

The Captain and The Kid

While at my parents house Brice and Grandpa developed a great relationship, they became daily playmates while the rest of the kids were at school. Brice knew how to push Grandpa's buttons and grandpa knew how to push back. The funniest of these is my dad has a chair that everyone knows is where he sits, if you are sitting there when he comes in the room he will nicely remind you that it is his chair, and prompt you to move. Well Brice decided that any time grandpa would come into the room he would make a beeline for the chair and not move no matter what dad would do. Finally my dad figured out that he could hold the cartoons (Dora) hostage, he would change the channel and wouldn't put it back until Brice would move. It worked the first couple of times, but Brice's will power grew stronger and he normally wouldn't move no matter what he was tempted with ( food, soda, candy, toys, ect..). The funny thing is when grandpa wasn't around he could have cared less about the chair. It became a game to him, one that he and grandpa could play together, (one that he won most of the time). Brice (The Kid) loves his papa(The Captain, and they will forever be playmates.

Of all the things

Of all the things in the world that I am thankful for my family is right at the top of the list. During our transition time of moving we were blessed to be able to stay with my parents. It was a wonderful experience! Moving all 7 of my family into my parents home had me a bit nervous, then for it to last close to 4 months had me even more nervous, but it really is a time in my life that I will cherish. I have always been close with my parents, but living with them now as an adult has truly made them some of my closest friends! Not only my friends, but Jeremy's and the kids too. It was so great to get to see them everyday and to watch them with the babies. We laughed daily with them, and so many great memories were made. As much as I miss living in the Carolina's, being close to my family and getting to see them on a regular basis, makes my heart happy.