I'm Baacckk!!

I've been away for so long. I have missed the klackity klack of my keyboard. I was away for so lung due to family things. You know, those things happen, sickness, holidays, and such that never seem to come one at a time. Noooo. They have to hit you in bunches! We even got to visit the aquarium in New Orleans, see picture of my little one. But, I digress. I am back and am ready to start again.

We haven't gotten he quails yet, they come in June. But, I have a full house for summer babysitting. We, my eldest daughter and I, have begun the arduous task of planning out the days of music, crafts, library, swimming and more. I will have a healthy number of kids, 15 in all. Different ages. Different backgrounds.

I babysit, yes, even though I have 7 kids. It gives my kids some playmates and my girls even more "mommy" practice. Babies are the best training tool for young girls to learn about mothering. We divvy up jobs, changing, feeding, playing, and we all see that the others are learning and doing in right.

Among other things, we will be hitting the library hard. Two and a half months of activities geared towards reading and the arts.

Hope I can write more later. I have to go see about my kiddos!!

Alicia's 6th birthday cake was a huge success. My sis-in-law baked the cake, and made homemade fondant, and brought over all of her cake decorating supples. Alicia and all of her siblings pitched in and created quite a cake. They had sooooo much fun doing it. I am so grateful to Aunt Kacee for all of her hard work and her patience with the little ones.

SPRING Can't come fast enough

We are looking forward to spring, and soon SUMMER!! We all love to swim and play outside. This year we are getting some quail to raise for 4H and for the eggs. We are hoping we do well. I can't wait for my little ones to see the birds hatch and chirp. What a great way to teach kids about life.

Merry Christmas

The last couple of months have turned out to be quite busy in this neck of the woods. Some of the kids are gearing up for the play they are in on Monday (Frosty). We are looking forward to our upcoming school fair. And as one might expect, getting ready for the Christmas season. Which brings me to my topic of discussion, or rather, rant.

I don't like to watch the news. I get what important info I need from my husband and my local newspaper. Therefore, I did not hear the stories about our president wanting to take Christ out of Christmas. I hear he wants to call the white house tree a"holiday" tree. WHAT!! I thought the whole reason for the season was in fact Christ. It's His birthday celebration. I do not know the details about this, but it makes me sad. So as I was driving in Morgan City, a town across the river from me, I noticed the very large "Merry Christmas" banner hanging over the bridge. I am so happy that I still live somewhere where He is still king.

So to all of you out there, Catholic and not, MERYY CHRISTmas!!!!! Go have your St. Nicholas parties, enjoy decorating your Jesse trees, light your Advent wreaths, have a great birthday celebration of our Lord incarnate!!!!

Me and Jesus found it

OK this is just a quick story about something that happened to us a few days ago.

My brother has been staying with us and working with my husband. He got paid one friday and cashed his check. He left the money in his pants pocket. The next morning, my oldest went and got his laundry to wash it for him. She didn' t check the pockets and washed and dried the cash. When he went to get his clothes out, his freshly washed and dried green was all over the dryer! He gathered up the money and began to count, it was $100 short! One bill, a 100 dollar bill, was missing. He really needed that money. We looked everywhere, in pockets of all the pants that made the cycle, in the washer, in the pipes leading out the dryer, in the filter, everywhere. No money. I told him about St. Anthony and said a prayer myself.

He had to leave for a few days to see his family, we continued the search. Then, the Sunday after mass, I was cleaning in the classroom when my 2 year old comes running in yelling "Mommy, mommy, me and Jesus found it." I asked her what, and in her tiny little hand was a crumpled $100 bill!!!! I said "how did you get this?" Her reply was simple and true, "me and Jesus found in the living room, mommy, we found Dean's money!"

Praise God!!! He used my little one.

John Joseph as St. Francis

Daniel as Padre Pio

My Crew

St. Francis Christian Academey

On October 31, 2009, our homeschool, St. Francis Christian Academy, held its annual All Saints Party. We had about 18 families attend. We saw over 50 saints!

Grant Hebert

Just a note to let everyone know that Grant has passed. He died surrounded by his family on Sunday. His fight with cancer is over. More info to come. God Bless.