Allyson is coming HOME

Allyson has been in Florida this week serving our Savior through mission work. Her team went into a nursing home and did yard work. They also went in the home and spent the day with the residents. I have talked to Allyson several times this week and every time I talked to her she sounds excited! This morning I viewed a video that Daniel our youth pastor sent out to the parents and friends of these youth. He let us know that our kids are coming home CHANGED. They are on a spiritual fire for Jesus. It has been a long time since he could say this but this has been one of his best trips ever with the youth. Hearts have been changed. I can't wait too hear what happen. I have posted a video from Daniel of one of the "work" days. Allyson is in the video several times. ENJOY and pray for our kids!

MEET SPIDERBOY

I took Elijah to Chick-Filet this week to meet Spiderman and Batman. He insisted dressing in his TOO SMALL costume. He had fun though pretending he was a super hero. When I see how much fun these kids have pretending it makes me what to be a kid again. More than that I dread the day when he thinks it is uncool to dress-up as a super hero. I love Chick-Filet and the activities they do during the week for families. It's been a fun week again for the kids and I. Of course the swimming pool was used almost everyday. Caroline had a friend ( Brandi) over to spend the night . She and Brandi get along so well and did their "tween" stuff together. Yesterday we Elijah and I got our haircut. The girl that cut Elijah's hair went on and on how handsome he was and how she wished she had his hair color. He was really enjoing the attention. She asked him if he knew that he was so cute. He said YES I know it because my mommy tells me that all they time. Caroline had her orthodontics appointment yesterday. The one tooth that they are trying to pull fowarded still has not made it yet. He also told her yesterday that she will probably be ready for braces about 12. So start saving up Daddy! Would you know our air condition is out! It is suppose to be 93 today. So no cooking or cleaning at my house. It is too HOT. We are praying that it is not too major but I have a feeling it is. Later!

CAN!

Borrowed from Daniel When you think you can't you CAN! Get the tissue before you watch this powerful video

A simple act of love

Last Wednesday night I went to youth hang-out time at Church. Before Bible study (Daniel/Youth pastor) came up with some ice breaker games. One of the games you had to pick a partner. I was sitting there wondering if anyone would pick me. I expected the youth to pick up their buddies before me of course. I am not a game person so it was not a big deal if I sat out. I looked up and there comes my daughter Allyson across the room smiling. She picked her MOM. I know as your reading this your thinking how silly for a grown woman to almost cry over her daughter picking her as her partner. BUT I WAS so TOUCHED. She could had picked one her friends you know. This small act of love was actually a HUGE act of love. It shows me and GOD how unselfish she is. Her act of love showed how much she honors God also. There is no greater way to honor God than to honor our parents. It was awesome to spend time that night with Allyson and her friends. I also enjoyed the Bible Study and learned something too about God's word. Parents of youth I challenged you to visit your sons/daughter's youth group. I know as parents of teens we think they would be embarrassed if you walk in their youth group. I promise you they will not be. They really do want us involved in their lives. I do suggest that you warn them though first ;-) Our youth kids need us even more now than ever with the challenges in today's world. Also I let Allyson know how much that simple but HUGE act of love meant tooher Mom I cherish you Allyson Love Mommy.

Today is the BIG day

Today is my birthday. So your thinking that's great Teri but what makes this special day so BIG. Well I am 50 today. I can't believe that I am that young ! The first person to wish me Happy Birthday was Robert at 12:03 am. Jason wished me Happy B day at 6:30 am. Elijah and Caroline at 7:00 am. Then I get a call from my sister-in law June at 8:30 am. I am feeling very loved this morning and tired. So far today I got my favorite breakfast Waffles topped off with strawberries, blue berries and whip-cream. Allyson made the sweetest card . She wrote the sweetest note in the card. Have I told y'all lately how blessed I am. Sunday is also our 12th anniversary. Jason is going to watch the kids tonight and Robert and I are going on a date. 12 years and five kids so our marriage has been productive and wonderful ;-) Allyson left this morning for the week on a mission trip to Florida. Her friend Sarah also went with her. They have several projects they will be involved with. Please pray for a safe journey for 30 teens and adults. Especially pray that the families they will be working with will be touched with the saving grace of Jesus Christ. I am going to miss her also. Off to Target!

Something is going to happen BIG this Saturday June 21st

And that is all I am going to say about that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Three Days Worth

This is a mini recap of the last few days . Saturday we went to my brother Jimmy home to celebrate Father's Day with my parents . Jimmy cooked out humongous delicious burgers and I brought sides. I also got to meet my brother's girlfriend Natalie. Jimmy has begun to date . I will admit it was pretty awkward at first because I loved Robin so much. Natalie though was very sweet and my brother looks very happy. This is all that matters to me is my brother's happiness. Mom and Dad were there. My parent have really started to age. Especially my Mom. She has trouble moving around . I will say though my Mom's mobility is not great but she still keeps her home in tip top shape. She amazes me consider how fragile she has become. She told me that she is scared that if she sits down she will never get up. Sunday as you know was Father's Day. Have I told y'all lately that God has blessed me with the most incredible father to my children. We all adore and cherish Robert/Daddy. I could go on and on but I don't have enough of time to put in words how super our SUPER DAD is. The kids picked out a coffee kit mug set. They took special markers and decorated the mugs. Caroline made a mug for spare change. She drew a rainbow with a pot of gold at the end. Elijah drew a picture of Robert with a red cape and wrote SUPER DAD on it for him to drink coffee. The kids even made home-made cards. We are pretty simple people and these type of gifts means more than to us than store bought gifts. We all went out to eat after Church and Robert THOUGHT he was going to take a nap. The kids gave him no choice but to go for a swim. Our friends across the street came over and we all had a mini pool party. We had such a great time. I am so glad this couple moved in our neighborhood. Great Christian couple with two sweet girls. Yesterday I took the kids to North Mecklenburg Park in Huntersville. We met four other Mom's there with their kiddos. We ate lunch and the kids played. I belong to a group on Lake Norman Mom's called Club 35. These are Mom's who went on to have babies after 35. We all can sit and talk about how tired we are having babies at a later age or how fabulous we feel at our age to even have babies later on. Most of us have older kids too so it is nice to sit and talk about having TWO families because of age differences. Well I better get started with my day.

Where did red head Elijah come from???

Meet Elijah our son when he was a day old. Beside being a beautiful 6.10 baby boy he was born with a masses amount of red hair. It was quite a shock having a red head child. He was the fifth child and only redhead. Elijah is now six and still has hair that women pay for. He will proudly though tell people when they ask WHERE DO YOU GET THAT RED HAIR FROM? I got my red hair from Papaw.. He had red hair but now it's white My friend sent me this joke . Warning is PG but cute. Now we know where Elijah got his red hair from WHERE DO RED-HEADED BABIES COME FROM????? After their baby was born, the panicked father went to see the Obstetrician. 'Doctor,' the man said, 'I don't mind telling you, but I'm a little upset because my daughter has red hair. She can't possibly be mine!!' 'Nonsense,' the doctor said'. 'Even though you and your wife both have black hair, one of your ancestors may have contributed red hair to the gene pool.' 'It isn't possible,' the man insisted.'????? ?'This can't be, our families on both sides had jet-black hair for generations.' 'Well,' said the doctor, 'let me ask you this. How often do you have sex??? ' The man seemed a bit ashamed . 'I've been working very hard for the past year. We only made love once or twice every few months.' 'Well, there you have it!' The doctor said confidently. 'It's rust.'

Another pool Day

Yesterday my friend Lisa brought her 3 younger children and two precious little foster boys over. My friend Melissa across the street brought her two daughters over for fun too. We had a total of 10 kids in the pool! We ate peanut butter and jelly sandwich's and JUNK out around the pool. Lisa brought a water mellow and later on the afternoon we savored it. It was really one of those FUN days. Stress free for me and the kids had a ball. Elijah had a really good time with the boys. Sometimes he is surrounded by too many girls. I need to do better about getting more of his little guy friends over here. Robert's parents called last night about 6:00 and asked too see the kids. They have a place in the mountains so in the summer we don't see them very much. That came over for about a hr. to visit. They happen to be home for a DR appointment. They leave today for the beach to see Robert's brother and his wife for a few days. It was really good for the kids too see them. They miss have the luxury of doting grandparents. Today is cleaning day. Lisa is bring her two daughters and the two foster boys here at 3:30. I am going to baby -sit them while Lisa takes her son Chad ( 2) to a birthday party for another 2 year old. I bought one of the those sand art kits and I thought we would take it outside and make sand sculptures. This should be interesting!!! The biggest news Robert is coming home today. He has been in SC working all week. We have missed him terribly. I can tell on the phone he is getting homesick. Well off to cleaning!

Too MUCH FUN at the Julian's

Sorry I have not posted in the past few days. The kids are out of school and I want to PLAY! Already Caroline is a brown child from swimming everyday.We wonder if she comes from the same DNA ? I used to tan like her but I have grown -up and decided I better stay out of the sun There has been a steady stream of families, kids and friends at our house enjoying the pool. We LOVE having our friends and their children over to enjoy what God has blessed us with. Today went to the Summer movies. Movie popcorn and drink all for 2.00. They are older movies but my kids don't care. I met one of my gal-friends ( Lisa) at the movies with all her kids. Then we went to Chick-Filet and ate lunch. Later on this evening we are going up to the Church. They are having jump houses, food and fun to kick off summer. The kids are pretty excited about going. Yesterday I had my past -due physical. Everything seems great. I need to lose 30 lbs . No kidding you can't tell. LOL. I did lose 6 lbs though in the past month. I KNOW I really need to get this weight off. Funny I never struggles with my weight until I started having babies again at 40. OH well they are worth it. I am waiting for my labs to come back and then I will know how else my body is doing. She does want me to go to a dermatologist to have some freckles and moles look at. Just to be on the safe side. God blessed me with a huge amount of pigment in my skin and I am covered in moles That is another reason I need to be careful with the sun. I will try to do better updating my blog ! I just love having the kids at home and we stay busy. In fact I have a Mom and five more kids coming to swim and do peanut butter and jelly sandwiches around the pool Thursday.

A OK with the tush

Just still a little woozy from the medications to put me under. Everything is fine, I did have a very mild case of diverticulitis. So mild I never knew I have it. He did biopsy on a place he called a "fold" . But no polyps . I will get the results in 10 days. Told me to come see him in 5 years because of my family history.

Quick Catch-up and a test for me.

We had GREAT GREAT and I mean GREAT time on our camping trip. As soon as I get Robert to load the pictures I will post a update with pictures. We have been busy unpacking and getting the camper ready for our next trip. This will be a short post because I have a lot going on and I wanted y'all to know we made it back safely. I am having a colonoscopy done in the morning. This afternoon I start the medication to clean out my system. I heard this is the worse part of the procedure. Robert has been bugging me for the last five years to get one done. My Mom had colon cancer and her Dad died of colon cancer. So it was very important for me to get checked out because of family history. I have had NO symptoms . I am just dreading the whole procedure. I have the Dr phobia you know. Have any you ever had one done. I can't eat all today so this should bring on the headache and grouchiness. On to the shower and off to the million things I have to do today. I will post a update on how everything went Wednesday evening if I feel OK. Have a blessed day