On the road again.

We are off to the farm. We are headed to Alabama for the weekend. The kids are looking forward to riding their horses and I am looking forward to riding the 4 wheelers. Fred and Elijah are planning to do some target practice with their new guns. So you prayers warriors please pray for protection for all of us.

We are planning to go look at some vehicles while we are there. Hopefully, we will be driving home in something new. I am very excited. Not about getting something new. I am excited about getting OUT of the mini van. I just feel so out of place in that van. It's just not me! I am not trying to say anything bad about those who drive mini vans. I wouldn't do that considering about 75% of the people I know drive one (it's a homeschool thing.) But I never have fit the "homeschool" mode anyway. I am thankful that it has been a good and safe vehicle for out family for 6 years but I am so ready to move on!

We are coming home Sunday. And Lord willing and the creek don't rise I will be coming home with a little more class. lol

Isaac is 7!

My precious Isaac turned seven years old today. He got everything he asked, for so he was one happy camper! He was so proud of his new DS Lite and his Guitar Hero game. And as always he received new mini cars to add to his collection. He is such a good kid and buying for him is always a joy. He is so grateful and takes good care of his things. I am very proud and extremely grateful that God blessed me with such a great kid.

Hello Darlin, It's been a long time....

Facebook has taken over my life. It is so addictive! Every time I sit down to blog I end up on facebook and forget about the blog! After a week on facebook I can now confirm that I have learned things about myself that I never new before....
The eighties movie that best describes me is "Breakfast Club." The Disney Princess that I am most like is Sleeping Beauty. I can beat all my friends, except Christy Cox at Guess the Sketch. And my best Hollywood Hunk match is Zach Effron (gross). So as you can see I am a wealth of useless information. And I owe it all to facebook.

All consuming.

Facebook is consuming what little free time I had. So now there is no time to blog! Those of you who know me realize that I very little free time to begin with.

A tad overwhelmed.

Ok, so I inadvertently joined facebook. Which inadvertently invited everyone I know and even more that I don't know to join as well. So, now a whole bunch of people, including myself are on facebook. What does this all mean? I will tell you what it means. It means that I have 95 new emails relating to facebook since 9:00 this morning. It is indeed a tad overwhelming. Everyone keeps telling me to give it a few days. I'll get the hang of it they say. Well, I always felt I was pretty well "connected." But this goes beyond being connected. It's down right scary. Do I need everyone to know what I am doing at any given moment? Furthermore, do I need to know what everyone else is doing and how they feel about what they are doing and where they are doing it? I think not!

So now I have a dilemma....

Do I continue to wade through the pages of wall to wall conversation in hopes of being connected to those I know and those I am quickly getting to know all to well? Or do I risk certain alienation of the rest of the world by withdrawing myself from facebook?

Way too important of a decision for me to make today. I will worry about that tomorrow. For now I will return to facebook to see what everyone else is up to. Who knows what I missed while I was gone.

Wii love it!

This little machine is way to addictive. Our entire family loves it. It use to be hard to get the kids to quit playing video games, especially Elijah. But now that Fred and I love to play it isn't hard at all. We simply refuse to quit playing that way they don't get a chance to start.

The games are a blast. I personally like the wii fit. But any of the games will do. And one has not truly lived until they have watched Fred shake his hips inside an imaginary hula-hoop.

Wow! What a blessing.

We have been so blessed. My aunt Kathy recently moved home to help care for my grand parents. She had to move all of her belongings in with them. She had just purchased a $4000 brand new Pearl River piano. My grand parents already have a piano in their home. She had no where to put it and you can not put a piano in storage. It will draw moisture and ruin (so I am told.) Long story short we got a new PIANO. PRAISE THE LORD. Grace really needed a new one. The piano we currently have is over 100 years old. And has 4 keys that no longer work. IT is out of key and no one in or around Knoxville knows how to tune. So needless to say were are so thankful for the new piano. God is so good.

We are a multi-cultural family.

Zion even knows how to pick his nose like the Chinese..... With chop sticks, of course.

Sealed with a kiss!

Have you tried this? Oh my word!! This is my new culinary love. Yes when it comes to candy I am easy to please. I absolutely love these little kisses. I have eaten 2 bags full since Christmas. Much to my delight Food City (another Lorrie favorite) has their Holiday candy on clearance. I bought 6 bags! They wont be available again until next Christmas. I figured I might as well stock up! Unfortunately at the rate I am going 6 bags wont last long. But I intend to enjoy them in the mean time.

Color of the year!

I've noticed lately that my taste everything is changing. I guess this is going to be a new season in life. That sounds better than anything else I could come up with. I have always been one to enjoy change. I often will pick a color I like and buy clothes, furniture, accessories and anything else I can think of in that color. And of course I always like to change the furniture around. But those are small things. This wind of change feels different.

Maybe, it is turning 40. Maybe, it is having to raise five kids. Or perhaps I am just bored. Whatever it is I like it. I am living for the moment so much more than I ever have. I am worrying less about what others think and more about how I feel.

With this new change comes a new outlook. I want things to be uncomplicated. I want things to be bright and happy. I might even shoot for carefree. Now wouldn't that be different, lol. So that being said I am picking my new color......PINK. Yes, I said pink. I have always been more of a red kind of person. But, this year I am going to think PINK.

Wet and Wild

Blessed be the name of the Lord!

My van is leaking "something," the element in my oven went out, and the garage door isn't working correctly. They say things happen in threes. So I am hoping that nothing else breaks. Praying might actually be more appropriate. Considering how much it cost to fix things I am definitely going to pray. I guess tomorrow is going to be fix it day at the Durham house. We are going to be gone all weekend so tomorrow is the only day to do it. Even with all the things going on the blink it has been a great week. I have so much to be thankful for. My family was so blessed this Christmas. The blessings far out way any minor problems that come up. We received so many nice gifts from family and friends. We are all very healthy. And unlike so many families we have been able to be together throughout the holidays. I guess you could say, our blessings are running us down! I am so very grateful. God has always given me way more than I could ever deserve!