and baby makes 6!

….with surfing. And the beach. Checking surf reports daily. Driving for hours to catch a wave.
We went to Port A. again on Sunday, and it looks like we will be hitting the beach every other weekend if the surf is up and the weather is good for beach combing.
We had [...]

Well, the fever is gone. No more headache, crying or aching legs and stomach ache. Quinn woke up this morning, his usual self, and went to school. We are beyond baffled. He had fever anywhere between 101-103 yesterday afternoon, I gave him some Motrin, called the surgeon, he cancelled the [...]

The school called right before pick up time to tell me Quinn had a fever of 101. I picked him up, and he is sick, probably the flu. Poor little guy is miserable. He was fine when he left this morning for school. Ugh.
I talked with the surgeon and he cancelled [...]

Time to head out. My MIL will be holding down the fort here with the 2 big boys.
If you would, please send up some prayers for Quinn. They would be much appreciated. His surgery is scheduled for 7:30 am tomorrow. It should take about 2 hours. [...]

Fun with Tupperware (a bit blurry):

She really has branched out with her curiosity. I can’t turn my back for a moment, as the kitchen chairs get dragged all over the house by her, allowing for some extra, special fun at Mom’s expense. Antics such as “feeding” the fish, and pouring [...]

Okay, this one is for Jen

Many hugs to you, Jen!

We are back, and it was heaven on earth.
It was a rocky start:

But who could feel bad with this to greet their morning:

And witnessing moments like this:

this:

and this priceless moment snapped of Bill watching his son catch a wave:

Quinn left a note in the sand, that pretty much [...]

My brilliant, loving, amazing husband decided that what I needed was a trip to the beach to combat my worries and take my mind off of things. So, we are packing up and heading for some surf. A front blew in, so the waves should be great. We got a sitter for [...]

Mia’s shadow

Originally uploaded by jody2ms.

I love this picture.

From The Rime of the Acient Mariner
The moving Moon went up the sky.
And nowhere did abide;
Softly she was going up,
And a star or two beside-
By Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834)

Last night while lying on the bed talking with Quinn about nothing in general, he blurted out: “Mom, are they going to cut my foot off?”
Will someone PLEASE pass the vodka?????

Fall is here. I go out into my backyard and swish, swish through the leaves that have vacated their place among the branches of the enormous pecan trees in the yard. My kids will grab buckets and start the search for pecans hiding in the grass. We will crack and eat as [...]

When asked what I was doing crawling on the ground with the camera, I responded: “Photographing ants.”
“Why?”, asked the curious one.
I answered: “Because I can.”

**these are fire ants. Teeny, tiny fire ants.

Come up to me at a baseball game and ask:
“Mom, can I have some money. I need it for a snow cone at the confession stand”.

In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, your sins are forgiven………now here’s your snow cone.

Oh, I think this will do just fine, doncha?

La, la, la, it is here!!! Battery is charging, and I am devouring the instruction manual.
While I wait for the battery to fully charge, I have a public service message. If anyone wants to keep me on their blogroll, you might want to change the link, if you have not already [...]

I sit. Waiting. For Federal Express. Much like watching a plant grow.
Somewhere, on the road in my home town, the Fed-ex man has my new c-8080 on his truck.
I wonder if it would be nuts to drive around town looking for the truck and see if he will [...]

Words just are not coming to me as of late. I just have so much on my mind. Sandy’s baby, and now Kathy’s dad…………
Quinn is scheduled for surgery at the end of this month. October 28th to be exact. I have to have him tested for Von Willibrands this week [...]

Yes, Fall is here, finally, and with it came the Pumpkin Patch. We had so much fun picking out a pumpkin and the kids got their faces painted.
It really made it feel like Fall.
Here’s one of my little pumpkins:

Okay, so I know this is a pain, but to comment, you must register to the site. Go down the column at right until you come to the “Meta” category, then click on register. It will ask for a username and e-mail address. Type those in and send. You will [...]

I am having fun with this site. There is so much to learn, so I am still playing around with things a bit.
If you are having trouble commenting, let me know, as I am really not sure how it all works yet, and if I am doing it properly. [...]

One of the things that I like most about my mother is that she is incredibly innocent.  She calls sleeping with someone before marriage an "affair", one glass of wine makes her laugh and laugh, she sings "Dance with the Dollies" to my daughter, and calls Quinn her little vagabond.
As difficult as my relationship [...]