Really starting to wonder??????

Am I the only one that is wondering if it is even necessary to update this blog? I know that I am busy and I hate to admit it, but facebook does about the same thing, so I just wonder if we even need a blog anymore. I like to do it, but sometimes I wonder if I am just wasting time. I don't know! Maybe we will keep it and maybe we won't. Just have to wait and see what my gut says to do. Just pondering the thought right now....

Another busy weekend...

Once again we had a busy but fun weekend. On Friday night, Mark and I went to dinner with John and Chris. It was wonderful!! Court babysat Maddi for us so that we could have an adult night and it was so nice. Mark and I do not ever really get to do that, so we took a chance and let her try and it went well. She did a great job. We were only gone for 2 hours and were at the Beechwood Inn which is about 20 minutes down the road, so we were close enough to home just in case something happened. When we got home Court asked us if we had a good time and when we said yes, she told us that we needed to do that more often. Don't know when that will happen again, but at least we know that we can trust her. On Saturday, Mark had an out of town softball tournament so our afternoon, 1:30pm-9:00pm, was spent on the softball field. We were wet and cold the entire time. The temp was not that bad, but when you are constantly being rained on it gives you that bone chill that is hard to get rid of until you take a hot shower. It was fun though and the girls were little angels. They NEVER complained one time! That made the day go a lot easier!! When it rained too hard, they spent some time in the back of my Acadia messing around. Payton, Maddi, Shelby and Court were the only kids that went, so it worked out well. The 2 older ones took care of the 2 little ones, well most of the time anyway. Then today we had church and then Melissa, Howie, Shelby, Austin, Erica, Ed, Luke and Payton came over for dinner. We had grilled pork chops, fresh corn on the cob, greenbean casserole, potatoes, bread and homemade cheesecake and lots of coffee. It was sooo yummy. They hung out until about 5:00pm and then we traded a few kids and all was done for another weekend. If we weren't busy, then we would not know what to do with ourselves, so I guess we just keep on going and going!! Hope all of you have a wonderful week. Looks like our weather is going to warm up a bit this week, so guess we will enjoy these last couple of days before the girls go back to school. Until next time.......

Nothing new to report...

Well we can't actually say that we have anything new to report, so we will just say that the same ole' same ole' is happening with the Rose's. Still always busy running doing this and that, but nothing that we think is thrilling enough to share. Life is good here and we will share a few of our photos from our "family" beach day and yes, we did have someone else's kid with us that day, so actually I guess you could say that it was not just a "family" day, but we still had a good time.

Our baby girl turns 5!!

Well yesterday our little princess Maddi turned 5 years old. She was so excited and says that it was the "best birthday ever!!" We did not do anything huge, but she get to choose what she and her guest would have for her birthday dinner. Of course this little girl is a true southerner because the first thing out of her mouth was, "Oh I have to have my favorite, FRIED CHICKEN with mashed potatoes and french fries, but only Daddy's homemade french fries!!" Well as you can guess, she got her wish and had all of the above with some fresh corn on the cob, deviled eggs, macaroni salad, cheesy zucchini medley and bread. She then had cake and ice cream sundies. She had it all planned out as to what we were eating, what was for dessert, and who was sitting where! I think I have a little planner/organizer on my hands. Her guests were Kasidy and Katelyn and Mr. Dwayne and Mrs. Sharon. They all loved spending her birthday with her and made her feel special. Leslea, Kas and Katelyn even dressed her up in a "princess" dress and waited on her hand and foot! She got the royal treatment and enjoyed every minute of it. Here are a few photos that we took of her special day! Now she is just looking forward to starting Kindergarten in a few weeks. She even went out today and spent most of the $100.00 that she got for her birthday on school clothes! She is such a blessing, but she is also a handful and I can not wait to she her grow up and become whatever life has in store for her! We love our little Mookie and are so thankful that God blessed our lives with such a little sweetheart! Enjoy the photos...

Enjoying a little down time...

Now that my trip to Canada has come and gone, Mark's family has returned to NC, and VBS is over and done with, I have found myself wondering what to do with myself. We have been so busy lately that it is almost hard to stop going. Sunday night at 11pm we lost our power and did not get it back on until after 2pm on Monday, so everything that I had planned on doing in this poor house of mine got put on hold a bit, but you can bet that when it did come back on, I dashed around like a mad woman with the vacuum cleaner and loaded the washing machine and dryer. I did not take any chances, if it was going to go off again, I would at least have some of it done.
The girls are wrapping up their summer by staying as busy as they can with their friends and I think that they are seeing just how many nights they can stay away from home. That is all fine and dandy, but they better enjoy it now because they only have a few more weeks and then it is back to the grind and that forbidden word to them will be back in our daily lives...STRUCTURE!!! I am looking forward to it to be honest!! I think that they need to be seperated for a few hours a day!! Anyway, we are looking forward to the weekend. The weather is supposed to be GORGEOUS!!!!! Hope everyone enjoys the rest of their week and a wonderful weekend!!

VBS 2009

We are half way done with this years VBS and things are going WONDERFUL!! Our theme this year is, "Paul and the Underground Church" and the kids just love it. There is something for every kid of every age and this makes things go so smooth!! Here are just a few(even though it seems like a lot) photos that I have taken so far. Enjoy and until next time.....

Wow!!!

It has been quite a while since we updated this blog and I apologize to those that are interested on what is going on in our lives. I do however think that I have a legitimate excuse this time though!! We have been super busy. I spent 5 days in Canada and then we had a week of spending time with our family from NC. Canada was super busy for me but I did get to visit Niagra Falls. It was really beautiful. I came home last Sunday from that trip and got to enjoy Mark's family from then until this past Saturday morning. I think that we had a blast. We stayed super busy, but it was all fun. We had plenty of good food, laughs and made memories that will last a lifetime!! We have VBS this week, so we will be super busy again, but hopefully all our hard work will pay off and it will go well! Hopefully it won't be so long before the next update, but until then, here are a few photos of our past few weeks!!