WOW Imagine EIGHT KIDS!!

Today me & my sister-in-law and two of my girls went out to visit a lady that is raising Goats so that she can have Goat milk, Don't go judging before you try it, Your probably freaking out because your use to the boiled hormoned packed milk. Anyway, it was so amazing to see how calm she was and has eight children under 11 yrs old. I have 5 under 17, but man, It was so interesting to see how relaxed she was, the kids help out alot! Her oldest daughter who's 11, helps out a ton, all the kids know how to cook and bake, they are learning how to save $$. The whole time we were there the only one that was whiny was the next to youngest, she wasn't even 3 yet, she needed a nap cause they had company over to show them how to bake bread in their Sun Oven (it helps her to keep the house cool and saves $$ on not running the air-conditioning when unneccesary). It really amazes me, she makes soap, and sells it and has all different kinds, and Indigo the next to youngest kept wanting to smell all the different kinds and she said that Lilac was her favorite. They milk the Goats and also have chickens that they get their eggs from them.
It was such a neat and amazing experience. She spends time with the kids home schooling and making crafts and the kids help with stamping the bags for the soaps.
Anyway, just amazing to see how inventive other large families can be.

Not so much, then again maybe?

Not much going on around here, just mostly staying home (since gas is so HIGH). We've been going to the free movies once a week, I can at least do that since there free. I've been trying to stay up with the housework now that Im home during the day in the summer. We've got our garden and Im trying to stay ahead of the weeds, which is not a super easy thing, in the past Ive actually had to pull out the push mower AND the weed eater, Im not lying!
Megan just left after being with us for three weeks to spend three weeks with her mom, if anyone's reading this please keep her in your prayers, she's been going through some stressful times with her other parents, they've started treating her like she's about 7 (that's how old she stated in her blog) and she's 17, she's very responsible (especially for a 17 yr old), sure she could use some help with keeping her room clean and don't even get me started on her bathroom! But overall she's a good kid, she has her first boyfriend and they just had their first year anniversary this past tuesday on the 17th, her other dad isn't very trusting with her & him, I know that it just takes one time, and Ive talked to Megan and told her that, Ive tried to be VERY open with her so that she feels she can talk to me whenever.
Speaking of Anniversary's, me & Frank are getting ready to Celebrate our 16th Anniversary, Wow! Its hard to believe it's already been that long. I guess with the kids being 17, 14, 12, 11 & 8, it shouldn't be.
Monday I just had another Arbonne party this past monday, I had quite a few that didn't get to come to my first one back in May, so I decided to have another and was still able to have a good deal where if you buy $50 you get $50 of product for free.
This Saturday Im planning on going to a Wellness Workshop that has some studied laymen, Doctors and other speakers talking about Hormone Balance, Stress management and other health issues that we hear about from the media everyday. Im excited to go, do get me wrong I don't want to extend my life forever but I want to enjoy the time I have here on earth and if I can touch a few lives in the process then so be it.

Just Hanging out with my Peeps!

This was a picture of Victoria's 8th Birthday party with three of her friends (notice that two are red heads, we tried, never got a single red head) anyway, I wasn't sure if I had put these up last month?
This is my (red-headed) nephew Lucas, he just turned 1 this month, they are like 3 days away from us so we don't get to see them very often, we have a blast when they are here.
I love this picture where he demolished the cupcake and was happy about it.

Theme Park

Well Saturday we took the whole family to Holiday World, We filled the van with all SEVEN of us + Chase my oldest daughters boyfriend (it was his 18th birthday, she couldn't think of anything better), as his gift Megan paid his way in. I felt pretty good, they were planning on going off together, but, ended up stayin with us all day, except a couple hours in the water park. We got there right after it opened, but stayed till they closed it down, man our dogs were definitely barking!!
I left my cell phone at home ALL DAY! When I got home I had 11 missed alerts, 3 or 4 calls from my mom (to make sure we didn't lose any kids, she does this everywhere), 2 from my friend Amy, 2 or 3 text from my daughters friend askin if Isabella yelled flush on there newest water rider, 2 from my sister-in-law (telling me they had to take her nephew to the hospital, thought he might have meningitis, he didn't though, it was a really bad virus that made his brain swell and caused him to lose motor skills on his right side!).
Anyway, it was a LONG & FUN & EXHAUSTING DAY!

Little this a little that

Well School's out, so I was able to finish a little early at work and left early to get the kids so I could snap some pictures of them with their friends in the classes. I really like where the kids are going to school. The first pic is Sophia and her best best best friend Kyla, their practically glued together at the hip, and then you have Victoria in gym class, then Isabella & her friend Devan (she didn't know at first that I was standing at the door just snappin away, all the other kids saw me, it was pretty funny). And this last one is Isabella and her friends that she has
made over the past two years since we started sending them to this school.



Im having my arbonne party on Monday June 16 @ 7pm, if any of you guys would like to come and see what its about, please do. Go to arbonne.com to check out some of their products, their products are Switzerland based, so theres no mineral oil and other products that defeat the purpose of why your using them

The reason I got into Arbonne's products is because of the Prolief Balancing cream. I put a description down below to tell you a little bit about it. Come to my show and hear Lindsey teach about what damage we're doing to our bodies by using mineral oil & other harmful products on us.

Both products are natural balancing creams, conveniently packaged in a metered pump to supply 1/4 teaspoon of product per dose. PhytoProlief contains added phytoestrogens or plant estrogen's, and Prolief does not.
PhytoProlief is for women who are going through menopause, Prolief is for all women (and men, they use 1/2 a pump), I started using it back on May 15th, Im feeling pretty good so far.

A botanically-based cream for men and women who want the benefits of a balancing cream without the added herbs, and one that’s packaged in a precisely-metered pump.
Sweet almond and sunflower oils, aloe, USP progesterone All2.5 fl. oz./75 mL, #805; $34Pregnant or lactating women and people with known medical conditions should consult a physician before using this product.

RIGHT NOW ALL THE PRODUCTS ARE 50% OFF.

I just finished painting my kitchen (still need to do one more coat, Im working myself up for that) After Thanksgiving, when we had all the family over and my mom & my Aunt (maria's mom) and maybe a few other's suggested I paint it the red color that I have on two walls in my living room, so I had my sister-in-law photo shop it for me (I had her do the living room before I actually bought the paint and put it on the walls) So, anyway I painted the kitchen and I LOVE IT! I took down all the stuff up on top of my cabinets and now Im trying to figure out what to put up there that won't suffer from the dust & grease from the cooking. I bought two area rugs that had coffee on them, so Im leaning between coffee & rooster's, you know they both wake you up in the morning :) Anyway, that's what Ive been doing ever since school got out.

This is the three Frank's, wow, I can't believe my son has nearly passed up both, he's only 14! (He just finished swimming, so he's still wet at the bottom 1/2 of his body) He's growing up so quick, literally I see him from day to day and he's getting a little taller then me each day, it's kinda scary!

Well this kids finally got to swim @ my sister-in-laws pool next door, they've been asking ever since we had 60 degree weather, so I finally gave in, actually the first time they swam was memorial day weekend and it was FREEZING, their lips were blue but would they get out, not for a chance!

With the gas prices this is probably what our summer will consist of. Unfortunately I don't swim till bout August, it's gotta be in the 90's for me!