The Life of the Glover's

Big 16!

2010-03-26T17:49:00.002-04:00

16 years ago I gave birth to my 1st child, Frank Allen Glover III, he was 8lbs 50z, he was Huge! In my opinion, but I was very young, I was only 20, and married almost a year & a half. He was a very cuddly baby, he loved to snuggle & be affectionate. He's turned out to be a really good kid, I can't complain, our only problems were that he could argue quite well & just refused to back down

This picture is funny, he lost his wallet with his permit in it & he can't remember where he might have lost it, so Memaw bought him a wallet with a chain on it in hopes that would help him keep up with it? We'll see.....

This is a lighter that belongs to his dad (from his birthday), I thought it'd be funny to let him light the candles on his cake with it.

Here's all the kids at his 16th Birthday party, I'll try to name them from left to right Sophia (sister), Zack, Devin (headshot) Hannah, Victoria (sister), BIRTHDAY BOY, Kyle, Michael, Chad & Jeffery. We had a blast, they played video games on 2 different tv's & then ping pong (until Megan's boyfriend Tim squashed the ball, he was trying to bounce it with his foot & smooshed it!)

Another shot of the group today. The whole family got to enjoy hanging with his friends & the kids had so much fun all but 3 in the picture are here right now having one of their newly planned "Game Nights", I told him he could possibly do this every month, but Im thinking every other is plenty.

Holidays.....

2010-03-26T16:18:00.004-04:00

Christmas @ Jamie's, Frank's dad Papa received this sign that my brother-in-law Mark made for him.

Here's Tyson (JT & Kristen's baby) & Elizabeth, They were posing for pics, too cute!

Here's the kids this past Christmas at mom's, their getting so big.

Megan & Isabella's (Cheesing it up!)

Here's Christmas morning, Megan will probably kill me for posting this, but she know that we video & take pics EVERY single year on Christmas, she chose to come down as is....

Finally......

2010-03-26T15:19:00.004-04:00

What have I been up to since before Christmas......

We've been checking out Craigslist lately, and found several things (couple dresser's for the girls & a Great Dane 6 month old puppy), either really cheap or one was free.
This picture above is Apollo, he is 6 months old, Frank texted me before work one morning & said there was a "Free" Great Dane puppy, so we texted back & forth, then I contacted the # that they gave & since I was the 1st to contact them, we were the first one's to get him, if we weren't gonna pick him up that day then they would let the next in line get him. I went over as soon as I got off work & picked him up, he was under fed & very thin. We took him home & every time I filled the food bowl up he emptied it, he's just now a few months later starting to realize that there will be food, but he still is very Greedy when it comes to leftovers (Poor Claire, she has to fight for her some), he's a good dog, hasn't been trained so he needs lots of patience. We just recently bought another collar so that he can be contained to yard (little less the 3 achers) and we won't have to worry about him running off.

I'll have to get a current picture & put it at the bottom of this posting so you can see that his head is 2-3 times larger. He's going to be Ginormous!!

Here's another find on Craigslist, we found the light color dresser (two pics below)for Megan for $25, so me & my friend Peggy went & picked it up. Then I went looking that night on Craigslist & we found this one above & below for Isabella, I think I only paid $70 for both (we talked her down a bit, there was some rough area's), but they looked so unique. The door in the middle opens & there are 3 smaller drawers inside.

This piece is really Cool! The doors open & there are 3 drawers inside, so it holds many items.

This one's the one I only paid $25 for, it still in good shape, since Megan moved back in back in Oct/Nov we've rearranged the playroom into her room, we bought a really heavy duty long pole to hang up along part of the wall & make a large hanging area for her clothes, she now has the dresser & a little secretary from her other mom's house & a book shelf, if she would go get her queen bed @ her other mom's she wouldn't have to sleep on the Trundle (which is practically on the floor), but we'll let her get tired of sleeping on that. We've went as far (to get order & keep ALL the kids taking care of their own stuff they dirty up & use) as to mark plates, cups, silverware, counter area's & even chairs @ the breakfast table. I wouldn't have resorted to this had the kids just cleaned up after themselves, but they always said "That's not mine" or "I don't know who's that is". So now if it has their initial then "DUH". Five kids makes you a teensy weensy CRAZY!!

SOLD!!

2009-11-07T15:02:00.001-05:00

Well after we parked the van this past Monday (5 days ago), we have officially sold it, we asked $4000 for it and we sold it for $3500. Im so glad, it was a nice van, now Im looking for a 4x4 to get me through the winter, plus my kiddo's are much LARGER so they don't fit as well, plus I don't enjoy the snow & flooding out here on the farm.
Please pray for me that we will find something that is reliable, good on miles & at a price we can pay cash for.
Shannon

2000 Ford Windstar SEL

2009-10-28T22:21:00.003-04:00

We are finally at the point where we need to sell our van, with living on the Farm we need a 4x4 vehicle, I don't enjoy the snow or even lots of rain when it comes to our LONG driveway. It has been a Great Carpool Van over the past 5 years.

About our van
It's a Ford Silver 2000 Windstar SEL
173,000 miles, leather quad seats (plus a cloth bench that will fit in place of the two middle chairs, to enable it to seat 8), Power windows, Power mirrors, Power Seat, cruise control, traction control, backup sensor, luggage rack, cd player, built in VCR console, also had a DVD player installed, two automatic sliding doors, 4 tires were bought just this past summer (still under warranty @ Big O Tires), new rear brakes about a month ago, Information center on dash- tells how how long till needing oil change, miles to empty, outside temp, driving lights, etc.
Nice van, runs good, just needing to get something that can handle the weather here on the Farm. We're asking $4000 I'll put some pictures up soon.
Let me know if any one's interested 502-836-9808 or shann3443@yahoo.com

Shannon

Open House

2009-08-24T14:36:00.002-04:00

Wanted invite Everyone to an Open House here from 2-4pm on Sunday September 13th.
I will have product out to show & have some demonstrations. I got into to Norwex because the products they sell help me to save money from having to buy cleaners with chemicals to clean my house, plus I can clean my house in 1/2 the time with these products, there micro-fiber cloths are antibacterial and have silver woven into the (which will not was out) and silver is the know antidote for food poisoning and even used in bandages for burn patients. These cloths help to keep the cross contamination down from your counters or even your hands. They have mops that do the same thing, and they swivel like Swifter sweepers and are very lightweight, the microfiber cloths have a 2 yr warranty and are expected to last more then 5-7 years.
I hope you'll stop by to see some demonstrations on how & why these cloths work so well.

you can go to www.norwex.com to check out some of the products
Shannon

email if you need directions shann3443@yahoo.com

Where to begin

2009-07-31T16:27:00.003-04:00

Well, it's been a month since I last posted.
Well Summer has been busy, I just haven't accomplished everything I wanted to. The kids have had activities, with tumbling every Monday for Isabella & tennis every Tue & Thur, finally done with that on July 23rd, also have been going to the Free movies once a week and we had a yard sale at a Sweet friend of mines house a few weeks ago, made some money to go to the Fair and eat some yummy fair food, and spent some on some Party lite stuff. Ive been slacking terribly with the garden, Ive had to actually get out the weed eater, some of it was because of all the rain & the fact that Im not that good at getting out to the garden in the mornings (okay, some of it is my addiction to email & facebook). Ive have also signed to be a Norwex Consultant, I went to a party back in May, and just loved the products, there mission is to radically reduce the use of chemicals in our homes. You can use these products to clean your home with Water so it cuts down on the cost & on the time it takes to clean and it is much safer. So I have begun to kick start that business just mainly to spread the word & maybe get some more products AND maybe a little income, depending how well it goes.
My Sister-in-law was diagnosed with Breast cancer at the beginning of summer, so that is a LARGE part of why Im changing our lifestyle, we have to educate our selves what we're doin and what is some of the modern conveniences that is raising our risk of cancer & disease.

All Natural

2009-06-15T20:13:00.002-04:00

Well Isabella's been wanting to color her hair back to her natural color, so we went and matched the color. She is naturally a medium blonde with highlights, so we colored it and this is the outcome.....

It looks a bit dark, she freaked out a bit at first. But we're goin to put some highlights in pretty soon.

She looks so much older in these two pictures. I'll see if I can put some pics up after the highlights.

Shannon

Three Graduations.....

2009-06-09T16:53:00.004-04:00

This past Friday Megan graduated from CHS, wow I feel so old. I remember when me & Frank began dating and she was only a couple months old. When we married she had just turned a year, so it's been a Long Road.

I pray God will watch over you Megan as you make your way in life & I pray that you will seek God's wisdom in all the decisions you make as you head into adulthood. Love you, Mom Glover

Wow! Mark has also graduated. It's amazing to how far the two of the have come.

I pray that God will watch over these two Young adults & guide them and keep them safe in their journey in life. Protect them from harm, and give them the wisdom to make good choices.

Love you guys!

I now only have ONE left in Elementary School. Sophia has just left to go to the Middle School now. It's kinda bittersweet as they grow.

I pray that God will watch over you Sophia as you make your way to the Big Middle School.

Be Wise & make your decisions very carefully.

Love,

Mom

Graduation

2009-05-18T21:18:00.004-04:00

You are invited to attend the Graduation of

Megan Lynn Glover

Friday, June fifth two thousand nine

seven o'clock pm

Charlestown High School

*there will be parking at the old JayC store, they will have a shuttle*

Party will be

Sunday June 7th

2pm at Jamie's house

*Bring your swim suit & a towel*

Lemon Zest

2009-04-19T14:44:00.005-04:00

This past weekend I started painting Isabella's room Yellow, it turned out to be VERY yellow.

She likes it very much!

I just put the last coat of yellow, now I need to trace out dots for the Lime Pop polka dots.

Realization

2009-03-26T16:35:00.002-04:00

Ive have come to the realization that I'm going to need to take a trip WITHOUT my kids sometime soon, probably this summer? Ive brought them to PA this Spring Break & last Spring Break, they end up by the end of the week fighting and picking silly things to fight over. If I can work it out to come back to PA either next Spring Break or sometime in the Summer, I'm definitely NOT bringing them. We've had fun while we've been here, but with kids it just changes things, they each have their reasons why it's ok why they were arguing.
There are just so many changes going on with all the kids, some because of age, some are almost ready for college, some because of lack of consideration of others, some because I honestly have NO CLUE why, and now with working a job outside the home for a year now, and kids activities at school, insanity hits regularly! It's just alot of Stress to deal with.
I know people say enjoy this time it only last for a bit, but some days Im ready for it to be fast forwarded, like some of this week & even some of this time of their lives.
Hopefully when we get home & back to reality, things will calm down. Key word is "Hopefully". Don't get me wrong, God has Blessed me with so many wonderful people in my life- Family, Close Friends, Newly found friends (from work), and so many more & I appreciate you (if any of you that I mentioned are reading this?) and Thank God for you!
Please, keep me & my family in your prayers, sometimes the day to day struggles become more then we can bear and we don't see the end.
Thanks for listening to my venting.
Have a Great end of your week & a Nice Weekend.
Shan

Spring Break

2009-03-22T15:02:00.003-04:00

The main reason I'm writing this blog is because I check Maria's and I keep noticing how much further down her list I get, so I feel I need to update it.
Right now we're in PA for the week visiting friends.
We did however recently have two birthdays.

Sophia turned 12 on March 20th. She's crazy about Jack Sparrow & Pirates of the Caribbean

Frank turned 15 on Sunday March 15th, he has been asking for a Sword from his Dad, so he got his wish.

Here they are putting on a good show for the camera.

The Killer Shrew

2009-02-03T21:19:00.005-05:00

Okay I can't seem to figure out how to get the pictures in the order I want, guess I'll put em in backwards next time. Anyway, last week my phone in my bedroom rings at 3:25am and its my son Frank downstairs (calling on the intercom) calling to inform me that there is a 4" long cockroach in the basement that came after him. I got up went into the kitchen, he's in there looking scared to death, he said that he was watching a movie and it had just went off and it was about 1 or 2am (Way to late for him to still be up) and he saw something run across the floor, he asked what time his Dad gets up, I told him I thought about 3:30, so I went and told Frank, he was about to get up in less then 5 minutes.
He gets up and goes downstairs and Frank (my 14 yr old) is standing on the fireplace with the metal poker, trying to move a chair without getting off the hearth. Well needless to say the next night or two, he saw the "Monster Cockroach" run over by the shoes at the back door, he yells for me, cause he wants to keep and eye on it and have me get the vacuum, I bring my camera and we stand around watching and knocking the shoe with the vacuum, end up shining a light in it and dumped it into a box and found little Joey (that's what my girls decided to name him & wanted to keep him as a pet)

He is actually a Shrew, they are part of the mole family (notice his long nose & his tail isn't long like a mouse either)

We told my son that after looking up on the Internet that he is safe they only eat insects, he said we what if it thinks my pinkie toe is an insect? Lol!

This came up with the pictures when you look up "shrews" Frank didn't think this was all that funny and he probably will not be to happy with me for posting this. Sorry Frankie, I Love you, but you did wake me @ 3:25am!!

Just got my New Book in the Mail

2009-01-18T22:48:00.003-05:00

I recently ordered a Parenting book in the mail, Ive already read it once, but wanted to own my own copy. It's Have a New Kid by Friday by Dr. Kevin Leman. It teaches you how to Change your child's Attitude, Behavior & Character in 5 Days
Ask yourself...Do you yell at, scream at, threaten, or cajole your child or children to do simple, routine things like get up, get dressed, eat, do homework, or perform a chore?
When you say no to your child and your child cries, are you overcome by guilt?
Do you find yourself giving in to the original request of your child- saying yes to what you had just said no to?
Do you engage in long conversations with your child, defending why you said no to a certain request?
Are you worried that your child doesn't feel good about himself or herself?
Are you bothered that your child doesn't seem happy?
Do you have a difficult time saying no?
Do they have to be asked to help around the house on daily basis?
Do they disrespect you & not value what you have to say?
Do they fuss about obeying you?
Do they lack for nothing?
Do they need to be reminded more than once to do something?
Is bedtime a battle zone?

I'm not trying to invade or step on any toes, I stumbled on this book & read it & found it to be very helpful, especially in today's generation, we're all so focused on ourselves & our children are growing up to be like that as well, Dr. Kevin Leman is a Christian counselor psychologist and wants to help us raise respectable children. I bought this book on Christianbooks.com (it retails for $17.99, I paid $9.99). I hope if any of you are interested or in search for help you can find it here if your willing to do something about it, most of our kids behavior is what we're teaching them. Good Luck, I'm ready to put my plan into action.

What happens when I leave my camera unattended...

2009-01-12T20:34:00.004-05:00

Self Portraits! I leave my camera unattended and they think that means time to take their pictures. And I don't get some of their poses?

And for some reason they all think their Gangsta's!

Here's Victoria & Isabella, definitely DON'T get this one?

Here they are getting along, but I think it's just show for the camera, it's all FAKE!

Yep, they think their Gangsta's, the only thing that's true in this one is the Attitude! We have LOTS of that at the Glover house & it's not a Good thing :(

7 years Bad Luck

2009-01-12T16:38:00.004-05:00

Um well, today when I was heading home I was passing another car and I was lookin at the car to make sure we passed each other ok and then "WHACK" I clipped a mailbox with my passenger mirror.

(here's me showing you the view I see when I look out my mirror now)

Dad came back from taking Frank Truck to see why the check engine light is on and also patching a tire, Frank's been working so much he's hardly able to be here or do anything or Rest. He bought this truck wrecked, it's a 2001 Extended Cab and way newer then his beat up 1996 F 150 (we intend to pass to Frank so he can learn in it), anyway him & dad fixed it and it is showing signs of slight mechanical problems going on, plus the tire with a nail in it.

Isnt the Duct tape Lovely!

At least my van is silver so the duct tape matches it, unfortunately I busted the "guts" to the mirror not the housing and now I'll need to get a whole new mirror! What a Wonderful Day!

Uh, no offense to Blondes or Teens....

2009-01-09T14:23:00.006-05:00

Well to begin, here at the Glover house we have chores for all the children (no matter what the age), today happened to be Megan's (age 17) day for dishwasher, she wanted hang out after school with her boyfriend so she got up early to do her chore, I had asked her to go ahead and put some soap in it, she asked how you do that and where it is, so I told her the "big white Palmolive bottle under the sink", and Sophia even told her the exact same thing I did, apparently she only listened as far as Palmolive then blocked out everything else.....the picture will tell the rest

It could have been WAY worse had I not wiped out all (or at least I thought I had wiped out pretty much all of it), I started a rinse cycle, then got a reply from Jamie where I had texted her about this, she said you have to rinse rinse rinse or even call a repair man, you have to rinse it before you run it, I stopped it and this is what I saw (the above picture), so I had Isabella scoop out all the soap and put it in the sink (see below picture) and then I poured some cold water in dishwasher and then closed it and hit the cancel drain button, I did this about five times or so, did I mention I had to have Isabella @ school to cheer for a game @ 5:30 and this was all happening after 4pm!

Let me ask you - does this bottle look like "a big white Palmolive bottle"? I think its like Hot Pink to me? Yes it does say Palmolive, but it was also next to the sink, not under the sink

Here's a video that Sophia did of everything while it was happening.

Christmas @ Mom & Dad's

2008-12-28T18:32:00.004-05:00

Here's dad receiving his Harbor Freight gift card, Frank's sitting beside him exhausted from working since 6am.

Here's Frank and Mom playing a game of Chess, we usually play cards and stuff when we hang out.

Sophia got a Pirates of the Caribbean comforter, she's nut about em.

Here's Sophia playing Santa & passing out gifts.

This is what Megan did pretty much all night, or she was texting her friends on her cell, I kinda miss the days before all the technology. I guess just courtesy would take care of this problem too?

Christmas @ Jamies

2008-12-28T17:39:00.004-05:00

Okay so hears the thing, my pictures loaded backwards, I selected them in order but they popped up opposite. Anyways this is Sean, she's opening a bracelet we got her.

Here's Jamie she's very excited about her popcorn bucket with all the goodies inside, she also got a coupon peeler & a bracelet. Hopefully she'll share the goodies & coupon's with Mark.

Here's Megan's boyfriend Jarad, we gagged gifted him, he bought Cookies from Victoria and hasn't come over to get em yet (inside joke), so I wrapped em up and gave em to him.

Here's Papa - Frank went out to the Big Woods and cut off a piece of a Beech Tree and took it to work and a friend that he works with makes things out of wood, so he made a bowl for Papa. It was really cool! We also have a pen made out of Cherry & one made out of Black Walnut.

Here's Jamie Christmas Tree, this was suppose to be the first picture you saw.

Anyway, hope you all had a Merry Christmas!!

Christmas Prank

2008-12-28T14:51:00.005-05:00

My Mom suggested I wrap up some things that already belonged to the kids or get some goofy looking fake gifts, I decided to go the cheaper route & picked out a couple things from each of the closets. If the video works I gave them each a present (all were very similar in size, wrapping was all the same). They each started to open @ the same time, once they had the box open they each had a puzzled look on their faces, it was so funny, we told them that we had warned them that things were goin to be tight this year, they just didn't know how tight. I hope the video will load, it's hillarious!

Decorating for Thanksgiving

2008-11-26T20:33:00.003-05:00

Me & the kids have been decorating & rearranging the house for 30+ people, I saw an article in the Southeast Outlook about putting pictures of Family on the table as decorations, since our family is so Large I had a lot of pictures.

We put together Pictures of the Williams & Glover's. It was so much fun to set everything up, and this year my Best friend Amy is coming with her kids to spend Thanksgiving with us, we haven't seen them since June before last, so almost a year & a 1/2 :(

While me & the girls were inside cleaning, the guys were out in the Big Woods getting firewood & my husband spotted some beautiful berries that we could use for decorations, there Gorgeous! I put them all over the table & was able to make three flower arrangements.

Hope everyone has or had a Wonderful Thanksgiving (depending on when you read this)

Shan

Thanksgiving

2008-11-18T14:51:00.002-05:00

Just wanted to let you know I was still planning on having Thanksgiving here, Mamaw decided recently that because Amy & her kids were coming to visit, she should have it, Im still trying to convince her to have it here, there's much more room & I have really enjoyed it over the past years & I even made my other Grandma mad because last year I didn't want to hold her reservation for the Waldens to have it here & not the Williams. Anyway, hoping you all can still come, please encourage Weezer to just have it here & I will set her up with a Rocking Chair next to the Fireplace so she can kick her feet up & relax (I know, that's hard to do, but Im gonna keep trying).
Hopefully things will work out. Im planning on about 5pm here.

Christmas

2008-11-17T14:15:00.002-05:00

With Christmas fast approaching,watch out for this... be alert.

Please read the following. It applies to FedEx as well

The newest virus circulating is the UPS Delivery Failure. You will receive an email from UPS Packet Service along with a packet number. NOTE: The word packet is mis-spelled on this line. It will say that they were un-able to deliver a package sent to you on such and such a date. It then asks you to print out the invoice copy attached. DON'T TRY TO PRINT THIS. IT LAUNCHES THE VIRUS! Pass this warning on to all your PC operators at work and home. This virus has caused Millions of dollars in damage in the past few days.
Snopes confirms that it is real: http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/ups.asp

Random

2008-11-15T11:08:00.003-05:00

Here's Sophia, she just went & got her new glasses last week, she picked out some really different one's, she really likes them.

Here's my Handsome brother & his Lovely wife, there the All American Redneck couple, Im glad I got the good genes!

Sorry didn't have much of anything else to update, we've been battling a cold or allergies or maybe flu? Blah! Im sick of being sick & this stinking cough is killing me!

Halloween

2008-11-03T14:39:00.004-05:00

Here's Frank as a Templar Knight

Here's Victoria as a clown, she ended up looking scarier as it got later

Here's Sophia as Laura Ingles

Here's Isabella as the Hippie (I think that's how you spell it?)

Here they are all together, aren't they kinda scary & their all such a different variety

Election 2008

2008-11-03T14:26:00.003-05:00

Wow! I can't believe the big day is tomorrow, I hope we will all be on our knee's in prayer over this tonight and practice our God given right to vote.

Please look through this if you still aren't sure about who your voting for.

These are video clips from Sean Hannity, very telling.

10: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jpmryi87gQ

9 & 8: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unsSXUrN5mY

7 & 6: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DahbhQuPI_4

5 & 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocgpQTAKN4M

3 & 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDtkQjTpOho

1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AW7NYxFVcgw

Isabella's Twin Sister

2008-10-19T18:24:00.003-04:00

This weekend the girls decided it would be fun to make another person, she ended up looking like Isabella.
Here they are posing with their "New" sister, unfortunately the new girl has no behind.
Here's Isabella arguing with her, I guess she borrowed her hat without asking? Lol!
Maybe they made up now, don't they look a little alike?
They had WAY to much fun with this.

Isabella's 13th Birthday

2008-10-19T17:47:00.003-04:00

Here's Isabella opening a hat that Victoria gave her (its a hat that used to belong to Victoria)

Here's all the kids from school that came over to celebrate her Birthday (keep in mind, she invited 32!)

Here is a close up of the kids, there's Rachel, Isabella, Courtney, Breann &Caroline (ducking to get out of picture, not low enough), the three boys that came are ALL the way over by the rail.

This is pretty much where they all hung out at, this is our first party that we had where this many has been invited & where "Boys" were allowed

A little Change

2008-09-30T22:37:00.002-04:00

Quite a bit of change has been happening at the Glover house. Back on September 16th Megan decided to move in, she has pretty good reason's, so of course we were very welcomed to the idea. She's been adjusting really well with all of her four other siblings and having different rules & chores. She's an Awesome Young Lady and has a pretty good head on her shoulders. We are so proud of her and how far she has come. She is preparing for College and wanting to plan on what kind of job she'd like to have as an adult. She had to switch from a car to now driving a Big Red-Neck pickup truck, it's blue so that helped and her Dad has some beads hanging around the mirror so to her that made it a little Girly Girl. She's going to take her SAT's this Saturday and then week after next she gets to go visit IU and shadow one of the students there to see what college life is like, she'll even get to spend the night! She's so excited, she's interested in Anthropology (right now).

We're trying to encourage her that no matter who's in her life - whether it be family, friends, co-workers, a boyfriend to make sure she keeps her boundaries in line, not to let anyone try to manipulate her into anything. I pray that God will lead her where ever he has plans for her.

Also, my middle daughter turned 13 today! Wow, I now have THREE teenagers in the house, only two left to go!

Wind Storm of 2008

2008-09-16T23:23:00.004-04:00

Well we officially survived the Wind Storm of 2008, it was Amazing to see some of the mind blowing things that the wind could do, this is a picture of a GREAT BIG Pine Tree in my Father-in-laws yard, it was totally uprooted.
Here is Everybody (during some of the Wind Storm) picking up all the Apples that we couldn't reach before the Storm, we were trying to be careful not to get hit with and apple that the wind would knock out of the tree.
Here's our drive as we leaving, before 10am a Big Tree was blown over and Frank & Papa had to cut it & move it so I could go to work the nursery at (Maria's church) church. We were about 30 minutes late, but had we left any earlier it could have fallen on us!
We actually watched this break and fall off. It was crazy to see all the branches breaking like toothpicks!
Hope all of you are ok and haven't had alot of damage, we were without power from Sunday around 12:30 pm to Monday at about 6pm.
Take Care,
Shannon

Facebook

2008-08-29T14:33:00.005-04:00

Wow! all I can say is Ive been on Facebook for awhile, and just when I allow each of my kids to get one, I then find quite a few friends on there, or they found me! Im so excited Theresa finally got one! Yeah, we can keep in touch with all this new modern technology, it ought to be good for something.
Everyone have a Safe & Restful Labor Day Weekend.
Shannon

Your Invited....

2008-08-20T16:22:00.002-04:00

Just wanted to let any of you Girls (or Lady's) know that this Tuesday I am having an Arbonne Party to kick off my first month of being a Consultant. This meeting is going to touch on many different area's - mostly Hormones, Detoxing, skin care and many more.
I hope you will come and support my new job, and also to find out what Arbonne is (which is now more involved with Health & Wellness).
Please come this Tuesday (8/26) @ 7pm
Thanks,
Shannon

Email me if you need directions
shann3443@yahoo.com

Victoria

2008-08-17T14:40:00.003-04:00

On July 26th Victoria was Baptized at Church (this is her going backstage with Ms. Karen)
This is all of Victoria's family coming to support her
Here she is saying In the Father, Son & Holy Ghost
Here she is! i just love this picture (I have this one as my background on my computer)

A day at the Fair Continued......

2008-08-17T14:13:00.004-04:00

I couldn't finish all the pics on the last one, so I carried it over. Here's Victoria petting a Mule or is it a Jack? I don't know, it sure is BIG though.

Here's Frank after buying a Big Bucket of Popcorn, the kids went crazy, like they hadn't eaten in days! I should have taken a picture of the Mile High Chocolate Cake, it was $6 but it was plenty for all of us! Man, it was Yummy!

Here's the Girls looking at the Doll Houses, I thought it'd be neat to take a picture of them looking through the glass.

This is a doll that Isabella informed me looked like me, Gee, Thanks, I don't know if that's a compliment our not?

Here's buster, he was so cute & funny to be around, he acted just like a real dog, the guy in the suit must have been part dog! He would come up and put his head under your hand, or he would just lay down on the ground, it was pretty neat.

A Day at the Fair

2008-08-17T13:52:00.004-04:00

Well We decided to go to the State Fair on Saturday since all the kids are in school now and Im working during the day. They got to check out the tanks, I like this picture, Frank looks like he's really firing it.
And of course Big Frank is pointing out which one of these he wants, looks like he's making an offer and the Soldier is not happy with it, Lol!
We let each of the kids do the Rock Climbing (they always have such a blast)
Here we are all enjoying our Annual Corn Dogs, I was holding mine so I could grab a quick photo.
We went and saw the Mules & Jacks, they are so Beautiful, and I can't get over how big they are.
Both Frank's really enjoyed them.

Bunco

2008-08-13T14:21:00.003-04:00

Well last night I went to play Bunco at my Aunt Becky's house (I love to go, so I can get out of the house and eat dinner at someone elses house). Anyway, while we were inside playing Bunco (which I won 3rd place, I tied with Becky, but I rolled a three & she rolled a two, shew that was close) apparently Mike & maybe even Matt came outside and decided to have an Art class on the back of my van! We opened the garage to go out to the van and there was their Master Piece, did I mention they were watching Bonanza on TV inside? The stick figures were done by my kids. I just thought you'd all get a kick out of it.

Shan

As Summer comes to an End

2008-08-04T13:04:00.005-04:00

This is the very 1st swim of the summer, but DEFINITELY NOT the last.
I worked in the garden and with our flowers, getting rid of ton's of weeds! This my Beautiful Bee balm, it's gone now.
This is my Wonderful, Beautiful, Big & Goofy Family (we were at the lake, they were going to jump in!
We also had lots & lots of Blackberry's so we made & are still making LOTS of Blackberry pie & cobbler, YUM!

Well it's kinda sad but happy as Summer comes to an end and school's just a week & two day's away. Im looking forward to getting more on a schedule, also I do miss my co-workers (especially Peggy, she's just the Sweetest EVER!).

The kids have enjoyed the summer, we've haven't done alot, we started out at the beginning of June going to Holiday World (I was able to pay for it with what I made working in the Cafeteria), then we went to the Family Reunion at the beginning of July, then this Friday we are going to finally take the Pontoon boat out (thanks that the gas has went down some and hopefully will keep going lower!!) But the rest of the time we have went to the Summer Free Movies, we've made that a regular in the summer, we've swam at Jamie's pool next door (A TON, THANK YOU AUNT JAMIE) We've hung out on the farm with Papa and Mark, Jamie, Mark Lee & Sean. We've had sleep overs and went to friends Birthday parties. We unfortunately DIDN'T get to go visit Amy & her kiddo's or they DIDN'T get to come here, that was TRAGIC!! We miss them Terribly! Thanks to the Gas prices & Frank's job laying people off, so we have had to pinch penny's to make ends meet.

Over the summer I have become an Arbonne consultant, Im sure you have seen my blogs over the past so many months where I have talked about it ALOT, I just feel so strongly about trying to take better care of myself & my family that I want to pass it along to all of you who might be reading this and wondering what you could do to feel better and become aware of your health.

I also was fortunate enough to get a free ticket to go see Beth Moore LIVE! Wow, God knew I needed a good talkin to, who better to do it then Beth, Wow! She's amazing to listen to and hear her encourage us to make sure we learn God's word and keep it in our heart and also, We as Christian's need to not go and pretend to be somebody we're not every weekend at church, that's why so many people think we're fake, we need BE who we SEEM and be humble and ask for God's help. She taught us seven things in Luke 8:11-18

1.Treasure the Wonder

2.Protect your Heart

3.Expect a Test, this one was really good look at it this way -

Testing (it depends who it's from?)

Trials Temptations

(God) (satan)

To make you stand To make you fall

4. Dig the Roots (the word) You need to fully believe that Jesus LOVES me this I

Know

5. Stop the Choke (Anxiety Chokes the word out of us), Life is Hard, But God is

Good

6. Retain the Word (to hold in a vice grip, "to possess, own")

7. Press forth to your 100-fold

You Have to ask Yourself, "How is your seed growing?"

Anyway, that's been the Summer for the Glover Family. Hope you guys have so far had a Great one.

Our Weekend at the Reunion

2008-07-18T20:56:00.006-04:00

This is a picture of my kids in order of their age, the next one is the cingular commercial, Lol! This is them in order of height, Frank is now 6ft tall (probably more by now!). But with age Megan is 3 yrs older! Megan 17, Frank 14, Isabella 12 1/2, Sophia 11 & Victoria 8.

I LOVE this picture, we stopped by the overlook at Kentucky Lake @ our Family Reunion this past weekend and I had the kids stand up on the edge and turn and look over at me. I can't believe how big they have gotten. And the other I told them all to act silly, like they were going to jump over! Their so funny.

Time for Apple Pie

2008-07-03T15:26:00.003-04:00

Well today me & Frank went for a walk down the drive and on the way back we stopped to look at the apple trees and noticed that pretty much ALL of the June Apples were gone! It looked like that the deer & squirrel had cleaned off pretty much the whole tree, we found just a few and were able to pick them and bring them home. Isabella & Sophia (and even Frank) have gotten pretty good at baking, things like homemade brownies, pumpkin pie and many other things. So Isabella suggested we make Apple Pie, so both Frank's ( dad & son) went down and got a ladder and picked the few up high we couldn't reach. They brought them home and the girls started making the pie.
We made biscuits into the pie crust, and then cut up the apples to fill it, I forgot to suggest to spray the glass pie pan (oops, you'll see what happened later) and the girls took part of it and flattened it and then sliced it into strips to lay across the top, it was easier to transport that way
The apples weren't all the way ripe yet, so you can tell they look a bit green, here's where they were laying the dough on the top
Here it is ready to go in the oven (I had to call Mamaw Weezer to see how long to bake it?), we put it in the oven, I knew the dough would get big, because of being biscuit dough, but having to cook it an hour, I didn't know what would happened?
Well Apparently it wasn't to bad, we were so excited to try it I forgot to take a picture of it when we took it out, and you notice where I didn't spray the pan that it stuck awfully bad, but we ate it, it wasn't too bad, next time we'll spray the pan and add more sugar to the apples and use a pie crust instead. But it was a good try.
Shan

WOW Imagine EIGHT KIDS!!

2008-06-30T20:41:00.002-04:00

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?

2008-06-18T22:02:00.004-04:00

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

2008-06-08T20:47:00.002-04:00

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

2008-06-02T10:22:00.006-04:00

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!

Having a Party

2008-05-27T11:48:00.002-04:00

I am planning on having an Arbonne party in June, I hope if your reading this and I know you or if you know someone I know, then I hope you'll come. I'll let you know the date. Everything in the catalog will be 50% off. It's at least worth coming and hearing the information for all of us to learn how to take better care of ourselves, even men can benefit from what you learn hear. I am just so sad and even Angry when I hear of so many people having so much cancer, and if there's anything we can do to prevent it why not try, God did say that our bodies are a temple. I just think there are so many things that our Doctor's AREN'T telling us (don't get me wrong, there are some good ones), and we're not questioning them.
This is something I feel very strongly in and I want to share it with everybody I know and come in contact with.
If you are unable to come and are interested in hearing about this, go to arbonne.com and read up on their products (keep in mind everything is 50% off, if you have your own party you can benefit from it)

Are Your Hormones Imbalanced?

2008-05-16T23:42:00.004-04:00

WHAT EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW....

By having hormones that are imbalanced you experience some of the following symptoms -
Weight Gain
Depression
Infertility
Breast Cancer
Uterine Cancer
Osteoporosis
Mood Swings
Irritability
Hot Flashes/Night Sweats
Irregular periods
Facial hair
Personal dryness
Memory Loss/ Foggy Thinking
Water Retention/ Water gain
Thin/Dry/Wrinkly skin
Insomnia
Endometriosis
Migraines
Abnormal Pap Smear
Fibrocystic Breast Disease
Fatigue
Decreased Sex Drive

What is hormonal imbalance?
Hormonal imbalance occurs (usually) when we have too much estrogen in our system & not
enough progesterone.

How are hormones suppose to work?
Estrogen - (Estrone Estridiol Estriol)
-Main job is to grow the lining of the uterus for egg implantation
-Called the growth hormone because it causes cell proliferation
Progesterone
-Main job is to slow down, oppose estrogen
-Found in higher levels during the 2nd half of a woman's cycle -
the cause for increased sex drive

Our hormones get out of Balance by the following
1) Overuse of synthetic hormones (the pill, hormone replacement therapy-premarin, prempo) Women's Health Initiative (2003): A study of 17,000 women showed that the increase of breast cancer rate was so extreme that the FDA stated that it would be "unethical" to continue the study. The study was suppose to run for 10 years. The Prempro arm of the study was cancelled after 5 years because they found a huge increase in the risks for breast cancer, heart attacks, strokes, & blood clots in the legs and lungs.
2) Our Diet Beef, pork, chicken, and fish - most are fed estrogen...Why? - Quicker growth rate, Retain water,
Better market value & also found in Dairy products
3) Stress American women are some of the most stressed women on the planet! -work full-time - maintain family- extra curricular activities - not knowing how to say "no"
What happens when we're stressed? our adrenal glands kick in adrenal glands sit atop the kidneys primarily responsible for regulating the stress response creates cortisol cortisol increases blood pressure rate & blood sugar levels the major "building block" for coritsol is progesterone. *So stress depletes our already low progesterone levels.
4)Use of petrochemicals Petrochemicals are those we are exposed to because we are an industrialized nation.
These chemicals are not estrogen but they bind to the estrogen receptors in our bodies (i.e. fertilizers, pesticides, chemicals we clean with, dry cleaning chemicals to name a few) Plastics- When heated in the microwave, dioxin, which is very toxic, is created and leeches into the food and environment & contributes to the increase in breast cancer rates.

SOLUTION #1: AVOID CHEMICAL EXPOSURE... buy organic!
SOLUTION #2: NO PLASTICS IN THE MICROWAVE
SOLUTION #3: ELIMINATE EXTRA STRESS (GET SOME EXERCISE)
SOLUTION #4: TRY NOT TO USE PRODUCTS WITH MINERAL OIL...Look for products with no petrolbased ingredients. Mineral oil (A.K.A. petrolatum, paraffin, petroleum, kaydol, glymol, primol, alboline)
SOLUTION #5: USE OF PROGESTERONE...USP (US Pharmacopeia) on the label. No mineral oil or petrochemical - will defeat the purpose. Container must be airtight and not allow light exposure
If you need more information go to arbonne.com and read more about their products, I just had a show and it's still open & Everything in the Catalog is 50% off.

Not much

2008-05-04T18:18:00.002-04:00

Well I don't have to much to blog about, tomorrow is Megan's 17th Birthday and we'll have to wait till Saturday to have Fettucine with the Family, because of Megan's work schedule & Isabella's track meet. Then a week from this Tuesday Victoria will be 8 yrs old, we have a Band Concert (for Isabella) So on Friday we're gonna have some of her friends over for her birthday.
Im trying to think of ways I can make some money this summer while Im not working the cafeteria job at school, Im looking into some houses that I can clean, if any of you know of any please let me know.
Well I'll blog again later.
Shannon

Poor Victoria

2008-04-24T22:19:00.003-04:00

The other day Victoria was complaining that her hands & feet were itchy, I looked and thought it could be poison ivy, so I put some calamine lotion on them. Well the next day they were swollen and still bothering her I then gave her a benadryl & put more lotion on them. Well she gets home from school today and she looks like she's got chicken pox, so I look on the Internet, call my husband and was trying to decide whether or not to try to go to my meeting for cheer leading, I figured that wouldn't be happening, so I ended taking her to the Urgent Health, they looked at her and said it wasn't chicken pox it was a viral illness, so they gave her some steroid antibiotic, poor thing you can see her in the pictures (probably can't get the full effect) they said it's contagious and she can't go to school tomorrow, but should be fine for church Saturday.

What a interesting day.

Have a good weekend, hopefully none of the other kids or me or Frank will catch this.

The Car....

2008-04-22T18:39:00.004-04:00

Well, I thought I'd share with you guys what all has happened with me driving my husbands 1987 BMW. I had to start driving it because of the HIGH gas prices, but it helps and the kids school & my work isn't very far away. I began driving it, apparently the teen who had it before we bought it thought it would be cool to make it REALLY REALLY low to the ground, let me just say when you hit 35 and add FOUR kids to it, it because a quick pain. We already drag the ground with only two in it but then you add four kids & their back packs and it DEFINETLY drags the ground. The other day (also, the day we were having a few girls over for Sophia's 11th Birthday) I was coming in to drop off the first round of kids and on our drive we have some pot holes and some rocks, well I dodged the pot holes and usually I do alright to dodge the rocks, well this perticular day I hit the rock and it made a loud awful noise, we got to the house and I pulled up to let all the kids & their back packs out and Frank noticed the car was leaking something (unfortunately I pulled up on the concrete in front of the drive & behind my van) I got out and looked and sure enough it was leaking OIL! I called my dad and he said I might have cracked the oil pan, sure enough It leaked a GREAT Big Puddle under the car, I had to run to town and get oil dry stuff ( I drove the truck since I blocked in the van) as soon as I got the oil dry stuff I had to go straight to school to get Isabella from Cheer leading try outs. Also, did I mention I had girls coming over, finally I got home poured the stuff on the drive and welcomed the company, and it cost about $372 and some change to replace the oil pan and put more oil in it, Lucky it didn't ruin the engine.

Did I mention I don't care for this car much at all and my husband loves it but Ford won't let him drive anything but a Ford, unless he wants to walk 2 miles into work!

YeeHaw!

Everyday Life

2008-04-15T20:25:00.002-04:00

Well, we're doing pretty much the same thing every week right now, I get up, get the kids to school, come home (unless it's monday or tuesday, then I go to my grandma's houses to visit & help them a little), then I have to get to work anywhere from 10am to 10:45am (depends on how many ladies are working in the school cafeteria). Then I leave work about 2 - 2:15pm get home where I get to be for about 15 minutes then I leave to pick up the kids, then monday - friday Isabella has track practice, unless she has a meet, and on tuesday & thursday sophia has drama practice, so on monday's we hang out @ the library, tuesday we go home till I have to be back there @ 5pm, on friday's I run my errands as quick as possible so I can get home to unload my groceries and be at work in time then after I pick up the kids we go check out movies from the library for the weekend. So, like I said It's just Everyday life. Im so glad I didn't start working till my youngest was 7.
Also, if any of you ladies who are reading this are interested, Im having an Arbonne Party (hopefully Thursday May 15th), Im very interested in it because they have a new line of products that help you balance out your hormones. It's very interesting to find out some of the damage we are purposely doing to our bodies by the things we're putting in & on our bodies.
You can check it out if your interested www.arbonne.com this month their having a special if you get 10 people to buy $100 of product they get $100 of product free.

Prom

2008-04-06T18:36:00.003-04:00

Well this weekend Megan went to her first Prom. Wow! She was gorgeous! I did her hair so I think she looked Especially Gorgeous! She went with her first boyfriend, I think they went from pictures (my sister-in-law took them) to eat at a restaurant with a room reserved for a total of 18 of their friends. She unfortunately wasn't able to go to the after prom due to her other mom & dad not trusting her enough. I have to say, she's an awesome teenager and has so far proven to be trustworthy with school & her job and so far being able to handle having a boyfriend. Please pray for and the stresses from teenage things and also family conflicts.

Happy Birthday!

2008-03-30T12:03:00.002-04:00

Well today I am 35! Wow! I kinda feel old now. We're going to take the kids and go out and eat and then go Bowling! Thought maybe that sounded like fun.

Right now we're just resting after driving over 10 hours yesterday to get home.

Tomorrow I'll be going back to my new job as the cafeteria lady, I am now permanent, the only bad thing is to have to wear THREE hair nets on my hair, I just can't handle having super flat hair. Anyway, we have a new girl starting on Monday, hopefully she'll like it, it's not so bad, you stay busy with all the pans you wash, that doesn't mean I will be sad when they finally get a new dishwasher.

Take care,

Shan

James

2008-03-25T23:24:00.003-04:00

I'm sad to say that last Monday we laid to rest our Dear Sweet dog James, he will sadly be missed, I think his sister Claire is already lonely. We are out of town visiting our friends that we car pooled with a couple of years ago, we never get to see them enough, so we're enjoying the week with them, they live over 1o hours away, shew what a drive with four kids, sadly Megan wasn't able to come because of her new job :(

I put a few pics on her, the first one is the last we have of James, the second is his sister Claire and the last is Amy & Rebecca singing the song Come Sail Away by Stix. We're having a blast here, their sooooo funny.

Hope all of you guys are doing well.

Shan

James

2008-03-16T11:48:00.003-04:00

Well, yesterday James at some point got up and made it way out to the backyard into the tall grass, my husband said something down deep in dogs tells them to go far away from home to die, so we gave him some Tylenol when we found where he was, then late last night we could here him barking and whining some, so about 1am me & Frank went out and loaded him into the gator(keep in mind he's pretty big, at least 100+ lbs) so we loaded him up and took him back to his bed, we gave him some food and water and I covered him with a blanket to keep him warm.

We took him to the vet awhile back and he said over time he'd just keep getting worse and eventually have to be put down.

It's really sad around here right now, I told Frank I didn't think I could handle having anymore dogs, A year ago this past November our previous dog Pfifer died. Then a year ago in January we decided to get two Great Dane puppies, they were fun and sweet, a lot of work (they were inside while they were pups). I just hate it right now, he's such a sweet dog.

We having the kids say their goodbye's today, not sure how much longer, today James is laying flat in his bed and is unable to get up to go the bathroom and has to have food and water given to him.

Shan

Latest

2008-03-15T13:05:00.003-04:00

Well I got the job, I started the next day, which was Tuesday, I work 3 hours a day, it's definitely NOT boring, I stay busy, the dishwasher's been broken for sometime now (If I didn't mention, I'm working in a school cafeteria), some of the ovens don't work (But I'm not one of the cooks, but it still effects me when we run out of food and the lovely High School students are staring @ me) I serve 3 separate lunch groups, there was an opening at an Elementary School right down the road from the High School where I'm at, but Ive already met the ladies here and like them, I guess if something opens @ the school where my younger kids go I'd leave to go there, but the time goes by Quickly. I'll have some pretty nice muscles before to long with all the BIG pots & pans we wash.

On a different subject, our dog James (he's a great Dane he's almost 1 & 1/2), he's gotta a bad hip and has begun going down hill quickly, yesterday my husband said he was whining cause he couldn't get up and this morning he was struggling to get up and whining a lot, my son and his friend tried to lift his back end up to help him, but he couldn't get all the way up. It's so sad, he's such a Sweet gentle dog, his sister however is the opposite, and so hyper. Please be praying for us, I'm not sure I want anymore dogs, I can't stand to see them get down, and then having to have them put down.

Thanks, Oh, my baby just turned 14 today!!

The Job!

2008-03-10T20:26:00.002-04:00

Well, I went to the interview today and I got the job, I start tomorrow. Wish me luck, Im kinda nervous.

Well.....

2008-03-08T22:52:00.003-05:00

Well just to start, I'm NOT a big fan of Snow, I figured out today that I don't like it because I feel like I'm imprisoned in my home by the snow, I can't drive when I want (without getting stuck on our hill!), my kids miss school (they like to play in the snow, but DON'T like to clean up all their snow suits and wet boots, etc) I'm not the type who likes to go out and get numb fingers & toes playing in it, so that's why I get grouchy when it snows, I feel TRAPPED!

On a different subject, my interview will be Monday, so please pray for me, we could use the extra income & all the kids are far enough along in school that I shouldn't have a problem with working 3 hours during the day.

The last thing is I came in from running errands (I got out and didn't want to go back right away, plus we were running VERY low on everything), so I came in and had the kids help while I unloaded, I turned to look at Frank (he's 13, will be 14 this Saturday!) and I found myself looking WAY up at him! Yikes! he's now 5'10, Oh my it's like overnight he shot up so tall. I put up some pics, to look @ Megan (she's now 16) & My red-headed nephew (17) & Frank, to see how they have changed, Wow

Job Interview

2008-03-06T11:36:00.002-05:00

Tomorrow morning I am going to my first job interview (it's been over 13 yrs sense I've had an actual job), I'm a little nervous, it with the school system, in the cafe. If any of you guys get this wish me luck!
Thanks,
Shan

Isabella's a Cheerleader!

2008-03-03T19:28:00.003-05:00

Well Today Isabella got to cheer for the 6th grade boys, they didn't win but they tried really hard. I don't have much to blog on, Im hoping to be getting a job working in a cafeteria, it will only be 3 hours a day so that's not so bad. Hope you guys are all doing well.

Shan

What a Day....

2008-02-28T19:59:00.003-05:00

Well today began kinda crazy, I thought it was going to be a little relaxed, but then Megan's (my oldest) driver's door wouldn't shut, it would just bounce off the car, we looked, but couldn't figure out what was wrong, Frank was sleeping after getting home late last night from work, so I told her I'd have to take her, it was already 7:15 and I usually leave at 7:30 to get the other four to school, so I race to town and drop off Megan, then race home pick up the other kids, race them to their school, then I race home because I have a 10am appt for my annual visit, so I get home finish putting the last of the garbage out in the garage so Frank can take it to the end of the road when he wakes up, I then was my hair and begin to fix it, I have to hurry so I can get to my appt in time (the kids have a 1/2 day today) so I leave a little before 9:30 head to the Dr. then there backed up quite a bit, I'd thought they'd forgot about me, awhile in the paper vest & blanket gets quite chilly, so I leave there about 11:19, I have to get the kids about 11:30, and it takes at least a good 20 -30 min. So I get the kids race home have less than 20 minutes for them to eat then I have Dentist appointments for 5 of our 7 family members, Megan goes to a different one, but we all go to the same, so they eat we leave and then I'm at the Dentist from about 1:05pm to almost 4pm! yeah (in that time I had Frank go get Sophia at school, and bring her & him @ 2pm for their turn).
Like I said What a Day ( I had reschedule my annual visit & didn't realize that it was the same as the Dentist appointments for everybody)
Please be praying for me, I am going to be putting in a job for a cafeteria position during the day to bring in a little extra $$ so Frank doesn't have to work overtime, please pray if this is God's will that it will happen.
Shan

Update on Mamaw Weezer

2008-02-23T23:50:00.003-05:00

Well I stopped by Friday after running errands to check in on Weezer, here's a pic of her poor leg, also while I was there her little tree in the front was so beautiful covered by ice. I also added a few shots from our yard of all the ice. Can't wait till it's gone.

Weezer

2008-02-21T19:25:00.000-05:00

Just got word that Weezer Didn't break her ankle, Thank you God! Also, their sending her home. So those who prayed thanks (I changed the security settings on here, I might have excluded some, not intended) Please keep praying.
Shan

Update on Weezer

2008-02-21T16:39:00.000-05:00

Just spoke to JoLynn, they think Mamaw Weezer broke her ankle, I hope they turn out to be wrong, that poor woman doesn't need any other medical things goin on with her. Please say a prayer for her, their wanting to keep her overnight.
Shan

2008-02-21T14:38:00.000-05:00

Just got a call from mom, their going to take Mamaw Weezer to Clark Memorial to get X-rays done or have her right leg looked at, she fell @ Kohl's over the weekend and her leg is lookin pretty bruised and with her Medicine she takes for all the things to do with her heart they need to check her out to make sure everythings ok, please say a prayer for her. (she'll shoot me for putting this picture of her on here)

Shan

My Kids

2008-02-21T09:20:00.000-05:00

Frank 13
Victoria 7
Isabella 12
Megan 16
Sophia 10
Wow they have grown so much, I feel so old. Their so talented and smart.

2008-02-21T08:40:00.000-05:00

I just wanted to Thank all of you girls encouraging me to blog about anything and know that someone will read it.
Shan

2008-02-20T14:39:00.000-05:00

Here's a few more pics of the flower's, they were just too beautiful not to share. Take care, gotta go pick up kids @ school.

Flower's

2008-02-20T14:21:00.000-05:00

Well, Im taking advise from my cousin Maria, not to wait for something big to blog about, so I took a snapshot of some flowers we have here in the house that I thought we really beautiful The Bouqeut (on the left) is 1 red rose to Megan from Chase & the rest of the flower's in that vase he later gave her when they went out over the weekend for Valentines day (their approaching 8 MONTHS! Yikes!) the other flowers are a bulb that my sister-in-law Jamie gave the girls about a month or so ago, and we planted it and nutured it, and it is now bloomed, Beautiful!!

2nd Day of Blogging

2008-02-19T18:06:00.001-05:00

Wow, I just couldn't wait to try and think of something else to Blog about? Well, Megan (she's 16) called yesterday and let us know that her interview @ Kmart went well, she is now an employee, she has orientation on Wednesday. Frank is going to be in the Spelling Bee (I think tomorrow or Thurs?), please say a prayer for him so he'll do well. Isabella is a Cheerleader, she wasn't able to cheer at her first game (Thanks to the snow) She'll get to cheer on the first Tuesday in March, she's also gonna be in the middle school spelling bee (she'll be going up against her big brother). Sophia is in the Drama club, this is her 2nd yr, their going to be doing a play called "And that's the way it was" kind of a mix of shows hopefully you remember along with me, Family Fued, Laverne & Shirley, Grease, All & the family and a bunch more, there also doing a big secret one at the end (Shhh, it's a secret). Victoria isn't in any after school functions, she's in 2nd grade and right now I feel like Im running back & forth to the school like a revolving door, I don't mind too much at their previous school it was to far away to get to be involved in extra stuff. Well, I'll try to wait till something a little bigger happens next time.

Take care,

Shan