Chris and Jenni

 
The other day I was at Wal-Mart buying a couple of the essential household items, when I heard this announcement over the intercom, “Attention Wal-Mart shoppers, all Halloween costumes at the front of the store are now, just $2.00, I repeat, all costumes at the…”
$2.00, hey I have some extra cash from cleaning the other […]

The kids and I got outside today again to work on the coop, granted I didn’t get much done. But we went out nevertheless and it was just nice to be out in the fresh air. I realizing though that the kids are going to need some gloves soon, it’s getting really cold out lately!

I […]

Aidan pretty much knows it all. It’s hard when you are 4 1/2 years old and people think you are just a kid and don’t know much. Not so with Aidan. He used to ask me often, “Mommy, am I an adult now?” My thought was, “if you have to ask, the answer is no.”  […]

We’re really flying!
Originally uploaded by Chris and Jenni.

When Chris and I got married, as many of you know, we wasted no time with the babies. I have always wanted to have boys, and Chris has always wanted to have girls, we both got our wishes and both discovered how much we both wanted […]

Here is an email and prayer request from Chris’ mom, Joan:
I’m so glad you could come last night…life is so short.  Grandpa had a tough time after we left. They had to use a special breathing by-pass with mask to help him breath and rest.  They have increased the pain meds and now he’s sleeping.  Dr […]

I have mentioned before that I’ve decided to start Aidan with some homeschooling this fall. It’s going really well, to my surprise he is wanting to do a lot more than I expected. He actually asks me several times a day, “can we work on our letters now?” He’s really hungry to learn which is […]

Aidan’s DIY sandbox for a chick from Christian Burns on Vimeo.
Aidan was practicing to be a reporter for ENN (Everyday News Network). I think he’s almost ready!
And by the way, I finally figured out how to unprotect the Tam’s hula video for those of you who were trying to see it and it wasn’t working, […]

More songs for sissy from Christian Burns and Vimeo.

You see the picture of our sweet little daughter who has just figured out how to suck her thumb. At the same time we are attempting to help our oldest child learn to stop sucking his. Right now he is crying in his bed because we put a Band-Aid on his thumb to see if […]

Yestday I was cutting the boys hair, Aidan was squirming a bit and I told him that when he is a man mommy wont cut his hair anymore but his wife will so he needs to learn how to sit still so that when his wife does it he can honor her by sitting still […]

Yesterday we had a fun day at the Children’s museum. I was a little distracted. We were the only family there so we had pretty much taken over the place. It was so quiet I could hear all the kids from where I was standing at the front counter talking to the lady. The place […]

Aidan is so sweet, lately he has been bringing me flowers almost every day, he finds them in the yard and picks them and then comes in the house saying, “mommy I have something for you!” as he walks into the room with his hand hidden behind his back. But since we went to our […]

Today, like most days, Eamon was asking me tons of questions. He’s at that age where everything is, “why mommy?” Do your kids ever ask questions that make you stop and think, “how in the world do I explain that?!” I was changing his diaper, perfect time for my undivided attention, and he was asking […]

Today we ventured out of the house, just me and my passel of kids ;) Chris brought us the van on his lunch break so we took him back to work and then to downtown Mt. Vernon we went. Sidenote-Aidan, knowing that we were getting ready to go out, was a little concerned when daddy […]

I know that I have a good husband. Today he worked for 8 hours, then he came home and we ate dinner and then he sent me and Cait off on a date so I could have a little quiet time to myself while he watched the older kids. Tonight when he left for work he […]