Boys will be boys

Our little Christopher has officially suffered his first boy injury. A couple of days ago, the kids were playing out in the backyard and Christopher decided that we wanted to join them. He was on his little riding toy and took off towards the door. He does not understand the concept of not cruising over steps, so he continued at full speed. Then suddenly, I hear a little boy crying. I quit I was doing to go see the problem and was sad to find a crashed little boy and his Buzz ride laying beside him. As I picked him up, I notice blood and see his injuries. Not only did he skin his little chin but his left eye was surrounded by blood. He had cut in four places. Breaks my heart to still look at him. It has been a few days and his chin is still very scratched and he has a nice, little, black eye.

Happy 7th Birthday Aubree!!!!

Happy Birthday to our Angel
Seven years ago today our little family became a little bit larger, brighter and closer to complete. Our sweet, angel, Aubree entered this world and quoting one of her school teachers "the world is a better place because she is in it". Aubree brings character in our family and reminds us daily of compassion. She is thoughtful and giving. Aubree enjoys singing and dancing. She likes to trick her brother too. Aubree's favorite restaurant is Olive Garden and Happy Mexican. We went to Olive Garden Friday evening because her birthday was on Sunday. However, I asked Aubree what she wanted for her birthday, her reply was hamburger helper, white beans, brownies, and breakfast in bed. I have a deep love for that precious little girl and hope for nothing but the best in life for my babies. Currently, Aubree likes unicorns, pillow pets, and barbie dolls. She is a light in our life and in the life of others that she interacts with. We are glad Heavenly Father blessed our family with her. Happy Birthday Aubree, we love you!!!

Kids say the funniest things ever and likewise, do the funniest things. Here are a few of my current favorite things about my kids in no particular order:
1. Ginny and Aubree have Will convinced that thunder is a monster. When he hears thunder, he runs to hide saying a monster is coming.
2. Aubree has recently enjoyed putting dress up and jewelry on her brothers.
3. Aubree asks at least weekly, how she will know when she is in love.
4. Ginny is a pro at cooking and enjoys bringing breakfast in bed on Saturdays. Her breakfast is usually milk and toaster strudels and her lunch speciality is Ramen noodles.
5. The other night during dinner, Aubree says "This is so damn good." We asked her to repeat what she said to make sure we heard her right, we did, and after silent chuckles, explained it is not a good word.
6. Will wants to be exactly like his daddy and tries to do all that he does.
7. Christopher is obsessed with riding on his little Buzz Lightyear riding toy, which he cruises at (probably why he is not walking) and LOVES nacho cheese Bugles.
8. Both the boys enjoy playing cars. Christopher can even make the car sounds. Speaking of sounds, Jake plays like he is shooting dinosaurs all the time. Why? Who would have ever guessed he would follow in Ginny's footsteps and love watching Jurassic park.

These are just of my favorite things right now. I am blessed to have 4 beautiful babies!

Back to School

On August 8 Jake and the girls went back to school Aubree is in 2nd grade with Mrs. Reed, Ginny is in 4th grade with Mrs. Gibbs the girls go to Richland Elementary, and Dad teaches at Germantown middle 7th and 8th grade science. Aubree said her first day and teacher was okay and Ginny said she loves everything about 4th grade is awesome so far. Jake our son/brother is still at home with mom and Christopher. Christopher sleeps till like 11:30 or so while Jake is up at 8. Jake and Christopher have little bikes that they chase each other in they just love it. Later on the first day we went for ice cream it was yummy. Well that is how the first day went for the Farrell family went. ---Ginny
Ginny

Mommy and the Boys MISS Daddy and the Girls

Life is back in full swing for the Farrell family. School has begin and each member survived the first week. The girls seem to both enjoy their teachers. The boys and I took the girls to school the first day because that is just what mommies do. Will pitched a fit when we had to leave them there, however, I bribed him with Chic-fil-A, thinking he would go home, take a nap, and forget. However, to my dismay, I was incorrect. the first thing he asked to do when he got up was go to Chic-fil-A, so I kept my word and we went. Saturday, we spent the day doing yard work and went to a baseball game that evening...it was great....complimentary unlimited food (not just any food but Rendezvous nachos, BBQ sandwiches, burgers, hot dogs, water melon, ice cream, chips, and drink), it was customer appreciation night for a few companies and we received an invite, a ball game (our team won), and fireworks at the end. It was terrific family fun and the weather was nice.

Yea, we have internet back at our home. We have not had internet for the past week, so I am a little lost. I have realized that I rely on it more than I should. A quick catch up...the girls are back from Odessa and had a wonderful time with Grammy and their cousins (they were both very excited to show off their new dances), Jake flew to Houston to spend a weekend with Chris, and I am thinking about possibly going back to school (why not if FedEx will pay a portion of it). However, the school decision is based on a few factors and is just a thought right now, not a plan. The kids start back to school in about a week, so I want to squeeze in as much time with them as I can. It seems like this summer has flown by.

As the summer goes....

Being married to a school teacher has a few perks....one of which being summer. Summer should be a time of relaxing but it has been busy, busy, busy for our family. We just got back from Texas to see Jake's family. It was a nice trip. Jake, the girls, and Will left Monday, June 27th, and Christopher and I flew out Friday, July 1st. I was unable to get off work for the week but needed to go help Jake drive home with the boys because we left the girls to spend a little time with Grammy and Papa. We left at 5:00 a.m on Tuesday and I had to leave for work by 8 p. m, plenty of time, right? Wrong, we had a blowout on the way home and ended up purchasing 4 new tires. As Jake was changing the tire, I got the baby out to change his diaper. I sat on the floorboard and when I got up, my bum was soaking wet. We had it looked at when we got home and the air conditioning was leaking into the car instead of under the car. The one part that was not still under warranty was the part messed up. So, our trip home costs an additional $1200 than planned for. Other than that, we are great. I decided sometimes when it rains it pours but thank goodness for umbrellas and rain boots. Not only, did we have malfunctions with our car, our home air conditioning unit quit cooling. Seth and Sydney are here right now and it makes me a bit sad that my girls will miss them but at least I get to see them briefly.