Gotta love days like today...

I have had such an amazing weekend with my 3 kids. Had alot of time to sit in my lawn chair , watching them play together, chasing my boy, rocking him, kissing him. Summer has finally made it here and I am loving every second of it. Tonight we stayed out til dark, watched the kids swim, played with Kanon in the sand and slide, pushed Ava in the swing. After all the fun I took them in and threw their booties in the tub. Kanman had sand caked to his scalp, Ava had grass in her buttcrack hahah, poor Ady was stuck in the tub with these 2 little crazies! Here are some pics from tonight.

Sleepy

What a day it has been. Today I had Peyton, Luke , Ady, Ava, and Kanon. They were all angels however those little dudes wore me out so now I am headed to bed. We drove to Dexter tonight to watch Luke play ball, he was great, got an awesome hit, we are proud of him!!! I am loving getting to keep Luke, he makes me laugh and smile and we are forming an even closer bond than we had, same goes for Ady & Luke, they have yet to argue, they are best friends and they have something so special. Anyway I have a blog Im gonna write about in the morning so stay tuned .

He is gorgeous right? How lucky am I to be his Aunt. So So blessed!

That's Just Crap!

Woke up at 7:30 am to the smell of feces. Usually the smell is smothered with a diaper, however this time it was all over little man's crib. Kanon sleeps in a crib- a smaller one- like the ones you get in hotel rooms. I like to have him near me at night but not in bed with me because we are already over crowded anyway. Kanon apparently had woke up, taken his diaper off, pooped, smeared his poop everywhere, stomped on his poop, painted with his poop, decorated his crib with the poop, even had poop on the plastic matress. After gagging for 20 minutes I scooped him up and put him in the bathtub, while bits of poop floated around in the water *gag* He kept trying to grab them and I was so close to puking all over myself. After getting him clean and all the poop bits down the drain, I slapped on another diaper and put his little booty in his other crib and began scrubbing the crap crib. So far my day is crappy, I sure hope this is no idicitation of things to come. I will be taking 5 kids today to the waterpark , and meeting my friend Kim there with her too kids for a day of fun in the sun! Wish me luck and lets hope to a crap-free day!

Jon & Kate plus 8

I have been wanting to blog about this subject for a while, but was waiting to see the season premiere. My thoughts on this? ....well first and foremost it doesn't really matter because its none of my business. However I felt I needed to blog because I have been a fan from day 1. Seriously since the 1st episode, not just recently jumping on the bandwagon, I have been on the ride for a long time. I love the kiddos, they are so adorable and such good little kids. I can't imagine if I had cameras on my kids, you guys would probably be thinking we needed to be on SUPERNANNY. 8 little kids in a house should be pure chaos, but it never really is , always fairly quiet. I really hope they stay together, they have done so much as a team for so long. Every vacation, trip, even little outings they are always together. I think it would hurt the kids so much not having them together. I just hope the media calms down and stays out of their business, its gonna do nothing but hurt those poor little kids. So sad that when they go into a store or supermarket they are gonna be bombarded with magazines of their parents on the front page with big headlines calling them CHEATERS. They need to think about the kids, the ones who are going to suffer from their magazines and pictures. Anyway the premiere was great as usual, was sad to not see them on the same couch the whole interview but I am still happy they were at the party together. I can't believe the sextuplets are another year older, they keep getting cuter and cuter!

Onto happier and smellier things. About a month ago it was mentioned on someone's blog about Goat Milk Soap. I thought I would give it a try, I am a sucker for things that smell good. When I got to the website there were all these comments from customers, and that's what sold me! People had wrote how soft it made your skin, how you can shave with it, it feels like you have been using lotion on your skin, and the smell is very yum. I ordered right away. My favorite is Ocean which I will post a picture below. I have also ordered, Milk, Honey and Oatmeal -thats a great one too, and Fiji Island is good, haven't ordered anything that's not good but definitely would recommend OCEAN, I just got done washing my face with that and my face is softer than Kanon's butt, and that is really soft! Adyson, who has always been big on the tube of body soap has made the switch. She loves her goat milk soap and I catch her in there washing her face so many times a day hahaha. Please check out the site http://www.goatmilkstuff.com/ I received the soap very quickly after ordering, it is packaged very neatly and I will never switch back to regular soap again!!!! Hope you try it out!

Last but certinately not least is a pic of Ady & Luke playing in the water on Sunday. What a pair they are, there is so much love between these cousins. They are the best of friends, it has been a joy watching these 2 grow up together.

T'was the night before summer vacation

I am so excited that tomorrow is the last day of school.....Schoool's out for summer!!! Yahhh. Adyson can't wait, gonna be such a great one I can feel it! Here are some things I love about summer.

* Staying up late and sleeping in

* playing outside til dark (our subdivison is full of kids)

* playing baseball and tball

* the sound of crickets

* catching lightening bugs with my kids

* bbq's and visiting with friends

* picnics at the park

* Bluff Falls

* camping at Sam A. Baker -can you believe it? I do sleep in a tent and its so much fun!

* taking pictures of my kids playing in the river

* bike riding

* watching the kids in their little pools

* sweet tea

* Great Movies at the Theater

* Overnight trips to St. Louis

* Six Flags & City Museum trips

* Ice cream truck -even if they are 3.00 -who cares...its summer!

* Going to the Lake

* Visiting my family

* Library visits

* Late nights at Mcdonald's playland

* Snow Cone Stand yum

The list could go on and on. I am so excited!! Bring on the summer!

Please leave a comment, I am getting discouraged at the lack of comments, however I know I have alot of people visiting due to my stat counter. So I know you guys read , please don't be rude and leave a note. Even if its a "great blog" or "crappy blog" Anything would make me happy. I just need comments. Anyway I will leave you with a pic of my middle child swinging at Ady's play day at school yesterday. I love this pic, my friend Kim took it and I want to order a big one of this! Enjoy

Farm Town

Hi this is Kanon and my mommy can't blog tonight b/c she is playing farm town. Sad huh? She started this game a few days ago and she is glued to her computer chair. She does hop up from time to time to change my diaper luckily. What is farm town? Why is my Mommy stuck to her chair? Hopefully this trend will end soon so Mommy can get some sleep, she looks very tired . night night blog fans!

Not Me Monday!

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.

* Yesterday we spent the day at my parents house, Ava did not hop in the "little gator" with her cousin Lawson to take a spin. They also did not have a head on collision into a block of concrete. If that would have happened all of us grown up's standing around would have noticed right? That would have never happened....esp in our care.

* We are now the owner of a turtle named Tucker, and I would never paint his back in all different girly colors in shapes of squares right? That would be so mean and I would probably get turned in for doing so. However no way in the world would I take a picture to document such a horrid thing and then to post it on facebook? Not me, no way!!!!!!!

* I didn't go out and buy some new ammo for bribing my kids to clean and be nice to each other. However I hear there are these Kid coupons that reward them for doing things ex: cleaning, being nice to their siblings, doing what their parents ask of them. That would be such a major form of bribery, and I would never do such a thing, not in this house !

* Last night Adyson had a tooth hanging by a thread, she did not want me to pull it whatsoever, I would never be the type of parent to tell her that if she let me pull it , I would take her out for lunch this week instead of leaving her at school during noon, and I also wouldn't bribe her with a movie for the weekend. That's just not my style.

* You know those coupons mentioned above, well I would never offer my oldest daughter 2 of those coupons for cleaning my car out after school today, that would be child labor right? Not me, no way!

And I think to myself....What a Wonderful World!

What a great and beautiful weekend we had! My mom spent the night with us Friday night which is always tons of fun, gives me a chance to get some of my running done while she stays here with Kanon and Ava...Adyson almost always goes with me. Saturday we did a whole lotta nothing. Saturday night was a quiet one for me without my Ava, she stayed the night with my Mom and Dad and boy was I lost without her. I never thought I would say this but I missed her bossing me around and telling me to go get her something to drink, and her asking over and over and I will put on another Little Bear show. When it was bedtime I missed her cuddled up to me telling me "you have beautiful blue eyes Mommy". She can be the sweetest!

Today we had so much fun at my parents house in Bernie. My Brother, Sister n law and their 3 kids joined us for the afternoon. Was such a nice cool day sitting back and watching the kids play. I love days like that! Here is a pic from our visit

Eating in Nana and Papa's Patio

Luke and Ady connected at the hip!

After our afternoon there, Ady, Ava, Kanon, Luke and myself headed back to Poplar Bluff. We went to my friend Kim's house, and Adyson's friend Brandon's. We just hung out and watched the kids play. They got to jump, swing, slide, play ball and even ride the 4wheeler. It was such a great time, I look forward to hanging out with them this summer, they are such great friends! I thank God he has brought them into our lives! Here are some pictures from Kim's house.

I hope all weekends this summer can be as great as this one!

Summer is near!

Adyson has 4 1/2 days of school left this week and I couldnt be more excited. I love sleeping in with all my kiddos, waking up about 9, then deciding what we are gonna do for the day. We have a big summer planned. We are going to the beach, finishing up ball games. Gonna hang with Kim and Brandon tons, and Brandy and Sebastian on her days off. I am going to be babysitting my nephew Luke 2-3 times a week, which I am the most excited about. Adyson screamed when she found out. They truly have a bond that is like no other. I feel this summer is going to be action packed and full of great memories!!!

Please tell me what you will be doing this summer?

The Beginning & End of Life

This picture of my nephew Lawson (3) and my Great Grandmother (93) gives me chills. This really is the Beginning and End of Life! I took this picture on Mother's Day this year. Bambi has always been our rock, hopefully we will have several more years with her, but no matter how much longer she lives, the love and memories she has given us will last a life time!

Wordless Wednesday

Create Your Own


Create Your Own

Lil' Lawson

Tonight me and my friend Brandy got on the subject of how everyone always talks about who your kids look like. Have you ever noticed as soon as you have a baby that is always one of the first conversations. "he or she looks like aunt patty, or uncle bob" . It always seems that the fathers side thinks the child looks like the father or family members on that side, and the mother's family thinks the baby looks like her side. HOWEVER there is one little boy of mine named Kanon who looks just like his cousin Lawson. There is no doubt about it, their baby pics are amazing. I don't care how many times people think he looks like Uncle Frank, Aunt Joanne, Grandpa Billy Bob, they are all wrong. He looks like a Blocker, and anyone who says anything different is in denial. Check out the proof:

This one looks so much like Kanon's baby pictures its scary. Kanon had a little more hair but other than that its identical. I had showed Ady this picture a while back and she thought it was Kanon and was shocked when I told her otherwise.

Here is Lawson in the tub when he was a baby, looks just like Kanman.

I took this one on Mother's Day. We were all joking around and said these were the Triplets. Everyone always comments how much Kanon even resembles Cory. Whenenver we go see him for a Dr visit everyone in the office thinks he is a Cory look a like. They all have the Blocker forhead going, same noses, smile, eyes, even hair color. Lawson and Kanon have the same exact body build when they were babies, and even dance alike...it is quite amusing but there is no other baby I would rather him look like. I am proud of my handsome little nephew, I guess it runs in the family!

Ok...I feel better now..had to get that out of my system. That has been a pet peeve of mine since I have had kids. I had once heard on a tv show, if you want to know who your baby looks like ask the cashier at Walmart, isnt that the truth! Adyson definately looks like the Kingree's... Ava looks more like a mixture between her Mommy & Daddy and like I said Kanon is 100% my side, whenever I hear anything other I just laugh to myself. So the moral of the story is, if you feel the need to tell me my son looks like anyone else, please don't because its so silly and drives me insane. Ok to end the night I got some new pics of my little man. I was so proud of these pics , here they are, and THANKS Brandy for my new Layout, you rock chick.

Awww This one is my all-time Fav..I picture this one HUGE on canvas!

A breakdown in the park, a guy can only handle so many pictures.

Kanon kept running away from me and at this point I was saying "Kanon come back here" and this was his reaction haha.

The end :)

I have the greatest!!!!

Mother that is.... No for real, she belongs to me! I know I know ..everyone says their Mother is the greatest in all the land, however I really belong to the greatest. She lives in the state of Missouri and is the grandmother to 6 beautiful kiddos. She is the hardest worker I have ever met and has the kindest heart ever. My mom is my best friend in the whole wide world, and that will never change!!!! She has always stuck by my side, made sure I had the best of everything, spoiled me completely rotten in my younger years, and would break her back to help me do anything I asked. I feel so blessed to have her in my life, to be able to spend time with her and share my children with her. We have so much fun together and I look forward to every moment we get to spend together. We love you so much Nana!!!!

How can I end this post without mentioning my 3 blessings from God. Adyson , Ava & Kanon...you have brought so much joy and happiness to my life and I look forward to all the fun times we will get to have in the future. I can't imagine my life without you guys....I mean really...what did I do before you 3 were here? I can't imagine not waking up to Kanon staring at me, well more like screaming at me to go get him a bottle. How could I go to sleep at night without a hug from Ava and her telling me that I am her best friend in the world? and how could my afternoons be complete without Adyson running in the door from school hugging my neck and showing me all her work she has completed and aced! I have had so many laughs, tears, and fun times with you 3, I can't thank God enough for choosing me to be your mommy!!!!

Before I was a Mom...

Before I was a Mom, I never tripped over toys or forgot words to a lullaby.

I didn't worry whether or not my plants were poisonous.

I never thought about immunizations.

Before I was a Mom, I had never been puked on.

Pooped on. Chewed on. Peed on.

I had complete control of my mind and my thoughts.

I slept all night.

Before I was a Mom, I never held down a screaming child so doctors could do tests.

Or give shots.

I never looked into teary eyes and cried.

I never got gloriously happy over a simple grin.

I never sat up late hours at night watching a baby sleep.

Before I was a Mom, I never held a sleeping baby just because I didn't want to put her down.

I never felt my heart break into a million pieces when I couldn't stop the hurt.

I never knew that something so small could affect my life so much.

I never knew that I could love someone so much.

I never knew I would love being a Mom.

Before I was a Mom, I didn't know the feeling of having my heart outside my body..

I didn't know how special it could feel to feed a hungry baby.

I didn't know that bond between a mother and her child.

I didn't know that something so small could make me feel so important and happy.

Before I was a Mom, I had never gotten up in the middle of the night every 10 minutes to make sure all was okay.

I had never known the warmth, the joy, the love, the heartache, the wonderment or the satisfaction of being a Mom.

I didn't know I was capable of feeling so much, before I was a Mom .

Thank you God for giving me Adyson, Ava & Kanon. They are the best blessings I have ever been given and I will cherish every day...hour...and minute that I have with them.

"Look at me...I could be...Centerfield!"

You know its ball season when it won't stop raining enough so we can have practices and games! I love ball season, love the weather *usually*, love watching the little ones sit out on the field playing in the dirt, love when they hit the ball then have no idea where to run to, and best of all is when the ball is hit and the whole infield and outfield come and tackle the ball...its great! I have always had a love of the game since I was 6. I played pee wee league, little league and then in High School. I never got tired of the practices and the games, I just love the sport so much!!!! I am so happy that Adyson is really getting into it this year. She is playing first base for the Cubs this year! I am so proud of her, she is really doing a great job and making her mama so proud! She has always had a good arm on her , even when she was Ava's age. Hopefully Ady will get to play her first game tomorrow night, RAIN RAIN STAY AWAY!!!

Ava played her first game last night, Cubs vs. Dodgers. How confusing...two teams, the same color shirts, made it very confusing for the little kids, and even us at times.. hard to keep up with the little 3 year olds. I was very proud of our team, they did great for what little practice we have had. They acted like true ball players and made their parents very proud! If you have facebook you can check out my album FULL of pictures from the big game. If you don't add me, just search Sarah Kingree, its that easy! If you don't have facebook boy are you missing out! I had told Ava if she got the ball I would let her play on the slide after the game, well she had tried and tried and finally got her hands on the ball and immediately had the biggest smile and ran back to me and showed me the ball. I was screaming "AVA AVA THROW IT TO FIRST" haha . She was so proud she wanted to be sure that I knew she touched the ball. So she got to slide, not once, not twice, but 3 times!!! It was a very good night!

Kanon has had a bad day today, he has a mystery rash that has appeared all over his legs and a little on his belly. He has had some tummy problems and just so fussy!!! He got to take a trip with me to Krogers tonight to get some groceries and he is my little sweetheart. I love our one on one times together, even if its late night grocery shopping, or a trip out to check the mail. As he was sitting in the cart he starting doing peek a boo. It is the cutest thing in the whole world, I will capture it on video so I can post it on here, its too cute for words so I must show you !!!

OK OK enough gushing over my kids. Life is good, my kids are constantly making me proud. I am looking forward to summer so my kids and I can have lots of fun playing outside, playing in the water, hanging out with friends, and best of all our beach trip! I am attaching some pics of Ava's game hope you enjoy! Leave me comments, I love when you guys comment on my posts!

Not me! Monday

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.

Ok... so this s my first go round with the Not Me Monday, so here it is, my week "not me" style!

* I did not feed my baby boy chocolate chip mini muffins for breakfast, how totally unhealthy would that be ?

* McDonalds was not consumed at our house 3 times during the weekend, only home cooked meals for my kiddos!

* While shopping in St. Louis I completely looked past all the boy clothes, didn't buy Kanon 12 new outfits, that would be so insane...I mean he already has a whole closet full...what kind of shop-a-holic maniac would that make me?

*I did not call my friend (who I will refer to as K) and rant and rave over all the stresses running through my brain at the moment, we did not speak bad about no one, no how!

*I did not talk to my friend (who I will refer to as BRANDY) online and be evil and talk bad about people, thats just not what we do ..is it BRANDY?

* I did not have any late night snacks with Ava this week that consisted of Strawberries and Sugar hehe

* I did not throw all my junk and dirty clothes into closets, under the bed, and into drawers when my realtor called and said they wanted to show my house. I don't clean that way...I am a clean freak!

* I did not buy Ava a webkinz figurine, a book, candy and a soda tonight a Hastings just b/c she kept telling me how much she loved me...

* I did not jump for joy when I found out the games were cancelled for tonight, if that ever happened it would only be for the fact that we need practice before we play a game!

* I did not end this NOT ME MONDAY because I wanted to return to gossip talk with Brandy...no not me, I don't subject myself to that :)

Boy that was loads of fun :) Maybe next time I won't have to think so hard. Now that Monday is out of the way, it is onto the rest of the week. I have never been a Monday hater like the rest of the world, I guess that's because my job as a stay at home mommy allows Mondays to be like Fridays or Wednesdays ..you get the picture? I actually like weekdays better than weekends at times b/c we are HOME ALONE and get the TV to ourself and if we choose to go shop...the malls are less crowded :) Always thinking like a shopper. We were supposed to have our 6-7 year old game tonight, however the rain has kept us from playing for a week now. I love ball and love watching my kids play ball but we are in serious need of a practice, which we will be having WEDNESDAY -yah cubbies! Ava's team has a game tomorrow night, she is in the 3 year old league so I am not as worried about them. They don't keep score, don't strike out, its pretty much just for fun and laughs. Anywhoooo I must continue on with my MSN'ing tonight and my facebook duties. Catch ya tomorrow!

Reality Bytes- Room/office Edition

Ok so we lied when when said we would do this every tuesday night, how about just when we think about it? Does that sound more realistic? Well tonight ladies and gents I am going to show you where I work and lay my head at night, and where my kids are piled up on top of me at night as well. Here it is.... my favorite room in the house...my room!

Here is the portable crib that stays right beside my bed. Kanon takes his naps in his own room and own bed but at night time I have to have him right beside me. I know I know a little crazy, but hes only gonna be my baby for a little bit longer, I love having him close to me.


Here is my stack of External Harddrives. This is where I store all my clients files and mine too. This goes back to 2001, lots and lots of memories in those metal boxes.


Here is Ava all ready for bed, the dinosaur pillow is her, Ady's is the pink one, they both get to sleep with me tonight, usually its just Ava. My bed is a king size, however doesnt look king from this angle. I got it for Christmas and its the softest most comfortable bed in the world, I promise ya!!!



Here is the humming that keeps me resting good at night, and breathing good. My humidifier...I purchased this for the sound only, when I sleep I have to have some kind of noise going and it cant be tv noise.


Random junk in a wicker organizer thing...doesnt look like it helped out too much.


A lens probably wondering where his body went.

Where my butt is planted so many hours out of the day. Alot of editing, ordering and playing on facebook is done here. Oh and some serious shopping as well!!!


My 42 inch tv, I figured since I spend alot of time in my room I needed a huge TV. As you can see Little Bear is playing so Ava gets to enjoy this the most.


Well I hope you liked my room, nothing too fancy but it is indeed cozy. I love everything about it! Stay tuned to the next reality bytes, I think we will be journying into the kids rooms, now that will be horrifying!!!!!!

"I was a-splishn and a-splashn"

Splish Splash I was takin a bath
Long about a Saturday night, yeah
Rub a dub, just a relaxin in the tub
Thinkin' everything was alright

Well, I stepped out of the tub, put my feet on the floor,
I wrapped the towel around me
And I opened the door, and then
Splish, Splash! I jumped back in the bath



Well how was I to know there was a party going on!!



They was a-splishn' and a-splash'n,
Reelin' with the feelin', movin and a-groovin,
Rockin and a-rollin - yeah!