They All Call Me Mom

my kid lists

Having many children is such a blessing, and I sure do love our large family…but one of the harder things for me is making sure that every one of them  gets the attention that he/she needs and deserves.  Each night before I fall asleep it’s become a habit of mine to do a mental recap […]

changes.

Okay, so pretty soon my blog will have a new name.  The “mommy nine times” just isn’t working for me anymore.  It hasn’t for a while now, but I’m finally doing something about it. Why the change?  Well for one thing if we are to be factual, I am the mother of ten, not  nine […]

counting down….

I can’t believe 2010 will be over soon!    Just one more day left in this year.  Wow. So how will I be spending New Year’s Eve?  Well, tomorrow night I will be in the comforts of my own home, surrounded by seven of my nine children (Afton and Anthony have plans, and Rich will […]

SWAGGER WAGON — This makes me laugh!

Just in case there are people out there who have NOT seen this yet, I’m posting it here.  I laugh everytime I watch it!  I would love to take my family and do some kind of music video like this, something funny.  Too bad I’m not that creative! **Be sure to scroll down and stop […]

playing catch-up

Okay, so where have I been? I’m so behind on my blog!  I’m such a lame blogger lately.  Even now I don’t have much time so I’ll just do a short little post with photos.     Aria was happy on this day because she had one of those necklaces made of candy, and she was mighty […]

Spread Love

Spread love everywhere you go: first of all in your own house. Give love to your children, to your wife or husband, to a next door neighbor… Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God’s kindness; kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness […]

Quick Update

I keep meaning to do a blog post but just can never seem to find the time.  I, the notorious insomniac-by-choice-no-sleep-necessary-just-call-me-a-Cullen, has been going to bed at 9:00pm and sleeping until 7:00am for the past three or four days, which totally cuts into my blog time.  But wow, it feels good to sleep!  Who woulda […]

Even though.

Tonight after dinner, I thought we would do something fun before bedtime.  Even though we had a very late dinner and all I wanted was for the day to end.Even though I was dead-tired and really just wanted to get everyone into bed. Even though I had a major headache. Even though I had just finished cleaning […]

Just call me vain

See that ugly brown spot on my face?  Would you believe that’s known as an AGE SPOT.  Yes, that’s what they call it. So that means it’s true:  I am aging. Crap. Anyway, this spot bothered me so much….that I had it frozen off. So here’s the new and improved me, sans age spot: This is […]

Someone new

My niece was born today!  Jillian Claire is what they named her.  Isn’t that pretty? Finally!  I can tell people the name. My kids have been bugging me for weeks!  “What’s Auntie Kelly going to name the baby?”  they’d ask.  And I’d say,”I don’t know….”and they’d say, “Yes, you do!  Tell us!”   Ugh.  Glad that’s […]

I am the coffee bean.

Carrots, Eggs & Coffee A carrot, an egg, and a cup of coffee….You will never look at a cup of coffee the same way again. A young woman went to her mother and told her about her life and how things were so hard for her. She did not know how she was going to […]

Piano Lessons

When do you let your child quit something?  I’m having a hard time letting Avery (9) quit her piano lessons.  I know that she enjoys playing, but what she doesn’t like is having to practice 15 minutes a day.  I personally don’t think 15 minutes a day is that much, but it’s like pulling teeth with her.  […]

To close or not to close…that is the question

I don’t like watching scary movies.  I never have. They freak me out completely.  After seeing The Silence of the Lambs, I slept with the light on for about 10 days.  I am a wimp with scary movies. When I was growing up, my best friend LOVED scary movies.  I used to work at a video […]

My Bum is Bum’n but My Feet are Run’n

Yesterday I had a riding lesson. It was the first time I’ve ridden a horse since I got pregnant with Aria, so it’s been well over two years.  I’d say my first day “back in the saddle” went fairly well….except I couldn’t keep my feet in the stirrups. The reason?  I was in my tennis shoes instead of my riding boots.   […]

Booked

I did it.  I booked myself a weekend in October for a stay at my favorite scrapbook retreat.  I’m so excited! The last time I went there was two years ago, a couple months before Aria’s birth.  So it’s been a while.  It will be so nice to see Christine again.  She is the one […]

My Own Space

This morning Rich and I woke up very early because Afton had to be at the church by 6:30am in order to catch her bus for camp.  We left the house at 6:00am, which meant I was up at 5:30am (::::yawn::::I’m so not a morning person!)   But we got her there on time (how could […]

40+

I have now entered the 40+ years.  I guess I could have said that last year when I turned 40.  But, you know, that year was titled the BIG FOUR OH  and it was sorta special because of that.  But 41?  There’s not too much special about that number, except now I am officially a […]