Cute little Kael asleep curled up to his blankie sucking his thumb. Is there anything cuter than that. What an angel.

Happy little Kael playing with his toys and making a mess. Isn't that what babies are supposed to do?


This is 'beautiful' Adara with her hair up. It's been quite a fight to get her to keep her hair up. When I reminded her how beautiful her hair was she would leave it alone. She is such a doll.

Forgive the messy table, but we were having a fondue party. A little bit of healthy with a little of sugar is a hit and makes you not feel so guilty. Our kids had so much fun......and made a mess. It was great!! Can you tell Mom needed a little chocolate......what a heavenly remedy for women.

This is Adara's collage so she won't forget Jesus and her Daddy.

This is Liam's collage so he won't forget Daddy. It's also a reminder that Jesus takes care of Daddy and us while he's away.

I was out planting roses so I put the tent up to keep the kids entertained. Otherwise, they would destroy the house while I was outside. It was fun for all. Even, little Kael.

Thanks for coming to our blog. It's alway fun to brag about how cute our kids are and show off some of the big events that happen to us. The biggest thing is, simply, that Daddy (Ray) gets to see pictures of his family while he is away serving our country. We are proud of his efforts and can't wait to see him again. We love you Ray.
Liam and some of his birthday presents. Boats, of coarse. Off to the right is little Zhane. He is Jessica and Aaron's foster child. We were celebrating his birthday along with Liam's. Hopefully, he will become part of the family soon.

Pinata time!! Jessica is beating the pirate ship pinata (Liam loves boats) and the kids are going crazy to fill their bags. Of coarse, they had to stop every now and then for a little snack.

Jessica, Grayson, Brenden, some man with a Jaguar on his head, Liam, Adara, and Jan. We went to the World Aquarium in Dallas. It was awesome. There were fish (duh!), a rainforest, penguins and even a Jaguar. Hence, the outfit above. We even saw a gigantic manatee.......you know a sea cow. We thought it was a giant bolder in the water until it moved and started chomping on a log. The snout gave him away.

This is Liam trying to explain what happened to his shoe. Notice his feet. One shoe is gone. Yea, gone to the ducks and other odd birds in the pond. Liam stuck his foot in between the rails and his shoe slid off when he pulled his foot back. It was annoying, but funny. He had to walk through the rest of the Zoo without a shoe.

While up in Tyler, Tx we went to the Zoo. Aunt Jessica , Brenden, Grayson and Adara are trying to pet the runaway goat. Adara had to work hard to keep up.

Jan and Kael with Grandma Wallace at the jumper place. We are just passing time while the kids burn themselves out. Boy it will be easy to put the kids down when bed time come.

Grandma Wallace and Auntie Delaina brought Grayson and Brenden over to play. We had a alot of fun and nonstop chaos. The kids are great especially with partners in crime.

Adara at the jumper place.

I wanted a picture of all the kids together and it turned into a tickle fest. It looks like Kael is a part of it too. He's just excited about the attention he's getting from Adara. She loves to talk to the baby and play with him now that he can respond. Even if it's just his cute smile. Liam was so excited because he got Kael to laugh the other day. It was so cute.

The box frenzy never ends. Donelle sent us some clothes for Adara in a rather large box. Thanks!! Now, my kids will have another couple days of endless entertainment. It doesn't last more than that since jumping on the box eventually becomes more exciting than being in it.

There is nothing like a square bottom with rounded edges. Kael can sit by himself, but not for long because he hasn't quite got a grasp on balancing to stay there. Solution=pillows behind him.

Kael is learning new things now........most importantly, how to put everything into his mouth. He is 4 1/2 months old.

This is me and cute little Kael. He is a giant 4 month old. He weighs 19.8 lbs and is 25 1/2 inces long. He's wearing 6-9 mo clothes and they are about to get packed away because he's getting too long for most of them. He is very good natured and, thankfully, pacient. I love this little man.

Believe it or not. This is a box. A very big box. We thought that other box was cool, but this takes the cake. Our washer broke and was too expensive to fix, so we had to buy a new one. Thankfully, it comes with a childs playground too.

The kids went wild over this box. It is now in pieces, but at least it served more than one purpose.

Yeah, I'm cool. I'm the shasnizzle yo.

Liam and I made a valentines box for him to take to school. He had fun with the glue and stickers, but enjoyed the candy more when he brought the box back home.

Explanatin for the hot dog is below. I'm having trouble with the blog.

This is Adara in her "beautiful dress". She has discovered princesses and always wants to wear a dress now. She loves Cinderella and tries to twirl around like her.........she even looks for shoes to act like glass slipperes. It's fun to watch her. I just hope it doesn't end up being an obsession. She also let me put her hair up for the first time. She had to understand that it was beautiful too

How do you like my happy hot dog? I bet none of you knew how much hot dogs like to be eaten. I warmed up my hotdog and was ready to eat when I noticed the mark of masticated satisfaction. Whenever I buy hotdogs Adara faithfully tries to eat them before I can get to the check-out. This is one of the nicer results.

Poor little Adara had pink eye last week. I thought this picture would show how bad it got, but it doesn't. Her eyes looked like scabs, so I finally took her to the doctor. Sick kids are so much fun to be around.......I'm being sarcastic.

Our little valentines party. We made a small heart cake and decorated it with m&m's. The kids loved it. Little Adara was just starting the flu. I didn't know at the time, but for those who have noticed the nose that's why it's shiney.

Adara found Aunt Megan's glasses. Maybe I can aquire superhero vision through these.


"I LOVE THE BOX!!"



There isn't a playground more entertaining than an uncle and a box. "Do it again Uncle Dave!!"

This is our endless fight to keep Adara out from behind the TV. She's going to break something one of these days.







Adara is trying to be like Liam. His underwear are over her diaper if you can't tell.






Adara was watching Liam put his underwear on so she decided to try it............on the head.




Kael found his hands a month ago and always chews on it.............then, he found his thumb.





Liam put his shorts on Adara. I finally found out why she has been wanting to wear his clothes all the time.



Adara likes to help Kael drink from his bottle. Usually, that's because, if it seems he doesn't want it, she will take of with that bottle and drink it. Sly little begger. She is also wearing Liam's pajamas. For some reason his clothes are more exciting than hers right now.






"Where is the shark, Nemo jumper!!!" Poor Liam cried for an hour because his favorite jumper didn't fit in this building.
Adara is having a ton of fun with the new jumper set up.


Liam and Adara at the inflatable funland. They closed to move locations and finally reopened. These two were extatic.













This is cute little Kael trying to calm himself down and go to sleep. He found his thumb. I'm not sure that's a good thing. Hopefully, he doesn't make it too much of a habit. Aaahhh!!

I appologize for my inability to create a well thought out blog. I'm an exhausted mom of three little people. That takes about all the energy and brain power I have. The pictures are out of order and probably confusing, but at least they are here. I just wanted my sweetheart to have a quick way of seeing his children every now-and-then while he's bravely serving our country in Iraq. I love you, Ray.



This is cute, little Kael laughing when I change him. I love when babies do that.

Liam's new toy. What little boy doesn't want to be part of the fast and the furious? This is as close as he can get at the age of three.


Uncle Dave and the kids had a lot of fun playing with the shaker cars. He got them all crazy over it. They have really taken to him. Adara can be stand off-ish, but not to uncle Dave.


New Year's day we went outside, made smores and lit fireworks. Liam loved the fire so much it was literally a fight to drag him back in the house. I didn't realize how much bigger and stronger he has gotten. I really did have a hard time carrying him in the house. Check David's blog for the fireworks pictures. He got some really good ones. www.dmjolley.blogspot.com


Look!! Uncle Matt is home. Let's open his presents too. Liam and Adara had to help Matt open his presents when he arrived on the 29th.

This would be Adara and Zoey and thier mischief. When no one is looking they attack whatever is around. Those are all of grandma's disney movies all over. They are so much fun to sit on. You've gotta try it.





What's christmas without gingerbread cookies?





This is the spider frenzy. Dave found a spider and was trying to get a close up picture of it. He did, but all the kids had to come and help. It took a couple of tries after the kids threw sand on the spider multiple times.


Liam was trying to bury himself. How often does he get that chance. Our yard has grass with only rocks under it. Not too much fun once you get past the first 6 inches.


Aren't Uncle's used for work? David, so generously, gave up some time to go outside and dig a trench for the kiddies. Megan and I helped too. The kids loved it and the bath tub was filled with dirt at the end of the day. Sorry, mom. I hope it doesn't clog the pipes. We were just grateful to have a nice warm day where the kids could go outside and play and not get sick.

Isn't this the best site you've ever seen. She loves dirt. Need I say more. And yes, she eats it too.



Christmas was tons of fun at Grandma and Grandpa Jolley's house. On Christmas morning we did a lot of present openeing. Liam and Adara felt it their duty to help everyone else open their presents once theirs were done. It was nice of the others to allow the kids to help.






Adara got the Dora tree house and Diego's rescue center. Her and Zoey had fun with those.




Christmas was a lot of fun for all of the kids. Liam got the shaker car race track and him and the others wore the batteries out in one day.








Adara and Zoey, partners in crime. At grandma Jolley's, these two kept disappearing and finding the most hidden of treasures and bunk beds to jump on. They found everyones christmas candy and ocassionally came out with a toy. If the wrapers in the hall and every bedroom didn't say enough. These two also hate clothes. It's amazing if we can keep, at least, their shirt on for half a day. When Zoey went home Adara still kept it up. Uncle David found snicker wrapers and pieces of snickers candy under his covers. What a sweet surprise he found that night. It came from his stocking too. I hope he didn't want that. We'll send you more if you would like Dave.





This shirt is, simply, to show the world how much she loves her Daddy and the color pink. She is definately a Daddy's girl. Even though he's gone for the time being, she talks about him all the time.










Yippeeee, I found the perfect shirt for little Adara. She is in the terrible two stage and it just steadily gets worse. She is the tantrum queen and emotional, like girls tend to be. I found this shirt and had to get it. Luckily, she loves crabs too. It is now only a month old and looks more ragged than most of her other clothes. Maybe she likes it too much.