dinner conversation

This was one of our dinner conversations tonight:

Hannah: Smoking is bad for your body.
Dad: Who taught you that?
Hannah: Mom.
Dad: Oh.
Hannah: Sydney and I saw a man smoking at the church.
Dad: At the church?
Hannah: He was outside the church.
Dad: At the church??
Hannah: He was smoking in his car.
Dad: At the church???
Hannah: He was by himself smoking in his car.
Dad: At the church???
Hannah: HE WAS DRIVING BY THE CHURCH!!
Dad: oh.

Conversation #2

Megan: Watch what I can do....
Hannah: Well watch what I can do.....
Mom: Can you do this?....
Dad: (after he couldn't do it) Girls, your mother is crazy.

Well, I am always saying that I don't have time to maintain my blog - but - if my friends who have 6 kids, their own business, church callings & "extra-curricular activities" can do it, SO CAN I!!
These pics are from Christmas - I haven't uploaded any more recent.


Lets see, since my last Blog....I had TWINS! Mary Ann: 6 lbs, 9 oz & Michael Jr.:5 lbs 1 oz.
They are such good babies....I would have preferred them come one at a time, but that being said, they are good babies.
Some days I feel like I am totally on top of everything - the laundry is done, the bathrooms cleaned. Then the next day is total chaos and I can't remember my own name or the names of my children.

I have been surprised lately by the trials of others. People that I know are fighting cancer, divorcing, facing gambling or pornography problems, bankruptcy, grieving the loss of a loved one, etc... When I think of these people I ache for them, and almost feel guilty about the blessings that I have received. I know that I will need to endure my share of trials, but the trials of others seem so much greater than mine. They seem so much stronger than I could ever be. I admire them.

"Mom....Im ready for church!"