Is it possible???

Can it really be? Do I really have 2 posts in a single day? Well lest any of you think I have acquired new hours to my day I will just tell you that I am completely ignoring my children. We just got back from the gym, I smell like a locker room, I am eating a bowl of Cinnamon Toast Crunch (I know, I know, I just went to the gym for an hour of gruelling aerobics so I could eat not one, but two bowls of sugary cereal that daddy bought knowing full well that we don't buy sugar cereal but he got it because it was less sugar that Raisin Bran and therefore was doing good by the kids).
The older boys are playing Legos in my closet, Titus is trying to get beyond the locked door that keeps him away from said boys and their Legos and the girls are upstairs probably playing the tons of Polly Pockets that we came home from Texas with. It's nice having young cousins who have way too many toys and grow out of them to consequently give them to my kids! We had so many Polly Pockets that we supplied our house, my mom's house and Eden's friend Abby, and they all still had more than any one girl needs.
While they are busy running rampant I will try and post another entry and eventually get through the month and a half that I am behind. Seriously you all, you must manage time better, think faster, clean sooner and visit with your hubbies earlier than me to have time to keep up with those blogs out there...either that or you never watch TV. That's the only thing I can think of. It's frustrating not keeping up but when..? I'm losing my mommy of the year status as I type. What? You didn't know that was my title?
Ok, so this next post is from July 4th weekend...forever ago, but important nonetheless.

Tim bought a bunch of fireworks and once we got the kids ready for bed, we went outside to light them up. They were so excited, as you can imagine!

I thought it was funny how Titus nearly jumped out of his skin here.Just before it started getting dark, I took a picture of the smoky haze across the front of the yard. It looked more like a morning fog or the opening scene for a Twilight Zone or something. Once it finally did get dark we got to really see some pretty colors, but the kids didn't care either way! They were thrilled to be lighting fires and not getting in trouble for it.
Lots and lots of smoke.
Makes for neat pictures, or at least I think so.

So the main reason for going to the farm so quickly after getting back from Texas was to go to Tim's grandparent's house to be at church on that Sunday to see his granddad become a member of their church. This was a weekend to remember as Tim's granddad had to become a christian before joining the church, something many of us have been praying about and talking to him about for years. All in God's timing, right!?!
Rarely do we catch good glimpses of granddad smiling and so I really like this picture. The pastor brought them in front of the church to pray with them and explain all that had happened in the weeks leading up to this day.

This was so cute. One of the deacons had just taken prayer requests or praises and then started to pray for them. If you can hear me, I am just trying to get her to close her eyes for prayer...the looks on her face are, to this proud mama, adorable and priceless as she tries to close her eyes.

If you look carefully you will see what finally dawned on me to be a funnel cloud. This is the first I have ever seen and it was taken on the way home from the farm. Way cool. Nothing like Dorothy's, but cool for us 'Bodas.