In class

it's frightening..!!!!

Proud Mama

Chaz had 2 tball I today...and at each game he played 3rd base... and actually made 2 outs..... go chaz... He is trying really hard to stay focused and listen to his coach... which for him is, HUGE...haha.. last year he was in the outfield.. playing in the dirt.. crazy... what a difference a season makes...

Randi has Cheerleading tryouts coming up this week..ahhh.. I pray she does well and makes it...

my spring break has officially ended and it's back to school for me... I am so ready for this semester to be over.. so I can start my classes at the University of South Alabama...

I stood in line at midnight last night and received my copy of New Moon... Let's just say I have watched it 3 times... since last night... and want to watch it again..

but

I am so tired and worn out from being at the ball park all day.. so I guess I will have to go..to bed and get some sleep..

good night everyone..

1 word wednesday....

Tired.

Happy Birthday Chaz!

Well.. the baby of the family is 5 years old... hard to believe.. he is so precious to us.... he is 100% boy.. ...no doubt about it..

He loves his daddy

more than me

ha!

He loves the outdoors

adores baseball

tractors

monster trucks

football

fried bologna sandwiches

yuck

I know... eww

I do not cook them... his dad does

we had a quiet celebration at home with our immediate family.

cake, candles, ice cream, presents the whole bit.

I did take a few pics... but the camera died.. but,

I will upload a few of the ones I took.

later today.

for now,

I have a couple of tests to take online for Biology

wish me luck.

Kelly

well I know its side ways...but you get the point... this is the younger kids at Christmas... we were at Ashley's house... for the Barnett Christmas party...

T-Ball time again

It's that time of year... Tball practice has started... Chaz loves to play... and this year... he seems to be a little more focused.... which is a good thing... :) His 5th birthday is tomorrow... I can't believe it.... Time has flown by... I can still remember him in the NICU... weighing just 3 pounds and 7 ounces... he was tiny.. and now.. he is very tall for his age... and a very outdorsey kind of kid.. he loves to be with his dad... learning how to fix and build things... he has a very large vocabulary and an understanding of those words.. This morning he used the word Dissolve... and knew what it meant... impressive for his age....

He will be going to "big" school this fall at JE Turner......

On to other things...

Brynli and Kyli have decided to do baton this time.... they will finish in may... then I think kyli wants to do dance.. I don't know about Brynli... we will have to see..

Randi has cheerleading tryouts in 2 weeks.. as well spring formal....

I have been accepted to the University of South Alabama for the summer term.. I am excited and and scared at the same time... I have enjoyed my time at Bishop State and have learned alot... but it is time to move on... and start taking classes that pertain to my major.. I only have about 2 years left... woohoo..

thats about all I have for an update... I will post pics soon...

4 months??

already... goodness... I have really go to try and do a bit better between posts...
My life is so busy at the moment... ( well every moment really)
I will update you though.


november... I was able to go and hang with my sistahs in Louisana for a scrapbook convention.. one of my bffs was able to come home from utah to be with us.. we had a great time.....
Thanksgiving... was not our convetional thanksgiving... 2 of the kids were vomiting ...1 was fine... 1 was staying the night off, so we just told her to stay with her aunt until everyone was feeling better... Maddie was in MS.. and Cole as well..

me and a few sistahs were able to sneak away and catch the new moon movie at midnight.. It was awesome!! everything I thought it would be..

Christmas was great... spent it with the family...Maddie even came home to be with us.. The only one missing was my cole man... I missed him terrible... ( the kids looked for him the whole christmas break... because he told them he would be home ... ) So sad... the kids really wanted to see him.. especially chaz..

MY school semester ended with a 4.0..

January brought with it a new school semester... taking biology. math 110 and american lit...
I tis keeping me very busy.... not alot of time to do anything..

Randi's cheer season is for the most part over.. tryouts are in march... and we are looking forward to it....She really loves cheerleading.. it is her thing!

Chaz is still enjoying school... He hates when the school is closed for any reason.. I am hoping he likes big school that much..:)

The most exciting news I have to share is I received my official acceptance letter from The university of South Alabama.... I am very excited.. I will start there in the fall... woohoo... I cried when I got the letter in the mail... I know it is cheesy... but I did..... In that one moment.... any doubt I had in myself ... went away.....

a few things I am looking forward to:

The Ipad goes on sale real soon.. I will have one...

school ends may 11 ( my anniversary)

Kyli's 7th birthday feb
Chaz's 5th birthday mar
Kenley's 10th birthday apr

I guess that is it for now.. I will try and update more often... but ... between work and school ... its hard to find the time.


kelly

Halloween already?

Happy Halloween! This year we are doing something a bit different... we are not trick or treating. We have decided to spend our Halloween evening at the fair... Yes, ,I know.. it is almost a sin not to let the kids dress up and troll down the streets hollerin trick or treat..but, we decided that since we had fair tickets left and we don't let the kids have the candy anyway... we would forego the neighborhood tromp and hit the fair...

We love love love the fair and have never missed a year in 13 year.. except once when we went to Disney world.... Sean and I love fair food... corndogs, candy apples, pizza, euros, steak sandwichies, taco salads, funnel cakes....all of it.. I think we spend about 200 on fair food for us and the kids each year.

this year.... we are only taking 4 of the kids.. the older two are in Mississsippi... Madeline is working and well...Cole and I have not spoken since april 30th.... The only reason I even know of his whereabouts is maddie saw him riding his skateboard down hwy 49 the other day.. sad.... I miss him.. the kids miss him.... he will be 16 in a few weeks.. ( hard to believe) It makes me so sd to even think of him....

However , the fair just isint the same without them.

dont eat too much candy yall

more pics of our crazy life.

we spend alot of time in the car lately... going from place to place... the kids are used to running everywhere. so we don't usually have any problems with fighting... As you can see chaz has started preschool and loves it! the bottom pic is from a field trip I went on with him to see Horton hears a who at the theatre. I think he enjoyed the bus ride more.:)

going at it full force!

RAndi loves cheering at her school. I can't believe how big she is now... goodnesss....
here is Kayleigh and Randi our teams played each other.. so I got some pics of them together....
the cat in the hat....

another of randi cheering at the causey game.

where has this boy gone? I miss him. Alot. if only he could see the truth for what it is.....

first football game

Brynli Kyli and chaz have been practicing for their first game. It has been hectic to say the least... I have also been working the office alot more for sean, as well as going to school full time. not to mention Randi cheering ather school.. I am very busy and have been to tired to blog.. but here is a collection of photos of the kids' first game... GO COLTS!

i know... I know...

I have been absent for a while... just trying to enjoy the summer with the kiddos..... I have recently joined my husbands company full time, so that he can pursue his dream of becoming a police officer.So, until he graduates from the academy, the office is where I will be. I am going to take a few online classes so that I don't get far behind with my dream of graduating college. Also this summer Randi and I went to Tuscaloosa for cheer camp. I had a great time with a few other moms who stayed behind... We were only allowed to see the girls at night for an hour but it was so fun. We are gearing up to start school again in August. I have enrolled chaz in preschool. so I won't have anymore babies at home with me... A little bittersweet, but Chaz is ready to meet some new friends. I will post again soon with pictures.....

have a great night...
kelly

OK... so I have been a little busy....

this is what my life has been like these past couple of months...... t-ball,cheerleading, haircuts, college, end of the year parties and teachers gifts... and finally softball... yes, I have a very busy life... but I wouldn't have it any other way.....

saying goodbye..

Sucks.

sometimes the hardest
part of being
a mom
is realizing that
there is nothing
that can be done
to keep a child
close to you..
when they make
it very obvious
that they do not want to
be a part of your life.
so I am saying goodbye
to my boy... I love him..
but I can't take his abusive
nature nor his dad's abuse..
so... here I sit...
trying to make
sense of it all...
but to no avail.
I hope he
will be happy..
and
one day
he will realize
that I did the best
I could.
he may be 20 or 30 or 50...
but.. he will need me long before I
need him..

I am asking for
all of my family
and friends to pray
that God would
lead him in the right
direction. that he will
remember being in'
church and the teachings
of christ our Lord.
and though he may stray..
and turn his back on
his Father in Heaven...all he will have to
do is turn around and pray
for forgivness...

Lord... Please be with my
boy.... guide him and watch him..
touch his heart and his life...
In Jesus' precious name
I pray Amen.

Happy Birthday Sweet Angel

Today is Roger Kenley's 9th birthday. He is celebrating in the arms of our Heavenly Father. It was 9 years ago today that Kenley came into this world at 4 pounds and 3 ounces and very sick. he fought a hard fight, but much to our sadness he was called home to play in the streets of gold and rest in the arms of Jesus 2 days later on April 28th. Not a day goes by that I don't think of him. I wonder what he would look like. Would he have curly hair like kyli's or red hair like chazs'? Would he play ball or would he skate board like Cole? I miss him and wish I could have had more time with him. Time to bathe him and smell his sweet head. To kiss him goodnight or play ball with him. At the time of Kenley's death there was a song on the radio that played called " one more day" by Diamond Rio, everytime I hear it I think of him... I thought I would share the lyrics with you.

ONE MORE DAY

Last night I had a crazy dream A wish was granted just for me, It could be for anything I didn't ask for money Or a mansion in malibu I simply wished, for one more day with you

Chorus One more day One more time One more sunset, maybe I'd be satisfied But then again I know what it would do Leave me wishing still, for one more day with you

First thing I'd do, is pray for time to crawl Then I'd unplug the telephone And keep the tv off I'd hold you every second Say a million I love you's That's what I'd do. With one more day with you

Chorus

Leave me wishing still for one more day

Leave me wishing still for one more day

it is so beatiful..... it still brings tears to my eyes even after 9 years.

I know that Kenley's death was not in vain. God knew what was gonna happen before he came into this world and while he didn't grant me a miracle with Kenley.... He blessed me with 3 more beautiful babies.... for which I couldn't live without. His death also brought SEan and I closer together and formed an eternal bond between us, one that cannot be broken, no matter what the devil throws at us.

Today we will celebrate Kenley's birthday with a smile, because One day we will see him again and he will not be sick and he will know us from the minute we each enter the gates of heaven.

Please say a prayer for us.

thank you

Kelly

poppin in>>

To say hi, and I am still here... I am still here, just being blog lazy.... in other news..... Sean informed me at 2 am that we are taking the kids to six flags in georgia... today... soo I am packed .. car is ready..now we are all just waitng on the plumber...( as usual) soo I will post pics as soon as we return... hollar at ya'll later.....

this looks like fun....

My friend lisa tanner put a link on her blog and this is what it says: ( I don't know how to do a linky thingy....sorry)


No April Fool's Joke!!!You can win a FREE space to the Event!Five of you! Yes, you read that right! We are giving away FIVE spaces to the Scrap ETC event! And we have FIVE ways you can win: 1. Post a comment on the blog. 2. Tell your friends to come and post a comment, and if they do, tell us that they referred you! Both of you will get a chance!3. Post this contest on your blog---and post a link in the comments!4. Post a link in the comments to anywhere else online that you have posted about this!5. Post it on your facebook or twitter status---and let us know that you did! We will draw the names Thursday morning,April 2nd! Start posting NOW!

go try it it is worth a shot

the url is http://scrapetc.com/index.php/scrapetcblog/April-Fools-NO-JOKE-.html

I turned my back for one minute and look what happened!

these are the picture that I took of Randi before the Spring Formal..... she is one beautiful girl if I may say so myself.... It has been a hectic morning.... maicure, pedicure, hair appt, jewlery hunting.. and makeup... whew! I am tired but the end result is : one beautiful 11 year old girl! Her Daddy took her in his corvette...

what have I got myself into?

so... you all know Randi made the cheerleading team at SMS .. well that requires 2 days a week of practice. which is fine by me... it is soooo much better than the practices we had to do for competitive cheerleading... then .. I enrolled Chaz into T-ball... and his practices are 3 days a week..... then games on the other days including Saturdays... then...... THIS GETS REAL GOOD... Brynli and Kyli have decided they want to play Softball.. they practice 3 days a week too... and games during the week and on Saturdays........ UGGGGG I am in big trouble.! Thank goodness for Maddie and Jessie they are helping out taking kids here or there, when we have things that overlap..... I don't know what I would do without them.... soo Maddie and Jessie...if yall are reading this.. Thank you soooo much for all your help, I couldn't do it withought yall! I love you both very much.,

well I am off to bed in about 10 minutes... I have school tomorrow...

pictures coming soon.!