Memorial Day

Memorial Day is a federal holiday in the United States for remembering the men and women who died while serving in the country's armed forces. 

So many people confuse Veteran's Day with Memorial Day. Which is the appropriate time to thank Veteran's for their service and honor them. Memorial Day is about remembering freedom is not free and some gave all. They gave the ultimate sacrifice and their families never get to wrap their arms around them again.

I have 4 friends widowed and a dear friend lost that come to mind today. Though they should have many more days dedicated to them, than just one.  I hope you all can find the time today to pray for all the families of our fallen men and woman. Today is not "Happy" for them. 

Today I will remember, enjoy my family, and be grateful for all who laid down their life for my freedoms.

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. John 15:13

Cute craft/grandparent gift.

I wanted to share this super easy cute craft with y'all. I did it for my mother inlaw as a birthday gift and it turned out great. You just need a pot and some paint. Pinterest has a ton of hand and thumb print animals to choose from. I chose an ocean theme. I used the handprints of the babies and thumbprints of the big kids. Here is a picture of the finished product. Adorable! 

I've got 99 problems, but lack of crafts to do ain't one. 

Yo...what's that app?

So today I thought I'd share my 3 favorite photo apps. I know you are all wondering the magic behind my photo creations. Ha! Seriously I get asked a lot and I try not to hoard good things to myself all the time.

Number one super favorite is an app called Studio. It.is.da.bomb. Yes... I just said that. You can decorate your photos, add frames, add copyrights, design quotes, and play with the tint of the photo. It is easy to use but does take se time to figure things out. I rate it five stars. Here is a pic of what the app looks like and sample.

Number two is instacollage. Love it for making collages, adding frames, and text to pictures. Here's what the app looks like.

And last but not least, number three is animal face. This app is hilarious and makes me smile and that's good enough for me. Here is what the app looks like and sample.

I've got 99 problems, but lack of picture apps ain't one.

The show must go on.

Again, I've neglected y'all. Mostly because I feel as if I only have complaints or nothing blog worthy to report. Things around here are busy and we are running everywhere. I've realized when you are a mom of teens their social schedule is far more busier then your own.

I'm pretty much staying afloat at the moment. Living on coke and easy food I can pop in my mouth while walking. Am I sounding ever so glamourous? The babies are not sleeping much at night so that's making my scatter brain even more so scattered. 

Yesterday I did step it up and actually cooked our Sunday tradition breakfast for dinner. I made the pancakes into faces and the big kids actually loved it. They're not so grown up after all. 

I do have something exciting happening tomorrow though. I will blog about it at a later date. Hope the suspense won't be too much for you all. For now, write ya later my dear blog readers.

I've got 99 problems, but lack of teenagers ain't one.

Instagram

So I've taken my crazy to Instagram. I thought my loyal readers should know incase they want to follow. Lots of cute baby spam. You call follow @partyof7please. 

I'm hopeful to be a brand enthusiast. It would be a dream and save my pocket book. Either way I'm having fun with the new account. Check it out!

I've got 99 problems, but lack of an Instagram ain't one.

Vacation

So what has been happening lately? Too much. I've neglected my blog and my wonderful three readers. However I thought I would share, I decided to book a vacation with my husband to get away. This is very exciting, even though we won't have a completely free pass from children. 

We will be taking our two babies along. Our older children will stay with my mom. I priced out many places. First choice was Hawaii, but with 3 months of birthdays coming that was just not going to work. Next I looked at San Fran, Seattle, D.C., Kansas City, and even Boston. Then I decided to go back to my roots and check out Orlando. 

We had just went to Disney World in December, so I thought it may be a hard sell to the husband. It was perfect though. Offered airport transportation, baby friendly entertainment, babysitters, and adult entertainment. And not to mention the price due to generous family member discounts. I talked it over with the husband and he suggested Puerto Rico.... I took about two secs to think about that. No thank you! I'll pass on the little hot tamales in bikinis and babies on the beach for 7 days. Boo!

So it's final, we are headed to Disney for a week in August. Woohoo! I'm so ready for a vacation. I can not wait to share it with you all on the blog with tips included of course.

911

Did somebody call for help? No, not on purpose anyway. Sorry, it's been a while loyal readers. Things have been ever so crazy.

I have been tackling pool and car maintence. Dealing with a baby who has an earache and one that is teething. Can you imagine the mood? Then there's my dryer deciding laundry for so many people is just too much. That saying "when it rains it pours" um ya that.

Recently though is the best day to document. My one yearold called 911 on my teenagers phone. They immediately called back and teenager apologized for the call. Next day, seeing as 911 was last call made teenager butt dials 911. (Knock knock) A child yells mom the police are at the door. Oh it's probably our neighbor who is a police officer. I quickly remove baby from the boob and run to the door. Oh no that is not the neighbor. Needless to say it made for good times. Thankfully there is not a fee for calling 911 for non emergency in this town.

All I can do is laugh. If only you could call 911 to fix dryers, hold babies, and deal with unruly children.

I've got 99 problems, but lack of a cell phone ain't one.