Sorry I've been gone, here's some news though.....

Many of you know the wonderful and amazing news...... I'm pregnant!!!! What you might not know is that we had an ultrasound today. I was waiting, patiently for the ultrasound, the sweet sound of a heartbeat to share the news with all of you........ but Instead of one heartbeat, there is TWO!!!!

That's right, the Maddox family has gone from a family of four to a family of SIX! :) We are so thrilled, and on cloud nine right now......I just keep thinking it's time to sell this house!! :)

Some more details for all of you - it's Fraternal, so not identical. The due date is March 11th, though with twins I will most likely not go full term. Mommy and babies look great, they are the same size. We are just thrilled!!! God Bless you all! :)

Sweet moments

This summer has flown by, full of hot days filled with days at the pool, sprinklers, swimming in the bay, playing with all our friends, and now we'll put camping on our list for this summer Needless to say Abby's a bit worn out :)

Not Stephen though! He was having a blast with Mr. Mike when we went camping with my parents (in a pop-up) and a breezy beach (oil-less lagoon I should say). Summers not over so I'm sure there's still more fun to come!!

What do you do when there's an oil spill?

You party with Jimmy Buffet, that's what you do! :) You gather up a big handful of guys who've known each other since Kindergarten -

Their wives, a generator, and there's a party on the beach - all day!

The beach was crowed, full of tourist, boats everywhere, and the best part - everyone was spending money with the local businesses! Success!! Thanks so much Jimmy Buffet for an awesome day!

Hey, Hey, what a day!

So here's the deal - my brain seems to be out of words today; we'll discuss that later on though. Today I'll try to gather a few words to entertain you as you check out these awesome pictures of our awesome 4th of July Celebrations! A little over 2 yrs ago, Stephen met his soon to be best bud, although sometimes they fight like brother and sister, and I'm sure they think they're brother and sister, but I know that deep down there is a best bud love....

Then about 16 months ago, Emma's other best bud was born. Abby seems to be the friend that Emma can be a girl with, she doesn't have to worry about trains flying at her head, or star ships crashing into her castle, nope - Abby just wants to play very calm and sweetly with Emma
But at the end of the day, Stephen and Emma end up making up and moving on Abby never seems to mind, she rather enjoys the attention of everyone else And Stephen and Emma just keep together most of the day Until the fireworks are over, and daddy is there to take him away

Is it really just now summer?

So the other day the weather man told us that is was the first day of summer - really, it's just NOW summer! Well, around here it's been summer for a while! How do I know when it's summer? My skin gets a little darker, my feet start having a strange white line that resembles flip flops, my toe nail polish will NOT stay on...

My children seem to sleep really, really well, and on occasion smell like chlorine for multiple days without a real bath.....(did I just admit that?)

And Stephen no longer swims with a vest!

Happy Father's Day!

This Father's day, we spent our morning with our Heavenly Father and then we went home! Alan has been hard at work at not able to be home very often. So when asked, all he wanted to do was be here with us! :) He is an amazing father, and here is just a little tribute video I made for him! Love you Alan!!

A little perspective

It's all about perspective - especially when you are dealing with someone else and their emotions. That's a great lesson I've tried to learn over the past for weeks and more importantly over the last few days. Here's a great example.... Last night - Midnight to be exact my cell phone rings....SERIOUSLY!!!! IT'S MIDNIGHT PEOPLE!! This morning I noticed that this crazy person whom I thought I could have killed last night left a voicemail.....I was intrigued (the number had been blocked)........ I heard a voice, it sounded familiar almost memory grabbing - young, southern, and trying to be very quite..... It was a (and I'm guessing on the age of course) 11 or 12yr old girl prank calling me! I actually starting laughing

See I could be mad b/c she woke me up in the middle of the night just to do that - wake me up in the middle of the night. Or I could laugh and see it from her eyes, she was at a sleep over, trying to have some fun; and in this world a silly prank call seems innocent to me! So if I could give a bunch of girls a silly laugh, Right On!

What I love most, the fact that her voice sounded familiar and memory grabbing - Missy, not gonna lie girl it sounding like you when you were 11 or 12!!! LOL and I immediately starting thinking about the silly prank calls we did as little girls :)

So look at the next situation in a different way - like my flower, it's beautiful if you can't see the weeds and the bug eaten leaves surronding it!