you cannot relive the past....

This weekend I celebrated my 20th Highschool Reunion. I know, 20 YEARS! YIKES! I do not feel that old! ha! The tickets to this event were QUITE expensive, $125.00 a person. For a family of 7 & 4 of the 7 being just babies it was tough justifying the expense. This is a once in a lifetime thing & I really wanted to go. SO we scraped up the money for 2 tickets. I had intended on dragging Michael to this. Especially since he had graduated from the same school 4 years before me. However his brother Bucky's wedding was this weekend & in the end he lucked out by attending the rehearsal dinner as I went by my lonesome. )= I so wished he could have been there but it was not to be. I still keep in contact with a few of my friends from highschool. In fact my friend Debbie, aka Debs, helps watch the babies when I go in to work. She is such an AMAZING friend! I arranged to meet up with her & her hubby Jim at the 1st nights event, "Happy Hour" by the pool. They held this at a local hotel in downtown Ft Lauderdale. Mind you this was not an ordinary "Happy Hour", a normal margarita on the rocks was $13.00! Can you believe a drink would cost that much!? You can tell I do not get out that much! LOL! I begrudgingly paid for it. The things you pay when attending a reunion! NEVER again! I did not know how I would feel about seeing these friends from over 20 years ago. It was funny how the names & faces just come to you as if it was yesterday. That was strange! Quite a few people came to this reunion compared to the 10 year. What I find SO interesting is how people have changed especially the men & their hair!! There were a lot of receding hairlines! God has not been good when it comes to men & their hair. LOL! However, there were a few that did not change one bit! Funny how that works! I actually had a great time seeing everyone. People came from all over the country. Hopefully I can stay in contact with a few. I must say that the babies were the talk of the night. People could not believe that I had quadruplets or how I manage taking care of 4 when they cannot handle their 1 or 2, yadda yadda yadda.. It was the same dropped jaws & blank expressions we get from most people. I guess God knew that I could handle them. I shared some photos I brought of Dustyn & the babies. Poor Michael, I did not have a picture of him. However, I shared many a story about him to make up for it! I am really glad that I went since we would were not able to attend the dinner on Sat. In an ideal world I would have liked to be able to be able to do it all. Rehearsal dinner, Happy Hour, Reunion dinner, Wedding.. In the end I was able to experience part of my reunion & attend Bucky's wedding. We had fun all around. I was bummed but I made the most of it! Thinking back over these past 20 years I am SO happy to be where I am right now, to be a wife, a "bonus" mom and a mommy to my 4 little miracles. It was great seeing everyone but ...



you cannot relive the past....

there's 20/20 vision, 20 years, & 20 months...

I cannot believe that the babies are 20 months old TODAY! Our life is SO busy that I cannot believe in 4 short months they will be 2 years old! Oh My Goodness! TIME sure does FLY by! LIFE has been BUSY, BUSY for us! SO much stuff going on. My niece Clari turned 20 years old (I remember the day she was born!) & I will be celebrating my 20 year highschool reunion. YIKES has it been that long!? 20, 20, 20.. I just wish I had 20/20 vision to go with it! ha! The good Lord does not give you more than you can handle however at times I felt he did! I am just SO happy that they are becoming more & more self sufficient. We can actually take them places without their BIG stroller! YAY! I do not think I could EVER do the baby thing 24/7 again. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE babies I just do not want another one of my own. I will just have to wait for another 25 years when hopefully they will give us some grandchildren to spoil. That would be WONDERFUL! NO pressure just hope's & aspirations! Remember I ALWAY'S have a light at the end of my tunnel! heehee..

Let me share a little bit about each of them.

Miss Camryn is such an old soul. She understands practically EVERYTHING you say or don't say to her. It is like she just "knows" stuff before you explain it to her. Some days she can just read my mind & does what I am thinking. Like putting dirty clothes in the hamper. It is just TOO amazing for words! She LOVES to sing & dance if her sisters are dancing. She is also the little mother of the bunch. She tends to them & cares for them like she is me. VERY funny to observe. Michael says that she is MY baby. Since she still want's me ALL the time. I do not understand it completely because the rest of them do not need me as much. If there is a choice between Mommy or Daddy she wants me hands down. It bothers Daddy more than he lets on. Hopefully she will grow out of this!

Mr Brendan, our tow head. He is growing emotionally as well as physically. He is toughening up too! Those 3 sisters of his better watch out! He now take's things from them instead of the other way around. Any way you look at it living with 3 sisters is hard. We hope that when he grows up he will have a better appreciation for women having grown up with his 3 sisters! AGAIN this is my hope! Brendan is a VERY loving boy. He loves to show affection. He gives everyone kisses & hugs. He is also quite vocal. You can get him to repeat most words you throw at him. Most recently he said "Doctor" when we went in for their shots. TOO cute! He is definitely in the running for being the 1st talker of the bunch. Of the 4 of them he says the most words that you can understand. I cannot wait for the chatting to begin!

Avery, where do I begin. She is the WILD one! She love's to get into mischief & take the other 3 along with her. I cannot tell you how many times she has gotten them into "trouble". She is a leader & LOVES doing things first! She is like her mommy in that she loves an adventure. She is also our dare devil that thinks she has 9 lives. She is quite the dare devil. She is always falling down & scraping her knee. She is also very familiar with "boo boo's". She does not like the word "No". We are in for T-R-O-U-B-L-E! (= When we are all in the pool she will jump in without a second thought. Goes under the water and comes up laughing. This scares me immensely & she is the reason they will be getting swim lessons real soon. She takes care of her siblings similar to Camryn however she just does it. She will pass food along before taking some for herself just to make sure everyone got some. TOO cute!

Lindsey, well she is our joker. She LOVES to giggle & belly laugh. She can find humor in a grape falling on the floor. She take's after her twin & does her own stunts. One of which is going down the slide HEAD first. She never hesitates, she just goes full force ahead. She LOVES to dance. She hears a beat & her body moves to it. She also has this scary strut. Daddy was worried about it & had to mention it to the doctor. It reminds us of a person that hurt their back. She will be walking around & then start walking like Frankenstein. It is weird & that is her. The Dr. said there is nothing to worry about. She is just being a kid. I guess we notice things more since we have 4. Overall she is a lovie dovie who LOVES to laugh & smile. She can grin from ear to ear & is quite the ham. She loves to pose for a picture. Mommy just LOVES that! (=

We LOVE each of them for their unique personalities. They amuse me each day & I try to recapture some of it in my posts. I hope you all enjoy them too!

there's 20/20 vision, 20 years, & 20 months....