My JOY

There is nothing more joyous than being a mother of these wonderful kids. Of course there are hard times and good times, but they joy that they bring into my life is wonderful.

LOTS OF UPDATES...

******I finally updated from two months back...so make sure you scroll down. Still more to come. ********

Happy 4th Birthday Parker!!!

Time does fly by and now he is 4. I cant believe that Parker is 4. He is such a fun energetic little boy with lots of love and smiles.

Breakfast in bed. He was not happy to be woken up, but once he realized it was his birthday he was happy. This is one of our family traditions, breakfast in bed on your birthday.

He had two days full of birthdays. This one was our family birthday. He got lots of presents. He loves his race car.

Thanks to grandma and grandpa Diaz, he loves to play baseball.

My birthday party with cousins and friends.

His football pinata. Go Parker...hit it hard!!

My many birthday presents. Thanks to my friends.
more presents. He had such a fun day with all his friends. It was a low key birthday party and it seems like those are the funnest. We tried bribing him to go to chuck e cheese or to a jumpy place, but he insited on having it at home and having a pinata. So simple to please. We love you Parker and hope you had a fun filled day.

Tallulah Gorge

Tallulah Gorge State Park is like no other place in the southeast. With a gorge that runs almost two miles long and 1,000 feet deep, five waterfalls rapidly move the water from the Tallulah River into Tugaloo Lake. This hike we did in May.
Before we started our hike we had no idea that there was 1099 steps to climb. We sure got our workout. Poor little Parker he had a hard time and I tried my hardest to carry him, but it was hard but we did it.

Here's us all posing at that very top of the gorge. Some 1000ft. up, it was hard for me to look down.


I thought this picture was cool, Connor and Joe put their peace sing in the same position without even trying.

Olivia having fun just jumping of any rock she can get on. You go girl!!

My handsome family. We had such a good time.

My handsome Taylor and Parker. Me 4 1/2 months pregnant.
Taylor trying to kiss Spencer.
This is a neat little cave and it was cool in there.

The suspension bridge. The kids loved running back and forth on this. As long as they did it with out me being on there, I was ok with it. Crazy...daring kids of mine...they defiantely have no fear.
Yeah we did it!!

Amicalola Falls

Every Saturday that our family is open we are off to new adventures. We love to hike and go and see new things. Here is one of our hikes that we did in April. I still have so much more to post, it has been a busy months for us.

This is one of Georgia's most popular state parks. Amicalola Falls, a Cherokee Indian word meaning "tumbling waters". 729-foot falls ~~ the tallest cascading waterfall east of the Mississippi River.

Here's Joe with Olivia climbing the many 500+ stairs and it sure was a workout. He was a trooper and she LOVED being in that backpack.

It is such a beautiful sight to look up at Heavenly fathers creation. I love to see nature.

Olivia saw the boys climbing these rocks and she was determined to get up. She didn't quite make it but we gave her a little push.

Heres everyone at the top of the rocks that Olivia tried so hard to climb. Taylor, Olivia, Parker, Spencer and Connor.

Here's one of the many ways that Daddy carried our sweet princess.

Here's me trying to pose for a picture with Parker and Olivia.

We had such a great time.

IT'S...IT'S...

A GIRL!!!


We are so excited to be able to have another girl. Yeah for girls!! Don't get me wrong, I love my boys with all my heart, it's just that it's nice to have a change. I'm due September 6th, so I'm half way through and I honestly feel great.

Our Funny AFV moment

Last Sunday Spencer was thinking of things to do, so he decided to get the camera and video tape funny things. Well this turned out funnier than we thought, although Connor did not think it was funny until a few days later. The funny thing is that he came downstairs to tell on Parker (this is before I saw the video) and said that Parker started it and he didn't do anything. He did recieve quite a black and gray bruise around his eye, but nothing he cant handle in this family with 4 boys. We will definately be sending this to AFV (America's funniest videos).