The Adventures of the Adams Family

Fall and Back To {home} school!

2010-10-12T19:09:00.000-07:00

Fall activities have begun for the Adams family! Home School, Karate, Dance, Girl Scouts! (I signed up to be Peytons Brownie troop leader-13 precious girls!!)Church Activities, Heath and I are still helping with youth on Wednesday nights! But we also agreed to teach the Sunday 11:00am kids service (we are truly having so much fun!! 40 kids and growing!! God is doing BIG things in the hearts and lives of our children!!)) Just when we have started being an on time family to the 11:00 service, ( if you know us -we are NOT early risers!!lol) we are stretching ourselves and getting to the 9:00 service ON TIME! Have Mercy!! lol!! So that we can attend a service and serve a service!

(I'm still teaching a weekly Bible study at the Juvenile detention center-believing God for many more young people to choose a relationship with Jesus- He is the only one who can fix broken hearts and lives!!)

We started back to school with the rest of Great Falls! But as you know, I'm a homeschooling Mom- and I love it!! I do have days and moments that I most certainly think of pulling my hair out!!lol!! But I enjoy getting to be with my children- teaching and training them. Its great work!!!! If you stop by for an unexpected visit during the week, you will surely find my house to be a mess! Me in sweat pants and t-shirt and no makeup!lol! So I'm trying for - sloppy success! lol! I am also determined to squeeze in 30 minutes 5 times a week of walking or jogging . Praise the Lord! I just started week 5!! ( I think its finally starting to feel easier!!lol! Its painful getting in shape!!))

But knowing that His grace is all I need. His power works best in weakness.” So now I am glad to boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ can work through me.(2 Corinthians 12:9)

Here are a few new pics I took of the kids for there back to school photo session with Mom!

Gpp's visit

2010-08-24T12:18:00.000-07:00

Our next

family visit this summer- a day later, my darlin Dad and sweet friend Leslie decided to drop in for a quick visit on there way to California!! ("a few extra miles" added to there drive to Cali. from Tx.!! so we must be special!!!lol!) We missed Gg -who was off on a mission trip-having her own adventure!! We took Dad and Leslie on a rafting trip to enjoy God's Big Sky Montana Scenery! We had a blast playing in the water and of course with the Adams family you have to have a net to catch crawfish and sculpins!

SO much fun getting to spend time with my Daddy-even if it was a short visit! We even snuck off and had coffee together!!( Although it wasn't as good as the coffee he brought us!!) How I treasure having a Dad after GODS heart!! My prayer warrior and my friend! I am a blessed girl!!

Avery, Peyton and Hunter loved time with there Grandpapa!! Lots of snuggles and giggles!! And sometimes gagging when Gpp eats mustard

covered oreos!!{totally disgusting}but we still love him!!lol! Hurry up and get back to Montana Gpp and Gg!! We miss you so much!!

Adams Family Visit!

2010-08-24T11:55:00.001-07:00

We were so very blessed to have PaPa, Emaw and Aunt Heather come for a 2 week visit! Heath wore us all out fishing, camping, fishing, rafting and more fishing!! We caught some beautiful trout! The scenery, one of Gods wonderful gifts to us- takes your breath away every time! And the animals always capture the attention of the Adams family!! It was soo much fun! There was also a crazy little kayak adventure!! (on what Heath thought were category 1 rapids!lol! it turned out that it was that one time of year that he was WRONG!!lol!) I'm so very thankful that God protected our Adams men and helped us to recover both kayaks!! He is soo good!!

Mom was super sweet to come and make tamales-the freezer is stocked! And let me tell you they are soo delicious!! Heath is pretty selfish with them though- he makes ugly faces at me every time I eat them!!lol! Dad did some much needed fixin up on our vehicles! So nice!! It was so much fun getting to spend time with Heather too-she was Heaths sister first but I'm thankful he has to share her with me now!

Avery and Hunter loved that their Papa taught them how to hit golf balls! Peyton loved that her Emaw taught her how to crotchet-she carries it around and works on it everywhere!!(too cute!!)) They all loved snuggling with Aunt Heather!!! 2 weeks went way too fast! The memories we made are priceless! And the goodbyes always stink!

Hunters Birthday

2010-08-24T02:34:00.000-07:00

So much catching up to do!! So I thought Id start with Hunters Birthday!! My baby turned 6on June 26th! time sure flys when your having fun!! He wanted a pool party so he got one! My Hunter Kent is such a joy to our lives!He loves God and has a sensitive heart! He is generous with his compliments!(especially if hes in trouble, he'll try a "mom, your so beautiful"!!lol)He is the biggest cuddle bug ever!! I can count on him to snuggle up and take a nap with me!! He loves to play and wrestle. He loves to go fishing! He is crazy about frogs and lizards and snakes! (like his dad!) He taught me how to worm hunt(which was quite fun!! we caught hundreds of worms together at midnight!!) He is so animated when he talks, sometimes you cant help but laugh even when what he's saying isn't funny! His favorite games are anything with Sonic the hedgehog and Mario too. He got a bike for his Birthday from us! He's smart, clever and funny!! I'm so thankful for my little guy and I know God has BIG plans for him!! So grateful that God picked me to be his Mom!! I am sooo blessed!!

Gold!!

2010-07-13T22:10:00.000-07:00

Avery finally tested for his gold belt!! He's been enjoying his karate lessons this year, but hasn't really been ready to advance to his gold belt. So on June 26th he had his first test. Now to pass this test he had to do lots of hard work but at the end of this 3 hour test they have to break a board (1 inch thick) Avery was told about this board breaking the day before he tested and he never got to see anyone do it. When he was chosen to go first, I was sooo nervous for him!! With Mom and Dad holding our breath and praying for God to help our boy. He kicked a couple of times and nothing happened. He teared up just a bit feeling discouraged and his Karate instructor leaned in and encouraged him, mom and dad were cheering from the side line (thankfully he didn't have a total meltdown!! He dug in!!). He kicked a good kick and to his and to our delight his bare foot went through the board and broke it in half! (OK so I did cry a little!! I'm a proud Momma that my boy broke that board in half!!!))) And now our Avery has his gold belt, he got a taste of advancement, so now he working hard for his green belt. But as I overheard him tell his Grandpa on the phone, he's only at the beginning of his journey!!

dance recital

2010-06-07T19:29:00.000-07:00

Peyton had her dance recital recently!! She was so excited she loves to dance! Even better when its on stage in front of hundreds of people!! All done till the fall!! But here are a few pics from her special night that I thought Id share!

And then there were two.... Weimeriner puppies!!

2010-04-30T13:41:00.000-07:00

OK so I know that I have totally lost my mind!! 2 high maintenance puppies!! When I already have a high maintenance family!!lol!! Heath was blessed with this very expensive puppy for free!! And when he started begging me with those sweet eyes (my hubby doesn't beg for much!!) I caved promising him that there would come a day that he would pay!! So I'm working hard training a new puppy (Thank the Lord!! its going pretty easy!! he really is a precious puppy!!) And I'm smiling on the inside because my darling Heath owes me something BIG for this!!lol!! We named him Coti and he has us all rapped around his little paw!!

Birthdays! And catchup!

2010-04-04T12:42:00.000-07:00

I know! I know!! I'm so behind on blogging!! Thanks to having a crazy busy life!! First to start this New Year out my hubby had an accident, he fell down a steep hill (50 ft)and flew over the drop off (20 ft.) into a bed of river rocks!, it knocked him out(thankfully he only had a concussion) and he dislocated his shoulder and broke his arm in 2 places. Ive never seen him in that much pain!! It was really hard!! He had to have surgery and they put screws in his arm!!

Then came more pain and physical therapy!! But he is really doing so good now!! I'm so very thankful for Gods protection!! Through it all, GOD has been at work constantly taking what satan meant for evil and has been working and weaving it for good in our lives! When you love GOD and your His! He works everything out for your good!! Sometimes I dont know how He does it but He just does! Heath just recently got a great job where he gets to be home with us!! Yay!! For the last almost 2 years he has only been home about 10 days a month. So we are all thanking God for that huge blessing!! In February our Avery and Peyton turned 10, and 8! I know!! My babies are getting sooo big!! And my Heath turned 34 in March!! He usually goes at full speed ahead, but this year he has to slow down just a bit!!lol!

Our Avery is such a loving, tenderhearted and caring young man! He loves God! And he truly cares about pleasing Him. He's so smart, he has an amazing memory(this can be good and this can be bad!)Hes doing well in school! His favorite subjects are Science and Reading. He's serious, but he loves to laugh! He enjoys the computer-Wii -and his Nintendo games!(sometimes too much!) He loves building things with his Lego's. Hes been taking Karate this year and really likes it! We've also discovered that he's an excellent shot with a gun, during target practice with his Dad! He enjoys catching fish and eating them too! He loves to play in the snow, and he loves to swim. He loves to eat!! (and he never gains a pound!)He has some friends that he loves to play with, but he's also perfectly content playing by himself.

Now my Peyton is full of personality! Total drama queen! She is very social and she makes a friend everywhere we go!! She is strong willed!! Very Determined (she's just like her Dad!!lol)She loves to dance!! Shes been taking dance lessons since she was 4 yrs old. She enjoys performing and entertaining and making people laugh!( this can be good and this can be very bad!lol!)This year she joined girl scouts and is a brownie and loves it! She loves to pray! She loves Jesus and enjoys sharing Him with her friends, this year she has led 2 of her friends in our neighborhood to Christ. She always has ink on her hands, she loves to draw, paint and color. She likes to hunt and fish. She collects rocks. She loves her stuffed animals( sometimes there is barely room for her to sleep in her bed!) She likes to play in the dirt and catch bugs! She is her Dads little shadow outdoors she wants to do anything he's doing! She loves her pajamas! She would give the whole world a hug if she could! And I could go on and on about both of them!! I'm so proud of them!!! And I know GOD has such amazing things ahead for both of them!!

Love and blessings!! Jolena

the tooth fairy got robbed!!

2010-02-04T05:28:00.000-08:00

God is so good!! My Peyton had to have 5 permanent teeth taken out due to overcrowding. She was happily counting the days to her dental appointment, and I didn't understand why she was so excited about it. When we talked about it, she told me she was really happy the dentist was going to take out her two ugly front teeth. Now, that just broke my heart. Her 2 front teeth have yellow stains on them the dentist says because of antibiotics she received before her teeth grew in, this dentist also told us there was nothing we could do about it right now. She was pretty upset when I told her those where not the teeth the dentist was taking out! And of course I told her she was the most beautiful little girl in the whole world!! and not to worry about those stains. (but you know how kids are-they ask her why she doesn't ever brush her teeth, and tell her that they are ugly.) So when we went to her dentist appointment she asked the dentist to take out her ugly teeth too! He was so sweet with her and he looked at me and said he'd try an experiment and would see what he could do about it. So he sanded them down ( a lot) and put white resin over her front teeth (the stuff they do white fillings with!) And Peyton has 2 white front teeth now!! She was so excited!! It hard to get her away from a mirror these days!!lol! She is so thrilled with her smile and all the money she got from the tooth fairy-lol!! So we have been praising God for His goodness!! He cares about our every detail!! Afterwards we celebrated and went to the Carousel for ice cream and some fun!

Pink Cheeks!

2010-01-09T17:22:00.000-08:00

We love our snow!! A few of my favorite pics. from a fun day! I just love

pink cheeks!!

love, J

My buck

2009-12-14T15:57:00.000-08:00

Well, I had dreams of shooting a big Montana monster buck and an elk this year. After walking miles and miles, climbing mountains and hills, low crawling through cactus, on the last day at the end of the day I settled for this muley buck. He is better than nothing, but I did cry like a baby because he wasn't nearly as big as what I wanted!!lol! Maybe next year will be better for this girl!! (or maybe Ill just have to get a new guide!lol!!) Not really!! I am so blessed to hunt with my best friend!! He is also an incredible pack mule and butcher!!LOL!

Blessings to yall! j

Its a crazy life!! But I love it!

2009-12-11T07:38:00.000-08:00

The Air force decided to remodel our house so after 10 years we had to move across the base. I knew it wasn't going to be fun! But I really had no idea how much work it really would be! I don't think Ive ever done anything more exhausting in my whole life!!! We moved over 35 thousand pounds of furniture and stuff into our much smaller brand new home!!! We were so blessed with friends who came and helped us and friends who let us barrow a truck and a trailer (there were no moving trucks available for us to even rent) It took us 11 days, from the time we woke up until we collapsed with exhaustion to get all of our stuff out of that home with 3 children in the middle of it all!! Then we began the process of cleaning our house up to military standards!! Several dear sweet people from church came to help including Pastor Pam! They scrubbed cabinets, floors, walls, bathrooms and toilets !! I must say I was horrified! and humbled! And so very, very grateful!!! We are in our new home and the 2 car garage is full from the floor to the ceiling with boxes and furniture!! I'm not sure that we will ever get out of boxes!! Now that we are into the Christmas season we have our tree and decorations up and we are determined to make this season special with our kiddos!! So we have been enjoying Christmas movies, crafts, games, yummy food, snuggling, stories of that precious babe in a manger!! Our Jesus the reason we celebrate!! In the midst of whatever craziness is going on in each of our lives, may we keep our focus on Jesus!! Its all about Him!!

Love and Blessings!! J

Our October 31!

2009-10-31T20:13:00.000-07:00

Its October 31st, the Adams family ran a bean bag toss and handed out loads and loads of candy at the mall. It was lots of fun being a blessing to our community!! And I don't think I've ever seen the mall so packed full of people. It was all a little overwhelming at first for our youngest Hunter, so he hid under our candy table, under the table cloth. But by the end of the night he was stuffing baskets and bags full of candy with the rest of us!! Hunter wanted his face painted like sonic the hedge hog-(a difficult task!) he had rubbed most of his face paint off itching by the time I snapped these pictures!! Then there was an hour left of trick or treating on base-so they had fun getting some treats and even hot dogs tonight as well!! A very blessed night!! Thank you God!!

Blessings to yall!!! Jolena

Mix Match!

2009-10-31T02:38:00.000-07:00

At church on Wednesday night it was mix match night for the kids. Heath and I had a ball dressing the kids as awful as possible!! Peyton and Avery were all for it, Hunter however said "no way!" My little Miss Peyton won the contest! She was super excited about winning her $10.00 gift card to Target! As bad as she was dressed, she still is the prettiest little girl in the whole world!!(to me, anyways!lol!) OK, really! Aren't they all just stinking cute!!

Happy Fall!! or Winter for us (see the snow behind the kids!lol!)Blessings! Jolena

2009-09-23T23:24:00.000-07:00

Just a few pictures of my gorgeous family!! My Peyton and I went to a wedding together-she loved every minute of it! The boys joined us for the reception and I had to smile as she told them her favorite parts of the wedding-her most favorite that she had fun saying all day long-"and you may kiss the bride!" After such a lovely wedding she already at the age of 7 cant wait for her wedding day!! Its funny how a little girl dreams of the day her prince will come-then of a fairytale wedding-and a happily ever after!!Of course her Daddy cant even think or speak of such things!!lol!

Love and blessings! Jolena

A special visit!

2009-09-17T01:24:00.000-07:00

In July we were so blessed with a very special visit from our Nebraska family! GG/Angie, Nana, Tori and Ali (sadly Josh couldn't come!!) they drove all the way from Omaha to visit the crazy Adams family! Yeah! I feel really special when they drove 16 or so hours to visit us! We had loads of fun playing, lots of silliness and giggles, and of course with 5 children plenty of drama-lol!, swimming, painting toe-nails, fixing hair, listening and singing along to Hill songs Kids Worship!! Starbucks, matching shirts and pj's, crazy kids shopping spree at Walmart (thanks to precious Papa!who also couldn't come!) playing in the mountains-(adventures with Daddy/Uncle Heath-fishing-turtles, snakes, and frogs!), trying to take pictures of it all!just being together was such fun! I'm so grateful that God has placed our lives together!!! How special they are to us all! Thank you with all my heart for your visit!!!

Love and Blessings! Jolena

the cutest mannquins ever!

2009-09-03T09:58:00.000-07:00

Since Old Navy started making commercials with their mannequins talking, my children have been fascinated with them. Now when we go to Old Navy they want to pretend to be mannequins. Its funny for once they were saying "Mom, take our picture". My kids totally crack me up!!(can you find them?)

{First Fracture!!!}

2009-08-06T12:22:00.000-07:00

So we were playing at the park and I had 4 extra children with me and my 3 {yes I did this for fun!}And 7 children getting into a car plus the dog can be really crazy!! I opened one door and told the kids to come and get in-but Peyton and her friend decided to get in on the other side. I was standing there fussing at Peyton for opening the other door. And I told her to just get in and I would come around and close it when she rared back with both hands and slammed it{thats when I heard my little Hunter scream-very loudly!!} I was screaming too as I ran around the van like a crazy woman!! Peyton had managed to open the door up as I reached Hunter. I took him in my arms and held him and prayed!! Got everyone in, held Hunter in my lap{I know I broke the law!!} drove to one house dropped 2 kids off, drove to another house dropped 2 more off, then quickly to my house and put the puppy in his kennel, in a full sprint I grabbed tylonol and an icepack. At this point I put Hunter in his car seat, Me, Avery and Peyton were all crying and praying for Hunter by this time as his sreaming and crying in pain never ceased, we raced him to the e.r. where they did x rays and told us he has a fractured thumb!! My baby!!-a fractured thumb!!!(they loaded him up with motrin-which made him feel lots better) His sister was feeling really awful!! At first he was so mad at her-then he forgave her-but told her not to touch him-ever!! By the end of the night they were snuggled up on the couch and she was giving him all the attention he could ever want from his sister. Daddy came home at midnight and that really made it better! Right now I think hes rather enjoying all the attention and pampering he's getting from his whole family!! Im so thankful it was just his thumb (not his hand,arm or head!!) God is good!!

Summer Fun!

2009-08-03T01:39:00.001-07:00

Sorry its been so long since Ive posted. It is summer time in Montana! And it goes by WAY too fast!!So the Adams family has been very busy soaking up the sun!! We've been out camping, rafting, fishing, canoeing, swimming, and having so much fun together!! Here are a few of my favorite pictures!

Tucker

2009-07-01T21:43:00.000-07:00

Just wanted to introduce you to the newest member of our family!! We are so excited and praising the Lord for our sweet Tucker!! (our 8 week old Weimaraner puppy) Our Peyton Blaise has been praying for a dog for atleast 2 years now- with tears in her eyes and the biggest giggles she couldn't stop saying "oh!! thank you God!!" when her daddy carried him in the house and handed him to her! God is so good!! It so wonderful when it's His time for something and He just makes it happen!! Peyton has kept him company during the night and has slept right beside his kennel in her sleeping bag=too cute!! Of course we all adore him that is everyone except for Nemo our cat!! Hopefully they will eventually be friends!!

2009-06-17T09:59:00.001-07:00

God is so good to me!! I am so excited that I won!!!Woohoo!! Thanks so much for your votes!! Everyone had beatuful artwork and inspiring stories!! I wouldnt have wanted to be the judge!!

2009-06-08T16:17:00.001-07:00

Im so excited today I found out that I made it as a finalist in the Close To My Heart Scrapbook and Share contest!!! WooHoo!! So now I need your vote!! Im finalist #3 in the Most Inspiring category! I want everyone who reads my story to be inspired but I would also love to win $150.00 in CTMH product!! So PLEASE go and vote for me.
http://www.scrapbookandshare.com/
Thanks so much!!

2009-05-27T10:01:00.000-07:00

These are my newest favorite pics of my precious family!! They were so sweet to let me take a load of pictures of them!! All for my newest scrapbook pages!!

Peytons Dance Recital

2009-05-17T13:30:00.000-07:00

This week was a very busy week. Saturday night was Peyton big dance recital. She was was so ABSOLUTELY ADORABLE!!! She told me "Mom I loved every minute of being up on stage!" (silly girl!she does not get that from her mom or dad!)We had dance practice every night this week. On Friday they had their dress rehearsal-I recorded a few clips from that. They wouldn't let us record the actual dance recital because they want us to spend 35.00 and buy it. We are done for the summer(and shuuu! I'm so glad the recital craziness is over!(atleast until next year!)

2009-05-12T12:23:00.000-07:00

I have a new scrapbook buddy! My Peytie made her first page. It was a lot of fun watching her create-and she got in their and went to work and made her page mostly all by herself,I did get to help her with a few things. I was so proud of her!
Close To My Heart's Summer catalog just came out and they have some new paper called Back Country-love it! So Ive been scrapbooking one of our camping trips with it. And I even made my Fathers Day card.

spring snow storm

2009-05-11T21:53:00.000-07:00

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Well it was the end of April and we had 2 really nice days in the 70's we had so much fun playing outside, we fed the ducks, we played tennis, we went for walks, we ate outside we only went inside to sleep-it was just that wonderful! Then it was just crazy-it got cool and started snowing-and snowing-and snowing...... 2ft of the stuff! And people complain about global warming!lol! My children had a ball playing in it though-they are good at finding the bright side of things!!! I laughed so hard at my Peyton Blaise-she was outside laying in it she had her eyes closed because of how much snow was falling, and she was would put her mouth down and get bites of it-this went on for atleast 20 minutes.(until she had to go to the bathroom-lol!) She had no idea I was even taking her picture because her eyes were closed the entire time! Avery chose to lay on his back with his eyes covered catching the snow from the sky! And Hunter played until he was exhausted and layed in the front door and said Mom help me! Im too tired and too cold to take my snow stuff off! The snow has melted now-hopefully we wont see that amount again until next winter/spring!

2009-04-21T01:38:00.000-07:00

Sometimes its just really nice to get out of town! We went to Billings for a few days.(We found out our Peytie had strep throat when we got there!She still had fun.(just not as much as the boys!)she just needed lots of extra snuggling and pampering! Our hotel had 2 big water slides! So we played at the pool and ate and rested! It was nice to go eat at our favorite places-Red Lobster and Olive Garden. Our little Hunter can put the sea food away like his Daddy! And Avery enjoys fish only.(he says "just like Jesus did!" ( my cute boy!))Peyton wont touch any of it-she stuck to her salad and baked potato (I was surprised she wanted to eat at all!)Then we drove home in the snow and wind!(gotta love spring in Montana!)We have just been so spoiled to have Heath home with us and off work for the last 15 days! Today we have to get back to life as usual as he heads off for his 5 days away! Time to scrapbook!!!

A perfect day in the mountains!

2009-03-16T23:52:00.000-07:00

On Saturday we went to the mountains to play. It was such a beautiful day. When we got there I was really sleepy so I was going to take a little nap in the van, I was almost asleep when my hubby came and got me and said he wanted to show me something. I didn't have a very good attitude about it but I followed him anyway. He was such a sweetie and had hung a hammock up for me to nap in. I took the best nap ever,I slept for several hours-it was heavenly!! They played and fished in the half frozen stream right beside me. There giggles and laughter filled my dreams. They caught several different types of small trout and cooked them up and ate them. I did wake up in time to watch them catch some fish and of course I had time to take some pictures! My Avery said it so well "Mom-these mountains God made for us are just so beautiful-I'll never get tired of looking at them!" I cherish these moments together and give praises to my God for giving me such an amazing family and life!

finished!

2009-03-15T15:14:00.000-07:00

I finished up a scrapbook project I was working on for my sister and got it in the mail! Yayy! Completion is a grand thing! I posted a couple of pages from her book.
My sweetie turned 33!

The Spike-do's

2009-03-07T23:13:00.000-08:00

I had to put these pictures up of the boys with the spike-do's their dad gave them!
Hunter now wants me to spike his hair up every day! We've had a lazy weekend with dad gone, I even got to do some scrapbooking! I have 3 great snugglers who keep me company when daddy is away. Last night they were all snuggled up so sweetly I had to take a picture. I pray they will always be best buddies!

My Champions!

2009-02-28T02:28:00.000-08:00

At our church we just had the pine car derby races. This year Hunter won 1st place in his age group and Avery won 2nd place in his. And my Peyton Blaise had a fabulous attitude about losing! She was cute she said "Mom, Im just happy for everyone that won, and I had fun doing it!"I was so very proud of all three of them they are my champions!!

Happy Birthday Babies!

2009-02-26T01:40:00.000-08:00

February is busy with Birthdays! My Avery turned 9, I cant believe it! And my Peyton turned 7, time sure flies when your having fun!!!This year I attempted to make their cakes again. I started with Peytons, I spent 2 hours decorating her 2 tiered square Littlest Pet shop cake. I sat it outside on a nice flat pile of snow while I started on Averys. When I went out to bring it inside, it had slid off of the suburban and splattered on the drive. I woke Heath up-like I thought he could save it or something! He was sweet he got up and went out and tried to recover it. It was a lost cause! I was so tired I stood there making some really sad crying sounds but no tears would come. Heath had a great idea, he said dont worry babe Peyton will love an ice cream cake from Dairy Queen. After that, I just didnt have it in me to put too much work into Averys Mario cake, but he was happy with what I did do.
On there Birthdays we always pull out there baby photos and I tell them all about the day they were born. Oh how God has blessed me with my beautiful children! Im so thankful that 9 and 7 years ago he picked me to be Avery and Peytons Mom!!

My Ring!

2009-02-17T02:50:00.000-08:00

On January the 10th Heath and I celebrated 11 wonderful years together!!! I think I say this every year but just when I think we've had the best year yet, we have another year together!! For our anniversary we went to dinner at Applebees and he surprised me with a beautiful diamond ring!! He and the kids picked it out and I just love it! I feel really special because he sold one of his guns to get it for me. I am truly blessed with the most precious man on this earth!

our snow day

2009-02-12T03:18:00.000-08:00

Finally the weather was warm enough (40 degrees) to drive into the mountains and play in the snow. The mountains and trees breathtakingly beautiful as always!Im continually in awe of my Father God and the never ending beauty He places all around us! I could never get tired of the view here in Montana! Only subzero temperatures drive me a little crazy every now and then! My hubby built us a fire, and the sledding began! I sat in the snow and took no less than a hundred pictures of my family eating snow, playing and laughing! And of course I got in there and played too! SO much in fact that I couldn't move for a few days. I owe it all to the snow ramp that Heath and Avery built at the bottom of our grand hill. I think I flew atleast 4 ft in the air-that was the fun part then I landed! What was I thinking!! Well I wasn't- that's for sure! But we live and we learn-right! I sure hope so! lol!

Grandpapa and Ggs visit!

2009-01-16T22:53:00.000-08:00

It was such fun having Grandpapa and Gg for Christmas! They arrived at 1pm and we waited for them to start Christmas. Which wasnt hard since we stayed up all night playing and slept till noon. The kids were thrilled when they walked in the door!! The greatest Christmas present of all! Avery read the Christmas story from the Bible, then we opened gifts. Grandpapa and Gg got us a Wii-which is just a total blast for the whole family! We were all compleatly spoiled with gifts!Then our dear friends(family really!)Derrick and Erin and there children joined us for a Christmas feast. It was cold and snowy outside! It was a perfect Christmas! Time always flys when your having fun! So there visit flew by! It did warm up for us to go play in the snow- we went sledding at our favorite park. And Hunter Kent managed to sled into the icy cold river. Grandpapa pulled him out quickly! I had no idea he would go in so I was snapping pictures as he was sliding down the hill, then right before my eyes-he dissapeared over the ledge into the water.I came running down that hill like a screaming maniac of course! Thankfully God is always taking care of my children-He has put His mighty angels around them to protect them in all that they do! After we got Hunter warm and changed he was ready to sled again!
It was hard saying goodbye to our Grandpapa and GG!!Hopefully theyll come again soon!

Countdown to Christmas!

2008-12-23T00:53:00.001-08:00

Only 2 days till Christmas!(Cringe!I dont like the Christmas countdown-especially at the very end. Because what that means to me, is in 3 days it will all be over!) It would be so nice if Christmas lasted a whole week instead of just one day!! And let me tell you this, baby it's absolutely freezing outside! Its been -20 degrees all week! Although its so beautiful to watch those giant snowflakes pour out of the sky, its just too cold to go out and play in it! So it's been days of being inside-drinking hot cocoa,homeschooling and Christmas projects, visits with my dear friend Erin, playing, fighting, and plenty of Christmas movies(love the hallmark channel!) And speaking of Christmas movies my darling Hunter Kent, 4 years old, just had to stick his tongue onto our frozen front door-well it stuck and he ripped it off-and let me just tell you that little tongue can really bleed like crazy.He ripped the top layer right off!My poor little guy! Hopefully he wont ever do that again!
Im so excited my Dad and Mom are coming for Christmas!(the secret I wasnt sapposed to find out!)But Heath cracked under pressure!lol! So Im cleaning and getting everything ready! I hope your enjoying the most wonderful time of the year! Im so greatful beyond words for that precious Babe born over 2 thousand years ago! Happy Birthday my Jesus! May the birth of our Lord and Savior be at the center of everything you do this Christmas! I hope you have the most amazing Christmas ever!
Love and Blessings! Jolena

My little ballerina

2008-12-11T07:51:00.000-08:00

Peyton had her ballet Christmas performance at a nursing home last night. She asked me what a nursing home was...so I told her it was a home full of grandpas and grandmas who needed special care, who were probably lonely and could really use a smile at Christmas! Then she was really excited to go and dance for them. She got to wear makeup which made her whole day! She forgot lots of parts of her dance but she remembered all the words to the song!(Holly Jolly Christmas) and of course she was the most adorable girl up there !!lol! Avery, Hunter and I were so proud of her!

2008-12-04T00:37:00.001-08:00

We had such a wonderful visit with Emaw and Papa! It just never seems long enough. We didnt do much, but sometimes its fun to just be lazy together. We did sneak in a few quick hunting trips though not as eventful as in times past. We celebrated Thanksgiving,with much to be thankful for!! Jesus, our family, friends, our troops!! We even managed to go shopping at 3am on black Friday! I dont think I bought that much because I was sleepwalking! But i did go and I had great company, Mom and my sweet friend Joanna. As always it was very sad to say goodbye, the hardest part of being in the military!

2008-11-30T03:00:00.000-08:00

Pictures of my blocks, for those who are joining me for the block workshop at my home on December 11th and 12th. Call me for directions and questions:406-952-4716.
Hope you can join me for a fun time creating your own personal beautiful gifts just in time for Christmas!

2008-11-20T00:27:00.000-08:00

Its been so long-time to catch up a little. I'll try to give the short version. Well my little sis has been really sick. And after many tearful calls with her begging me to come I had to get there, my hubby got emergency leave by the grace of God! We hopped in the van with our 3 little darlings and drove to Texas from Montana. 30 hours to get there. It was good to get home and be there to take care of my sis and my adorable little neice Lakyn. I got to spend a little time with my parents (squeezed in The Unit marathon and some blue bell icecream with my dad and mom)
and grandparents and texas family. It was hard saying good bye when it was time to get back to Montana. My sister is continuing to get better every day, I am on my knees for her, believing God for her complete recovery!! Then we rushed back to Montana, dodging a multitude of deer-praise the Lord!, with my mother and father in law close behind. We got home on monday and they arrived on tueday. There was absolutely no way I could unpack and clean it all up before they arrived! So they got to see the GIANT mess!! Oh well! The saddest part of this is that Heath had to leave this morning at 5 am for 5 days. But atleast I have a home filled with precious family!!God is so good to me!

2008-10-20T11:18:00.000-07:00

We took the kids to the park to play and roll around in the leaves. I laughed out loud as I watched and photographed Heath, Avery, Peyton and Hunter running and diving into their big pile of leaves. I love these moments!

2008-10-05T22:55:00.000-07:00

My Heath is home and I'm so thankful to have him here with us for 5 days- they will not go slow enough! Peyton has had her other front tooth about to fall out for days now (it was just hanging by a thread) So this morning while getting ready for church, Daddy talked her into tying a string around it, so SHE could tug the string and pull it out, WELL she wouldn't-so Daddy grabbed the string right before my very eyes and jerked that tooth right out!!I don't know who was more traumatized as blood gushed and tears flew-me or Peyton! He tried to make nice with hugs and kisses and when that wasn't cutting it- he gave Peyton her very own cup of coffee. (Lord bless those ladies who teach her Sunday school class!!!)Today we honored the sabbath and had a fabulous day of rest! I'm so glad God thought of that!

2008-10-02T23:12:00.000-07:00

Peyton Blaise
a picture of Peytons paintings
last picture See why I was upset!

For the last few days we've all had the sniffles, coughs, and soar throats and no Daddy to take care of us! Yuck! But we are on the way to feeling better! This morning I awoke to my son screaming and I flew out of bed and ran to the living room to find my daughter crawling on top of the entertainment center!! Lets just say she got in big trouble and I pray she will never do such a thing again!! I thank my God for keeping watch over my children always! Peyton Blaise is the sweetest, most loving, little girl, but she is my challenger!! Sometimes I think she must think to herself," I know I'm going to get a spankin for this but oh well it will be worth it!" She is too much like her Dad at times!! lol!
We cheered Avery on at his soccer game-I was proud-he did his best! Afterwards we went to the store to get an Icee and on the way into the store we passed a young couple smoking cigarettes, my 4 year old Hunter following close behind said really loudly to them "Hey you guys, you need to quit smoking, its ruining your lungs!" I turned and said "sorry, 4 year old's tell the truth", they laughed and told him "your right, its a very bad habit', and as I was trying to get him into the store quickly he shouted out "then quit doing it!" Oh the things our children will say-you gotta love it!!
I loved Sarah Palin tonight! I thought she did really well in the debate. Im praying God gives her lots of wisdom and grace in the days ahead!

Just to make sure Id miss him!

2008-10-02T02:33:00.000-07:00

I awoke to "Mommy I'm hungry!" A normal part of waking up for me. I made myself get up out of my cozy bed and a little hand dragged my sleepy body down the stairs and into the kitchen. And to my surprise there were beautiful roses with a love letter sitting on the counter and the dishes were all done! What a wonderful sweet man God has blessed me with!

2008-09-28T21:12:00.000-07:00

It was sooo good to get Heath home on Wednesday night. Thursday was the last day of me teaching swimming lessons for a long while! Yayy! We cheered Avery on in his soccer game-he's the smallest guy on his team!He is really enjoying it and he's really getting better-no matter what his Dad says!(lol!) I had a scrapbook night with the girls at church on Friday. It was so hard to leave my Heath and go scrapbook ,but I survived,and he got to have some great Daddy time with the kids. Saturday was pure laziness-snuggles-movies-coffee-the whole family playing zoo tycoon-Daddy cooked pancakes at 2 in the afternoon! May sound boring but I promise it was a total blast! On Sunday Heath had to work here on base but he met us at the park for lunch(we had our traditional Adams family fried chicken dinner meal) And we have enjoy every last bit of sunshine we have because soon the ground will be covered in snow. But that just means it will be time to pull out the coats and sleds!
My hubby took me out for a fun date tonight, we went and watched Fireproof with some of our church family. Such a great movie with a great Message!! (and that is a rare thing these days)(when I was a teen Kirk Cameron was plastered all over my walls.)(Im so glad he found the Lord and he and his wife have such a beautiful family and are doing so many wonderful things for the Lord.I love to watch his Way of the Master on TBN) My hubby laughed through the tearful parts, because I would cry and very discreetly wipe my tears on his shirt sleeve, by the end of the movie his sleeve was drenched with my tears.
One more day till he has to leave again for 5 days. I can do this! Ive made a list of the good things that happen when he's gone:1. he misses me and I miss him! 2. I get to sleep on his side of the bed. 3. I get to go to sleep with fox news on the tv 4. I can scrapbook all hours of the night and he wont even notice! lol!

today

2008-09-23T19:49:00.000-07:00

Well today was a crazy busy day! It started at 9am 1st day of homeschool. 3rd grade for my Avery, 1st grade my Peyton, and preschool my Hunter and Hunters little friend Summerlin comes 2 days a week for preschool. I taught my heart out! Ran to swim lessons, taught swim.Made a mad dash to Avery's 1st soccer game of the season! And we were 20 minutes late, because of swim lessons! Ran to the grocery store-fixed supper- broke up at least 15 fights between the kids. The last one of the day ending with a bite! I fed the 2 guinea pigs,(who had to be separated for biting too), worms and a salad to the bearded dragon, 2 aquariums of fish and frogs, Hunter fed his turtle with moms help, thankfully I didn't have to feed the snakes! And the cat he's so fat he can do without-not really I fed him too. I got to talk to my hubby on the phone-I miss him so! Tomorrow he comes home! I cant wait!We have a million kisses waiting for him! So now it's "me time"! Im going to forget that I should go clean up and Im going to go curl up with my Bible and spend some time with Him. I need it!!!

2008-09-21T00:04:00.000-07:00

Today I shampooed the carpet. My house smells nice and clean. The kids and I went to Giant Springs and enjoyed the sunshine and the beauty God has placed around us. My little sister is on my heart and mind. I know she's hurting and I cant be there to hug and hold her. My heart hurts so deeply for her! She had a miscarriage and she was due in March. And I just hate that this has happened to my precious sissy! I dont understand why these things happen. But Im praying that my Jesus will hold her close and give her comfort,grace, strength, peace.

2008-09-20T00:15:00.000-07:00

Hunter has been croopy and up during the night and so have I. But I got a couple of scrapbook pages done. In between lots of prayers, hugs and back rubs. He is feeling much better today though. Daddy leaves tomorrow morning. So everyone is a little sad in my house. Its only for 5 days! I know! But we just love having Daddy home! And you'd think after being married 10 years I wouldn't even miss him! But I do adore my Heath and everything is just better when we are together! Dont get me wrong, he can be such a stinker at times that Id like to choke him. And I'm quite positive he feels that same special feeling for me at times too! But I am so blessed to be married to the man of my dreams, my best friend, amazing husband and dad!

2008-09-17T20:05:00.000-07:00

Well Peyton lost one of her top front teeth and so now she has the way too cute snaggle grin going on! We took the kids to the park and I was sad I only got a few pictures before my camera battery died!! Heath hopped into the river(the shortest river in the US-the Roe river) and was pulling out handfuls of the water plants, the kids had so much fun pulling out the water bugs, and the brought home 5 sculpins for the aquarium. Daddy makes everything fun!
Today, as I was crying and praying for a dear friends 5 year old nephew who is battling cancer, it reminds me that things in this life just don't really matter. Heath and I have been so blessed to have our beautiful and healthy Avery, Peyton and Hunter. We truly have everything!!! A family is the most amazing blessing from God! Hold yours close! Enjoy every moment!

2008-09-15T00:49:00.000-07:00

Well Heath posted out to the field for the first time on Friday morning. It was sad for all of us. It the beginning of a new and uncomfortable job! Peyton had moments that she would do the whole tears and drama thing "i want my daddy now!" Thankfully he got to come back home Sat. at midnight! So next Saturday when he leaves it will be for 5 days and nights away, then he comes home for 5 days and nights, but he works 3 full days of those here on base ( but atleast he gets to come home in the evenings!). Then 2 days off!!!All ours!!(this will be the new job schedule until God moves us on to the next thing He has for us!)The military life is always interesting! Id much rather have my sweetie come home every evening and spend it with us. But I'm so grateful and thankful to the Lord with all my heart that my Heath is not deployed to another country! But Heath is keeping this country very safe!! So I'm choosing to be happy and I'm going to cherish our time together whenever I get it!I know God has great plans for our family!!!! My God is always so Good and Faithful!!
So while my hubby was away the kids and I did lots of playing. Then I had a few moments to make some cards!!! I'm a crazy scrapbooking Momma! That means I don't have time to scrapbook, But I take it when I can get it, so usually when they are asleep I stay up till all hours of the morning scrapbooking! (crazy! because Im 33, and I need all the energy I can get to keep us with my 3 monkeys)I love to scrapbook and I recently became a Close to my Heart consultant because mine moved away! Close to My Heart has the greatest scrapbooking stuff! I'm totally addicted to there stamps and paper! I became a consultant to support my own habit!!! If your curious check out my website www. jolena.myctmh.com Hide your credit card though!! Back to why I do this crazy thing called scrapbooking. Well I have 3 of the most beautiful children in the world!(most handsome hubby too!) Perfect and Beautiful Treasures from my Father God!And I love taking pictures of my family! I am there very own paparazzi, I drive them bananas taking pictures of everything they do.(after all- someday they'll thank me for it-right!) I have a hand full of pics. from my childhood. My real mom died when I was10 yrs old . And I don't have one single written down thing that she ever thought of me. So I scrapbook the pictures of my kids and our family and journal about those precious moments because they pass way too quickly and I don't ever want to forget! I leave special love notes in and on my pages so that someday when my kids are all grown up they are going to look back and read my thoughts and know how blessed we were and what a gift it was to be there Mom and how I loved and cherished every moment with them! So that's why I'm a crazy scrapbooking Momma!

1st post

2008-09-08T02:15:00.000-07:00

I thought this might be a fun way to keep family and friends updated on the character building-ever changing- never boring-fun-funny-sweet-silly-sometimes sad-grand adventures of the Adams family! Lots more to come....