Changes.....

Well it is official, WE ARE MOVING!!! We are going to spend the next 10 days working like crazy to get the house on the market. This is all kinda bittersweet, we are leaving our first house where we brought our children home to, where they had many of their first....but we are getting a new house, a bigger house, hopefully one we can stay in for many years (until we buy our 10 acres in the country, hehe), and we will no longer have any car payment or credit cards(Praise the Lord!). We have not found a house yet, but we are leaning towards two new communities in Huntersville. We will not decide officially until this one is sold, and then we will have to wait 5 months for it to be built. So in the mean time Christophers Parents have graciously offered for us to live in their upstairs. We are really excited about this and think that it will be a really fruitful and sweet time. So please just pray that the whole house selling process goes smoothly, that it sells quickly, that we are wise in our home purchase, and mostly that we are humble and that we don't drive the Blackburns crazy.

Memorial Day Weekend!

This past weekend we went up to Maryland to visit our good friends Neil, Jess and Nyah. We haven't seen them since October, so it was really fun to see how the kids have changed. We had a great time. On Saturday we went to the National Zoo, and the kids rode the metro for the first time. The kids really enjoyed the little monkeys(I don't know what they are called!) and the cow in the kids farm. On Sunday we went to church and then tossed the kids into the pool after nap time. And then we sadly headed home on Monday. The kids had a blast with each other, they all slept in the same room, which was pretty comical all the noises coming out of the room, took baths together and just played! So we have now come to a close of the Blackburn Summer of Fun trips.....but we are thinking of selling the casa, so we have a whole new adventure beginning!

POOL TIME!

CUTIE PIES!!
STRING CHEESE!

AVERY WEARING NYAHS DRESS UP SHOES!

FIRST METRO RIDEMMMMWAAHH!

OBSESSING OVER THE COW!

We're Back..............

This past Friday we got back from a week at the beach with my family. The kids LOVED the beach this year. We went first thing in the morning till nap time, they slept for 3 hours and then we were out there again! They really liked the tide pools, and Papa Reid and Nana taught them how to "step,step, step" through them. They weren't too excited about the ocean, SMART KIDS(I hate the ocean, but love the beach!). Overall we had a great time!! We are headed up to Maryland this weekend to visit our buddies the Smarts and I think that we are going to try to go to the National Zoo while we are there!! Yay! On our honeymoon we went there three times, and Neil and Jess even came down and went with us one day. Weird I know but we love 'em that much!

Church Picnic

Yesterday we went to the church picnic! The kids had a blast on the hayride and we enjoyed the petting zoo. Also this past weekend they had their first "sleepover" with their buddy Alathea.....It was pretty funny all three of them in one room......hopefully they didn't scare her too much with all their nightime nonsense!

18 Months!

The twins turned 18 months old yesterday! My how the time has flown! I have put a few pictures up for your enjoyment.
The kids are really turning into, well kids....They are running, jumping, laughing and talking! They both have a great sense of humor.....Cj is all boy: he is climbing on everything, diving off of things and like for Daddy to wrestle with him. Avery is prissy girl. She needs her shoes, purse, and bow before we go anywhere. But she still likes to beat CJ up. More later.....


SHES GONNA BLOW!! This was taken 2 days before the kids where born! SCARY
Avery fresh out of the cooker! She was maybe 5 minutes old

CJ 5 minutes old....Making the infamous turtle face!

They love to give kisses! Yesterday they kept giving them to each other!

More Kisses!

CJ showing off his full grill!

Getting soaked by the sprinkler! They loved it

Silly Family Photo!

Avery Girl

Daddy and Cj at Aunt TT and Uncle Andys Wedding

Who are you calling shrimp? Avery really is that much shorter than CJ! It is really cute!

Playing with sidewalk chalk A.K.A dumping out the whole box and laughing

Avery on her slide in the backyard amusement park that we have!

My Amazin' Bride!

Yay! I snuck in here again. No I didn't sneaked in here.
With that said I wanted to take a minute to honor my bride once again. I don't know how many of you all know, but Eileen and the kids have been sick for the past few days. Eileen has had some kinda stomach thing and the kids have had things coming out all over the place.
Through all of this, Eileen has done an amazing job loving and nurturing the kids in their sickness. She has also done an excellent job keeping up the house, cooking dinner for the family, maintaining the household tasks, and loving me.
She has proven to me, and whoever would observe her, to be a selfless, humble bride; a selfless and humble mom; a selfless and humble homemaker. I know God's grace has been more than sufficient and she has been diligent to rely on it.
Thank you my love for all of your hard work!
Love you ;-).

Monkey See, Monkey Do!

Last night while I was getting dinner ready, Avery ran into the corner of the wall and split her forehead open! So off to the emergency room(AGAIN!) we went. She had a CAT scan done, which came out fine and received four stitches in her head! We will go back Friday to have them removed. Isn't it amazing how hard we try to protect our children, God humbles us and shows us that he is the one in control...and we need to fully rely on HIM. Once the little princess wakes up I will post some pictures of her big girl scar! And I promise I don't abuse my children, I seriously think I cried harder than Avery.....

On a side note...CJs lip is completely healed, you honestly cannot tell that he had stitches....I am still in disbelief that we went to the ER twice in eight days! We definitely know how to make memories at this house!