Stella is doing great in her new home. she loves all her kids and jumping on Willie's bed. Stella isn't allowed on beds but she likes that one. she is a very good puppy. she is doing much better on her leash she is making pee and poops outside now she still needs to be walked but we all need to be walked.

let me tell the kids have learned to clean up poop very good. she has spots in the living room that she likes very much. she has very stinky poop let me tell you! she loves to play with her toys and chew on her bone. I think she is starting to know her name and comes when she is called. we got lucky with puppy.

she went to the vet today to get her puppy shots she was a good girl and the vet said she was very pretty puppy and she looks great. all the kids loves her and so do I she is one lucky dog to have 5 children that love her and play with her.

she does need to sleep some because she gets tired with all the love the 4/4 and a toad give her.

until next time

A NEW PUPPY FOR THE NEAL

I would like for you all to meet the newest family member. She is a 3 month old German Shepherd with big ears and all! Her name is Pretty Girl Stella Sassy Bear. she gets her name after her dad and mom. We say an add in the paper for puppies for several weeks and my husband kept saying we should call they people we got her from has had several German shepherds so he knew they would be good dogs we talked about it for several weeks and we talked ourselves out of it. we didn't see the add in the paper again so we thought we were safe and didn't have to worry about my husband seeing the add and wanted this puppy. But yesterday my husband was home and was able to look at all the news papers and lord and be hold this here was the add John said lets check her out and see what we think well how can you not fall in love with this face!

So we brought her home she was very scared and hid a little she tried to sit on my husband lap but she was just to big. bed time was great she no messes and slept good. we very proud. she was happy to see all her brothers she played and had a good time until she had to be put in the girls bathroom and she cried and cried hopefully she will get better and have the house to her self may be in about 2 years. keep watching as Stella grows up to be a big beautiful dog.

yet another snow day

• get out of my room
• mom get toad
• but i had it first
• william get off of my head
• i haven't got to play the playstation yet
• can i check my email
• i am so board
• when is lunch
• toad get out
• sassy it my turn on the computer
• is it time to eat
• what can i do
• i don't want to read
• i am hungry
• i don't want to clean my room
• cheyenne quit hitting me
• mom william shut my finger in the door
• I want something to eat

this is just a few of the things i heard when while I was home for 2 day with my children i think that i heard I am hungry from all my children at least 5 times each so that is about 25 times them take that time 2 is way to many time to hear that I am hungry! so tomorrow when I am on day 3 with my children we are going to make cookies and they can eat all they want and not have to tell me that they are hungry they can eat when they want that is until the cookies are gone. then what do I do? maybe by then the kids will be so full they will all take a nap! who am i kidding they wont nap but maybe we could sleep in. lets just see what time the kids will get up and we can start over again. have a happy 2nd day of biter cold I now I will stay in knowing that we don't have school and I don't have to work so we are all good

Snow day

Woke up this morning at 5:30am I had to be the parent because John had to be in Des Monies early so I had to make sure the kids were up and ready for school. So I got up looked outside and thought 2 hour delay I can sleep in I turned on my computer and to see what Highland was going to do, to my surprise they were closed! I thought Well I have the day off I wasn't about to leave 4 11 years old in my house by themselves. I waited to see if I was going to get a call or if I needed to find a sub. I played on the computer until 5:45 and seen that I didn't need to call a sub, that made me happy. I could go back to sleep. Just as I was about to sleep my phone rang calling to confirm that Mid-Prairie was closed!
So I tried to sleep again, nope not yet I was woken up by bright light and Sassy looking for pants. I told her to go to bed school was closed she said OK and went to bed so that was easy. Until the boys got up the sun wasn't up yet so I didn't need to get up. I don't know who was louder Brodey trying to get into the boys' room or the boys trying to keep him out! Brodey wet back to bed so that was easy but the boys you could hear them talking.
Soon I was able to get some more sleep just a little but because as soon as the sun was shinning so was Toad he was up and moving. So I guess when you are a mother of 5 you don't get to sleep in. That is until the other parent gets home!
I love to be home with my children we get to hang out and not do much of anything I have some outside and some inside. Can you guess who is inside and who is out. Let me tell you if Toad can go out he is there in heart beat. That kids loves the outside no matter how hot or cold it is outside.
Snow days at our house are great days to sleep and be lazy do a little bit of laundry and pick up bed room the kids love to pick up bedroom part. We get to play games and watch movies we have a great day. I love snow days! Having snow days gives us more day with the triplets they still have to make up the school day so we get them for the snow day and the make up day it works great for me and John. We love snow days!
hope everyone has a great snow day and you all make it home safe.

toothles toad

Toad is now a toothless wonder. He has had this tooth for a couple weeks he tried to put gloves on and pulled it a little bit it looked like he had a buck tooth it was getting looser and looser and I could stand it. It made me crazy to see his tooth just hang there. I hated it and couldn't keep my hand off of it so John made me happy and pulled it. Now he is ready for the tooth fairy to come.

I remember when Trayton and the triplet were losing teeth the tooth fairy would always forget to leave money and I had to make up reasons why he forgot. But not any more I have invested in a pirate Pete he has a special pouch to put the tooth in and he leaves it by his bed not under his pillow so the tooth fairy doesn't have to worry waking him up or forgetting to take care of the money swipe.

the things you have to do when you are a parent I am just glad that I have made it so much easier on myself!!! Toad loves the pirate and thinks it is so cool to have a special tooth holder.

Happy tooth fairy to every one.

Pig Cows and Toads

Toad helped his dad put together the barn and fence for the cows and pigs we are going to get in a few more weeks, months depending on when they are born. He keeps asking every day when they are coming? He can't wait to feed them. Now that the barn is just outside our back door I will never get to see him this spring and summer, he will be living with the cows and when the pigs come we have to make sure his shoes stay outside.I had to deal with the smell of pigs poo in the house last summer. not doing that again!

He got a farm set from his uncle mike and played with it all the time. He loves his pig and cows. He pretends that he is feeding the babies and scooping the poop. He loves everything about his farm set.

tonight at bed time I went in to check in on him and tuck him in he was sleeping with his pigs and cows he had his flashlight. He is ready to get up and be with his farm animals.
we had to get the kid some cows and pig stuffed animals to sleep with so he would come in the house and sleep in his room if he had his way he would have his bed right next to the cows.

when we get the cows and you want to see toad come on over to the barn and see him. we all now he will not go any where when we get the cows and pigs. Trayton will have trouble getting his time with the cows even though they are his 4-h projects.

when we get the cows this month you will get to see just who is with the cows more Trayton or Toad!

Birthday

This is Sarah Paisley Rhoads turning 11 she tells me that she didn't want to get any older but you can't stop it. She has her donut instead of cake. She says she can have cake with her sister. she loves donuts and would rather eat donuts instead.

Is there rolls to have cake on our birthday it is your birthday and there are no rules that says you have to cake so donuts work great.

you could make your own cake and put what ever you want on it like RayRay she made her cake with Memaw she had animal crackers, fruit loops, and sprinkles. it looked great.

When are you to old for a Barbie cake? My niece had her 18th birthday today and she had a Barbie cake and she loved it. I felt bad that we didn't get anything for her but she was happy with her cake. some time the little things you make for your family is worth more then gifts

I don't why but I think birthday are so special and I like to make everyone feel special on their birthday. I may not get to spend the day with the people I love but I try to give calls to every one, that is if I remember and have just a minute in my day to say Happy Birthday.

Just to let you all now that I make cakes and some turn out great and some have flopped but if you want or need a cake let me know. I have all kids of pans so let me know what you want.

Happy Birthday to everyone.

Time to start a new year!

Happy New Year! Hope 2008 was a great year. For us it was great we made it to our 5 year of marriage Toad turned 5 and the 4x4 are not longer 4x4 lets try 4x11. We had a great summer with 4h winnings and foren exchange students from Germany and cousin from Kuwait.

Trips to water parks and Adventureland with the help KCII radio winning enough tickets to get my family in plus some others and renting a 15 passenger van to get all my kids and Michelle's kids and mom and a few others that just wanted to hang out with there cool aunt May May.

After a busy non stop summer we went back to school a few 1st Toad went to Kdg and the big kids started the middle school. I have no more babies in my house!
Willie started his year with upset stomach and pucking with nerves he was going to be in a class all by himself. what was he going to do if he couldn't be with his sisters. He figured it out and is making it on his own and he doesn't need his sister to hold his hand. Cheyenne figured out that she can get the attention that she needs by being loud and rude to her teacher. She has had 1 detention and working on serving her next one when we back to school on the 6th. she has a lot of dishes to do this week Danielle is turning into a very hard worker she is getting A's on her report card she is working hard. Trayton is trying to be the class clown and get in trouble with his sister Chey. He was yet to get a detention but when he gets on he will be doing dishes right along side her. Brodey was so good the first couple days of school and did what the teacher asked he was a good little boy until on day his teacher came up to me and told me he was out of control and needed several prompts to get under control. I told her that he got to meet the Toad. She asked that Toad stays home and I can only bring Brodey to school with me.

we hope that Toad will stay home this half of the school year.

John has his 12th year at Stutsman inc. he is still liking it until he works late and has to get up early and doesn't get to see his family very much. I started my 5th year at Wellman elementary I love it. working hard with two wonderful little boys we get to go on many field trips to see their little faces lite up when we go to McDonald's they love it.

things are great here we hope to have a great 2009 and we hope you all do too.

I don't know how to upload pictures to make things look good but you get the fun time we had this year.