Some oldie but goodies.....

Jax and Coop chewing on their squeakies.  

He has always been such a sweet big brother!

LOVED these shirts!

Ok, so apparently they weren't happy with the turtle necks.  Can't say that I blame them but man they are some kinda cute!

Always been a character...wonder where he gets that from...ahem....

Those eyes!  I could just eat.him.alive!!!

My goofy boy!  I saw that same silly, sly face right before bed tonight!

We'll never forget Poppi dancing around with Jax on his shoulders at Disney while the men on stilts danced to the drums!

See you again soon Disney!  The Duke's can't wait!  Oh, and you better watch out...there's a new princess in town.....

Ok, so not an oldie...but boy she is a cutie!

Happy Thanksgiving!

This year I have seen quite a few people posting things they are thankful for each day on their blog.  I wish I had thought to do the same thing!  Here's a few things I am thankful for:
*Daddy-O
*my sweet blessings
*my parents who do SO much
*my grandparents who are.the.best
*my in-laws who gave me my soul-mate
*the rest of my family who I can't name one by one...(I mean, I can name them, but I'm not gonna...)
*my friends
*my sister-friends
*my homeschool group
*my church family
*a warm home to live in
*a running car
*the fact that I am free to serve a gracious, forgiving, loving God

This is a pic of some of our homeschool group at our annual Thanksgiving party.  Such a great group of families!

Here's the princess at Grandma and Papa's house on Thanksgiving day.  Who would know we had to bribe this sweet face out of her.....hehe

The Duke's!  

Election thoughts

I'm not a political person. Never claimed to be. To be honest, I'm glad this election is over.  Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, their own vote. I choose not to discuss my choices with many, mainly because I don't enjoy the drama that can come from those discussions/disagreements.  We should be thankful we live in a country where we have that right, that voice, regardless of whether or not your "choice" won. You may be happy about our president for the next 4 years or you may be disappointed. Either way, God wasn't surprised by this outcome. He knew the results. The petty arguing and bantering about the subject did/does no good.  

While I may not discuss who my vote was for in this election, I will discuss this.  My ultimate choice is Jesus Christ. That's what really matters in the grand scheme of life. Not who won last night. Because in the end, God is still God and He is still good.  And no matter who our president is, we as a whole need to pray for our country.

Mothers of Multiples

That's children.....NOT personalities... ;)

The first weekend of November is always the NCMOM convention.  Mom's from all over the state come together to get away and enjoy each others company.  This year Greensboro hosted at the Embassy Suites.  It was a lot of time and planning on our part but it went SO well!  We were VERY pleased with the outcome.  Our theme was "Giddy-Up to Greensboro".  Here are a few pictures from the weekend.

Learning country line dances.....or trying at least!  

Spivey and I had fun texting pics of ourselves to Katie while she was trying to be "formal" during our general session.

These are just evil good.  Period. 

Dinner Saturday night

The GMOM crew.  Oh, and the Lone Ranger.  Do you see him creeping in the back left corner?  Tonto is hiding back there too with John Wayne.

Missing in Action

I have been lacking in the posting business lately!  October was filled with illness!  The day we came back from the beach (last post), I felt like I was coming down with a cold.  Well that cold was no joke!  I am still feeling effects from it!  Joss decided to catch it the week before last and it lingered a while with her and ended up in her ears resulting in double ear infections!  Daddy-O was 3rd in line and while his has been more short-lived, it has caused a lot of pain in his sinuses.  Poor Jax seems to be coming down with something as of this afternoon.  Please pray the sicknesses LEAVE the Duke household soon!  

During all this the boys continued to play baseball.  Their season ended this past weekend.  From what I hear, they all played the best games of the season.  Yes, this Mommy of the year missed their last games due to the NCMOM convention.

They also tested for their yellow belts in Tae Kwon Do and did awesome!  I get a bad case of the nerves for them and they rock it out every time!  

Joss is still sweet as pie.  She loves to sing, count, color, dance and is oh so independent!