Fun Times!

As we were headed across the bay the other day we saw a submarine! We pulled over on the bridge so that the kids could get a good look.



Getting Ready for the Wedding!! (My cousin Bert got married on 8/1)
Check out this handi-work!


Savannah & Ella LOVED their dresses. I found them at Sears for about 60% off! (please excuse the big pile of yard sale/donation items behind them)



The kids at the wedding. The church was HUGE and absolutely gorgeous inside.


Ethan's cheese robot


Cheese robot is no more!


This was on the floor and I thought it was cool!


The happy couple making their getaway! (my pictures with them in their wedding gear were all distorted in some way .. blurry, too dark, etc.)

Catching Up...

Hello Fellow Bloggers!

July has been a very busy month for the Eder Clan! First of all, July 4th was a blast... the kids marched (and uh, were pulled in a wagon) in the parade with their brand new school - Cape Charles Christian School! Hannah proudly carried the banner.




Ethan and Savannah were proudly pulled in a wagon!

Caleb ate a flag...


and Ella caught a lei...


That night we watched the fireworks at Cherrystone Campground. It was kind of scary because the firemen shot the fireworks towrds the crowd instead of out over the water?? The sparks started falling on us and they caught the field on fire, so we ended up watching from the van.. sheesh!

On July 10, my Aunt, Mom and I had a small ceremony at the beach in honor of my Aunt Joanne's birthday. She would have been 55 but she was killed in a motorcycle accident by a drunk driver back in November :( I took some pictures..





As soon as we finished the ceremony, someone shot fireworks off down the beach! It was the most perfect ending we could have asked for.



On July 12 we drove 6 hours (more like 8 with all the stopping) to take Hannah to Ferrum College waaaaayyyy on the other side of the state. She went to a camp for gifted and/or high achieving kids. She had SUCH a blast, did lots of fun things, learned alot and is already talking about going back next year! We picked her up on July 18th.
Me & Hannah


Main Entrance




The rest of the month includes numerous doctor's visits, meetings and Ethan's birthday. August looks to be much busier with more doctor's appointments, TONS of fundraising, dentist appointments, school shopping and more camps! Hannah is going away for another five days with our church - back to the mountains of Virginia and Ethan and Bobby are headed to a Boy Scout camp in Delaware for three days! Hannah will even be gone for her birthday!

I almost forgot! I have a new baby brother!


His name is Gizmo and he is naughty! I babysat him the other day and he ate Caleb's favorite binky! He weighs 2 lbs 7 oz, lol. My dad said he's eater cheeseburgers bigger than him. ;)

Thats all for now.. I hope to catch up again soon :)

Kreativ Blogger Award

Ive been nominated for a Kreativ Blog Award! Thanks for the nod, Rena. I dont get to spend as much time with my blog as I'd like and it certainly isnt anything extraordinary, but I do hope that those of you who read it, enjoy it. If you get a chance, check out hers - its fantastic! Rena J Jones

Ok, here's what ya do:

1. Thank the person who nominated you for the award.
2. Copy the logo and place it on your blog.
3. Link the person who nominated you.
4. List 7 things about yourself that people might find interesting.
5. Nominate 7 Kreativ bloggers.
6. Post links to those bloggers.
7. Leave a comment for each one to let them know they're nominated.

Seven things about me that are intersting? Um, theres nothing!

1. As soon as I get out of the shower I HAVE to brush my teeth because I dont feel clean until I do.
2. When I use the clothesline outfits have to be hung together and towels go from largest to smallest down to washclothes. Any other way would just make me twitch.
3. I was diagnosed with stage IV Hodgkins Lymphoma nearly the minute after I gave birth to our 5th child.
4. I HAVE to be the first to read the mail or newspaper. I CANT watch someone else read them if I havent already. Another thing to do me in.
5. My carpets must be clean. I vaccum incessantly. I even get down on my hands and knees to peek through the fibers to make sure they're clean.
6. I'd prefer to live in the mountains and visit the beach than the other way around.
7. I have OCD tendencies... if ya hadnt noticed!

Id like to nominate these 7 blogs...

Savoring The Circus

So What Was I Saying?

Two Cute Blondies

Hillary's Hmmmmmmm

Ok, so I was supposed to nominate 7, but I dont follow that many! I do love these ones though... the first one is my sister's!

Cat Burgular!

The kitty looooves Caleb... she always "checks" on him while he's in his crib.

Caleb was supposed to be taking a nap, but when I went to check on him, I discovered that he had a visitor!



This is what I found in the middle of the night!!

Cancer SUCKS!

Just a short while ago I learned that Farrah Fawcett passed away this morning. She died of anal cancer. Im in such a mood right now... it makes me so ANGRY. Another senseless death chalked up to the "Big C". Cancer doesnt care if you're pretty, old, skinny, rich, poor, mean or wonderful. It doesnt care about what you do or how you impact others... it just comes and takes and takes and takes. It takes whoever or whatever it wants to without regard. I HATE it. I really freaking hate it.

Medical Science has truly come a long way, but it amazes me to no end that there isnt more that can be done for cancer. I know for everyone a cure just isnt possible, but it SHOULD be. It seems like it should be able to be handled with a prescription or something, just like an other general illness. I know it cant be that simple, Im not naive, yes I realize there are so many different types of cancer, different treatments, etc, but Im just angry.. enraged in fact. Gah.

One in every THREE women, and one in every TWO men will hear the words "You have cancer" at some point in their life. Thats entirely TOO many people. And it has a ripple effect... that means in all actuality every person in the world will be touched by cancer in one way or another in their lifetime. We have to stop it and together, we WILL. I hope everyone will do what they can to fight this disease and raise awareness.

www.cancer.org
www.lls.org
www.RelayForLife.org
http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR/RelayForLife/RFLFY09National?px=4835943&pg=personal&fr_id=19449

same ole... same ole...

No real new updates to deliver!

Things are the same.. busy all the time, but thankfully school is almost over! We have one ball game left and Savannah's pre-k class is going to the zoo tommorrow. Im a little nervous about that, and wasnt going to send her, but she begged to go! So she is, WITHOUT me, but she'll be with a chaperone she loves :)(Ill have a sick tummy all day long)

Hannah scored a perfect score on her math sol - a 600. SHe missed one of her history/social studies sol and got a 598. She did remarkably well on her english/reading and science sols as well. She is one smart kid!

Ella is all of a sudden a big kid... her vocbaulary and the way she speaks is changing dramatically. She reminds me so much of Hannah when Hannah was small, I think she's going to be extremely intelligent like her biggest sister!

Im thinking of getting a small part time job. Im considering calling about it today. B is kind of against it, but Im tired of struggling all the time and me juggling money and revamping budgets isnt really cutting it anymore. But, with a decrease in our insurance premium, hopefully B will be getting a promotion (please, LORD, please) that would take affect on July 1 and me have a small job... I cant get us into much better shape again :)

Im a little dissapointed in some things that I wont go into right now... hopefully Ill get through my little funk without causing any problems. I just want things to be easier.. less stressful. I think I need to realize that no matter how hard I try, or how much I want to.. I cant be everything to everybody all of the time. Im trying to learn to live with that, although its hard.

I hope all of YOU are well! ♥

New friends...

These are our newest friends.. Midnight & Hera. My Dad rescued these kitties the night after rescuing Lucky. Thankfully, these kitties are a bit bigger and we were able to teach them to drink milk from a bowl fairly easily. Ive found a nice home for Midnight (complete with big brother kitty!), but we are going to keep Hera. We've never been "cat" people, and litter boxes dont appeal to me, so we're only keeping one. I probably couldve been talked into both, but not B. We'll see how it goes!

We chose the name Hera (a greek goddess) because our mutt is Apollo.. stick with the tradition, I suppose.