A Martin Minute

My children are officially SPOILED! Thank you to each & every one of you who have contributed to their extra fun & sugary Christmas celebration - I am starting thank you notes tonight. We have had an abundance of family time & are loving having SuperDaddy home a little extra these days. We took a QUICK trip to TN to see my extended family & loved us some chocolate syrup on our biscuits & tackling Uncle Bill on an air mattress. We came home in time to clean the house & prep for Christmas Eve. No worries - we got a trampoline! AND of course LEgos & ANOTHER American Girl doll b/c 1 was never enough. We got games! We are obsessed with playing games & if you ever want to blackmail me you can find Poppy's picture of me playing TWISTER - hey, I lasted about 30 minutes. We got real aluminum bats - can you believe my boys are old enough to get bats? We got pj's & once more Cousin Lisa wins for the toys with the most pieces. P.S. Cousin Lisa also broug...

Merry Christmas from the Martins! Dear Friends, I started a letter about how smart & cute & fabulous my children are . . .I started a letter about the sports we like & how fabulous we are at those sports. (I mean seriously I already have my Christmas card plan for the year of our Heisman win) But then I realized y'all probably all knew how fabulous my kiddos & hubby are. So my letter is short & sweet to say "Thank you." Thank you for how each of you have contributed to our family. We are blessed by who you are & what you have taught us. Thank you for watching us grow & enjoying the moments along with me. (Thank you for reading this blog.) Thank you, thank you, thank you! May you be blessed this Christmas & New Year by His grace & His love - for that is the true meaning of the season. Love, Jocelyn

Okay, so a little of October is in here & December 1st. The bottom pic is Whitty at his pumpkin party. He is wearing his "W" cape made by Moppy. Next pic up is Bay in our over-packed car on Dec 1st delivering 155 bags that her school put together for children in the hospital. I headed up the December service project for her elementary school & had a FABULOUS time spending the WHOLE day at her school. The next pic up is the boys with cousin T getting ready for their fall program at school. They did PERFECT! They remembered the words & motions. WFM5 had some lines to deliver & did so award worthy. The top pic is SuperDaddy & I at the IRON BOWL. If you saw us on ESPN College GAmeDay 1 or more of the 5 times we were on then you can get our autographs later. We had so much fun (until the 2nd half) & did some Christmas shopping on the PLains. I had not been to an Iron Bowl since before we had kiddos & it was fun just to be there! Thanks to Mimi & Pop...

Starting from the bottom picture (b/c I cannot remember how to get them in the right order.): In the bottom pic you can catch a glimpse of my 2 SpiderMen & our Spanish dancer. The kids had a fun & busy Halloween. Well, that is until Baby W decided it was scary & SuperDaddy walked him home to me & Moppy to share his candy. The other 2 hit every house in the neighborhood - thankfully we live in a small neighborhood. Let me clarify that this is my least favorite holiday b/c WHY do we spend a lot of money to celebrate a holiday that started out to be something bad????? Then in the middle picture you can see our Soccer SuperStar - he made a goal or more in most games & every game he had a great save! He may go pro next year he said except he has not found a kids pro team yet. I am excited to start baseball in the Spring & then he wants to play football in the Fall. Why do I think that the ballfields & the Volvo will become best buds? =) The top pic is of our new ...

Well, I am a day late, but only because I was throwing a really cool party. (pics later) My Baby turned 4 yesterday. Impossible -afraid not. He is all about SuperHeros & HotWheels. He loves to talk, but not always in public - a little shy. He is "wonderfully made . . .in God's image." He loves his role as the Baby of the family & looks forward to Mommy time - all the time. When he grows up to be an AU football player you can all say "I knew him when." Thankfully he has a few years to decide between quarterback & running back. Whitty, We love you & who you are in, & to, our family. You are our baby blessing. Love, Mommy

Okay so what color do you think a pumpkin is? If you guessed white or orange then you are right. Saturday SuperDaddy turned down multiple AU vs FL tickets to stay home & spend some time with the family. He has been working 24/7 for 3 weeks now & since he finished a bid he took the day to devote to spending time with the kiddos. We headed off to "The Great Pumpkin Patch" about 30 miles N of our suburbia & took a wagon ride, picked out pumpkins, rode horses & went to the petting zoo & country store. We had a blast! Bay picked out a white pumpkin while the W's got traditional orange. They loved the petting zoo & all rode the ponies, but I am sure their favorite part was the hay pyramid that turned out to be a great spot to play "tackle daddy!" Maybe we were meant to be country folks??? Carnivals, Fall Festivals & birthdays coming up SOON! Happy Fall Y'all!

Captain "Cappi" Martin July 15, 2000 - October 3, 2011 Our first puppy has been sick for a few months & today she went to Heaven. We will miss you Cappi-girl. You were so protective of the kiddos. The baby says she is not dead - just with Jesus in Heaven which he went into great detail to explain where Heaven is - it is in the ground . . .under the house . . . under the grass . . . under the trees . . .etc. Big sis said, "Mom, just let him go with it."