The Resch Family

Dance Recital 09'

2009-05-20T22:05:00.007-05:00

Cassidy takes dance at Dance Arts she has for the last three years. At times it is a struggle to get her to class. But by the end of the year she is motivated by recital. This year her class performed little boy blue. She did a great job. Of course when she was done she was loaded down with flowers from family members.

I like her smile in this picture.
Mitchell was asked to play little boy blue(even though he's not in dance). All he had to do was do a hand stand near the beginning and then act like he was playing a horn at the end. I wasn't sure he would do it , but he did. I was so proud of him. If you know Mitchell this is a great accomplishment for him.

Cassidy's class

Tonya's Shower

2009-05-05T21:11:00.004-05:00

Yes I am very behind in my blogging. Between Internet computer troubles and camera trouble I've had a difficult time. Hopefully I will have some spring break and dance recital pictures up before the end of the year.

A few weeks ago we had a wedding shower for my sister Tonya. She is getting married May 30th in Cincinnati. She lives there and goes to school there.

Meriah and Tonya
Elaina and Mercedes

Zoë making a call

Sassy Cass

Easter Pictures

2009-04-14T20:54:00.006-05:00

pictures by Melissa Devries

Favorite Toys

2009-03-03T21:07:00.002-06:00

Zane and Zoe got fridge phonics for Christmas. It keeps them pretty entertained while I cook dinner. This is Mitchell's favorite toy. He calls it his white toy. He plays with it all the time. It is currently lost and he is driving me crazy trying to find it. So if anyone sees it please let me know.

Winter Storm

2009-01-29T07:01:00.005-06:00

What a few days this has been. As a rural mail carrier there are some words we don't really like to hear like SNOW and ICE. Plus we live on a hill so you never no how it's going to be going down the hill. One year we were sliding down briggs hill and John through our jeep into reverse, but it kept sliding down. But the salt trucks have been working really hard lately, so we haven't had any trouble. I'm home today with the kids (Zoe is sick) so I won't have to worry where the kids will go. We lost our power all day yesterday. When we got home from work I picked up around the house for a while until the kids started getting hungry. So I took them out for McDoanld's and a trip to the library. When we got home we still had no power. Zane and Zoe went to sleep and the big kids entertained themselves. We lit candles all over the house(in safe locations, so as to not burn the house down). Meriah and I were reading at the table and Mitchell and Cassidy sat on the couches and told scary stories. We thought about getting a hotel room, but we had gas heat and water. I thought it was kind of nice to have it quite in the house for once(no t.v.,no video games). Mitchell and Cassidy telling scary stories.

Meriah reading.

This is where I usually park the van. Several big limbs fell here and one knocked off the gutter.

This is what it looks like when the first pull into our driveway.

Winter is my least favorite time of year. I do not enjoy the cold. I will be so glad when spring arrives. The one good thing about winter is it makes me appreciate the other seasons so much more.

Kissing Cousins

2008-12-30T20:49:00.000-06:00

We went over to my sister in law Sonia's house to celebrate Christmas a little over a week ago. While we were there my great nephew Ethan kept grabbing Zoë's face and kissing her. It was so funny. She would get so mad, so we finally had to keep Ethan away for a while.

Engaged

2008-12-29T20:58:00.006-06:00

Well he finally popped the question. Tonya and Matt had started planning their wedding,but weren't engaged yet. But the other night he took her to the pier where they had their first kiss and proposed.
My sister Danielle(maid of honor) had made us an appointment at David's Bridal on Sunday. All the bridesmaids (except one) my mom, and Tonya were there. We all tried on dresses. Since the wedding will be on the beach we were looking for light wearing(not to hot) but still cute.

This isn't the best picture, but we all loved this dress on Tonya.

This is the color of bridesmaid dresses she wants.

This is the dress that my mom really liked.

Angela and I liked this green floral the best for a beach wedding. It was very light wearing and fit good. Matt and Tonya aren't planning on getting married until June of 2010 so it gives us some time to get everything done.

Christmas

2008-12-29T20:33:00.003-06:00

Well after much anticipation it finally came. Mitchell and Cassidy had been counting down days for weeks. On Christmas Eve we kept the computer on to track Santa. Every 10 minutes or so one of them would check the computer and tell me which part of the world he was in. They were so excited I about never got them to sleep. They finally fell asleep around eleven. Zane was the first to awake on Christmas morning. He was so excited to see all of the tree. We had the couch in front of the tree this whole time. But early that morning I was up moving furniture and arranging presents. Everyone woke up then we took turns opening presents and then had a nice breakfast together. Cassidy is starting to figure things out though. I'm not the best at hiding presents and she had seen her Santa gifts in my room earlier in the week. So I told her Santa sent a few presents ahead of time. It was a very enjoyable Christmas, but it was also very tiring. I think I will try to take some vacation days around Christmas next year.

Giving Thanks

2008-12-17T21:17:00.006-06:00

I know Thanksgiving was several weeks ago. But, better late than never. We had Thanksgiving dinner at my parents house this year. And it was wild and crazy as usual. But we wouldn't have it any other way. My parents are actually living in Nashville now. My sister Angela and her children are living in their house now. Angela has found her a really nice person, whom she has been dating for several weeks now. And he is really good with the kids. But any way look at Mitchell in deep pray in this picture. No one put him up to this. He kept asking us if he could eat. After about fifteen minutes we noticed he was praying. I guess he thought if he couldn't get us to give him any food he would go straight to God. He sat like this for several minutes. So we had to get a picture. This is a picture of the crazy family. The man next to my sister Tonya is her soon to be fiance. His name is Matt and he too is a really nice guy. They are not officially engaged, but they have started planning the wedding. It will be on a cruise ship in June of 2010.

Austin, Mitchell, Danielle and Meriah

This is a picture of Matt, Tonya, Danielle and Mercedes outside of Ryan's at 7am on black Friday. Angela and I were also there but not in the picture. All of us had gotten up and out of the house at 3:45 that morning and headed to Kohls. Then walmart and then to Ryan's for a big breakfast. I go shopping with at least one of my sisters every year on black Friday. This year we all got to go together. I don't think Matt will go again though. I look forward to it every year. It has to be a group effort though. It's not fun by yourself. Plus you have to have someone wait in line.

This is a picture of Zoë and Zane on my parents porch. They were having lots of fun on the swing.

This is Zoë in time out. Zane and Zoë have had to spend a little time in here lately. Of course brother was entertaining her in this shot.

Ride for Two

2008-12-03T22:21:00.002-06:00

My parents got Zane and Zoë this new little ride on toy for Thanksgiving. They thought one would be enough and they could share. When they first got it they both sat on it then proceeded to fight over it. But as you can see their learning to share(at least for the moment).

Halloween Night 08'

2008-11-06T21:13:00.005-06:00

Every Halloween we take a picture of the kids in this same spot with this sign. The twins did not want to cooperate this year, so I put two pictures to catch a glimpse of them. There is never enough time Halloween day. I think they should make it a holiday(like I need another day off as a postal worker). There is just not enough time at night to do it all. John took off of work that day and got Mitchell and Cassidy home from school and dressed. But by the time I picked up the twins from day care, drove home and got them ready it was almost 5pm. We went and visited are neighbors. Jumped in the van to go visit some friends from work. Grabbed something to eat and then went to another friends house. We parked at our friends house and walked around her neighborhood until we found the house of another co-worker. It was a great night to be out trick or treating. Cassidy was our trick or treat er. Mitchell only wanted to scare little kids. He really got into character. He didn't really care about getting any candy. After trick or treating and then visiting with our friends we finally made it to Grandma and Grandpas. Of course by then Zane was into a deep sleep. It was a busy night but it was lots of fun. Ware wolf(Mitchell),Sharpay(Cassidy),Piglet(Zoë) and Chicken(Zane)

Community Halloween

2008-10-31T22:17:00.000-05:00

Last Wednesday the kids painted pumpkins at church. The next night we all met back at the church. The kids dressed in their costumes and handed out pumpkins to the residents of Grant Village. The kids had a ball and it was nice to see some of our church neighbors. Here's a picture of Zane , Zoë and Samuel. With my lovely assistant Meriah.

We tried our best to get a picture of all of the kids afterwards. But I think all the sugar from the candy started to kick in.

My School

2008-10-30T21:35:00.001-05:00

Here are a few pictures from My School (the daycare Zane and Zoe) attend. In this picture you can see Zane's shiner. He fell a few weeks ago in church and that bruise just popped up. Here's Zoe waiting for snack time.

This is my great nephew Ethan. He attends My school too. He was enjoying his bananas with chocolate dip that they had for snack. I had to run back out and get my camera. I couldn't miss capturing that happy face.

Halloween Fest

2008-10-29T21:57:00.000-05:00

I took the kids to Halloween Fest at Preston Miller park a little over a week ago. It was earlier in the day this year and it was a shorter time period. The lines for the booths seemed really long. We stayed for a little while, but Mitchell and the twins got tired quickly. Mercedes and Cassidy had a ball. Those two love games. Zane the Lion.

Zoë as Piglet.

Cassidy as Sharpay(High School Musical), Mercedes the Prom Queen and Mitchell the werewolf

Jackson's Orchard

2008-10-28T21:44:00.000-05:00

We went to Jackson's two weeks ago. I'm just now finally getting the pictures up. Of course it was warm and sunny that day as you can tell from the shorts and short sleeves. It was busy, but it was fun. I couldn't get all of my kids to look at the camera at the same time. So I had to pick the picture with the most kids looking in the right direction. This is my friend Dorcus. She came out and spent the day with me and my traveling circus.

Angela, Danielle and Mercedes also came and met us up there, but I didn't get their picture. Angela took this picture of me with the twins. Zane was ready to get down. The twins are professional walkers now. They are on the verge of running now(help).

We all had fun and we enjoyed are yummy apple slushies.

PINK's Son?

2008-10-27T21:25:00.005-05:00

No he's not Pink's son, but he looks like he could be with his sisters wild pink wig. Well John wasn't to thrilled to see a picture of his son with a pink wig. But the rest of us thought he looked too cute. Plus Zane must have liked it he kept putting it back on.

Our Little Chicken

2008-10-07T21:07:00.005-05:00

I picked up a new costume the other day. I tried it on Zane earlier in the day and he didn't know what to think of it. Later that night I decided to try it on Zoë. She was so entertaining that I had to take pictures. Zoë with her cheesy grin.

She looks like she's trying to lay an egg in this pose.

Mitchell couldn't resist to pick up his cute little sister.

She was having trouble standing up in the costume. She kept falling over and rolling around. We couldn't stop laughing. But it didn't hurt her because of all the stuffing.

I've got three costumes for Zane and Zoe for Halloween. I'm not sure which ones they'll wear yet. I have the chicken, a lion and a piglet costume.

Where did September go?

2008-10-01T22:35:00.007-05:00

I can not believe it is the first of October already. It just felt like September began. This time of year just gets so busy. Zane and Zoë are officially walkers. I tried to delay it as long as possible, but they figured it out. Zoë has even figured out that she needs to turn around to get down the step in our back hall. And now she is trying learn the computer. My nieces Mercedes and Meriah celebrated their 11th birthday on the 16th. (They were due Oct. 9th, my twins were due Oct.8th, they were hoping that they would have had the same birthday). Plus my baby sister Danielle celebrated her 24th birthday on the 29th.

We also got together with my friend Leslie and her girls Abby and Amelia. We met at Culver's for dinner and then went to see Disney on Ice in Nashville. This is a picture of Amelia loving on Zane. She couldn't keep her hands off of him. The kids really enjoyed the show. Zoë stayed with my sister Angela, because we didn't have enough room in the van. So how do you choose who goes and who stays. Zoë hates her rear facing car seat. She tries to pull her self up and screams. She is so close to that 20 lbs.

This last weekend my sister Tonya came to town and brought her boyfriend Matt. We only got to spend Friday night with them, but it was better than nothing. They came over for dinner and then we all went to the B.G. vs. Central game. Yes Central got slaughtered.

Saturday we went to a birthday party and the International festival. The kids as usual enjoyed the inflatables. I think we will go to the festival either earlier or later in the day next year. It was so crowded in the middle of the afternoon.

Work has been getting busier. The mail usually picks up this time of year. Plus with elections coming up there's usually lots of political mail. Zane and Zoë are into everything. I've been trying to baby proof. I love this time of year with family and holidays.

Community Block Party

2008-10-01T20:20:00.004-05:00

Our Church put together a block party for the people in the neighborhood surrounding our church building. We had a good turn out and the kids seemed to have a blast. Cassidy said it was the greatest. There was an inflatable, water gun city, horse and buggy rides and lots of other fun activities. It was a great way to meet the people in our community.

NICU Reunion

2008-09-15T21:58:00.005-05:00

Last Sunday the Medical Center held their first NICU reunion. They have been serving babies in their NICU for over 20 years. But it has been the last year or so that they have been able to take care of babies in more critical conditions. Zane and Zoë had to stay in the NICU for twelve days. Thank goodness they didn't have any serious conditions. They just had to learn to eat and to gain some weight. I was so thankful that they were able to stay in BG instead of having to go to Vandy. Having two older kids at home, it would have made it even harder. We did a lot of running around those few days. I would drop the older kids off at school then go to the hospital. While there I would hold and feed the babies, pump some milk, change their diapers and clothes, and just get used to smaller babies. I would usually come back and forth to the hospital several times during the day. I wanted to spend quality time with the little babies and the big babies. My babies had to have several feeding tubes put in and out. They would eat good and then they wouldn't eat good. Poor Zane had his feeding tube pulled out three times by his sweet little sister. They shared the same incubator. It was so nice to finally bring them home. But we did enjoy the wonderful staff in the NICU. So we went back to visit.
I thought this was funny. They had this fake doll in the incubator at the reunion.
Mitchell with me at the reunion.

We got so attached to Dorcus. She is such a great nurse and friend. She took such good care of our babies. You can tell she loves what she does.

These are the G twins. Their mom works at our doctors office.

I think Cassidy had the most fun at the reunion. They had lots of games and prizes. We had to make her leave.

Danielle with Twins

2008-09-10T23:17:00.000-05:00

OK so Angela and I are always teasing our two younger sisters about them having twins. So when Danielle grabbed both babies the other day I had to take her picture.

Babies at 12 Months

2008-09-08T22:40:00.005-05:00

As a mom of twins I'm always trying to think of the fastest, easiest, less stressful way of doing things. Like the time I took all of my children to Kroger for a test run. I think the babies were only a couple of months old. I decided it was time for me to take all of them out to the store on my own to see how things would go. I didn't have any major shopping to do, so I figured it would be a good night to test things out. Shopping is always a challenge with young children. That's why it is always good to pray before you go into a store with several young children. And when they do start acting up just ignore everyone staring at you. Well anyway I was able to hold one baby and put the other in the cart that night. Mitchell and Cassidy listened and everything went smoothly. Now that it's several months later it seems silly to me. Because I take the kids out by myself all the time now. Of course it is a lot easier with assistants. The other day I was feeding the twins their dinner and cleaning the kitchen at the same time. Then it finally hit me to just give them a bath in the sink after dinner. Mothers have been doing it for years. It has made this last week a lot smoother. I can keep most of their dinner mess in a small area and still talk to the other baby while bathing the other. I tried putting both babies in our big tub the other night. With about two inches of water and a towel on the bottom of the tub. Not a good idea! Both babies stood up and went sliding down. Do you know how hard it is to grab to wet naked babies? I don't think I'll be trying that again for a while. Zane enjoying his sink bath. Plus he got enough water on the floor that I was just able to get the mop out and clean it.

Zoë loves the sink too!

Zane and Zoë have started sitting in all the little chairs in the house. They are doing so many new things. I love it now that their personalities really start showing and they are starting to figure more things out. But they are also starting to get more adventuress too. I found Zane on the couch yesterday. He climbed up all by himself. All of my children are climbers. Zoë almost climbed out of the port a crib a few days ago. Mitchell and Cassidy both climbed out of their cribs by 18 months.

They are both saying Daa Daa and Maa Maa now. Zane is starting to get clingy when I drop him off in the morning. They will be moving to the one year old room in day care next week. They both are taking several steps, but their not walking yet. But that's OK with me. They are already speed crawlers.

They love it when John grabs their arms and legs and swings them. Who needs an amusement park when you have dad.

Labor Day Weekend

2008-09-08T22:15:00.009-05:00

This Labor day weekend we (my sister Angela, her kids, and mine) had planned to go to Holiday World. But then we came to our senses and decided to just go to Beech Bend Park. I'm glad we decided to do that. It was not crowded and we didn't have to drive very far to get there. Plus the kids had lots of fun. Zoë and mommy

Aunt Angela and Zane

My little nephew Austin(who is playing football for Central this year) and Zane

My niece Meriah and Zane

My Cassidy

Mercedes and Mitchell getting off the tilt a whirl.

Mitchell about drove us crazy this day. The moment we walked into the park he said he wanted to go on the tilt a whirl. If you know Mitchell he gets fixated on things and will not stop talking about it until he gets it. I told him we were going in the order of the rides and he would have to wait. I was so happy when we finally got to the tilt a whirl. He did get to ride it several times though. It was nice to be able to go back and fourth between rides and swimming, because it did get very hot that day. It was a nice little break for us all.

On labor day we just stayed around our house and pulled out the big inflatable pool. Cassidy and Mitchell took turns jumping off the diving board (fold out chair). The babies went back and fourth between the baby pool and wagon. They all had lots of fun.

Zoë trying to figure out the seat belts.

Cassidy and Zane in the big baby pool.

Mitchell using the inflatable dog sprinkler as a float.

Babies Turn One

2008-09-01T22:30:00.005-05:00

I'm a little behind on my blogging. Last weekend was Zane and Zoë's first birthday. I got the stomach bug right after and have been struggling to get everything back in shape, including my self. I had to work on their Birthday, but I did get done pretty early in the day. We went straight to their friend Samuel's first birthday party. Zane, Zoë and Samuel were all born the same day, at the same hospital, only a few hours apart. Everyone had fun at Samuel's. We missed most of the party, but we did get to swim and socialize for a while. Then we went home to celebrate the twins birthday. We decided to go very simple this year. It was just John, Mitchell, Cassidy, Zane, Zoë, Kirsten(our neighbor girl) and her dad. We sang to the babies and gave them each their own little cake. Zane tore into his cake. Zoë didn't want to mess with it(she does tend to like veggies best). Before all of this I noticed my camera was missing. I looked everywhere. My sister called late that night and said she had found it in her bag. So no first cake pictures, but I think we'll live. We got them a wagon as their gift. They have taken several rides in it already. They just like to hang out in it too. John celebrated his 46th Birthday on Friday. Cassidy made him the cutest little card and she even made him his cake(with just a little help from me). She is becoming and expert at cracking open eggs.

The twins also went to see Dr. Simmons on Friday for their well baby check up. She said everything looked good. Zane is now 22 lbs. 7 oz. and Zoë is 18 lbs. 4oz.. Of course Zane has not been feeling great since he got his immunization shots. I'm hoping he will be back to his happy self soon.

Zoë Zane & Samuel

Birthday Babies

One Year Ago

2008-08-22T19:59:00.011-05:00

I can't believe it's been a year already. Where does time go? It was Thursday and I had a doctor appointment. I went in at 9:30 am for monitoring. They put me in a room with two monitors on my belly. One for each baby. I had to do this for 30 minutes each time once a week. Zane always kicked his off. My belly would always start hurting too, so I would have to sit up holding two monitors. It is definitely a lot harder carrying twins than a singleton, but you get double the rewards. Then I had a 10:00 ultrasound. Everything looked good and they said Zane was about 5 lbs and Zoë about 4 1/2 lbs. My belly was measuring 42 weeks. Then I went in to see Dr. Gass. He had looked over my monitoring results(and I had to have a monitor for contractions) and it looked like I had had a few contractions. But I really hadn't felt anything. So he decided to check me. He checked me and hesitated for a little bit. Then he told me I was 3 to 4 centimeters and my water was about to break. He said he didn't feel comfortable going any further. I had a steroid shot the week before and the babies were a good size. But I was 33 weeks and wasn't mentally ready. My sister had made it to 37 weeks with her twins, so I thought that's about when I would go. My mom was with me that day thank goodness. She said she wasn't sure who was more surprised the doctor, her or me. She drove me to the house to get my stuff while I called John on his mail route. I told him just to come to the hospital after he finished delivering. Then I went with my mom back to her house. They told me to come to the hospital around 3 pm. So we waited for the kids to get off the bus. I told them what was going on and went to the hospital. They put me in a prep room and I looked at the monitor and noticed that my friend Lisa was in labor and delivery too. Lisa had told me all along I would have my babies before she had her son. And I told her it would not happen like that. Well she was in the room next door so I went to visit. We both couldn't believe we were delivering the same night. So I went back to my room and got in my lovely gown and got my catheter. That has got to be the worst thing I went through. It was painful to get and very uncomfortable to have stuck to you. Then came every ones favorite doctor the anesthesioliogst. My epidural was being put in and my doctor showed up. Everything happened so fast after that. And I made sure that I got the forms filled out for my tubal. My family is complete. I always wanted three. I got what I had wanted plus a bonus baby. Then they rolled me into the delivery room. I had told John months earlier that if I was having a Cesarean delivery he wouldn't have to be in the delivery room. I didn't think he was going to make it through Mitchell's delivery, but he did good for Cassidy's. But this was a totally different experience. So I asked my mom if she wanted to be there for the delivery. She was at Mercedes and Meriah's deliveries too. Plus I wanted someone who would stay calm and take some good pictures. So things didn't go as hoped. The doctor had started cutting and I could feel it. Next thing I know I'm waking up in recovery. I was disappointed that I was knocked out and that my mom was not allowed in(no delivery pictures). But at least I had healthy babies. I was told my babies were doing good and were in the NICU. Zane had to have a little oxygen, but he was good. Zane weighed 5lbs 3oz and Zoë weighed 4lbs 5 oz. They rolled me to my room and I got to see some of my friends and family that had been waiting. The first person I remember seeing was Lisa's dad. She ended up having a c-section after me. So I did deliver before her but only by a few hours. Then everyone came to visit. All I wanted to do was see my big and little babies. I got to see Mitchell and Cassidy, but I didn't get to see the twins until the next day. That was one of the longest nights. The other longest nights was the twins last night in the hospital when they stayed in the room with me all night. I didn't have an alarm and was worried about them missing a feeding that I didn't sleep much. So the next morning I got that stupid catheter out and my IV and finally got to see my little babies. They were so cute. I had seen a picture of them the night before. John was able to take people in two at a time to see them. John's sister Sonia took some pictures of them on my digital camera and brought it back so I could see what they looked like. I stayed in the hospital for four days. My doctor tried to keep me in as long as he could. He was hoping that the babies were going to be able to come home with me. But they were having a hard time eating. So they had to eat on their own and gain some weight. I'm thankful they were so healthy. Big belly mama.

My mom in her delivery wear. Since she didn't get to go in she let the kids play in her lovely attire.

Mercedes, Meriah, Cassidy and Mitchell visiting after delivery.

My little Zane Robert.

My little Zoë Violet.

Party at My School

2008-08-22T19:38:00.006-05:00

Zane and Zoë's birthday is on Saturday, so I brought cupcakes for them to share with their friends. Of course only three of them could eat them, but I'm sure they enjoyed them. Zane and Zoë getting all sugared up.

This is Kim's husband(Kim is their daycare mom) Randy. Zoë screams every time he comes to visit. She won't stop until he picks her up. Isn't she adorable? Kim made this sign for the twins. She and some of the other teachers wrote notes to the twins on it.

Zane exhausted from all the partying.

Zoë too!

Night at Grand Dad's House

2008-08-22T19:24:00.006-05:00

Last week we went to John's dad and step mom's house. John's half brother David, his wife Jackie and his son's Robert and Matthew were visiting from Virginia. We only get to see them about twice a year. And Mitchell and Cassidy look so forward to seeing them(of course so do we). It was nice out that night, so we ate and played outside. Zane got in the ball pit for the first time and had too much fun.

Mitchell acting silly.

John and David acting even sillier. They are always little boys aren't they?

Here's my cute little great nephew Ethan. He just turned two.

Zoë with MamMaw.

John's sister Sonia, her husband Dusty, daughter Amy and grandson Ethan also came. And John's brother Robby came, it was his birthday. It was a great night.

My Boys

2008-08-22T19:21:00.000-05:00

Tonya's Commissioning

2008-08-20T21:53:00.005-05:00

We (my parents, my three sisters, my two nieces and my four children) spent the weekend in our state capital. My sister Tonya, after two hard months of going through boot camp again, was made a lieutenant. She worked very hard and we are all very proud of her. She had to start her second year at Chase law on Monday.
My mom and Cassidy

This was my first trip to our state capital. I didn't realize the building was so nice. During our walk through the building Mitchell told Grandma, Grandpa and I that we should move in. He said "We can get some duct tape and tape ourselves to the ceiling, so that we can sleep". You never know what that kid is going to say.

Mitchell, Danielle, Tonya, Me and Angela

My family (Cassidy and Mercedes had taken a bathroom break and missed the picture and John had to work)

There wasn't a lot to do in Frankfort, but it was a very enjoyable trip. We got a little swimming in. And my parents had crazy moment and volunteered to watch all the kids. So I got to go out with my sisters. Thanks Mom and Dad!

Around the Resch House

2008-08-11T22:02:00.004-05:00

This is a rare moment in our house. Cassidy actually trying to clean her room. She spent three hours in her room the other day. It still boggles my mind. She usually tells me she doesn't like a clean room, she likes it messy. It drives me crazy. I got Zane and Zoë a new ball the other day. Zane has been entertaining us with his throwing of the ball. Here's a picture of Zane and John in the back of my van while I get ready to go.

Mitchell is always telling me how much he loves his brother. I finally got a picture of them snuggling the other day.

Here's some fun cheap entertainment. One dad, one baby and one laundry basket. John put Zoë in this basket and was swinging her around. She loved it.

Back to School

2008-08-09T22:53:00.007-05:00

This has been the most exhausting first week of school. The first day wore me out for the rest of the week. I was up at 4:45 a.m. , got myself dressed and full of coffee. Then I got Mitchell up, Cassidy up and dressed , and got the bottles and bags ready to go. Then I got the babies up and dressed and out of the house by 6:05 a.m. . My nieces Mercedes and Meriah now attend Lost River with Mitchell and Cassidy, so I told them I would drive them to school in the morning. I told them to be ready by 6. So I was a little late, but they were patiently waiting. I have always tried to be early or at least on time to places. But since the twins birth I am almost always late everywhere. It drives me crazy. Well anyway we are almost at the daycare and the girls notice that Cassidy is wearing flip flops. They inform me that they have read the Lost River hand book and she is not allowed. So we get the babies settled in with their daycare mom(Kim) and off we go to walmart. Well we made it to school at 7:05 am. I had wanted to be there when the doors opened at 6:50 am. I made them pose for some pictures and as you can see my two weren't very cooperative. I took Cassidy to class, she seemed comfortable enough. So I went and checked on Mitchell. He told me he was fine and to leave. Then I was off to work. It took me about 10 minutes just to get out of the parking lot. But I finally made it to work, just a couple of minutes late.

Cassidy

Mitchell

Mercedes

Meriah

Mitchell has had a great first week of school. His two best friends are in his class and sit next to him. He has a nice teacher whom he already knew from summer camp. Cassidy has had a harder time. None of her close friends from last year are in her class. They were all separated and she has had a hard time with this. But she does like her teacher and she did make new friends with a couple of girls in her class by the end of the week.

My sister Tonya has just gotten back from officer trainer camp too. She went through a lot of hard work(she said it was like boot camp but harder). But now she is a lieutenant. She will be starting her second year at Chase law soon too.

Babies at 11 months

2008-07-27T22:08:00.006-05:00

The other day I walked by Cassidy and Zoë's room and noticed that the light was on. Zoë was supposed to be sleeping. I thought Cassidy had turned on the light. I was surprised to see that Zoë had learned to turn on the switch. The switch does light up when off. So she probably was drawn to the light. Here's Zane happy to be up and ready to go. Zane is my best sleeper of all four. He started sleeping all night at four months. Mitchell was my worst, he was two before he started sleeping all night. Zane has also been going from a sitting position to standing. So it won't be long before he's walking all over.

This is Zoë trying to help unload the dishwasher. I can't keep her out of it.

Mitchell and Cassidy used to sit in the back of the van, but there was too much fighting. I let them each sit by a baby and they have done much better.

Zoë and Mitchell

Zane and Cassidy

I've Been Tagged

2008-07-23T22:48:00.002-05:00

Elaina tagged me here goes......

A-Available or Single: Neither-Been married for 12 years
B-Beach or Lake: Beach
C-Cake or Pie? Both
D-Drink of Choice: Coffee
E-Essential Item you use everyday-cell phone
F-Favorite Color: Purple
G-Gummy bears or Worms: Worms
H-Hometown: Bowling Green,Ky
I-Indulgence: a hot bath
J-January or February: February-it' s closer to warmer weather
K-Kids & Names: Mitchell Warren, Cassidy Paige, Zane Robert and Zoë Violet
L-Life is Incomplete without: Family
M-Marriage Date: June 15, 1996
N-Number of Siblings-3(Angela, Tonya and Danielle)
O-Oranges or Apples: Oranges, but I eat more apples because I'm to lazy to peal oranges.
P-Phobias: heights, rodents and snakes
Q-Fave Quote: I'm as full as a tick(is that a real quote?)
R-Reasons to smile: There are so many, but my kids rank first
S-Season:Summer
T-Tag 3 or 4 people.....Larie,Valerie, Ashley and Terri
U-Unknown fact about me:In elementary school I looked like Annie(Elaina stop laughing)
V-Vegtable you don't like: Lima beans
X-Xrays: only dental
Y-Your favorite food: mexican, greek, ice cream, oh the list could go on.
Z-Zodiac sign: Scorpio

Happy to Mad in 3.5 seconds

2008-07-17T21:37:00.005-05:00

See this sweet little baby boy who is obsessed with paper. He is stuffing a baby wipe in his mouth as fast as he can. I try to get it out as fast as I can. You see how fast his mood changes.

We had a small party for Mitchell at the water park last weekend. His aunt Danielle got him this Iron Man costume. Mitchell loves to dress up.
We also went to the concerts in the park last Friday night. It was a great night for it. There were a lot of people there. And we ran into a bunch of people from church and work. Mercedes, Meriah and Cassidy played on the inflatables, got their faces painted and played in the knew fountain at Circus Square. It was lots of fun.

My Mitchell is 8

2008-07-09T23:08:00.003-05:00

Last night I told Mitchell I couldn't believe my baby was going to be eight. He told me he is not a baby, but a big kid. He's still my baby! He chose Toys R Us and Chuck E Cheese. He picked out one small thing at Toys R Us, so John took him to Walmart later. Mitchell came home with a sack full of stuff. He loves action figures, movies and video games. Of course he only had one video game up until now. Mitchell's favorite saying on his Birthday was "It's my Birthday, so I can.....". John and I were able to finish his sentences by the end of the night.

Weekend of the Fourth

2008-07-09T22:27:00.006-05:00

This was definitely the wettest fourth of July holiday I ever remember. But that didn't stop my children from wanting to get out and enjoy it. We went as a family(John, the kids and I) to the corvette museum festivities on the 3rd. We almost didn't go, but Cassidy is very persistent. Mitchell and Cassidy look forward to those inflatables every year. We stayed only for a little bit, but the kids enjoyed every minute.

On Saturday my mom, Angela, Mercedes, Meriah, Cassidy,Mitchell and I went to go see Kit Kittridge. It was a very cute move. I think the girls and Mitchell learned a little about the great depression. They all seemed to enjoy it. After the movies we ate lunch at Anna's Greek Restaurant. Anna's is one of our favorite places to eat.

Meriah and Cassidy

On Sunday we all went to church. Then there was a potluck after church. Then we headed to the water park. It actually wasn't overwhelmingly crowded that day.

Zoe, Angela, Meriah and Zane

The end to a fun filled weekend.

Summer Fun

2008-06-30T21:19:00.005-05:00

Saturday night I took Mitchell, Cassidy, Mercedes, Meriah, Zane and Zoe to the Habitat for Humanity fundraiser. They had it over at Traditions. They had one inflatable, face painting, open houses, games, and a movie at night. But their favorite thing was the Home Depot booth. They helped the kids make all sorts of things. Such as :cars, flower boxes and boats. They were at that booth for over an hour. I told them if they kept it up they could start building onto my house. Meriah and Mitchell

Mitchell and Cassidy are attending the Community Education summer program. They have been doing many activities this summer. Last Thursday Community Education held a prom for all of the kids at camp. They held the prom at Lost River Cave. Cassidy(my little socialite) couldn't wait to go. Mitchell didn't want to go and asked to spend the time with his aunt Danielle. They said that anyone was invited so Cassidy wanted to bring her cousins Mercedes and Meriah. The counselors at camp have been teaching the kids new dance moves. That was their night to show off what they learned. Cassidy and the girls got all dressed up. They had a fun time.

My little girl is 6

2008-06-24T23:16:00.002-05:00

I can't believe my Cassidy is six today. It seems like just yesterday we brought her home from the hospital. Where does the time go? We picked up Cassidy from summer camp and let her choose her fun. She Chose ToysRUs and ChuckECheese. We started at Toys R Us and of course that was fun. Toys R Us is fun at any age. Cassidy made her selections with her birthday money and then we headed to Chuck E Cheese. John and I weren't real excited about Chuckies for dinner, but it wasn't our birthdays. Zane got a bite of pizza and wouldn't let go. That baby just wants some real food. And then we headed home for some cake and Cassidy's last present(a bike). Then we tried to get everyone calmed down for bed. I'm a little exhausted, especially when I think I still have Mitchell, Zane and Zoe's birthdays coming so soon. I have June, July, and August babies. But, I know it is all worth it to see how excited they get.
We also had a party for Cassidy on sunday at Russell Sims Aquatic. She was so happy to have her friends celebrate with her.

2008-06-18T22:08:00.000-05:00

I'm going to try the blogging thing, I don't know how successful I will be. I don't have a lot of time on the computer. I love reading everyone else's blogs. It's nice to have something to help you stay connected in this busy crazy world.