A Vote for Jasmine is A Vote for YOU!

Jasmine is running for student council at school and that is her slogan. Not bad, eh? She is running for the position of Sergeant-At-Arms. She is very excited. We've had to make posters to hang up, bookmarks to hand out and campaign promises. She wanted a nice picture to put on her posters so this is her picture.



Voting takes place the week of November 2nd with results on November 11th. We'll be sure to let you know the outcome!

Jaylynn's First Build-A-*Bear*

The four youngest kids and I went out to look for Halloween costumes. In our adventures, we stumbled into Build-A-Bear. I had a gift certificate for $10 that was expiring soon. The kids and I thought it would be fun to make Jaylynn her own. You can't be a Combs kids without an animal of some sort from there. We picked out a floppy-eared bunny friend for Jaylynn. Jasmine, Jacob and Jenna each help make it. When the lady helping us heard it was for the baby, she let each child pick out a heart to make a wish on and place in the bunny. I thought that was pretty special and the kids LOVED that. Jenna put in a red heart. Jacob put in a silver heart (which we have never seen in there but there was ONE in the container). Jasmine put in the plaid heart.

Jaylynn really likes her bunny and giggles at it when we play with it with her. She's just starting to reach out to things so it's just a matter of time before she attacks her bunny all on her own.

Her bunny friend is almost as big as her. :-)



Thanks Jasmine, Jacob and Jenna for making your baby sister her first stuffed animal. It was a very special time.

Wow! A picture of James!

The big kids in this house just don't get photographed as much as the little ones. Maybe I need to strap down the older ones to get some pics once in a while.

James was playing with Jaylynn and asked me to get a picture of them. How cute are they? She just loves her big brother. He's such a nut and makes her laugh.

The baby girls

Just some cute pictures of my two little girls.

The Thing was up LATE

This is how I found Jacob this morning.



He's been dressing up in old costumes lately. All yesterday he walked around as The Thing and obviously partied too hard last night.

Relay for Life 2010

This year, I am helping save lives from cancer by taking part in the American Cancer Society Relay For Life, and I'm hoping you will support me. The kids and I will be walking June 5 - June 6, 2010 in Manassas, VA.

I walk for my grandfather. I miss him every day. I walk for all of those that have lost their battle to cancer and their families. I walk for all of those that are living with cancer every day waiting for a cure. Waiting with HOPE.

Sometimes it seems like a day doesn't go by that I hear of someone else's life being rocked with news of cancer. I walk for all of those people as well.

Please take a moment to help support my children and I in our e

The American Cancer Society Relay For Life is a life-changing
event that gives people in communities across the globe a chance to celebrate the lives of people who have battled cancer, remember loved ones lost, and fight back against the disease. At Relay, teams of people camp out at a local high school, park, or fairground and take turns walking or running around a track or path. Each team is asked to have a representative on the track at all times during the event. Because cancer never sleeps, Relays are overnight events up to 24 hours in length.

In addition to helping people celebrate, remember, and fight back, Relay For Life also helps raise much-needed funds and awareness to help the American Cancer Society save lives from cancer.

Please support me in my efforts by visiting my personal web page to make a secure, tax-deductible online donation.

Every donation really does make a difference. I know that times are tighter than normal for many of us, but any amount you can give truly can help save lives.

You see, thanks to your support, the American Cancer Society can:

* Help people stay well by helping them take steps to prevent cancer or detect it early, when it's most treatable
* Help people get well by being in their corner around the clock to guide them through every step of their cancer experience
* Find cures by funding groundbreaking research that helps us understand cancer's causes, determine how best to prevent it, and discover new ways to cure it
* Fight back by working with lawmakers to pass laws to defeat cancer and rally communities worldwide to join the fight

Each of us has our own reasons for caring about the fight against cancer whatever your reasons, I hope you'll choose to make a difference by making a donation online to support my efforts.
I'm so grateful to have people like you in my life who want to see an end to cancer in our lifetime. Together we can save lives.

Thank you and I will keep you updated on my progress.

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Maybe I should blog I want to hit the lotto!

I blogged earlier about Jaylynn's adorable smile and I couldn't wait for her to belly laugh. Well here ya go.....



I was getting her ready for her bath and she was looking at me funny. So I just said "what?!" to her in a funny voice and she cracked up. I sent Jazzi after the camera super fast to make sure I caught it.

Jaylynn loves tummy time

The pictures really do say it all, don't they? She really is enjoying tummy time. I can't wait to really get her belly laughing though. That's the best.



This is Jaylynn's new favorite thing. Blowing raspberries. She loves to do that and have someone blow them to her. Cracks her up.

What good is a plain ole' box?

A plain box? Recycle it? Fill it up with junk?



Nope. A Clubhouse. Jenna's Clubhouse to be exact.



Jenna asked if I could make her a puppet show and I immediately thought of this box. It's the box our smoker came in and being the procrastinator I am, it was still sitting in the basement.

I cut open the window and put wrapping paper on it to liven it up. Jenna then asked for curtains. Awesome. Enter my sewing machine and scrap fabric. Then Jenna has real curtains that slide open and closed.

Complete with a fabric back door, Jenna is in love with her clubhouse. Jasmine and Jacob helped decorate with pictures they made inside and out.

The only thing I wish is that it was bigger. It's a pretty neat clubhouse.



The back door ~ We didn't have enough wrapping paper for the whole thing :-(

Leaf blowing in the mountains

Finally. Finally! We got to go to the mountains. We had a wonderful time as we always do. I wish we could just live there.

Jamie had so much work to do. All he got done was leaf blowing and a little squirrel hunting in. That's how many leaves there were. Thankfully he had some wonderful helpers in the kids so he could actually get it done. I cleaned the house. Jenna ran in and out, in and out, in and out.



Are these pictures not adorable? Jaylynn was looking at the TV and then was out all of a sudden.

Will her prom picture look like this?

Can this child ever just be "normal" in a picture? Gotta love her though.

Tummy Time on a Homemade Boppy

I made my own Boppy out of one that I had but the fabric was ripped. I just did a plain white one so I could make a cover for it. At some point, I'll get to that. Anyway, Jaylynn loves checking things out. Daddy would say she is nosy. She likes being up on her belly. She really liked being up a bit more this way too.



And then having enough...



Man she is getting so big already. :-(