Can we slow time a little!?!

Oh my 18 days till Christmas? Is that right?
Christmas is the most beautiful time of year, I am normally all ready and done with all my gifts by now, this year I have to say I am a little behind and starting to get a little nervous about it! I have just had so many things happen and I'm dealing with so much that I let time slip by.

I know what's left to get for the kids and I finally decided on hubby's gifts too so it shouldn't be too bad, I hope!...
Lately I feel this huge weight on my shoulder, and it's starting to take a toll on me, I will write another blog about this. It also never seems to amaze me how people change so quickly over night. No don't worry I'm not talking about my marriage, I am blessed it's the strongest thing ever.
Got all the Christmas decorations up and all the kids stocking filled, I will be making a video to show you what I stuff in there,I will be sure to link in in my Christmas blog that's coming up, so please look out for that. I will try and have several videos up before Christmas, here is my link to my YouTube channel so that you can see our other videos too.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUYPkOUWsypvEc_1a6rTXzQ

We surely would appraise your subscription and likes, after the holidays we have a schedule that we are going to upload at least 3 videos a week, which include cooking videos, crafts, hauls, TTC, homeschooling, and we shall see what else we will come up with.  So again stay tuned.
I will also upload a video of what we got the kids for Christmas and that video will go up either Christmas Eve or Christmas Day so that the kids don't know 😀.

I also wanted to let you guys know that from January blogs will be back up to daily, and I will start having a giveaway every so often for my readers. Well I just wanted to come on here and let you guys know we are still here and we will be back even more in January, but I still have some blogs coming up so stay tuned! As always stay blessed

Rose~

It's the season"

WOW!!!

Thanksgiving is a few days away and that means Christmas is literally round the corner, I can't believe another year has gone by so fast, but to be honest I am so ready to say bye bye to this year, I'm just pumped and ready for 2016!!! If our plans and God willing things go to plan we should have some exciting things ahead..... For now you will have to sit tight along with us and pray all goes to plan. 

God has been good to us either way, so whatever he decides is best for our family we shall roll with it.

There are some new things that I want to do on the new year and we shall tak you along with us. So make sure you look out for that.

I sit outside my doctors office writing this while I'm here to pick up some paper work, it's a beautiful crisp morning, I decided to drive my husband to work, seeing as I was headed his direction, so we had a beautiful 30min together along with our prayer. There is nothing more beautiful or special than to pray with your partner, makes it more special.

My weekend plans are to stay home and get the house cleared as possible so that we can finish decorating and have it all set ready for thanksgiving. My husband has to work thanksgiving so we are having thanksgiving dinner later in the day rather than our usual 1pm. I'm thinking around 4-5ish this year. Hopefully he won't have to pull a double but I've come to learn that anything can come up in his job, either way I'm just looking forward to Christmas.

I'm almost done with our Christmas shopping, I just have some more things to buy. Still haven't figured out what I'm getting hubby. Men are so hard to please LOL.

I would love to hear your plans for the up coming holidays so please comment or email me, I love to hear your thoughts. Well guys hopefully I will upload some videos this week, the kids and I have some holiday crafts we are doing so I wanted to film them, I also have my husbands fried chicken video ready to be published so watch out for that. We are also going to do some more cooking with kids videos, the boys really want to do that. As always keep safe and God bless.

R~

Sometimes life happens

I would have to say sometimes life can throw you so really crappy things in the way of your path. 

I feel as though we are being tested as to how much you really want something, I've come to learn that even when something looks impossible but you still want it, never give up as if it's meant to be nothing can stop it.

I am one who will pursue whatever I have to. I am not a giver upper, I may fall and shed some tears but after that I am hyped and ready to get whatever needs to be done.

So I will not talk about what is suppose to happen or should of, I will hopefully share the whole story once we win this battle.

The last two months so many exciting things have happened, my husband bought me a new minivan, I used to drive a jeep commander it was a 7 passenger truck but fit 8, as much as I loved and still love that car, it was just not practical or working anymore.

So he bought me a Toyota Sienna, which I love. What is extra cool is, all it's amazing features and add on's esparcially my backing up camera, such a helper.

I can't feel more blessed then I already do.

This was apparently his anniversary and Christmas present to me, but two weeks after that he went and surprised me with an iPhone 6s Plus. If you know me you know how obsessed I am with apple products, I did have a iPhone 6, but he also knows that I always like to get the newer one when I can. So I get in my car and there it was,  it is amazing how well your spouse can know you, I feel totally blessed not just for my gifts but how much he knows me and loves me.

I added some pictures, Madison loves mommy's car too❤️

The kids had a great Halloween, as always they went out trick a treating 

And then they had pizza, we kinda do the same thing every year, next year I think we will throw a party if we are in our own home. Only time shall tell. 

We have uploaded some videos on YouTube so go ahead and check them out, I am actually camera shy so I don't get in front of the camera, but I have found that the kids and hubby love doing that... Well except Cher, she is more like me and would rather be the one taking the video.

Well guys the holidays are here and it's thanksgiving next week, whaaaat??? Time is flying, which is a good and bad thing. 

My heart breaks for all the terrorist attacks that has been going on, it makes me fear the world we live in, especially being so close to the capital, it truly makes me consider my location even more. 

Talking about location, we were so happy of the taught of moving but after going over and over and over our plans we have come to realize that it's not possible for at least another two years, so good old Maryland still takes the prize right now. 

Well folks make sure to stay tuned for more blogs coming up and some videos, in the meantime please take a moment to remember all those innocent victims that have lost there lives to terrorism. 

Thank you for reading and as always,

God bless

Rose~

Weekend plans

So the weekend is here and guess what it's raining :/ so I guess the kids and I will have to find things to do in the house instead, so in the meantime I have prepared some more freezer meals as life has been super busy, sick husband, terrible two toddler (she is still cute) and schooling 5 kiddos, the older 4 have there own routine so it's mostly Savannah that needs that one on one,.

Hubby always works a double on Saturdays so I try not to plan a lot of things as I know it's just the kids and myself, if it's not too wet I might try and take them to the park to run there energy, but I think it will be a marathon of Disney movies, popcorn and a freezer meal..... We all know Legos and princess parties shall be held too😊. I do have some projects due for school for myself so I will take that time and do that, so let me share some more meals I prepped.

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Made some meatloaf to go in the freezer, so that can be real handy and just made some mash potatoes and veg to go with it.

Also made some Asian style pork chops to put in the freezer and all I would need is to take it out that morning and it will be ready to go in the oven by dinner time.

Couldn't let the day go by and not make some treats for the kiddos, so we made some banana cupcakes and a lemon pound cake.

For dinner it was some grilled chicken thighs with veggie rice and salad.

 Tomorrow I will be making some dinner rolls and cinnamon buns and I will be filming it so be sure to look out for that.

Thanks for reading guys please go and subscribe to our YouTube channel too!

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUYPkOUWsypvEc_1a6rTXzQ

Thanks for reading guys as always God bless you.

R~

Ready! Set! Go!

Today is Wednesday and i already have my days all mixed up, so my husband's day's off changed this week not by choice so he no longer has Wednesday and Thursday off but he has Tuesday and Wednesday off, to some it may not seem like that's a problem but when you are used to that schedule and days for the last 4 years it seems more of a inconvenience then anything else!
i normally do my groceries on Thursdays as my husband is home so he either comes with me or stays with the kids, I've been doing this for a long time, normally we will pick a field trip for the kids to do for school and that is normally Wednesday as then we still have Thursday, yes yes i know all i have to do is switch days but its more than that, as now all the days are crazy!! just like anything else or change we will get over it and plan around the new days, i guess its just my way of venting.

What has been happening here? well poor hubby has a really bad cough and sore throat so he has been a little down and still working, kids have been trying to play the game to get out of school..... little monsters LOL but this Mama is not having it, my insomnia seems to be dying down a little so that is great news, but now its so much harder to get out of bed, the life of a diabetic, the ups and downs.

I am going to give Atkins another shot just not all the food they want you to eat, last time i tried it, well lets just say i could barely stand i was so dizzy.
We seem to be settling back into the routine other then that, we are planning our field trips ready and between us, YES we are planning another Disney Vacation pretty soon, but there are other things going on right now so its just a waiting game.

All kids have dental check ups next week so that should be fun!! and the two older boys have eye exams too, i cant believe how fast they grow, sometimes i look at them and ask myself how on earth did he or she get so big? have i been sleeping? i have to say all stages have there own new complications..... but its all part of life and with the lords help we will get through these teenage years.

i made some more freezer meals today, i made another Shepard's pie and meatballs it helps when all you have to do is pull out a meal and heat it, especially right now when its all hands down with Savannah, i am pretty happy with her reading, she is only 6 and her memory is amazing, we will read it together and then even a few days later she will remember all the words.
i wish potty training was going so great, Madison don't want to have nothing to do with the potty, she says it hurts her, so now we are on the hunt for a wider potty in the hope that she will be OK with that.
its funny when she looks at it, she is so disgusted with it, looks at me and says no mommy i am not sitting on it.

 well guys it dinner time and i still have to check in with my classes and check the kids work for today, they have been to the park and they are ready to eat, so then its bath time and hubby and i get to spend some time together. so excited Empire is back on tonight..... Antonio and myself did some pigs in a blanket for snacks so go check it out here----> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2mSjM0c0lM


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thanks again for readying guys, as always
God Bless

R~

Freezer meals!

I don't know about you, but my day can be a little crazy,long and lets just say sometimes cooking can be a pain in the neck!

So while my sweet husband worked a double yesterday I took the time to prep some freezer meals, not only for dinner but for lunches. 

Ok so you know we have six kids right? But did you know the kids are not the picky eaters but my husband is? Yep! 

So we made some tater tot casserole (my version) 

We made 2 and freezed them, my husband does not like tater tot casserole 

So I normally will pull one out on weekends as hubby normally works a double on Saturday every week, or for lunches. Also made some shepards pie, and sausage and biscuit bake, I made 2 of each so that gave me 6 meals or lunches depends. I would of made more freezer meals but I had a lot of school to catch up with, especially assignments. I also had to check the kids grades for that week! 

So it's Sunday now and almost 10:30am I got dinner in the crock pot, laundry going, kids playing and hubby is at work till 3pm so after tidying up we might head for a walk or to the park for a little, but to be honest I hate going to the park on weekends there are way too many people and the kids don't enjoy it that much. 

Or maybe we will be lazy and get a disney movie and watch, that's always fun!

Well ladies and gents it's time to end this thanks for reading till next time!

God bless

R~

We skipped school

Yes we did, it was a beautiful day and we were all so bored in the house, we started our school but just couldn't get into it, so what did this mama do? Gave her kids the day off and rolled out to the park, YUP judge away if you may. 

I love home schooling as it always gives us the option to do things, we school mostly all year and normally just take a month of in summer for our vacation so the kids are always ahead so when days like this come up I know that we are just fine. So after the park I stopped by and bought them some Mcky d's and we bought a new CD to listen to! Princesses to be precise, so now we are jamming to a whole new world' get it? 

Once I got the kids home Madison went down for a nap, a well needed one, she had a horrible melt down. Check it out here https://youtu.be/NwSTSf0SrM0 .

After that I got my list and headed to Costco for our 2 weekly haul you can also check that out here https://youtu.be/2yRz37WJChs

Kids had pasta for dinner and hubby and I got to treat ourselves to Chilli's, to die for yum yum.

We didn't do school but we did do more reading and called it a day. 

That gave this mama some time to catch up on her on school. Well all in all it was a good day, we laughed we played we ate what more could you possibly want right?

So that being said I will leave you with some glimpse of the day!

some new things!!

hey guys!

how is every one's weekend going? as for mine it was fine till someone made me aware that my face book was hacked. i guess my page was posting i don't know what, you have to laugh it off as other wise it will stress you out!!
for some reason Madison is really cranky today, she has just been hitting and then hugging, truly weird, but the news yes the news. the news is that we have finally decided to go ahead and start a YouTube channel, i am not fully committing to this as the next few months are super busy for us, with home school, my schooling and getting stuff straightened to move and trying to fit some other things in too, but this has been a want to do for a long time but between you and i, people who really know me know i am shy and i hate the camera so its going to be hmmm shall i say awkward, but i am willing to give it a shot and please my husband.
one thing that my sweet hubby said was that i should share my journey, i am starting a new diet to loose weight and its super hard when your a diabetic its like the weight just clings to you and don't want to go, but i need to do this for my health, especially if we want more kids.  so i will be blogging and vlogging about this and sharing day by day and week by week of the results.

so yeah that was my new, here is a link to the channel, i am new at this so this is going to take a while to get hold of, especially the editing part.

https://www.youtube.com/user/MsRosebryan/videos

so bare me while i embark and learn. i could use a lot of support and maybe we could inspire each other.

today has been a really chill day, its been stormy outside dark and a little cold so the kids are all comfy in there pj's playing and watching movies, its just a really sleepy day ad its OK!! Maddie on the other hand wont leave me and insists on being held all the time. poor hubby is working a double and wont be home will 1130pm only to be back up at 5am to go back to work, this is the only thing about the weekends daddy is never home, we are blessed he has a job but we also miss him on weekends, today is a soup day so everything is easy and everyone is just having a chill day, well there not much to do anyway in this type of weather.
well guys thanks for reading and i look forward to seeing you guys subscribe and please no judging, life can be hard as is, always be nice to one another.

god bless
Rose ~

basic pizza dough

here is how I make a quick rise home made pizza dough!!

in your mixer or bowl add 1 cup of warm water with 2 tablespoons of sugar, then add a packet of self rise yeast or 1 tablespoon of powder yeast.
stir and let sit for 5 mins.......
once you see it foam then you know its alive and your good to go, add 1 teaspoon of salt and 1/2 cup of olive oil, stir or mix until its like a pancake mix.
Next start to add your flour, it all depends on how humid it is but sometimes I will use 5 cups sometimes 7 cups, so start with 4 cups of flour and another half cup of warm water, blend with your dough hook or by hand.
keep adding your flour till your dough has a bouncy consistency and you can roll it on your counter without it being sticky. let it stand for 20-30 mins and you should be good to go..... I make chocolate pinwheels for the kids with this dough, I also make cinnamon buns for them too.

so in all these are your ingredients.

1 1/2 cups of warm water
1 packe yeast
2 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon salt
5-7 cups of flour

check out my video on chicken flat bread on how I used this dough!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zv7GO-83z0c

WHAT'S FOR DINNER???

Don't you just get days where you just don't want to do anything?  i sure am having one, it's probably cause i am just getting over being sick so i am putting it down to that. it has also been so hot that its crazy for September. we don't have this type of heat this time of year. i had to run to Costco this morning and even with AC running i felt really dizzy. i cant wait for the fall to set in.
SOOO what did everyone have for dinner? well today my husband was home his days off are Wednesday and Thursdays so he mostly cooks on those days, which is nice and it gives me more time with the kids, today we had rice and beans with sweet chili chicken and a spinach salad, i enjoyed my meal very much, for lunch we had creamed broccoli,carrots,and spinach soup, weather its 100 degrees or 30 degrees soup is a favourite in our house, the only one who don't really eat soup is my husband, so he will always have something else, i always make different type of soups and the kids love them especially with there oyster crackers!!

our rest of the week and next week meal plan goes as is:

• Thursday- Sheppard's turkey pie
• Friday- tater tot casserole
• Saturday-chicken Greek pizza
• Sunday- roast chicken with roast potatoes and veg
• Monday-spaghetti and meatballs (soup for me)
• Tuesday-turkey burgers on brioche buns with HM potatoes wedges 
• Wednesday- pork chops and mash with peas
• Thursday- take out pizza
• Friday- chicken and gnocchi soup
• Saturday-HM pizza wheels
• Sunday- chicken parm with mash and veg

Meal planning for me is really essential, with homeschooling and keeping a budget and most of all i hate waking up and not knowing what i am making for dinner, its easy for the kids to see on the meal plan board what they are eating that day and i don't get mom whats for dinner multiple times a day LOL.

 i do have those meals planned but i am flexible on the days, they don't need to be on that day, i have so many days done so i know i have those meals ingredients in the pantry and freezer. lunches are pretty simple, its basically bread,bagels,croissant, or soup, with fruit, yogurt and a sweet treat i always ask them what they would like, so i always have on hand, peanut butter and jelly- apple butter- nuttella- ham and cheese, 3 fruits we always have on hand are grapes, apples and bananas and that's cause those are the most ones that get eaten, i but several types of fruit but that's normally every 2 weeks and we will do a fruit salad with them. always have multiple type of snacks, for the kids and hubby, they all have different likes and that's ok. mornings are pretty simple and stress free, its either cereal, oatmeal or bagels, maybe once a week we do waffles or pancakes or crepes. i always shop for at least 3 weeks even though i do it every 2 weeks, i just like to make sure that if something happens i am covered for a few more days.

MIA

I haven't given up on my blog, what I have been is super sick in bed for the past 4 days. It was so bad that I couldn't even raise my head from the pillow. I have to say my poor husband got sick too and poor thing only managed to get two days in bed he had to get back to work. Our eldest daughter really took care of us, God bless her. Well all the kids tried to help in there own way, I have to say that we are very blessed to have amazing kids. Our school year just started and we already lost 3 whole days of schooling due to me being sick, luckily we will have more then enough time to make it up. We started back again today as yesterday was Labor Day, so we did half a day. It was an all hands down with Savannah so it took a lot from me, but we made it through. With my own classes it can seem overwhelming but I guess it's just another task too!

The weather has been outrageously hot, so hot that even the kids want it to get cold, normally mine are all up for going outside and having some play time or jumping on the trampoline, but nope they just want to stay in where it's cooler. 

It's funny it always gets really hot in September just right before it cools down, I'm so ready for fall, there are people who love summer but I have to say I am not one of them.

Due to being sick my meal plan went out the window the last few days and easy quick meals were made, I have been living off the boxed sachets of chicken noodle soup, they have been my life saver, especially with my throat so sore. I am looking forward to start sharing some school crafts we do now that holiday season is coming our way. Well I will you at that! Thanks for reading and as always God bless

R~

Disney's Animal Kingdom Review

Animal kingdom was a great park,as soon as we walked in we got to see daisy in her safari adventure costume. We got to take pics and all. Moving forward we met Tarzan, looked quite like him too 😀, took more pics and so on.....
So let's get to the review!
The park itself was the smallest one from the four, i liked it as I love animals myself, I enjoyed the exhibits and watching the animals, now as far for my two youngest 2 and 5 they didn't get that much fun from it, they were kinda bored which I could see why. The little ones really enjoyed finding Nemo the musical though and to be honest I really did to, they put on one heck of a show.
We also enjoyed https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/entertainment/animal-kingdom/character-meet-rafiki/ rafiki planet watch.
We did have FP (fast pass) for Kali River Rapids but it rained (again) and that was cancelled. We went on the https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/attractions/animal-kingdom/kilimanjaro-safaris/ kilimanjaro safari and that was pretty great, though one part scared the crap out of us, which was going over the bridge and they made it seem like we were gonna fall off!
We also watched the gorillas who are so adorable.
Hubby and the older kids did go on, https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/attractions/animal-kingdom/primeval-whirl/ primeval whirl, they enjoyed it. They also went on https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/attractions/animal-kingdom/expedition-everest/ expedition Everest,  we also enjoyed https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/entertainment/animal-kingdom/burudika/ it was fun and entertained us. The food was also good in the park and we didn't have complaints, but as soon as 3-4pm came it poured down and everything was shutting down, so we decided to call it a day too.
What I loved most about this park was its knowledge tree and finding Nemo was really awesome, I highly recommend watching this play if you go there. We also did walk the trails and they were (hot) LOL it was a super hot day, we also enjoyed watching all the elephants,Tigers,and so many more. The lion king festival was great too, even though we didn't watch it all. By the time we were scheduled to head over to Dino land it was over due to the weather, super disappointing but Mother Nature don't have no schedule.
So overall it was a great park, small and enjoyable for the most part.

https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/destinations/animal-kingdom/

thanks for reading guys, we hope to return to animal kingdom real soon!!
god bless
R~

2 week grocery haul for a family of 8

We go through quite a lot of groceries in our house, breakfast,lunch and dinner plus snacks! That's for 8!
On average we go through about $700-$800 a month on just food. That don't include household or pet. There has been times where I can spend about $500 with coupons, but today was not one of those days, I normally do groceries every 2 weeks, I use to do it weekly and monthly but I always seem to spend more. So doing it every two weeks works.

Today I had a doctors appointment on the other part of town so I went to trader joes I only go there when I'm in that area as it's an hour away. So at trader joes I ended up spending $107.29 which wasn't too bad, after that I went to target which was mostly home and personal supplies and spent $79.43. I did use cartwheel and a few coupons here. My next stop was Aldi and that came to $95.99 which is not bad for a filled cart. My last and final stop was Costco and there it came to $198.82.  So my whole total for my two weeks came to $481.53, my next haul will be in two weeks, this time I stocked up on multiple snacks so I won't need that many next time. Included was pet food and some household so it wasn't really bad. I also included a frozen throw for Madison which was almost $14 and that was not in my budget, so in all I'm satisfied.
I have my meal plan made up for two weeks which includes breakfast,lunch and dinner. My kids snack on fruit or yogurt sometimes crackers or a sweet treat if I buy.
My husband also takes his lunch to work, so I include other things for him.
I also went and put 70% of the kids wish list on layaway at toys R us today, I'm very confident that they are gonna love there presents. I still have some other items that I could not find there to hunt down, I like to beat the crowd, I try to get all my gifts done by November that way I find mostly what I'm looking for, and to be honest I hate the rush, I don't like shopping when there's crowds,that's one big reaso I don't do Black Friday!
Well that's all guys, thank you for reading
God bless
R~

Alpha omega switched on school house review

We have six kids as I'm thinking you have guessed 😉, well for our homeschooling curriculum for four we use a program called alpha omega switched on schoolhouse https://www.aop.com/curriculum/switched-on-schoolhouse?gclid=CjwKEAjwmZWvBRCCqrDK_8atgBUSJACnib3lKjRtpSUPz2CC9w3mFOhCCS4XcvOaJAf6O2NxI6i0aRoCgNPw_wcB link is right here for you to check it out.
One major reason I choose this curriculum was, because it freed up my time, having all kids in different grades and trying to keep up with everyone at the same time just wasn't working, we were stressed and tired and mama was super cranky!
I loved how it took all the grading from me, and did it for me, the kids have there own student portal and I have my teachers portal, so whatever they do I monitor and generate the grade it reports. I love how it has official transcripts too.
It supports grades 3 thru 12 and college. The same company AOP (alpha omega publications) has other curriculums for that age, so how does it work.
So when you buy the package it comes with disc to install on your computer, our children have there own laptop for school so there is no confusion. Once you install and register your product with the school you are good to go and your child can get started. It will walk you and your child throughout the process. They have tutorial for the kids on how to do there school work and it also speaks and reads them there chapters once at a time just like a teacher would do in class.
It will show you how to do your problem and give you the ability to skip that question so that the teacher (mummy) can view it and work on it with you.

I sincerely love this program, it has given me so much time back which helps me do schoolwork with my 5 years old and 2 year old (Madison school is drawing ) it gives me the time I need with Savannah for her to lean to read and write. I will do a review on what we use for her in another blog.
Don't get me wrong the kids are always asking questions, or needing something and I am fine with that, but it has taken a Huge load of my shoulder by grading and explaining the lesson to them.
Once each term is completed you can send for the grades Or print them out just like you would have in school, pretty awesome huh!!
Another thing I love about AOP is all there electives they have, currently we own business management, French and Spanish. They come in 4 disc and 5 disc the difference is the 5 disc has the bible included with it.
So even though it is a computer based school, you still have the option of printing out your work, sometimes we will especially for our 9 year old. It's completely optional.
This is our second year using it, I have no plan on changing there curriculum no time soon, we are very happy with it after trying out so so many curriculum's. The kids enjoy and love it themselves and Re very happy, they have learned more on this then anything else.
So for our family they get a 5/5 its definitely worth the money. Which I forgot to mention can be a little pricey but once you compare it to other things it pretty worth it in the long run.

Thanks for reading guys!
God bless
R~

Disney magic kingdom park review

Once people knew we were heading that way, everyone told us that it's the best park and it would be our favorite.i have to say that it was not!!
we did go in the heart of summer so that could be a reason too, but the park was over crowded and horrible, all rides had outrageous waiting times and lines, couldn't sit no where to eat, there was way to much confusion, and after you wait for an hour with little kids the ride is only 5 Min's if that, i was extremely disappointed, will i go back, oh yes but never again in august.
we had fast passes all set and ready to go, and as like any other day it rained so the ones that were outside got cancelled which is understandable but i was not able to redo fast passes on my phone on the Disney app, which is really irritable, we were also told once we use the fast passes that day we can do more and the app again would not let me add fast passes. it was so stressful that i just gave up.
the one fast pass that wasn't canceled was meet and greet Rapunzel and Cinderella and even with a fast pass we waited over an hour, obviously with two little princesses of my own i couldn't leave but everyone was irritable including other kids, so for over an hour wait they were rushing us to hurry and snap the picture to leave, which is unfair as the girls waited forever to see them. i think they should of at least gotten 5-10 minutes.

now don't misunderstand me magic kingdom is amazing but there lines and waits are crazy, and when you have multiple children at all different ages its hard for everyone to understand they have to wait, and kids hate waiting. i myself was irritable from all the waiting.
magic kingdom has amazing rides i just wish the kids would of got to enjoy them more rather then wait over an hour for each ride even with fast pass and then go to the next and wait again, therefor they didn't enjoy themselves too much at magic kingdom, i really hope on our next trip its better.

as far for dinning, we had the quick serve and we couldn't get in no where everywhere was so crowded, the lines were out the door, and when you have hungry kids and a husband we all know you gotta feed them or else!! so it took us forever to eat.

the most enjoyable thing was actually the old steam line train, it was actually the least stressful thing, the kids enjoyed getting on that while we were switching worlds. from fantasy and frontier and so on.

so how did magic kingdom do? this time around i would have to say not too well due to barely being able to get on anything, and whether you had a fast pass or not the wait was still outrageous. we are hoping next time which wont be August will be much better.

god bless
R~

School time AGAiN!!

Yup!
Bryan kids started school again today, we have a new schedule and we are up and running again, well we were only out for a month,so we weren't to rusty. Everything fit right in.
The two older boys did try to get out of some things but once they saw I was serious they stopped. We had a late start to the morning, Madison and myself layer in bed some extra time, but it was fine we are not on a strict schedule. I had pancakes made from the night before which made my morning so much easier, all I had to do was heat them up.
Kids focused on there work and I managed to get three loads of laundry done,

We started the book Betsy Ross today and so far they like it. Next is Macbeth.

Lunch time soon came around and today for lunch the kids had, a large home made pig in a blanket, grapes,jello,pretzels and some animal crackers, 

After that we carried with our school work and while they were doing that I started prepping on dinner, the day flies by sometimes and today was one of those days, school time was up and I need to get dinner done, plus I had to take two kids two the library, I really was not in the mood to go to the library but I kept my word and we went. 

So how did the day go? I would day it went pretty well especially for a Monday. 

I am now scheduling our first field trip which I am hoping we can go to the Shakespeare theatre for a play. We shall see if not we have other trips planned. 

For dinner today I made chicken breasts in a sweet soy sauce with little potatoes and mixed peppers, for my self I made a creamy vegetable soup. Other than that it's been a pretty straight forward day! 

The kids keep asking us if we are booking disney again for next year..... Our answer is we shall see.

We really want to make it a once a year trip and I have found some ways to do that so fingers crossed. 

Well it's that time again, 

Thank you for reading

God bless

R~

Disney's All Star Music Resort Review

We stayed at the all star music resort, and i have to say it was really nice and super clean, we were very pleased with the people there, the reception people were really nice, and they welcomed us with balloons and badges, gave us some coupons too!! our check in wasn't until 3pm that day and we got there at 9am, they didn't even let us wait they checked us in Right away!!

 the rooms were big, well we stayed in the family suites and they were pretty decent, the room had two bathrooms, a little kitchenette, cable,free wifi, and most of all it was clean. we had to get 2 rooms due to the size of our party but there was more then enough room, and when i called front desk for something they showed up within 5 minutes, we needed some extra blankets as they kept there AC high so the kids were a little cold, we had the garden view and just around the corner was the pool, which we all loved jumping in late at night, they showed movies every night unless it stormed in the pool but sadly we didn't get to do that. the food court at all star music was out of this world, i fell in love with there London broil special , the sizes were really decent too! i just have no complaints about the place. our only problem was that it rained every single day which obviously has nothing to do with no one LOL other then that it was beautiful. the kids loved all the food and loved going back and fourth to get there refill in there mickey resort mug. i would certainly stay there again without a doubt, and i would recommend it too.  buses came regular to take you to the parks, the arcade area was a little expensive but they also gave us complimentary vouchers for that too. there gift shop wasn't as over priced as i had been warned, we did go out the park to shop but there wasn't that much of a difference, the prices in the park weren't that bad to buy things from, it was fair i would say.
so above everything i would say Disney all star music gets 4 stars out of 5.

https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/resorts/all-star-music-resort/

thanks for reading stay tuned for more.
god bless '
R~

Recap- all about mama 😊

A little about myself,

Well let's start by saying that if you told me I would be a mom to 6 kids years ago I would of probably laughed in your face, as a teenager I had sworn my self not to have kids, but God said other wise and by 17 I was pregnant, I had my baby girl when I just turns 18, what a day. I didn't know what it was actually like to really love someone so much especially so little.  I didn't understand how something so small can light your world up that much.
I think as a teen I was a little wild sometimes, well when I compare me now to rose then, I'm always like what the heck was I thinking!!  I also was very preserved, meaning I wasn't comfortable around everybody I was very shy, that's unless I knew you off course.
Yes yes I admit I always was a weird one, well I guess still am right? I like things a way and I do things a way..... My husband and kids call it OCD, I don't necessarily agree now.

So let's move this along, by 21 I had my beautiful baby boy, then sadly in 2002 I lost my dad, first man I ever loved. then by 23 I had another beautiful baby boy, also at 23 I got engaged to an amazing man (husband) late 24 we lost our baby, then by 25 I had another beautiful baby boy..... HA! A lot of boys!another sad thing in life I lost my mom at 26,the most beautiful woman ever. At 26 I said I do to one heck of a man, (husband). At 27 made one huge decision and made a huge move, at 29 I had my beautiful baby girl, at 30 I was diagnosed as a type 2 diabetic, at 32 I had another beautiful baby girl, at 34 my husband and myself said I do again in church. At 35 ( me now ) I finally managed to take my kids to Disney and I also got see one of my sisters again after 8 years, So much has happened in between but I would have to say those are my highlights. I've probably left out some stuff, but by far those are the most meaningful things to me.i did not mention when or how I met my husband as that is another blog.
The most important thing to me in life is my family, my husband is my best friend, we are inseparable,have never been able to be away from one another, he has always been by my side through thick and thin, he is always ready to drop things and run to my rescue, I know I am lucky especially when your own doctor tells you. My kids are my world, nothing comes above them, they are my blessing and pride and joy. I sit here and I type this but I have to be honest and I try not to talk about religion due to it being a major issue with some, but to be honest without God I am nothing and nobody as only he knows what I've been through, he has always answered my prayers one way or another.
At 35 what do I Want? What do I wish?
Well I seriously can't wait to move out of Maryland, hopefully sooner then expected. As so many know, it's not a secret no more, my husband and myself pray that we can have 2 more babies, I pray that our plan for my husband to work from home comes together. I want my kids to succeed in the schooling, I pray our family and settle down and grow some roots, one thing I have come to learn is that life is too short, don't put off things you can do today till tomorrow as tomorrow is not guaranteed, never go to bed with an argument, always kiss the ones you love goodnight and tell them you love them,and for me I always thank the lord for giving me another day.

Future goals.....
Well as you guessed I love to write, always have. I even have 3 books that I wrote sitting on cd that my husband wouldn't let me throw out, I always wanted to get published but I am so afraid of failure, I know I shouldn't as if I don't try I will never know, but I hate judgements. The more time goes by the more I get the urge to publish them though, so who knows!
I am excited for another homeschooling year with my babies and all our field trips I have planned, but mostly I am thrilled of all the new things that will come my family's way.

My traditions as a mom,wife....
My biggest tradition ever is Christmas, yes I am that crazy lady that tries to buy the store, I have Christmas Eve traditions too, I like to go a little far when it comes to Christmas,I don't only celebrate Christmas but I celebrate Jesus. The normal thing is for my kids to get. Christmas Eve box and 15-20 gifts each on Christmas morning..... Yeah I know I'm cookoo.
My traditions as a wife? Hmm I think my husband knows that more, but I always make sure to cook his special meal on his special day, we also have a tradition that no matter what once a month we have to have alone time, which normally is going out to eat and a movie, yay for our 17 year to be amazing to babysit for us.
My personal routine,
The first thing I do is thank god for waking me up, to watch over my kids and my husband while he is at work.i pray through out my day, but my morning is my peaceful time with the lord. At 7am hubby will always call me to tell me he got to work ok and check in, then one by one I see morning smiles or grumpy faces coming on my bed.

One important family thing is, we always have dinner at the table together, unless poor daddy is working a double, we always say our grace with every meal and the kids express there  thanks and wants.

Just a little re cap
God bless
R~

Recipe fail!

So I was not in the mood to go out so instead I decide to bake some bread which normally is ok and the bread comes out great, but today I wanted to make a different loaf and went for whole wheat oat loaf. I found a recipe on Pinterest that I liked and decided with that. 

So I did all the things the recipe called for, but even after I took the dough out it just didn't seem bouncy in my opinion, my regular dough is always bouncy to the touch. 

It did smell great and made my kitchen smell amazing.

Did everything right I am thinking LOL

I just taught the bread was disgusting myself, my kids love bread so they did eat it, but I couldn't. I even gave it extra time as I noticed it didn't sound or feel right to the touch, but the centre was still a little sticky and the dough did not rise at all on its rising time, so I am thinking either my yeast wasn't what we call alive, but that's weird as I made bread yesterday and it turned out fine, so maybe not? Or the recipe just sucks or I did something wrong...... Either way I am calling this a fail!!

I just wanted something with oats in it as I have a lot and it's a quick and easy way to use them, so I guess we shall be moving on to the next recipe of bread and see how that one turns out?! Thanks for reading.

God bless

R~

time is moving slow.....

waiting for something can seem by far the most hardest thing, you have a plan and you need that plan to work and be put in action, but currently waiting on time to move faster, yes maybe i am mumbling on here LOL but time seems so slow.

i just want to close my eyes and fast forward 5 months, yes yes i know 5 months is not that far but when your waiting even a day seems far away.
sooo whats been happening here ? hmmm well the last few days have been lazy for the kids while i get all school things in motion for them, we start our home school program on Monday and the kids are looking forward to it as they have not 1 but 2 languages this year, no i was not the one to push it but they insisted on trying it, as when we were on vacation they heard a lot of new languages and wanted to learn it. so i agreed to incorporate it but if it gets too much then we will quit one for the year.
this is our 4th year of homeschooling and as time goes by i love it even more, but there are days when i feel overwhelmed and that's OK, as its those days that i can say lets just go outside for an hour and then recap again where we left off. sometimes its hard when there just me and i have to give my attention to all 5, but our school program we use has helped free up a lot of time for me and therefor i am not stressed,. the older 3 know there schedule and what needs to be done and whats expected from them, so its mostly Kanye who is 9 and Savannah who is 5 that needs more attention, and lets not forget Madison who is 2, she loves to be involved and write too.

so back to the time moving slowly, the reason I'm so anxious is because we need to move space is limited here and our family is growing and growing so i just cant wait to make that happen, what makes it more of a kicker is we might be moving state so that is really exciting too. we shall see what time brings and i will keep you updated on that as time goes by.

well its 10pm here and surprisingly all 6 kids are asleep, like WOW that is rare especially for the teens!! so i think i am going to use my quiet time wisely and spend some quiet time with my husband. thank you for coming over and supporting us by reading and keeping up with us daily.

god bless
R~

If you don't get it,you just don't get it!

One of the most hardest things to do in life is trying to explain something to someone that really and truly don't get it, my husband asks,honey why are you wasting your time on something they will never understand? My answer? I have no clue!

What am I talking about?

Well I'm talking about fertility issues, yup 

Up until I was 25 I had no problems in that department,I got pregnant with no problems, between baby number 3 and 5 our specially baby number 4 grew wings and went back to heaven, a very depressing time for us, but the lord gave us another, and blessed is such an understatement on how I felt, I felt beyond blessed that God let us experience another journey. 

Once we had our baby boy our family of 6 then felt complete, I felt like I was done, well like I said I taught I was.

Fast forward to 2009 and we were both excited for another baby and we tried for a few months and God blessed us again. Well I guess this is were people think the crazy fits in, 😊

When our baby girl was a few months old we both agreed we didn't feel complete and wanted more kids, so we started our journey of trying to conceive, I write journey as it took 22 months to conceive. I can't tell you how hard of a journey it was, ups and downs, getting our hopes up, but God once again gave us a healthy baby girl, weighing in at 10 1/2lbs I might add. 

So question we get is, so y'all are done right? Our answer? NO we are not! What we would like? We would love 2 more blessings, now as far as what God says will happen we don't know. 

We have been trying to conceive for 26 months now, with 2 chemical pregnancies and many of false results. What makes it even harder is that knowing how easy it was to conceive before and what a struggle it is now. I don't know if I will ever be able to get pregnant again only God knows our faith, but what hurts the most is when people don't understand or say well you have 6 ain't that enough, my children are my pride and joy, they are my life, I don't know where I would be without them today, I have grown so much just by being there mom.

My children are not burdens they are amazing individuals who I have the pleasure and honor of calling my kids. Yes my life might be a little crazy but it's a crazy I can't live without. Our kids bring us happiness that's out of this world, everyone has there own happy and everyone should respect others happy so when my answer bothers you I feel sorry that you just don't get it, my kids are not burdens there real life people,. The hardest thing for a person to hear is forget about trying you have kids already! 

One thing that gets me the most is when someone says, how do you do It? I can't manage 2. Let alone 6, it truly confuses me as they are not monsters they are kids,. 

Everybody has a calling in life, my calling is to be a mom, to how many only God knows, but if you don't get it, be kind and keep your negative opinion to yourself. 

We all choose our lifestyle this is mine.

God bless

R~

Not a typical day!

A typical day in this household starts with laundry and chores... Well today was different, it started with relaxing on the coach having a coffee then moving it outside enjoying the not so hot day we were having. 

My sweet husband always makes sure to keep my car clean, he says it's a man thing 😊 and that's fine with me. So I sat down watched the younger kids play while the older ones were doing there thing inside, and kept my husband company while he cleaned my jeep. 

Once the girls saw that daddy was washing the car they wanted there jeep washed. Too cute!

After the girls jeep was washed they wanted big brother to push them, it would make more sense to step on the gas right?

He seemed quite happy to go on withere plan.

So after a morning in the sun and some cherished moments that were made, I came back inside to get ready to go do some grocery shopping. 

I've come to realize that it doesn't matter what I do not to go out I am still always missing something and have to run out. 

My sweet husband decided he would cook today, so by far it has been a relaxing day.

The day is not even up yet and I am so tired,another reason why I need the heat gone and can't welcome the fall. 

We want to thank you for reading our blog it truly means the world to us. 

God bless

R~

its too hot!!

I seriously cant take this heat no more, i am so ready for the fall and winter. my husband is not one to complain when its hot but it has him complaining too!
I am just over summer, i know a lot of people will not agree and probably say that i am crazy but i am just not a crazy summer freak, i prefer cold days :-)

I think i am also feeling droopy too as after having hubby off work for two weeks it is time for him to go back to work, our vacation is finally over, he goes back to work on Friday and we start our home school program on Monday, so i am just making sure everything is up to power before we start.i am ready and excited to start up our routine again and get back into a schedule, all the kids and myself have been out of whack, bedtime has been whenever and it has sent our household into a jam.

I am also pretty anxious to get this year over with as there are some pretty exciting things happening next year which i will keep silent on for now. i will share later on in the year or next :-P

I know Savannah is not looking forward to start back up with school she just wants to stay playing dress up and pretend she is still at Disney world. i really don't blame her, i wish we were still there, but like they say all good things must come to an end right?!!

As always we do have another surprise for the kids, they are just going to have to wait on that for now.
I am sure you are pretty curious too ha!? yup, just hang in there too.

Well folks that all she wrote for now.

Stay blessed
God bless
R~

starting my Christmas shopping!!!

yup it started already here in the Bryan household!

we have started our layaway at Toys R us for Christmas 2015, why so early? well when you have 6 kids planning is a must in my books, December and January are busy months here. Savannah will be 6 on December 14th then Christmas then Madison will be 3 on December 29th then Kayne will be 10 on January 9th so with 3 birthdays 2 weeks apart and Christmas in the middle, budgeting can be really hard and difficult so placing certain items on layaway helps control the kaos and funds for us. also i don't have to worry about a child missing out cause i cant find what they wanted.

my poor husband tends to take a deep breath when he sees the bill but lucky for him its an easy slow payment that he doesn't mind doing, just like me he loves watching the kids Christmas morning open there gifts and sees there smiles.
its our tradition that the kids get a Christmas eve box, which normally include new pj's,socks,underwear,candy,hot chocolate,movies,games and a book they always get that after dinner on Christmas eve.

we also count down the day to Christmas with candy and what happened on that day.the kids love the stories and enjoy reading out loud. we all love the Christmas spirit and we also love to decorate the house.

god bless
R~

14 today!!!!

i cant believe 14 years have passed by already since i held my son in my arms, he is 14 and a giant if i might add, he is 6ft 2' already and eating us out of house :-) LOL

No seriously he is one of the most gentle kind hearted boys i have ever met in my life, he has had to battle a lot of things in life, one is controlling his anxiety and on top of that he has ADHD which sometimes makes him really frustrated with himself, on top of that he has dyspraxia which is a muscle weakness that he battles every day. not just cause i am his mom but he has really down well and is coping well with everything. some days we do have set backs but that is normal but other then that he has become a young man and way too fast!!

he is my baby boy and will always be no matter how old he gets, he is one heck of an amazing kid, life is a blessing with him and it sure wouldn't be the same without him.

he is so caring and loving towards his younger siblings.

no matter how old he gets his favourite things are Lego's, he will sit there for hours just building things and i have to say that they are pretty amazing. he also is great at art. he wants to be an architect when he is older and will start his computer design in a few months.

i sit here and wonder where the last few years have gone, and the only thing i say is that when people say enjoy them as they grow too fast, they sure ain't kidding i feel it was just yesterday when i brought him home from the hospital.

happy birthday my dear son, you are loved so much.

 god bless

R~