My Rookie Stripe

So, here it is...my very first blog post.  I've been considering starting a blog for a while and this afternoon I decided to just take the plunge and get right to it.  I will tweak it over the next few days so stay tuned.
Allow me to introduce myself.  My name is Kathy. I grew up in Virginia, minutes from the beach and it's my "happy place" and now I find myself living in Kansas a days drive away from the beach. Crazy right??? It gets better!  I'm the mother of 3+1 kids.  3+1???  Didn't they teach me anything in school???  Well you see, 14+ years ago, I met a man who happened to have a 1 year old daughter.  We married and lived happily ever after....well not quite, no marriage is a fairytale.  However, we are still married and though it's been crazy the +1 now lives with us AGAIN. She's 15, I'll refer to her as B and I love her just like she's my own. But she's a challenge and frustrates me and I'm sure you will hear more about her in blog posts to come so stay tuned......I'm determined to be the mother figure she needs and help mold her into the beautiful, responsible young lady I know she can be.  I've never given up on her and I never will.  She's amazing!
Now onto the 3........first we have Mini-me AKA K.  She is 11, in middle school so on top of high school girl drama I have middle school girl drama to deal with as well.  She has a heart of gold but can't seem to get along with her brother, she's also proof that mother's curse works and she's our first miracle.  You will learn more about her as well.  Next we were blessed with our only boy, T-man who is 8.  He is energetic, always has a smile on his face except when he's begging me for a little brother to play with.  He's passionate about sports, reading and God. Yes, I said God. I will also be speaking about Him in my blog because He is #1 in my life.  But back to T-man, he loves to read and his favorite book to read in the car on our many trips all over God's green earth is his kids bible.  He firmly believes in the power of prayer and can't seem to understand just yet why God hasn't answered his prayer for a brother....might have something to do with my prayer asking God NOT to answer his prayer.  Lastly we were surprised and challenged with Mae. She is 5 and she's been challenging us since conception.  I won't go into details but if she'd been born first, I doubt we would have any other children running around our house.  But.....she's such an amazing child.  She always has a smile on her face even though she has some struggles and she just lights up a room just by being in it.  She's the biggest tomboy around yet she will be in the barn in a frilly dress and mud boots if I don't keep an eye on her.
Barn???  Yes you read correctly!  We own almost 90 acres and we raise kids......yes kids! As in goats and they are soooooooo fun.  We are right in the middle of kidding season around here and although it's stressful it's also rewarding.  I love sitting in the barn watching the miracle of life happen.  I will be posting the experiences of farm life as well.
So, welcome to my crazy life.  Feel free to follow me, I will try to post as often as I can. :) Have a blessed day!