Well life here in az as been going great. We are all moved into our new house. There are still some boxes that need to be unpacked and we are hoping to paint our family room on Saturday. Free is working hard on the house at work and going to school. He is taking one class this semester and hopes to take some in the summer. Eliza is 14 months and still not walking, she does say a few words when she wants to. Brayden is talking all the time. He is currently obssessed with Bob the Builder. The other day he sad "Daddy bobbuilder" He also loves tractors and was so excited when I let him see the tractor working behind our house.

Barnes Family

We had a wonderful Christmas this year. Hope all of yours was as good as ours. Everyone is growing so fast i can hardly blink without having missed something. Jim and I are still working and trying to keep up with our six children. Bryan is going to be 16 March 25th !!! Holy cow I am not looking forward to all the grey hairs I am gonna get from worrying about him while he is driving !!Dylan is going to be 8 February 4th. My baby is going to be eight boy does that make me feel old. I don't know whether or not you heard about the tornado's in Missouri. Jim and I were out on our front porch listening,cause it was dark and we couldn't see anything. The kids were in the basement that night. I told Jim to listen for the dogs in the neighborhood to start going crazy and then we would know if one was coming. Sure enough the dogs went nuts. Then you could here the tornado touch down and start tearing stuff up. It was the scarriest sound I have ever heard. It does not sound like a freight train not even close sounds more like a big evil wind machine, or like the worst wind storm you have ever heard on steroids !!!! When it's touching down it almost sounds as if your slipping through some vortex on one of those sci-fi movies. It was wicked !! Hope you all are well, Love and miss you all very much.

LIZ WANTS AN INVITE

Hello Everyone!

Nothing new here Ron and I are still driving truck we are in Ohio going to washington. We stay out here for 4 weeks at a time so we can get 5 days at home. Christmas was nice we got to pick up Brandon for a week and it was nice to be a Mom even if for just a short while. We are two weeks out now and I cain't wait to go home again!! Well I just thought I'd say Hi! Oh yeah and Kristen liz wants an invite her email jimsslvf@yahoo.com . Love you all and hope your well. Mindy

Bowel Movement Disaster!

We have a really old wooden toilet seat from the 4o's.

Clark sat on it and it broke in half.

Since we'd prefer not to see our landlord

and since we don't have the money to replace it ourselves...

well, let's just say I got a really bad splinter

somewhere on my body

last time I was in the bathroom...

It's official!

As of 01.10.08 I officially became Melanie Cooley! Unfortunately my e-mail is still Melanie Thomas..... but at least I don't have to sign my maiden name anymore! :)