Life in the Durst Home

So we have made enough money for Devun to join the Swim team! Yea for him!

Now Marissa & Zack are adamant about joining!

This means more walking for mom; but that is ok, it is really good for me, and we all know I need the exercise.

Aubrey is screaming right now, she was fast asleep in my arms, but once her head hit her bed she immediately started to cry. She has been sick for about a week, and I think I may have spoiled her just a little bit! I don’t want her to cry, but I really do need my time too.

Zack is having a great big play date with his boy’s, Thank you Janelle for taking Ava, other wise I am sure I would be pulling my hair out. Ava doesn’t get along well with Zack, but when Zack friends get her, she is horrible! I am sure if she was here right now she would be in her bed for a Nap!

Anthony finally will be getting his contractors Licenses number today!

We have been waiting for his finger prints to come back. A month ago he went and got them done, and the Man took his money, and then failed to tell Anthony that his live scan expired and he had a fee to pay, which he didn’t end up doing! Anthony called him every day for 3 weeks to see what was going on. Finally the man sent his money in last Friday, our check cleared 3 weeks ago? Today Anthony called the State License Board, and they said they had everything that they needed and by the end of the day he would have his number!

Hopefully things will start to look up for us! I have to keep telling myself its only money Jen, you have a family that you love so much, and a Husband that means the world to you! You will be OK!

Anyways Aubrey has been crying the who time I have been on this computer; I better go and get her! I just can’t listen to my baby cry, now my older kids are a whole other story.

Our story,

He came into McDonalds with a mutual friend of ours, he tried to flirt while eating his French fries, I thought he was sooooo cute, but tried not to act that why because I was at work, and a boy loves a girl who tries to play hard to get!

A few days later, I see him in sitting on the ground tickling another girl, who seems to be enjoying it!  I gave him the dirtiest look of my life, I think he could tell I was upset, once he saw me he sat up straight like he was doing nothing wrong!

A few weeks had past or maybe months, and I had quickly moved on to another boy; he was a member of the church, and all star basketball player , he liked me, & We talked on the phone a lot, but never really made it work.

Then Anthony was transferred into our P.E Class, and again the flirting began, But I new how it had ended last time so I kept my distance.

We’ll the boys wouldn’t let me play basketball with them; I remember yelling at them, and Then Anthony asked me if I wanted to play with him? I said sure, it wouldn’t hurt, plus I could make the other guy jealous.(it was high school)

We’ll I totally beat him; to this day he says he let me win, but those of you who have seen Anthony play basketball, probably know that it was me who won fair and square.

Anyways back to my story, so after class I remember him running up to me and having a little black address book with my name it, waiting for my number. He asked me for it, and of course I asked him about the other girl. He said they broke up, and he wanted to take me out on a date. I ended up giving him my number, and got a phone call that night.

I remember the first night he took me out, my grandfather was not happy, he said Jennifer you marry the people you date, I said GRANDPA, I am only 16, and I am NOT going to marry Anthony…

I wish my grandpa was still alive to tell me” I told you so”, but I know that if he was, he would be very happy to know Anthony and I are together, and that we love one another as well as our 5 beautiful children!

Anthony and I have been together since school year 1995/96.

Here is a senior dance photo that you can all laugh at!

And NO, my girls will NOT be wearing a dress like this without something on top!

When ever I am in the store with all my children I get stop at least once by a person, most of the time a man! Asking me the same question “are all those children yours?”

People look at the kids, do they look different to you, I would understand if one had red hair, the other blonde then a black haired child, but when you look at them, and they all have the big dark eyes, and the same color brown hair, and they look like they popped out of a cookie cutter! Please don’t be stupid! YES they are all my children, and yes I am married, and obviously I can feed them all if I am in a store with my basket filled to the top!

What is the point to this you ask, well I will tell you! Today after going to the burrito place, I was putting my children in my car, and a man in his car stopped me, to ask the famous question, “MISS, are all those children yours?” I said yes, and then he went on to say “bless you crazy women! At least they are all cute!”

I have five children; I want six, yes they are pretty close in age, but Anthony and I like it that way. We will be done having babies at 30, we will be able to do fun things with are family and still be young enough to enjoy every minute of it.

I was raised in a BIG house, full of children running around, Anthony was raised with a brother that was 6 years younger then him, we both LOVE that are kids can play together, entertain themselves, and bring FUN, Crazy, LOAD, as well as LOTS of LOVE into our home! So if you think I am crazy, THANK YOU! I am going to be the HAPPY GRANDMA that has lots of grandchildren to love, and play with, and still be young enough to enjoy it!

So before you stop me in the store, think about it! What makes you happiest in your life? Hopefully you will say your family, and you will be able to understand why I have such a big one! CHILDREN MAKE a FAMILY RICH! we are been made very  RICH !