The Badman Family

Look Alikes

2011-01-19T16:03:00.004-05:00

Pretty weird, huh?
Must be the hair-do. :-)

Badman Beauties

2010-04-16T07:58:00.004-04:00

We had some pictures done at the girls' school by one of the moms and here are a few of them. Can't wait to get the rest of what I ordered! So fun! Hope you are all doing well.

Happy Birthday Ashley, Happy Anniversary and Merry Christmas!!

2009-12-21T17:16:00.005-05:00

We've had a lot going on these last few weeks. So many birthdays in our family and anniversaries, and more birthdays and now Christmas! We hope that all of you are having a wonderful holiday and are aware of all God's blessings in your lives. Love to you all!

Merry Christmas everyone!!

Happy 7th Birthday to my baby girl, Ashley Grace!
Her new, cozy robe from her Nana and Papa. Thanks Nana and Papa!

Anna and Ashley had the opportunity to dance for a disabled children's home this Christmas. It was an honor.

Can you find Ashley? She's the one with the biggest head! Ouch!

Ashley and Nana...two peas in a pod. We call Ashley our little Nana because she's so..... cute and pretty! She's all heels, too. haha

Happy 17th Anniversary to the love of my life! Notice Andrew in the window trying to escape. haha!

Happy 3rd Birthday Baby Boy!

2009-11-24T13:05:00.003-05:00

Happy Birthday Andrew! For Andrew's birthday, we rode an Amtrak Train to Kissimmee, FL and had lunch in the old downtown area and then rode the train back home. It was really fun! Thanks everyone for coming and making it extra special for Andrew.

Mama with two of her favorite almost 3 year olds!
Uncle Matt and Kelly and family.

Nana and Papa and birthday boy and Anna.

Hopey and Ashley

On Sunday, we went to the park and had some ice cream...thanks Nana! Brynn was enjoying it a little too much! Cutie Pie!

Andrew and Maddie...BFF!

Do you think maybe he likes Lightning McQueen?

My big boy at the train station waiting for the train. :)

Papa and Andrew catching a fish at Nana and Papa's lake. Thanks Papa!

Happy 15th Birthday Danae!

2009-11-12T10:50:00.003-05:00

Happy 15th Birthday to our precious, oldest girl. Danae, what a beautiful young woman you are growing into, inside and out. We are very proud of you and love you very much. We are so glad you are part of our family...you are a blessing to all of us! We had a family celebration on her actual birthday and this weekend, we are going away to her favorite hotel with friends and family to celebrate Danae style! We love you Danae!

Thanks for helping, Hopey.
Look at those cheeks! (Doesn't Anna looked thrilled?)

Andrew was loving every minute of it...

It's Fall!

2009-11-06T15:06:00.007-05:00

We were able to get away and go to the mountains in Blue Ridge, GA last weekend to see the fall leaves before they all fell! It was beautiful! We had a great time as a family and enjoyed the cooler weather. The girls were so cute on Halloween night they set up candy shops in the different rooms and trick or treated to each other's rooms. It's amazing how creative they can be when they have to be. We enjoyed sitting outside by the fire at nights and shopping in downtown Blue Ridge. Andrew LOVED the train and maybe next time we'll get to ride it!

My two favorite boys.

This was the driveway to our cabin! So pretty!

Pumpkin Carvin and Cousin Time

2009-10-22T16:07:00.003-04:00

Andrew and cousin Maddie having a blast together. Andrew looks a little controlling with his hand on her neck, but I promise, it was innocent! :)

Bathing Beauties!
Daddy and his little pumpkins...

Ew...yuck!

Our new brunette...Hope wanted to color her hair and here's the new do!

School Triathlon Day!

2009-10-15T11:12:00.004-04:00

We had our annual school triathlon and Anna and Ashley did great! They worked so hard and we were so proud of them! Danae and Hope weren't here this year, they are up in Hilton Head with Noelle and her family and friends. We missed them! Here are some pictures of my super atheletes!

September Fun

2009-09-26T18:40:00.004-04:00

We've had a fun and busy month. Here's a few pictures of us...I don't mean for this blog to be mostly about Andrew, but he's just so cute! haha Here's Andrew looking like Papa...

Family Fun Night slip n sliding in the dark!

Goofy boy at Publix with his sisters...

Brushing teeth in his cozy PJ's...just so handsome!

Got Milk?

Spikey hair do...

Andrew has been obssessed with car washes lately and this weekend he discovered doing a car wash at home. It probably wasn't the smartest idea for me to introduce this to him since now he's probably going to ask to do it every spare moment he has! Anna and Ashley were great teachers, though. They had fun being soapy, soapy, soapy!!

Muddin and Snake Handling

2009-09-06T07:59:00.002-04:00

On Saturday, Jim, Danae, Hope and Andrew went muddin with the Larsens in their jeeps and here's what they looked like when they came home. Everyone came over to jump in the lake...even Andrew was muddy! He had a blast! Then the Larsens came over to watch football and one of the boys brought his corn snake and Anna overcame her greatest fear and held it! Hooray Anna! She's braver than her mama!

August

2009-08-28T09:50:00.003-04:00

We've had a fun end of our summer and now it's back to life and school. Everyone has adjusted well this first week back. Here's a few pictures of our life...

Prince Andrew...Hope got him dressed this morning.

Andrew as a girl!
First morning on our way to school.

When we were in Blue Ridge, Andrew's favorite thing to do was throw rocks into the lake.

He also loved riding on the bow of the boat with the wind in his hair. :-)

On our vacation in Blue Ridge with three other families (20 people total in one cabin!)...this was Jim's birthday. We had a great time.

Girls, girls, girls!

2009-07-23T08:47:00.003-04:00

Look at all those beauties! We had our dear friends, the Brady's (another family of 4 girls), over yesterday to play and all our girls had matching bathing suits...aren't they adorable? If you look closely, you can see Danae's new smile! She got her braces off yesterday. I will post some close up pictures of her soon!

Summer is finally here!

2009-06-08T10:38:00.007-04:00

It has been a while since we've updated! We've had a busy month with our trip to Italy, end of school parties and graduation ceremonies. Our trip to Italy was amazing and we had a great time. The little ones did wonderful at home with our friends, the Hembrees, and also with Nana and Papa. Here are a few pictures of some of the things we've been up to.

Here we are eating dinner in Venice...right on the main channel...it was so beautiful!

We brought Andrew home a speedo from Italy...he loves it!

The girls had their ballet recital...aren't they so grown up?

Maybe Andrew will want to be a doctor like daddy someday? He says no when you ask him. :-)Ashley graduated from Kindergarten! Our baby girl is growing up!
Remember Hope's garden? Here are some of the 'fruits' of her labor.
Danae graduated from 8th grade and is now a high schooler! Agh! She was awarded the 'Faith' Award at school, which was a big honor. It means that she is not afraid to share the gospel with her peers and is a wonderful example of a prayer warrior. We are so proud of her!

Jim and Anna wakeskating together...our Sunday family evening on the lake.Anna and Ashley slept in curlers last night and here they are together as curly heads...

Andrew's New Hairstyle

2009-04-23T08:50:00.004-04:00

Andrew got his first big boy haircut with the clippers...he didn't hold very still, but somehow we managed to get it semi-even. :-) He's so handsome!

Happy Easter!!

2009-04-15T15:17:00.005-04:00

Happy Easter to all of you. We went to West Palm Beach to visit my brother Jake and his wife Shannon for our annual visit.

Here's how a family photo with five kids looks...Andrew has his eyes closed and Danae is about to sneeze. Hilarious!

Mommy and her boy...true love.

Hopey and Danielle!

Danae and Brynn!

Today Anna had an endoscopy (stomach scope) done and while we were waiting, Andrew sat on the walkover watching for trains. Anna did great and her stomach looked normal. She's still having the pain in her tummy and side, so keep praying for her!

So sleepy after her scope was done. Andrew was very interested in waking her up!
I explained to Andrew that Anna had medicine that makes her very sleepy. He announced in his LOUD voice that he had medicine in his 'buttcrack'. He has exzema between his buttocks and we put medicine on it each night before bed...to explain why he said that. He cracks me up!

Spring Break

2009-04-06T09:54:00.011-04:00

We had a wonderful Spring Break at the beach! We spent a few days and nights at the beach with some of our dear friends, Jay and Susan Hembree and their two cuties, Jake and Grayson. We had fun surfing, boogie boarding, swimming and eating!

Here's Hopey catchin a wave...

Daddy and his boy...

Lots of chicken fights in the pool...

Jim's favorite spot...shade!

Danae surfing! (thankyou Jay for all the lessons!)

Hopey surfing! (almost)

All my girls...

Danae was having some fun with her camera on these next few shots...

Grayson the mermaid...

Danae and Jake...two peas in a pod... (notice the ornery look on Jake's face)

Holly and Susan...

Holly and her baby boy!

Happy 9th Birthday Anna!

2009-03-23T08:34:00.006-04:00

Happy Birthday to Anna! Wow, what a blessing it is to celebrate another birthday with our precious Anna. God has done so much for this little girl and we can not express how grateful we are to Him for allowing her to celebrate yet another year of good health! Anna, we love you with all our hearts. Thank you for being such a wonderful daughter who opens her heart to everyone she knows and loves them with all of her heart. We love you!

Anna began her birthday by having her very special friend, Stephanie Melcher spend the night. Then after church, Anna wanted to have all our family who could (Nana and Papa, Grandma and Grandpa, Uncle Matt, Aunt Kelly, Maddie and Biddy, Uncle George, Nene and Brynn) over for her favorite lunch, roast and mac-n-cheese and we had a great afternoon!The Birthday Girl

Here she is all ready for church after opening a couple of her presents.
Lighting her own candles...
Daddy and his birthday princess...
A fun game of softball in the backyard with family...

Farmer Jim

2009-03-09T10:33:00.002-04:00

...and his little farmette, Hopey! Jim and Hope spent an entire Saturday planting a garden in the sunny spots of our backyard. They worked so hard, can't wait to reap the harvest!

Anna and Ashley wanted in on the action, as well.

Meanwhile, Andrew plays with his new bubble gun. He loves it!

One more thing...(sorry buddy, but mama has to brag) Andrew has been pee-ing on the potty each time he gets out of the hot tub. He's up to about 10 times now! That's a start!

LOTS and Locks of Love!!

2009-03-02T09:12:00.003-05:00

Hopey has been growing her hair out to donate it to Locks of Love (for the 2nd time) and this past weekend, she cut her hair! She looks adorable and we know that a little girl somewhere will enjoy her new wig made out of Hope's hair!

Two of my beautiful girls...

Our week with Debi and Seth

2009-02-28T09:49:00.008-05:00

Cousin Deb and her baby boy, Seth, came to visit for a week. We had such a great time just hanging out with family, going to Disney and playing in the backyard. Here are a few pictures of our time together. Thanks for coming Debi!

Deb and the boys riding the train at Disney
Debi treated us to lunch at the Crystal Palace where we got to meet some of the Pooh characters. It was great!

Hanging out on the couch...
Hot tubin!

Snuggle time...

The boys playing together.

Mr. Jim reading books with Seth.

Close, closer, closest!

Happy Valentines Day!

2009-02-14T10:54:00.003-05:00

Anna and Andrew having a little Valentines snuggle on the couch...

Ashley's before and after haircut pictures, such a cutie pie!

Snow day in Florida...

2009-02-06T19:55:00.004-05:00

It was another cold morning out this morning and I gave my girls the option of staying home and Anna and Ashley took me up on it. Danae and Hope wanted to go to school, such nerds. haha, just kidding. They're so diligent, I was proud of them! Anna, Ashley and Andrew and I stayed home and baked cookies together and did some make-up school work. It was a wonderful morning.

Andrew's favorite thing in the world...helping daddy.

Hopey and her friend Michaela were coneheads. They won't tell their secret of how they did that!

Papa came by to visit the other day and Andrew climbed right up on the couch to snuggle with him. Such buddies.

Happy 2009!

2009-01-23T10:52:00.014-05:00

I know, I know, finally an update! This new year has proven to be a busy one for us, but a good one as well. Here are a few of the events that have taken place since our last update.

This is what older sisters do to their baby brothers. Poor little Andrew, he didn't like it one bit and either did his daddy. But us girls got a huge laugh out of it!

Anna has had a weird case of what we thought was appendicitis, but now looks like it must be mesenteric lymphadinitis (inflammed lymph nodes in her right lower abdomen). This is a picture of her in the hospital. Does she look like a little Noelle or what??? Such a precious treasure.

One of our favorite presents this year for Christmas was a zip line for the backyard. I'll have to put more pictures of this when I get some. It provides hours of fun!

Hopey turned 12 and she wanted to rent a big blow up slide for our back yard. She had a great day. We love you Hopey and are so blessed by you. Thank you for being a young woman who loves the Lord and honors her parents.

Danae, Hope and Noelle had the opportunity to be in a live, drive through nativity scene. It was a great experience for them! Danae is Mary being visited by the Angel and Noelle is Mary and Brynn is baby Jesus and Hope is a shepherd.

Over Christmas we all got to meet our niece Danielle! It was great seeing Jake and Shannon and their precious baby girl.

Happy 6th Birthday Ashley Grace!

2008-12-20T15:37:00.002-05:00

Ashley celebrated her 6th birthday! Happy Birthday Ashley Grace! We love you baby girl.

Andrew and his choo choo

2008-12-20T15:15:00.003-05:00

Andrew's new passion...his Thomas the Train choo choo!

The WIGgles

2008-12-09T20:30:00.006-05:00

We were goofing around trying on wigs and Andrew was getting into it, too! He was hilarious! Ashley was pretty funny too!

TV Land day at school

2008-12-08T09:00:00.003-05:00

This week is spirit week at school and today they were supposed to dress like any character from 'old' tv shows. Danae is from Grease and Hope is Shirley Temple (can't you tell? hehe).

Who me?

2008-12-08T08:54:00.007-05:00

The other morning mommy came downstairs and found me sitting on the couch with my face looking like this. Danae had made brownies and I found a spoon! I was caught red handed!

Big Aunt Nene came to see me from Chicago and here's a picture of me and her playing with the Noah's Ark stickers she brought me. It was fun! We love you Big Aunt Nene!

Badman Girls...

2008-12-04T15:11:00.002-05:00

Just a picture of the Badman girls walking in to church. Aren't they so pretty? Their mama sure thinks so! I love you girls!!! I need to get Andrew a blue shirt and black pants to match. hehe

Happy Thanksgiving!!

2008-11-29T22:21:00.006-05:00

We went to a town near Charlotte, NC to visit our dear friends, the Kirchers, and had a great time. We had a wonderful dinner together (which I forgot to take pictures of), had a blast 4 wheeling in their back yard (forest) and even got to go to a zoo that we rode a horse and wagon through. It was an absolute blast! Thank you Kirchers, we love you! Hope you were all able to have a very special Thanksgiving. Here are some of our pictures from our trip.

Happy 2nd Birthday Andrew and Happy Birthday Nana!

2008-11-24T08:46:00.015-05:00

Andrew and Nana celebrated their birthdays together since they are just one day and 60 years apart!

Getting ready to blow out his two candles!

He just woke up from his nap and was quite a little ham for all the pictures.
Don't you love Ashley's smile?
Getting a ride on the back of his new Lightning McQueen bike that his sisters have taken over.

Here Andrew is playing with all his favorite new toys...his "Cars" cars (thank you Nana and Papa!), his Thomas the Train (thank you Maddie and Uncle Matt and Aunt Kelly!), and his new "wewow butt" (yellow bus) (thank you Grandma and Grandpa!). He loves all his new toys.

Brynn and Danielle have arrived!

2008-11-18T11:17:00.007-05:00

We have two new additions to our family all within one weekend! Holly's brother Jake and his wife Shannon had their first baby on Friday, Nov. 14th. Danielle Olivia was born and she was 6lbs 14 oz. She is gorgeous! They are all doing well and we cannot wait to see them!

Then, three days later on Monday morning November 17th, Noelle (Holly's sister) and George, had their first baby. Another girl! Brynn Elizabeth was born Nov. 17th at home and she weighed 7lbs 2oz. Both babies were born on their due dates, which is quite remarkable! Noelle and George and Brynn are doing great and she is so beautiful.

We are overwhelmed by God's goodness to us and His new additions to our family. We are so in love already and cannot wait to see what God has in store for us in our future!

Happy 14th Birthday Danae!

2008-11-10T08:35:00.006-05:00

For Danae's birthday, we took Danae, Hope and two of Danae's friends, Amanda and Victoria Gracey, to get Danae's hair cut and then went to lunch at Cracker Barrel. Then mommy surprised them and took them to a corn maze in Zellwood for something new and different! At first the girls weren't too excited about it, but once they got into it, they loved it! Then we came home and had a nice family dinner with Grandma and Grandpa, Nana and Papa, Nene and Maddie. Danae got the camera that she was dreaming of! Happy Birthday Danae! We love you so much, big girl.

The Three Amigas!

2008-11-10T08:06:00.003-05:00

Ashley, Hannah and Lexi, the three amigas. Lexi gave these adorable little best friend jackets to each of the girls and they even have their names embroidered on the back! So cute. Thanks Lexi!

Anna's glasses!

2008-10-31T09:59:00.003-04:00

Anna had been squinting at school to see the whiteboard at the front of the classroom, so we took her to the eye doctor and she is slightly nearsighted (20/50) and had a stigmatism in each eye, so she needs glasses. She only has to wear them as she feels she needs them, but she really likes them. She can see much more clearly now and she looks so cute in them!!

Kayaking on the lake

2008-10-31T09:50:00.002-04:00

We bought a kayak for the lake and here are a few pictures of Danae and Andrew on it. Andrew liked to lay down in it and relax while taking a ride. It's fun and all the girls enjoy it. It's been sooo beautiful outside and this is a great way to still enjoy the lake even though it's too cold to swim. Come on over and use it anytime!

Happy Fall!

2008-10-30T09:30:00.001-04:00

All the Badman babies with their carved pumpkins.

(that they designed all by themselves!)

Anna scooping out pumpkin seeds and Ashley being helpful by stirring them.

Danae and Hope felt they needed to wash out the insides of their pumpkins with soap and then pour hand sanitizer inside them. At least they were having fun!

Tired boys!

2008-10-30T09:15:00.000-04:00

So tired after all the pumpkin carvin!

2008-10-30T09:00:00.000-04:00

The Badman Family

We have decided to start our own blog for our family and friends to be able to check in on us easily. And it gives mama another opportunity to brag on her babies!