We colored Easter Eggs with Mom and Minty, Sabastian was having a good time, he started out using the spoons and then got sick of using them and started using his hands. His hands were stained for 3 days. On Easter weekend we moved into a 2 bedroom 2 bath duplex just up the road from our old apartment. It has a great layout and a big backyard, we are definetly enjoying it. Sabastian and Trinadee go out as often as they can and Annabelle is just as eager to make it outside. I got hired on with the school district as a helper/server at Marcus Whitman, so basically.....yeah I'm lunchlady and it's actually fun, 2.5 hours a day and it's about 5 minutes away from our house. Troy's latest poem

State of Mind

The only way to get around negativity,

Is making sure you dominate intellecutally,

don't allow the nay sayers to wreck your dreams,

Stay true to yourself and let friends and family be your team,

Whether you can or whether you can't your right,

you better not go down without a fight,

understand, that your kidding yourself if you want no drama,

living in the world that we live in, you better hug your mama,

Teach yourself the art of self discipline,

take responsibility, don't make the same mistake again,

let's teach our kids to speak without garbage,

Get them to understand, that their brain needs knowledge,

being positive is a state of mind,

knowing that we are running out of time,

it's to easy to be angry, it's hard to be happy,

i want my kids to be able to hang with me,

Negativity will always be there,

getting surrounded by positivity, is what we need here.

Troy is now 30 years old! I planned a fun surprise party at mom's last weekend, we all had a good time. At one point we had 7 kids , 3 years and under there. It was GREAT having all the babies visiting I loved it!!! So anyways, Troy got a "Limited Edition" Ray Lewis jersey, Ray Lewis is from the Ravens, Troy's second favorite team. Mom and I decorated the cake, Sabastian, Mom and Minty actually dipped the letters in frosting the night before, and it turned out really neat. There's a picture of the cake down below.

With Troy's schedule at pizza hut and then mine doing errands with the kids and working at Marcus Whitman (which I actually got hired on as a permanent employee last Wed!) it was super hectic with only one car, so we were able to get our 2nd car about 3 weeks ago. A Black Dodge Neon 2004, Sabastian really enjoys having a "Charlton Car" and a "Charlton Van." Annabelle is crawling and getting into everything, and she has to put EVERYTHING in her mouth!!!! Good times here at the Charlton Home!!!