First Time

So, this is the first time I have blogged since MySpace days.  I'm really too busy to do this, but I really enjoy sharing our crazy lives with random people :)

So for my first blog I would like to introduce myself and my family.  I'm Ashley Griffin Bean, and I am 28 years old.  I have four children and one stepdaughter.....and they are all girls.  I'm so catching hell in a few years, but as for now they are all amazing children that make my life worth living.  And I live.  Hard.  I work as a sales representative for Wireless Expressions, an authorized retailer for AT&T.  I've been doing this job on and off for almost 5 years, and I love every second of it.  With that being said it consumes a lot of my time.  Having 5 kids and a full time job inside and outside your home makes any free time you have gold.  And gold is hard to come by in this house :)  

Thank God for my husband, Chris Bean.  He works as hard as I do and is a huge help with the girls. 

He is the complete opposite of me.  I'm eccentric, he's laid back.  I'm always in go mode, he'd rather be napping.  We have been married for five years in August.  It has been a bumpy road, but what marriage with five other people involved wouldn't be....and yes, I'm referring to the kids.  He does have an outlet that he enjoys that gives him "man time" that he so needs.

He is the drummer for a blues band called Double Wide Soul.  Go check them out at www.doublewidesoul.com

And now....our children.  They are all different and talented in their own way.

First, the oldest girl is my stepdaughter Madison. She is 9 years old.  She is in the gifted class in school, so obviously she's a smart girl.  She loves doing everything from dancing to art to singing and dancing.  She's just like her dad-she wants to be good at everything.  Very versatile.  I love that about her.  

Next is Caylon.  Caylon is the first baby that I gave birth to and she has a different meaning to me than all of the children.  She was the first person to teach me what being a family meant and how awesome it is.  She is smart beyond her years, but she is infamous for being in "Caybug World" most of the time.  She has the largest imagination out of any of the kids and has her nose in a book at any given moment of the day.  This year she is doing musical theatre which is what she is extremely talented in.

Rylee is 5 years old and just started kindergarten.  She is my rocker girl.  She loves music...all kinds of it. She is doing sooo great in school and makes us prouder of her every day that goes by.  She makes friends so quickly.  She is also an amazing dancer, so this year she is learning tumbling.  The dents on her head proves that she is great at it, but needs to learn what wide open spaces are.  

Next are our three year old twins.  Crimson and Clover. 

Crimson is just wild.  She keeps us busy.  She is the bossy one and will tell you exactly how it is all the time.  The one thing that I can say about her that always impresses me is that she always pays everyone some sort of compliment.  Sounds like a future salesman to me :)

Clover is our sweet twin.  Clover is so loving and sweet.  She will do anything to make someone happy.  That worries me to a degree, because at some point it becomes survival of the fittest in our house.  But for now, I enjoy still having just a "sweet baby".  

So that is our whole bunch.  I hope that everyone enjoys listening to our stories, as I enjoy sharing them.