HA......I believe this is sooner rather than later!!!

Ummm, I'm speaking of my comment in the post from last night about pictures! Anyway, here are the rest of the homecoming week pictures as well as a couple from Six Flags this past weekend. They better load quick though.....babies are napping!!

Jammie day












College/Pro shirt day.....go Mavs & Raiders!!!












Purple and Gold school shirt day












I can't believe we got Em to get this close to Shaggy and Scooby!! This is a first. She will not go near Tweety Bird, Sylvester, Bugs Bunny....any of them. I was thrilled to get these pictures. But look at how much distance she kept between herself and the opposition!!!!

School picture day.....

and Wyatt's first baseball game. I don't have pictures for this post though. Just thought I would add a quick update.
Emily didn't have a clue what to expect on picture day.....but she sure was excited about it! She was asking me a couple of questions on the way to school and Bubba piped in and took over the conversation....giving her the low down on how picture day works. He assured her that it was "cool". Yep, that's my goofy kids! They both seem to be doing really well in school. We will find out for sure on Thursday.....parent/teacher conference day.
Wyatt also had his first baseball game tonight. Actually it was supposed to be last night, but they called it because of bad weather. I have not been going to practices because they run past the kids bedtime......Emily stays home with me so that I at least have one of them in bed at a decent time! Anyway, Jeff seemed to think the game may not go so well for our team. We have a couple of kids that......well, lets just say that appropriate behavior is NOT a priority at their house! Those kids behaved just as we had expected. However, when all was said and done....our team only lost by one point. The kids who were there to play, played really well. That included Wyatt! He made three really good hits, scored 2 runs and got a man out on second....which is where he was playing tonight.
I have some pictures that I need to post.....but it is my bedtime so I'm not taking the time to do it tonight. Hopefully I will have them up sooner rather than later! I hope all is well with everyone. Leave us a comment so we know you've been here reading! Goodnight...sweet dreams!!

Time on my hands.....

My daycare babies are sick today! I guess you could tell something was up with all the new post today. I should be doing some extra cleaning to get ready for company......but that's not happening. Instead I am catching up on some computer stuff! Ok, well I am up and down from here doing some cleaning. I'm just not used to having the house all to myself!! I'm about to get off here now though....going to take advantage of the time and go have lunch with the kids. Hope everyone is having a great day!!

Aunt Linda is at it again!!

Thanks again......Emily just loves it and so does Momma!!












Granny was thinking that I told her 50's day was Friday (for homecoming week spirit/dress up). So she and Aunt Linda got the great idea of making Em this adorable skirt and sending to her. Well, 50's day was actually on Monday and the skirt came in the mail (as a HUGE surprise) on Tuesday! Ha.....there is absolutely NO disappointment about it missing 50's day on this end though! She loves this skirt so much, I wasn't sure I was going to get it off her last night. She put it on to make sure it fit....and then we had to take pictures....and then she had to dance around it, you know, to make sure it twirled properly!! Reluctantly, she took it off then. When daddy got home from work, it would not be enough to SHOW him the skirt....she had to try it on again!! I'm thinking this will be great for Halloween. They have another week later in the school year where they "dress up" every day.....I'm thinking it is drug awareness week. Anyway, there is usually a 50's day thrown in that week so Emily will be prepared this year!! Thank you Granny and Aunt Linda...this was a great surprise!!!

We're having company!!!

Sissy is coming up this weekend! I made the mistake of mentioning this to Emily a couple of weeks ago....before Brandie even confirmed that she was coming. She brought me her school folder, which has a calendar in it. She ask me to show her the day that Sissy would be here! Needless to say, she has been bugging me about it ever since. Every few days she will bring me her folder, point to the day and say "this is when Sissy is coming, right?".

Granny, Paw Paw, Aunt Linda and Uncle Bob are coming this weekend too!! We are going up to Texas Motor Speedway with them to watch some dirt track racing Saturday night. We are VERY excited....especially Wyatt!!! He really doesn't have a clue of what to expect.....but it's racing so he is excited!! I guess I better remember to take my camera. Anyway, I had no intention of mentioning this visit to the kids until the last minute....simply because they get so excited and drive us nuts about it. Well, Emily listens/hears way more than I guess I had imagined. After a phone conversation with Mom the other day, Emily announces to Bubba that Granny and Paw Paw are coming next weekend!

We also get to see Sara very soon!!! She has an ortho appointment next week so she is coming up a day early to she can spend some time with us. Needless to say, I am keeping my bigmouth shut about this visit!! The kids will be thrilled with her surprise visit after seeing everyone else too.

So, we get to see them all now......and again in a few weeks. The kids and I are headed down for a weekend visit next month. Ummm, I'll be attempting to keep that trip to myself as well!!

It's been busy around here.

This is homecoming week.....which means a "dress up" day everyday this week! Monday was 50's, Tuesdsay Camo, today jammies, tomorrow college/pro shirt and Friday will be purple and gold school shirts. There was the homecoming parade in town on Monday evening. The kids enjoyed that. Monday evening was also the first night of baseball practice.....yup, that's right baseball.....not t-ball! There was some sort of mix up and Wyatt was put on a coach pitch team. He is old enough, we just thought another season of t-ball would do him good. After thinking about it, we've decided this will be for the best. This is the more laid back season so a better opportunity to get him up to speed with the coach pitch league. Here are some pictures from this week. I will post some of the rest of the week when I get the chance.
50's day












Em didn't have a camo shirt so she had to borrow one from Bubba

Mr. Bear!

So Wednesday Wyatt came home and wanted to know who the "leader" of Texas is. Jeff ask if he meant the Governor? Yes, that's what he meant. Jeff told him it was Rick Perry. Wyatt was so excited.....if he was the first one to give that answer to his teacher the next morning, he would get to bring Mr. Bear home for the night. We took the opportunity to discuss who the President is while we had him on the subject. That was a little more than he was interested in.....after all, he only needed to the know the Governor! Well since I don't get the kids to school until just before the tardy bell rings, I didn't expect him to come home with the bear. Ha....I was wrong! I talked to his teacher after the fact. She said it was so funny, she saw him come into the class from across the room. He came in with a mission. He went straight to her and said "Rick Perry"! He was one of the last ones in, but the first one to give her a name. Needless to say he was pretty excited about having Mr. Bear for the night.

Do we.....or don't we??

So today is the day we sign up for fall T-ball. We had been planning to start Emily this fall because we have been told the fall season is less hectic and is more laid back. Since she is younger we thought that would be a good thing. Well, I've been thinking and Jeff and I have been talking and we have decided not to put her in for now. Jeff was kind of feeling like maybe we should wait another year (Wyatt was just shy of 6 when he started and Em won't even be 5 till January!). I think we need to find something that is "hers".......Bubba has his thing (sports) and Em could have her thing. So I think I will start looking for some sort of tumbling/dance class that we can try out. As much as she loves being outdoors with the bugs and snakes and frogs, she also loves to wear dresses and have painted nails and pretty hair things. Anyway, I discussed this idea with her. Her first questions was......"you mean like a ballerina?" Ha, maybe a dance class is just what we need!!

Just an update

We are two weeks into school and the excitement has not dwindled! Well, they don't want to get up in the mornings, but they are still really excited about going to school. As a matter of fact, yesterday when I told Em that it was Friday and she didn't have to go to school *tomorrow* she got upset! It's funny at the school drop off. There are several faculty members at both the bus and car drop off points to help the kids out of vehicles and into the building. Well, the ladies that help at the car lane laugh at Emily. She always bounces out of the truck and is so happy to be there....her excitement is very obvious! I've gotten emails from Wyatt's teacher telling us what a great kid he is, how excited she is to have him in her class, how "awesome" he is.......ummm, is she really talking about our boy???? I guess if he is going to be a monster somewhere, I'd rather it be right here at home!

Thank you Aunt Linda!!!

Emily will tell you that she is a Princess......especially when she is wearing her new dress that Aunt Linda made her this summer! When I was taking these pictures, she ask me if she could twirl....cause this dress twirls soooo pretty. I snapped a couple of her twirling, but couldn't capture how pretty it really is. Thanks again Aunt Linda!!

School days

Yesterday was the kids first day of school! They were so excited about starting. We already knew that Wyatt loved school, but Emily couldn't be more thrilled about going. Of course, she already knows quite a lot of what she should be learning this year....but I think she will be just fine! When I picked her up she hopped in the truck and told me all about the little boy who "cried cause he wanted to see his Momma". She jabbered off and on all evening about her day. Wyatt is riding the bus home from school this year. He just loves it! He got off the bus yesterday exclaiming how "cool" that was. These are a few pictures of the first day.

The end of summer?

The rains finally stopped, the sun came out and the heat wave hit! A little late, but the the water and electric bills have been a bit easier to take this summer. Now it is time to send the kids off to their first day of school. I can't believe my baby is starting school this year! Em is so excited about going to pre-k. I have to admit, I am excited for her....but it sure is going to be different around here with her gone half the day. She will have the same teacher Wyatt did in pre-k so it has made it that much more fun for her....she loves this teacher! Wyatt is very much looking forward to 1st grade. He can't wait to get back to school.....in his words, "get back to more learning"! Lets hope he keeps that attitude for years to come. Both the kids have got to spend time with Granny & Pawpaw and Grandma & Grandad this summer. This has given Momma and Daddy some quality one on one time with each of them.












Just a couple of pictures that I took a few days ago. We are planning to put Emily is T-Ball along with Wyatt this fall. I found this pink helmet on sale so went ahead and got it for her. She was pretty excited!


I wonder if you will do me a favor? I know of most of the "usual" readers, but I would like to get an idea of others who are reading here. If you don't mind either leaving a comment here or sending me an email to let me know......thanks in advance!! Oh, and if you are subscribed to receive updates when I make a new post.

Last day.....

With a teenager in the house that is. The girls move into their apartment this weekend. We are loading our trucks up this evening and heading out tomorrow. I can't imagine facing the whole "empty nest" thing.....but I certainly don't have to worry about that for many years yet, huh??

Pictures from our trip to see Granny & Paw Paw

Roller blading.












Skating together....very carefully!












They had a blast on their big wheels.












Mmmmm, whipped cream is GOOD!!!











Results of our trip to "ten buck two".












Playing in the rain the last day we were there.

Ten Buck Two???

I'm visiting Mom and Dad this week. The kids played outside yesterday and had such a good time, but they came in sweaty and stinking!! Wyatt objected to having a shower, "cause I already took one earlier"! So he wondered if we were going someplace. Yep, we're going to ten buck two! Well not only did that get him into the shower, but it also brought on the questions. Is it fun there? Do they have toys there? Do we get to play there? You name it, they have ask it. That's not the fun part though! All day long we have heard what the kids "thought" they heard......tow buck tow, ten two two, ten by two. We have laughed all day long listening to them. Finally, when Sissy got home this evening she got them saying it correctly. So the question of the day was......just what IS ten buck two?? Well, today, ten buck two was a trip to get a sno-cone! They weren't sure that was actually ten buck two, but the sno-cone was really, really good!!

I have taken a bunch of pictures in the past couple of days. When I get home and get them loaded on my computer, I will get some posted on here.

Summer fun

Emily has been at Granny and Paw Paw's all week, so I still have no pictures of her. I did snap some more of Wyatt today though. Sissy was here to visit so we coaxed her into the pool with us. Wyatt and I head out tomorrow to visit mom and dad for a few days.....Em will be coming home with Momma whether she likes it or not!!! We really do miss the little monster! She has had a great time though. Guess that's about it for now. Here are a couple of pictures from today.

A milestone

Wyatt took his floaties off in the pool last night! It took some convincing, but he finally decided he could do it. Now he just has to remember that when he pops his feet up to start kicking, he doesn't have the floaties to automatically make him "float".....he has to do ALL the work himself! Needless to say, while trying to remember that he came up gagging a couple of times. He'll get the hang of it though. He was so proud of himself!!

with floaties








without floaties







going under is much easier!

A couple of pictures....

Cause that is about all I have today! Today is more of an "off" day than normal. Not only do I not have daycare kids today, but Wyatt is visiting Granny and Paw Paw this week!! Emily and I are going to do "girl things" today.......you know, paint our nails and fix our hair! :) I haven't said anything to her yet, but we *might* dig out the old Barbie house that Sara played with and set it up in her room. We'll see if I have that much energy!? Anyway, here are a couple of pics that I took while sitting in our driveway enjoying the fireworks on the 4th.

Rain, rain, go away......

Sorry for the lack of pictures this summer! We have had soooooooo much rain that the kids have barely had any outdoor time. It has been more than 2 weeks since we have been in the pool. I feel like we will likely float away any time now. I have taken some pictures, but they have been inside pictures and most with daycare kiddos.....I have not had parents sign permission for posting of those pics on my blog. Guess I should get to that. I have a couple of days off so I will try to go thru and see if I have some of just Wyatt and Emily. In the meantime......if you are in need of rain, would you please consider taking some of ours?? We have so much standing water in our yard, you could just bring your own buckets and scoop some to take with you!!

FYI

Well, comment moderation has proven itself to be a great thing! Sorry I have had to use it, but glad I have. I have had a few "spam" comments lately. I'm thinking about taking the blog private. If I do this, you will need to let me know if you are interested in being "invited". I will send you an email through blogger. I believe you will need an account to view the blog if this happens. It is really a quick and easy process through google, but I wanted to let you all know that this might happen. Again, sorry for having to do it this way. I think most of you will understand......considering the last message I received I couldn't even understand the damn language!!!! Just let me hear from you if you want to continue checking the blog so that I can send you an invite.

"Happy Fathers Day!"

Jeff has heard that as much today as I heard "Happy Mothers Day" a few weeks ago. Just goes to prove that our little monsters can be so sweet.....when they wanna be! Of course in the midst of all those happy, well wishes they decided they needed a "day" of their own. So, the creation of "Kid Day" came about. For all of those reading this, please mark your calendar......"Kid Day" (according to Wyatt and Emily) is to be celebrated on July 2nd.

For the record, Momma had absolutely nothing to do with this....daddy either for that matter. This was a conversation that went on in the back seat of the truck today.

In case you didn't realize.....

You can click on a picture and get a larger view of it. I started using the smaller pictures in my post to save a little space....and with this wonderful dial up service the smaller ones load faster! Anyway, I know they are little harder to see, but if you roll your mouse over a picture and click on it, it will blow up so you can see it better. Thought I'd mention it in case you hadn't realized this neat little feature! Oh, and if you hadn't already....leave me a comment to let me know you have been here to check things out!!!

Graduation.....and after Graduation

Ok, so I'm slow! Most of you already know this! I'm using the excuse that I've been busy. Actually, I have been. This home childcare thing that I have been trying to get going, well it is finally making some progress! I am so excited to have a couple of kiddos! They are both temporary and part time....but at least I finally have some kids. I interviewed with a momma a couple of weeks ago who has twins.....cute, cute girls. I hope to start keeping them (full time and permanent) in August. Anyway.....my new "business", that's my excuse!

So, we have a new graduate in our house....YAY!!!! Sara didn't exactly have the best senior year, so this was as much of a "relief to finally have it over with" as it was exciting. The ceremony went great....a little long, but great. Granny, Paw Paw, Aunt Linda, Uncle Bob, Aunt Kerri, Kayla, Chris, Sissy, Momma, Jeff, Wyatt and Emily were all there to see her walk the stage and get her diploma.

Walking to her seat.



A "group" shot.








Heading to the stage.



Group HUG!!!!












After graduation we went home so that us girls......and Chris.....could get ready to go out! At about 10:30 pm we headed "out". To do what, we weren't really sure. That was up to Sara. As it turned out, she wanted to go get a tattoo......and Sissy had told her she would pay for it for her graduation present. So off we went. Of course Momma had her camera....and of course I took pictures of the process. Well, I took pictures of Sara's face during the process! She got her Zodiac symbol on the small of her back. After that we went to have breakfast before heading home. I think she had a good time.

I think these pictures speak for themselves! Obviously the last picture of her expressions was more of a "get that camera out of my face"!!! And of course there is the end result.

























We had her party on Saturday, but I don't have those pictures resized yet. Give me a few days and I will get those up.

Life.....

What I wouldn't give to protect my kids from the harsh realities of it! Sara is off this morning to do something she has never had to do....and she shouldn't have to at only 18! She is going to the funeral of a friend. A girl who died needlessly in a car accident. A girl who leaves behind a son of her own. A girl who got behind the wheel of a vehicle after drinking alcohol and has paid the ultimate price. My heart goes out to her family......especially her little boy!