Our latest camping trip

Even though it was between 105 and 110 over the weekend, we had a great time! We took the kids to Dinosaur World on Saturday. We saw "life size" dinosaurs, the kids went on a "fossil dig" and of course they both got souvineers before we left! Sunday we took a drive into a local town and checked out the area. We had lunch and just enjoyed being anywhere there was an AC!! We drove a few more miles to check out another State Park before heading back to the camper. The kids got to swim in the river and a lake. They chased "critters" around our campsite and we drove around the campground looking for deer. It was a fun, relaxing weekend!! Of course I took a ton of pictures!

Heading across the river looking for dinosaur tracks

Posing with some of the first dinosaurs we came across

Getting really hot and sticky on the trail

I just thought this was a cool shot

"Digging" for fossils

We really needed a cold drink when we finished

Bath time!

Swimming in the lake

Running for the beach after seeing a SHARK! Actually it was a turtle, but it took some convincing for Wyatt to believe that! It was quite funny!!

Looking for the "shark"/turtle

You can see it's head in this shot...along the far left side towards the top of the picture

Checking out the "tracks"

One of the critters we followed

And another....a baby armadillo!! The kids loved this one....Emily wanted soooo badly to pet it!!!

Finally!!

I'm sure that is what you're thinking, Aunt Linda!! ;) OK, so I'm a slow learner. Actually, I still haven't figured out the "easy" way to resize pictures to the point where I want them, but I did manage to make do. This has been a pretty quiet summer. I don't have many pictures, but a few. Hopefully I will have a bunch of good ones after this weekend. We are taking the kids camping! We bought a small, used pop up camper a few weeks ago and this is the first time we have had a chance to take it out. We are excited. We have reservations at a state park we have been wanting to visit for a while now. Anyway here are a few pictures....

Bad news...good news...and kid news

It looks like our computer has crashed! That's some of the bad news. When it went, it took a bunch of my pictures with it.....I'll deal with that as soon as I can. That's the rest of the bad news! The good news...is really good news!! My husband spoils me badly.....he bought me a new laptop!! Anyway, I don't have my camera loaded on this computer yet so when I get that done I can add pictures on here.
The kids are great. They just spent a couple of days at the race track with Granny & Paw Paw. They got too see plenty of race action while they were there. Jeff and I met them on Friday night to watch the truck race. They had already had a great time and we got to see a pretty good truck race too. When mom and dad headed home this afternoon, they took Emily with them. She was excited knowing she was getting to spend an entire week away from home! Wyatt gets his turn next week.
That's all for now.....just wanted to add an update. Happy summer to everyone.

Schools out!!

Yesterday was the last day of school!! We are so excited to have a break from bedtimes and early wake ups....and to have the kids home with ME! I have been up to school quite a bit in the past couple of weeks. Em had a splash day, Wyatt had a field day and they both had awards and end of year parties this week. I didn't get great pictures, but I'll post a couple of them anyway.

Ok, something is up with blogger....it's not letting me upload pictures. I'll give up for now and try again tomorrow.

Some pictures from May

Emily had another dance recital/tumbling performance.












One of her friends in tumbling is also in her class at school and a new friend that she made in dance class will be going to her school next year.









We took the kids to the river for a weekend camping trip. On Saturday we took a drive and found "Big Rocks Park". The kids had a blast climbing the rocks and wading in the river. I found a few remaining spring wild flowers to snap a couple pictures of. I LOVE Texas wildflowers!

Look Momma, no training wheels!!

Emily needed her seat height adjusted and training wheels tightened. When I finished that, she hoped on and took off. As I was watching her, I realized that her training wheels were not even touching the ground. Jeff said I should just take them off. I called her over and told her she should learn to ride without them and she could ask Santa for a new "big girl" bike for Christmas this year. So she ask if I could just take them off now! I did....and she took off! There was no hesitation, no whining....and NO wrecking. (we experienced all of the above plus some with the boy!!) She just took off. Within about 30 minutes she was taking off on her own without me holding on to get her started and she was making the turn to come back to where she started. She is growing up so fast.

Quick catch-up

We've had a busy spring! Now that I have my computer back I can post a few pictures. Let's see...
I don't often get them all 4 together to get a picture
like this anymore!

In March the kids and I headed south for a few days to visit Sissy, Sara, Granny & Pawpaw and to celebrate Sara's birthday. She wanted to go to the Cheesecake Factory....great idea Sara, it was VERY yummy!! We took the kids camping during their spring break. Although we had to adjust our plans due to spring storms, we had a great time! We also celebrated Wyatt's birthday...he turned 7 on April 4th. We've had 2 or 3 baseball games every week since late March and dance class for Em every Thursday evening. To add to the craziness, we have had several doctor visits also. Wyatt has had several ear infections since last fall and it seems that we will be taking him in to have tubes put in his ears at the end of the summer. The kids school had a family night on Earth day. They planted trees during school that day, then grilled hot dogs and had kites for the kids to fly that evening. It was a lot of fun....and quite a site with all those kites flying, but I goofed and forgot my camera that night! Last week I went with Wyatt's class on a field trip to Texas Motor Speedway. We had a great time, but I don't plan on making another lap around that track......ever!!! I will just continue to enjoy watching the racing from my seat at the track or on TV. Here are some camping pictures and one of Wyatt playing catcher.

Back on MY computer!

I have lots of things I could update about....but this is all about Emily!! She performed her dance routines they have been learning in class on stage tonight. They were all so cute! I think Em did a great job....just like Sara, there was absolutely NO stage fright!

These are some pictures from her ballet routine....they danced to "Winnie the Pooh"

Busy?

Isn't that a good excuse for not getting back in here to post like I thought I might do a week ago? Good excuse or not...it's mine!!

Ok so, to catch you up on the happenings of us and ours......

Emily is still loving her dance class...very, very much. And if I do say so (being a proud momma!), she is doing quite well! When I can post pictures again, I will include some from a couple of classes that parents were invited to take a peek. Along with dance, we have signed her up for a tumbling class also. So she goes from having her feet on the floor dancing to feet in the air for a head/hand stand! She's having a great time.
Wyatt is well into baseball season. For 3 weeks we had 3 or 4 practices a week. This past week games started. So far his team has won a game, tied against an all-star team and lost a game. He is on a very competative team (even if a bit young in comparision to some other coach pitch teams) this season....a rather new concept for us. I'm still trying to decide if I like this competative mindset at his age?! I mean, I would love for him to be on a "winning" team. I just don't want him thinking the most important thing in life is winning his baseball game! We consider him pretty much "average" as far as his ball skills go. He plays catch with daddy and pratices batting off his tee. I guess we will continue to see improvement in his game as long as he continues to enjoy playing.

I just looked at the clock! I have errands to run. I'll post more later.....not sure how much later though!

Long time no blog!

And I can't post any pictures now. I am on a borrowed computer. Ours has pretty much bitten the dust. I can at least post updates on this one though....and we have been busy. I have a turkey in the oven and need to finish getting the rest of the meal ready to put on the table. I will try to post more later today, I just wanted to get a quick note on here for now. Hope you all have a beautiful Easter Sunday!! Love to all.

Our little dancer

Emily is loving her dance class! I didn't let her go last week because she had been sick. You would have thought the world was ending! She was soooo mad at me! Tomorrow night it the last night in this session so parents are invited to see them dance. Next session she wants to do the tumbling class that follows dance.....that will start next Thursday. Seems daddy will be taking Wyatt to baseball practice/games and Em and I will be going to dance/tumbling class.



















She likes to draw and paint to. This one was taken a few weeks ago. She got an easel for Christmas.

Basketball is over for this season

Wyatt did a great job. I think he is going to make a great little defensive player!
Baseball is next....we've already signed up. Teams will be picked next week and we should hear from his coach and start practice early in March.
Here are some pictures I took at a game a couple of weeks ago.

warming up before the game



















on defense



















bringing the ball down the court

I've been tagged!!

By Ryan!!! Instructions: If your name is on the list of people tagged, copy and paste into a new post and change the answers to whatever you love!

Places I want to go:
1. Bristol Tennessee.....for a the night race!!!!
2. Disney World with the kids...and maybe again w/o the kids!:)
3. Las Vegas
4. Up and down the east coast
5. Up and down the west coast

I like to eat:
1. Chocolate Brownies ;)
2. Mexican food
3. Chocolate Cake;)
4. Pizza King Pizza....the salads are pretty awesome too!
5. Chocolate Fondue;)....ummm, with fruit as my dippers

My play list contains:
1. George Strait
2. Kenny Chesney
3. Faith Hill
4. Trace Adkins
5. Simply Red

I buy clothes at:
1. Lane Bryant
2. Target
3. JCPenny
4. Wal-Mart
5. Old Navy

I watch these TV shows:
1. ER
2. Survivor
3. Brothers & Sisters
4. Rules of Engagement
5. Big Brother

Things I like to do:
1. Camping
2. Going to the races at TMS
3. Snuggling with the kids!
4. Going out to dinner
5. Spend quiet time with Jeff.....it just doesn't happen often!

I’m tagging:
1. Brandie

Are these cute or what?

Check out these pictures! Yep, Emily starts dance class tomorrow evening. It is a beginner tap and ballet class. I hope this is something she really likes. She is so excited about it!

Spelling Bee

Today was the first grade spelling bee. Wyatt has been studying his words really hard, especially the past several days. He did great! I was so proud of him!! He made it to round 5. They started with 24 (very nervous) little first graders on stage. At the beginning of round 5 there were 10 kids left. Wyatt got the first word in round 5....AIRPLANE. He had some difficulty with this word when he first started practicing, but the last few times I have drilled him, he had spelled it correctly. Today, he left the "E" off the end. He was disappointed, but he handled it ok.

Before school this morning















Waiting for his word to be given



















With his teacher