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!


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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!

Finally!

She really had no choice....Baccalaureate was Sunday evening! I made her put her gown on to make sure it looked OK.....ha, while she had it on I might as well snap a couple. She just loves her Momma!! Anyway, here she is in gown. I will be taking more at Graduation on Thursday night so hopefully they will include cap pictures also.

Sara's car....

Well, it "broke"!! That's ok....she was ready for something new anyway! This one fits her quite nicely. It should be much more reliable...which is great considering she's moving away from home! For the record....getting these pics was like pulling teeth! As a matter of fact, I have been bugging her to put her cap and gown on so I can take pictures of her.....has not happened yet!! I'm thinking a "threat" is soon coming! ;)

Goofy kids!

They have been bugging us for weeks now....."when can we go swimming"? I pulled this little wading pool out last week and put some water in it. At first they weren't thrilled...they wanted in the big pool! It didn't take them long to decide something was better than nothing. I love the look on Wyatt's face as he comes off the slide! Then, of course Miss Em has to be her usual "take a picture of me, Momma"! Oh yeah, she's a mess!

T-Ball is over for the spring season...

Here are a couple of pictures to end the season with.

I thought this was a neat picture. Obviously, he is about to hit the ball.

Notice the bat coming up from his left leg.....he caught on quick to come at the ball from below. At the end of the season, he could get more of a "fly ball" that way. He really improved so much during the season!

Daddy was usually the third base coach. Here, he had obviously sent his boy on home! Wyatt never hit a home run, but when he scored, he would come running into the dugout all excited that he had scored a "home run"!! We knew what he meant!