A Place We Call Home

We're Moving!

2008-11-08T10:24:00.002-06:00

Hey guys, my blog is full! I have a new blog that you can find HERE. Don't forget to add my new address to your links, and blog readers. I'll see you at my new place! (I am keeping this blog up so I can come back and check it out, but will only be updating the new one.)

http://APlaceWeCallHome.blogspot.com/

My tired little boy.

2008-11-06T19:28:00.002-06:00

Brody has been waking up really early lately and it is finally catching up with him! We had just finished lunch (well, Brody almost finished), I washed Reygann off and sent her upstairs to get ready for nap time. When I came back Brody was acting really odd and had me a bit worried! He was all wobbly in his char, his eyes were rolling around all funny, but he would answer me when I talked to him! I decided to wash him off and then check him out and see what was going on... by the time I came back with the washcloth he was asleep!!

He even stayed asleep while I washed him! That is impressive! He was flopping all over the place so I decided to grab the little camera and get a video before I brought him upstairs. It reminds me a lot of Reygann's dinnertime nap! (Did I ever post about that? It was quite a while ago...) I might have to dig them out if I didn't. *I found it and added a link, check it out, she's so cute!*

*~*No children were harmed in the making of this movie!*~*

You know you're tired when...

2008-11-06T13:37:00.000-06:00

You fall asleep reading a book

...and you fall asleep before you can put it down!

Brodys busy morning

2008-11-06T10:53:00.000-06:00

You know it is going to be a good day when it is a yogurt day! Brody loves yogurt!

And he actually stayed fairly clean too!

Breakfast was followed by a little kitty torture

I am pretty impressed Frankie let Brody carry him around!

Oops, he dropped him!

Yeah, he is carrying him folded in half like a taco.

Speaking of tacos, that is what we are having for dinner. Not kitty tacos though!

You little stinker!

2008-11-06T10:26:00.000-06:00

Umm, excuse me?! This is not how I put you to bed!!

I think he was trying to help me get him ready for the day... he took his pjs off except for this left foot. For whatever reason he couldn't get that foot out...

Please, mommy? I'm just glad he didn't take his diaper off too!

Isn't this interesting? He has a heart shaped boo boo!

HELP!!!

2008-11-05T22:24:00.003-06:00

I am using 99% of my blog space! What do I do now? I don't want to delete my old posts!! Where do I go from here? I could start a new blog, but then if you want to see anything older you will have to come back to this one? That doesn't sound too fun...

Our trip to the pet factory (that's what Reygann called it)

2008-11-04T13:46:00.000-06:00

A week and a half ago we went up to the apple orchard (not the one we went to, a local one) with Holly and Alicia. Holly had tickets to the petting zoo, wagon ride, and train and asked if we wanted to go. We jumped at the chance!

Watching the lady make carmel apples!

Now she is in the back dipping it in Heath! Too bad they were too expensive, I totally would have gotten one!

We missed the wagon ride so after waiting around it was finally our turn to go back to the apples!

It was pretty nice at home, but it was a lot colder at the orchard! We were freezing!

Alicia picking apples

Tasting the fruits of their labors

Kylie noticed that Brodys apple had a star inside! I noticed that he was eating through the core!

We wanted to pick some of the bigger apples at the top, so Holly and I tried to pull the tree down a little to reach them and couldn't. We discovered a few minutes after trying that the tree was chained to a pole!

See, chained to a pole!

After we picked a few apples (like I need more!) we headed to the petting zoo area. Brody loved the baby chicks!

The girls did too.

Then Kylie took off in the hay maze playing with a boy. I found out after they quit chasing each other around that he is in her class at school.

Brody is saying hi to the goats

Holly was smart enough to bring change so we could get food for the animals! The thought didn't even cross my mind!!

She was nice enough to share with my kiddos. Reygann like the baby goat the most!

This is the pig pen. I didn't catch on to their houses... did you?

Their houses are from the 3 little pigs! The best part all three pigs were sleeping in the brick house like they knew it was the place to be!

Petting the fuzzy wuzzy sheep (that is a sheep, right?)

Checking out the birds

Holly and Alicia feeding the cows

Reyganns turn

and Kylie's too

I was trying to keep Brody 'petting' free

Feeding the baby cows again

Aww, crap! He petted them! Oh well.

I love this, he is like 'eww, it left spit on me!'

Isn't he SO cute! I love burros!!

Except this guy was pretty mean though, he kept kicking the baby burro away!

Giving the burro a second chance

Lookin for more food

Next we checked out the bunnies

and Kylie took a tractor ride

While I was turned around taking Kylie's picture, Brody climbed out of the wagon and up onto the rabbit cage!

Alicia's turn

...and Reyganns

Brody spotted the tractor!

He LOVED the tractor, and it was VERY difficult to get him away from it.

Since he was already licked on I let him stay out of the wagon and he got to feed the baby cows too. The baby cows had a bucket of food outside their pen so it was nice to have an endless supply of free food!

Brody didn't like having his hand flat to feed them, the food kept falling through his fingers. So he tried taking one piece at a time and shoving it in their noses!

I'm pretty sure he thought it was their mouths, but either way he thought it was funny!

Silly boy

The whole gang

This is right before...

...he dumped the bucket out, oops!

Then he tried to throw the bucket out!

We headed back inside to go to the bathroom before we left and Kylie helped Brody check out the carmel apple station too.

I think it was almost 3 before we left and it took no time before Brody fell asleep in the car! It was a great time. Thanks for inviting us Holly!

My only child

2008-11-04T13:31:00.002-06:00

Pardon the picts, they were taken on my phone! Brody is really enjoying his time being the only child while the girls are at AWANAS. This last time Daddy and I stopped to split a Starbucks, Brody ALWAYS wants the whip cream on the top so when we got to the drive through window I asked if we could have a sample cup with extra whip in it and they were happy to oblige! Brody was thrilled to have his own cup. He was so stinkin excited and kept making the funniest noises!

It is hard to tell, but there is whip everywhere! On his nose, chin, cheeks...

A big glob on his lip...

...and another on his chin!

Slurping it out. I think we are going to have to do this again sometime, he loved it!

Sleep Tight Little Guy

2008-11-03T20:53:00.000-06:00

Brody wanted to put himself to bed... to bed in the kitchen that is.

He was serious about it laying his head down and fake snoring and all!

CHEEEESEEE!!!!! (Goober!)

He has it made

2008-11-03T20:38:00.000-06:00

This boy has so much clothes I do know what to do with them all!!

He has this shelve full of sweater and jeans, and his dresser is bursting at the seams!

These 2 boxes are full of the next size clothes (and we haven't even gotten Harrison's hand me downs yet!)

We're running out of hangers too... I guess this is a good problem to have, huh?

Quack quack

2008-11-03T16:22:00.000-06:00

At dinner one night Deric thought it would be a great idea to show the kids how to make a duck bill with Pringles. They thought it was great and I instantly had a bunch of quackers at my table!

Daddy showing Brody (he wouldn't let me take a picture of him doing it!)

Kylie's first attempt

Reyganns got it!

That's a little better.

Brody thought everyone was funny! It was cute to watch them all try to figure out how to do it, but now my floor is full of crumbs, oh well!

Now, THIS is what I'm talking about!

2008-11-02T21:06:00.000-06:00

I got a call from Dad this past Thursday. He told me he raked (ok, blew) the leaves and he had a GIGANTIC pile and wanted to know if the kids could come over. (If you remember my yard we don't really have any trees, we have 1 small one in the way back, and a row of 'woods'/weeds on the side.) Last year we didn't get to play in the leaves at all, so we were excited to get to go. Dad said the pile was massive and taller than Kylie and I was like ok, sure... it may be big, but that big?! And you know what, it was!!!

Here they are seeing it for the first time

Kylie can't believe how big it is

It didn't take them long to dive in!

Can you see her?

There she is! It was super deep and it reminded me of those ball pits that are really hard to get out of.

Kylie swimming through the pile

Papoo walking into the pile with Brody

Where is the rest of Reygann?

Brody wasn't too sure about the leaf pile

See! It is HUGE!

Papoo threw the kids into the pile

Kylie went all the way down and Papoo had to rescue her!

Getting a running start

she's going down

where'd she go?

Reyganns turn

There she goes

going in sideways

and she's down!

What would a leaf pile be with out a leaf fight?!

Brody happily wandered around watching us play. Yes, us. I threw in the towel and jumped in too! It was awesome!

Papoo got in too. Actually I think he tripped or something and you really can't catch yourself on a leaf pile so down he went and the girls took advantage of the situation!

Poor Papoo! He had just taken a shower and was once again covered in leaf crumbs!

She's lovin it!

Trying to make a path

Brody finally warmed up to the leaf pile.

He wasn't about to get in though!

This face makes me laugh!

Woah! He's touching the leaves!

He actually started scooping them and throwing them! He liked trying to blow them out of his hands too.

I am still in the leaf pile at this point. I probably sat there for 5 minutes, do you know how comfy a pile of leaves is? It is very comfy! It was supportive without pressure, it was like sitting in air, and the leaves kept your body warmth so I was nice and toasty too. I would have stayed all night if I could have!

...and if the kids would have not doused me in leaves!

Silly girlie!

Is it wrong?

2008-11-01T22:26:00.003-05:00

To dress your son in tights for the sake of staying warm?

What are boys supposed to wear? Don't worry, he didn't go out like this, he did wear his jean over the tights. Do they make long johns this small?

Pumpkin Picking

2008-10-25T13:31:00.000-05:00

We finally got around to going to the Pumpkin patch last week. We had a nice day for it, it was a little nippy but not too bad.

Brody took off soon as his feet hit the ground

Kylie and Reygann were right behind him

He was very excited about the pumpkins, he kept shouting Pumpk! Over and over again! He kept running from one pumpkin to another he was in heaven!

The pumpkin patch got the McDonald's play land toys when they remodeled, the kids loved playing on them.

Brody was more interested in the box of tools that was right there. I don't think those were supposed to be played with though...

Kylie wanted this one!

Reygann picked out one that was a little more manageable!

Brody picked this one...

and then he wanted this one...

umm, how about this one?

Or maybe two?

You think about it, I'll leave them here, I am going to get more!

I almost have a good picture of the four of them

and almost one of the three of them, sigh.

Sweet Kylie

Concerned Brody (he isn't happy here, apparently his shirt was pulled up in the back and the leaves were scratching him, sorry buddy)

Adorable Reygann

Kylie wanted me to take her picture in the hay barn

Reygann posing

Brody HATED the hay! It must be that texture thing again.
Running from the hay barn as fast as he could!

He really liked the tractor!

The girls did too

Reygann finally decided on a pumpkin! It's just the right size for her.

Kylie in the cutout thing

and Reygann trying to be too! Brody was confused about it

Brody was driving the tractor again when a REAL tractor drove by! He was so excited, he is shouting at it in this picture, it was too cute!

He was also excited when we grabbed McDonald's for dinner! He started clapping his hands and shouting 'Fry, fry!' Usually when we drive past a MCD's he shouts 'hi fry' or 'all gone fry', hee-hee!

Brody's Baby

2008-10-24T17:37:00.000-05:00

So these pictures are from forever ago! I'm thinking August? It was the first time Lisa brought Nathan over, Brody was beside himself! He is one baby crazy little boy! (He can spot a baby a mile away!)

So excited about holding the baby!!

Pointing out his ear

and his other ear

giving the baby a kiss

one wasn't enough, he's going in again

look at those silly puckered lips!

Baby Nate

2008-10-24T17:28:00.000-05:00

I baby sat for Tim and Lisa the other week so they could go to a dinner at school. The kids were thrilled to have Logie and the baby over!

Trying to help Nate out

Brody trying to buckle him

Aww, giving Nate a hug

Reygann likes the baby

I think Brody wants to be the baby again

Kylie's turn

She liked having him around too, she wanted to be my big helper

Jessica stopped over to do laundry and was tying up the computer, so after Logie and Nate went to sleep there wasn't much to do so I took pictures! (What else would I do!?)

Oops! I woke him up!!

I think he is telling me he's done!

SLEEPOVER!!

2008-10-19T19:55:00.002-05:00

I secretly published this so Jody and Jessica could see the pictures and totally forgot about it, oops! This was what, 3 weeks ago?

At Kylie's birthday party she got a bee in her bonnet about having Jessica and Jody over for a movie and sleep over. We were all cool with the idea, but said we would have to wait a bit. I figured Hunting Season would be a better time, Daddy would be gone so it would be a total girl time (Brody too). As opening weekend approached I started to make plans with Jody and Jess without telling the girls. They found out that they were coming over just a few hours before they showed up.

It wasn't long after Jody got there that the girls were wearing her big boots around the house!

Brody cheesing

Kylie striking a pose (I think she watches too much Top Model!)

We pulled out the plastic table cloth and had a picnic on the floor

Then when it was time for the movie Jessica and Jody went around ~~destroying the beds~~ searching for stuff to make a monkey pile, I had no clue what they were talking about! They made a massive pile out of cushions, pillows, and blankets and they dove in and snuggled down to watch Pippi Longstockings.

We had a great time, and the girls are looking forward to doing it again really REALLY soon!

Fall 'Family' Fun

2008-10-19T19:38:00.002-05:00

The next day we went into town for a Fall Fest! This time Joan and Haven met up with us for the fun.

The girls were pulling Jody every which way, and they all wanted to hold her hand!

We decided to get in line for the hay ride right away since the line was so short. While we waited we took pictures of the kids together sitting on the hay bales.

Brody didn't like sitting on the hay bale, I don't know why. Maybe it is that texture thing again.

I couldn't help myself, I had to take a picture of them taking a picture of themselves.

Jess and Brody

I snuck this picture of the whole group. Reygann caught me, and Haven leaned back so you can only see her coat... but her baby brother/sister is in the picture still...

Yea! Finally it's our turn!

Do you really think they need to warn you to not smoke on a HAY ride?!

Like any kid if there is a curb, it MUST be walked on!

The kids got free pumpkins, Brody was holding his like this and I thought it needed a picture, it just looks like he is showing it off.

Then he tried to eat it! Just like Reygann (with my new background you can't really see the text, but if you highlight it it's easier to read, Oh and isn't she is so cute and tiny too!), he also called it an apple just like her too!

He didn't think it tasted too good!

Then it was time to get our faces painted!

I am impressed at how still they all sat!

While he was sitting there getting painted he got all excited and started shouting about milk. I wasn't sure what he was so excited about so I sat next to him to see if I could figure out what he was looking at... it was this milk jug weighing down the tent!

Reygann wanted a rainbow heart...

...and so did Kylie

and Brody got a pumpkin

Trunk or Treat

2008-10-19T12:59:00.008-05:00

We went to a local Trunk or Treat yesterday, it was pretty small but the kids still had a great time! They looked so cute I had to snap a picture of them before we left (I should have tried for better pictures, but we were running late). We were the talk of the trunk or treat, everyone stopped us and commented on our costumes! At the end I took the girls dresses off and people were still stopping us and telling the people we were with about their outfits, it was kinda fun! We didn't get too much candy, but that is a good thing! Especially since we have a few more trunk or treats to go still!

Queen Kylie

Princess Reygann

and Sir Brody the Brave

The Royal Court

Kylie got bonked in the head a few times, but she was a good sport about it!
Waiting for our turn on the trolley

We had to leave our horse in the corral while we were on our ride

The girls got their faces painted again, this time they both had flowers. Reyganns dress is really tight going over her head and since we were going to be leaving I took their dresses off before their faces got done so it wouldn't smudge on them. They are waiting in line for the bounce house here, it was really nice there was no time limit so the girls stayed in for forever!

Brody didn't really seem interested in going in, he just sat there playing with his candy! You know how Kings in movies pick up their money and then drop it all back into the pile over and over again? That is what Brody kept doing with his candy!

Hi Mom!

Playing with the candy was getting a little old so I gave him some skittles! Oh man, he was a fan of them!

Time for Slippers!

2008-10-16T21:15:00.000-05:00

Burrr! it's cold!

Since it is apparently chilly in the house I dug around for the kids slippers. Brodys didn't fit this year so I gave him Reyganns Elmo slippers to wear.

He really liked them, but walked odd at first trying to get used to them.

Showing them off for me.

Reygann got to wear Kylie's Strawberry Shortcake slippers

Oh my goodness!! They are standing next to each other and no one is crying or hurting the other one! Reygann even has her arm around Brody, whoa!

Mommy is wearing her slippers too

Feeding Ya-ya

2008-10-16T08:57:00.000-05:00

I'm not sure when, but somewhere along the way you started calling Elmo Ya-ya. You used to say something that used to sound like Elmo but not any more. I think you call him Ya-ya because he sings La la, la la Elmos world... Anyways you decided to share your lunch with him! I think you and your new slippers are good friends!

Another Bite

2008-10-14T20:31:00.000-05:00

You read it right, Reygann has another mosquito bite! This one isn't nearly as bad at the last one, but I still feel for her. This bite is lower on her face so her cheek is swelled up instead of her eye. She looks so different it is funny.

Kylie got a nice one too! Her leg is all swelled up, my poor girls!

Potty Time

2008-10-14T20:29:00.000-05:00

Brody has been interested in the potty for quite some time now. He tells me all the time he has to go, and lets me know for sure when he is dirty! I finally pulled out the potty seat and he has really taken to it! He has gone potty on the toilet a few times, but nothing consistent. I'm not expecting much the girls were easy... but I've heard boys are a different story! So we are taking things slow and at his pace...

He is cheering for himself! He went poopie!

Kylie Appleseed

2008-10-14T19:53:00.000-05:00

Kylie has been studying trees at school, right now they are specifically talking about apple trees. They have been doing apple pages at school and learning about all the different parts of the apple. They also read stories about apples and they even planted a crab apple tree right out side of their classroom window. Now they can watch the tree change all year. They even went on a field trip to the apple orchard and made apple sauce as a class!

Kylie got a reward certificate for being such a good listener

And Mommy got one too for donating stickers to her class!

First Night of Awanas

2008-10-12T10:32:00.000-05:00

This post is a little late, but late is better than never!

Kylie's vest is back ordered so all we have is her bag, she is a first year Spark this year! (She seems so old!)

And my Reygann is a first year Cubbie!! She is very excited to finally be able to go!

Reygann and one of her leaders.

I scream, You scream, Brody screams for ice cream!

2008-10-12T10:10:00.001-05:00

We dropped the girls off at AWANA's and we were once again parents of only 1! So as a special treat we took him out for ice cream!! We even let him have his own cone!

It wasn't long before he wasn't paying attention and dipped his hair in his cone.

Daddy did his best to clean it out

Just like daddy

This is my CHEESE face, it makes my mommy laugh

He wasn't sure what to think about the cone. He would take a bite and then make his yucky noise and spit it out! It took a little to convince him the cone wasn't yucky!

Mooches!

Time Out!

2008-10-11T10:40:00.001-05:00

Brody is finally old enough for a time out, and he needed one badly! I wasn't sure how it was going to go, but I plopped him down anyways.

...and he sat there devastated!

but he did stay there! The whole time, I was so impressed!

He makes the best faces when he cries!

Seriously?

Uh-oh

He is starting to loose it

There it went! Sometimes it is just too hard to stay crabby!

Am I done yet?

Girls Time Out

2008-10-11T10:35:00.001-05:00

The girls have been in stinker mode lately, usually when it comes to nap time. Today they decided that they didn't need one despite what I said. I tried everything but they have mommy AND daddy's stubborn streak!! So I made them stay in bed till daddy came home (the time they usually wake up) and I didn't let them play with anything. They ate dinner and spent the rest of the evening watching us playing with Brody while they sat against the wall.

It didn't really seem to bother Kylie too much

But Reygann was devastated!! Seriously it was torture, hopefully it did the trick!

It has to be good if

2008-10-10T20:26:00.000-05:00

Mamaw and Papaw Update

2008-10-09T09:20:00.002-05:00

As far as I know Mamaw seems to be about the same. She had surgery and is just waiting for her arm to heal.

We just heard from Papaw last night that they discovered that he has 7 broken ribs! Count them, 7 broken ribs! How come it took them over a month to figure this out!?! They said it was 1 maybe 2, but most likely just 1. He also has a bruise on his lung, it is nice that they are really on top of things! Oh yeah, did I tell you that 2 weeks ago they found out that his foot is broken too? Yeah, he has been walking around on a broken foot this whole time too!

Where are you Cinderella?

2008-10-07T11:13:00.001-05:00

We were sitting around watching Sesame Street and the letter of the day was 'P'. Prince Paul was there looking for his Princess, he was from a fairy tale so they were looking for his Princess Cinderella. He kept saying 'Cinderella, Cinderella where are you?' (he was trying to find her so he could give the glass slipper to her). Reygann shot her foot up in the air and said, 'I'm here, Prince Paul, Cinderella is over here!' It was pretty cute.

See, there is her foot, she is waiting for her slipper. (Just in case you don't know Reygann tells everyone her name is Cinderella, she just loves Cinderella!)

Apple Picking!

2008-10-06T15:44:00.000-05:00

It's that time of year again! Apple picking time! We went last weekend and had a great time. We knew it was going to be a good day when Reygann and Brody took a nap on the way up there, yea no crabby kids for us!

Kylie looks tired here, but no nap for her. She does ok without a nap though so we're good!

Time to wake up, we're here! Reygann still is a little sleepy

...Brody is to. Could you tell! We asked Reygann if she wanted to ride for a little too, but she didn't want to.

Our wagon ride out to the field.

Reyganns first apple of the year!

Kylie gave Brody her apple

You can't tell from this picture but the first few trees were really bare except for the way top and the way bottom, so Deric is jumping and picking apples from the top. Once the girls picked a few apples we walked further back where there was a lot more apples.

Piggy, piggy!

Picking one while eating another

This one didn't want to get picked and needed both hands (I think this is how Brody got 2 apples, one was his and Reygann put hers in the wagon so she could use both hands)

Helping the girls out

2 bags full and we are still in the first row! We really need to get money from people and pick for them! We have so much fun, but it is over too quickly!

Kylie brought the class 'pet' Rocky with us. (More on Rocky later)

Going to town on his apple

Daddy picked a few raspberries from the patch for the kids to eat. Brody wasn't too sure about it. I am pretty sure he ended up spitting it out! Apples=good, Raspberry=not so good!

Cheesing in the trees

Reyganns bag is almost full!

We finally let Brody out of the wagon. He was so content to just sit there so we let him, until we ran out of room that is! We pretty much thought he was going to be a holy terror and dreaded setting him free, but he was great! He stayed with us and obeyed very well!

Picking his first apple ever

Daddy showing him where to put it. It took a few tries before we got him to stop shouting 'Throw' and throwing it in the bag! Looks like we'll be making apple sauce with those ones!

On the hunt

Much better placing it in the bag

He has the hang of it now

Helping Brody get some

Reyganns very special tiny apple

Kylie climbed in a tree with Rocky so Reygann wanted to get in a tree too.

I saw this crate and just had to take the kids pictures with it. Too bad they didn't agree with me!

I should have taken the apples away, no one wanted to look at me or smile!

We got to go on another wagon ride!

I love this one! I don't know why but I do, I love the little booty sticking out!

I love, love, love his silly cheesy face!!

Aww, so sweet

Had to take one of us while waiting for our last wagon to come

Chillin out eating apples

Our last wagon ride

Weighing our apples

and the kids

Brody was smushing his face against the fence and putting his lips in the hole asking for smooches (just like he does in the crib)

Where are you?

Peek a boo!

He's doing that creepy sleeping with your eyes open bit

Two down, one to go

Yep, she's out too!

But it doesn't look too comfortable!

Kylie and Rocky

2008-10-06T15:19:00.002-05:00

Every week the kids in Kylie's class gets to take turns bringing the class 'pet' home for a week. Kylie got to take Rocky home last weekend, just in time to take him apple picking with us. When Rocky comes home with you he brings his journal with him and the family photo album (each family did a page and turned it in to the teacher, so we pass it around and get to know the other families in the class better). The journal was a bit of a pain. We had to write in the journal what he did while he was with us, so he went apple picking with us and I took a few pictures to put in the journal too.

We had to turn Rocky in last week, the girls were sad to see him go. Goodbye Rocky!

Hanging on the door, ready to go back to school.

The front of our Family Album page

and the back.

Happy 2nd Birthday Brody!

2008-10-03T22:56:00.000-05:00

Happy birthday buddy! I had to wake you up bright and early because Kylie had school, so to make up for it I took you out for a special birthday breakfast. Gotta love Mickey D's! The 3 of us ate breakfast for $4! That wasn't even the best part... that was Reygann being super nice to you!

It was a long wait from breakfast till when daddy comes home! But eventually the time passed and it was time for presents!! Except you weren't in the best mood!

You got this truck cup as one of your presents, and you wanted daddy to get you some ice.

Daddy took the cup to give you some ice, but you freaked out!
You see him bringing it back

All better! (You and your ice, you silly boy!)

Two! Brody is two.

Having a little trouble getting those fingers up!

Trying again

Oohhh a matching bowl! (the plate and silverware too)

He was hilarious to watch, he just jumped from present to present! I thought daddy was going to have to help him out but I was SO wrong! He was so funny to watch we were both laughing.

More little cars

and trucks

Do you see him throwing the bandaids?

He thought it was so funny

The girls laughing didn't help the situation!

Trying a new way

Ewww, paper. Maybe that wasn't such a good idea!

free, free fallin

This one came in the mail. I left it in the paper and thought the tape may cause a problem.

I was wrong, it didn't slow him down at all!

Ooohh a tractor!

A big truck!

And a mechanic station for his car

Can you tell the girls are excited about this one?!

He got this ride on truck for his first birthday, and we got him the crane (the towing part) this year. He hopped right on and took off!

A birthday cookie!

Blowing it out

and cramming it in!

CHEESE!!

Brody's Birthday Party

2008-10-03T22:42:00.000-05:00

Brody had a tonka party. This is his cake, isn't it cute?

I made this pile of dirt too.

Once again Brody was a crazy man with the wrapping paper!

He was actually going through the presents so quickly we had a hard time keeping up with him.

humm, what's in here?

Ohh, and what is in here?

More free fallin presents

Brody got daddy's old truck as a present

It looks like daddy is more excited about the truck then Brody!

He got this cool crane truck just like the big dump truck we bought him.

Listening to everyone sing

Blow em out buddy!

Yea! He did it!

Playing with one of his presents! They were having a barking match, I think Brody won!

Trying to stand in his truck

It didn't work so well, so he moved on to doing something else with it.

Playing with daddy's truck.

Our Door

2008-10-02T23:10:00.004-05:00

I don't know why, but I thought I would show you a better picture of my front door. So here you go.

See not bad. Not what we wanted, but not bad.

Isn't my homemade wreath just gorgeous!?!

From the street it looks like a real house! Not that my house isn't real, but when one side is gutted it isn't a whole house... We are still missing the stairs on the porch though... Someday.

It's cold!

2008-10-02T22:19:00.000-05:00

So I decided to turn on the heat (good thing Deric isn't here to tell me no!). Problem is Brody's vent was blocked, so I snuck in there and moved what was blocking it. After I moved it I walked up to his crib and peeked in at him and there he was staring up at me! Kinda freaked me out! He-hee, I guess that is what I get for peeking in at him!

Too Funny

2008-10-02T17:32:00.004-05:00

I remember seeing this last year, I don't condone drinking but it is just too funny to not post!

Hee-hee!

Special Lunch Date

2008-09-29T23:14:00.000-05:00

Aren't they cute?

They were leaning trying to get Brody in the picture... he wasn't going along with the idea though!

Brody was doing the boy thing.

He was being so crazy and goofy, hence the pictures being blurry.

Nope, this bite isn't too big!

Ok, fine. Maybe it is a little too big, how's this for ya?

What's the scoop?

2008-09-24T21:41:00.002-05:00

Is anyone else beat? I am! Shew!! I should go to bed... but we know how that goes... I don't see myself getting there any time soon... Just thought I would let you know...

Gotta love free stuff!

2008-09-24T20:56:00.000-05:00

This is just the tip of the iceburg! I forgot to take pictures of the other stuff before it went in the wash and when it came out it was put away, and I am not going to dig through their drawers to take a picture for you guys! Sorry!

I think I got 13 shirts and 7 pairs of pants for Brody this time

Another time I got him this White Sox jacket!

I got 2 whole bags of stuff for Kylie and Reygann! I got a coat for her too, some of the stuff wasn't stuff I wouldn't use so I passed them on to someone who could use them more than us. Oh yeah, there was a bike too!

House Update

2008-09-24T20:37:00.000-05:00

Ok, so these are SO old! I kinda have been a lazy blogger lately! I have been so busy and TIRED!! But I shouldn't make excuses...

We FINALLY have a new front door! We had to wait for our final draw (that was 3 months late) and once it came through we bought our door. It isn't the door we wanted, we spent forever trying to find where we could get the door we wanted for the best price and finally nailed it down, but when it came time to buy we decided we didn't want to pay that much for a door so we got this one instead. :0( It is ok, and still has the mission feel to it, but it isn't the same... But it is only a door right?? (I guess I am getting ahead of myself... you haven't even seen the door yet.)

Daddy was being too loud for me! (Pardon my pjs)

Yep, still being too loud! See daddy cutting the hole for our new front door?

Aren't we all dressed great? Reygann and Brody are in their pjs, and Kylie is wearing a dress up that is about 2 sizes to small! Somedays you just need to let them be!

Here is our new door... sigh. Now that Deric moved the door he was able to finish siding the front of the house! Yea! I also got the door painted, so from the outside we no longer look like such a mess! Granted the old door is still leaning up against the porch... you can't win them all I guess! I'll have to remember to take a picture of the front of house tomorrow so you can really see my door.

Check Me Out!

2008-09-23T09:59:00.000-05:00

I don't know why we find this to be so funny, but we do! This was from 7 months ago (doesn't he look so young?!), I tried to upload it before, but with dial up it was just impossible!! This was right when he was starting to scowl, so after he shrieks to get Daddys attention (because he is not giving him cake fast enough), he then glares at him (to show his disapproval) then says please (or peas) after daddys asks him to and then has to say Ahh and opens his mouth, and finally gets his cake! Seems pretty normal, but we love it. Seriously the girls ask all the time if they can watch the Brody Peas video! And we will sit here and watch it over and over and over again. (Yes often we are laughing and have tears running down our cheeks!) I think part of the reason I find it to be so funny is because the girls do and they get into giggle fits and can't stop and their reaction is so funny it makes the clip even better.

Even Brody likes watching himself

I think he is a little confused here!

Funny thing is he started going along with it...

here he is saying Ahh

And shoving the cake in his mouth

Yumm, that was so good!

Awww

2008-09-22T08:02:00.001-05:00

Today should have been Brody's 2nd birthday! Looks like I am going to have to wait a few more days still. I can't believe it has been almost 2 years already!!

Months later this STILL makes me laugh!!

2008-09-17T22:23:00.000-05:00

Teeny Tiny Toady

2008-09-17T22:04:00.000-05:00

Come on, isn't this the cutest thing you have ever seen!?!

Painting in the basement

2008-09-17T21:32:00.000-05:00

That's deep

2008-09-17T08:42:00.000-05:00

Today on our way home from dropping Kylie off at school, Reygann started asking questions. Questions about death! What a hard topic that was to cover. She asked when we were going to die, why Jesus died, and if animals were going to die. It was quite the conversation to have with a 3 year old! Every time she was quiet and didn't ask another question I thought she got her answers, but nope, she was just soaking it in and coming up with more questions. She asked why animals had to die and then told me they could just go outside to puke. I'm not sure how that is linked unless she is thinking being sick leads to dying. Seriously it was a long conversation, I wish I could have recorded it, she was very insightful at times.

Rain, rain, go away!

2008-09-14T20:56:00.002-05:00

Yes, it has been raining, AGAIN. I don't know if anyone I know hasn't been affected in one way or another. Thankfully we didn't flood, we got some seepage, but that is to be expected until we get gutters.

Friday night all was going well, but then the rain turned into storms. Deric went downstairs to check the basement and the girls came running in (picture the kids running in during the storm on The Sound of Music) and jumped into bed with me. I told them they could stay till Daddy gets back (they both kick and attack you). The thunder part of the storm had past, I wasn't being mean! And I was planning on letting them sleep on our floor. They are happy with that. Anyways Deric never came back! He was so nervous he couldn't sleep and he got online and was checking the weather. I think he dozed off on the couch a bit though.

Last night it was storming again and the girls said they were scared. They asked if they could sleep in the same bed, and we said yes, as long as they didn't goof off. We were watching the Buckeye game and didn't get to bed till late and this is what we found when we got up there...

I am pretty sure we didn't say they could sleep in our bed! Kylie rolled over when the flash went off, but other than that they stayed asleep. When I carried Reygann to her bed she was talking about something, but it was complete and utter gibberish! It was really funny, I wish I could remember what it was about.

We got a ton more rain today, Deric almost didn't go to church because he was afraid of our basement flooding again. We decided to go and hopefully since we were going to Church God was going to be nice and not flood us while we were gone and he didn't! Our yard was all flooded and our empty pool is filled and over flowing! I ran over to Mom's today to sew something really quick and I went through a lot of flooding on my way. My way home was a different story, it should have taken me 10 minutes, and it ended up taking me almost an hour!! Roads were closed everywhere because of flooding, it was crazy! There were people making sandbags and everything. I really wish I had brought my camera with me...

Promises

2008-09-13T09:18:00.001-05:00

Reygann just promised me she wouldn't get married until she was 50. Do you think that is a legally binding promise?

Word Help

2008-09-12T10:21:00.003-05:00

I'm making this thing for my kids and I need a word that describes them that starts with each letter in their names. I have most of them, but I am stuck on a few... so here is hoping you can help!

Kind
Y
Loving
Imaginative
E

Really Sweet
Energetic
Y
Giggly
Adorable
Nutty
N

Busy
Rambunctious
O
Daring (or darling)
Youngest (feel free to try for a better one here!)

See, I did get most of the letters! Feel free to suggest words for letters that I already have!! And I would prefer for them all to be different (I don't want all the Y's to be the same for all three kids). I can't wait to see what you come up with, don't let me down!! ;0)

At Kylie's School Today

2008-09-11T21:12:00.001-05:00

Awana Open House

2008-09-11T11:06:00.000-05:00

Two Wednesdays ago was the Awana open house/kickoff. We stopped by early in the evening and got the girls registered (Kylie is a first year Sparks, and Reygann is a first year Cubbie). When you checked out they gave you a bunch of 'awana shares' to spend outside.

We spent our first dollars getting snowcones for Daddy and the kids!

Brody LOVES ice, and usually carries a cup around chewing on them so we knew the snow cone was going to be a hit!

And of course the girls loved theirs too!

Mommy got a bag of super buttery, super salty popcorn instead.

After eating we moved on to the bounce house. Maybe that wasn't the smartest idea! But we were ok, no sickies here!

Brody was too little for the bounce house, so he got a ride from Daddy instead.

There were a lot of options for where to spend your money.

After the bounce house we moved on to the bean bag game

And then bozo buckets

then back to the bean bag game!

There were TOO many mosquitoes out so Daddy and Brody headed back to the car to wait for us to finish. A few more trips to the bounce house, and 50 mosquito bites later we called it a day and were out of there!

Playing Outside?

2008-09-11T09:35:00.000-05:00

Last time we had people over someone knocked the screen in the bathroom out, I'm not sure how but they did! We couldn't really climb out the window and go get it... but we thought of someone who could!
Daddy is explaining to Reygann what he wants her to do.

Then he showed her exactly where is was she was going to be going.

Then out the window she went! She looks a little concerned here, but she was actually really excited about the whole idea!

She got it!!
But then she didn't want to come back in! She had fun walking all over the roof checking things out from so high up! (Don't worry she only took a few steps to the ridge and looked over, we didn't let her get too close.)

Back inside, safe and sound.

She was bummed that we made her come back in, she loved it out there!

Remember 9-11

2008-09-11T06:32:00.000-05:00

Don't forget to take time to remember all those who were lost and those who served on September 11. Give thanks for the heroes of that day, and pray for those who are protecting our country today.

We're Home!

2008-09-09T22:44:00.005-05:00

Well we made it home almost a week ago. For whatever reason the trip really took it out of me, I have just been exhausted (and still am!) I think that is for a bunch of reasons.

We got the call Saturday afternoon. I had just pulled out all of my fall stuff to decorate the house and had a huge mess going on. I decided to ignore the pile of laundry calling my name and concentrate on decorating since I had the long weekend in front of me. Joan came over and helped me with my wreath and Haven and Reygann ~~destroyed the closet~~ played dress ups. I also ended up babysitting for a friend, we got the call right when she showed up to pick up her son.

Deric was working in the old side of the house leaning out the window talking to her when his cell rang. I saw it was his mom and answered it. She asked if Deric was there and her voice sounded shaky. I told him he had a phone call (I was trying to get my shoes on and over the baby gate to give it to him) but he didn't come. So I got a little firmer, and said something like Get over here you have a phone call! He was still taking his sweet time, and I think I said something a third time and by then I was over the gate and I leaned in and whispered that it was his mom and she sounded shaky. (After the fact he was like why didn't you tell me I would have come over right away! But I wasn't positive and I didn't want to be shouting it out if it wasn't true.)

Anyways, they were in an accident with a 4 wheeler, thankfully they didn't collide so the damage would have been much worse if they did. I guess the 4 wheeler was going the same direction they were (on the side of the road) and they came down a hill and the 4 wheeler turned right in front of them! Papaw went to the right (we are guessing, he can't remember) and ended up laying the bike down (for you that don't know motorcycle lingo that means he basically skidded when he was trying to stop, that made the back tire slide out (to the right in this case) which made the bike go down. Mamaw still doesn't remember all the details (would you want to? I don't remember all them from our accident), but they went down on the left side and something must have landed on her left arm because they found out later that it was broken. Papaws left ribs are broken and his face is scraped up (mostly on the left, but the right side got it too), he was knocked unconscious when they went down and had a medium to severe concussion. They both had random spots of road rash and thankfully they were both wearing full leathers! (They hadn't been wearing them, but the temperature dropped and they pulled over and put them all on, chaps, coats, gloves, and a helmet for Mamaw, not sure why Papaw didn't put his on though... ) Unfortunately the medics cut off their coats, ouch!

...we went into 'what do we have to do' mode. I got busy calling around trying to find someone to make an emergency pair of glasses for Papaw since his were ruined in the crash and he can't see a thing with out them, and Deric called the sheriffs office and talked to the guy that was at the accident. We realized that we were going to have to find someway to get them and their stuff home and that meant more phone calls trying to find someone with a trailer big enough for their bike and trailer. I realized pretty soon on that we would be driving up there (Deric thought about flying out and riding the bike home) and quickly got busy stashing my fall stuff out of the reach of the kids and doing some laundry so the kids will have clean clothes and our bed would have clean sheets for mom. Then I called mom to ask her to watch the kids. Poor mom (and dad) were already with Kylie and Harrison, they had them overnight for a special treat and were ready to send them home and relax! I kinda changed that when I called and told them what happened!

We ended up getting a late start and pulled out around 7:30. We stopped to pick up the trailer we had borrowed and had to empty some stuff out of it and check a few things and find the spare tire. That ended up taking longer than we thought, we blew the breaker in their barn 2 times (and I ended up cracking my leg on something in the dark and have a killer bruise/sore spot!) while trying to fill up the tires and such. We pulled out of there at 9:00 and were on the road for real this time. We realized that we hadn't had dinner (or lunch) yet and grabbed something on our way. We drove till 2am and pulled over in a rest stop (our only rest stop stop) and took a 4 hour nap in the car. Sleeping in the front of the car wasn't nearly as uncomfortable as I thought it would be! We were up by 6 and back on the road soon as we pottied up. Then we drove and drove and drove! We only stopped for gas and went potty then to save time. We got breakfast when we had to get gas one time, but that was it. Deric didn't want to stop for lunch or dinner! We borrowed my dads garmin and that was nice! It was a little depressing though, at one point she said 'turn right in 567 miles'!! That is a long time!

We made it though, I think we got to the hospital just after 9pm. The hospital is it's own story! It was a small town and the hospital was half hospital half hospice/nursing home! It had quite the stench, and Deric almost lost his lunch from the smell in there! I won't even tell you about how I got locked out of the hospital and ended up locked in the other side! Talk about freaky!! *shudder*

We checked his parents out and heard from them what happened and stuff and eventually left to find a hotel for the night. It had been a long day and we crashed we knew we had a few more long days in front of us. We woke up fairly early and went to pick up the bike and trailer from the junk yard. Let me tell you, it was COLD!! I think it was about 52, and the day before had been 102! That is crazy! Anyways we are out in the junk yard trying to figure out how we are going to get everything in the trailer, (I'm in flip flops! I think I almost lost a toe from frost bite!) The bike must have been left in the on position because it was dead and I had to push it up into the trailer while Deric 'rode' it. It took a lot longer to load it and get it tied down and stuff than I thought. We were quite impressed with how good it looked. Ours got pretty beat up (we also were hit by a truck!), and theirs was just scraped up nothing too drastic.

Once we were finally loaded we were off to the hospital to see if Mamaw and Papaw had been released yet. A little bit later they were free to leave and we were on our way once again. Poor Papaw kept having muscle spasms and that was the worst for him! We had him drugged up pretty good, but still... Papaw had the front seat, Mamaw had the middle row, and I sat in the way, way back so could lay his chair down if he wanted to. We drove and made it to Sioux Falls, SD before stopping for the night. We tried to get a good nights sleep, but lets just say Papaw didn't sleep too well so none of us did. It was ok though. It was pretty funny at times. Laying in the bed wasn't working for him it was just too painful. So about 4am we were all up trying to move him around. We ended up shoving the luggage rack under a chair so it tipped back against the wall (kinda like a reclined position) and we took a drawer out of the dresser to put his feet on! That did ok for a few hours then we were up and on the road again. I was still in the way, way back so I didn't really take many pictures on the way home. The middle windows were tinted and the way, way back ones had little lines on them, I tried taking some out the front, but we were driving too fast and they ended up blurry.

I don't remember what time we got home, but I'm thinking it was around 9-9:30. We dropped his parents off at their house and got their stuff out of the car for them and tried to get them situated best we could. We were glad to be home! We both had to work the next day and we were beat! Kylie couldn't take it, she missed us and broke down right before we got home and cried and cried (even after we were back!) She kept telling us she didn't want us to go and she didn't want to go to school! Poor child was distressed.

We still feel like we are 'recovering' at least I do! The night after we got home, both girls had their first Awana meeting of the year (pictures to come someday...) and I had a bridal shower to go to. I was going skip it, but it was at a restaurant and I didn't want to screw them by not showing after I said I would. Thursday and Friday Kylie had school and are a blur! Actually so it just about every day between now and then! I finally feel like I am getting back on track, I pulled my fall stuff back out and finished decorating, I finished the family album page Kylie needed for school that is due tomorrow, I worked on their Awana books... I still have a lot to do and I am still beat, but I am seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. I work tomorrow (Wednesday), and the girls have Awanas again... and then another early day for school... *sigh*

*~* WARNING *~* There are a LOT of pictures to follow!
*~* WARNING *~* There are a lot of hay field pictures too!
*~* WARNING *~* There are a few pictures of Papaw that are a little gooey looking, they aren't that bad, but I thought I would warn you anyways!

sleeping at the truck stop

We stopped at this 24 hour gas place and this sign made me laugh! Sorry ladies, you aren't welcome!

This is a 'becca inspired shot (I hope you don't have copy rights on it!) We were up and on the road before the sun was up.

I took over driving and Deric took a nap, sorry the focus is off, it was hard to take while driving!

I might as well have one of me too! Look at me, not showered slept in the car, and taking my own picture!

We saw a lot of sunflower fields

Some huge lake/river a little freaky, it seems like you are going to drive right into it. I was coasting at about 80 (I was picking up speed going down hill!) and had to turn at the bottom. And lets not forget that I am towing a trailer behind me!

Here is one of the hay fields I was warning you about...

It was really had to take pictures while driving!

We had some clouds coming in...

must be getting bored, I'm taking pictures of myself!

an attempt and one of the two of us

umm, that's a little better

checking in

sniff, sniff this is one of the Sturgis exits

I thought I would try my own version of the 'becca shot... (it's the rear view mirror)

I had been waiting the whold trip to see the odometer full of 7's and I missed it!!! Gurrr!

I hurried up and quicky tried to snap a picture of the Wyoming sign since it was our first time in Wyoming. Deric then told me that it wasn't our first time, we had been there before!

Then those clouds turned into rain, lots of rain!

We still have a ways to go

I basically missed this one! The bottom says Buffalo __ many miles. It was a light at the end of the road trip tunnel!

It continued to rain. It was somewhere in this stretch we hydroplaned and went a little too close to going off the road!

Deric kept spotting these little buggars everywhere

Aww, a little tiny rainbow!

Getting a little worried we would have enough gas to make it to the exit... We saw a sign that said no amenities for __ miles. We were low in gas, but Deric thought that mean rest stops and stuff... apparently it meant gas too!

I caught it 200 miles too late! (and holy cow, this needs to be washed!)

The Big Horn Mountains

Finally an exit sign!

We only have .1 of a mile left to our exit...

...and my fuel light came on! Good timing!

We made it!!!!

See not too bad looking

On our way to the junk yard to get the bike

You can hardly tell there is anything wrong from these pictures

It was a tight squeeze and we put some clothes bewteen the bike and trailer so they wouldn't rub on each other.

Finally discharged! We are ready to go!

I was trying to take Deric's picture in the mirror, he caught me and kept ducking! I finally caught him here laughing at me.

Looks like more rain... and it was. It rained on and off all day, it was cold too!

I took these pictures at a gas stop, I send some to Deric's sister so they could see how he looked. It is kinda gooey looking if you look closer (I told you they weren't that bad!)

Checking to make sure everything is alright, both of them.

South Dakota has these signs all over the place. I think they put them up wherever there is a fatal accident. This is the front...

...and the back. (It says X marks the spot at the top)

I tried to turn off my flash so I wouldn't get the glare. It didn't work, but this is pretty cool!

Our last day I finally saw a starbucks and since we were pulling out of town (we didn't have to get off the highway) we got to stop!!!

Yes, it rained again! But we got this rainbow that went all the way over the car!

out the sunroof

and down the other side

Ahhh, back at home!

I tried to take a picture when we were pulling out, I forgot it was on manual focus so it is blurry and Deric wouldn't let me retake it because the flash almost killed him!

We brought the kids over Saturday night (I think), aren't they looking better already?

Papaw is feeling a little better and moving around pretty good on his own. Mamaw found out that she needs surgery on her arm and is getting a plate and screws in it tomorrow (Wednesday). So you can pray that goes well and that it doesn't hurt too badly after and for continued healing for both of them. Shew! Now I am going to bed!!

Soon, really soon

2008-09-09T15:10:00.002-05:00

I just got my pictures uploaded for the second time. The kids are now up and we have to run errands, but hopefully I will get the chance to finish the post tonight. I can't stay up late though... we have school in the morning.

Here's one more to hold you over...

2008-09-09T15:09:00.000-05:00

Alaska's new license plate

Say a prayer

2008-08-30T15:06:00.003-05:00

Hey guys, my in-laws were on 2 week motorcycle trip and got into an accident in Wyoming. They are in the hospital right now and they are hurt, but not in serious condition. Papaw has a concussion and broken ribs along with a nice case of road rash, and Mamaw has a broken arm along with road rash too. That is all that we know at this point, and we will be heading out tonight with the truck and trailer to get them. Please say a prayer for them and for safety as we travel there and back.

Hugs!

2008-08-28T15:09:00.001-05:00

Kylie and Brody's latest thing is when one of them cries the other comes running and gives them a hug till they feel better. Isn't that so sweet? While in this position Brody often takes the opportunity to yank up Kylie's shirt and blow on her belly (zerbert). This usually changes the mood from crying and crabby, to laughing and happy!

What do YOU think?

2008-08-28T13:22:00.003-05:00

The girls beds are finished! Before I paint I need to fill the nail holes and stuff. One of us thinks the cracks between the slats should be filled in too, the other does not. What do you guys think? The first headboard has the largest gap in the middle, but if we fill one we fill them all. So I included a picture of each piece (if you click them they are easier to see).

The girls wanted daddy to take their picture with their new beds...

Kylie's first day of kindergarten

2008-08-27T14:21:00.001-05:00

This is how I found the girls this morning! Isn't it too sweet! This is the first time I have caught them together. I guess Reygann got up in the middle of the night and couldn't put her blankets on so she climbed in with Kylie. I snapped the picture and quickly shut the door, Reygann sat up and said 'What was that?' and laid back down and went back to sleep!

After I showered I went in there to wake them up and Reygann was a grins!

What sweeties!

All ready for school!

Eating her 'healthy' breakfast! She was supposed to have a yogurt with her donut but she ate too slowly and ran out of time!

Talking to daddy on her way to school

She is all ready, stuff is in her locker, and we're good to go!

One more with her teacher

I took a picture of the schools sign on my way out, I'm not sure why but I liked the way it turned out.

She survived!

(she kept posing, I couldn't get her to stop!)

Can't wait to see what tomorrow brings!

Kylie's School Open House

2008-08-26T22:42:00.003-05:00

Kylie and her Kindergarten teacher

The theme of the year is racing! One thing they are doing is having a 'driver of the week' which showcases 1 student a week. Bad thing is I need to make a poster board like this for Kylie (I'll be asking for suggestions on what to do at a later date!)

The teacher handed out little bags with meaningful little treats inside along with a checkered flag.

I don't know how I didn't see this when I first came in the room!! It is too funny!

She found her locker!

Kylie has the last locker this year, or the first, I guess it depends on how you look at it...

After the open house and meeting her teacher we took her to DQ!

Kylie and daddy were racing to see who could finish first. Kylie was doing a great job keeping up with him, and she was showing daddy that her mouth was big as his!

Aww, my big girl! *sniff*

She gave herself a ice cream headache! Gotta hate that! Now she is showing daddy how cold her lips are. Oh yeah, the best part... when we were getting in the car Kylie's new teacher pulled up and remembered us and said hi and talked to us for a minute telling Kylie that she couldn't wait till Wednesday! Seriously that is amazing, she met us for a few minutes along with 20+ other families! She is very sweet, and we are very excited about tomorrow!!!

I stole this I couldn't help it!

2008-08-26T21:36:00.002-05:00

Check this out! I wish I could embed it, it would be better that way.

Too much of a good thing...

2008-08-22T11:07:00.000-05:00

This is one of those crazy things Daddy does with the kids, but this time he did it a few too many times. Oops, poor Brody!

Helping Daddy

2008-08-22T10:50:00.000-05:00

We finally got our last draw (3 1/2 months later) and Deric has started back to work on the inside again. Brody loves going over there to help daddy, and there really is no keeping him out since there is just plastic covering the doorway. He has a thing with the hammer right now, he goes around banging it on stuff saying 'knock knock'. I don't know where that came from, but I thought it was cute. Daddy doesn't think it is as cute since everytime he turns around he is missing tools!

Happy to be helping daddy work

this is right when he bonked his head, oops!

yep, that hurt!

I like how he is looking at the hammer like 'hey why'd you do that'!

back to work

Knock knock

You know you had a good day working when you left dirt imprints on your feet!

Stickers!

2008-08-21T14:52:00.000-05:00

Lately we have been into making pictures. Mostly it is all stickers and cutting. My Aunt used to do lots of scrapbooking and gave me a ton of stickers and crinkly scissors (Hi Aunt Cindy!) The girls are in heaven!! And I have too many pictures to display! I keep trying to get them to give them to someone, but they don't want to.

Even Brody got into it, granted he was getting a little irritated with the stickers sticking to himself! He even colored a little, usually he just wants to play with the crayons or color on not allowed items! Usually I don't even give him the chance. Regardless he love it!

Stealing Food!

2008-08-21T14:37:00.000-05:00

Usually after dinner daddy puts all the dishes, and leftovers on the counter. Today he forgot, and Brody noticed and helped himself! Thankfully there wasn't much left and what was left was going in a bowl for Brodys lunch, so he was only shared germs with himself!

Kylie's Letter

2008-08-19T08:40:00.002-05:00

Kylie got a letter from her new teacher!

Daddy read it to her

She welcomed Kylie to her class and told her about the year

This years theme is a race

there was a car to color and bring back to school

Coloring her car

The finished car (notice the 88 on the door, nice touch!)

Reyganns Skeeter Bite

2008-08-18T21:45:00.010-05:00

My sweet Reygann got bit by a mosquito right by her eye Friday night. We didn't notice it till She woke up Sunday morning looking like this!! We took pictures with the whole Wilson family the day before and her eye was swollen there, I am just glad it wasn't that bad then!!

WHOA!

This isn't the first time one of my kids eyes has swollen from a bug bite, but it look so bad every time!! These pictures were taken later in the evening after some drugs. It's a little better, but still pretty bad looking.

Today her eye is almost normal looking! She kept telling me she didn't want the bad eye to get smaller, I would ask why but she just said she didn't. Finally one time she said she didn't want her whole body get smaller! I assured her that her whole body wasn't going to get smaller, just her big puffy eye!

Lookin' for a man?

2008-08-15T13:46:00.001-05:00

Are you looking in the right spot? Who knew!

The Rejected Pictures!

2008-08-12T13:11:00.004-05:00

Monday while we were waiting for daddy to come home from work we sat out in the yard playing and running around. I took my camera with and thought I would snap some pictures while we were waiting. They were all being goofy, they kept running laps around the yard, then lay down and take a quick nap! Kylie and Reygann were doing somersaults non-stop! I think they made up their moves because what they were doing was a combination of a somersault, headstand, back bend, and cartwheel! Whatever it was they were loving it!

Stop by my Photo Blog to see the good ones!

This is impressive!

2008-08-11T23:35:00.001-05:00

Earlier this year there was NO WAY he would put his feet in the grass. Now he is running around barefoot!

They're Coming...

2008-08-09T22:19:00.000-05:00

Trip To Perry Farm

2008-08-08T11:18:00.000-05:00

Last week Joan and I took the kids up to Perry Farm, it was out second trip there. But this time we had an agenda for going. I won a discontinued toy for Brodys birthday off of Ebay, I thought the lady wasn't going to have a problem meeting me somewhere in the middle, but she did(I guess she lived a bit further than I thought)! Anyways after trying to find someone that was going to go that way with no luck I realized that I was going to be taking the trek up there. I decided if I was going to be up there I was going to make the most of it and do something fun. I invited Joan and kids to come too and we were on our way. After a picnic lunch outside the lady showed up with the toy, we crammed it in the car and headed inside. I decided to let Brody out of the stroller and get a chance to play too, he is pretty good but wanted to do his own thing a few times.

This was in the water room, they provided these capes to try and keep the kids clothes dry, Brody's was huge on him so he did get a little wet.

Haven getting ready for the dentist to check her teeth.

Dr Harrison checks her x-rays and Brody tries to move the tooth shaped chair to get a better view of the x-rays.

Assistant Reygann checks out Haven't teeth

Haven brushing Reyganns teeth

And checking out Kylie's

Pilot Kylie

Brody in the 'tot area' which is basically smushy blocks in the hallway divided by a little wall.

Look two Brodys! A chubby one and a skinny one!

Firefighter Reygann

We had our fill of fun and packed in the car to head home. And I mean PACKED in the car! The toy didn't fit as well as we thought and it was quite the squished ride home. Well not for me, cause I was driving, but I did offer to let preggers drive instead. Her knees are smashed up against the dash!

My three sat in the middle row and Kylie and Reygann had to have their feet up on the toy the whole way home. They didn't seem to mind but they did fight over who got to play with it! Harrison and Haven lucked out getting to sit in the way WAY back.

Brody fell asleep in the car and woke up before we got home and was raring to go so we stopped at Target for a few things we needed. While we were there Brody was being a goofball, he emptied the diapers out of my ziploc and but it on his head like a hat. He then kept shouting HAT, HAAATT at the people that worked there. The girls by us thought it was really funny.

Once he actually pulled the bag over his face mommy too the fun bag away. Besides you don't get much shopping done standing in the aisle taking pictures!

Fair Time!!!

2008-08-07T11:19:00.001-05:00

We went to the fair this weekend, of course we had a great time, and believe it or not I left my camera put away most of the time!! Actually Daddy-0 and I went twice, we went with friends and took the kids back the next day. The kids had a great time and loved everything, the only way it could have gotten better is if we let them do the games and rides. But it is CRAZY expensive!! It would have been $20 for my family to ride the ferris wheel! $20!!! That's insane! We ate some good food and made sure we covered all the food groups... We had deep fried veggies, chocolate covered strawberries, a funnel cake, ice cream (well Mary had ice cream, I needed a dairy!), nachos with meat and cheese (hey, look-e-there, I did get dairy!), corn on the cob (more veggies), and hot dogs! Deric and I might go back for dinner without the kids tonight, we'll have to see if our babysitter can make it or not.

Of course we had to walk the entire fair checking everything out. The kids really love the animals the best!

Brody has his hands out wanting to hold the bunnies in the 4H barn. There was a box with some you could pet, but we didn't want to let him out of the stroller so I lifted a bunny to him. He loved it!! He grabbed my hands pulling them right to him and then tried to make me let go of the poor bunny!

This was in the agricultural building, the sign says 'look at our baby wood ducks'. Daddy held Reygann up so she could see them, but when you get your eye up there a plastic duck head pops out at you and scares you!! I was going to look when we went with Jordan and Mary but we were so tired we sat by the pond for a minute first while the guys looked at other stuff. I saw a guy walk up and get scared by it so I wasn't going to fall for it so I told Deric to look before we left and it got him!

Of course we had to stop at the potty! When don't we? But we were to first customers of the day and Deric said they had been cleaned REALLY well! That's a good thing!

This was one of Deric's favorite things to watch. He was pretty good, he had a bunch of stuff he had carved (with a chainsaw) for sale. It was all to expensive for us, but still pretty cool.

The kids liked it ok, but they thought it was too loud

Even my loud girl thought it was loud!

Next we went to the pig nursery and checked out the baby piglets

The girls thought they were so cute!

And Brody must have wanted a better view!

We also got to see a baby sheep!

After we left the pig barn we saw a wagon ride, and it was loading right then so we hopped on board!

Brody was a pain in the butt, wanting to run around in the wagon and climb on all the seats. Wrestling Brody is never fun, he is one strong cookie!! Soon as the ride started he was very good standing there checking things out, thankfully it was only a few minutes we had to wait!

The covered wagon we rode on. I think the best part was getting to sit in the shade for a bit!

When we got dropped back off the girls saw this pretty horse! I don't remember what it was called, but they had some sort of costume parade in the horse arena. Kylie thought the horse looked like a princess!

And these are garbage cans, could you tell? Why would I take a picture of them you ask. It's because when they were setting up for the fair we could see garbage cans lined up, seriously there were over a hundred in a bunch waiting to be spread around. And every time we would drive past (the fairgrounds is on the corner of our road, we drove past a lot) the kids would try to find the garbage cans. They would get so excited knowing that the garbage cans meant the fair was coming soon! I was waiting for Deric to come back from getting our healthy lunch and I saw them and took the picture, the end.

Bubble Wrap Friday?

2008-08-07T09:02:00.000-05:00

Remember when I said I was going to have to bubble wrap Brody on Friday to make sure he didn't get hurt again, well I did... kinda! I didn't have any bubble wrap, but I did wash his sheets so I plopped him down and wrapped him up. He thought it was really funny. He didn't stayed wrapped too long though, it was nice having him all bundled up...

Happy 1st Birthday Bubba!

2008-08-06T23:53:00.000-05:00

I was looking for an old picture and came across these from a few weeks ago, since it is Dierks birthday today I thought I might as well post them!

Doesn't it look like he is eating Brody's hand here?!

I think Dierks is onto something...

...yep, I found it. I think there is a present hiding in there!

Funny Picts

2008-08-06T23:50:00.002-05:00

Have you ever wondered what a complete idiot looks like?? Here ya go!

Any takers on this one?

My lil' homey

2008-08-03T22:56:00.001-05:00

I got these wife beater tanks at a garage sale, I wasn't going to get them, but I was getting so much other stuff that they threw them in (along with a few other items, seriously I bought everything they had for 2-3T! It was a steal!) Anyways, he's been wearing them around the house and when I put them on with these baggy shorts and he added the hat I thought he looked like a little homey!

Tough homey or not, he still has a soft spot for his (Reygann's) baby! He sat on the step sing Baak-a-baak baby (rock a bye baby) to it while swinging it in his arms! He LOVES babies!

He has the *greatest* giggles!!

(this is part of what I got, this is all I had washed so far)

He's All Boy!

2008-08-03T22:49:00.001-05:00

Here's Brody wearing his new tanks again (ha, he's wearing the same shorts too!) Joan watched the kids for me when I was house cleaning and Brody came running to me when I got there all dirty like any good boy should! I saw a shirt that says I heart mud! Or was it dirt? Humm, either way it was on ebay and it was upwards of $14 so nevermind that one!

Watching Daddy

2008-08-03T21:29:00.002-05:00

Just hanging out watching daddy work.

He must have gotten something in his mouth to make this face! But I didn't find anything!

Caught Ya!!

2008-08-03T17:07:00.001-05:00

We told the kids they could splash in the water before dinner... NOT get in fully dressed before dinner! They did take off their pants so they wouldn't get soaking wet though...

...and at some point Brody ended up playing in his birthday suit! I think we stripped everyone down to bring them in and he got through the cracks!

yumm, nothing like drinking nudy bottom pool water!

This reminds me of Julie's picture.

Did you know you can get a better view of the airplane flying overhead if you stand on your bike naked? I'm not sure how, but it helps!

Family Tats

2008-08-02T21:51:00.000-05:00

I'm not sure what started it, but Daddy was working on the floor and Brody kept coming up to him wanting his pen. Then Daddy was showing Brody one of his tattoos and then he is giving him one of his own!

He started out wanting one on his foot

maybe because that is where Kylie got hers

but he ended up getting one on his arm

Kylie got her name along with a smiley face, she wanted a butterfly too, but daddy didn't know how to draw one.

Brody got the I love Mom tat! It was supposed to have flames around it, but he got tired of letting daddy draw on him!

Little Miss Reygann woke up cranky and didn't want a tat... I wanted to take her picture anyways but she didn't want me to so she burried her face in the couch, I got one anyways.

Walking with Jesus

2008-07-29T21:58:00.000-05:00

On our way back from the barn the girls and I were walking and Kylie noticed our shadows...

...she said it looked like Jesus with the children! How precious!