Short note

Well, the summer break is about to come to a close. We haven't done much this summer except enjoy each others company. I am excited about school starting and getting the kids back on a schedule. We have been through some sickness this week and are hopefully going to be well by next Wednesday for school.
Just wanted to let you all know we are doing well and miss everyone from "back home." Hope to be able to see some of you soon.

Camping Memorial Day Weekend

Allison playing ball with Lexi




Lexi acting innocent.





Best part about camp, Jeff cooks!!!





Our tent!




My silly boy!!!!

My Life

Well, I still can't get any pictures on here, but here is what is and has been going on with us. Since school has been out the kids have been pretty good. Last week they all three went to vacation bible school here in Bay. It lasted for two and a half hours every night for 5 nights. It was a much needed break for me! The kids really enjoyed it!
Lexi has a friend coming over tonight and for the day tomorrow. She also has a dentist appt. in the morning at eight to get a tooth pulled and she is not at all happy with me for making this appt. She keeps telling me that her tooth will fall out when it is ready!! But the dentist recommended we get it pulled because it was making the other tooth come in crooked. Maybe with her friend being here it will take her mind off of it a little and make it easier. I take Lexi to meet her Daddy Aaron in Searcy on Thursday night. She will be going with him Friday morning to Indiana until Monday and will come home sometime next week. She wants to stay all week but doesn't know if she will get home sick or not. So we are playing that one by ear.
Jeff and I and the other 2 kids are going to Hector for the 3 days this Father's Day Weekend! Hope to see some people we haven't seen in a while. Big family plans for Father's Day at mom and dad's. Cook out , homemade ice cream, and fun times!
Last night we went to the Jonesboro Library for family night and we all got to tie dye our own shirts! We, or at least I, had fun doing that! Over all we are doing great, just going to survive the summer and then we will go back to school! I will be substitute teaching in elementary! I am very excited about it. Bradley will be in Kindergarten. Can't believe it! Anyway, I will quit rambling on and go for now.

New Babies and Geese?

When we were out in front of the house and Allison was on the trampoline and said "Momma look" and she pointed to the sky, I looked and didn't see anything but I heard geese and then I could see them but they were very close to the top of the house. We watched them and we were very surprised when they landed in our cotton field right next to the house. Of course, I hadn't ever seen that in the many (3) years that I have been here :) but Jeff said he had not seen ever seen Geese land in the field. We took pictures of them , of course there were only 2, but we were still in aww.

We also have some new babies! Kittens! They are so cute! Our cat (one of many) only had 4 of them this time. We were ready for some more kitten around. My mother-in-law and I have been losing our cats lately. I guess coyotes or something. Anyway, I am a huge cat lover and enjoy having the kittens around. I could sit and just watch them play together! Anyway, here are a few pictures of both. Note: Lexi took the pictures of the kittens and when I took the pictures of the geese, it was getting dark.



Okay, I have been trying to upload the pictures and it won't let me so I will try and do them later! Sorry!

Graduation, Putt Putt, and Pirate Musical

These first pictures are of my best friend Ronda at her graduation from ASU!! We are so very proud of her! The above picture is Ronda, her husband Bruce, her daughter in law Camillia, her son Eric, and son Marshall. Okay and the baby is Jillian ( isn't she cute!!!). This is the baby that I have the pleasure of babysitting Monday thru Thursday. She is 8 weeks old.

Ronda, Bruce, and Marshall


Ronda, in her graduation gown! Before graduation.




PUTT PUTT GOLF WITH FAMILY!!!!!!


Jeff and Bradley




Lexi



Allison




Bradley

They all did surprisingly well at putt putt! This is Bradley's favorite place to go play!!




PIRATE MUSICAL



Allison with her friend Whitley! Allison was a prisonor and Whitley was a stow away. They did a wonderful job on this musical. They even traveled to Monette to perform!!

Our bike ride..... back in March?

These are a few pictures of the kids when we took a bike ride on one of the pretty days back in March or the beginning of April, I'm not sure which. It was a VERY windy day! Which explains Allison's hair. She was getting ready to do a cartwheel.


Here is Lexi posing for the camera!



And if you look closely, this is Bradley asleep in his ride!! He loves this thing! He even had a full size pillow in there with him.

It's been a long time

It has been about 7 weeks since my last post and feels like it has been longer! I'm sure you guys are like me and are sick of looking at my last post over and over. Well, my work for the Pre-K is finished and boy was it an experience! I enjoyed getting to know the kids and learning how they worked. When I say "how they worked", I mean, I had one who loved to tell stories, big ones, one who didn't want to listen, many who loved coming up for hugs, many who loved to have me sit in the floor with them and play puzzles or whatever, and some who loved to be the door holder. Many many different children and many different needs! I love each and every one of them. I will have to go up there and visit with them some. My job now is to work with my own son, Bradley. I am taking him out of Pre-k and going to teach him here at home! I am excited about this and he is very eager to learn. He is ready to learn to read. I have until August to get him ready for Kindergarten. Believe it or not, in Pre-k they are not allowed to teach them their numbers or letters. It is for learning social interaction. What a bummer!

The girls are doing good. Allison is learning how to count money and how to tell time. I'll have you know that I did not actually learn how to tell time until I was in the 7th grade!! I don't know how I made it that far without knowing. Lexi is doing great. My little lady. I am enjoying her more and more everyday. I just wish she would keep that room of hers more clean without me having to tell her too. We love shopping together! She is so easy going and I love that in her!

Jeff, oh Jeff, he is working full time and taking 12 hrs of classes with ASU Newport online. It is much harder than we thought, but he is getting better at making time for his school work. Now that I am not working full time out of the house maybe it will get easier for him. I love him so very much and am thanking God every day for bringing us together!! He is my one true love! Okay, enough with the mushy stuff. We are getting excited about spring break. Not sure what we will do but we will figure out something! Well, I will go for now because Jeff needs me to read his paper from our theater play we saw last night. It is good to be back and I will write more another day!