Congrats!

Okay, so I have really done a poor job at posting lately, but I come to you with some fun news.  Tonight, Nathan and I traveled to Conway to celebrate the engagement of Blake and Kaylee!!!!!  If you have read my blog for a while you have probably read about “my girls”.  Well, Kaylee is one of those girls that I love dearly and she got engaged to a wonderful young man tonight.  Here are some pictures from the shin dig.

So, as I was going through the pictures I realized that I got away from the party with no pictures of Kaylee with Blake!! What in the world!  I will go find a pic and update.  Until then, CONGRATULATIONS!  We love you both.

Nana’s camera

I found these pictures on my mom’s camera from earlier this week. Great pics, Nana.

Big Daddy

So, it would be an understatement to say my kids are excited to see my dad, aka Big Daddy.  My dad’s works in a business that has him gone about 6 months a year, so we get real excited when he returns!  Well, he returned to us this past Sunday and we have seen him every day, except for last night and the kids were not happy about that.    One of the things that BD brought back with him were some books that Nana found when she was visiting him over the summer.  One of those books plays music for you to sing along with and Eli and BD have been practicing all week.  I wish I had a video to show you just how much they are enjoying this, but a picture will have to do for now.  Maybe Santa will bring me a phone like my husbands so I can capture these moments and share them with you.  (hint hint)

Along with the return of Big Daddy we introduced a new member to the family.  Meet Holly, my dad’s new dog. She is such a sweet and well behaved dog.  And the best part is, she doesn’t live in my house 🙂 

Hawkzie Walkzie

One afternoon, while Eli was playing in the carport, a bug jumped up on his shorts.  It was long, skinny and green.  It was similar to a grasshopper, but not the usual looking grasshopper.  It basically looked like a blade of grass with legs.  So I say, “Eli, you have a grasshopper on your shorts” and he looks and then seems unsure of what to think about that.  He asks me how to get it off and I tell him to just brush it off.  So it lands on the driveway and E becomes totally fascinated with it.  He starts saying “I’ve never seen a grasshopper.  I want to keep him for my pet.  I will name him Hawkzie Walkize.”  He then looks at me and calmly says “mom, go get the camera and take my picture with him.” So, as any good mom would do, I run in praying that this little guy won’t hop off before I make it back to document this for Eli.  I get back and it is still there, so we these pictures:

Not long after those were taken, Hawkzie Walkzie jumps onto E’s head.  He is again not sure what to think about him being on him and I tell him to brush him off.  This time lil hawk didn’t stick around.  Instead he jumped off into our front lawn.  E immediately started looking for him and was a little stressed out that he had lost his first pet.  His little heart was set on keeping him.  After a long search (about 45 seconds) E decided to wait on the front steps in case hawkzie came back.  At this point Lucy joins him to wait.

He actually waits a few minutes,  all the while I am trying to think of a distraction to get us back inside.  Finally we decide to come in a draw pictures of him and send them to gramma.  It must have been theraputic for him, cause he hasn’t asked about him since 🙂  Good times.

uh-oh……

Uh-oh, I’ve gotten so behind I don’t even know where to begin!! So, I thought I would just post pictures from the past month and let that be good enough. 🙂

Bekah had a girls getaway for her birthday…

Eli introduced his little pets to the swingset…

Lucy played on the swingset...

Lucy brought me the camera and asked for her picture to be taken...

then she'd ask for me to take another and make a new face...

then another...

and another (I think it is safe to say she is likes the camera)...

last one....from that session anyway :)...

we went to wild river country...

still at wildriver country, Eli refused to let me take his picture...

lots of playing and laughing....

there, I feel like I can start fresh now 🙂  Thank you, Amanda B, for giving me a little motivation to update 🙂