Field Day

Hooray!! No rain! It turned out to be a great day. Mason had his field day at his school, which turned out to be great fun.

For the first part, Carson played on the playground and I was able to focus on Mason. Which they both loved. I kept an eye on Carson to make sure he was safe. I was shocked to see him almost at the top of this toy. I'm not sure it was even a challenge for him.

Mason wanted Carson to do this activity with him, nobody seemed to mind. All the kids had fun. The sponge was full of water. The afternoon had become very warm. Getting wet was a great help to cool off.

After the kids had ran their "dash", Carson started running. So then he joined in on the next race.

When I tucked Mason into bed that night, he asked me if I had fun. I told him I did. That I love to watch my kids as they are having fun. He looked confused and told me that he wouldn't enjoy just watching kids, but then he didn't have any so maybe he would like it one day.

I truly love to sit back and watch my kids in life. Their smiles, their laughs, and how they react to the world around them. I love them all soo much!!

Field Day

I spent the morning at the high school for field day with Karlee. We all had fun, a little wind blown but fun.

She just threw her water balloon.

This relay was very cute. They run down to a bucket with their pail to fill up with water. Then they had to run back to the start and empty their pail into another bucket. They were all surprised that the pail had holes in it. They lost most of the water on their way back. They all got wet, which they wanted. Karlee looked like she wet her pants. hee hee

In her class, Karlee was the top third or fourth in the hula hoop. I had no idea she was that good. Her best friend won.

Mason's field day is on Monday. Our fingers are crossed for no rain.

Awards ceremony.

Bailee had her awards ceremony last night. It was a good night. I sat by a friend I hadn't visited with in a while, we were able to catch up before they started. Bailee received two awards. Outstanding achievement in science and citizenship. She has had a good year. She is ready for school to be out, but nervous to be going go high school. I'm nervous too.

These boys were getting bored as they were calling the students names. DS saved the day. There is a time and place for computer games, keeping busy boys quite is the perfect time.

These other four friends go to church with us. As I asked DK to get in the shot with these girls, he gave me a hard time because it was a "mormon" picture. That's OK, they need to stick together. Especially when they go to high school.

Only four more years to go!!

Wa hoo!!

Sewing agian.

Can you believe it? I'm not sure I can. I finished this skirt Wednesday. It has a zipper, the first one I've sewn, it went pretty easy. I haven't decided what I will do next. I have a couple of "holiday" type items I could do, I bought one on clearance. I guess it will be a surprise. I"ll keep you posted. ;o)

Life is good!

We went swimming on Friday and I just had to post this picture. Karlee was being a nut. When she gets out of the pool she always wraps her hair up in a towel. She claims it's easier to comb out. Don't know about that. But she sure is silly.

I'm not sure where Brian is receiving his drive from lately, but he has finished more projects this spring than in a usual six months. I'm loving it! Saturday we stained our fence. Yes, it still looks weathered, but better. I posted a picture on May 2, take a look and compare. I think it's an improvement. Here you can see the path, flower bed and fence that has all been completed. After some maintenance around the house and yard, he plans on redoing the flower bed around the tree. Lots of changes in our yard. I'm loving it!!

I had to show off my back yard beds yet again. Perennials are the only way to go.

17 is not so bad!

On Tuesday McKinzie asked me if I had any plans on Friday, I did not. She then said, "Good, you are coming with me". I wasn't sure if I wanted to go. Then she told me we were gong to go get pedicures. WA HOO!! I think this had become our thing, which we both love. It was great! After the pedicures we picked up Carson, he was at a friends (thanks Friend). Picked up Brian from his office and we went to lunch. It was nice. Thanks Kinz, I guess 17 isn't so bad after all. Love you!!

Puppy destruction!

Just yesterday a friend asked how the puppy was. I said, optimistically, "not too bad". He hasn't had an accident in the house in days. In fact he can "pee on demand". That's when I would of determined when my kids were potty trained. I'm thinking he is house trained. I take him out regularly,not giving him a chance to have an accident. Only took two weeks. Way cool!!

The first week everybody kept the room tidy. No chance of him chewing on our things. Now things are being left. Carson is the worst of course, he is home all day. Today Peanut chewed through Carson's belt. His belt for Sunday's and his belt for his sword, when he's a knight, or pirate, or Hercules. He wears his belt almost daily. Carson is in tears. Off to save the day, I'll need to get a belt by Sunday or his pants will be down around his ankles, no exaggeration.


We also noticed, at the same time we noticed the belt, my rug! My "pottery barn" rug! I can't believe it. He only has three rugs he can be on, the rest of the floor is tile or wood. The other two are from Walmart, washable, easily replaceable, cheap. I've already mentioned to Brian that once he is past this puppy stage, anyone know when that will be, I will be off to buy another rug. Dang dog!!

I was mistaken. I caught him digging my rug,not chewing. Still, dang dog!!

More work!

As you can tell, Brian finished the path. He finished it weeks ago and we all love it! These past few weeks he has been working on taking all the grass out of the newly formed bed. The path I wanted, the flower bed not so much. I didn't want more beds to weed. Today Brian was out weeding early, I joined him about 8am. We decided that we wanted it finished today. New plants and all. Bailee joined us pulling out grass. The boys were gathering up rocks, which is fun when your 3 and 6. At about 1:30 we headed out to buy plants. Our last stop was Home Depot, in the middle of a down pour. It didn't stop us. We were determined to plant today. When we got home it had lightened up and we were ready. We planted about 85 plants. And finished for the day at 5 pm. Now we need to buy some bark, mostly to keep the mud from splashing up on the bricks. I can't wait until we have blossoms. All of these plants will return year after year, the kind we like. Now the real work begins. Keeping the weeds out.

Mom and Dad - 51 years!!

Saturday was my parents anniversary, 51 years!! Last year for their 50th the kids gave them an open house. At first my Mom didn't want anything to do with the idea. Over time she decided it would be OK. When the day arrived I think she had a lot of fun. My Dad will go along with ever she wants, most of the time.

These two are inseparable. If my Dad needed to go into town for a part he would invite Mom to go, even if that meant all of the kids rode along. When my Mom would go shopping she would invite Dad, even though he would usually end up sitting on a bench in the mall waiting. They rarely go any where without the other. They have the most amazing relationship.


I almost wore this dress when I was married. Being off white, I didn't feel that would work with Brian's tux. We had planned on his tux being white. Now I regret not making it work. It's a beautiful dress and I've become quite sentimental lately.

I was in charge of the cake, so I asked my MIL to make it for the open house. Every wedding cake that I've seen her make have been amazing. What a talent!?!

Mom and Dad, I hope you have many, many, more anniversary's together. I love you both!! You have always been a great example to me. Thank you!

Little brother

My brother, Richard, was in Dallas all last week for meetings. He stayed an extra day to visit us. So on Friday we hung out together and did a little sight seeing, that is what he hadn't already done during the week. We went down to Arlington to check out the new stadium. Man that was impressive! Now I want to go inside. One day I'm sure we'll do a tour, maybe even a game. We then went to the Stockyards. I'm ashamed to say I've never been there. It was kind of cool. We walked around while he found just the right gift for his kids and his wife. Carson had fun hanging out with him, Richard is always lots of fun.

After dinner the kids wanted to get in the pool. It really wasn't that warm. They convinced Richard to get in, which really wasn't that hard. They played and played until it was too cold. They all got out shivering. I must be the only smart one. I never got in!! They were all disappointed that he could only stay a day. We all had a great time. Thanks Rich for hanging out with us.