Little Fish

Kyle took swimming lessons in July. He had a great teacher and is swimming really well. He still needs his lifejacket in deeper water, but is totally comfortable in water where he can stand. Here he is getting ready to jump off the diving board.





As you can see, he is much more interested in eating the popsicle than smiling at me for a picture. :)



On a totally unrelated note -

I think one of the worst jobs in the world has to be the porta-potty cleaner. There is currently a cleaning truck across the street form my house cleaning out the porta-potty at the house-that-will-never-be-done. When he finishes, there is a stench that lasts for quite a while.
BLEEEHHH! YUCK!



LKS

LAKE CITY!!

We took a great trip to Lake City, CO in the end of July with our best friends the Rogers'. We had a fabulous time as we always do. The weather was WONDERFUL, especially going from 100+ degree days to 70 degree days and 40 degree nights - GLORIOUS! We fished, we four-wheeled, we played dominoes (a lot) - it was a great vacation!

We celebrated Paige's first birthday at the top of Vickers Ranch. Everyone up there sang happy birthday with us. The top of that mountain has become a special place for our family, now we have one more reason to celebrate.

I have a ton of pictures, so I will put in a slideshow, enjoy!

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Way back . . .

I have a lot to post from over the last month or so. I've decided to take it a little at a time, that way it will seem like I am actually blogging a lot more - ha!

We had a visit from my aunt Melissa in the first part of July. I almost never get to see her and it was so great to get to visit and catch up. The kids and I went with her to the Arboretum and we all had a great time.

This is a great picture except for the fact that Kyle felt his stuffed horse should be in front of his face. Oh well.

The next weekend we were in Austin to FINALLY see my precious nephew. Here he is with his biggest fan, who - by the way - is wondering when he'll be old enough to have some fun. :)

Until next time . . .

LKS

And so it goes . . .

It's the story of my life. As with anything else, I have good intentions and I am foiled again and again! I forgot my camera when Kyle was a ring bearer at our friends' wedding two weeks ago - ugh! Now our camera and video camera are in Nacogdoches along with 2 1/2 months of pictures and movies that have yet to be downloaded. So I can't post more recent pics or send pics to various grand and great grand parents as promised. I also couldn't take pictures of my kids with Carrie's kids who were here yesterday to play. Hopefully we'll have the cameras back after this weekend. This is what I get for procrastinating downloading everything

In the meantime, Paige is crawling all over the place and saying a few words - Mama, Dada, Ky (le) Bye Bye and signs "all done" and "more." It is true what they say about girls - she is all about talking. Her brothers adore her as long as she stays out of their block castles which she loves to knock down. Ha! Visions of things to come I'm sure.

Kyle and Drew have had fun at swimming lessons. While Kyle is swimming like a fish, Drew isn't so sure. He is content to stay on the steps or where he can stand with his head above water. When we were in Nac this weekend they got to ride on their uncle's 4 wheeler and mower. Drew helped pick/eat tomatoes from his garden and they shot fireworks. They were DIRTY when they returned from their country adventures. The shower was a river of mud.

We had a great time with Carrie, Jackson and Ella yesterday. Drew said he was going to miss Jackson who is really the first friend his age we have had over to play (they are 4 months apart.) We finally got to meet the beautiful Ella (who is 6 months younger than Paige.) And Carrie and I picked up like we always do, except that it had been way too long since we have seen each other. We can't believe we are moms. We are both so blessed with our families - wow.

I promise I'll post pictures as soon as I possibly can. There are sure to be good ones after this weekend - well . . . I guess I'll have to borrow a camera or rely on Julie - my picture taking friend extordinaire.
Until then . . .

L

Time flies when you're having fun!

We took a trip to Crystal Beach back at the end of April with our best friends and all the kids. We had such a good time despite Kyle and I being sick with a severe cold. Everything is better at the beach, even illness - hey, you gotta laugh right?

Paige had her first "fry-fry" as our friend Brayden would say. She is now happily addicted. :)

Brayden (2yrs) had the best line of the whole trip - his parents had been telling him all about the beach and he was in high anticipation as we finally got out of the car and walked into Whataburger for lunch just outside Houston. We walk in, he looks around realizing that this is a place to eat and he screams, "NOOOOOOO! BEACH! BEEEAAACH!

Kyle came in at a close second with the comment, "What did that sheep say?" when watching Star Wars for the first time in reference to Yoda. :o)

More recent pics too come soon.

Going to the zoo 3/29/08

I am so excited! I hope this works so you can see lots of our pictures to the zoo and not just a few.
Enjoy!

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It is still March, . . . isn't it?

Here we have two monkeys playing in the snow in early March.

Yeah, snow, don't you see it?? Well, they had fun anyway stomping in puddles.

Don't ask me about this pose, they were on a hypothermia high. We went to the arboretum with Julie and Allison. Here are all the punks with some BEAUTIFUL tulips. It was so pretty.

Poor Drew, "Mommy, the sun is in my eyes!"

Hannah and Kyle hanging out in the playhouse.

Do you see this bow mom put on my head??

She's gone crazy with the bows and all the pink you know.

Don't look now mom, there are huge fish in that pond,

but don't look at them they'll want to eat all our lunch. . .He's posing - hurry take a picture!!

OK - the next picture wasn't posed,.

I actually caught it with my slow camera, which is a miracle.

It is his personality through and through.

Are you sure I can't eat these flowers mama?

They look like they'll taste good, are you sure?

We had a great time at the arboretum. I have more pictures of Easter and a trip to the zoo that I'll post later. Right now life is calling!