my boys...

I took these a while ago...but I've been wanting to post it in a collage! I am starting to think that all boys do is wrestle once they turn 2 or 3!! I guess that's a way they get out some energy?! then I was thinking of what I do to get out my energy...but I don't have that much energy, so I like to do the opposite~sleep. I hope everyone had a fantastic summer:) with labor day around the corner we all know that school is in full swing! and I am very excited to have these energetic boys going to preschool. It's only 2 days a week, but I can do A LOT of things within that time period. yes, they grow up fast and soon they will never be home, but atleast I have a ton of pictures to show that I was worn out and needed a break!

yes, I changed my blog a little, but I have it right where I want it...finally.

pierce & stacy

one of my favorite families!! What a pleasure it was to take pictures at their open house! All smiles all the time! I've known stacy since we were itty bitty and she has grown up into a beautiful young woman:) I can't say the same for pierce since I just met him, but I know he must be a wonderful guy!! congrats on the beginning of your lives together! you guys are adorable:)

florida~post #3

WHOA! I have a ton of pictures, I figured this was the easiest way to post!! We had a blast at the beach, and at the pool. We went every day all day long until it was time to nap or eat! The weather was gorgeous the whole time...it even rained in the afternoon a few times to cool us down a bit:) We flew kites on the beach-my boys were mesmerized, like they hadn't ever seen a kite before! we played beach baseball, which we all did on vacation when we were younger. we played spades a lot, and my brother derek and I whooped trash until my other brothers quentin and brent beat us out on the last night. Pappy took the kids to the zoo one day~they LOVED it. They couldn't stop talking about the "white" alligator. We all got a nice tan and we all had some good memories. until next year...

florida~post #2

Well, we all arrived to florida with dreams of this vacation to be as wonderful as ever. And it actually was....for most of us. This picture will give you a hint of what went on the very first night we were there.




yes, this is an x-ray of dylan's cute little body...and his broken collarbone. He fell off the bed in the middle of the night and started screaming! Mark tried to calm him down but every 10 minutes or so he would start crying. So I went in there and slept right next to him and would love on him and play with his hair until he calmed down. This lasted ALL night LONG! He would fall asleep off and on and I was just laying there wishing and hoping there was some way I could get some sleep! Dylan would throw his legs up on my stomach and would twitch throughout the night. I maybe got an hour of sleep. Poor thing...he was miserable the next day. We had no idea what was hurting him until we kept asking a million times, "where's your owie?" and he then consistantly would point to his shoulder. We then noticed that he wouldn't use his left arm at all. and every time he would fall or you would pick him up he would cry. throughout the week he adapted to just using his right arm...what a trooper! So, that concluded our first day in florida! Now for some of my favorites of all the kids!!!

florida...post#1

We are all recovering from quite an extraordinary trip with my family to florida for a week!! It was absolutley gorgeous! We all had such a wonderful time. Thanks to happy and pappy for making our family vacations so awesome!! So here is the start of a lot of pictures to come!! maybe I'll just do a slideshow??!!

florida

we have been here all week and are having a blast!! I have already taken about 450 pictures! It's so beautiful here!! I will have a lot to post when I get back so stay tuned! happy friday!

working & playing

Lately we have been trying to get our house ready to sell....I know!!! I'm a little sad about it, but since mark starts law school in a couple weeks we figure it would be best to move closer to school. So, we were working (well, mark was the only one working, but you get the idea!) out in the the yard today and you know when there's a ladder in your front yard your kids must run and master the stairs until they reach the very top!! A little dangerous for sure, especially with my second born who falls down after every 5 steps he takes. they had a lot of fun and did everything daddy did. Then they would go collect & compare rocks in our neighbors yard, and lastly we played in between the trees! It was so stinkin hot again today, therefore, my kids refuse to wear any clothing. ahhh....to be a kid again:)

almost 3 months!

I actually took these last monday....right before I lost my trigger hand to stitches. I haven't been able to hold my camera since it puts a lot of strain on my arm, but I will get there soon!!! I'm dying without it! We leave for Florida soon so hopefully I will be better by then! Hope yall are enjoying your summer!!

slip n slide

a new meaning to the slip n slide

I know I posted a few pictures of the slip n slide on the 4th of july....but things have changed! my parents had heard from one of their friends that you can buy billboard signs from a website. Well, they ended up buying not one, but 2 HUGE signs so that we can slide down!!! I can't tell you how fun this is!!! the kids absolutely love it!! I go to my parents' house once a week and spend all day there, and all of the grandkids are there on this day as well. So we pull the slip n slide out every time and have dinner out on the porch. Here is one of the many days we have done this....we even have rafts to go down on it as well! and it all ends with a little pool of water at the end. On this particular day my brother and mark decided to pour dish soap all over the slide...only to make things faster! this is why you see bubbles at the end of the slide:) i've taken lots of videos of it and I need to post those!! It's so funny to watch! last week we had about 20 people there and 5 or 6 would go down at the same time. I was on the sidelines watching since I couldn't get my lovely king fu arm wet.