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Labor Day weekend I stepped wrong off a friends pontoon boat and dropped to the group.  Turns out I ripped my calf muscle.  Justin and friends carried me around the rest of the weekend, it was horrible!  Got some crutches and went to the doctor and was told to stay on them for 4-6 weeks depending on healing.  Couldn't take it after 2 and started hopping around.  Crutches hurt!  I also had to elevate and stay off of it, which is not an easy thing to do.  The first couple days I watched TV and read but then got sick of sitting.  But, the first day I watched "You've Got Mail" and look what I saw!

 

Do you see it??  Look again, it's Logan's bunny!!  Oh my word, remember that little guy?  Had to pause it and take a screen shot.  He saw it immediately.

The school had homecoming week.  The kids did crazy socks, hats, superheros, and crazy hair.   Cody was too cool for crazy hair, but Rylee was all in.  She wanted a volcano!

 Cody and Justin went to WWE wrestling this summer so it was Rylee's turn with a daddy date.  They went to Frozen at the OKC fair.  Even got some souveneirs.  She was one happy girl.

 We went to Texas to watch Russell play baseball and soccer, well baseball, the soccer game got rained out.  Anyway, on Sunday while Justin and Rylee were watching Frozen the boys and I played outside.  That's when I saw Cody's bruises...can you see them by his elbow?  Turns out when you try to run on a treadmill and it's going to fast, this is what happens when you fall on it!  Geez, goofball.

The weather had been still really nice so we headed to the lake to try to get 1 more weekend in.  We ended up just hanging out at the beach at the end of the road.  So much fun.  We bought a jetski so the kids kneeboarded and wakeboarded behind it and Rylee's friend ended up coming too.  That night Russell spent the night with us and I heard a lot of giggling coming from the back of the house.  They came and got me in the living room and asked me to get a camera.  Uh oh, this can't be good.  Justin had crashed out early and they took advantage of him.  (What goes around comes around I guess)  I bet they used half the can of shaving cream and were headed to get mustard by the time I got there.  Wouldn't let them do mustard so we just took pictures instead.  They giggled and giggled.  The best part was Justin woke up and had no idea.  When we told him and showed him the picture all he said was "You know, when I woke up I felt super sticky, that's why I took a shower"  Ha!  Clueless.

Normal!

Thursday Logan was starting to feel better, thankfully!  He still hadn't eaten much so I made him stay home.  He and I cleaned out his closet and hung out.  Friday, he was off to school!! 

 A little after school snack.

 

 It was beautiful outside so we played for awhile until Justin got home.

 Saturday morning we all slept in and had a big breakfast.  Then...watched the game.  Ugh, it was not fun.  When it was over we headed outside to make the most of the day that was left.  A family game of kickball.

 Cody's new obsession is football.  He decided a week too late he wanted to play this year.  His goal is to play next year.  I am not too excited about it but, he sure does love it!

 Ended up the day with some raquet ball.  Well, our version of it anyway. 

 And then this happened...don't know why he was in a crazy mood that day.

Came in and grilled some potatoes and onions and hot dogs.  Watched some of the OSU game and then everybody crashed.  Good day!

August-October 2015

School started and no one was ready for that.  A 10th grader, 3rd, and 1st...slow down time.

They love school.  Love their teachers and just got their 9 weeks reports...all A's. 

The end of September brought sickness.  Logan ran 103 degree fever from Wednesday-Friday, finally broke it, but it put a damper on Cody's birthday celebration because we didn't want to risk anyone else getting sick.  SO instead we had a little family dinner of Cody's choosing.  Chicken Parmesan, ravioli, brussell sprouts and cookie cake.  Yum, can't complain!

Grammy decided to chance it and came up Saturday to celebrate.

He's still into WWE so we made a championship belt cake for him.  (Ignore Rylee, her new favorite thing is to photo bomb)

Logan got worse Sunday night and started to run a fever again.  Monday night he woke me up in tears about the pain in his throat.  Took him into the doctor Tuesday morning and found an abscess behind his tonsils.  Did a CT scan and sent it to an ENT.  They decided to drain it...which was disgusting.  I mean, disgusting.  But, immediate pain relief.  So for that we are thankful.

Ron and Ellen met us at the mexican place for a quick dinner Wednesday to give Cody his present.  Logan ate cheese sauce, which is the first thing he's eaten since last Wednesday!!  Yikes.

I kept him home today and he seems perfectly fine.  In face, I think he's so sick of being here he resorted to cleaning...I heard him yell for me and I walked in to this mess.  He had taken everything out of his closet and decided to go through it all.  I don't know what was up with the mask, but it was good to see him out of bed!

And that's that.  You're all caught up!! :-)

Summer 2015

Started the summer off with baseball.  Logan made varsity on the schools team and even beat out a senior for 2nd base!  They had a great season.  Took 1st place in Districts and then went on to Regionals, but lost.  Cody's team also had a great year.  They won 1st place in Districts and took 3rd at Regionals.  Great year for baseball!

 

Russell came up for Camp McNeill again this year and it was full of baseball...poor guy!  When we weren't at games or practice we were hanging out at the house.

 Eating...eating...and more eating.

 They had so much fun together the first time, they decided they needed to do it another week! 

 Spent a lot of time at the lake like usual.  Got moved into the new lake house and we are loving it.  So much more room for us and the dogs to run and be wild.  But, that makes for some tired kids on the ride home!

 We had 2 huge dead trees in front of the house and every time the wind blew I was nervous because branches would just come falling down.  We took the tractor down one weekend and our neighbor came over to help.

 This is what I call red neck tree cutting!  Luckily, it worked!  No more scary trees.

 All of the rain brought TONS of frogs to our place.  The kids were in charge of collecting them and taking them down the road far far away.  One day they collected 32 in 13 minutes.  G-ross!

 Here's how much rain we got one day in a quick amount of time.  That's the ditch by our driveway...it had become a swimming hole!

 Logan got his first job this summer.  He worked for an inflatable company at a carnival.  His friend worked with him so it wasn't horrible...but he said it was hot and there were a lot of bratty kids! :-)  Luckily, he found a full time job the rest of the summer working for a heat and air company in town.  He worked 8-5 everyday and made some good money.

 Same ol' Same ol' at the lake.  Ski, wakeboard, kneeboard...

 One of Logan's first purchases was a mask for snowboarding.  Crazy huh?  He loves it!

Cody had wanted to grow his hair out so he could spike it up like someone on TV that he liked.  Finally I took a picture so he could see what he looked like with long hair.  That night...he shaved it.  Thank goodness.

 Ahhh, there's the boy I know.  He had his friend Cody come over.  They are crazy together.

And that's summer...went too quick!

beginning of 2015

2015 started out a little rough with Justin having to have surgery.  They found a lump under his ear by his lymph nodes.  Took it out and everything looks fine so we kept on moving.

Rylee turned 6!  Her only request for a cake was ice cream, blue and a frozen candle...so, that's what she got!

She had a surprise visitor and presents at school for her.  Justin surprised her at lunch with a visit, a balloon, and her first bouquet of flowers!  She was thrilled! 

They had an Easter egg hunt in her class, the bunny even came!

 

 Next came kindergarten graduation.  This is her "crew."

 And her cheering section

 After pictures they put on a play about Chicken Little...and guess who got the part!!  Rylee!!

 And then Logan turned 16!  Don't know where the time went.  He was late to get his permit so he couldn't get his license right away, which he was a little bummed about.  But hey...he has the rest of his life to drive right?

Finishing up 2014

 Well, it's been awhile so I'll play catch up...

October brought Halloween and Cody's birthday.  He wanted to be kid who was being abducted by an alien.  So we pieced together things we had around the house and made it work.  He was very happy with the turnout!

 

Rylee wanted to be a kitty cat.  Not too difficult there, but she was so proud of herself because she helped "make it."  I think she liked it because we "practiced" the cat face everyday after school. That girl loves her makeup!

 The elementary kids get to walk to the high school and around main street to trick or treat during the day. My kids are always lucky because Logan's friends load them up with candy!!

Next came the awards assembly.  Cody got Student of the Month for October!

 Then came time for Christmas assembly.  This is Cody's crew of trouble!

 Was so proud of Rylee she did all the dances and was even picked to have a speaking part.  That girl is breaking out of her shell!!

 Cody is not a fan of performing.  He did it...just did not enjoy it! :-)

 Rylee got Student of the Month for November.

 We lost one of our big trees in the fall so we spent several weekends cutting and hauling it down to the burn pit.

 It took forever, but it was so fun to sit by the fire and hang out.  We had dinner even...until the coyotes started howling and Rylee, Cody, Tank and Putt Putt decided they were done!

 We were supposed to go skiing again for Christmas but I had some medical issues that required several trips to doctors so we couldn't go out of town.  Ended up having a wonderful Christmas vacation though with the family!

 I found a snowboard for the kids at a garage sale.  Logan pulled them all over the yard on it, trying to teach them how to do it so next year they will be prepared!

And those are some of the highlights of 2014!

June 11-12, 2014

Camp McNeill day four:  

Since Logan didn't have Summer Pride I let the kiddos stay up as late as they wanted to and veg out watching movies.  They got all snuggled in the living room in their tents/forts/couches and started their movies.  We popped popcorn, had cheese and crackers, popsicles, chips, and tortillas.  Good times!  I went to bed at 11:00, Rylee was asleep on the couch so I moved her to her room.  Went to check on them at 11:45 and Logan was gone, asleep in his room, Russell and Cody were passed out in their tents.  Turned off the TV and went to bed.  They say they stayed up until 1:00am but I know different!

Woke up late on Wednesday morning and had pancakes.  They got dressed and headed outside.   Russell has really gotten into baseball and wants to play all the time, which makes Cody happy because that's all he wants to do too.  Logan hooked up the pitching machine and off they went. 

 They came in for a snack and to do our annual Camp McNeill t-shirts.

 This year I bought some tie dye and squirty bottles.  Showed them pictures of already done shirts and let them decide their design.  They all chose something different.

 Logan had to help Rylee a little because she either got Way too much or way too little.

 Then it was back outside while we waited for them to dry.  And of course, back again at baseball!

 They took turns batting, fielding, and videoing.

 Rylee and I played catch and cars...and did some selfies.

 The kids made up a game on the trampoline called "PIG."  It's like the basketball game PIG, but with tricks on the trampoline.  A little crazy, but they seemed to enjoy it.

 It got a little too rough for Rylee so she came and played in the dirt.

 Which got Russell's interest.  He made a bunch of sandcastles and was starting to build a tent...

 but then an evil giant came and destroyed the city. :-)  Tank just didn't understand why they were building things so she could dig them open to see if anything was in there.

 So Cody then came to help protect it.  Then it turned into a city with roads.

 Stayed outside until dark and then came in for dinner and clean up.  I wish I would have taken a picture of the bathtubs after baths, because they were NASTY!  Those kids sure know how to have fun and get dirty!

Woke up early Thursday morning to take Logan to Summer Pride, it was storming like crazy so we just stayed in the car while he worked out.  The kids picked out movies and brought the iPads and they did great!  So proud of them.

Came home and finished up the shirts, they were very happy with how they turned out.  Now Rylee was not very happy about having to stand in front, she wanted in the back...can you tell?

 I made a stencil and we sprayed "Camp McNeill" on the back.

 I love that they are all the same colors, but totally different, just like these kids!

 It will surprise you, but...we went back outside and spent the day there again.

 Jumping,

 4 wheeling, and of course, baseball.

 Later in the afternoon Pappy came!  He joined in on the game and helped catch.

 Then decided to get in on the action.  After he would hit you could hear the outfield, "woah!" He hit them far!

 He and Logan loaded up and headed to the lake because they were going golfing on Friday.  It was weird to see Logan load up and leave.  Getting so big!

Reminded me of this picture.  Pappy and Logan loading up to go to Home Depot.  Where has the time gone?

The kids were BUMMED that Logan was leaving, wanted to go inside and watch TV and sulk, but I wouldn't let them.  We played some Simon Says on the trampoline instead.

Then did some dancing?  :-)

And wrestling signature moves, sorry Amy, but Russell now knows all the wrestlers and their moves.  Blame it on Cody.

It got dark so we came in and got cleaned up.  I made dinner and next thing I know this comes towards me...

They were running around the house playing Cops and Robbers, not sure which one was the good guy and which was the bad guy.

And then...this came in my room.  She said she was in charge of the cops.  I don't doubt it Rylee, I don't doubt you!

They played around all evening until I told them to settle down.  I took a shower and got out and couldn't find anybody!  YIKES!  Finally I heard some giggling and found them all with their pillows and blankets in the living room game closet.  They were all playing minecraft and reading books.  Good times.

I told them they could stay up late again since it was our last official night of Camp McNeill, they were excited and picked out all the shows they wanted to watch and got out all the food they wanted to eat.  Not one of them made it through even the first show.  Those were tired kiddos!