While mom is sick, the kids will...

Oh my...the kids will play! Hard to look at these two precious angels and think they could destroy my house, but it's true. Ok, maybe two is too many, let's settle for one. Hard to look at precious Cody and think he could destroy my house... but he can. As I was winding down for bed I stopped and took a look around. I was sick most of the day and went to the doctor that afternoon. I have strep, fun. Don't think I've ever hard it, but it stinks!

Again, precious sweet angel...who knew?

The only reason I got them out of their pajamas was to go to the doctor.

Here's my sweet Logan. He spent the afternoon making paper airplanes. He said he knew I didn't feel good and wanted to let me relax and have quiet time. Ohhhh my gosh, I love him so much! Speaking of Logan, my sister told me a horribly sad story today. A little girl in her town passed away from what they thought was swine flu. She was 11. Ugh, as if that's not horrible enough, turns out, she had pneumonia which had gotten into her blood stream and caused an infection. Let me tell you that I about puked. I can still hear the doctors saying how close we were when Logan was in this same situation, but hearing another family that wasn't as lucky. Makes me sick. And I'm going to take this time to preach. Don't take your day for granted, you never know how it will end up. Love you family, your children, your brother and sister, your parents, your cousins, your grandparents, your aunts and uncles, and your friends. Live like there is no tomorrow, no regrets. Cherish each other, because they might not be there tomorrow.

We are lucky to have today, make the most of it. I truly love and miss you all. Thank you for being so important to me.

Ugh...

No post today, just pictures. I'm not feeling good. Hope you all feel better than me. Love and miss you all.

We're baaaaack...

So it's been forever since I blogged right? Sorry about that, my camera was dead and Amy had the charger, I just don't like posting without pictures for some reason. Anyway, we had a great weekend. Oh, for those of you that don't know, we finally bought the camper!!! Woohooo! It's so much fun! It has 2 bedrooms, one with a queen size bed and the other with 3 bunk beds and an entertainment center. The couch on the bottom of the bunk bed folds into 2 twin size beds, so technically it will sleep four. The table and couch in the "living room" also fold out to sleepers. Here it is...

Here's the "living room." It has two slides, so it doesn't feel quite as cramped. We love it!We got there Friday night after a friend of Logan's birthday party. We had to pick him up early because Justin had the itch...the itch to get camping. He didn't want to put it up the first time in the dark. So we went and got Logan, much to his dislike, and headed out. Mo and Connie had saved us a spot right next to them, so when we got there, they helped us get all settled in. AND to top it off, Grammy, Brannon, Kendra, Preston, Kenny, Evie, Dona, Russell, and Amanda were there too!!! They had pizza and gave us some and then we all just played. We were next to the playground so it was perfect. The kids all played and had a great time, while we all caught up.

Everybody went home and we settled into our new "home." Cody had a hard time falling and staying asleep, but everyone else did awesome! In fact, Rylee did better here than at home...frustrating! We all woke up and had breakfast and then the fun started! Another wave of visitors. Grammy, Amy, Russ, Russell, Nanny, Papa, Karen, Randy, Heath and Tiffany all stopped by that morning. We hung out and played.

The men all tried to figure out the grill...and yes I mean all the men... :-)
Of course we had to bring our washer game. I love that game, probably because I always beat Logan...don't think I've played anyone but him yet...chickens.

Next thing we know, Pappy, Memaw, and Eli came by. We hung out and played and then it started raining. I'm pretty sure Rylee thinks she has the weirdest life. Seriously, we're hardly ever home on the weekends and we're always doing something strange to her I bet.

We took another long walk and just played around in the rain. It got time for bed so the little ones went to bed and the rest of us stayed up and cooked burgers. Yum. I headed to bed early. Cody did better that night, but still not perfect. Hopefully he'll be used to it soon. He really has no other choice right??

We woke up and the boys played safari. Grandma Lila sent some toys with Pappy, thank goodness, because I didn't pack ANY! Stupid mom.

Logan is such a big help with Rylee. He loves to hold her. I was picking up the place and doing dishes and he just sat and talked with her. Precious.

Connie and Mo came over for breakfast. Connie went and bought Braums sausage biscuits and gravy...Logan and my favorites!!!

Cody was playing in his room so quietly, I went in and snapped a picture. It wasn't until later, when I smelled him, that I figured out what he was doing. Looking closely at this picture I saw he was playing with Logan's deodorant. Stinkin' kid, he knew that was wrong, that's why the smile is so sweet. Trouble, I tell ya, trouble!!

We did a carnival puzzle and then played some Phase 10. The rain was coming and going so we staying inside most of the morning. But you know what?? It was so much fun.

Connie brought cake that was leftover from a funeral...hmmm, that sounds a little strange out loud. Anyway, Cody of course chowed on it.

We started loading up and headed out. We came home and the boys unpacked and cleaned up the yard. The weed eater broke 2 weeks ago, and we haven't fixed it yet. The place looks kind of dumpy so Justin was on a mission to make it look as nice as possible. Then they went and got on the four wheelers and went out back to move Justin's camera. He's got high hopes for hunting this year...as always, but this year he's getting that wall hanger...so he's checking out the pictures as several different locations.

Here's what that feeder looks like that he bought with all the Christmas money...thanks he says!

So they moved the camera and came home soaking wet. They both got in nice hot showers and we had dinner. Everybody went to bed early, it was a wonderful weekend. Can't wait to do it again!!! Love and miss you all!!

Labor Day

Ahhhh, what a nice relaxing Labor Day. As I said, we left the lake and headed to Sam's. We got Rylee a new car seat and some formula. Crazy how much cheaper it is there.

We came home and the little ones went down for a nap. Logan played a game and I unpacked a little. Justin went out scouting for deer at his favorite land. When Rylee woke up she played in the swing. This is her new trick, trying to sit up. She has pulled herself up and is sitting in the swing. A little dangerous, but I have her snugly strapped in. When Justin got back we all went outside. It was a beautiful day. We broke out Logan's washers game. And guess what? I actually got one in the main hole, never happened before, I was so excited.

Rylee hung out on her blanket in the yard. She really loves to be outside and watch all the trees blow in the wind. She also enjoyed watching Bo try to steal the boys ball.

Justin worked on his aim. I told him it looked like he got shot in the rear in this picture.

Next thing we know, two mini-vans pull up. We got company! Debbie and her crew and Aunt Connie and Uncle Mo!!! I thought this picture was hilarious...I guess Logan's sticking his tongue out is hereditary huh Aunt Connie! :-) (Must be where Bo got it too.)

We had a great visit and an even better dinner. Debbie fixed brisket, twice baked potatoes, veggies, and yum, ,yum, yum BRUSSELS SPROUTS!! My favorite, but I can never have them because my people don't like them. So yeah for me!! That brisket was maybe the best I've ever had too, it was very tender and seasoned great...gonna have to try that recipe next time! (Thanks for dinner Debbie) They stayed for awhile and then headed home. We went back outside to pick up and somehow ended up playing some more. Logan was riding his four wheeler, Justin and Cody were on the go-cart, and Rylee and I got on Justin's four wheeler. I strapped her in my carrier and drove around. She squealed and giggled...loves it already. My friend Michelle and her boy Cody came over for a little bit to give me some beef jerky the PTA is selling. She's going to be out of town for the week, going on vacation, lucky dog. Anyway, it's going to be dangerous having that around my house. I hope I don't end up owing a ton for it, you know how my people like the beef jerky!! Yikes. Anyway, it was then we realized what time it was! Late! I took Rylee in and got her ready for bed while Justin gave the boys haircuts. You know the one...the only one we know too, shaved.

So that's it for our fabulous weekend. We are supposed to be getting our camper today, so hopefully we do!!! I'll take lots of pictures because it's probably where we'll be spending our weekends for awhile! I love and miss you all! Have a great week!

Long weekend!

And I mean long weekend in a good way! What a perfect weekend we had. It started Saturday morning with Grammy coming to visit. Justin was out of town in the morning and when he got home he and Logan went hunting. That left Grammy, Cody, Rylee, and I to play at the house. And that's just what we did! Except sadly, I have no pictures to prove it...how sad!

Sunday morning we woke up and headed to the lake. I found Rylee's bathing suit and put it on her. It's a good thing too, it's a little snug. It says 12 months, but I think it's wrong. Here's our little "sumo surfer" as Justin called her. We got to the lake and Amy's dog Abby greeted Cody. And not in a good way as you can see. She pushed him over and shoved him in the ground while she was giving him all kinds of kisses. Here's the aftermath...

We went to the water and Rylee promptly fell asleep. Precious thing, that life jacket is beginning to look normal size on her finally!

It was beautiful weather this weekend. We went to our normal place for lunch but it was too crowded so we headed to another place. On the way we picked up a broke down motorist. (You know Justin's got soft place in his heart for them! :-) Anyway, turns out this dude was in no shape to be driving so it was probably a good thing he was out of gas. This guy was so far drunk he couldn't even stand straight. At one point while we were towing, he put his hand on the throttle and steering wheel and "drove." Oh my, but it got even better. He fell asleep standing up and fell down, called lots of people, sang some songs, it was good. BUT, the best part was when we got to the gas place, he leaned over to hold onto the rope...and went right on in. Plop. Right into the water. But then it got a little scary because he literally sunk. Russ threw him a life jacket and the poor idiot didn't even know what to do with it. Finally he came in our boat. Lovely. The gas people refused to sell him gas and had him call his friends. Turns out he "escaped" from them and had been at it since 9am...now that's an early start!!

After that fun, we headed to the beach. Rylee's first time on sand.

Wouldn't let Logan play in the water with his cough, so he made lots of castles and dug holes.

The little boys wanted to help really bad. So he tried to show them how to do it!

At some point Justin became the bad guy and chased all the little ones around. They loved it!

I'd like to know at what age do you start actually caring that you sit like this in public?

Again, bully Justin is splashing the little ones.

They had a little water gun fight.

And then Cody pretended he was drowning. That's a really great game...

Here she in on her way to get cleaned off. Sand was everywhere!

She LOVED the water. LOVED it!

Obviously, the answer to my question isn't 3 years old...here is Russell participating in the crack show.

All in all, a wonderful day at the lake. Actually maybe one of my favorites! The weather was perfect, the food was good and we had lots of beach to play on! (Yes of course, I had great company too!)

We came home Monday morning and went to Sam's. Got lots of fun stuff! I love that place! But Sunday is a whole other post. Talk to ya later. Love and miss you all!

I know, I know...

I know, it's been awhile. Sue me! :-) But seriously, we've been busy. I've had a lot to do for school and help Logan with work. Everything is going good. He's still loving it and loving all his friends! His cough is finally getting a little better. The doctor called and set him up on ANOTHER medicine. So hopefully that will knock it out for good. If not, I don't know what we'll end up doing! Anyway, here's a cute picture of that baby girl...who knew I would end up liking her so much! So Logan and 3 other boys are having a "war." A paper war that is. Two against two. They are drawing their armies and fortresses. Seriously, this is how he's spending his free time? Drawing armies? Oh my, we got some reading or something to do! Yes, that's 16 pages of it. Hope we don't have to do this grade again from all the distractions!

Ahhh, sometimes I just crack Rylee up. She loves me too! Who'd have thought it! :-)

Pappy came up yesterday and took Logan and Justin golfing. That left me with Cody, a very sad Cody. But fortunately, Elizabeth (who my boys have re-named "Meemaw"), sent up a fun new puzzle. And I'm saying "fun" very sarcastically. It's no fun when you have to do it over and over again with a 2 year old who can't do it by himself, but REALLY wants to! He LOVED it. You can see how proud he is too, and of course he says, "I did it by myself." Yeah, right...

Another yeah right moment was when I realized...um, seriously, it's not gonna fit back in this box. And guess what, it doesn't. Pappy even tried it and couldn't, and you know how anal he is...he tried it several times. Never worked. Gonna have to buy a tub or something. IF that is, if we ever put it up!! It's become the new floor for the living room! What fun!

So that's where we are. Justin worked late and on his way home stopped by the RV place. Looks like we found one. Hopefully we'll have it soon. Sooooooooon!!!

Ok, hope everyone has a great LONG weekend...can't promise I'll post, but I'll try. Love and miss you all!

Productivity

Another productive day. But seriously, how did this get so messy in the first place? It feels like I just did all this. Yet, I constantly am picking up and finding more and more stuff to get rid of. This minimalistic life is tiring! :-) But very nice when it comes time to dust! Rylee is getting really good head control. She still hates cereal, but loves to sit up. She will try to pull herself into a sitting position every time I put her in her car seat. She's still rolling over tummy to back, but no back to tummy yet. In due time I guess. Let's see...I think that's all the new stuff. Oh, she's become really good friends with Bo. She follows her with her eyes wherever Bo goes. She even laughs at her occasionally. The other I was doing dishes and Rylee was laying in the living room talking to her toys. Bo came in and got in trouble because she'd been digging. Dirt ALL over her face. After about 3 minutes or so I go to check on Rylee, she's fine except for one thing. There is dirt ALL over the top of her head. So obviously Bo went over there and tried to get her in trouble too by making me think it was Rylee who dug, not Bo. (kidding, she obviously just gave her a sniff and rubbed some dirt off, but Rylee apparently didn't mind it because she never made a sound! That Bo's a good dog!) Cody of course had to paint today. He's a painting fool. He ran out of finger paints so he is stuck with using this kind, but he actually doesn't mind. He's a good kid most of the time, just not when the "Justin" part of him comes out. :-)

Here's Rylee in her pajamas. Don't know why she was cracking up at me, but she was. Every time I looked at her she'd laugh. Great, she is already giving me a complex.

Speaking of complex, got another great comment from the random people at Wal-Mart. How about this one..."You know where those come from right?" Seriously...talking about kids? Seriously? AND what's even more funny is that I only had 2 with me, not all 3...he would have died about that. So, I couldn't take it any longer, I'd been nice to these random idiots, but for some reason, I snapped. I mean snapped...it's bad. Real bad...but I feel kind of better strangely. I said, "yes, yes I do. When my brother and sister in law were killed in a car wreck I was left with their children. I'm just lucky my husband and I could be there for them." And then I smiled so sweetly. Ahhhhhh, I love the smell of embarrassment in the Wal-Mart. Even got a "Sorry for your loss" out of the deal! (and no fat kid comment either I might add) :-) I told you I was bad. Lord forgive me...at least I said brother and not sister, now that would have been wrong!!

Ok, I'm off. Love and miss you all!!

A day of Rylee...

Logan headed out to school with a little less cough, but still some. The doctor called me last night to check on him. Said he sent another medicine to Wal-Mart. We'll see after that I guess.

I found this picture on my camera from Sunday. Oh my, that girl loves her some Logan! Cody had school yesterday. Drop off went pretty much the same as last week. Screaming for mom. However, this time, I heard him stop. Little booger, just wants me to feel bad. So Rylee and I headed home for some cleaning/organizing/misc stuff.

I picked Cody up and he had a great day. He played on the slide, colored me a picture and had olives...now what could be better? Logan also had a good day, he "SAYS" he didn't cough much, but really, who can believe him? ;-)

Justin got home and we had dinner. That's about it...that's our day. Rylee made a mess of her cute outfit, so I got to throw in the "Aargh, wipe me booty" pirate shirt! Love it!!

So that's all. Been a little boring. Been working on PTA stuff so nothing too exciting! Hope you guys are having a great week. Did you know OU plays on Saturday? Yeah!! Can't wait for football season, perfect weather too!

Love and miss you all!