June 7-8 2014

Woke up early Saturday to get back to work.  Logan went and got the fire going again while Justin tried to fix the riding lawn mower.  We have been having to push mow everything for awhile since it was broken...it sucks!  

 Got the fire going and then started to weed eat.  Maybe his least favorite chore.

 While we were all working the princess drove around on her 4 wheeler with her umbrella.  It would sprinkle every once and awhile and she wanted to be prepared!

 I mowed the backyard and Justin started on the front after he fixed it.  Logan and Cody tried to sharpen their spears.

 And Rylee just watched.

 Cody had saved up his money and bought 3 knives the other day.  He was so excited to have his very own!

 Logan made Rylee a holder for her baby that wouldn't fit in her pouch.  So she got to play AND carry around her two favorite babies.

 The kids did so good while we were working Justin asked where they wanted to go and Rylee begged to go to the park.  So off we went.

 Cody and Rylee liked slamming each other on the bottom of the teeter totters.

 Some swinging.

 I swear to you, Cody should be a gymnast.  He has the build for it for sure.  He's so great and those things and flipping.

 Justin's horse kept falling on it's face...I think it might have been a sign!

 Came home and played some baseball.

 The boys had a catching competition.  It started out just having to catch one at a time and ended up at 4.  Insane.

 Rylee and I sat and watched.  (Of course after she changed clothes)

 Yes, this is how she played baseball, in a bathing suit.  And yes, she has the wrong body for a bikini! :-)

 Justin decided to take a break so the boys got out the pitching machine and started practicing.

 This girl loves her "Logi."

 Sunday morning Justin got up super early and headed out of town for training.  Hopefully his last training of his new job.  It was raining all morning so Grammy and Russell decided to come early to McNeill camp!  Wooohooo!!

 Rylee and Grammy had mani/pedi's in the kitchen,

 And then we played some crazy game with singing, dancing, and hiding under things.  Quelf I think is what it was called.  Ridiculously crazy game.

 Russell wanted so bad to go to the fort but since it was still raining I wouldn't let them.  Bully!

And that is that.  First day of McNeill camp done...on to bigger and better!

June 5-6 2014

Lately Cody has been really into WWE wrestling.  It's ridiculously stupid, but he loves it and knows everything there is to know about it.  Friday Logan and Cody both came into the living room to ask me to find him a red shirt, that they could ruin, but to not ask questions.  :)  So next thing I know, we've got a pro-wrestler in our midst..."Rob Van Dam!"

 Guess this is his signature move.

 Then he decided he needed a championship belt so Logan helped him make one.

 And then Rylee couldn't stand for him to help Cody and not her so she had him "help" her make cookies.

 And then we were off to Cody's baseball game.  Pappy and MeMaw met us there to cheer him on.  His team won, it wasn't a great game, but they won.  The other team wasn't that great so there was a lot of strike outs, which makes for a slow game.

 Woke up Friday and sort of just hung out.  Found Rylee like this watching Clifford.

 She does love her babies!!

 And of course found the boys like this...wrestlemania!

 Justin got home Friday night and we went out to the pasture to start clearing and getting ready for Camp McNeill with Russell.  He always likes to go to the pond and pasture and since we haven't had cows on it for awhile it was pretty tall.  Justin brushhogged to help clear the area so they didn't have to worry about snakes so  much while the kids and I gathered up limbs and sticks and maintained a fire.  The creek was rushing with all the rain so the boys had to build a bridge so we could go across.  And the only reason we knew we needed one is because I tried to carry Rylee over it and I got stuck...not fun.

Trying it out to see if it was secure.

 It wasn't.

 They continued to work on it until they figured it out.  Finally they did.

 And found some string in the process, don't know why Logan tied him up but they seemed to enjoy it.

 A little backyard tic tac toe in the mud

Justin came and helped push the fire together a little better.  We lost a couple HUGE trees in the last storm (as you can see) they were super heavy.

 Rylee found a pile of rollie pollies under on of her logs, she loves those things.

 We started hearing coyotes howling so Cody decided he needed to make a spear out of a stick in case they got too close.  Rylee held the light for him while he whittled away.

 And then...they got too close and everyone got a little nervous so we headed home.  A very productive Friday night!  Who would have thought it!

May 22-June 1 2014

Rylee waited all morning for Logan to wake up so she could say happy birthday.  He had been sick the whole week so he was sleeping a bunch more than usual.  As soon as she heard commotion in his room she ran in with her special presents she made for his birthday.

She made him two very special pages and he had her tape them to his door.  She was in heaven, so excited he was proud of them.

 We kind of hung around all day because he didn't feel good and Cody had a game that evening.  Grammy came up to celebrate and go to the game so we had a mini party before it.

 Does Cody know his brother or what?!?  Squirty cheese and crackers with an iTunes gift card!

 Grammy got him a zombie game he's been wanting FOREVER and some cash too.

 And some candy and iTunes card (Rylee promptly asked if he was going to share)

 We loaded up and headed to the game and Pappy and MeMaw came up to watch and celebrate with Logan too!  Cody had an excellent game, wish I could say the same about the team, but I can't.  They had a rough time.  Cody however made 7 of the 9 outs.  3 pop flys and the others were plays at first.  If the 2nd baseman had been on his game they could have had a triple play instead of a double...it was cool.  Cody caught the pop fly, knew to throw it to first base, and our first base was smart enough to know to throw it to 2nd to try to get another out.  It was exciting!  Super proud of Cody he's doing so good.  Pappy and MeMaw left, but not before Logan got his birthday present!  More money!!

Wasn't sure if we were going to go to the lake or not with Logan being cruddy but we ended up going anyway, he was determined to go, even though he was coughing like crazy and lost his voice.  Turned out to be a great weekend seeing the Phillips' and our lake friends.  Good to be back!

Spent the next week just hanging as well.  Logan started Summer Pride, which is his summer workout schedule, 7am to 8:45am...a little rough for me sometimes, as well as him!!  The little ones and I take bikes and go exercise while we wait on him, that way we don't have to come all the way home and then head back.   Cody had another game and this time Papa and Nanny came and brought McKenzie and Myles!  Cody was excited!  The team had a great game and ended up winning 21-2...not pretty for the other team!  We went to McDonalds afterwards for a celebratory late dinner and ice cream.  While we were there a guy stopped us and told us that Cody was an incredible player and he was fun to watch.  :-)  That makes the 2nd time in 2 weeks someone random has stopped us and said something about his playing.  The other time he was at Taco Mayo and the lady that made the food came around the corner and asked if he played pitcher for the Thunder.  When he said yes, she told him he was great and gave him free cinnamon chips!  What!?!  He was excited, but not as excited as I was because I love those things!

Headed back to the lake on Friday and got some chores done before Justin got there.  He is loving his new job but on Fridays is in OKC so we get to the lake late.  Luckily my mom came and got the kids and I early so I could get some stuff done and the kids could play.  Logan's friend from up the road was already there so he stopped by and the boys played.  Rylee enjoyed seeing his bff from next door and spent the rest of the evening with her.  Amy and Russ got there about 8:30 or so and Russell joined in on the fun.  He ended up spending the night so everyone was happy!

Saturday we got up and waxed the boat.  Got it all cleaned up and ready to go.  Went to Amy's for pancakes and then loaded up and headed out.  Justin's new boss (both of them) have places just a couple miles from us so we took a boat ride and he introduced the kids and me to them.  After that we headed to the island...after a little kneeboarding.  They let Cody borrow their small wakeboard so we tried that too.  Logan and I aren't quite tall enough to help him get out of the water so we are going to borrow it again one weekend when maybe Russ or another lake friend can help.  He was super excited and almost got it one time.

 Spent the day at the island with friends and Justin's boss and his family.  Logan and his 2 other friends had it in their head that they wanted to Kayak from the island all the way to the marina.  They promised to follow the shoreline and keep their life jackets on and not do anything stupid.  After much debate and begging, the parents all agreed to let them try.  That however did not stop us all from worrying the whole time!!  We watched them for as long as we could and then just worried.  After an hour and 45 minutes we decided to go have ice cream and check on them.  And guess what??  They made it!  I didn't figure they would be so fast, but they were.  They had bought ice cream and were just sitting down to enjoy it when we got there.  It looked like a storm was coming so we talked them into letting us take them home.  Didn't have to persuade them too much, I think they were a little tired from the super long trip!  Anyway, we had a great time...so great, some of us were exhausted!

 Went out Sunday and it was perfect.  There was literally NO ONE out on the water.  We had the lake to ourselves.  The kids kneeboarded, wakeboarded and skiied some more and then we headed to the beach. Played around there until about 4:00 and then went home to clean up and head back.

Monday brought a pretty lazy rainy day.  The little ones and I ended up just hanging in the car for Logan's workout, watched a movie and read books...kind of nice.  Came home and Logan mowed while I did laundry and Cody and Rylee played.

 Rylee has become obsessed again with this headband, I think someone gave it to her when she was little and she refused to wear it, however now...won't take it off!  If you see anymore like this get her some!  It's super soft around the head and bigger.  Anyway...

 She came out of her room and into my room yesterday and I heard her say to herself, "Oh my gosh, I am adorable."  :-)  Which of course she is but it was funny to hear her compliment herself.  I think she got it from her Aunt Amy, she's always telling Rylee how adorable she is.  And since Rylee adores Amy...it just makes sense!

Anyway...ready for the weekend! :-)