Saturday, May 30, 2009

I Hate Pollen!

I sat out on my front porch last night enjoying the furniture my family got me for Mother's Day. I hadn't had much of a chance to do that yet between the weather and our schedule. It was very nice! I really appreciate James and the kids doing that for me.

Then I was snapped back to reality by the whole pollen thing. My right eye is puffy, red, and itchy. Just in time for my husband's class reunion. It's crazy that you look forward to something and plan and then one little thing can make it not so great for you. Seems to be the story of my life.

The kids are stuffed up and feel kinda yucky, too. We have got to get this under control before our trip to the lake next week. We are really looking forward to chillin' by the pool, paddle boating, and just hanging out!

Thursday, May 28, 2009

Hailey's New Toy

Hailey has finally been allowed to have a cell phone after two long years of begging and pleading! I finally saw the need, which is purely selfish on my part. I want to be able to reach her anywhere, anytime. The fact that she is totally thrilled is a great bonus. Now we will see if she can keep up her end of the bargain by doing her chores.



This is a view I'm sure I'll see a lot now!



Sunday, May 24, 2009

Memories Recovered





Thanks to a program I found online I got my pictures back, so I thought I'd post a few for practice.

The race is on!


The kids all promised not to shoot each other.
That lasted about 5 seconds and someone they didn't
know shot them. From then on it was a free for all!




Waiting for Aunt Julie at Silver Dollar City.
















Ten Things I Love

My friend Leslie challenged us to list 10 things we love beginning with the first letter of our last name. So here are mine.

1. Jesus
2. James
3. Janie (my mom)
4. Junk food
5. June vacations
6. June 22 (my wedding anniversary)
7. Jack Daniels chicken at TGIF
8. Jammin' to my tunes
9. Jewelry
10. Just hangin' out

No surprises here for those who know me!

Mini Vacation

We officially kicked off summer with a trip to Branson with my sister-in-law Julie and her kids Chase and Rachel. Sadly, our pictures were accidentally deleted, but I'll give you the run down anyway.

We left from our friends the Sallees bright and early Friday morning and headed to Silver Dollar City. What a great day! The weather was perfect, and we all got to do the things we wanted to do. The kids spread their wings a little running around with Chase and his friends without me. A little scary for this mom! Hailey will be getting a phone this week thanks to that experience. They had a lot of fun, and I got to wander around and enjoy the shops and yes....bluegrass and barbeque.

That evening we went to The Landing for a little shopping and a fun dinner at Garfield's. The Cardinal's game was on, so we asked for a booth where we could see. We are all big fans. Chase doesn't like to miss a game, so it was perfect and all the food was delicious. We went back to the hotel and let the kids swim.

Saturday we were off to Tanger first thing. Who knew $1 flip flops could cause such a scene! The best part of the day was our stop at The Track for a little racing action. Not that we are competitive at all. We all had such a good time. Summer has officially started!

Thursday, May 21, 2009

T-ball With Carson

Carson was excited about his after the game snack.

Here we are enjoying the game.

Leslie made me do this!

Leslie's making me do this right now, and I really have nothing to say.  

We came up to watch Carson play t-ball tonight.  It was very entertaining.  Carson was very interested in playing in the dirt.  After Leslie told him to stop playing in the dirt he laid down and made a dirt angel.  Very cute!

After the game we all rewarded ourselves with frozen custard.  Oh, the guilt.  When I get done with this I have to go walk around the block a few hundred times.