Summer has begun

swimsuits........$15.00


sprinkler...........$2.00

listening to your children sqeal when cold water hits them...........priceless

No Ticks On Me, Please!

Me: Madelyn we need to put insect repellent on you before you go to school (they are going to Siloam Springs today for their field trip)

Madelyn: Why?

Me: Because I really don't feel like picking ticks out of your hair and off your body today when you get home from school.

Madelyn: What happens if they get in my hair? Do you have to get tweezers and put them off?

Me: Well, I might have to burn them first and then pull them with the tweezers.

Madelyn ( with HUGE eyes): You can't do that, you will burn all my hair off.

Me (trying not to laugh): No Madelyn, it will be okay trust me. Just keep your hat on and you will be fine.

Madelyn: Oh thank goodness....I didn't want to loose my hair.

Monkey See, Monkey Do

AJ loves his sister! He follows her wherever she goes. If she eats a banana, he wants one too. If she brushes her teeth, he has to have his toothbrush too. If she looks out the window at the kids riding their bikes, he has to too. I hope that this continues all throughout their life. I hope that they know that they can always count on each other whatever life throws their way. Yes, he may annoy her now......but I can't wait until they are older.........

Mom and I at Lake Tahoe...................

I'm Back!

I have made it back from the wonderful state of Nevada. I had a wonderful time. It was rough being away from the kiddos. But I made it through. Thank goodness for camera phones! I didn't bowl so well but hey, good experience! I didn't win any money. I don't know how you can when all you play is penny slots. I have always made fun of the older people on the tour buses with their cameras hanging out of the windows taking pictures of EVERYTHING that moves. Well folks I have now become one of those "old people". We went to Lake Tahoe for a day.....It was so pretty! I don't think that is it somewhere I would visit again. But to say that I have been there is enough for me.