Why I want another one....

Is this not the most precious picture ever? .... This is Kaylee's very favorite baby girl Abby.

I love the sweet smiles.....it makes me want another one.


I love the rosy cheeks and the sweet smiles..mmmmm! it makes me want another one.


I love the details of the little fingers...it makes me want another one.


I love everything about this picture...IT REALLY makes me want another one...




A New Camera...A digital SLR camera. That's what I want.

Wait what were you thinking? Yea I know what you were thinking.


See, I took this picture with Abby's mom's Nikon D80 digital SLR, What a great photo, and all I did was point and shoot. Maybe one day I'll get one. ...another one.

A real southern boy...

Ty said a new word today. One I don't think I've heard before. It certainly made me stop and laugh.
Mia, Ty and I were walking up to the front doors of the church. It was a little walk from the parking lot to the front doors. Ty ran ahead of Mia and I. When we caught up to him
He said..."Ha! I beat YA'LL"

YA'LL....He said "Ya'll"

I wonder if his speech teacher would be happy with this?

Swimming with Ducks

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Multi-tasking Mishaps

There are times when one really should just focus on the task at hand......Or the task at hand becomes cleaning up a gigantic mess

Happy Easter

Cheese and Quackers

I had just told the kids that Nana and Paw Paw were bringing a surprise with them, when they drove up into the driveway. So the kids quickly jumped in the back to see if they could spy the surprise.

Can you guess what it is?

Baby ducklings....Five of them. Did you expect any less?

3 of them are Blue Swedish and 2 are Khaki Campbell.

In this photo it seems that Zane and Nana are practicing their duck imitations.....

The gig is up....

I've always prided myself in the fact that I can usually turn a chore into some type of game. Thus making the work seem fun or like a competition....
However last week I needed the laundry sorted between the boys and the girls baskets.

So I said, "Mia come here and let's play a game with the laundry"

She cocked her head back and said, "Come on Ty, This is gonna be lame"

Joleana

I would like to introduce you to the newest member of our family......Joleana

The girls have been talking a lot about wanting another sister. Mainly so that we can be "even" 3 boys and 3 girls. The girls don't like the fact that the women are out-numbered in this family. Add this to the fact that our dining table seats 8 and there is an empty chair at dinner.

So the girls decided to go ahead and make Joleana for us, complete with food and utensils. You may wonder where the name Joleana comes from....Before Ty came home we realized that we have children with a 3,4,5,6 letter names...Which lead us to Ty, because it is a 2 letter name.

So we've said that if we ever had another child he/she would have to have a 7 letter name. David jokingly came up with Joleana...which by the way would NEVER happen if I have anything to say about it at all.

On the other hand, as my friend Gayla pointed out, we could give him/ her a one letter name.... I said how? She said "just name it U"

When being helpful isn't self-serving

80% of the time I can understand what Ty is telling me. But there are times when I try my hardest and really can't understand him. So, I'll ask Mia, "What did he say?" and usually she's right.

For example....David took just Ty to Burger King. The order was taking a little while to process so they asked him to pull around and wait. While they were waiting Ty kept asking David something. David tried really hard to figure it out. Thankfully, Ty doesn't get upset and will usually repeat it as many times as you need it... Still he couldn't understand.
So as soon as he walked in the door he said, "Mia come here...Ty tell her what you were saying..Ty said it and Mia says,
"HE's saying What's taking so long?" Yes that was in fact what he was saying....

Well the other day Mia and Ty were playing by the backdoor. They were pretending to lock each other out of the house. Holding the door closed so the other one couldn't get in.(That same game got me a spanking in Elementary school, but that story's for another time) Anyway, The game got a little rough and Ty came in to me and said, "Mia is ........." I couldn't figure it out.

I said Mia what is he saying...She looked at me...Almost told me and then realized what she was doing to herself...She said, "I don't know"

Ahhh... I knew my girl was smart...

Park Day

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12 years ago today...

It's hard to believe that it was 12 years ago today that we became parents for the first time. I remember the day before delivery I weed- eated the front yard and David did the mowing. Little did I know that 3 days later I would have a new son AND break out in poision ivy. Our "little" bundle of Joy weighed a hefty 10lbs 4 oz. and was two weeks late. Come to think of it, to this day nothing makes Zane get in a real big hurry.........unless he hears the ice cream truck.

Zane was excited about going to school today on his birthday. For two main reasons...His math teacher doesn't make them do their practice exercises on their birthday....The second reason is that his group of friends sing very loudly in the cafeteria to embarass the heck out of each other....

but alas he did not go to school today. He woke up with "The Pink Eye" as Trent says. This is his 4th round of pink eye in the last few months. So his birthday included a trip to the doctor and a trip to the Sporting good store. Where he chose this new air soft gun. He and David did a little target shooting. We will celebrate his birthday with a few of his friends later in the week.

Up, Up and Away

Whew! It's been a busy weekend.
Among the things we've done this weekend are;
Mia's Dance Pictures
Kaylee and I saw a theater production of Sleeping beauty,
Trent raced his Pinewood Derby car, Not once but TWICE for Awana and then again on Sunday for Cub Scouts
A Sleepover for two friends
Church
A crawfish boil

AND.......

Zane got to go flying with his Boy Scout Troop. (Does riding next to the pilot count as flying?)
I think so. One of his leaders is a pilot for Continental and he graciously offered for the boys to come out to the airstrip and he took them all for a ride in his private plane. They all had a great time. The first thing I wanted to know was if they got to wear the headphones with the microphone attached. And the answer was Yes, They did. He thought it was as cool as I did.