Pools and Lakes

We spent time at the lake and the pool.  But not near enough- it was just so stinking hot!!

Here are a few snapshots of the fun we did have over the summer!

August..... where to begin?.....

so we all know that i have crafting lately.  well, here is something that i have been making TONS of!  they are so fast and easy, i love it.  so does jellybean.  we are wearing these nearly everyday!  if you want any let me know- i just need color preferences!

and then it became peach season here in east texas.  my FAVORITE fruit ever i think.  the smell is so intoxicating, and the flavor it heavenly!!  now i just need the guts to start canning.  hopefully next year my life will make more sense, and i will be able to get the guts and time to make jam and can some of these golden bits of heaven!

and here is my darling daughters room.  yes she loves pink.  so this room is perfect for her.  well, we decided to move kids around, and that included monkey and jellybean switching rooms.

there is NO WAY ever i would put my boy in this room.

so i primed.

                                                                   
                                                                          taped........

and painted white.... taped again......

painted GREEN, taped again.....

and then painted NAVY BLUE!!!!!  and i LOVE this room!  it looks AWESOME!!!! 

                                                 and here is my tower of tape..... it was GINORMOUS!!!!!

and here are my babies.  my two big kids on their first day of school.  they were so excited for this day to finally come.  they had been begging to go!  i had been dreading this day.  how did they get so big so fast?  were they nervous?  would they like it?  would they do well?  jellybean had implied that she was kinda nervous and chunk suddenly had a tummy ache, but then their marvelous father gave them a special priesthood blessing.  a fathers blessing.  sometimes i think its more for the mom then the kids.  but afterwards, jellybean was not apprehensive and chunk was feeling much better!  it was awesome.  they have does awesomely. 

*DISCLAIMER*  in my folders on my comp the pictures are rotated correctly, load them here, and they switch back.  no clue why!  and i have even tried to load it a separate time!  so from here on out, the portrait style ones are kinda funky.  i will have to see if i can fix it later- or if anyone has any clue of what to do let me know!  SORRY!

he is so sweet, nearly every morning he says he doesnt want to go, he drags his feet and eats slowly.  but, he is the first one dressed, first one with his shoes on, and gushing when i pick him up at the end of the day.  lol  Jan McCoy is his teacher, and she is the greatest ever.

jellybean here LOVES her kindergarten class.  Nesha Cox is her teacher, and they get along great.  at one point she sent a note home saying that jellybean is such a great example, and thanks for that!  it was really sweet.  she is getting along well in her class and thriving.

one day i was putting my groceries away, and i was about to put stuff in my pantry, and there was a snake!!!!  it was tiny.  shorter then a pencil.  pathetic yes.  so it sat there, like that till laura actually came and got it outside.  joe came and released it into the great wild wild wilderness when he got home from work.

see how small?  yes- i am a nerd that it freaked me out so much.  oh well.

she is such a good big sister.  she is so good about playing with her brothers!  and they love her for it!  its so cute- when i have to wake monkey up to get her, he is really upset.  then i ask if he wants to go get sister, and he cant get his shoes on fast enough!  lol  i like that they love each other!

so remember the rained out water park trip?  well- they finally go to go!!!  they LOVED it and talked about it for like 2 weeks!  it was so cute!!  here is the happy bunch....

drink break.....

 so the next day- despite all the liquid they did drink, and sun block they applied and re-applied. they they did ger a bit burned. they were sun sick the next day.  i felt really bad for poor chunk.  he still loved it but kinda miserable.  jellybean was fine though- i guess it was the hair?

then joey and i decided that we needed a little "stay-cation".  we had some friends from austin that we were meeting in dallas, and ghent and ash were meeting in dallas too (this was before they left).  anyway- we were all going to meet on saturday.  so we decided to get a hotel in downtown dallas and have fun with the kids friday night.  cuz hotel are the 'greatest place ever mom and dad!'  here is a picture of sweet jellybean on the way to dallas- the others were sleeping...and i have to say, this is one of her best picture.  she isnt squinting in anticipation of the flash!  i LOVE her!

then, when at a hotel one MUST swim in the pool.  we were at the Sheraton, and this pool was on the 4th floor.  that was cool. here they are!

if you count 9 windows up.... that is our room there on the corner.  it was really nice and awesome.  this was z's view.  he chilled on the cabana bed....

see......

i love that i caught this mid throw!  she thought it was the coolest thing ever to be tossed like this.  chunk.... not so much....

i did get in for a bit...... but monkey likes his dad more right now.  i put him in time-out more..... his dad works and therefore timeouts are done more by me...

that night we went to Mid-Evil Times.  and they LOVED it!!!!  it was sooooooo awesome and fun!  but i totally forgot to take the camera in- so all the pictures are on the phone.  and i am waiting for the phones owner *cough-joe-cough* to send them to me like he said........  but lets just say, monkey enjoyed it the most out of everyone.  it was adorable!

anyway- so saturday we met Brent and Virgina and their little girl Kaylee, and Ghent and Ashely at the Dallas Aquarium.  it was awesome.  (i was going to put their pictures all up and stuff, but i forgot to ask.... so we will add if allowed later).  anyway- here is chunk and jellybean.  they couldnt look at everything fast enough!  we are going to go again next year z will appreciate it then too, monkey even more, and jellybean and chunk can maybe slow down a bit.

the best daddy in the whole world explaining.....

monkeys attempt at a fishie face!  how cute is that?!!?

me....

it was so fun to be able to spend the day with friends!  they kids loved it and the grown-ups loved it too!  i think a repeat is in the works!

now that its september and school has started- its football season.  and in our house- that means more then just college of nfl...... that mean TIGER  football games!!!!!  we are huge fans and are at nearly every game.  here joe decided that we should go out to eat for lunch.  so the 4 of us were eating and i decided to take a picture.... i absolutely love the look of adoration on monkey as he looks at his dad....

how sweet is that?!?!

anyway that night was the first game of the season!

they asked soooooo many question.  it was like they totally forgot everything they ever knew about football!  thats ok.

i think this is a good picture of the 4 of us....

but the weather was PERFECT  for it!  i loved it!  too bad it didnt last!

but i am happy to report that the tigers won that game and has won all games since!  there is a reason we've won state the past 2 years!  =D

well there you go!  the highlights of august!  i will be getting to september soon!

hope you enjoy the novel!   lol

*xoxo*

me

july- part 2

so....  after we learned my foot was ok- we decided that we would surprise chirsy-poo and get to ut to his farewell.  so the 2 little babies and i flew to ut.  the flight although i was terrified to fly with monkey and z, mostly monkey cuz he is so busy.  but both boys were so so awesome!  it was a really good flight.  although on the flight- we caught laryngitis.  it really was sad.  but i had no idea that is what i had, i thought it was just a really bad cold, and then poor monkey got it.  so i could do NOTHING.  the only thing i could do was take care of him and hold him.  the whole time.  so it was everyone else was taking care of z.  which i think they were ok with- but it was hard.  but we got through it ok.  =)  i do have an awesome family!

while there- we celebrated my dear brother dal-pals birthday.  here he is with beautiful momma! 
(collective AWE with cuteness!!)

here is my awesome madre and my great, wonderful, awesome, near perfect in every way sister holding the ever cute baby z.  i love this picture.  =)

this adorableness happened before the sickness really hit.  he decided Tasha was his best friend and even picked her over me a few times.  thats ok.  i love tasha too.

see isnt she fan-tab-u-lous?  we all sure think so.  she and i we marshmallow toasting buddies.  lol she was such a great help with my sickie little boy and my happy baby.  all i can say is tasha is great.

and here is a picture of 2 of the greatest men i know.  'nuf said.

how great is this picture?  i wonder what it could look like edited (hint hint dia) i DESPERATELY LOVE this kid.  he is crazy determined, and so stubborn, and he will snuggle with you and drive you absolutely bonkers all at the same time.  i love him.

here is another  picture of dallin- he is probably one of the most honestly, smartest, cutest guys that i have ever known.  i love this guy.

and here is the inspiration behind so many things in my life.  growing up- i remember thinking that my dad was so weird to stand outside for an hour and water the grass.  by hand.  (sorry dad, but i did).  and now, at night- you know what i am doing?  after the kids go to bed, i go outside and water my grass.  by hand.  HAHA  i got that from you poppy!  and i dont mind that.  i love this man so much.  he teaches me something every day.  and i love it.

oh- i made dallins birthday cake.  doesnt it look AWESOME!!!  go here to get details of it.  but seriously- how cool is that?  AND it was tasty!  =)

sweet z snuggling with dia i believe.  isnt he just precious?  he was worth the bed rest for sure.

can you see his sick little eyes?  isnt he still so cute?  i did love all the snuggling i got to do.

while i was gone- joe was home with the big babies.  they tried to go to a water park.  look at her posing there.  how funny is she?  and you can see how he feels about taking the picture.  heehee arent they so cute?

(oh sorry this is out of order)  here is jellybean taking her own picture.  she cracks me up, i love her.  she is such a girly girl.  i love her.

if you turn your head to your left- you will see how long their water park trip lasted.  they got rain checks.  they thought that the fact that it rained so they got rain checks was so hilarious.  haha  silly kiddos. 

while they we waiting to see if it would blow over- they bought a drink.  they thought that was pretty awesome in-enough-of-itself.  it was awesome how excited they got just drinking at the rained out water park!  haha- i love it.

and well- that wraps up july.  chris left- and yes- i flew there to see him, and i didnt even get a picture of me with him.  i need to get tasha to send me the picture from chris' camera.

* and on a sad note- on the way to the farewell party, one of my daddys sisters- Tina, and her family were in an awful car accident.  she broke her neck, the rest of the family is ok, but she was really struggling there for awhile.  now a month later- she is writing and smiling and in rather good spirits from what i am told.  but she will need our prayers for a long time.  she is so wonderful- take the nicest person you know, and multiply that by 10- and that is how nice aunt tina is.  i love her.  please pray.

there ya go.  july is caught up.  coming up is back to school- and our 'before school starts last weekend fling'.  it was AWESOME!!!!  anyway.

loves!

(heehee- dont you love all the labels there?  i just didt know how to classify it!  haha)