Summer's Here

Summer is here and for us that means lots of sun and WATER!! My kids love water - and with water, in our backyard, comes mud. Now Blake, cannot stand mud. Meredith however, is a different story. I'll let the picture speak for itself. She and her cousin, Jaycee, had a fine time. Don't those Hollywood types pay big bucks for mud facials. Oh, I guess they don't mean this type of mud.

Meredith at the top of the world - also known as the waterslide.

Blake has found his favorite seat of the season - underneath the Wiggly Water Sprinkler, guaranteed to keep you cool.

I've Been Tagged

Well, this is a first. I'll have to think hard on this one. I've been tagged by Kelly and now I have to come up with 8 things about myself; some random facts and/or habits. Do I really want to tell all those secrets? Okay, here goes......

1. I LOVE the color PURPLE. I love it so much that two rooms in my house are purple, my bathroom and my daughter's room. My mother had pink wallpaper in my room as a child, so I was determined to paint my daughter's purple (she wants pink!)

2. I am a procrastinator. I always get things done, but usually at the last minute. I work best under pressure. It drives my husband crazy.

3. I color in lines. It makes pictures look NEAT and orderly. Okay, maybe I'm weird here - but if I'm spending time making something to hang in the classroom, I want it to look good. (Footnote: Remember, I teach school - so I am not just sitting around coloring all day!)

4. I can't throw away anything that my children have made. I have boxes of school work. They made it with their precious hands. If anything gets tossed, my husband usually does it. I might have tossed a few duplicates, but not many.

5. I like to put things together - BIG things .... like toys, shelves, cabinets, anything with a lot of parts. Sometimes I like to try and put things together without the directions - just to see if I can. I'm just that stubborn. I think I get that from my Daddy. Oh, and I like to use the power tools too. I think these two go together. They seem to anyway.

6. My best friend has been the same since the second grade. Her mother was my second grade teacher and her father was my childhood pastor. She is the closest thing I have ever had to a real sister. Lee Ann was also my maid of honor in my wedding. Her father was one of the two ministers in my wedding ceremony. My children call her, "Aunt Lee Lee". True friends never go away.

7. I knew in the third grade that I wanted to teach special needs children. My desire for that never changed. I just didn't realize that part of the reason I was given that desire by God was because He had a plan to give me my own special child.

8. I'm trying to think of an unknown fact. I talk a lot, but most people know that already. I'm also short, but that is a given too. .......................Still thinking....................I still get my right and left hands confused. Dumb HUH?!? I know - it's crazy!!! I can give directions and tell someone the wrong way every time. I did it just today. It makes me so mad at myself. I mean, I'm a grown woman for goodness sakes, who can graduate from college and work through mounds and mounds of paperwork and still mix up her own right/left. Talk about embarrassing. Well, now you know.

Okay, that's the most thinking I have done today.
The only person I know with a Blog is the one who tagged me. If you happen upon this one by chance, consider yourself tagged.

I'm Back!!!

It's been a loooong time since I last visited my blog. I thought I would send a few long lost photos of the kiddos. They are growing waaay toooo fast. Meredith just graduated from kindergarten and Blake is finishing fourth grade. Anyway.... On to the pics....

Blake and Meredith

with Uncle Mike and Uncle Todd

(yes, the date is December!!)

Christmas Card Photo 2006

Blake and a friend on the 100th day of School

Meredith is a cute horse at kindergarten graduation.

A little out of order, but

Blake and Meredith

Easter 2007

Hope you enjoyed the update.