Stopping through.....

My mom, aka GG, is on the move again. She is heading to Utah-there by now:)- so on her way out of Florida she stopped in for a few days. She made Sadie's hair all nice and pretty and it lasted all of about 5 minutes:)lol



It was cute while it lasted!

Our Garden:)

We planted, from seed, cucumbers, lettuce, carrots, broccoli, bell peppers, cilantro, basil, cantelope, (im sure there were a few more:)) and thanks to Justin and miracle grow, the only thing that survived was the basil(since it was on the porch) and the cucumbers. And we have a whole LOT of them!

Fourth of July 2011

Whenever I think of the fourth of July, I think about friends, family, & BBQ....and fireworks of course! This fourth, unfortunately, didn't have all of the above. We started the day with Peachtree City's annual parade. We were hoping to see some friends there but it ended up just being our little family.

Its always a lot of fun, unfortunately we were next to some older kids who kept snatching Sadie's candy before she could get it!

(Rude kid to the left- nice lady to the right catching anything she could and putting it in my kids bags;)


Gage was pretty funny- he grabs all the flyers in hopes of getting the good coupons! He waves at everyone and high fives too:) Ethan was pretty distraught at the beginning of the parade because he couldn't get anything-hence the rude boy-but he figured it out and started to get a bit more aggressive!



After the parade we went to a local activity for some festive hair...


Sand Art...


And moon bouncing:)
Next was off to the lake for some swimming....


A couple of local churches got together and served free BBQ so we did that for dinner:) Yum-mo!
Then we set up at the childrens playground and waited for dark to watch the fireworks!


It was a full and long day and it was fun but it's always a bummer not to have any family here around the holidays:( And no friends too was no fun! I feel so bad for my kids that I can't seem to help them find friends that they can play with......This summer has been tougher than previous summers. They are cooped up with each other 24/7 and it seems like they are constantly bugging each other( and me!). 5 weeks left until school starts and I can't wait, and part of me thinks that they are excited for it too! Then they will be able make new friends and see them 5 days a week!

Sweet Sadie~just because:)

It is no secret that Sadie is a handful! Luckily she has this face on her side:)





Yes she is a handful, Yes she is crazy, Yes she is the energizer bunny, and Yes she is oh so tiring, She is truly one in a gazillion! And she's all mine....Jealous?! lol

Memorial Day Weekend

We didn't do anything to crazy exciting for memorial day. Just hung out in the PTC and did stuff as a family! We went to the Pond and had a family picnic.....

We got the spa summer ready!

And Justin took the boys fishing and has yet to catch anything! Poor boys are so frustrated!

Its the end of another school year!

Gage had field day on Tuesday, which is always an adventure when Sadie is there:)Here is Gages teacher, Mrs. Long taking her to get wet:)


And here she is showing Gage his wet sister! ( I love this smile on him, so genuine!)

And here she is begging for more!


Heres Gage and his class singing a class song that they had prepared call Mrs. Longs Locomotives!


And again- love this smile!

Thursday was the end of the year parties-which I found strange.... since when are the end of the year parties thrown on the second to last day?? Any-who, Gages class had a pizza and ice cream sundae party. Here he is doing quite well hula hooping:)


Here's Sadie playing dodgeball with Gages class, they probably let her play because she looks so sweet and innocent.....(shes the one holding the ball)


Yup, here she is chasing the kids with the ball! (You're suppose to stay in circle formation and dodge them that way:)

We checked out Gage and golf carted on over to Ethans school for a Luau!

Ethan decided to get in on some limbo action:)

hahaha love this face:)

His class even did a hula dance which was so cute! Sadie joined in too:)



We made these cute little flower pots for the kids end of the year presents for their teachers:) I even had the boys give me 5 reasons why they thought their teacher was the best and wrote it on apple notepad paper......


It was a really great year! Gage is continuing to do better so we are hoping for even better work in 3rd grade! Ethan not only reminds me of spongebob with his big blue eyes and long lashes but he has proven to be an actual sponge at school. This boy remembers everything he is taught at school. He said one day, " You know mommy, you need a passport to go to London." It was so funny! He is so smart and LOVES school and homework! Complete opposite of Gage. So I'm hoping school will be easier for him than it has been for Gage. He is so excited to ride the bus with Gage in August:) And we are all excited for Sadie to start pre-k! She will have the same teacher Ethan did and will even have her buddy Luke Gardner in her class( yet to be determined a good or bad thing!) lol Cheers to another school year down, now bring on the summer time fun!!!

Good-bye Facebook!

So instead of facebook I am going to try to just blog more. For those of you that care about my family and what we are up to, you can read all about it here. Facebook was getting to the point where I would see what everyone else was doing, and it sounded great and all, but it seemed like it never included me! (if that makes any sense) I'm starting to wonder what is so wrong with me that I can't have what other people do or can't be included in the fun that other people are having. (again, not sure if that makes sense!) I feel like I have kids that other kids like to play with,which is great and all, but what about me?! Is this a normal phase that moms go through?? I certainly hope so! Any-who, this way I am more focused on my own world and can focus on my own family and life and yet still share it with the few of you who truly do care!~ And I love anyone who truly does:) Now on with the postings! :))