Oops, a Little Late!

I thought I had just posted a new blog just a couple days ago! Almost a week has gone by! Geez!

Well, let's see. Monday we went swimming at the Y and I had singing that night. I can't remember what else we did.

Tuesday we went to the Y and then went to get Sam's shot. That night I had my last PTO meeting of this school year.

Wednesday we went to Wave Country. It was so much fun. The kids LOVED it! I accidentally left my camera in the car. Oh well. Sam loved the waves and the slides. Avery LOVED the slide he could go on. At first, I had to sit with him on my lap, but after a few times he did it by himself, and I just caught him at the end (he couldn't reach). It was a pretty fast slide with 3 curves in it, so he did really well. We did that over and over and over.We stayed all day and Avery still didn't want to leave when it was time for dinner! We will be going back several times, I am sure.

Our backyard is now being prepared for the pool. Here is what it looks like at the moment.


Tomorrow 4 tons of sand will be delivered!

Now, on to my Lowe's story.
Over 2 months ago we ordered a light fixture from Lowe's for our kitchen. (Hmmm, I wonder if I have already blogged about this. Well, if I have, I guess you are reading it again. :))The fixture we had made the kitchen very dark and it had started flickering. We changed the bulbs and it wasn't that, I forget what AJ said it was, but we had to replace the whole thing. Anyway, we found one we liked at Lowe's but we had to special order it and it would take 2 weeks to get here. So we decided to shop around at other Lowe's to see if they had it in stock. AJ went to a Lowe's by his work and found it there for much cheaper, and although we still had to special order it, we decided to go ahead and get it from there. After about a week and a half, AJ just called to check and see if it might be in yet. Well, they couldn't even find that we had placed the order or anything. The manager called back later and said that he had ordered it and put a rush on it so it would be in in 2 days, and that he would call when it came in. A call never came. We waited another week and then AJ went in to see what was going on. Once again they could not find the order. It took several minutes, and several different people trying, but they finally found the order, but it hadn't even shipped yet. AJ just got a refund since it was such a hassle and decided to order it from our Lowe's here in Smyrna, where we have never had any trouble. We placed the order, they price matched it to the other Lowe's, and they were also going to have it shipped for free directly to our house.

Two weeks came and went. No light. We called the store. They said it was a manufacturer problem and they would look into it and call us back. Another week, no call. We called back again, they weren't sure what was going on they would call us back. Another week, no call. Then we went on vacation, etc. Come back call again, they said the order had been canceled and a refund issued. Um, no, we never got a refund. They would look into it and call us back. Another week goes by. Now 9 weeks after we originally placed the order, they finally called and said they didn't know what happened, but the light was at the store ready for us to pick up. Ummm, hello, it was supposed to be delivered. Whatever, today I went and picked it up. I went to the lighting department, told them I needed to speak to the guy who had called. There's no one here by that name. For real!? I explained, AGAIN, what had happened and that this guy had called to say it was in. The guy looked it up in the computer and once again told us it had been canceled and a refund issued. ARGH! Finally, he decided to go back and look for it. 10 minutes later he comes back and has this beat up box with him. I made him open it right there to make sure everything was ok with the fixture. Thank goodness it was. At that point, the store manager comes over and says, "I'm sorry it was such a problem, we don't know what happened. After reading all that happened (I had finally complained with corporate 3 times so we could get something taken care of), all I can say is when Lowe's messes up, they mess up big!" Ummm, yeah, you think?! ARGH! Then he says they would give us a $25 gift card for all the trouble. A $25 gift card???!!! 9 weeks later, several phone calls later, 3 complaints to corporate, and we get a $25 gift card?! I guess I shouldn't complain about getting something free, but hello! A refund for the stupid light would be nice AND a $25 gift card! Anyway, at least we FINALLY have the light so our kitchen won't look ghetto anymore.

After that fiasco, we went to Snappy Tomato, which is a local pizza buffet. We love it there. It is priced fairly well, Avery gets to eat for free, and everyone gets yummy food. They also have the yummiest cherry dessert pizza! YUM! It's the kids favorite place to eat.

We have spent the rest of the day playing video games and doing AJ"s Father's Day stuff. I can't wait to give it to him. The stuff we did today is sooooo darn cute! I want one for my self. Tomorrow we will finish the rest of it, and then I will post pictures when it is all done. Cute, cute. The boys did a great job and are very proud.

This weekend will be busy. Tomorrow we will finish doing Father's Day stuff, AJ is taking the kids to a movie, and I am taking some more pictures. Then the pool will be worked on, Father's Day, etc.

Happy Father's Day, Everyone!

Happy Birthday AND Happy Father's Day to my Dad on Sunday! Have a great day, Dad! :)

Fountain Fun

Yesterday we went to play in this....


but the little kids had more fun doing this...


Hmmm, might as well have just done that at home. :)

Sam loved the fountains though.


Avery and Kinley would not go in the water at all until they found the sprinkler. Taylor and Sam played in the fountains for a long time, and then Taylor found the sprinkler.


Since Sam ended up all alone, he went exploring. Here is what he found.


After playing in the sprinkler for a long time, they all decided going in the fountains was a good idea, and of course Avery loved it.




He wasted all that time at the beginning, like an hour, not playing in the fountains. Then when he finally decided he loved the fountains it was time to go. He was very upset about having to leave. Silly kid!

Here are some pics after all the fun.




Kinley wanted me to take a pic of her and her mommy.


Today we went to Barnes and Noble and got Sam his free book for participating in a Reading Program at school. Of course we walked out of there with 4 books, but I am so glad they love to read.

Tonight we went to the place that is going to set up our pool. We will have a pool next Saturday! Woohoo! We can't wait. It's been 90+ degrees this week, so water is a must around here! After that we went to Sonic for some tasty treats. Now the kids are about to go to bed and I will be busy working on a photo session I took yesterday. My busy season is usually Christmas and the spring, but for some reason this year summer is the busy photo time. Anyway, I should get to work. Have a good night!

No Surgery

So, Sam's Doctor called this morning and he has had an emergency and will not be able to do Sam's surgery tomorrow. The next available date was July 14th. That actually works out better for us I think. Before he was going to miss pretty much all of June, which means all of our normal summer fun. Now his surgery isn't until the middle of July, so he will have most of the summer to do everything, have his surgery, and then be in recovery until school starts. The timing is much better. He will now get to have his fun birthday party on July 12th and then surgery. That means he will get to do all of the swimming he wants until then. yea! :) He was a little bit sad because he is ready to feel better, but when I told him he wasn't going to be missing a lot of fun stuff anymore, he was fine with it.

The kids are both better now, no more fevers. My eye is looking MUCH better today, thank goodness! So the first part of the week, terrible, the second part, much better! Whew!

Can We Have a Worse Week?!

Sighhhhhhhhh...... This week has not started off well at all!

Both kids have been sick with high fevers since Sunday. Yesterday I had to call Sam's Doctor to see if they still wanted to go ahead with his surgery. They did. They put him on antibiotics and another medicine. He had to go yesterday for a pre-op appointment (in the middle of him being sick). He got blood drawn, etc. He did really well. He is actually excited for his surgery because it will make him better. We really hope it works this time!

I do have an infection in my eye and am now on an antibiotics and an antibiotic eye drop. I also have to spend several times a day doing hot compresses and massages, etc. Geez! Stupid, stupid allergies!

This morning I get up, start some laundry, do all my eye stuff, and throw up!!! None of the kids have had throwing up issues, so I don't think I have what they have. It is probably caused by my medicine. Argh! Just what I need. Two sick kids, a throwing up, eye infected mommy, and a kid having surgery in 3 days. I also have two people wanting pictures taken this week, which is probably not going to happen, so I feel bad. Sighhhhhh......

Anyway, the week is starting out terrible, but hopefully things will even out soon!

Anniversary Trip

Like I said in the last post, this week was our 10 year anniversary! Man, we are getting old! AJ planned a trip to Gatlinburg this week for just the two of us.

Wednesday was the day we were leaving. First we had to go to Sam's school to say goodbye to his teacher and to pick up his report card. He did great this year! Almost every report card had all E's and many of them were E+'s. E is the highest grade you can get for those of you that have different grading systems. ;) He learned so much, had lots of friends, loved his teacher, and did lots of new things. He is reading the 5th Harry Potter book, which had like 900 pages. I attribute that to his teacher last year, she really emphasized reading and taught him well, AND to his teacher this year who gave them LOTS of time to read. I am so glad he loves reading and loves school. Thank you to the 2 best teachers in the world!!! We love you Mrs. Tarpley and Mrs. Gunder! :)


After that we packed all up and took the kids to Lindsay's house. It seems like we took their whole bedrooms with them! LOL! They were excited to stay there and had been waiting all week. We then went to get tires on the car. AJ is worried about them because they were very bad and he didn't want to drive all that way on terrible tires, especially since it was raining when we left. It ended up that we went to 4 different places looking for the right tire at the right price. We ended up not leaving until 4 hours later! Oh well, we weren't in a hurry or anything. We played like 8 games of the ABC game on the way to Knoxville with me winning each and every one of course. :P Here is what we saw on our way in to Knoxville.



Do you think that is a good sign for our next 10 years of marriage?! It was the hugest, fullest, brightest rainbow I had ever seen!

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I did not take my good, nice, expensive camera with us, and so far I am not too happy with the new, cheap camera I got for Mother's Day. So bare with the bad quality pictures. Also, I am so used to my big camera, with all the knobs, settings, etc. that I am still trying to get used to just pointing and shooting, which also makes for bad pictures. LOL!
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Our cabin was in the Smoky Mountains. It was so nice! To get to it we had to drive up the mountain, turn on to Boogertown Rd. (I had to throw that in there because AJ, of course, thought that was the funniest thing and mentioned it each time we came to that road. Boys will be boys after all.....) and then turn onto tiny little one lane roads, well barely roads, more like pathways through the trees. I hated that part of our drive every time. Here is our cabin! You have to click the link because I didn't take pictures of it, since I knew there were already good ones on the website. It was so nice and quite. I recommend staying there if you ever go to Gatlinburg. It was very close to Dollywood/Pigeon Forge and took no time at all to get there. That night we sat in the Hot Tub, more AJ's thing than mine. I only like it for about 10 minutes before I get too hot and bored. :) Then we played Scrabble and went to bed really late.

The next day, I got up about 11:00, AJ at 12:00. We got ready for the day and then sat there forever trying to decide what to do. You can tell I didn't plan this trip! :P We ended up going to WonderWorks. It was a cool looking, upside down building. Inside they had lots of cool exhibits like a rock wall, what it feels like in an earthquake, how to fly an airplane, a bed of nails you could lay on (AJ did that, I did not), etc. Just a cool place, filled with lots of neat stuff. My favorite part of that was feeling what it was like in the water when the Titanic sank. That water was FREEZING. You had to see how long you could hold your hand in it. AJ did like 23 seconds I think, and I think I did 34. It HURT and was terrible. I can't imagine your whole body being in that water . We couldn't even handle 30 seconds! It even hurt my bones. I am sure AJ's favorite part was laser tag. It was a neat place, not as cool as I expected it to be, but cool enough. Our favorite part of that though, was the dinner show. It was a really good show. Not the stupid, country humor that we have seen before, but just genuinely funny and good. AND they served italian food, instead of BBQ and ribs! It was yummy and a great show. We DEFINITELY recommend that part of Wonderworks! After all our play time we went to Wal-mart, we needed milk, and then went and rode Go-karts. A must-do in Gatlinburg. Then we went and got ice cream and went back to the cabin about 11:00. I opted out of the hot tub that night and fell asleep while waiting for AJ to get out of it.

The next day we went to Splash Country, which is a water park adjacent to Dollywood. It was the perfect day for it. It was hot, but not too hot to wait in lines, etc, and it wasn't very busy at all. We rarely had to wait any time at all. The longest line we waited in was for lunch! When we got there I sprayed on of my arms with sunscreen and then AJ took over on my back, etc. Well, neither of us did my other arm! We didn't realize it for quite a long time, so I have one burned arm. Thankfully it still wasn't that bad, I really don't burn, and I only have a small circle that hurts a little bit. We spent a lot of time in the Lazy River and rode lots of water slides. We stayed about 6 hours and it was fun. When we came out there was a note on our car. I thought someone had hit our car or something and left a note, but no, it was addressed to us! It was some friends of ours that had lived here in Smyrna that we went to church with a few years ago. Somehow they figured out it was our car and wrote us a note! They had moved away, to Texas, I think like 4 years ago maybe. Anyway, they happened to be living in Knoxville, happened to come to Splash Country on that day, and happened to park right next to us! How weird is that!! We never even saw them inside the park! It was very strange and cool! I had sung a duet in church with the Dad before they left. Funny! We ended up writing them a note back, but never did see them. After Splash Country we went back to the cabin, got all dressed up, and went to eat dinner at a super nice restaurant, The Peddler, for our Anniversary. We had a table that looked out right on a river. It was nice. The food tasted the same to me as any other food, and I would have been fine going to a regular old restaurant and spending way less money, but AJ had a gift card and wanted to do something extra nice for our 10 year anniversary. :)

The next day it was time to go. We left the cabin and went to eat lunch before leaving Knoxville. The drive back seemed extra long and boring. We got back and picked up the kids, who were happy to see us. They had fun, but of course, missed their Mommy. :) They were pretty good. Sam and Lindsay had some arguing incidents (what can I say, he is my child) and Avery had a hard time sleeping there so there was some too tired boy incidents, but I think overall it went well. She may say differently. :) Her kids were sick the entire time with high fevers, headaches, and sore throats. She ended up taking them to the doctor, but don't know results of their labs yet. They still did lots of fun things and enjoyed playing together for the most part though. Avery got the fever last night and is not feeling well at all today. His temp a little while ago was 103.4. Poor kids! Last night, before we realized Avery was sick, we took them to see Indiana Jones. It was ok, none of us loved it. There was also quite a bit of language, which we of course, did not like. We went to eat dinner and had promised the boys new Webkinz if they were good with Lindsay. Sam got the dragon and Avery got a furry, brown dog.

Avery and I stayed home from church today. While I was gone my eyes really started bothering me (allergies) at Splash Country. Each day it got worse and worse and now I think I have an infection in one eye and one starting in the other. Underneath my eye is so swollen and red, and it HURTS. I look terrible. Here's a gross pic, and this doesn't even look as bad as it did last night!


Tomorrow is busy! I hope I look better and I hope Avery feels better! I have a Doctor appt in the morning, we may have to fit one in for Avery after that, and then in the afternoon Sam has a pre-surgery appt. at the hospital. His surgery is supposed to be Friday. Hopefully he won't get this sickness and everything can go as planned.

Here is a picture of us after being married for 10 years!



And here is what a typical day with us would look like, me being normal and AJ being a dork! ;p

It's Summer!

Woohoo! No more school! I am soooo ready for Summer! Maybe not the heat, but the non stressful, non busy, easy summer, where I can SLEEP!

This week went by fast. We were busy, busy, of course! Thursday we spent all day cleaning and packing up Mrs. Tarpley's room. There was still a lot left to do though! Friday was the big End of Year party in Sam's class. We decorated the room to look like an airplane and then we went on a trip to Australia. They got peanuts, drinks, and watched Finding Nemo and their long plane ride. They thought that was cool. Then we had pizza for lunch and continued on into the party. We had a Nursery Rhyme Olympics (which was being held in Australia). They played lots of games having to do with Nursery Rhymes. It was a fun day.

After school we did our annual last day of school tradition of going to the drive-in. We saw Narnia and Speedracer. Sam was excited for Narnia and Avery really wanted to see Speedracer. IN the middle of Narnia it started POURING rain. Of course, at that exact moment Avery HAD to go to the bathroom. So I grabbed the umbrella and carried him up there. By the time we got back my shoes and feet were covered in mud. Everything was soaked. It was a mess. Narnia ended up being LONG and everyone was getting tired by the end. Intermission came and everyone perked back up. Avery was sooo excited. But about halfway through he was sooo tired. He said, "Mommy, I HAVE to go to sleep now". It ended up that everyone except Sam went to sleep. Sam thought it was very funny that he was the only one that could stay awake. We didn't get home until 2:30 in the morning. When I made Avery go to the bathroom before putting him in bed, he said, "OK, I can finish watching Speedracer now!". I don't think he quite understood that we were home and it was over. He was so tired. He was also very sad about missing it. I guess we will be renting it.



Yesterday we got a pool! Some people that moved into a house that had an existing pool decided they didn't want the pool so they gave it to us for free. It is a big above-ground pool. We got it all taken apart and over here yesterday, and now need to put it up over here. The kids are excited and so am I!

My allergies are still kicking my butt and are making me sooo tired. Can't it be June yet?!

This week is out 10 year Anniversary! AJ is taking me away on a mini trip just the two of us later this week. The kids will be staying with Lindsay. So we will be spending the first part of the week putting up the pool, packing, cleaning, and getting ready to go. The kids are very excited to be spending several days at Lindsay's, and I am excited to just relax and do whatever we want with no kids attached!

Anyway, I will post pics and stuff of the pool, the trip, etc as soon as everything is done.

Meds, Meds, Everywhere!

So I went to the doctor today for my stupid allergies. Apparently, I have mild asthma all the time, which really gets aggravated by my allergies. So I now have to start using an inhaler. He also put me on 2 allergy meds, Zyrtec and Singulair (this will also help with the asthma). I also have a steroid, 2 nasal sprays, Nasonex and Astelin, ans Pataday for my eyes. I have already been doing Pataday, and it hasn't been helping too much, but hopefully combined with everything else it will do it's job. Anyway, 7 different meds should do the trick!

In other news, Avery went for a playdate at Trey's house today so I could get some stuff done and go to the doctor. Julie was going to take them to playgroup (which I couldn't go to because it was at a park, which means outside, which means REALLY bad news for me!) Well, not long after they left, she called me and said that the two of them had thrown blocks down the toilet!!!! What is the deal with throwing things down the toilet??!!! I went right over and picked him up. They didn't get to play, they didn't get to go to playgroup. Avery had to go with me while I did boring errands and go with me to the doctor. Fun, fun! NOT! I had also promised him a Webkinz this week and he is not getting that anymore. That is what devastated him. He was so sad and cried forever. I think he gets the point now! I have reminded him all day why he was in trouble, how he couldn't have any fun, etc. If he does it again I will be very surprised.

Anyway, I won't be around much the next few days, and then it will be SUMMER! Yippee!

Whew!

I told you this week would be busy, and it is only Tuesday!

We have had some ordeals recently! Last Friday I subbed a half day at school, and Julie stayed at my house with Avery and Trey. When I got home Avery and I went straight to do some grocery shopping. AJ picked Sam up from school and we got home about the same time. When Sam walked into the livingroom, he said, "What happened to the ceiling!?" So I went in there and there was a big, long crack that was all bubbled up. Our house had major drywall issues after we bought it so I just thought it was one more thing to do with that until I realized it looked wet!! So we went upstairs and apparently the toilet was flooding the bathroom! The boys had thrown Little People toys, dinosaurs, and toilet paper all down the toilet!!!!! Um, to say the least, we were very angry! WE thought maybe a pipe had broken, the toilet was broken, and the ceiling was ruined! I had to leave to go take pictures just after we found the disaster, so AJ was left to deal with the mess. He managed to get the toilet working and figured it wasn't a broken pipe, thank goodness! The ceiling is definitely going to need some work, which I am NOT looking forward to. It is a BIG pain to do drywall stuff! The toilet has stopped working again, so he is going to have to take it apart and find whatever toy is stuck in there. Siggghhhh.....

The next day, Sam and Avery were upstairs playing. Sam starts screaming and ran down the stairs saying that he knocked his tooth out! He was behind Avery and somehow he rammed his mouth into Avery's head and broke part of his tooth off. Yes, it is a permanent one! Avery was perfectly fine and didn't even realize that Sam was so hurt. He then started crying because Sam was crying. LOL! The tooth hurt him that day, but was fine the next. I took him to the dentist today and they took an X-ray. Thankfully it doesn't look like the root or gum are injured. The dentist said they could build it up so it looks normal, but said that since they are active, little boys that it would most likely get knocked out again, so he said it is probably better to just wait until he is older and calmer before building it up. It really doesn't look that bad, and you don't even notice because it is a bottom one, so we will wait to get it capped. It isn't bothering him at all and everything seems ok. Whew!

Yesterday I subbed for Sam's class. They argued all day, but it went fine. My allergies REALLY started acting up even more yesterday, and I started coughing along with all the other allergy issues. Today was field day at school (Sam's class got 3 2nd place ribbons, and 4 3rd place). We were outside ALL say. Bad, Bad news for me! By the end my eyes were itching terribly, I couldn't breath, my nose was constantly running, I just felt horrible. After school we went to get Sam's allergy shot, where I continued dying. On the way home things got even worse. By the time I got home, one eye was completely swollen shut, and the other eye was all foggy, itchy, and felt like I had rocks in my eyes. I look TERRIBLE and feel like it too! The coughing is getting worse, which usually means I am on my way to having allergy-induced asthma. My face, throat, and chest are all extremely itchy as well. Soooo, tomorrow I will be going to the doctor to get a steroid shot, and whatever else they can give me so I can get through the next few weeks. Stupid May!

Friday is the last day of school, and we are having a cool class party, so I will be busy preparing for that the next couple of days. Hopefully, there will be no more catastrophes any time soon!

Field Trip, Mother's Day, and More!

This week was filled up, in case you couldn't tell by the no new postings!

Monday, Avery and I went to Zumba, and then hung out playing all day. He has really been into hanging out with Mommy lately. :)

Tuesday, we went and registered Avery for the other preschool at Sam's school. We won't know until August if he makes it in there. Then we had Mother's Day Sweet treats with Sam's class. Sam made me a bouquet of coffee filter flowers that even had a scent, and a wind chime. He also made a cute "My Mom is Special" paper. Here is what it says.

My Mom is special because "she is so nice to me."
I like it when my Mom hugs me."
My Mom can do many things! I think she's best at "loving me."
My Mom has a pretty smile! I like to make her smile by "me laughing."
My Mom is as pretty as a "flower."
My Mom is smart! She even knows "how to be a teacher."

I thought the last one was especially funny. :)

Mrs. Gunder made brownies, cookies, and cakes for all of us. She did a great job! :)
Tuesday night I also had a PTO meeting where I was offically made Volunteer Coordinator for the school. Yikes!

Wednesday, we were supposed to go to the Zoo (again), but I woke up with my allergies worse than ever. I sneezed the instant I got up, all through the shower, etc. My eyes were horribly puffy and itchy. My head was pounding and full of congestion. I just overall felt terrible and knew there was no way I could survive the zoo. Lindsay and I went to lunch at O'Charley's instead. We also did Zumba gain. I really love it!

Thursday, I subbed for Taylor's class. The whole class argued and fought all day. You can tell everyone is ready to be out of school, including myself! Sam also got to celebrate his birthday at school since he has a summer birthday. He enjoyed that. Tat afternoon, we went to the Y with Lindsay. We ended up doing a hard class that neither of us had ever done before. I didn't like it that much, I much prefer Zumba. I am even still a little sore today from that class!

Friday, Sam had a field trip on the Music City Queen which is a riverboat. I went to school to chaperone the field trip and ended up for another second grade class. Luckily it was a pretty laid back field trip so I still mostly got to hang out with Sam and his class. After the boat trip we went to the park. The day went well and I think everyone had fun. Sam is really gonna miss second grade and all his friends.

Friday night Lauren from church came over to play. She is Sam's age, born only 3 days before him. The boys loved having her. The played until almost 10:00. AJ was camping that night.

Saturday was soccer. I couldn't find Avery's socks anywhere (for some strange reason I was thinking I was looking for BLUE soccer socks, when I should have been looking for white. It took me forever to realize that the blue soccer socks were from when Sam played soccer 3 years ago!!!) So I wasted a lot of time looking for something I didn't even need. Anyway, they played an actual game this week and Avery did great! He got the ball several times. Then a girl's head ran into his cheek and that was the end for him.

After soccer we went and played at the outdoor McDonald's playplace. Then we went to Baskin Robbin, where they each got ice cream and free donuts for participating in a coloring contest. After that we came home and got AJ after camping. He got hurt AGAIN. Every time he goes he injures something! One time he was chopping wood and chopped into his leg. Another time, he sprained his ankle terribly (which is still hurt), and this time he burned his hand on his camp stove. He's a dork! :) One of the boys ran head on into another boy during a game of capture the flag (in the dark) and ruptured blood vessels in his eye, sliced open underneath his eye, and has a terrible black eye. He had to get stitches and he looks terrible, but was fine. Anyway, we then went to Opry Mills, where the boys went and saw Iron Man, and Lindsay and I went shopping. Sam needed new khakis and shoes. After that we went to AJ's Grandmother's house for a little Mother's Day celebration. The boys love going there. :)

For Mother's Day AJ got me a gift card to Kohl's. The boys got me a little digital camera. I hate carrying my big, expensive camera around all the time, so I have been wanting a small one that I could just stick in my purse. Yea! After church I took a bath, read a book, and now we are about to eat dinner.
AJ is taking care of all the laundry and dishes today. Yea again!

Anyway, that's it for this week. Here are some pics of Sam on his field trip.


Sam with his friend, Riley.


Sam watching the view


The view


Sam and his good friends


Sam's Class


Sam having fun at the park

This Week's Fun!

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Well, there aren't pictures with everything we did, but here are some.

Avery and I went with Lindsay and Kinley (oh, and Autumn, too) to a fun gymnastics place yesterday. Avery loved it. He got to swing on a rope and fall into foam. He got to ride on a zip line and crash into some mats at the end. He got to jump on trampolines, do somersaults, climb ropes, and lots more. Fun, fun! You can see all those pics above.

Then after school we went to Sam's Spring Fling. It rained most of the late morning.early afternoon so we were worried, but it turned out great. The kids loved it as usual. I don't have any pics of Sam because he was off oding his own thing most of the time. There were lots of inflatables, pony rides (Avery's favorite), food, games, etc. We stayed until about 8:30, so it was a long, fun day.

Today we did soccer, and we are about to go to our Church Picnic. This week was crazy busy, but we had lots of fun too. Enjoy the pics!