Spring Program

Keeli and Stripey

The girls had their Spring Program at school a week ago. I thought that I would share some pics from it. They are both getting so big. Keeli is quite the performer! Kayla got the hang of by the end of the last song. Too cute of course!

The girls before the performance.

Keeli and some of her friends

Kayla and some of her friends

This little light of mine!

Kayla and a friend watching their big sisters

Keeli posing for the camera

Catching Up!

OMG! I can't believe that it has been 3+ months since I have last posted anything to the blog. I know that you faithful blog followers are disappointed (I know those faithfuls are out there. Right?)

Well, my last post was in November, so let me see if I can catch everyone up.

Lets see, a lot of junk happened over the Christmas holidays. For one, my Mom broke her back. Don't worry. She is doing very well now. She had surgery. The docs put cement in her back. She had to wear a brace for several weeks. But now, she is back to her semi old-semi new self!

During the time my mom was in the hospital, I sent the girls to visit their Aunt Ada. And they brought something home with them. Lice! Man, I could not get rid of them! They came back 3 times! We have now been lice free for about 3 weeks. Those suckers just would not die!!!!! So, if you ever have lice, call me. I know how to treat them! :)

Most of you know that I had been working part time while the girls were in school. Well, that ended soon after the new year. I have been looking for a full time job now for weeks. This economy is terrible here. Well, I have to be honest. I haven't been looking very hard. I have mixed feelings about going back to work. We need the money but I really have enjoyed being home with the girls and I am not sure that I want to give that up. Something will come along. I am putting my trust in God. I try not to worry too much about the future. I know that HE has it in HIS hands and I take peace in that.

Andy has started a new endeavor. He has been cleaning a tank out for a dad to a friend of his. It has kinda turned into a job for him. I loves playing in the dirt so I pray that it works out for him.

I stepped down from MOPS about 3 weeks ago. It was very hard for me because I love the ministry and I love giving back. I have met some of my best friends through MOPS and I pray that it continues to build friendships for other moms. I had to let go. First, because I am "supposed" to go back to work and also because Andy asked me to. He says it was stressing me out. I don't think that it was but I am honoring him.

The weather is getting so nice here. I could do without the wind but I am loving the sunshine. I tried taking the girls fishing last week. Augh! That is so hard. I thought that it was going to be a lot easier this year since they are a year older. Nope! They still fight! Keeli's pole was broken so I didn't even take hers to the tank. I thought that she could use Kayla's. Well, Kayla remembered that was her pole from last year so they fought over that. Fine, I went and got Keeli's pole. The tip had broken on the end so I just made it a shorter pole. I tried not to put a hook on either of their poles for safety reasons. But, Keeli figured that out too. So, I hooked and baited Keeli's pole. Then I was terrified that Keeli would hook Kayla. But the time I got everyone's pole in the water, they were tired and wanted to go home! Augh! When will they learn to love fishing as much as me? So the next day, Keeli went to a friends house to play and Kayla fell asleep in the truck. I had some free time. So I drove down to the tank and left the truck running while I fished a while. I catch a nice catfish! Well, nice meaning that it was long but my mom says that it was skinny. Hopefully that is just because it hasn't had anything to eat all summer.

I think that pretty much sums it up. The girls are doing well. I will post some pics. Keeli is ready for Spring and Summer so that we can go swimming in Romona's pool (smile Romona!). Kayla is such a joy right now. I have always said that if I could pop out two year olds and they never got younger or older, then I would have a million of them. I just love this age. She is so sweet and SHE DOESN'T BACK TALK ME!

My Movie Star!

Trip to the zoo with friends.

Daddy dressed his little girl.

Family going dancin at The Grand Ol Oplin.

Celebrated a year since Kayla was in the hospital.

Keeli took scissors to her hair so I had to cut it all off.

This was the girls yesterday for school. It was picture day.

Indians and Camo

With Thanksgiving near, the girl's school are doing crafty little things to do with the season. I just had to post Kayla in her indian hat that she made at school. Keeli has yet to make one but I am sure that she will make one this week and I will be sure to post. She justs loves her hat!

Andy busted out his camo stuff today. The girls are always playing with their make up so Andy wanted to show them his make up. See the following pictures....

She looks so serious!

Kayla's Shiner 2

Okay, I didn't realize that I had already done a post name Kayla's Shiner. But since this is about the 3rd black eye that she has had, I am not surprised. As I posted before (Fall Festival), Kayla hit the door facing on Sunday afternoon. She was playing in one of those clear plastic storage tubs and she tried to climb out. The tub fell over and she went with it. It immediately purpled up. It scared me a little. But, she still seemed to follow my fingers with her eyes so I wasn't too worried. This is Wednesday and this is what it looks like today! Can you say Ouch?!Sorry am the snotty nose. It looks gross doesn't it?

Fall Festival

Every year our church put on a Fall Festival. There are bounce houses, a country dance, games for the kids, a petting zoo, and great food. Fun for the whole family. Even Andy went with us. We had a great time. Here are some pictures.

Waiting in line for the slide!

Wee!

Facepainting!

Dancing with friends!

Even Kayla got in on the action!

Yes, even Andy was there!

Twister!

Before all the fun started and back at home, Kayla decided to slam her head into the door facing. Here is the result of that....

Ouch! She is fine now but it is a little sore.

A little side now....The results of left over Halloween make up!

Country Living

Living in the country is sometimes quite eventful. We have several dogs and cats. That being said, we also have lots of varmints that come up to the house at night looking for dog or cat food that hasn't been eaten. These are brave souls because they usually get scared off when the dogs and cats catch their scents. But yesterday morning about 6:30 the dogs in our backyard started barking and barking and barking. I knew that they had something in the tree. Yep, I was right. This poor raccoon has been up in our tree in the back yard for more than 24 hours now. I finally let the dogs in the house long enough for him to get down. Andy and the girls tried talking to him in "raccoon talk" to tell him that it was okay to get down. It took him about a hour to finally relax enough to realize that the dogs were gone and that he could get down. It was quite an event around here. I had the big dogs in the house. They were stinky! Pew! Then our puppies heard the dogs in the house and they can go through the fence in the back yard so they came to the back door. So, I thought, well I will feed the puppies in the front yard so to get them out of the back yard. Well, as soon as I opened the door, our cats came in the house. Bad idea, the big dogs HATE cats. So, I had to fight the cats and get them back outside before the big dogs got a hold of them. Needless to say, I am all scratched up this morning. But, all is well. The coon is gone, the dogs are all outside and fed, and the cats are inside and safe! Whew! What a morning! All because of a hungry and curious coon! Ahhh....country life!

Homecoming!

I love living in a small town with all of its traditions and school spirit. Every year at homecoming, the school puts on a parade before the game. The kids on the float throw candy and the kids watching the parade love trying to catch it. Here are a few pics from this years parade. Oh, and my really good friend, April and her husband were Coming Home King and Queen this year. I didn't find out until the game so I don't have any pictures of them on the field.