Beautiful Spring Day!

it is a beautiful day today! The boys got out to play and they helped Granny mow the yard too.
Jake paused for a minute to let me take a few pictures....
Josh has learned to pose for a few good shots and you can be on your way really quick- I love this picture of him!

Ruben's 4th birthday party!

Jake is in blue, Josh is in green and Birthday Boy Ruben is in Red....

Last Saturday we went to Hopkinsville for Ruben's birthday party. He is a big Star Wars fan so he had a Star Wars themed party. They played bubbles. busted balloons, played with light sabers that Kiesha made and then they had cake and played some more. The boys had a great time. Happy Birthday Ruben!!

Dinner at DQ with Sarah and Katie

My brother Paul came over and brought his girls Sarah and Katie to play with the boys. We went to DQ for supper and I lucked out and got a picture of all four of them still and looking at the camera- I'd much rather have a pic of all of them outside, but you take what you can get! lol! Katie and Jake are in the back, Sarah and Josh are in the front.

the consignment sale is over!

Frank and I took over the van packed full of stuff, the jeep packed full of stuff and the trailer stacked high and packed to capacity and I came home with the van packed full and I was like a sardine in there on the way home. My friend Carolyn sent her son in law over to take one of my big racks to her house but everything else fit in the van so the sale was a success! I only spent 31.50 at the sale too so I got home with most of my money- I see some goodies from the new Close to My Heart catalog in my future!

It was nice to sell in the sale and not have to help run it this year. It is a lot of work to get ready and I'm always worn out when it is over. The boys got a bit of a cold a few days ago and Josh had a fever last night and I stayed up with him so I'm sick today. Hopefully tomorrow will be a better day for all of us. I have my class to teach at the county extention service this week so I'm busy working on that- hopefully my voice will be back to normal by then! :)

it's official they are nuts!

the boys were playing quietly in the bathroom last night- never a good thing but you take a little quiet when you can get it sometimes right?! they were talking about being the patient and the doctor and doing surgery and putting on bandages. after hearing that I had to check it out- I should have taken pictures.... the bandages were pantyliners and they were giving each other shots in the arm with tampons. They would have been mortified by them in a few years. At the time I just wanted to clean up the mess so I didn't take any pics. They had pulled a pillow and blanket in the floor and were taking turns being the patient. It's the best they had played together all day!

never a dull moment! ;) Marla

Granny's Birthday!!!

The boys woke up on Granny's birthday and made her cards, then they called her to wish her a Happy Birthday. We took her to eat lunch at Chili's and then we played outside. We gave her her gift after supper- along with an Elvis card that said "I'd be a hound-dog if I didn't wish you a happy birthday" She also had a cheescake and we all sung to her. This weekend we met Paul, Laura, Sarah and Katie for lunch at Applebee's and celebrated again.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRANNY!!!

Playing our new game- Monopoly Town

We went to the PX with Grandma and Skip today and we got this new game- Monopoly Town. It was fun at first but tends to drag on forever..... the boys switched spots midway through the game to shake things up a little. We kept them honest though and Jake was the big winner- you can see the excitement on his face- it made the whole thing worth it!

Visiting Daddy's post office

Today the boys got to go to the post office where Daddy works. They had a ball- they mailed letters in the mail slot then got to sort them, put them on the belt- they rode along too!- they scanned them and then sorted them into the slots to go out for delivery!
riding the belt and scanning a package below. Jake took his jacket off part way through the trip to the post office if you want to know who is who that will make it easy to figure out.

April 2, 2008 trip to Jefferson Davis State Park

I'm finally current on the blog again! yay! After Frank got home from work we loaded the boys up and went to the Jeff Davis park in Fairview. They played on the playground, dug in the sand and played on the big rocks. We saw a few helicopters flying over while we were there and they loved that.

Meeting the Bible School Man! 3/28/08

The boys love Jeff Slaughter- aka the Bible School Man!! He is the guy who writes all the songs for vacation Bible school. Granny and I took the boys and we met at Elkton Baptist Church and rode the bus (their first bus trip!) to McD's in Hopkinsville then we went to First Baptist Church to see Jeff sing. He did the game day central songs from last year and the boys got called up on stage to sing and do the dances- they had an absolute blast! After it was over they got autographs and gave Jeff some hugs. It was a really fun time!

Playing in our yard 3-25-08

It was a beautiful spring day and I took the boys out to play. They are really looking forward to when this nice weather is here to stay!

Easter Sunday 3-23-08

Digging into the Easter Baskets!
Josh loves his bunny!!
Josh decided he wanted to climb a tree- it didn't work out so well for him.... ;)

Jake and Josh


Singing at Church on Easter Sunday
Easter Baskets!!

All dressed up for Easter Sunday- it's not easy to get a good picture of both of them these days. They sung in the children's choir too- they think they are the stars of the show.

Egg Hunt at the Elkton Park 3-22-08

I love Josh's sad face in the picture below- I just told him we were going to be leaving the park and he was not happy. He got a big smile back on his face once he found out we were going to his favorite place (besides McDonald's) for lunch.

My friend Pokey and her daughter Ashley joined me to take the boys to the Easter Egg hunt at the Elkton park. It was freezing and the hunt was fast since the eggs were "hidden" on the tennis court. We played on the swings for a while then went to lunch at the Mexican restaurant.

Dying Easter Eggs

Josh is very proud of his egg!

Jake checking out his dye job.
Ruben cheezin'
Kiesha helping out the boys.

Beautiful!!

Once again we went to Kiesha's house to dye eggs- she is a brave girl! She had Josh and Jake plus her son Ruben and she even invited over the neighbor's daughter too. Luckily ornery Marissa was napping or she would have shaken things up for sure! LOL!