July 21 2008 First trip to Tiebeaker Park in Hopkinsville

getting wet
going around on the boats- they wanted Mommy or someone else along for this ride. It was nice and relaxing and cool on one of the higest heat index days we have had so I was glad they liked it!
With Shannon and Evan

Josh with yellow shirt, Jake with blue. Josh finally loosened up and had a great time once he got going!
above is Josh posing for his picture with Jake! LOL!
this is Josh hiding in the towel- he even resorted to sucking his thumb, something he had never done before.
Jake had a blast from the moment we got there!
Josh didn't like it at first and cried for me to take him back to the car. He sat in a chair with a towel over his head until he realized he was going to have to stay. He eventually ended up having a good time once he relaxed. We were going from 10-2 but stayed until after 4 they were having such a good time. Shannon Wells brought her kids around 2 so we stayed longer and they had a ball playing with Evan.

July 19th Watermelon faces!

Josh was content to let Jake eat watermelon today- he had a sucker!
Ignore the fingerprints on the glass! ;) Jake just gave Granny a big bite of watermelon!

The boys- Especially Jake LOVE watermelon. Jake asks for it for breakfast and as a bedtime snack and he wants to eat it all day long too- must take after his Mama! He loves canteloupe too. Josh likes watermelon as an afternoon snack sometimes but he really likes it when it is in wedges out on the porch!

July 17th First trip to Chuck E. Cheese!

Mom and Dad finally got brave and took the boys and they had a good time and it wasn't as bad as we were afraid it would be. The pizza was though!!! ug!

Boy am I behind!!! I'll work on getting caught up sometime tonight or tomorrow-

thanks for checking back. sorry to be so behind- it's been a busy summer as you can imagine!

Playing outside in the Sandbox

It is amazing how small the sandbox looks this year and how HUGE the boys look!!!!

July 6th Cookout

this cool moth was beside our door when we left for church this morning. I've never seen anything like it before- it was about 4 inches wide- Beautiful!
Jake above and Josh below with sparklers.
Jake watching fireworks with Byron.....
The boys with Granny and Grandma

the boys LOVE to hang out with Ashley. They fought over who got to sit the closest to her- silly boys! This tire swing used to belong to my brother and I when we were little so it is fun to see them having such a great time playing with it too!

Jake came down to join us at the scraphouse and he helped Ashley make some cards. he did a great job!


watching the fireworks and hanging out with Grandma Pat.
Since we were rained out on the 4th we decided to do our cookout and fireworks today since the weather was nice. Granny, Grandma Pat, Skip, Pokey, Byron and Ashley joined us for food and fireworks.

A rainy July 4th....

Well it rained out our July 4th plans so we improvised. We went to Fox's pizza den in Russellville and the boys had a blast playing games and they won these lovely Hillbilly Teeth! What a proud moment for Mom to capture forever! LOL!

Jake loves Skeeball!
Josh and Jake striking a pose!

they loved these cute patriotic socks that I got them and wanted to wear them every day. The only problem was- if you look closely at the pic above you will see- that they wanted them to be knee socks so they pulled the heel part halfway up their legs! They still thought they were stylin' though! lookin' good boys! ;)
Jake above and Josh cheezin' below....

their favorite thing to do lately- VIDEO GAMES!
It wasn't exactly what we had planned for the 4th. We planned to cookout and go to the Martin Homeplace for fireworks but the boys probably had more fun going this route anyway! ;)

cool pic

Hey Pokey- what do you think? LOL! :)

Fireworks!

We went to Aunt Terra's to watch the fireworks from the high school. Grandma Pat, Skip, Pokey, Granny, Josh, Jake, Frank and I were there. Diane and Wade were out in their yard and we all watched together. The boys spent more time fighting over an old tricycle than they did watching the fireworks!

a fun day at home....

Josh being silly. Jake daydreaming and looking at the clouds.

Josh in the front, Jake in the back....

Jake in the front, Josh in the back.... loving the pool!

What a fun way to kick off July- The FAIR!

The boys rode anything they would let them on.... over and over again!

The boys riding with Chloe from Cubbies. Jake and Chloe were holding hands on some of the rides.
what goes up must come down- REALLY FAST!

this pic is them smiling before the ride!

Riding in the cars with Hayden.... in the tilt a whirl with Dad
Getting on the ferris wheel with Ashley and Elizabeth. The boys couldn't believe that Ashley had never been to the fair before- they wanted to show her everything! lol!