Beautiful Weekend!

What a beautiful weekend we have had. The weather is gorgeous! My cousing Grant was married to Erica this weekend and we got just a few pic's.

Mya dancing

Hailey Brooke

Sunday afternoon we headed to Lark Ranch. We love to go each year and it was a beautiful day to go. It was relaxing and the drive there with all the leaves changing colors was pretty.

Hailey riding the biggest horse


Jayce rode the biggest one too

Mya rode the little pony but I was walking with her and forgot to give John the camera:)

The best picture we could get of the three sweet pea's together



OH my how Jayce is growing up. I love you buddy:)

What a conversations:)


Jayce and Hailey rode the pedal go karts

Hailey tried and tried until she roped this thing:)

Mya finding the perfect little pumpkin. Everything has to be little right now.

Trying really hard to reach everything on this tractor so she can drive.

It was a lot of fun I love to go each year, fall and spring are my favorite times of the year.

Living Each Day To The Fullest:)

What a wonderful week I have had just being with my family:) I am so blessed and I am remembering to count them blessings every day. John's brother Phil, is still in Goshen it is going on 4 weeks Tuesday. It's hard for him there he says he is soooo lonely. John, His parents, Malinda (Phil's wife) and Aaron (his baby), and I went to visit him yesterday. He was glad to see us again but he is really struggling. Please pray for him and his little family. He said it is so hard to keep having faith when it is such a slow process. The place he is at, Rest Haven, is such a wonderful place. We know he is very well taken care of. It's reminds you of home. a home away from home. Aaron will have his 1st b-day 2 weeks from today. Malinda plans on taking Aaron up there to celebrate it. Praying that Phil will be on a better way so he can fully enjoy this special day.

On Saturday Jayce and John went hunting:) UGH! I love that they can do this together and they both LOVE it so much. But I do miss John during this time. No luck:( The girls, mom and I went to Evansville and did a little shopping. Found a few things for Miss Hailey, she needs fall,winter clothes. She is soooo PICKY!!! She will not wear denim jeans, too uncomfortable and scratchy! UGH!! Jeggins are too tight!! But we found a pair that she thought was comfortable:) Finally! Hopefully this will change soon. Today Mya is not feeling well again, she has a cold. poor girl she's had a rough month. Hopefully I can get some laundry done and pick up this messy house. Oh well like I said I am just living each day with my family to the fullest:)

Turkey Trot 2011

Turkey Trot is over for another year. I actually enjoy it alot:) We camp all weekend and the kids have so much fun. All three of them raced turkey's this year. Jayce and Hailey made it to the semi finals Sat. night. But not to the finals. Jayce did win 15 dollars:) For a good time. The winner got a 200 dollar savings bond:) Hailey pig wrestled this year. First time for her:) She surprised me BIG TIME. She does not like mud and she dove in and went after that pig. The 4 girls did wonderful. They were named the 4 little pigs. Jayce decided not to do it this year. Anyway it was a nice weekend with my family again. Now poor Mya woke up with a fever this morning:( Poor girl. At least she was healthy for the weekend:)

Mya ready to race her turkey:) She was sooo excited!

Mya racing with daddy's help

Hailey Brooke racing her turkey, she was #5

Jayce racing his turkey.

Mya jumping in the bouncy house.

The 4 little pigs ready to wrestle

Ready, Set, GO!!!

ALMOST

YAY Girls!

Jayce got a guitar, he is going to start guitar lessons soon.

My 3 sweet pea's ready for church:)

Hard to get a pic of all 3 looking! OH WELL!

TOO BUSY TO POST:)

At the park one evening


Holiday World

Raging Rapids at Holiday World

Raging Rapids

Park

Sleeping in the tent one night. We set the tent up in our backyard quite often this summer. They loved it:)

4th of July Fireworks

Swimming, we did lot's of this many diff. places

Hailey at her 1st v0lleyball practice. She LOVES it:) YAY!!

tubing with the boat

1st day of school.

singing at the Little Miss contest

Little Miss Parade

Playing games at recess during bible school

Friends we took to bible school

Making plenty of messes. She was trying to feed the baby kittens:)

Waitress drew a ketchup spongebob

Jayce playing baseball, pitching:)

HELLO, We are still here just was another crazy busy summer. With trying to enjoy every spare minute with my kids and helping out John's family we have had NO spare time. I didn't need to sit on her anyway. Love his family and whatever we can do to help is worth it. We did do LOT'S of things together as a family. We did some camping early summer. Not after Phil got sick. Then we did fun trips to Evansville, Holiday World, and of course the fairs.

John's brother is at Rest Haven in Goshen now. We are hoping he can get well for good there. It sounds like a wonderful place and he did have a very rough time again last week. Now since Sun. night it seems he has made some progress.:) So please keep him and the family in your prayers.

I am loving this fall weather. Feels so good to have the windows open. I need to go dig out my fall decor today. I did just finish digging out Hailey's clothes for Mya, for this winter. She is set! I don't think I need to buy 1 thing.:) Yay!! Hailey didn't grow much either. I may just need to get a new pair of jeans and she should be set. Jayce needed some things.

I put a lot of random pic's at the top. Just a little glimps into our summer.

Spring Program and Life

The kids had their Spring Program at school last week. They both got parts, and were sooo excited:) The night of the program Hailey was dancing and singing around until it was time to go, soo giddy!! The first pic is of the first graders. Hailey is in the purple shirt.

Hailey doing her part as an umbrella dancer;)


1st graders trying to whistle. So cute:) Hailey did learn how a couple days before the program.

Jayce's part was 1 of the 3 cabelero's! He is in the hat on the right. He did so good remembering and sayin his parts. They ALL did. Mrs. Hawkins did a wonderful job putting the program together. I loved the theme this year.

Jayce really getting into it!!




We have been busy doing landscaping, staining, finishing basement, trying to do all spring work,(mowing, garden,etc.) along with baseball and softball, and gymnastics. YIKES!!! We have been crazy busy. But loving it:) Jayce had his first practice game at French Lick Tues. night. I couldn't go because Hailey was not feeling well. He got to pitch!!! I was excited for him:) He is just in 3rd grade so I'm sure it won't be much this year but hey he got to so YEAH!!!

We have baby kittens now! Puppies now kittens!! They are a diff. color than I ever see. LIGHT Gray and one looks like a skunk. Mya is having a blast with them though. Mya took this pic. actually. Good for a 3 year old:)

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Spring 2011

Spring is here! . Yikes there have been LOTS of rainy days. We are thankful for at least the sun on sunny days:) Sat. was beautiful and actually pretty warm . We went to an easter egg hunt that was rescheduled because the the rain the week before. Mya and I did I guess, Hailey had softball practice. Jayce was fishing and spending a day with daddy. PLEASE I was hopeing and praying for a child that was more bold and not so shy. Well we thought we had that with Mya she has been such a loud outspoken child until recently. I've noticed her pulling back and starting to act just like the other two:( I just would like to have 1 child that does not let others walk all over them. Here is a pic of Mya witht he Bunny. That is as close as I could get her. That is her cousin Aaron that the bunny is holding and his cousing Sarah beside them.

As you can see she was very hesitant about picking up eggs. She finally got into it at the end.Ha!

Hailey had her first softball game of the year last night. She really enjoyed it. Happy she is having fun with it this year:)

My sweetheart!

running to first

I am so proud of the man my 10 year old is growing into. Anyone that know's me very well knows that I struggle with my kids growing up. I LOVE them to pieces and want them to grow but yet I don't want them to grow up. He is changing so much, so quiet and just so sweet. He has been begging me for a phone for awhile. Some other's in his class have one and we told him it is just not something he needs at this age. He can use our phones and when he needs one he will have one. He has been sad about it, trying not to complain to much but his little heart has been broke. So yest. I set him up a facebook acct. I will watch him when he is on it, which thankfully he doesn't mind. So innocent. Some of his friends have one so now he is all happy. Last night when going to bed he said"mommy thank you for doing that for me:)" Melt my heart I love him so much!