Happy Birthday Jackson!

Happy 1st Birthday to my sweet nephew Jackson! He loved his cake!

House #3 remodel continued.........

Every time we move I have to get a new refrigerator - not because I am particular about using someone else's fridge but because the houses we move into have ancient ones. I hope that this was the final move because I have the refrigerator of my dreams!

This one is a beauty! French doors, ice and water in the door, lots of space (the biggest one in Lowe's!). I am not much of a stainless steel person but the white ones were not on sale!

The freezer on the bottom is spacious too!

Stop by and bring a dish so that we can see how much food it will hold!

Prayer Request

Please pray for this Rock Star:

This is David and he is battling cancer. He starts chemo tomorrow and radiation later.  Please pray that God's healing hands will touch his body.

You can follow his story at www.sweetlifewithboys.blogspot.com. 

Happy Birthday Mom!

We celebrated Mom's 60th Birthday this weekend with a party at the church.




Her cake was a gift from Heather, Jimmy and Jackson. It was the hit of the party.

Here is Brady with Nay:

And a picture of the Diva's who put it together!



Heather, April, Me, Debbie.

Trunk or Treat

Here are the only decent photos I took at Trunk or Treat this year. Brady did not want his picture taken, Abbie had an attitude and Mollie just said "NO". I did get a picture of the face paintings:

Brady the Ninja with his ghost:

Abbie with the heart to match her costume:

Brady came home and counted his pieces of candy. After eating some he still had 69 pieces. That is enough candy to rot all of his teeth out!

On a super positive note, I passed my life, health and annuities exam! Mom could not understand why I was so uptight about it, but when your employment depends on it you get a little stressed. Also, if I failed I would have to pay for subsequent testing myself - at $57 each time. That is quite an incentive to pass!!

IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR!!!

Pumpkins are being dissected........

The oozy goozy slime slides through fingers......

The pumpkins are the stabbed and cut.....some with the precision of a surgeon

Others not so much.........

but what beauties we got out of it!

Songear

Do you like Christian t-shirts that won't break the bank?  Check this link:

http://www.songear.com

I have two of their t-shirts:  On that shows a cross and says "Tree Hugger" and another that says "Life with Jesus is Better". 

What a great way to show your love for the Lord!  I get a lot of compliments where ever I go - even Disneyworld!



Pumpkin Patch!

The Calvary Kids took a trip to Williams Orchard on Saturday to take a trip through the Pumpkin Patch. We had a great time!

Here is the crew!

And they are off to the Punkin Chunker!

Brenner found a girl friend!!  He is just like his dad.......

What a silly bunch!

It was a great time of fun and fellowship with the under 12's. They are a great bunch of kids (and some awesome adults too!)

Happy 6th Birthday Brady!

Six years sure has gone by fast! My sweet, tiny baby has turned into a big, baseball lovin' young man. Brady you are the best!

Brady's room is done!

 (almost)

Here are a few pictures of Brady's redecorated room.  He wanted total camo but we negotiated and he got tan walls, green trim and military wallies.

As you can see, it is still a work in progress because Charlie will not put the blinds back up.

Brady checking out his toys.

The wall with chalkboard paint.  Brady drew this picture of Patrick Star.

Charlie built this shelf when Brady was a baby to hold his bat that
is engraved with his name, date of birth and weight.  It is coming in
handy since we started ball!

Let the remodeling begin - again!

We are buying the house that we are currently renting so the renovations have begun! I LOVE living in town and this house is small and cozy. Of course there are a lot of things that we would like to change. The most important change comes first.....

BRADY'S ROOM!

A baseball loving, camo wearing, bike riding, rough and tough army man/police officer cannot have a bedroom with flowered wall paper!

More pictures to come!  There are big plans for this little room!  Hopefully most of them will not happen or you will have to wear blaze orange to enter.

School - Day 2 and still smiling!

First Day of Kindergarten!

August 17, 2011.......a day that will go down in history as a monumental day in our lives.....the first day of kindergarten at Marion Primary School! (and out 21st wedding anniversary!)

Brady was pretty brave all in all. At first he did not want us to walk in with him. Then we could go in the gym. Then we could walk down the hall. Finally he told me that he wanted me to stay with him. (HEART BREAK) I told him that I couldn't and Charlie made me leave.

He rode the bus home to Wee Care. I just happened to be going to the bank for work (HA) when the bus pulled in. I stopped to ask how is day was and he said good and that he was going back. I asked if he wanted to go to Nay's, but Sam's mom offered to let him go home with them. Off he went to Sam's house with barely a good bye to me!

I am a little disappointed that he does not want to discuss his day with me minute by minute. I guess that is the difference between boys and girls. The one thing that he did tell me that was bad was that he got chocolate milk instead of white milk at lunch. Now he knows what the white milk carton looks like so he will not make that mistake again. (He is the only kid I know that would be sad about getting chocolate milk!)

Posing at home before leaving

In the car and on the way!

Walking with Dad to school

Sitting with friends in the gym:  Brady, Sam, Ethan Hounshell and Ethan Campbell

At his spot in Mrs. Bailey's classroom

I am glad that the first day of school is over. I need to go to bed now!

Day of Fun

We had a Day of Fun before school starts with Abbie, Aunt Jen and Aunt Cindy.  We went to the Hands On Museum, Chuck E Cheese's, the Johnson City Mall, Toys R Us, BK and Dairy Queen!

Cut Away Car

Flying the plane

Riding the tractor

Bungee jumping at the mall

Back to school hair cut!

We had a great day. Brady and Abbie are already asking where we will be going before the first grade!

Life is a changin'!

Since my last post we put our house on the market, sold it, moved, mom has been in two different hospitals and Brady's daycare has closed! July was a heck of a month!

First, the house was put on the market June 27 and we had a contract on July 2! We put a bid on a house in town but it is a short sell and after four weeks we finally got an acknowledgement that our offer had be received - yes, only received. We have decided not to go that route. We are renting a house in town and so far (one week) I love it! I am close to work and can run home at lunch. We can run in and out if we need something. I have never lived in town before!

Mom has been sick. Thankfully after all of the tests it looks like her heart is fine and her stomach can be healed with medicine.

Pitter Patter closed on July 1. It was a wonderful place for Brady and I am so sad to see it close. A great friend of the family agreed to keep Brady and three of his friends for the summer. When school starts Brady and his friend Sam will ride the bus to the Lutheran Church's after school program.

We are in a small rental house in town. You could probably fit this house inside our old house, but I love it here. It is an older house with "old fashioned" hard wood floors and cabinets. Two downfalls - only one bathroom and the laundry is in the basement. If we decide to buy this house that can be easily solved with an addition.

T-ball season is over and I can honestly say that Brady absolutely loved it! He is already practicing for next year. He is really doing well with his catching.

Here are a few pictures from the past month:

The sign says it all!

Brady and his best friend Speedy

Ready to Play Ball!