We Have Been Very Busy................

I have not blogged in a month!! I will do good for a while and then get behind. July was a very, very busy month for us. We had VBS, swimming lessons, vacation, etc. So I will try to bring you up to date if I can, but I am warning you my memory is terrible. I am going to go by my pictures.  This will be a very, very long post.  I apologize in advance.

This first picture is of Kaitlyn and her daddy before going on a fishing trip in daddy's boat.  I tried to get him to take the camera with him but he didn't want to lose it, so I just snapped a picture of them before they left.  I packed her a bag with snacks and drinks in it.  Looking out for my babies (yes Kenny too!)  Ha!!  Kaitlyn caught two fish that day.  Just imagine them since I don't have a picture.

One accomplishment Kenleigh has made this summer is using her arm floaties to swim with.  My brother-in-law and sister-in-law have a pool and she loves swimming in their pool with her arm floaties all by herself. 

 

Next, was the 4th of July.  We had a cookout at my house and then after we all ate, we went to my brother-in-law and sister-in-laws house to swim.  Here are the girls with my best friends daughter Karlie enjoying the rotel dip!!

Here is Papaw after getting his belly full!!

Then we all went swimming!!  This is Melinda and Brian, my husbands cousin and her husband. 

My sister-in-law Angela taking a breaking from the pool to get a snack. 

My mother-in-law and one of her sister's Pam.

Kaitlyn trying to get a hold of the swim board. 

Me with my BFF Kim. 

My brother-in-law Johnny!!

Kaitlyn and Karlie posing.  

 

This is Kaitlyn and I before the Patriotic Program at church July 4th.  

Kaitlyn and Kenleigh before the program.

Jaden and Kenleigh before the program.

 

Jaden and Kenleigh during the program.            Kaitlyn during the program.

Kaitlyn and Kenleigh marching during the program.  They were so cute.

Sarah, Kaitlyn, Kenleigh and Jaden

Cousins!!

Kenleigh with daddy at Higgison before the fireworks.  She was so excited.  I think this was the first fireworks we had ever taken her to.  I don't have any pictures of Kaitlyn due to she freaked out on us.  She had a panic attack.  She didn't like the fireworks.  It was awful.  She was shaking, just a mess.  I guess next time we will leave her with someone else.  

Here is Kenleigh helping daddy one day on trying to get the dryer leveled out.  She loves to work on things.  

Here is my 2 and 3 year old class at Saddle Ridge Ranch VBS.  Notice my Kenleigh is giving the peace sign!!  

This was my 4 and 5-year-old class from VBS.  

Here are my kindergartners.

 

Kenleigh and Kaitlyn during the night of the closing program of VBS.  

My aunt Pam came to visit sometime during the month of July and we went to eat at Cracker Barrel, one of my favorite places to eat and the girls wanted to sit in the little rocking chairs. 

Now we go into Kaitlyn's softball party where her entire team received trophies from their coach.  This was at the Pizza Pro and there was man there that made the girls something out of a balloon.  Kenleigh picked out a ladybug wrist balloon.  This is Kenleigh with her friend that she made at the ballpark this year Jaylen.    Kaitlyn played ball with her older sister.

Kaitlyn with her trophy and her turtle wrist balloon and her BFF Karlea since they were 18 months old. 

Jazmine and Kaitlyn.

Taryn and Kaitlyn and then Kaitlyn with Olivia.

  

Kaitlyn with her team and with coaches Dewayne and Bobby.  We had such a great year. 

Karlie, Taryn, Kaitlyn, and Haven.

Heather and I (Karlea's Mom). 

This is all for now.  I will have to do the rest another night.  I have been working on this post for two nights.  We still have swimming lessons and vacation.  

LORI

Favorite Foto Friday

It is Friday, thank goodness!!  I am participating in FFF.  If you would like to join in the fun, just join Hannah over at Me-Me and Monkey's BIG Adventure.  This week is U-Pick.  

Last weekend was very, very busy for us.  As I told you in my earlier post, one of my brothers will be leaving next Thursday for Afghanistan.  He didn't think he was going to be able to come home before being deployed, but at the last minute he contacted me via FB to let me know he was coming in.  So I made plans last Friday to go see him on Saturday and then on Sunday we had a birthday party and while we were at the birthday party, my husband took my mother-in-law to the hospital because she was having chest pains.  So it was a busy, busy weekend.  So I thought I would share some of the photos from last weekend for today.  I hope you enjoy!!

My brother was going to visit his two boys while in town and he had gotten a book called Over There and it talks about the same things that he will be doing while he is gone that we do over here.  It was a really neat book and he was reading it to Kenleigh.  So sweet!!

My daddy and brother Jason.

Here we all are laughing pretty hard about something??  Anyways:  Daddy, Jason, Kenleigh, Kaitlyn, Me and my Aunt Pam.

Here is Jason with his wife Jamie. 

Please say a special prayer for her.  I can't imagine what she must be going through.  My husband has never been away from me except for a few nights here and there. 

Now on to Sunday........Here are all the guests from the double birthday party.  This slide was a hit!!  The kids absolutely loved it, except Kenleigh.  I think she was just a little too small for it.  She came down really, really fast and then hit the water face first and got water all in her eyes.  So she spent most of her time either here:

In this little playhouse where she could open and shut the door, or on the trampoline below.  I was wore out by the end of the day because I had to take her around to three different places.  She thought she wanted to get on the slide, so I would put her in and then she decided she didn't want in there.  What we do for our children!! 

Happy 6th Birthday to Cloyee and Reece!!

These were the kids that were left after the party and they played on the slide forever!!  Reece and Cloyee, Zoei, Karlie and Kaitlyn.

Here is Gavin and Kenleigh.  I think she has found her a little boyfriend.  They played in the little house together and now they are eating out of their goody bags!!  

I hope everyone has a very Happy 4th!!  

LORI

Shoot Me 5 of 52

I know I have not blogged in a while and I apologize but I have been very, very busy.  I am working on VBS and plus I am participating in a Beth Moore Bible study on Wednesday nights and there is homework with it and I never get it all done but I do try to do some of it, so I have not had any time for blogging!!  

This past weekend I went to see one of my brothers who will be deploying next Thursday.  Please say a special prayer for him.  He is 26 and will leave behind a wife and 5 kids.  He wasn't sure if he would be able to come home before being deployed and so I just thank God for him getting to come in and me getting to visit with him before he leaves.  I hope everyone has a great holiday weekend.  I am so looking forward to it.  The kids are participating in a Patriotic Program at church on Sunday night and then our Bible school starts Monday night, so it may be a while before I get to blog again.  Hopefully I can get back soon.  

My Brother Jason and I

Shoot Me! It's time to stop hiding behind that camera of yours. Your family is missing you in the picture. So it's time to post a picture of YOU (yes, you) every Thursday with your child, your spouse, your friend, your dog, or even by yourself. Just get in the picture, you'll be glad you did! And just jump in now with 1 of 52, you can do it!

LORI

Chocoholic

Kenleigh came into the living room the other night and had a cookies and cream Hershey kiss.  I immediately asked her where she got it from, knowing that it was up on the bar where she could not reach.  She quickly answered me that she had went and got her stool.  A few days later she asked if she could have some chocolate.  We have been having some major tummy issues and so I always promise her if she poops in the potty she can have a piece of chocolate.  I guess maybe it is my fault she has turned into such a chocoholic!!  Anyways, thanks to PediaLax Fiber-Gummies I think we have resolved that issue!!  Praise the Lord.  So back, to the question she had asked me about could she have a piece of chocolate.  I told her no, we had to eat lunch first.  She then asked me to go to the living room so she could get a piece of chocolate.  I literally laughed out lot!!  I thought she is something else.  She has got it all figured out.  She thinks if I go to another room where I can't see her, then she can get her candy.  She is just like her daddy.  That sounds like something mischievous he would do. 

LORI

Music Monday/Your Song With Your Significant Other

Today is Music Monday and the theme for this week is "Song with your significant other."  Oh, how this seems like it was yesterday.  I don't know the particulars or how it happened but it has just always been known that this was mine and my husband's song.  Wonderful Tonight by Eric Clapton.



I don't really care for the ending on this particular video but the ones that I wanted to use would not allow you to embed the codes.

I have two songs.  I will never forget the first time I heard this song, my husband told me that this was his song to me.  Oh, how it melted my heart!!  She Don't Know She's Beautiful by Sammy Kershaw. 



If you would like to join in the fun today, just hop on over to Tara's Blog and link up.  I hope everybody has a great week and a Happy Music Monday.

LORI

My Little Short Stop

I am so proud of Kaitlyn.  This is her third year to play softball, second year in the 8 and under league and her and her daddy work out in the yard for hours sometimes and it is hot.  All that hard work has paid off.  The last two or three ballgames she has done an excellent job playing short stop.  She has stopped some fast, hard balls that I myself would be scared to death to try to catch if they were coming after me!!  She has had a great time and we have so enjoyed watching her and all of her teammates.  We are finished with all of our regularly scheduled games but will start tournaments on Monday.  I can't wait!!  I get so excited.  She has made her mommy and daddy so proud. 

LORI

One Year Blogoversary!!

Today is my one year blogoversary!!  I knew nothing about blogging until a little over a year ago when I received an e-mail asking for prayer for a little girl and there was a link that you could go to and read more about it.  That is when I was introduced to the blog world.  Abby's Army is a blog dedicated to Abby and her diagnosis and updates.  This little girl lives about 40 miles north of me.  I wanted to leave a comment when I read this and didn't know how and that is when I got me a Google account and I thought this looks interesting.  I used to scrapbook all the time.  My oldest daughter has like five scrapbooks and my youngest doesn't even have one full one!!  I know, don't throw tomatoes at me!!  I thought this would be a good way to keep up with the many blessings that God has blessed me with and also to tell you all about my father-in-law and his cancer.  

I have met so many people and I just want to say thank you to all the followers, all the comments, all the fun blog carnivals and I could just go on and on.  

I don't have any giveaways to give you but I am going to tell you about a great giveaway that ends on Monday.  So you will have to act fast.  I haven't talked a whole lot about my weight loss mainly I guess because when I started back on WW I was on a blogging hiatus due to going back to school.  But I joined WW in February and I have lost 21.5 pounds to date.  I found this great giveaway on facebook.  Crissy over at Dear Crissy is having an awesome Weight Watchers giveaway.  If you are a member of WW, thinking about becoming a member of WW, struggling with weight etc., hop on over and visit Crissy.  I struggle with getting in exercise.  

I am now up to 53 followers.  That really excites me.  I would have never thought a year ago that I would have this many followers.  I hope to meet many more friends and to grow closer to the ones I already have. 

I know you are supposed to give something away or have everybody comment with some questions that you ask, but to be honest with you, I am so tired.  We have been somewhere every night this week.  So, here is what I will have you do, if you like my blog, just leave me a comment and that would make me one happy girl.  I am not hard to please.

LORI