Being a kid

I LOVE catching my girls playing and just being a kid! I feel like kids grow up so quickly these days and lose interest in make believe, toys, and magical worlds. With all of the "so called kid shows" that have kids on them that are cool and dating at a young age doesn't help. I always try to tell my kids that they are young once and to take advantage of it.

So, when I catch them being kids and using their brilliant imaginations I have to just stop whatever it is that I am doing and watch them play. I love it! I wish I could freeze time and keep them small forever!

Make-Up

Kaylee and her BFF decided to do make-up on each other's faces one day. What do ya think.....did they find their future profession?

Look who got braces

Ashlyn started her Summer off by getting braces. She was so nervous!

The assistants were so sweet and explained everything to her.

Here is Dr. E working on Ashlyn. He has to be one of the nicest men I have ever meant! We are really lucky to have him as our orthodontist!

This isn't a great picture, but here she is with her braces. She was in a lot of pain that first couple of weeks. She would stuff so much wax in her mouth that she would look like she had a big wad of chew in her mouth!

Swim Team

I am the type of parent that DOESN'T sign her kids up for summer activities. I feel like during the school year life is crazy busy and the kids never get to just be kids. No to mention that I just don't get enough time with them to lay in bed in the morning and talk about their dreams and give tickle tortures! This summer I made a change and decided to sign Kaylee & Ashlyn up for swim team. It was a big commitment to make in the summer. They went 4 days a week for an hour but it was SO worth it! It really was one of those things that made me wonder why I didn't do it sooner. The girls enjoyed their summer program so much that they are going to continue to do it through the school year! I am so excited because it is an awesome form of exercise and it will be something that they can do through out their lives!

One of those days

This was one of those days! No, not the one's when your kids are making you crazy but the one's when you just LOVE them to pieces! Maybe it was because it was the beginning of the summer and I was so excited to spend some time with my 3 angels!

On this day I kept looking at Jayden and thinking that I only have her for 3 more years and then she is off to college! I wanted to cry because she has become my best friend! I really am so lucky because she is the BEST teenager a parent could ask for! Yes, she has her moments but they are really mild moments and for the most part she is so sweet and so FUNNY!!! I love her carefree personality and her heart that has enough love in it to love everyone!

Kaylee is my crazy, fun, jokester girl! She is all about having a good time and is constantly making me laugh with the things she tells me. Thankfully she is still little enough to think that I am the coolest thing since white bread! Oh, I wish they could all stay that way.

Ashlyn is my sensitive, smart, animal lover! I love that big smile, it melts my heart every time she flashes me a big one!

Ashlyn loves her family and one of her most favorite people in the world is her cousin, Navy!

Last Day of School May 2011

I remember the excitement I felt on the last day of school. I lived in a small town and it seemed that everyone felt it to. There were water balloons being tossed around every corner, kids walking everywhere, and fun parties to be had!

I still feel a little of that when it's my kids last day. I always try to do something fun. This year I got all the appropriate things to bomb the neighborhood kids with and each other. The only problem....there were no other neighborhood kids out! WHAT??? For weeks now there were kids everywhere in our neighborhood playing in the streets, ready for freedom and now their gone on the most exciting day? Oh well. The girls still had fun with each other and I had fun watching them!

Mother's Day

This is my beautiful mommy! I will be thinking about her and missing her this mother's day!

Rockstars

If our family had a CD this would be the cover!

Black Sheep

Do you ever feel like the Black Sheep? I do a lot! I don't know why but the older I get I just really don't feel like I fit in anywhere, except with my children.

Slight Astigmatism

A few months back Kaylee failed the school eye exam and lately has been coming home saying the board is blurry at school! I finally took her into the eye doctor on Friday and she has a slight astigmatism. The doctor told me to wait a year and then get her checked again. I think Kaylee was a little disappointed because she really wanted to get some glasses like her big sister. As for the mom, I was relieved that my pocket book wouldn't be taking such a hit (our insurance isn't the greatest) and I wouldn't have to worry about her losing or scratching them!

Despicable Me

My kids have been watching this movie over and over and I think I like it more & more every time I hear it. Yes I said hear it because it is in our car so that's all I get.

Change

I changed my background......does that count as updating my blog?

Brown Santa

I love to shop online. It's so much easier than running around to a million different stores! I get so excited when I hear the truck pulling up into my cul-de-sac! I just hope & pray that it's stopping in front of my house. And oh the JOY I feel when I find a box waiting for me on my doorstep! Bottom line............

I LOVE the Brown Santa!

Dreaming of........

I am dreaming of one of these..........

Nook Color!

A frightful dinner

Mummy Dogs

Spiders

Worms

The cutest GHOULS in town!

OUCH!!!!

Kaylee slammed her finger in the car door! I felt so bad for her. She will definitely lose her nail.

Concentrating tongue style

The Green Mermaids played another awesome game on Saturday even though it was blazing HOT!!! Kaylee was so funny! Every time she went to kick the ball she had her tongue sticking out like it would help her or something!

Personality A Plus

Do you want some cheap entertainment? All you have to do is go to Kmart with my funny Jayden and try on grandma clothes and play in the Halloween isle. No, I didn't get to go with her BUT I got my cheap entertainment from her funny pictures. Jayden has the funnest personality! She is so cute & fun to be around. I love her so much and I am so proud of what an amazing young woman she is!

She has this thing for Jason~ WEIRD

Jayden & her friends at Dixie's homecoming game....we lost!

Cowgirls & Backpacks?

It's Dixie Round-Up time and they sure push it at the schools and the kids LOVE it! The kids had an assembly at school where the Rodeo queens & princesses come. I'm sure other people come as well but of course this was my girls favorite. Thursday is kids night at the Rodeo and Kaylee was invited to a friend's birthday party. They were decorating cute pink hat's and having a pageant then going to the Rodeo. Jayden & her friend went, (i'm sure to just walk around and check out the boys) and then Ashlyn & I went too. The kids loved it. The next morning the kids could wear cowgirl hats to school so Kaylee was so excited! I told her to get her backpack on when it was time to leave for school and she said very seriously to me, "Mom, do cowgirls wear backpacks?"

Yes baby girl, they do!

Green Mermaids

Kaylee is playing soccer this Fall and her team is called, "The Green Mermaids." How cute is that? She is really loving it, which makes it fun for me too. She played in the Spring and she just wasn't sure what to think. She would dance around the field close to the ball but trying to really not make contact with it. This season she is going after the ball and having a great time. I think my favorite part is to see her out there with a great big smile on her face, enjoying every second of it!

Dad giving Kaylee some soccer pointers

BIG kick

Goin for it!