I am a push over!

Wes and Carrie are busy training to be EMT intermediates on the weekends. Their kids stayed over night last night because of late nights and early mornings! Savanah gets some crazy ideas in her head sometimes. This time it was having her hair curled. She wanted it done last night, but, I declined! This morning bright and early she reminded me that I said we could curl her hair! SO WE DID! I figured why waste a nice curl job on a lazy Saturday, so we did a little photo shoot! Savanah is very photogenic and loves striking poses! She could not take the sun in her eyes, so she squinted at us! We need to figure out all of the settings for better light on the pictures!

Our Suprise project!

Marcus was out of town for a week, so we decided to change things a little. The kids were so excited to help paint the wall and not tell Dad! I went a little more conservative than I first planned. Neutral is easier to decorate with, especially for a non decorator!

Marcus was too late getting home for us to see his reaction. We turned off all of the lights but one, but he could still tell it was darker in the room. Here is a portion of the finished product.

Notice the accents on the candles: Totally getting Kimalaish!

Yes, I even made some fall flower arrangements! GASP!

This it just the top portion of our wall, not much to see other than CHOCOLATE BROWN, so I thought I would get our fall decor in. It is good I really love the fall colors, because this will be our decor until Christmas! I know sisters you are shocked to see anything but a bare wall! This event needs to be journaled for sure! I wasn't too concerned with Marcus' reaction, he really doesn't care, especially if it does not involve him doing it!

SpLiSh SpLaSh!

We had the girls go and get in the bathtub so they would be clean for church. About five minutes later, Mia comes in, goggles around her neck and floaties in her hands. We asked her, "Mia, why aren't you in the bathtub yet?" She told us, "I need my floaties blown up so me and Madi can't drown!"

SILLY GIRLS!!!

Madi, Mia and I (Whit) were down feeding the pigs with grandpa, and decided that we wanted to run home. Mia wouldn't let either of us carry her, so we let her jog with us. (We all had flip flops on, Mia's were on the wrong feet, as usual.) Mia almost made it all the way home. When we only had a little ways to go, Mia stops, looks straight at me, panting, and says, "Whitty, I'm so tired! I am going to die if someone doesn't pick me up!" So I went over and picked her up and carried her all the way home. When we got home, she said, "Whitty, thanks for carrying me. I was going to die!"

I don't know what we would do without our Mia or Madi girls!

Caution... Open wound... BEWARE!

Our plan today was to move/organize our wood pile.....BUT this is what our plan turned into.

A trip to get stitches. Marcus was pounding a pole in the ground and the final slam of the post pounder brought a pounding headache! He was lucky enough to not be knocked out, although he was a little fuzzy, and a lot pale. He bent over and just said ohhhh...I ran over took off his hat and then the blood began to run down his face. Our personal EMT, Chet, saw McKay running out with a towel and came over. It was a nice gash about 1 1/2 to 2 inches long. I sparred you the picture of the skull the Dr. allowed me to take. We walked away with 9 stiches. The Dr. was a little worried that he fractured his skull but, couldn't see any signs. He totally posed for the above picture. Marcus hates needles, the smell of antiseptic, anything medical when it comes to him! He still laughed with us during the shots! This next picture is not really that bad, as I said I didn't post the ones of the Dr. holding it wide open, but if you hate blood...don't look now!

This is before the blue stitches. The cut just kept creeping into the hair, so the Dr. would add another stitch. He acted a little goofy for a little while, having a hard time focusing, but after his ice cream, a whole lot of tylenol, and a little rest. He is doing better. So much for our Saturday projects!

The End of our Cub Scout Era

McKay received his Arrow of Light last month. Pam and Dennis prepared a ceremony about his path through the Cub Scout program.

McKay was so excited to receive his Arrow of Light award.

The symbolic face painting....Mia was jealous, but walked away with a heart!

Dennis shot his bow to show us his skills!

Grandpa T. told us fun stories. He had the kids captivated as usual.

Nothing like a fire roasted hot dog!

We are so proud of McKay and his willingness to finish this award. Now, on to Boy Scouts. Pam and Dennis do a great job organizing our Pack meetings! I hear she checks our blog once in a while:)

Surviving schedules!

We are getting back into the swing of schedules. Whitney is enjoying the new school, still missing the home cooking they have at the elementary. We had a celebration today...she got her P.E. locker open on the first try.

McKay is loving his class. I am not sure his teacher is enjoying it as much. I got report that he is a frequent talker. I wonder where he gets that?

Madi is an ideal student. She has the best learning personality, hopefully she'll stick with that! She loves to get her books passed off and back in to her teacher. She started gymnastics today...with the stipulation of her continuing piano.

Mia finally got to go to preschool today. This year they decorated a flower with any material they choose. Mia picked her favorite.....fabric! She went and picked some of grandma's scraps. She sat in the bathroom while I showered and glued her fabric on her flower. The were saturated with glue, so they dried nice and crinkly good for a flower I suppose! (What I won't do for a little peace. She is still going through issues not having the kids home. I can't get very far before she freaks out!)

Mia showing off her coat hook!

Today we measured how tall they were for the stem, and hung them on our wall to stay all year. Cute little flowers growing up with me!