Angel Babies

Thursday, July 22, 2010

Turtles and Treats

Yesterday was a trip to Landmark Park to feed the turtles.

Shep named the turtle above "big guy". Pretty appropriate, I say.

I've never seen a spider this big. She was just about as big as my hand!

GG was very happy about this swing. She can't hold on to a regular swing because of her cast so this was perfect. She had to borrow my sunglasses because, "THE SUN! IS SHINING! IN MY EYES! IN THIS SWING!".

We left because Shep apparently doesn't do well in the heat. He wanted to be carried everywhere which made GG want to be carried because God forbid that one gets more attention from mommy than the other and then GG decided that her shoes hurt and then Shep sat down in the grass and cried and wouldn't move anywhere. I was never more happy than to finally get to my van and crank the a/c and the radio up and drown out all the whine.

When we arrived home GG had treats from Grammy in the mailbox.

They had discussed candy necklaces when we were visiting last. I don't think GG knew what they were.

So Grammy sent a little "happy".

Perfect timing, because we all needed a little happy at that moment.

And she shared with her brother. Amazing.

It was a fun, hot and happy day.

Emphasis on the hot.

And the happy.

Friday, July 16, 2010

one little monkey jumping on the ...

couch.

she fell off and broke her

ARM!

ouch!

Thursday, GG was climbing and jumping all over the couch. I'm bad about letting them do that. This time wasn't so much fun. She fell off the back of the couch and broke her little arm. It was sad. It didn't look broken, but when she wouldn't stop crying after about 30 minutes I decided to take a trip to the ER. I'm glad we did. It's broken in two places. They put a temporary cast on and today we went to the orthopedic doc and she got a cool pink one.

She'll recover nicely. And hopefully we've all learned a lesson about jumping on the furniture :).

Thursday, July 15, 2010

Beauty

We visited an old cemetery while in Kentucky. There are lots of interesting stories surrounding these monuments.

The monument below belongs to the Slayden family, I believe. She was, at one point, holding a bunch of grapes. It was said that once all the grapes fell, the world would end. As far as I could tell, they have all fallen. And we're still here!

I can't remember the name of this family. Woolridge, I think. They have statues for every family member. During the ice storm last year, a tree fell on this site. Volunteers gathered the pieces and stored them in the basement of city hall. They have begun the process of repairing all of them. They even have statues of their pets here with them. I guess that means they are buried here as well?

This was just a pretty monument Sophie took a photo of.

I'd love to spend more time here at some point. I think it would be interesting to research some of the families as well.

Monday, July 5, 2010

Our 4th

We spent our 4th of July in the back of a pick up truck eating watermelon and watching fireworks.

Can it get more American than that?

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

travel time!

We are officially in the midst of summer vacation. All the travel we've been doing proves it. We've been to Orlando, Memphis, Arkansas and will be heading to Kentucky next week. Whew... I'm tired. And my poor van is tired. But, it's what we have to do since we've moved so far away from everyone. Well, we don't really have to. We want to. It's been nice to visit with all sides of our family. The kids have done remarkably well during the long trips. I won't lie, the DVD player helps a little lot.

Every time we leave, I feel a little sad. I so wish we could live near all of our family. I grew up, for the most part, near my extended family. I hate that my kids won't have that. But, as my Dad said, you've got to go where the paycheck is. I do feel blessed that I'm not having to work and can travel through the summer with the kids, letting them be spoiled by all their grandparents and aunts and uncles.

Below are some recent shots of my little Shep. We had to cut his mop top of hair. It was sad, but he needed it. I think it makes him look older. He is such a little boy. He is talking SO much now. He'll repeat anything you say and is learning to use his words better when he needs something or is upset.

He's also a little artist. Especially when it comes to coloring on himself. He'll be closely monitored the next time markers are used. :)

This was just precious. And you don't know how excited I was that he did this. Nap times have become quite a struggle lately.

He went to town (ha!) on this horsey. We may be looking for one of these at some yard sales soon. Except that it did cause a little bit of a problem trying to take turns with his sister. He wasn't a fan of that.