Mantua

We went to Mantua on our way home from Nibley to visit Tim’s sister Alice Ann. She wasn't home yet so we stopped at the reservoir and played in the water. The kids were just putting their feet at first………………….

and then……………. they went in deeper knowing they could put on their clothes from the day before. And before long they were just plain swimming!! Porter had stripped down to just his underwear!

 

Tucker was dying to try out Tim’s fly rod, he’s a bit bummed that he’s not big enough to go along fly fishing.

Abbey is our little fish. She is truly soooo happy in the water. I love all these pictures of pure JOY on her little toothless face!!!

I took over a hundred photos in the few minutes that we were there. A HUGE storm rolled in very fast and we high tailed it out of there. I think if only rained for about 10 minutes but it really RAINED.

WE had spaghetti and the yummiest zucchini chocolate chip bread at Alice Ann’s house. She lives very close to the reservoir, the kids want to go on vacation to her house this summer. We stayed and played games for awhile and it was really fun!

Memorial weekend

We went up to Nibley to John and Bev's on Sunday night (John is my OLDest brother). Tim and John were planning on going fly fishing Monday morning. They came home soon after leaving and told us the river was running 4 feet higher than was safe. They decided we would rather them come home alive then fish and die. I guess they were right.  We had fun anyway just hanging out and eating at the yummy Indian restaurant, which used to be a laundry mat, where I did my laundry  in college. It makes me laugh.

John teaching Tucker to tie a fly

Porter thought their dog would eat his chips so he kept them safe on his head! what he didn't realize is if she wanted them bad enough she could take him down in a heart beat!!!

lucky for him she is not that kind of dog or horse oh wait i mean dog.

Abbey and Maddi drawing

Porter thought the big fire Jake and his friends made was pretty cool!

it was much bigger than the camera captured.

white trash

Yes you read that right, and this post may disgust some of you and well....to bad ;)

So we've had a little power wheels barbie jeep for about 5 years that was a hand-me-down from cousin Holly so it's pretty old for a power wheels. well it finally died! We've had more batteries that Tim has gotten from work than i can count! Long story short 3 weeks before it had died Tim and I had been at a garage sale in a VERY nice neighborhood and there was a dumpster in front of one of the houses with the above seen 4-wheeler in it. Tim thought about getting it out but we decided we had enough of our own crap. Well when the jeep died he asked me if i though the 4-wheeler would still be there. UM NO. it was 3 weeks ago. well he and Tuck and a friend who was over hopped in the truck to go see. And well they brought it home....we cleaned it up....put new back wheels on it.....put in the battery from the jeep and we have happy kids!!! $24 is better than the $300 it retails for. Tucker is bummed cuz that was the last time he got to ride it, (or should I say allowed) he's just getting to big!

 Here's a pic of them in our backyard. So I guess if you don't have landscapping you CAN ride 4-wheeler's around your yard instead. Personally I 'd rather have grass.

Bus ride!!! May 12th

When it was my week to pick up from the bus stop I would try and walk if the weather was good enough and if Porter was in a good mood. Most of the time Porter would try to climb right on in the bus. It is the last stop he makes so the bus would be empty, he let Porter climb on more than once to check it out. One day he told me "come to the bus stop before and you can ride to the last stop!" So we did, that was one thing we almost missed on but I knew Porter would LOVE it and he did. You'll see in the pics that his face says it all!!!!! he was one happy camper. He didn't stop talking about it for days!!!

I love how you see the red of a car bluring by, it looks so cool.

soccer

okay I'm sooo behind when it comes to blogging!

My pictures taken to bogged pictures ratio is really bad, I'm hoping to get caught up some, but I know I will just have to not blog some. Oh I know wipe away your tears it will all be okay ;)

We've done lots of soccer games so far this year with 3 more to go.

Tucker just loves it and he seems to be built for it like his daddy.

For those of you who don't know I used to go watch Tim play soccer way back when we were still in high school. 

I like this action shot of Tuck, he almost scored a goal that time too!

He actually did score a goal that game.....the unfortunate part is Tim and I BOTH missed it. Here is the story of why.

Poor little Porter was playing with Abbey in the sand which is 2 soccer fields away. I thought I should go check on them and waited just to long. on my way there Abbey was walking back to tell me Porter needed to go potty. By the time I got to him it was too late, poor kid thought he was in so much trouble. so Tim and I consoled him that it truly was an accident and Tucker came running over and said "I scored a goal did you see it?" 

"you scored a goal?" we said in unison

"yeah didn't you see it?" his eyes pleading that we had

"um yeah it was awesome" as if we had been teasing him the whole time.

when he walked away we looked at each other, did you see it? nope, me either.

CRAP

oh well he was happy and does it really matter that he thinks we saw it, I think this is one of those "it's okay to lie to your kids" moments. I sure hope so!

Love that little grin of his!!! it's a good thing to, he's a little stink these days, he's not sure how to act with everyone home all the time, it's been quite and adjustment the last week. Yes we have already had a WHOLE week of summer!!! And I'm TIRED!!!

Muddalicious

Our kids had a grand old time in our 'swimming pool' oh it was forever ago but now I'm finally posting it. It was all fun until I took them out front and hosed them off with the cold water hitting them from the hose! I had to rehose their clothes too after they took them off!!! and I washed them 3 times to get all the mud out!!! And of course they were new clothes. well....new to them anyway I scored them at the DI. and how cute is that shirt of Abbey's for $2 and Tucks shorts were only $2. I love good deals!

Abbey on swimming and teeth

Tim was tucking in Abbey one night and she wanted all of her blankets on her. Which would have been way to hot since it has warmed up a lot. here is their conversation.

Tim   "you'll be too hot with all those blankets on you, you'll get all sweaty."

Abbey  "that's okay sometimes I like to get sweaty it feels like I'm going swimming"

Seriously where do kids come up with these things?

Abbey has now lost her 5th tooth, you are all probably sick of seeing posts about losing teeth! This last one was lose and then she got bumped by cousin Bryson and cried about the blood OH NO BLOOD AHHHH. And then 2 days later right as we were sitting down at church she bumped it on Tim's knee and started waling about yet more blood, poor little thing a lose tooth that bleeds. So after church she was saying how she could put her finger behind it. I told her to just pull it out. She looked at me like it just had never occurred to her to do such a thing. She went inside got a tissue and in one tug it was out, I wish I had had the camera because she was in shock that it took just one tug. Now she has  the infamous no top teeth smile that all little kids get but.....she still managed to eat corn on the cob without those teeth, she was determined I tell ya!

Here is our little "snaggle tooth" as Tim has called her with that one tooth 

just hanging there for weeks it seems.

I took this pic after church anticipating that it would soon be gone.

is that thing ready or what?

And here is her new grin!

look close there is also on missing on the bottom, I don't know how she eats.

oh wait SHE DOESN'T unless it's peanut butter sandwiches.

Potti-ism

We were out to eat and  someone was having a hard time getting thing done if you know what I mean (smile)

And by the title I think you can tell where this conversation takes place.......

Porter-  "Mom this is awful!"

It was so hard to not burst out laughing!!! 

and then to top it off Abbey pipes in "what does awful mean?"

Mother's Day ideas

Hey I found the PERFECT shoes we ALL need to ask our families to get them for our Mother's Day presents!!!!! Not only are they very eye pleasing but also very practical!! 

The first pair is perfect for running errands and playing at the park with your kids! Chasing little toddlers would never look so great until these babies were put on your feet, plus I bet you could run really fast and definitely NOT fall flat on your face or you wonderful "mom but"  or buuuuuut as my sister refers to it as. Check out the traction on these babies!

And this next pair is PERFECT for Sunday!!!!

These baby's will support you as you keep your kids quiet, take out the little one for a diaper change and carry 20 different kind of church bags

 I.E. scripture bag, keep the kids quiet bag and don't forget the lesson bag. 

These wonderful shoes would support all those things plus keep you looking HOT and comfortable too!!!!!!!!!!!! So let me know what you think of these great finds!!! I told Tim I need some ASAP!!!!

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A trip to the tulip festival (one of many)

Abbey called her friend awhile ago to see if HE could play. I talked to his mom and they were thinking of going to the tulip festival, so we all went. (I have to apologize that I didn't post these earlier, I should have so you all could have had a chance to come to it, it's amazing)

I was talking to said friends mom when I turned my head to see the 2 of them walking down the sidewalk like this.......

Is that the cutest?

Good thing next year they will think that boys and girls are gross!

Tim said "Slow her down!!!" with a smile of course.

WOW its been tooooooo long...

Is this the cutest picture or what?

If you don't know our little Briley you may not understand, she has hipotonia which means low muscle tone. So for her to be sitting up is so amazing! I finally had to lay her down because I could tell she was getting tired. 

She belongs to my sister Janene, she and her 3 youngest came over last week.

Porter had to climb in Brecklin's car seat, then he had me help him stand up and declared

 "look I'm a turtle!!!" 

I was laughing so hard! He had it all planned out! I thought it was very creative!

And here he is after he lost his balance and fell backwards =)

Dancing girl

Our little dancing girl. Abbey is loving her new ballet class and I love how her teacher turns everything into a game, she is so creative. I think the little girls just think they are dressing up and playing the whole time it's great!!!

And here she is all scraggly and cute! I wish I could remember what she said when she put on her daddy's shoes that morning but it is eluding me. Sometimes she is sooo funny. One day in the car Tim asked her a question and she yelled out BIIIINGOOOO instead of saying yes.