Memorial Day Weekend!

We had a great Memorial Day weekend. Friday was my last day of work and it was such a relief. I'm so glad to have that behind us for 3 months. Hats off to all those full-time working moms. Don't know how you do it!?!

Saturday morning we headed out to the lake for some fun. We met Clay's sister, Alyssa, and her husband, Ryan, out there. We had a blast with those two. Nathan & Abby for sure did. They love their aunt and uncle SO much. We spent the weekend relaxing, swimming, fishing, eating junk food, & looking at the beautiful houses Clay has been working on out there. Good Job, Honey!

Here are some of our highlights of the weekend.

WATER DAY!!!

Can you say "Eager Beaver"? We got Abby this new swim suit yesterday. Last night we tried it on after her bath and she decided that she needed to sleep in it! She was so excited about water day and her new suit she could hardly wait to get to school this morning. I heard her trying to take her cover-up off before she even got to her classroom this morning. She and I just finished a "Mommy & Me" swim lesson class today. She is definitely not afraid of the water and will be trying to be very independent this summer in the pool.

Nathan, Brandon, & Mikey at water day. Can't believe tomorrow will be Nathan's last day of kinder. Are Clay & I really old enough to have a 1st grader!?!

Of course the kindergartners had to have a crazy picture, too!
Nathan, Sydney, Brandon, Wade, & Mikey

We Have a Graduate!!!

Last Thursday was Nathan's kindergarten luncheon and graduation. It was such a special time for Nathan and all his classmates. They had the luncheon decorated so cute with tropical summer decorations. As you entered the luncheon all the kids were there waiting for their family members so they could seat them at the right table. With Paw-Paw, Dee, Grandad, Mimi, Grandma, Grandpa John, Aunt Alyssa, Clay, Abby, & myself there we had a whole table just for our family! After Nathan got us all seated he took our drink orders and then served us our delicious spaghetti lunch. Then he finally got to sit down and eat! It was so sweet. After lunch each child got their diploma and then they sang "Every Move I Make I Make in You" complete with the robot dance and other sweet motions. We watched a slideshow full of pictures from the whole year which was followed by another performance from the kids. They moved and grooved to "Walkin' on Sunshine", a Beach Boys song, & "What Time is It" from High School Musical. It was super cute, but I think Nathan was a little nervous during all this part.

Then Sunday after church we celebrated by going to play Putt-Putt after church. Nathan had a great time! He really enjoys anything to do with golf. Abby had fun just running around like a crazy person and obsessing with her hot pink golf ball!

Graduation Morning!

Mr.

Waiterman. Waiting to seat us and take our orders!
Of course Abby did not want to be left out of the festivities. This is one of the things Nathan learned in kindergarten and taught her to do.

Receiving his diploma.
Nathan and his best bud Mikey!
We love Mrs. Ostendorp & Mrs. Shaw!!!
Nathan and his friend, Sydney
Walkin' on Sunshine!!!
We love you, Nathan! We are so proud of all you have learned and done this year in kindergarten. Next year will be such a great adventure as you go to a new school, make new friends, and learn even more. You are such an incredible young man. We love seeing the kindness you have towards all your friends and your sister. Congratulations on your graduation!

Montana 2008!

Here are the long awaited prairie dog hunt pics. Hopefully this will save me from any more harassment from a certain Montana doctor!

Apparently in Montana, fields that look like this are full of unsuspecting, innocent prairie dogs. This is what happens to those prairie dogs when Clay & Brady are on the hunt. Sorry dogs-you can run, but you can't hide!!!

On a lighter note, here are Hallie, Riley, Bailey, & Jay with their Texas dog, Molly. Clay flew all the way to Montana with Molly in-tow. She is the cutest little dog. I think I could have become a dog person if she had stayed here a little longer.

Riley was kind enough to give her room up to Clay while he visited. Here she has custom embroidered her pillows for him in her room. There used to be a "R" where the "C" is now. Clever thinking Riley. You are so thoughtful!

Finally a Post!!!

I just realized what time it is and should totally being going to sleep, but I have been receiving SO much grief about not updating my blog I am making myself do this. We have been super busy this past month with school, sickness, unpacking, trips, and lots of fun times!

We started out the month with a trip to the zoo with our Georgia friends. This was so fun for Nathan. I can not stand birds, so I NEVER let him go in the area where the birds fly all around you. This time he got to go in with the other moms. He, as you can tell, really enjoyed it. Luckily our zoo pass is almost expired. So I won't have to have this battle when we go next.



In other wildlife news, Nathan caught a snake out in our yard a few weeks back. I can not believe he is holding this thing. He really is growing into a outdoorsy, get dirty, tree-climbing boy. We also have a armadillo in our backyard. I think he is living under our shed. Nathan and Clay decided they are going to set a trap for it. Of course Abby wants to get in out that too.

Here is our princess in PINK! She is becoming borderline obsessive with the color pink. She likes Lucky Charm cereal, but calls it Pink cereal. I think she calls it that because all she really eats are the pink marshmallows. Here she is in her pink room before bed one night. Dee(my mom) gave her this pink gown for Christmas because she said I had one just like it when I was little. Abby loves the gown! I thought it looked so big when she got it and really can't believe it fits her already.

Last weekend, Clay went to Montana and Nathan went to Fossil Rim with Grandad and MiMi. So Parsh and Mallory came up to spend the weekend with Abby and I. We had a fun girl weekend. Abby is absolutely in love with Mallory. She wanted to help change her, bathe her, and anything else she could get her nose into. I'm not sure she understands personal space yet, though. She was all up in Mallory's business. Precious cousins! We can't wait to see the trouble Abby gets Mallory into.

Stay tuned for pics from the Montana Prairie Dog hunt and our upcoming kindergarten graduation!!!

BIG News!!!

Nathan lost his first tooth tonight!!! After being whacked in the nose with the rinsing cup in the bathtub we did a tooth check. I really thought his loose tooth might have been knocked out from the whacking in the tub, but no it was just barely hanging on. I tried to get him to yank it out, but that was a no go. So mom to the rescue. I yanked it out and we did the tooth dance!! He is very excited and could hardly stop smiling tonight before he went to sleep. He is very eager to get to school tomorrow and show his friends.

We Have MOVED!!!

We have been in our new house for 2 weeks now and we are loving it!! After a crazy time getting to the closing table, we hurriedly got one set of contractors in to scrape and re-texture the ceilings and and then another set of contractors in to paint from head to toe. Then we hurriedly moved in our stuff. The painters were still painting as we were walking in with boxes and furniture. It was a hard moving weekend and week to follow, but we are starting to come out of the moving fog. All the boxes in the house are empty, but we have a garage full of boxes to go through and clean out.

The kids are having such a great time. They each got to pick the paint color for their rooms. Nathan's room is blue and Abby's is pink. Do they fit the typical sterotypes or what!?!

This weekend we have been recovering from the severe storms we had here last week. We lost a tree in our backyard and some shingles off the roof. Great welcome to the neighborhood.:-)

Fun times with the chainsaw!

Glamour girl of the block!

Muscle man hauling branches out to the curb.