FINALLY!!

FINALLY....that is what Meysa said yesterday when she FINALLY got to go to preschool. This little girl has been ready to go for at least a year now and when Ayden started school a few weeks ago, she was all rip roaring ready to go as well. So imagine having to wait a little longer. Almost not possible. I asked her how her day was and she said good, they had snacks, got to play outside and she learned about savages!! I am not sure now about the curriculum, but maybe she got it confused with something else. Anyways she is ready to go again today and everyday from now on. I can't believe that my little girl is already going to school!! Lauryn, Wyatt and I had a quiet afternoon running errands, I did enjoy that!!!

Big 2nd Grader

Well Ayden started 2nd Grade on Wednesday. He was excited even though he woke up with a headache. His teacher is Mrs. Montgomery, he got lucky that is who he wanted. It is hard to believe that he is in 2nd grade. Some days it seems he was just going to preschool and was only 4 years old.
He wanted me to take a picture of him like this too. I haven't figured out why. It could be because of two reasons. 1- he saw me do this plenty in the last nine months while taking pictures of my belly. Or 2- he is expecting to need a mug shot sometime this year so he thought he would get it out of the way early. Funny kid! Yeah for school to start again!!!

Wyatt and Tivian

Well the cousins got to meet for the first time this last weekend. Wyatt and Tivi are only two weeks apart in age and I hope they will be good friends too. We took like 20 pics of Airica and I with the babes, but I had to post this one mainly because Tivi has the cutest look on her face. I love when babies go cross-eyed. Notice the difference between the two. Tivi got all the hair for both of them. Wyatt has some hair on his head it is just about 1mm long. It will come in sooner or later.
This was Tivi just after she ate. Note the look of complete satisfaction on her face!! She is so dang cute!!
Little Wyatt-he makes some of the funniest faces!!
Trying to get a picture of just them. They were either looking away from each other or they were sliding down the couch or falling over. Not very cooperative, but cute nonetheless!!

Fun at Papa's House

We were at Papa Chip's house this last weekend and boy did we have fun!! With all the cousins in town for Mahaley's wedding there was no shortage of activity around the Place. Saturday was one such day. After the wedding we came back to Grandma's to change and get ready to go play at the park. We also needed to have a funeral for one of Aaron's beloved cows. See she took an awful tumble down Papa's hill and well it didn't end well for her. Of course everyone wanted to be in attendance and so off we went to bury poor Bessie.

First we had to load up in the tractor cause that is what we do at Papa's house. We always get a ride in the tractor. This was a first for Lauryn I think and she loved it. She had a smile on her face the whole time.
We had to do some impromtu pruning along the way. The tractor couldn't get back to where Bessie was with the tree as big as it was so Papa took a little off the side.

Finally we made our way through and just around the bend was the final resting place of poor old Bessie.

If you will notice Bessie is already getting nice and bloated and a little stinky. The kids didn't mind too much until we moved her and then you didn't want to be down wind from her at all.
Then the digging began. Thank heavens we had a tractor to do all the work, can you imagine having to dig that grave by hand. The kids were fascinated by the hole and would get awfully close to falling in every once in a while. Lauryn even liked playing in it before Bessie occupied it.
The kids look awfully sad about losing Bessie don't they?
Watching Papa do all the work digging the grave!!! We are making sure he is doing his job right!!
Talk about cheap entertainment!! Unfortunately my cameras battery died just about now and so I don't have any pictures of the actual move and burial but we all had a moments silence for the good ole cow. She will be missed dearly, especially by Aaron.
Oh the fun we have at Papa's house!!!

I know I am Crazy!!

My niece Mahaley got married this last Saturday in Lewiston and originally I wasn't planning on going since I just had a baby two weeks ago. They are planning on having a reception in October and that was when I was planning to go over and make my appearance. Well Friday morning I was sitting nursing Wyatt and the thought popped in my head, why not go over for the wedding. I felt good, the kids were bored and Ryan was going to be at the hospital seriously the whole weekend. Well I thought about it and ho hummed around all day until at about 3 PM when Ryan called to see how we were doing and I happened to mention my wild thought. Surprisingly Ryan said GO!! So in 45 minutes I packed 4 kids and myself and was on the road (with a quick stop at McDonalds for dinner). I called my parents to give them the heads up and for them to keep it a secret. My Dad told me I was crazy, which at this point I already knew. Who takes 4 kids, one who happens to be only two weeks old and drives 6 hours at night? Well I guess that would be me!! Wyatt did really well, I only had to stop once to nurse him and thank heavens for movies to keep the other kids entertained!! The best part (besides getting there safely) was the look on my older sister and Mahaley's face when I showed up at the church!! I love suprises!