School Lunch

The kids summer lunch program has started and my kids could hardly wait. As soon as school was out they were asking when they could go to the schools for lunch. They had to wait a few weeks and they were finally able to go on the 4th of June. Paige was so excited to go that the weekend before she wanted to go and was sad when I told her she had to wait until Monday. She proceeded to get in the van to go to school lunch. We did not see her do this and when we realized she wasn't oputside with the rest of the family we became a little panicked and began searching everywhere for her. We were getting to that scary point of not being able to find her when Matt opened up the back of the van and there she was! She said she was waiting to go to school lunch!! Silly girl, I hope we aren't spending the majority of our summer looking for her!!! Needless to say they kids were over joyed when the day finally came to go to school lunch. They had chicken nuggets, fries, a roll, peaches and milk. Paige ate most of her lunch, including the peaches, which suprised me. I looked over at Parker and his tray was completely empty!! That was a first! HE ate the whole things and he ate it like a growing boy! That was a good sight to see! So we are into our third week of school lunch and playing outside for about an hour before. It is nice to have the kids outside playing for a while instead of sitting in front of the TV all day!

Summer Time

It is summer time and we are so excited. We will be eating a lot of ice cream this summer, the kids love it!!

Water Pipes

Last Tuesday, the 22nd, I went into Paige's room and found the carpet by her closet wet. At first I thought maybe she had spilled a glass of water or something, but then realized it was a lot more water than that. I pulled everything out of her closet, turned off the water line, and called my Dad. He is mister fix it and I knew he would be able to tell me what was wrong. He left work and came over as quickly as he could. He cut a hole in the wall in the bathroom and then realized that there was a leak in the main water line from the main line to the toilet or the tub. He couldn't quite tell because the line lays under the floor in a cement slab that is the foundation. We called a restoration company and they came and cleaned up the water and called a plumber for us. The insurance adjuster came in and told us what would be covered and what wouldn't. The verdict was that I would be without water for a few days, maybe longer. They debated on what to do, whether to just replace the line in the bathroom or to replace the entire water line to the whole house. We didn't want to have to go through this again. So my dad decided it would be best to replace the entire line and to use "pecks" (I think that was what they are called) they ran the lines up on top of the wall where the ceiling and wall meet. My dad will then cover them up with some crown molding. So I am grateful that we were only without water for a few days and that were were able to stay in the house during the repairs. It would have taken a lot longer to repair them under the foundation and would have been extrememly expensive. You take for granted everyday things like running water and it sure makes a womam appreciate it when it is turned back on. I was so glad to have hot and cold running water when we got home from camping. I sure didn't want to wash all those muddy clothes by hand. I am grateful to a dad that helps take care of us, and know exactly what to do in a bad situation!!

Memorial Weekend Camping

Well I did it again, I say I will never do it again, but every year Matt and I go camping with the Keller side to Summitt Creek. It hasn't been nice weather for about 8 years we figured this year had to be the year of nice weather so we could play in the creek, ride four wheelers and get sunburnt! Well we were wrong!! As Matt and I were pulling into the campsite on Friday night there was about 2 inches of snow on the ground. It turns out it had snowed all day long and everyone spent the day in campers. Luckily this year we pulled Matt's Parents old camper out and we had something to keep up nice and warm. We did spend the rest of the weekend inside the campers, except for the occasional razor ride to the bathroom, that was cold!! Sunday we woke up to about 3-4 inches of snow and called it a weekend. Everyone loaded up and we were home by 2:00 pm. We still had a good time and made memories. The kids kids look forward to going every year and no matter whether it is rain or shine they have such a good time with all their cousins. We got wet, and muddy and I had about 10 leads of laundry to do when we got home, but we will be going again next year, and the next...to kids tradition alive and to continue making good memories. We will get a decent weekend one of these years...I hope!

Kindergarten Graduation

Parker had his Kindergarten program on the 21st. It was a Spring program with the kids singing all the songs that they have learned over the year while they were in computer labs. Parker isn't really a big singer, and doesn't really seem to pick up song lyrics very well, but he did a lot better than the Winter program. No matter what I do the night before to make him go to bed at a decent hour this kid is always yawning. He did more yawning than singing. It was actually quite funny, but I was wishing he would have been singing more. He gets distracted too easily and forgets what he is supposed to be doing. Nevertheless it was fun to see him with his class mates and for him to be on stage as a kindergartner. Now it is on to 1st grade at Stoddard!! Yay Parker!

Just Like His Momma

I have started all my kids young on dill pickles, and Paxten is no exception! He loves a dill pickle just like his momma. In fact all of my kids love dill pickles. In fact, between all of us we can go through a commercial sized jar of pickles in less that a week, about 3 days. We love to all have a dill pickle for a snack and I don't think there is anything wrong with that!!

Paige's Preschool Graduation

Paige graduated from her first year of Preschool on the 17th of May. She went to Smartie Pants Preschool this year and was taught by Miss Joni and Miss Allyson. Paige loved every day at preschool and is very sad that she won't be going during the summer. She has learned a lot and loves to share the things she has learned, when she decides she wants to tell you. The kids were each asked what their favorite part about preschool was and Paige's answer was Making Crafts. So for the graduation each child came to the front and said their line. Paige did awesome!! She wasn't afraid at all and she said the words into the microphone clearly so we could all understand. She was in a great mood at the beginning of the performance, but then got a little bit sad when she was having trouble with some of the word to the songs. Before I knew it she was crying on stage in front of everyone. I felt so bad for my little girl. I tried to calm her down and let her know it was ok, but she didn't seem to believe me. The rest of the performance she just kind of sat on her chair with a frown on her face, waiting for it to be over with. At least she has another year to practice her songs and to be able to stand on stage with a smile. She is a typical girl and I am sure this won't be the last meltdown she has....oh what am I in for??? We love you Paige!