Parker's New Clothes

Parker wasn't quite as excited as Paige was about getting new clothes, but I made him try them each on and model for me as well. Parker will be in 1st grade this year and he is so excited about going. He was excited to have a few new things to wear, especially jeans that don't have holes in the knees!

Paige's New Clothes

I took the kids to Walmart the day before Parker started school to get some new clothes. Talk about procrastination! Here are the outfits Paige picked out and her beautiful modeling skills. She cracks me up!! I also love the fact that she is proud that she got ne clothes from Walmart. That won't last forever, gotta love it while I can!!

Fair Time

We love it when the fair comes around. And the kids are getting old enough to remember the years past, so there is no escaping it now! We went to the parade on Saturday morning with those that were here for the reunion. It was just like every other year as far as parades go, but it has become tradition. Then we went over to the fair for lunch and rides. The kids had pizza, Matt and I had Mammoth burgers, and they were so good. Parker was in kind of a crabby mood and all he wanted to do was "have a fun day" meaning he wanted to ride the rides, and get a toy and do only what he wanted to do. I kept telling him if he would change his attitude and decide that he was going to have fun no matter what, then he would. Well after we finally made it over to the rides, he seemed to have more of a fun time. My sunburn from the previous day, really made my day miserable, but I tried not to let it affect the fun the kids had. They loved the rides and could have gone on them all day if we had let them. Thank you Grandma Yancey for the ride tickets. After the rides, we let the kids each pick a grab bag to take home and open. We were only there for a few hours, but that was enough pushing 2 kids in a stroller and another to try and keep track of on the side. Matt and I may go back again by ourselves tomorrow and call it "date night." After we left the fair, about 1/2 hour later, it began to pour rain and it rained hard for about 2 hours. Glad we left when we did!!!

After Lava

These were the kids on the way home from Lava. Love it when this happens. Swimming sure does the trick!!

More from Lava

My kids were so excited to go swimming and when Parker saw all the slides at Lava, that is pretty much the only thing he wanted to do. He definitely got his money's worth.I think he went down the slide at least 10 times. He loved it. He also thought he was pretty good at swimming and tried to get me to let hi swim in the deeper water. Swim lessons was a good thing for him to feel more independent and I know that he could at least make it to the side after going off the slide or diving board.

Paige was a little fish and just kept swimming and swimming. She did get cold once in a while and would get her towel on to dry off and warm up for a little while before getting back in the pool. There were 2 kiddie slides in the pool and she loved to go down them, she would go down the slide into the water and she could touch the bottom, then she would get out and go down the slide again. Over and over and over again. I think she really had a fun time as well.

I wasn't sure how Paxten would like the water, but he couldn't get enough if it. I put him on the little kiddie slide to see how he would like it and then I was stuck there for about a 1/2 hour putting him on the kiddi slide. He loved falling off of the edge into the water. I could catch him just before he went under and he would have the biggest grin on his face. He loved evey minute of swimming.

Charyn is more of a dare devil than I am and She decided to go on the really fast slide that drops like 50 feet. She said it was fun and somehow talked me in to going on it. The stairs to get up to it were tiring, and made me relize how out of shape I am. As I was going on the slide, I had second thoughts, but by then it was too late and I could see the ligh and the opening where it dropped, I screamed the entire way down!! It was scary! But it was fun and I might do it again. I love spending time with my family!!

Yancey Reunion

My mom decided it was about time we had a Yancey reunion. We haven't had one for like 2 or 3 years. So she planned one the weekend of the fair, Labor Day weekend, hoping that people would be able to come and to enjoy the fair as well. It turns out it was a bad weekend for most everyone and only a few from Carla's family ended up coming. Carla, Rachel, Caleb & Laura and their kids Evelyn & Adam. Charyn, Zander, & Jackson came for the day but she was on call for work and was unable to spend the rest of the weekend with us. Even though there was a small group of us we managed to have a good time. We went to Lava on Friday and spend the majority of the day swimming. We had planned on going to Ross Park and even called ahead to make sure they would be open. They said "yes thru the Labor day" so we packed a picnic lunch and got all ready to go. When we got to Ross park they were CLOSED!!! The didn't tell us they would be closed the Friday before Labor Day. Luckily Lava was open, so we hopped back in the car and drove a few more miles to Lava. The weather looked like it was going to storm, so were were hesitant to have to pay and then have to get out in a few minutes if it rained. But we were lucky and the storm clouds passed and we had a great time. We swam for about 3 1/2 hours and rode the slides a lot!! I didn't put sunscreen on the kids or me because it was so cloudy when we first got there. Boy did I pay for that later. I was burnt to a crisp!! But it was still worth it, having one last hurrah before school started. We were glad some family came and enjoyed the day with us.

Hair-do's

I have been doing Paige's hair since she was just little and I could barely get littl pigtails in on top of her head. Some days she is really good about letting me do her hair, and some days not so much. I have tried several differnt style on her, but decided to do something new the other day. It wasn't anything special just parted down the middle with 3 elastics goin back on each side into a pigtail. I told he I tried something different and when she looked in the mirrow at it she said, "mom, your really getting good a doing my hair!" it was so funny, that this particular style got such a reaction from her. She even had to come back in the bathroom a few minutes later to look at it again. And the next day she asked me to do the same style as yesterday. Who knew such a simple thing could make her so happy. I am glad I am finally "getting the hang of it" after 4 years!