August Randoms

August.

Hudson decided to help Rob mow the yard one evening!  First he had to come up with the perfect outfit! Costuming is never a problem for Hudson! 

He realized mowing isn't as easy as it looks!  But, her stuck with it!

We practiced on our dives this summer! Getting better!

Nonie and Poppa treated Morgan, Lawson and Hudson to a week of  Kanakuk Kampout that is held at our church.  They bring their camp staff, climbing walls, bungee trampoline, water games, crafts, bible time, and crazy chants and hot a really top notch camp.  This is the kids second time to go ad they LOVE it!

The next week the kids packed their bags and headed to stay a few more days with Mimi and Doo Dad in Texarkana.  They keep an eye out of people practicing at the Texarkana Boot & Saddle Club each evening.  Usually they just get to watch..which the love!  But, they scored a ride on evening!  When I asked them, what was the most fun thing they did in Texarkana they both said this!  A real treat!

They spent a lot of time at the pool in Texarkana! Look at this pretty braid mom did on Lawson! 

When they got back home we suprised them with Circus Tickets!  We haven't been in probably 4 years or so!  But, we LOVE it! It's so entertaining!

This is the first time I realized that I may now be officially too old to watch the circus though!  All the acts make me incredibly nervous!  There was a guy riding a bike on a nigh wire with a girl standing on his shoulders....and I was watching with my hands clenched and a stressed look on my face apparently.  ( I do remember thinking...."This is not a good idea, this is not a good idea).  Lawson tapped me and said "Did something bad happen?"  I said, "No, I don't think so."  She said, "You look like it did!  Me"Oh...I'm sorry. "
I love watching it....but this time I was just really aware that you are a second away from sitting on the front row of a train wreck!

What a wonderful summer!  

Next week is back to school for the kids.  I started back to work Aug 1. I even made the school website!

First Day of 5th and 2nd Grade

Not sure I remember us ever having a rainy First day of School! But, it was pouring this am! No outside pics for us! We left plenty early which was a good thing!  The rain caused traffic to be crazy! Probably could have walked to school as fast and our parking spot wasn't much closer than our house!  We were wet when we got there but not late!

In the gym, ready for Stinger Start!

SO proud of these kids and how hard they work to learn and be good students in school!  Keep it up!

Meet The Teacher

After a wonderfully fun summer break, the kids have been talking like they were not too excited to go back to school.  BUT...after going to Meet the Teacher tonight....I think we all have a little excitement!  The kids had fun talking to all the the Bryant Elementary teachers and catching up with friends.  (I just realized that the past two years they have been "new students" in their school.  They went to Hurricane Creek when we first moved to Bryant and lived in our apartment.  This is the first time Hudson has ever gone to the same school back to back years. So, it felt more like "home" this year!) It was a fun night!

Lawson and Mrs. Lequieu

 

 

Hudson and Ms. Scoggins

Here we come 2nd and 5th Grade! 

How can then be that old?!

(Hud and La will not be at the same school together until they are 9th and 12th graders! Why does that make me feel sad?!)

July Randoms

 Here are some fun things we did this month.  One HOT summer afternoon the neighborhood gang planned and ran a snow cone stand.  Rob hooked them up with the beach umbrellas! Which was perfect....because they called their stand the Rainbow Snowcone Stand.  The kids all planned to wear a different color of the rainbow.  They ran this stand from 4pm until past dark! We have the best neighbors who stop and by our stuff!  

 Nonie treated Lawson and Morgan to a day of shopping and lunch! They had SO much fun and spent hours in the dressing rooms!  They couldn't WAIT to get into their new clothes! They changed in the car outisde of Justice!

 We borrowed Judy and Turner's jetskis one Sat and took off to Lake Hamilton.  We ate lunch on the porch of one of our favorite restaurants...Fisherman's Wharf! Food is yummy, very festive and the kids love to feed the fish.

 Of course, we had to drive down to the dam and jump in the cold water.  It was a super hot day and we all managed to jump in!

 We made a stop at Chuck E Cheese one evening for some fun!

We made quite a few trips to the library this summer too!  They have a fun summer reading program with fun prizes when you reach certain levels.  The kids really enjoy picking books on subjects they want to learn more about.  Lawson checked out lots of books on how to take care of a dog....in hopes that mom ever allows her to get one! She likes to keep hope alive and slowly but surely try to wear me down!  Hudson checked out books on magic, Elvis and Michael Jackson! He's our little entertainer for sure!

One one of my last summer days to spend with the kids before I went back to work, I took the kids to the mall for some fun.  Hudson made a ninja turtle and Lawson made a dog. We were probably there fore two hours figuring out the "needed" accessories!  We had so much fun!

 My little lunch dates!  I am SO thankful to have a job where I have so much time to spend with my kiddos in the summer!  Special days that I treasure!

Hudson had been asking and asking to go play putt putt golf.  And two things came together for him to make it happen! First, we had an amazing cool front blow through keeping the highs in the low 70s for several days and I had heard about a new putt putt golf course coming in near our house.  So, we took off one night after dinner for some fun!

The kids are skilled enough at golf that we had a pretty competive 4 way game! We had so much fun...no need to mention who won.  (Me.)  

Of course, they had bumper boats and go karts too!  And the best deal was to buy the pass that includes it all!  I thought you would just get splashed from bumping into each other.  And was totally prepared for that!  WRONG!  They have squirt guns....and you there is not much of the pool that is not in this pic!  I was SO wet and SO cold!  Remember the cool front?  It was high 60s, cloudy and windy.  We laughed so hard!

Next up...Go Karts to dry off!  Good times!