YIKES!!! I am so behind....

I really don't like when I get this far behind because in my old age I forget all the details of the pictures and all the important things I will want to read about one day. Shoot!

Sweet Girl!!!

Britt wasn't the only one to have a birthday in May! Rylie had hers too!!! We now have a 9 year old in the house - holler! She is such a sweet girl and a BIG helper! She choose to have her party at the roller rink. We had a 70's style party with tye dye clothing, and games and a lot of groovy skating. The pictures are not the best and I didn't even get a picture of her cake. It was so cute. It was tye dye with a big peace sign in the middle of it. Anyway.... it was really cute! Just 9 things we love about Rylie....

1. gorgeous thick red hair ( that she lets me fix it anyway I want).

2. her willingness to help ALWAYS!!

3. the way she plays the piano beautifully.

4. her hug she gives me EVERY morning before she does anything else.

5. her smile and wave she gives when I drop her off at dance for the 3 1/2 hours a week of dance she does.

6. her beautiful blue eyes.

7. her love of riding her pink bike.

8. that she loves her dad so much and is always so concerned about him.

9. her love of shoes. Rylie and I see eye to eye on this one, and since she is only a half a size away from being in the same size shoe as me we can soon share. Something Rylie has wanted to do for as long as I can remember. I just have to keep her away from the high heels!

H.A.G.S or hags

The kids took their yearbooks to school today for yearbook signing. As soon as they got them home I grabbed them and sat down to read what everyone wrote to my kids. This is all I saw......

Jacy
hags

Madi
H.A.G.S

Taylor - hags

Payton
H.A.G.S

and so forth and so on.....

OK call me old but who the heck knows what hags means??? were they calling my sweet kids HAGS!!! I mean - RUDE!!!! So I call Rylie and Jackson into the room and ask them? They both laugh and think it's funny that I have no idea what H.A.G.S mean, then tell me it is short for HAVE A GREAT SUMMER!!!!!!!!! wow how times have changed. I mean we wrote things like..... hope you have a great Summer NOT h.y.h.a.g.s OR call me NOT c.m OR you are so good looking NOT y.a.s.g.l OR stay cute NOT s.c OR steph and britt forever NOT s.a.b.f
I learn something new everyday I tell ya. I still need to post about the new trend called Silly Bands. It has taken over our house for the past month. Another time though. For now I just want to sign off and say....

H.A.G.S
Stephanie

This guy right here.....

well, he just had a birthday on May 14th. Let's see..... I turned 29 in March so that makes Britt 28! In case you didn't know I robbed the cradle. Here is just a FEW awesome things about this special guy...

1. His all time favorite athlete is Micheal Jordan.

2. He has more self discipline than anyone I have ever met.

3. He eats grilled chicken twice a day (with nothing on it).

4. He has really big muscles (ask him to flex for ya).

5. He loves the Dallas Cowboys!

6. He could lie on a beach any beach in the sun all day and not get up for anything - even a drink.

7. He really does not like when I pinch him.

8. He loves. loves. loves. Clint Eastwood!!!!

9. His pop (grandfather) is his idol.

10. He is a penny pincher - if you ever need money advice he would be someone to talk with.

11. He loves me unconditionally always - even when I pinch him. That is saying alot, you outta try living with me.

12. I am pretty sure he cried when LOST ended.

13. He knows the scriptures up, down, sideways and backwards.

14. He looks really sexy bald!

and finally............. drum roll

15. He is going to buy a boat.

I had to add these last two pictures because this just might be worse than me pinching him. He is going to kill me. Don't you just love the one in the sombrero....... hilarious!

ps... he isn't really buying a boat. I just totally wanted to freak him out - remember #10?

Diggin Divas!!

Rylie just finished up her first season playing volleyball! Britt and I were a little nervous when she said she wanted to play because Rylie is not really the "sporty type". She played a season of soccer and I almost didn't make it through that season alive (her either). But, little did we know, she was pretty darn awesome! No tears (except when they lost). She really improved through out the season. I do have to brag just a little and say her serve is GREAT!! The team ended up taking 3rd in the playoffs. Which is really good considering they were playing 4th graders and only two girls on Rylie's team had ever played volleyball before. We are really proud of her! She loved it and we look forward to the next season of volleyball.

Texas Wildlife!!

Sooooo, the wildlife here in Texas is about to put me over the edge - literally. After finding two of these...... and now two of these.......I think I might just pack up my bags and go! Why is this happening? Why do these disgusting creatures always end up in my back yard? why why why???? So here is the story - you know there always has to be a story with us. Jackson is playing basketball out on the back patio, I am on the phone with my mom inside, Jackson comes running in screaming there is a snake, my mom asks? what is the matter, I say just a minute, go out back, see the LARGE snake all curled up by the hose on the patio, 8 ft from the patio door, start hysterically screaming to get inside, get Rugby inside, me still screaming, hang up on my mom. Go back outside because now my neighbor Bob (the same Bob who saved me from one of the tarantula's - remember?) is wondering what all the screaming is about, I tell him there is a rattle snake on my patio. Help ME Please!!!! My phone is ringing off the hook while all this is going on. I think to myself I probably should see who that is.... well in the middle of all this snake catastrophe Rylie's dance teacher is calling because Rylie has hit herself in the nose with her knee and it is bleeding all over the dance studio (no lie). I need to go get her. I tell her teacher I will be there asap after I get the snake outta my back yard. Bob is now in my back yard with a shovel. He looks at the snake, says that is two snakes and I think they are mateing. GROSS!! Sorry but it is! Bob tells me he is going to chop their heads off with the shovel. ummmm...... ok......... let me turn the other way and get Jackson out of the back yard. Bob starts chopping away. I am screaming along with Bob's wife Cindy. I can not even begin to tell you how petrified I was. Britt has now pulled up from work and grabs another shovel, he is trying to chop the males head off because the female is almost dead from Bob chopping away. sick! sick! sick! It was like a horror film. I did not sleep very much that night and I am seriously thinking about moving. P.S. Rylie was fine, no broken nose, just bruised and bloody - kinda like the snakes!!!!!

A Letter!

dear mom,

all I want to say is i am sorry. i know i have been treating you bad and everything but i can give you 2 reasons why i wrote this letter.

1. I have to go to the gazebo by the lake to meet Riley there.

2. i don't want to clean my room and all that stuff because i already feel punished enough.

well i think i have rounded up my letter. so all i want to say is sorry and that i won't do it again. i also don't want to give Sydney her bracelets back because she said no trade backs.

sincerely,

Rylie

love you.


A little background... Rylie had got into trouble for something. I had told her when she came home from school the next day she was going straight to her room and cleaning every inch of it. All this trading something for something is going on in the third grade. Drives me crazy. I had told Rylie that she needed to give Sydney's bracelets back and let her keep the eraser she had given her for the bracelets. An eraser for a bracelet.... hmmmm who came out on top on that trade? She did not want to give those bracelets back but that was one of things she had to do for getting into trouble. So she came out of school with this letter that she had typed while at school. It did make me laugh for just a minute but she still had to clean her room and give the bracelets back. She has not been happy with me.