Father's Day.. twenty ten

Father's Day this year seemed a bit more special than those in the past.. Maybe it was due to the fact that my dad almost wasn't here for this one....

This year we celebrated like any other year.. Got up went to church & then headed over to my parents for a family cookout.. Hamburgers & sausage on the grill..YUMMM!

I didn't get dad anything really special this year.. just an outfit (I find him extremely difficult to shop for) But I made sure I gave him a hug at church and told him I love him & Happy Father's day!

The kids got Jason one of those zero gravity chairs.. He had mentioned in passing one day that he would like to have a recliner for outside.. that is exactly what the zero gravity chair is.. it even has a sun shade. We got him a lil side tray as well.. to hold his drink & whatever else he chooses

the highlight of the day was when dad told Eddy to flag down the icecream truck & have him come over to our house(my parents).. When that icecream truck pulled up in the yard playing it's famous tune the kids were beside themselves! Callie started jumping up & down yelling icecream over & over! that guy prolly had his best stop of the day right there in our yard!!

where did my baby go??

I can't believe that 3 yrs have gone by so quickly! Good bye diapers. Good bye bottles. Good bye baby!

Today I have reminisced on my delivery of our one & only lil girl.. I was to go in on the 14th to be induced but labor & delivery called me bright and early(6:30) to tell me they were full and to call on the 15th.. who does this to a just about to bust pregnant woman in June! Once there (on the 15th) I had the BEST delivery out of all 3 and she was my biggest at 8lbs 11oz!

Callie is so full of life & personality.. she has a stubborn streak a mile wide! She lives up to her hair color, that is for sure.

Some of Callie's favorite things are ♥ dollies ♥ babies ♥ dogs ♥ Dora ♥ barbie ♥ Autumn ♥ her daddy ♥ Good luck Charlie (show on Disney) ♥ her dinky(blanket)

She loves to ♥ spend the night with her nana & pap ♥ ride her new bike ♥ swing ♥ torment her brothers ♥ sing ♥ make a mess ♥ playing house ♥

She is afraid of ♥ worms ♥ the loudness of Pap's bike ♥ her daddy's power tools ♥

Callie is an amazing little girl who lights up our world & I couldn't imagine our life without her!

Happy 3rd Birthday Callie Alyssa

another year older

Yesterday I turned 33.. there was no celebration as I planned Callie's birthday party on the same day....

As I reflect what has happened in the past year I can see how blessed I am.. not just me but my whole family.

Some of the note worthy things that happened in a year(no particular order)

*visiting family * Disney World * seeing old friends * Dad surviving a massive heart attack * Owen struggling with school * Carter loosing his 1st tooth * Callie learning to pedal * trips to the zoo * making new friends * watching my children grow * several home improvements * letting go of lil Charlie * watching Carter flourish at school * surviving another year of soccer * trips with friends to the mountains * welcoming a new baby in our extended family * a blizzard * potty training Callie *

Life moves so quickly that it is hard to believe that another year has come & gone

Carter's Kindergarten Graduation

The school holds a lil "graduation ceremony" for the Kindergarten class.. It's so cute.. they sing a few songs ...then walk around with their "caps" on & then the teachers announce what they would like to be when they grow up.. there was A LOT of police officers in this years class.. Carter was not one of those..

Carter talking to his friend Grace

Walking in the procession

Carter & Mrs. White

His graduation gift

home ♥ sweet ♥ home

We are finally home after a mini vacation(a weekend trip) to Ohio! And walking through those doors never felt so good (or smelled so bad)!!
We left on Friday for Aunt Carol graduation party(nursing school.. WAY 2 GO!) Our trip didn't get off to a good start.. We weren't even an hour into the trip & Owen started puking.. poor kid! That was how he spent the trip.. puking in a grocery bag. I must say he is a trooper! He didn't get any in the van or on himself and is really low key about it.
We also realized about an hour into our trip that we had forgotten Callie's dinky (her blanket).. no turning around for it. So I figured this was meant to be & we would brake her from it. She screamed about 45% of the way out.. I was thinking "WOW! what is the ride home gonna be like?" cuz usually the ride out goes better than the ride home!
Once we got out there everything was good.. We enjoyed ourselves and it was awesome seeing the family again. Granny Flutter (Grandma Pat) had just gotten out of the hospital. She had broken her thigh several years ago & they had put in a steel plate for it.. well the steel plate had set up infection in her body and it had spread.. I guess she was pretty sick from it.. BUT now she is better & walking better than she had even when her plate was in. The bone had healed while the plate was in(something the docs didn't think could happen)
The ride home was good.. all 3 kids were great.. Callie had to stop 2x for a potty break... luckily enough she is little and we can just stop and pull her pants down right there. We gave Owen Dramamine and he didn't have 1 tummy issue the whole way home. I gotten the newest "Novella" in the TWILIGHT series The short second life of Bree Tanner! That kept me entertained on the way home. I finished it.. it was only 187 pages long.
We get home and Sadie was sooo happy to see us! That was a nice welcome home.. Then we walk through the door.. UGGG the smell.. something stank in the house..
Jason says "when we left on Friday I went around and shut all the doors .. Including the laundry room door" that is where the cat's litter pan & her food & water dish are at... she hadn't ate anything since we left Friday afternoon. .my poor cat!! She was NOT the source of the smell! Callie had pooped in her lil pink potty at some point on Friday & I forgot to clean it out.. YUCK! the laundry room stank sooo bad! I got out the febreeze and sprayed the whole house down.
Shortly after we walked in the door, Jason & I started looking for Callie's dinky & we couldn't find it.. She did! So the whole weekend for her dinky was all for nothing!
Even though I slept awesome in Tyler's bed (I really did), it will feel awesome to lay down in my own bed tonight

Happy 9th Birthday Owen!

On the 27th we celebrated Owen's 9th birthday! It is hard to believe that my oldest is 9!! At this rate he will be driving before I know it!!

On Thursday we celebrated low key(just us & my parents) with cake and a present from us.. we got him soccer gear! he loved it all... and Pawpaw sent him a check (went right into his savings account!)

Then on the 29th we had a luau theme party.. we rented a slushy machine & had pina colada slushies..mmm they were a hit! It was the usual here, family, & he invited Ethan, a friend from soccer. We made chicken & hot dogs on the grill, fresh fruit & veggies, potato macaroni salad & chips!! The food was a hit as always!

Mom in her luau get up

Owen got clothes, a gift card to Walmart, a RC car, a traffic light for his room. Carter got him a Ravens backpack. I took him to Walmart and got his ear pierced.. he had wanted that for a looong time. ... and a bunch of other stuff! All in all he had a Happy Birthday!

Owen & Ethan

Owen waiting to open his gifts

Owen & Carter

The cake was yummy!

my purty flower bed

I mulched the flower bed right off of the carport, moved the bird bath & added some rock around the water fountain & birdbath

♥ Callie ♥

Just wanted to share this adorable photo of Callie..

Carter losses his 1st 2 teeth

Carter had two wiggly teeth but he wouldn't let us try to pull it but on May 16th he was eating a pancake and bit down on his fork! That made his tooth all but come out.... so he stood in front of the mirror & pulled it himself! The tooth fairy had a hard time finding his tooth because he didn't leave it in the Ziploc baggie & he slept with Owen that night! The tooth fairy was kind enough to leave him 5 bucks since it was his 1st tooth!!

Then about a week or so later he lost his 2nd tooth. For this one I tied floss around his tooth & around the door knob.. I let him shut the door! It took us about 5 tries before I could get that tooth tied just right, the floss kept slipping off.. then finally it came out! I heard "tink" as the tooth hit the door frame! He was proud of himself. Again, the tooth fairy couldn't find his little tooth!! This time he was left only a buck.