Pray for Avery

Please pray for Miss Avery Grace Akeman. Her site is listed on here, so you can check it out and read her story if you haven't already. You can also watch the Akeman Video to see them tell their story.

Avery spiked a fever today and her parents Paul and Angie took her in to the hospital. They are the most amazing family... I couldn't even imagine trying to explain here how much they mean to me and SO many others.

Bloggy

It's so much more fun to sleep with my sister.

Never a dull moment!

Uh, excuse me while I step out of the tennis game to apply my lipstick.

Eating pizza and playing tennis on Family Night.

The kids and I have been trying to get her to wear this forever! She finally agreed and was so cute!

Yes, even pirates play tennis. He was burning up!

High light of the night, catching a "pet"...the grasshopper.

One proud Daddy. Cute one too, I might add.

How cute is he in his uniform?

It's seems it's been a while since I last posted, but really it hasn't. If the truth be known, I blog constantly...inside my head. I blog in the mini-van, while watching my kids play, while I cook...seriously, I do. I even think while it's all running in my head, that I wish I could instantly send all it onto my blog.


Last night I was blogging like no body's business while I watched Savannah at Skate Night at the skating rink. It was truely like watching myself when I was her age. She was SO into it, like she was the only one out there. Man, I remember feeling like that. You know like "dance like no one's watching," and just go with it! I am so glad she still feels that freedom. I wonder when I lost it. I know I sure had it. I was "on stage" every Saturday night when Solid Gold came on. My family made me feel like I was the BEST dancer ever! Remember that girl with the LONG hair who spun her arm around? Well..I WAS her in my mind. Anyway, it was fun to watch how much she's grown up. She was socializing with everyone, laughing and having a great time. She is quite the social butterfly...I know because her teacher tells me A LOT! :)




Duncan man is driving me crazy with his questions about scuba divers and sky divers. The questions go something like this:

Mom, where do you go to scuba dive?
Do they were their swim suits?
Where do you by the scuba suit?
How heavy is that tank?

Mom (long pause) do you think I can go when I'm 88 or 65?
Mom, I need to dress in all red to be a sky diver, where are my red pants?
So mom, when you jump out of the plane do you spin?
Oh, and hey mom, what can I use to pretend there's a tank on my back?




Y'all, I mean it when I say it's all day long...no it's not 20 questions, it's a lot more than that. But he's still loving t-ball and SO IS HIS DADDY! Last game Duncan and his best buddy had turned their hats around backwards and it was so cute.



Kendall is such a funny kid. She really doesn't get it that she's younger than her brother and sister. She likes to say hello to EVERYONE @ Walmart and will call you out if you do not reply. She gets ugly and yells, "MOMMY, they NOT say HI to ME!" So if you see her around, please say hello.

We are getting ready for fall in TX. I can feel a slight change in the weather, so I know it's here. That's about all well get, just a slight change but I'll take it.


Dancing like no one's watching,
Kellye

The Week

(Me, Madison & Savannah)

I was invited to spend some time with Madison at her school for Grandparents Day, since her GP's couldn't be there. She was heartbroken since none of her family could come. Well, we just couldn't have that, so I went. It was a sweet time. That girl is precious and I am so blessed to have her as my Godchild. She wrote the most precious letter to me in her journal. I love you Madison Diane!

Savannah and I also went to a tea party at Madison and Genelle's church. It was a fundraiser for the cancer 3 day walk and it was so fun. The girls dressed up and even brought their dolls. They got to walk on stage for a little fashion show and they were just adorable. One of our favorite things to do it be with the two of those girls!

Duncan has been dressed as a sheriff most everyday since we went to the rodeo. On school days he changes into his sheriff attire as soon as he can. He talks A LOT about sheriffs these day... what they do, the cowboy hat they wear, their guns...it goes on and on and on and on. The funny thing about the outfit is the tie dye shirt that he puts with it. He wore it all day yesterday, slept in it, and wore it to Red Lobster today for lunch. Except for today he wore his pirate pants and flip flops with it too.

Kendall told me to "hursh" a.k.a. "hush", last week. It went something like, "Mommy, I AM going to put it on...now HURSH!" I was stunned to say the least, but just about died laughing. I walked away and put my hands on my forehead trying to compose myself. Savannah walked by and even asked if I was praying. My first thought was no, but evidently I need to!!! Here she is with Annabelle. She is Savannah's "old" doll and has become a part of our family. She got new batteries this week and is back to her old self...drinking her bottle and cooing, crying and so she's now Kendall's favorite baby again.

TBall & The Rodeo

It's been a great weekend and it's only Saturday night, but I have to post. These pics are too cute! Duncan had his first Tball game today. Can I just say...TOTAL CUTENESS was my boy in his uniform! He volunteered to be the catcher and it was just precious. He did a great job and had a blast! WAY better experience for us all than what we had with soccer last year. I think Troy liked it too!

We went to the Mesquite Rodeo tonight and the kids loved it. We've been trying to get there all year and finally made it. It was a lot of fun. Duncan and Savannah got to chase after the calves and all that fun stuff. Notice the pose Savannah is holding. She walked around with her thumbs in her belt loops the entire time! Kendall says that she's going to ride a bull when she's five. Duncan had a huge smile on his face the entire 2 hours!

Stuff

I wish I had a better title, but I don't. No song either...so sorry. We are just so very busy getting things rollin' 'round here.

Duncan started preschool and as he said, "It's better than last year"! He also started Tball and his first game's tomorrow. I'm sure I'll be writing about that one soon! For my bday, Duncan dressed up and wore a tie for a little while. It was the sweetest thing!
Kendall started Tales 4 Two's at the library last week with her cute friend from down the street. She's been very serious so far, but doesn't stop talking about it at home. She had to take her purse and wore one of Savannah's big headbands she picked out herself. She is such a girly girl. She wanted to bring in two purses!

Savannah likes 2nd grade. She has a great teacher again this year. She's is into having her hair braided everyday and we love walking to school together in the morning. I took a pic of her before we left this morning. She had to tuck the Hannah Montana shirt IN so you could see the belt, but not cover up Hannah! And wear a headband WITH the braids to keep the fly aways in check!

We also got to see "baby" Hannah. For those of you who don't know her amazing story, check her blog under The Minors. It was great to see her and her parents, Karl and Carla. We all couldn't stop smiling on the way home. We all think she's so cute of course, b/c she IS! But to see how happy her parents are was/is such a blessing! She's created quite a transformation! It was awesome to see them all so happily together!

And since we're thinking about transformations... check out Troy's glasses over the years! We found his "stash" last weekend!

Life is good....

Tom Petty Concert

She's a good girl, loves her mama,

loves Jesus, and America too...

She's a good girl, crazy 'bout Elvis,

loves horses and her boyfriend too...

by Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers

Yeah, I was free fallin' at the Tom Petty concert last Wednesday night. Genelle and Kirk invited me and another friend Christie and I went! Troy stayed behind to watch the kiddos...thanks honey! It was so much fun. We had great seats and a great time. I sang loud and those songs brought back ALOT of memories!

Needless to say, things have changed in the concert world. For starters I didn't come home smelling like smoke, but the funniest thing was instead of people holding up their lighters, they open their cell phones instead! I just found it halarious! Of course you coud tell who were the "old folk"... they were the very few that had their lighters. There were a few who hadn't made it out of the '80's hair stage. Check the pic. Good times....

SECOND grade?... really?

You know when you have kids you don't ever think of them as actually getting big. You get pregnant and think baby, baby, baby for the next 9 months. Then you think sleep, sleep, sleep after they're born;) But really, you don't think of them as one day being kids. You want them to be productive, well adjusted, confident, etc... grown ups. But there's a lot of stuff that happens between the baby/toddler/preschool to grown ups and that's pretty much the hardest part. The kid stage. The stage where you so desperately want to pick their friends, keep them safe, keep their heart from getting broken, teach them that God is REAL not just some "thing" up "there" that you should believe in because it's a good thing for you to have faith and religion. It's a really hard stage for me. It's not really b/c I don't want them to grow up, because I think watching them grow is so much fun. They say funny stuff and have such a sweet look on life.

I guess it's the closing of one stage to the next that's hard on me. Knowing that I won't have it back and hoping that I made an impact on them... a good one:) I try desperately to take it all in and remember it, but I'm not sure I'm doing a good job of it. It really does just fly by. My prayer today is that God will continue to pour out his mercy and erase any of the stupid stuff I did that could cause them to go into therapy. I know He will. He is good and has been good to me and our family.

Here's my very most favorite 2nd grader in the whole wide world on the first day!