Busy Days!!!

Between working out on the land...

And getting everyone ready for school...

We have had busy days at our house!

Short & Sweet

Yep, that was it...short & sweet. We met today at 4:00 to close on our land, and we were out by 4:30. Pretty painless (well if you call departing with a large amount of money painless) and waaaaay faster than I thought! So now we can put that on the back burner for awhile and focus on the upcoming event..................drumroll please...........

July

Well, we have blinked and it seems that summer is almost gone! These months have flown by. Here's a snippet of what July has involved...

Of course fireworks on the the 4th with family and friends. (Kevin just loved playing with the new camera, and props to my dad for being the photographer for the night!)

A new endeavor...the making of peach preserves with a good friend :)

And the most exciting part of all...the purchase of 2 acres!!!!



Of course the whole crew traipsed out there to check it out.

There are some glorious views, and I am itching to get out there and build!!!!

Everyone's in love with it...well everyone but our oldest! He freaks out about ticks and bees and flies bigger than a dime and basically anything that buzzes or sucks blood. Poor guy...wonder how he will adjust to country life?

We close August 9th, and I am anxious to have that behind us!! Say a prayer that everything will go smoothly!!

A Little Bit of This & That...

The month of June has come and gone in a blur of activity! Birthday parties, Eclipse parties, time by the pool, picture shoots in the woods, and of course beloved down time!

This summer we decided not to spend our money on a vacation. I thought at first it might be a little boring, but we have found lots of ways to fill the time! We have all enrolled in a summer reading program with our local library, spent countless numbers of hours by the pool, caught lots of fireflies, eaten too much junk food, and stayed up way too late! And we still have another month :)

I don't want summer to speed by too quickly though...I know with all three boys in school this up coming year is going to fly!!

Hope you are taking the time to enjoy your summer as well!

SUMMER, SUMMER, SUMMERTIME!!!

Well, I can't fully exhale yet...I am taking 6 hours for my masters and going through the Ketucky Reading Project. But, there is a light at the end of the tunnel...July is in sight, and with July comes the end of classes!!!!

To celebrate the beginning of summer, and the death of our camera, we bought a new one. A new glorious, wonderful camera. A Canon Rebel XS!!!

We love it and the pictures it takes! We are still learning, but playing around with it is half the fun!!! I am still waiting for one of those cool evenings where the kids and the hubby are all in fairly good, cooperative moods. When this blessed event does happen (or should I say if) I am loading everyone up in the new mode of transportation and heading out to Kevin's grandparents to have an impromtu photo shoot in the woods!!

Love, love, love this picture below. A little wine (for the adults) + Jazz + potatoes + butter knives + my boys= some good times!!!

Well, WKU is calling me...be back later to talk about the pool, it's pivotal role in our lives, and our new wheels!

Pictures Are Worth 1,000 Words

God...Give Me the Strength!

Take a look at our van...

It was a good van! We loved it since the day we bought it. Countless trips to Wal-Mart, doctor runs, trips to the beach, even a trip up the east coast!! Yes, many memories were made in this van.

And gosh darn if some lady didn't just take all that away in a split second! One minute I am sitting in the van (with two of my boys!!!!!!) waiting to turn, the next second I'm watching this blur fly into us and my world is changed...Now I know it could have been much worse, but because that lady was not paying attention my family has been affected! Our van is totaled, my son and I had to go to the ER, I have a bruised bone in my wrist and a severe sprain, and my children are slightly skiddish about getting in a car. All because of her bad choice!!!! Obviously I am still having some issues dealing with this...I don't know how or when we will all feel better about this, I don't know when my heart will stop pounding in my chest every time I see someone come up behind me, I don't know what we are going to do about another van, but what I do know that my God can handle this situation.

Let's switch gears shall we.

Tonight the two ladies that I teach with and myself were recognized at our Board of Education meeting. We recieved the Star Cluster award. Our school uses the CHILD model of teaching, and we LOVE it! To read more about it click here. I went sans brace and boy I am paying for it now.

Say a prayer for us. At least we are entering the home stretch...summer break is in sight!!!!