Busy, Busy, Bees

I am sorry for no updates lately. We have been running around like chickens with their heads cut off the past couple of weeks. Well, actually, I have been working as my doctor decided to catch up on stuff from 2007, go figure! I feel like I have to peel my butt off my desk chair at the end of the day. It is pretty bad when my 2-yr-old runs to my office door when I get up to do something, and blocks it with both arms and legs and says "No Mommy!" It breaks my heart sometimes. It isn't like that all the time but they have really been swamping me lately and Adam got called in to work the past Sunday on nights and has been working nights and that doesn't help much either as he isn't here to help with the kids. Okay, enough of the whinning!

On another note, I do have new pics of the house and yes they are coming right along despite all the dern rain. Hopefully, pending the weather, the roofer and siding folks will be there next week to start on their part. I will post pics later. I will also post pics of Brooke at her performance at school the other night. She did so good. She had to memorize some facts about New York and say them in front of a pretty big audience I might add. She did better than her dear ol' mom would have done. I would have totally forgotten when I looked out there and saw all those people. Well, that is about all for now. I will try to get back on here and update with some pics this weekend that is if I don't have to work all weekend like last. Just like a doctor, no offence Darren, LOL. Last weekend was Mother's Day for goodness sake! I spent mine working that afternoon!

House Update

Okay, so I finally remembered to carry my camera up to the house project on Thursday afternoon. The first photo is a pic from the back. When we went up there Friday afternoon they had all the way up to where the peak is going to be decked. Yes, there will be a peak on the house. I have had many people ask me what type of roof we were having.

I could not resist taking this pic of Avana up there she was hiding from Brooke in the garage and Brooke was looking in the house for her. She is a sneaky little booger. How do you like those green boots! She wants to wear them everywhere, even to church with her dresses. I have to pretty much hide them so she won't think about them and we don't have a fight on our hands. Of course, the second house pic is of the front. We are so excited. Well, I say we, Adam is a little bit excited, scared and most of all stressing over the "little stuff" because he would like to be there when they are working some and helping but has to go to work. Well, that is all I have for now. I just wanted to give you some updated pictures. Next week, hopefully, we will have pictures of the peak on the house and the dummy dormer that is going to be on the front of the house.

Softball Season in Full Swing!

As many of you know, baseball, softball and T-ball are full swing ahead and do I mean full swing. Brooke's team has games all week this week. We had one tonight, one tomorrow night, then Thursday and then play a tournament Friday and Saturday. A little much I think for this age group but fussing about it won't help!

Here is a Brooke patiently waiting for her turn to bat.

We were getting bad tickled up in the stands watching her get her stance getting ready to bat. I told them up there I don't care how she stands as long as she hits the ball and by golly she did. I have seen a lot of improvement in her since last year but it is still a learning process. A lot of it is getting them to pay attention to the ball when playing defense! I made Adam take her bubble gum out of her mouth tonight because she was busy blowing bubbles instead of watching what was going on and caused two runs to happen on the opposite team as she was playing third base. I know, Mean Momma! After that gum was gone she started doing better though. HAHA.

PS. New pics of house coming soon! You won't believe the change in the looks on the next pic!

HAPPY B-DAY, RACHEL!!!!

I just wanted to shout out a Happy B-Day to my long time friend, Rachel! I hope you have a great day today. Thanks for being such a good friend all of these years. I am always remembering things that we used to do back in our wild and somewhat crazy teenage years but all in all we were pretty good kids. Except for that one time we got in trouble for toilet papering and shoe polishing that one girls car, I can't even remember what her name was, oh, Cathy, I think. NE-ways. We always had fun no matter where we went or what we were doing. Those times will always be cherished and remembered. Thanks for all the fun times! Again, Happy Birthday!

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter Everyone! It has been such a yucky day to be such a beautiful holiday. I had to take a picture of this arrangement that was on our pulpit this AM! It is absolutely beautiful! Here is a good ol' inside pic of the clan since it was obviously too nasty outside to take any. Avana looks thrilled in this pic as she does in most.

Then by this point her and Brooke both were givin some real goofy expressions as they were tired of all the smile, cheeseburger, pickle all that jive. They looked too cute in their matching dresses but I know very soon that will come to a halt as Brooke is getting to that age where she doesn't want to be dressed like a "little girl" any more. Kinda makes me sade to think about it. I hope everyone had a good day today despite the weather.

Progression of House

We now have a garage build out to the side of the house. There will be a covered breezeway leading to the house. The trusses were delivered this morning and the builder says they will start putting them up Wednesday. Today they wer getting everything level and straight as far as the walls and doing more bracing. The more that goes up the more excited I get! Brooke is already debating on which room she wants. She has three to chose from but one is smaller than the other two which I figure will be my office. The other rooms are pretty much the same size. They differ just a hair. NE-ways. Just wanted to give everyone an update. More pictures to come next week when they start putting the trusses up. YEY!!!!!!

Spring Break at Gulf Shores 2009

Brooke got to go to Gulf Shores for Spring Break with my mother-in-law, brother-in-law and his wife. I am so glad they asked her to go because otherwise she would have been stuck at home doing nothing. Adam and I had to stick around with all of the house business going on in case they needed us for questions, etc. I just wanted to share some pictures of her having a GREAT time at Gulf Shores. I would love to go sometime this summer and take Avana too but don't know if that will happen either. Brooke asked me a funny question, I thought, before they left. She wanted to know if I had a beach umbrella. I said "Why would I have a beach umbrealla? I have never been to the beach. So I told her GiGi about her comment and they made sure to find her a beach umbrella when they were on the beach. She thought this was so cool. She thought it was so neat that these birds got so close to her on the beach. Of course, she was giving them a reason with all that food she had to throw them.

They didn't get to swim much in the water because Brooke said it was pretty cold. They would usually swim in the pools at the condo and just play on the beach in the sand. I asked her if she built a sand castle and she said no we barried Andy, my brother-in-law. I said I can't believe all that time you were there and didn't build a castle. Maybe if we get to go we will make a big one!

On another note, the house is coming along. We had a few changes in the girls bedrooms that had to be made as their closets were too small. We had them enlarged considerably. You know how girls are and needing that closet space. The builder is ordering the trusses today and they should be done the end of this week or first of next. I will post more pictures. I have been up there so many times and every time I forget to carry my camera.