Oh, there you are!

For a while there I thought I had misplaced my blog, not to worry, it's been found. Actually it was right here all along, right where I left it, patiently waiting to be updated!

We have actually kept ourselves pretty busy the last few weeks. My parents had a sleep over with my kids and my Cousin Chance came in town so we took advantage and invited some friends and we all went to Keys on Main. It was so much fun! I know this is very late but thanks again Mom and Dad for keeping the kids! Of course Grandpa spoiled them with toys because they were such good kids for them.

Here we are at Keys on Main.




Sunday I went to pick the kids up from my parents and Shayna wasn't feeling very well. Monday morning Tyler took her to the Doctor and She had strep throat. Looks like we are in for another tonsillectomy in the near future. Poor little girl!

The next weekend we had a Bar-B-Q with our good friends Ryan and Stephanie and their four kids. We had not seen them for about two years so we were very excited to have them over and the kids all had a blast playing with each other. I wish I would have gotten pictures but I was too busy enjoying myself.

Exactly one week after Shayna was put on medication for her strep throat she broke out in hives. They were everywhere. Neck, chest, arms, under arms, stomach, back, bum, back of legs. This picture shows just a small portion of it. We took her right in to the Dr. and she is definitely allergic to penicillin. Poor thing takes after her Mom. She had to miss another day of school because of this. That's three missed days within the first 4 weeks of school. It's going to be a long year. She laid around in her underwear all day because clothes were too irritating. At her Doctor appointment they gave her a flu shot. Three days after getting the flu shot she got the flu. I seriously don't know how much more this poor little girl can take. Hopefully she is getting it all out of her system now so that she can be healthy the rest of the year. We were supposed to go to the condo, I had everything packed and in the car, we were minutes away from leaving and she started throwing up. It was heartbreaking having to unpack the car. I was really looking forward to a weekend getaway. Hopefully we can do it soon before the weather gets too bad. Thankfully Britton has stayed well through all of this. Hopefully that continues. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.


Speaking of Britton I got to help his class with reading tests. It was a lot of fun and I am looking forward to doing it more. They take a test on their book that they are reading every Friday on the computer. When Britton got home from school that afternoon he told me I did a great job and he was really proud of me! It made me feel good that he was glad I was there. I'm going to be really sad when he doesn't want me around anymore. I am volunteering as much as I can in Britton and Shayna's classrooms now because I know there will be a time when they don't want me there.....

Through all of this we have been continuing with soccer practices, soccer games and ballet lessons. Hopefully October will be a better month for Shay and Britton will continues to stay healthy. Only time will tell......

SO, SO, Proud!

This is a letter that was sent home from Britton's school. He has been chosen to participate in a class for above average students. The class is once a week for thirty minutes. I'm excited for him to have this opportunity to be challenged, so far school has been so easy for him that sometimes he gets bored in class. Hopefully he enjoys it.

We are so proud of you Britton. Way to go!

Hillbilly Festival

We went to the Hot air balloon and kite festival today. I can't even begin to explain how lame it was. There were maybe five kites, most of them not worth looking at and we never even saw a hot air balloon. Apparently it was too windy for the hot air balloons, and I get it, but couldn't they at least have something for people to see. There were a lot of booths there but only one offered gifts (hot air balloon wind chimes) the rest of the booths were food. And don't even get me started on the people who were there. Where are they from?

This is my favorite picture of the day.

Britton fell a sleep on the drive. Uncle Shane is keeping Britton from flopping over. So cute!
And of course I had to get a picture of Shayna.

We stopped at KFC on our way so we could have a little picnic which is always fun.


They did have a rock climbing wall which Britton really wanted to try out.

Waiting in line.

Attempting the climb. He didn't make it to the top, he started to get a little scared. He could do it if he wasn't so afraid of heights.




These are the kites we saw. They were actually pretty cool.



Some more kites, and some spectators.

Shayna got to go on the most expensive two minute horse ride around the dumpster.




But she loved it so that makes it worth it.
And of course what would a festival be without great big blow up bouncy things. My kids actually love them.



And that's it.

We spent a lot of money and made memories....good or bad? Shane said it best. "Not so much fun, what was I supposed to do?"