Jenni's engaged!!! Jenni's engaged!!!!

I am so very excited to announce that my sister got engaged yesterday afternoon!!!!! Words cannot describe how happy I am for Jenni and "Tent"(Kent)!! It was a great surprise for Jenni, she had no idea it was happening!! Neither did I for that matter!!!! I couldn't be happier with our new addition to our family..."Welcome" Kent to our crazy family!!!!
I won't give any details on how he proposed, that's their story to tell not mine!! It was very unique and very "Jenni"!! :) I also got to see the gorgeous ring too...all I have to say is BEAUTIFUL!! Good job Kent!!

Two more days until we see the newly engaged couple!!!! :)

Gotta go...I have a ton of wedding magazines to go thru!!! :)

GG and Tent are on their way...

If you're wondering who GG and Tent are, these are the names chosen for my sister Jenni and her boyfriend Kent. When Hayden was very little and learning to talk he could not say Jenni, but when he tried it came out as "GG". And it had stuck and never do they call her Jenni. Case has been calling Kent "Tent" since he met him back in December!!
The boys and I will pick them up from the airport this Friday!!!! We are so excited!!!!!! I am sure we'll have some funny stories to post after their visit!! :)
This picture is of GG and myself taken in March when we spent a week with her!!
I miss her and can't wait to laugh with her and be silly!!

Weekend Activities...

Well, this weekend was busy for us...well, maybe just Sunday. We didn't do much of anything on Saturday except for get some groceries, take a nap, and stay in the house and keep cool. I quote Jim saying..."well, I guess it's the dog days of summer, you want to go outside, but it's just too hot." Thanks Honey, my thoughts exactly!!
Sunday we started our morning early outside working in the yard. We got several odd jobs accomplished while sweating profusely!!! Even the boys wanted to come in the house to cool off...it has to be very hot for them to ask of that!! Being the wonderful mother that I am, we had chips and juice for lunch...what...you can't say you've never had a lunch similar to that before!!! :) Anyway, after our gourmet lunch, we all went to our pond for some afternoon fishing. Jim was tickled at the luck he had...we caught several really nice, big fish...nice enough to keep and we're having them for supper tonight!! Yummm, I love fish!! It was a great time! Jim even caught a turtle and we witnessed a big snake trying to eat the fish that we had caught!! Yikes! While Jim cut the fish up, I got some crazy pictures of the boys...
spitting water out of their mouths...
dirty toes...
riding in the mower cart...oh wait, I need to tell you what this is...we have an old mower that Jim took the mower blade off of and we use it all the time kind of like you would a 4wheeler...and then we got a cart in the spring...so now this is our "work vehicle and cart"...the boys ride in the back anytime we have it up and running!
Anyway,back to what some of the pictures are...there's also some pics of all three boys with the fish...by the looks of the outfits and overall dirtiness of us, you would think we're the ideal white trash family...really we're clean and do dress nice when going somewhere...I just figure if you're going to stay home and the only people going to see you are the ones you live with, wear your oldest "work" clothes, even if they don't match!!!! :)

Today was very hot...of course it was, we live in Kansas and it's the end of July. Sorry, for a second I guess I thought I was sharing some new information!! :)
The boys and I were outside quite a bit today. I have some pictures showing some of our activities. We played in the kiddie pool...notice our lovely poolside photo.
Case is shown in one picture with his ever famous "3-wheeler". Yes, it's a 4wheeler, but he says three. Since he could walk, and I don't know, maybe even stand up to things, he's been pushing this toy around the yard. Jim and I are always trying to imagine how many miles he has ran behind it. We're sure this is why he stays so skinny!! He has me wash it off when I'm watering my flowers with the hose. Running the tires in slow motion thru the mud is one of his favorite activities. Anyway, I thought he'd be proud that I was sharing a picture of him and his "ride".
One of the other pictures shows the boys in their "tree branch" (tree house). Hayden has always called it that and I have no idea where it came from...and now Case uses the same name. It seems my family has some weird names for a lot of things!!! Anyway, they're both up there at the same time sitting down because Hayden was doctoring Case from a previous stick wound that resulted in a bloody toe!! It's okay, it's okay, everyones fine now. Case wanted me to take a picture of his wound but after examining his feet I decided it was not a good idea...you see, they usually don't wear shoes outside and the amount of dirt, mud, etc that was on his used to be cute little toes, was unimaginable. FYI...most of the time the dirt won't even come off at bath time!! Oh well, I still think his toes are adorable!!
Hayden's photo of him picking something from a tree is so Hayden...you never really know what this kid is up to or what imaginary world he's in at the moment. I never asked what he was picking, I guess I wasn't wanting to hear a 10 minute explanation at that moment!! I have to tell myself that one day when he's a teenager I'll probably be praying for him to say a couple words at all....next time I'll ask!! For the last two days Hayden's been carrying around a Spiderman pencil bag. It's contents are as follows: a magic hair brush, notepad and pen, a small bell, hole punch, camera, and a set of keys!?!?!!?!! He did comb my hair yesterday with the magic brush and did say that my hair grew a little!! Good deal, I've been wanting to grow it out. :)
Well, I must go prepare supper...not sure what we're having yet!
We're going to move furniture around tonight...I love doing that.

Picnic at the Park...

Well, we went to the park today for the MOPS picnic! I have two words to describe it...REAL HOT. It was 95 degrees not counting the heat index and the humidity!!!! Wow...my eyelids were sweating and I honestly don't think that's ever happened before!!! We had a fantastic time!! It was nice visiting with everyone and the kids getting to play with each other. The lunch was yummy too. The only "off" thing that happened was Case puking!!!! Yeah, that's right, he puked...while we were eating...I'm pretty sure no one witnessed this (thank goodness)!! Could it have been from riding the merry-go-round for pretty much the entire hour we were there before lunch? Or maybe the temperature and him sweating like crazy...my boys are "sweater's" like their momma! Or maybe because he gagged on a piece of roast beef? Who knows!?!?! All I do know is that something caught my eye by his plate and after further investigation realizing it was in fact puke....with a fair amount on the floor below.....!! I preceded to wipe it up with my wet wipes before too many people saw what was happening....good deal....we're good to go now!!

So...of course by the time we get home the boys and I are sooo ready for a nap!!!!!! :) So we did! Just another day in paradise.
Jim got home from work and we grilled out some awesome beef tender loin!!! Then I shaved the boys' hair....
Hayden took his first "by him self" shower tonight...he was so proud!! I can't believe my baby is growing up so fast!!

Jenni countdown...still 10 days!! :(