Catching up

I've got a bunch of pictures and fun end-of-the-school-year busy-ness to catch up on but wanted to start with these...one of the most-anticipated days of kindergarten in the Fabulous Mrs. S's class: A field trip to her family farm!! I was so excited to go along since Buck went when Max's class went on this same field trip. These are the two little monkeys I was in charge of:

Charlie and his BFF Brooke on the bus...they get along like peas and carrots! :)

We got to hold itty-bitty baby goats that were literally about 10 hours old. Charlie wasn't super excited about it but I told him we had to get a picture of it to show Dad: So here you go, Dad!! There's the Famous Fabulous Mrs. S in the side of the picture there. LOVE HER!!

And the best part: FISHING!! We got to fish on the farm's huge pond--every single child caught a fish. Here's Charlie, oh-so-proud with the little sunfish he caught. It was a perfect day!!

This past Saturday, Max and Charlie got to have two of their best buddies spend the night and then we got to have their younger brother and sister spend the morning with us the next day--here is the chef cooking an all-out feast for EIGHT kids on Saturday morning.

And here is what 7 kids looks like enjoying biscuits and gravy, bacon, toast, hash browns and pancakes (baby Landon was taking a snooze). What a fun morning! God bless the cook! :)

Today was the last day of school for my little monkeys--after today I will have a 3rd grader, 1st grader and kindergartner! Me oh my!! More pictures to come of their fun last day of school. Have a wonderful long weekend,

A few more...

As promised, I wanted to share some more of our fun pictures that MckMama took...

And NO I am not a single mom...the photoshoot was a last-minute kind of thing and Buck could not get out of his work appointments. It really was all about the kids anyway, but she tried to get one of all of us...this was the best she could do! :)
Here is a pretty typical Zoe/Tate moment (note that he does not look surprised or upset!)

And here is a rare Charlie/Zoe moment! Love that it is caught on film!! :)

Be still my heart....love this guy...

Typical Tate...hand in the pocket...cool dude...

Oh sweet girl...look at that dimple...(I've got a matching one--did you know? Same side!)

LOVE this Charlie face. Priceless!

Handsome guy...little bit of a crooked grin, just like my dad. :)

And oh, my Max...Trying to look serious but not succeeding very well. Love love love him.

So, seriously...how do I choose?? :) I think I will be buying A LOT of photos.

Just a little famous...

Well you have to read her blog to know if this is a big deal or not. If you don't read her blog you will be saying "who cares?" :) About a month ago, I heard Miss MckMama would be in town on an RV adventure so the kids and I went and had some super fun pictures taken with the gal who writes the little MckMama blog. It was so.much.fun. She was just as much fun in person as she seems to be in her writing. And yes--her photos are amazing. We got the proofs in the mail this week and I will try to post some of them here when I can. But for now, go to her blog and check out this little preview. :) Zoe and I are just a little bit famous.

Happy Tuesday, friends.

A first time for everything...

Our little daredevil girl...

took a nosedive off the monkey bars at home...

it involved a lot of tears...

a lot of blood...

a lot of rushing around trying to figure out where we were going to go...

the hospital vs. urgent care...

since the cut was on her face and all...

and since Dad was out of town, it involved a phone call to him saying "guess what happened today!"...

but all in all, we are so so thankful because it could have been soooo much worse...

sweet girl is still smiling...

even with a few stitches and a possibly broken nose...

and I'm sure it comes as no surprise to any of you....

she smooshed her glasses. :)

Happy Monday, friends.

Happy Easter...late as always...

As usual, I am running late! We always do the obligatory Easter picture of the kids togther. Love this one. Thanks, Miss! I love Tate's look. I'm sure I was doing something goofy behind the camera. :) Charlie is in Easter outfit #2 in this picture as somehow a squirt gun fight started between church and lunch. That's what happens when the cousins get together--and somehow Charlie was the only one wet!

We have enjoyed--finally--a gorgeous weekend. Tate insisted on wearing shorts both days. That child is a summer boy to be sure. We have some very nice new neighbors and the kids spent lots of time together this weekend running in and out of each other's houses. I'm sure we'll have a fun summer together!

A busy week is on the agenda. Lots going on with baseball/t-ball times 3 kids and a dance recital this weekend PLUS my grandparents are coming to town. Yippee! My grandpa's 90th birthday is a week from Monday--we are celebrating quietly due to my aunt's recent death but recognizing the momentous milestone nonetheless. It's hard to be helping my mom plan when really my aunt would be reveling in the planning...they had some fun things in the works. No doubt this is going to be a HARD weekend but I am so thankful we are going to be together again. When all of us are separated by many miles it's not often we see each other. To see each other again in the span of just a couple of months will be nice, and this time to celebrate...even though Leslie won't be there. This is life now--yuck. I am glad the little cousins get to spend time together again. Max is talking about Ella and Lydia and Calista--I know they will have fun.

And finally Happy May Day! Thank you to our wonderful neighbors who sugared up our kids for the week again since Easter wasn't quite sufficient! :) Ha!! Just kidding, we have the best neighborhood! It was fun to have lots of doorbell rings today and lots of fun treats--hard to keep Tate's sticky fingers out of the baskets though. Have a wonderful start to the week.