Happy Meals, Cheeseburgers, Bananna Nut Cheerios! Wow!

Our boy has suddenly become a bigger eater than before... if you can believe it! He was a big eater, now he is eating even more.

Dusty and I are on the lookout for more energy outputs (yes, yes he's been very energetic) and more growth! Wow! He is so solid!

Brittney is "WAITING...", oh please drop something?

Hey, what's that? Oh wow a huge piece of meat? Our baby loves meat. He's been a meat junkie since he started eating solid foods. He actually hears the baby food jar go "pop", and gets very excited!

Love you all.

Kindergarten Graduate!!!!!

Check it out!

Our girl has officially graduated from Kindergarten! This sweet certificate came rolled up with a ribbon tied around it. I'm putting this in Audrey's "baby" box! She has a keepsake box I've been putting special items in since before she was born (ultrasound pictures, videos and more).

We are so proud of Audrey! Good job sweetie and we're going to go to Chuck E Cheese this weekend to celebrate her graduation and FATHER's DAY! Lots of fun and games to play!

Mommy Asks Why

Wow... having a 6 1/2 year old is a challenge. Actually since the day Audrey was born I have been in trouble.

Audrey believes that she can question everything that mommy says. I say the sky is blue, she will disagree. Why oh why is that? Is it a mother daughter dynamic thing? I just know that I've always been wrong in her opinion. I also know that she values me, trusts me and believes in me. So why Audrey why do you have to argue with every thing mommy says?

She's intelligent. I love that. I just told her tonight: (she's lost two teeth, and others are wiggling) honey you will lose your teeth in the order you grew them in. I remember that you grew the right top tooth in before the left, so you will lose that one first. Do you think SHE believed me? Of course not. She had to argue.

The arguing is not limited to such that facts can prove. They are about anything I say to that girl. I told her it would be hot today so please wear short sleeves. She is wearing a fuzzy sweater. I begged her to at least wear layers in case she got hot!

I love my daughter, but I can't believe how she has to argue with everything I say. I say it's black, she'll say it's white. It seems as if she has a personal vendetta against me, but maybe it's just because she is my daughter and wants to establish herself as a powerful force. Well - I just hope she learns from this powerful force - her mother.

I know my mother was at a great loss when I finally decided to challenge her. I had been kept down and felt so unsuperior. So I should be so happy that I have given my daughter the feeling that she CAN make her opinons known. That was one thing I was robbed of. I was hoping so much to give Audrey the freedom to express herself, that now she is expressing herself into driving me crazy.

Oh, but I love her, she is strong and I am proud of her. If only she would listen to me once in a while :)

Kids having fun on Free Swingset

One Cool Dude!

True Love - Sissy and Bro

Daddy's hard work pays off.  The kids love the swingset!  I love the swingset too!  Dusty created a nice swing that can hold 350 pounds max, so all us adults can get on there too!!!  Awesome!

Free Swingset!

Wow, what an awesome swingset - for free.  We'd been looking for one for the kids.

So, Dusty being the wonderful dad he is; planned about 3 hours to go dissasemble and dig up this free swingset (it had concrete).  

Oh about 4 hours later I got a call from a number I didn't recognize, but I thought it could be Dusty just because... he had forgotten his cell phone.

Calling from a nice neighbor across the street, Dusty said he had the swingset loaded in the truck.  Due to the pouring down rain all day long though, the truck sunk and was stuck in the mud.  I was to pick Audrey up from the bus stop (40 minutes from now) and then please go pull the truck out of the mud.

Up until that time, the vote was still out on

 my pretty Blazer with all the transmission issues.  I didn't know whether to love it or hate it yet.  But when I pulled up and hooked up to the truck and was able to pull it out of the gunk with ease, I think she finally redeemed herself.  

Dusty was covered in mud, wet sore and cold.  I felt so bad for him - he is such a great dad and just works his butt of for this family!  It was so amazing that he loaded this swingset into the truck himself, I had to post a little of the ordeal and the photo of ol' Babe loaded down!

I'm so proud of old babe (truck) for hauling this load home too!