COOL-Aid for Sale 25 cents!

These three yelled this sentence for a strait two hours! Benson even added a little dance to his yelling. I may be their Mom, but I swear I would stop for these three, they were working hard for their money and it was a HOT day!

There was major competition down the street, a pretty little table, very large signs, and coolers. Annabelle, hoping to out sale her competition ran inside and asked if I could take the kitchen table outside and a nice table cloth. We compromised with a kitchen chair.
Surprisingly they made $5.00! Thanks to Uncle Mac, some neighbors and a few strangers.

Rock Sock

From the boy who brought us ROCK FACE.......


Introducing....... Rock SOCK,


I don't know what makes this boy come up with ideas like these, but he sure does make us laugh.

Ten Years

We Celebrated Ten years of marriage yesterday! It was a great day. We do not get out much without our four little people, but when we do, we feel FREEEEEEE and it is just like old times.

Even though we like to have a little freedom at times, we both agreed these past ten years wouldn't be near as great without our four little ones. I love having our own eternal family.

Annabelle woke the boys up at 3:03 am to decorate our couches. These guys were busy while Beetle and I were having a good snooze. It's kind of scary to think of them working with scissors and duct tape so early in the morning without any parental supervision.

None of us were disappointed to find special ordered- pink glazed and raised (not cake) donuts from Beetle in the morning.

Don't they look SO good! I ate three of them within minutes.


This card from Annabelle is priceless.

I think my PDA kisses are even more awkward than they were ten years ago. I'll keep practicing for our twenty year!

Summer Festivities

I am loving that summer is in full swing. It doesn't officially feel like summer to me until I have been to a parade and nothing is better than the good ole' Strawberry Days parade!

Pop Rocks were thrown for a treat!

Maxwell was loving the floats, he had the wave mastered.

Rarely do you see our family without Beetle's mug, even though it's a pain to lug around, it was a lifesaver on this hot day.

We tried out Huck Finn Days this year. Annabelle loved fishing in this man made pond.

Waiting in line for an hour was well worth seeing how Benson rides a horse. He would not hold on to the saddle the whole entire pony ride.

Seeing Max smile was also worth the wait.

Meet Frisky

Any of you who have talked to Annabelle know who Frisky is, but just in case you may have tuned her out or haven't talked to her in a while, I will introduce you. Frisky is a squirrel and Annabelle's "desk buddy", she lived in Annabelle's desk at school. Every student in Annabelle's class was given a desk buddy, they even came with their own names. Your desk buddy could only stay with you if you were well behaved. If you had your desk buddy taken away from you more than ten times during the year, you would not be able to take it home with you at the end of the school year.
Annabelle's teacher was so smart to come up with this idea! Annabelle soaked it up, she was obsessed with making little things for Frisky. She collected most of her materials from home, and we heard these sentences all the time-- "Can I have this for Frisky." or "Don't throw that away, Frisky would love that!
Frisky even had friends at school that she would have "desk sleepovers" with. All year long we heard about "Frisky" and couldn't wait for the end of the school year to meet her. Well, here she is....sitting on her toilet.

The toilet paper roll adds a nice touch.

Frisky's Kitchen and family room.

This girl is loving "adding on" to Frisky's home. She's even got the boys making their own versions of "desk buddies".


Welcome to our Home Frisky!!