Tinkerbell

Emma started her new dance class this past week. She is so excited to have something for her very own, and she listened to the teacher really well! Her class is called Tinkerbell Ballet, so at the end she got a Tinkerbell sticker and a cute little crown. She was very excited about it until I made her take a picture. What was I thinking asking her to do something she didn't want to????

Sleepover Fun!

When Zachary went to a sleepover with his cousin Jaxson, the girls decided to have a little sleepover of their own! We dragged the air mattress into their room and they had a blast jumping and watching movies. At about 9:30 I told them to go to bed or I was taking Emma into her own room, and she actually listened! For those of you who know Emma, you know that is amazing! They had a great time being sisters and becoming best friends!

Summer Fun

Ok, so I know summer is over. I wish the heat were! But, since I am new to blogging, I wanted to be able to post some of the fun things we did over the summer. I guess we didn't really go anywhere or do anything special. Ok, so our summer was really lame! But, I did get some good pictures!

Here are some shots of swimming lessons with Aunt Judy, Zachary mowing the lawn, and the girls and Zachary just hanging around the house. The girls are wearing the dresses that Aunt Emily bought them in Mexico. As usual, Paige is posing.

More Summer Fun!

Here are some more pictures of Braydin and Trey at Grandma Cherie's. What fun! You get to do whatever you want! Paige and Emma with their faces painted from family night at Chick-fil-A. Who knew? And, of course, the kids' first time at the circus. They enjoyed it for the most part. But, as usual, a lot of money spent when they could have had just as much fun at home.

I suppose that last photo needs some explanation. Don't go calling CPS on us! One of our fun things to do is to rip Brent's shirts off of him when he has worn them too long. Ok, sounds a little bad, but seriously, does anyone else's husband just wear something so long that you couldn't even give it away to someone who needed clothes??? So, I started ripping, and the kids took it from there. Anyway, he tied them up with his shirt as a punishment. It was worth it...that things was going in the trash for sure! It was way more fun this way.

More Camping Pics

Here are a few more pictures from the camping trip. I got a little sidetracked from when I posted last time. Hmmm...women get sidetracked? Well, it's not like we have anything else to do!!

Anyway, here is a picture of my brother fishing, my sister Kayla with her husband Kyle, all of us girls, my mom and her husband Wally, and Emily with her soon-to-be husband, Erik.

Family Camping Trip

We went on a fun family camping trip a couple of weeks ago. This was the first time our kids have gone camping, and they had a ton of fun! My mom has a travel trailer, so we really weren't roughing it, especially since we got to sleep in it. We had everyone's dogs also, and I think they had more fun than the people! Emma was dirty within minutes, and all it took to make her happy was a cup and a spoon for putting dirt into. Paige just loved her new fishing pole, and Zachary was content trying to put the dogs into Josh's (my brother) tent to wake him up in the morning. We had quite a bit of rain Saturday night, and the loud thunder was the only thing that made Zachary not like camping. I think they all had a lot of fun in the end!

Whoops!!

You know how you know things that are coming up, and you even have them on your calendar...but then the day comes and you forget everything you thought you knew??? That's what happened on Wednesday. We went over to grammy's and it's so nice to have her so close. We were home way before Zachary had to be picked up from school, unless it was a half-day!! Crap! I was 30 minutes late picking him up and he was so mad at me! The only way I could think of fixing it was that he could punish me for forgetting to pick him up. He said, "I can tell you what to do?" Anything to make him talk to me again! So, here are my punishments...if anyone wants to go to a movie anytime soon, call my parole officer. He'll let you know the answer!!