Wednesday, October 14, 2009

It's Birthday time....(Kain and mommy)

Hard to believe that 7 years ago today, on my 21st Birthday, I was at the hospital having Kain!Words cant even describe the minute that Corey and I laid eyes on him. He was everything that we had hoped for. Kain is truly a blessing from God and we cant imagine life without him.
Kain- I hope that you have a very Happy Birthday! You were the best birthday present ever!
I love you sooooo much!


Sunday, September 27, 2009

Mary, Mary Quite Contrary

Kailyn had to dress up as a nursery rhyme character. She picked Mary, Mary Quite Contrary. She is the one with the straw hat and pink bow on it. She did an awesome job!!

Trip to the circus....

The kids and me took a trip down to Newport to go to the circus. This was more like a "talent show" than a circus since it was so small, but the kids had a great time!
Here we are.... Look how big these kids are getting!
I love the look of "awe" in her eyes.
Kain was amazed too.....
She is the one that they were both amazed by.

Kain's favorite part was "Michael Jackson" yes, he was there (hehehe) Kain tries SO hard to dance like him. It is hilarious to watch Kain dance.
Kailyn's favorite part was the girl hanging from the ceiling.... when she got home that night, she was raising her leg up and she said "Look, mom... I am just like that girl"
We had a great time :)



Kailyn is loving Cheer!

Kailyn's first year of cheering and my first year of coaching has been fun! My hat goes off to my mom who was the coach of my cheer squad... these girls wear me out. They are full of energy.
Here is Kailyn with Savannah. Savannah's mom is also a coach.
I just had to put this picture on here so I could point out Kailyn's little bootie. Hehehe.
YAY! Tiny Mites.... Kailyn is the one that dropped her pom pom on the front row.
"Big G, Little o.... Go, Go"
Kailyn, Emerson, Savannah
Soooo adorable! Kailyn loves her friends!


Trip to the fossil museum

Kain's class took a trip to Aurora, NC to the fossil museum. They were able to do a little digging of their own. They were all wanting to find those shark teeth.
Kain and his best buddy Caleb.
No one told him to pose like this. Everyone else in the class got in the sharks mouth and had a nice smile for the camera. This is what Kain did.... silly boy!

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Go Rams!!!

Is she not the cutest little cheerleader you have ever seen?
Okay, maybe I am a little biased... but I think that she is adorable!!
GO RAMS!!

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

back to school.....

Kailyn is loving being in Kindergarten. Kain told her that she was a "kinder" she quickly corrected him and said, "it isnt Kinder, it is Kindergarten!!" She loves telling me all about her day (I am so thankful for that because Kain is the opposite, he doesnt want to talk about school when he gets home.... I just like to know how his day was, but the answer I always get is "good")

There are 25 sight words that she has to know before 1st grade (the goal is to know a lot more than that, but those are the ones that she has to know) She is 4 shy from knowing all 25 already. I must say, this year is easy for me because I know what to expect with her since we just did this all last year with Kain. Kain (being the awesome little teacher that he is) has already taught her a lot that she will be learning this year. So, as Kain would say, "this is easy smeasy" Last year, it was all new... didnt know anyone, didnt know what they would do in Kindergarten, but this year we are... well... I guess you could say veterans.

Kain is loving first grade too. Had his first spelling test on Friday... got all 10 words plus the 2 bonus words correct :) He is reading very well. (level 18...whatever that means, I need to see if I can find some info on this) and he has an awesome imagination! I love getting his writers workshop stories sent home on Friday to see what he has wrote about all week. It varies from ants to him waking up and having a triangle nose and a rainbow tongue. Hilarious!

This school year is starting off great! We have been blessed with awesome teachers that believe parent involvement is important. I love that because I love being at the school! PTO meetings will be starting soon (I will be serving on the board this year... secretary) Looking forward to that and a lot of volunteering! I love being a parent at Arthur W Edwards Elementary (AWE) Where year round education ROCKS and AWE ROLLS!!!

Monday, July 20, 2009

Happy Birthday Kailyn!!

Look how far we have come! Hard to believe that 5 years ago she was in the NICU fighting to survive. God is so good!! We love our little girl!
Happy Birthday sweetie! We love you!!


First day of school....

Kain is so excited about being a 1st grader!!
My little princess is going to kindergarten.
This is just so precious to me.... (this was actually Kain's 2nd day of school, but Kailyn's first. The first day kindergarten just had orientation)
Kain and his awesome teacher.... Mrs Hamric
Getting right to work.... he loves school!
Kailyn and her awesome teacher.... Mrs Mross
Let the FUN begin!! She is so glad to be in Kindergarten!

Beach Fun with the Family....

This past week, we had family visiting! There is nothing better than having a big family fun day at the beach!! We all had sooo much fun. It was baby Charlie's first time going to the beach and he loved it!


Kain digging in the sand
Papa, Nana, Kain and Kailyn. Kain was attempting the boogie board.
awww....so sweet, I really like this picture of Papa and Kailyn.
Check out that tan line.... she is so tan!!
Kain and Papa checking out the sand crabs that Kain found.
The kiddos with Aunt Erin
Kain and his new swimsuit. He thought that it was cool!!
Varessa and Charlie.... look how cute he is in his adorable hat!
Corey and his dad. "The beach is that way!" Heehee.
me, Erin and Varessa getting our tan on. In the background Corey is covering Kain with sand.
How precious! I think that this is my favorite picture from the beach trip. He is just sooo cute!
heehee.... Kain loved being under the sand!
Kain, Kailyn and Charlie
Uncle Corey and baby Charlie

Friday, July 10, 2009

All grown up now....

Congrats to Ricky and Heather! They are MARRIED!! Welcome to the family Heather.
Ricky- where do I start.... first of all congrats to you. I know how much you love her and I pray that you and her will be happy and have many happy years together.
I write this with tears in my eyes cause you are supposed to be my "little" brother. You know, the one that does everything that I dare you to do and takes the blame for everything that we get into?!? Being my student EVERY time that we played school, doing cheers with me (no denying this one, we have you on video) teaching me how to ride the motorcyle, oh... and dont forget that I was nice too... I would give you rides in the wagon when you had a broken leg, and I made sure that you had plenty to drink and eat.... gas and bb's. (haha!- remember us trying to get that gas taste out of your mouth, you were burping fumes for days!) oh, so many memories! Cant believe that you are all grown up now! Just know that we love you and we love Heather. Hope that your wedding day was great.... so sorry that I couldnt be there. Love you!!

4th of July....

Here are a few of the shots that I got from the 4th of July. It is hard to get good pics when everyone is in all different directions. This was a busy day.... BBQ, homemade icecream (YUMMY!) Ricky and Heather's shower and then to finish it all off with fireworks. We all had a GREAT time!!
Here is Kailyn with Uncle Jimmy.... He was showing her the "trick" to blowing the bubbles.
Family shot.... well, at least some of us are in the pic. Others were in the pool or riding 4wheelers.
another group shot....
Kailyn was sooooo tired. It had been a long day!!

Monday, July 6, 2009

Silly string WAR!!!


I think that the picture says it all..... Silly string "fights" are something that happen a lot at Nana and Papas house! FUN FUN FUN!!




Cows...

Kain and Kailyn love watching the cows at grandmama and grandadddy's house. This time, we decided that we were going to try to feed them. Honestly, I thought that they would run from us, but they did just the opposite. They were very interested in what we had to offer them. Here are a few shots of Kain and Kailyn with them.



Summertime


What is better than rocking on the front porch and drinking an ice cold Coca Cola on a hot summer day? I just thought that this was the perfect summertime picture.

I have 2 little fish....

And what cute little fish they are!!
Kain started swimming last year, but this was the first year with no floaties for Kailyn. And let me tell you, when she is in the water, she is going non stop!
They also have cute little tans to show just how much they were outside!!
Kailyn about to jump...
3...2...1.... JUMP!!

Kain's turn....
JUMP!