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!!!

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

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!!

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!