Trapp Family

Who are You?

2008-03-10T17:08:00.002-05:00

This was sent to me in an e mail and I thought I would blog it-

Have you ever...

Gone on a blind date? No

Skipped school? Yes

Watched someone die? No

Been to Canada? No

Been to Mexico? No

Been to Florida? Yes

Been on a plane? Yes

Been lost? Yes

Been on the opposite side of the country? Yes

Gone to Washington, DC? No

Swam in the ocean? Yes

Cried yourself to sleep? Yes

Played cops and robbers? Yes

Recently colored with crayons? Yes

Sang karaoke? Yes

Paid for a meal with coins only? Yes

Done something you told yourself you wouldn't do? Yes

Made prank phone calls? Yes

Laughed until some kind of beverage came out of your nose? Yes

Caught a snowflake on your tongue? Yes

Danced in the rain? Yes

Written a letter to Santa Claus? Yes

Been kissed under mistletoe? No

Watched the sun rise with someone you care about? No

Blown bubbles? Yes

Gone ice skating? Yes

Been skinny dipping outdoors? Yes

Gone to the movies? Yes

Do you have a nickname? No

Mother's name? Patricia, but she goes by Dian

Favorite drink? Mountain Dew

Tattoo? No

Body piercing? No

How much do you love your job? That is up for discussion!

Birthplace? Kings Mountain, NC

Favorite vacation spot? Beach

Ever eaten cookies for dinner? No

Ever been on TV? Yes

Ever steal a traffic sign? No

Ever been in a car accident? No

Drive a 2 or 4 door car? 4

Favorite salad dressing? Ginger

Favorite pie? Cherry

Favorite number? don't have one

Favorite movie? Happy Gilmore

Favorite holiday? Christmas

Favorite dessert? peach cobbler

Favorite food? Pizza

Favorite day of the week? Friday

Favorite brand of body wash? Don't use it. Just soap.

Favorite toothpaste? Well, I use Aim, but I don't know that I would call it my favorite.

Favorite smell? Clean babies

What do you do to relax? Read

How do you see yourself in 10 years? Healthy and trying to cope with 3 teenagers!

The last 2 questions don't really apply to my blog, but if you want to copy and send this in an e mail they are...

Furthest place you will send this e mail?

Who will respond to this the fastest?

On another note,
Wyatt had his first game Saturday and they lost. It was incredibly windy and it sleeted on us for about 5 minutes. It was a miserable day.

Happy Valentines Day

2008-02-11T17:40:00.000-05:00

Well, I see it's about time for another post, but I don't really have anything special going on. The kids are busy with school. We went to the mountains with some friends to play in the snow. Will was sick, now he's better.
Baseball has offically started again. Bill is going to coach Wyatt's minor league team. So, if you need us, you will know where to find us!
In honor of Valentines Day I changed the color of my blog.
Happy Valentines Day!!!

Reader's Challenge

2008-01-16T16:27:00.000-05:00

This year Wyatt decided to participate in his school districts reader's challenge.
The reader's challenge is made up of 20 books the district selected. 4th and 5th graders make up teams in their own grade level. They can have up to 5 kids on a team. There were 3 teams in the 4th grade and Wyatt was on an all boy team. Each kid on Wyatt's team had to read 5 books each. The school librarian would meet with the participants during the lunch time and help them study. This Tuesday they had the first round of elimination.

The librarian asked random questions that were formed by the school district. The assistant principal kept score and the coach held the microphone. Wyatt was the spokes person for his group. They did so well. I was so proud of Wyatt and his friends. They stuck with it and read their books and did much better than I thought a group of just boys would do.

Unfortunetly, the librarian skipped their group 3 times! They lost by 2 points. I taped almost the whole thing. I have it on tape. Mrs. Burley, the librarian, said she did not skip them. I told Wyatt to just let it go, but I am tempted to show her the tape. They were so discouraged! I can imagine this group won't want to do this again if they weren't treated fairly.

Way to go, Wyatt!!

2008-01-09T15:41:00.000-05:00

This weekend Will brought home his class pet, Biscuit. They had a great time. Will has sad when Biscuit had to go back to school. He missed him the most at night.

Hannah had some crazy hair on the trampoline. Hannah decided to fix Logans hair (due to begging by Logan) She is just a cute kid!

Wyatt has decided to start his own blog. We will see if updates his more than I do.

Check him out at

superman-wyatt.blogspot.com

Have a great weekend!

Christmas & New Year's

2008-01-03T19:45:00.001-05:00

On Christmas Eve we got together with the Branham family.

Here are a few of the activities...

Hannah & Hayden played ping pong.

Haley and Katie played pool.

Almost all the kids tried their hand at tree climbing.

Hannah, Logan & Katie

Swinging...

Jumping on the trampoline...

Eli when I made them get off the trampoline...

SpiderEli

Playing in the sandbox..

After Christmas we went to the mountains with Joe and Martha Ann for a week.

We went to see the elk, but we only saw this one.

Wyatt, Hannah & Will went down on the tubes. It was such a nice day they didn't even need their coats. It was in the 60's that afternoon!

Hanging out by the stream

Wyatt playing Will's Wii

While Wyatt played, Hannah & Will wrestled

We couldn't leave until we had played in the snow!!

Then last, but not least, the kids rode the snowmobiles right before we left to come home.

I hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas and will have a Great New Year!!!

Baby Girl Benson

2007-11-27T17:17:00.001-05:00

Jamie & Shannon's baby girl is here!!

Virginia "Ginny" Ann Benson

Born: 11/27/07 1:47 pm

Height: 19.5"

Weight: 6 lbs 14 ozs.

She is just beautiful!

Leapin' Lizards

2007-11-26T15:56:00.000-05:00

On Friday we celebrated Will's birthday at Leapin' Lizards.

Blowing Out The Candles...

Aunt Shannon made the cake (yummy)

Having fun jumping

Dressed as Batman, again!

Princess Hannah

Princess Chloe

Tired Princess LoganWyattFireman Katie

Fireman Eli

Nancy & Joshua got in on the fun

Playing houseWill's BFF's Coby & WilliamWill & WilliamNice teeth WillWill has been TransformedGirls at one table...

Boys at another...

Will's 6th Birthday

2007-11-20T20:54:00.000-05:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!

Today my sweet little Will turns 6. My baby is growing up so fast.

I hope all your dreams come true.

I love you with all my heart and soul!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

2007-11-07T18:53:00.000-05:00

Here are our Halloween pictures.
We had a cookout at the Tesimale's house. The Griffin family was there also.
Wyatt was very scary looking.

Will was Darth Vader.

Hannah was a Diva.

SC State Fair & The Sick

2007-10-20T20:42:00.000-05:00

Not much going on this week. We went to the fair on Monday. We were there for over 7 hours! The kids were so tired the next day. Will came down with a fever Tuesday evening. Strep throat and a stomach bug are going around his class, so I wasn't sure what he had. He looked so bad Wednesday evening I took him to Urgent Care to see Mrs. Shelia. He had a viral infection, but no strep. The Dr. gave us a prescription for an antibotic and he is better today. First day fever free. His fever on Wednesday was 103. Keep your fingers crossed that no one else gets his bug!
Sorry, no pics. I didn't take my camera to the fair. It was just too big to keep up with. :(
We did have a blast. We took our friends the Tesimale's with us. It was their first time at the fair and they had a great time. They said they will go for sure next year!

A Party & Carolina Adventure

2007-10-06T17:48:00.000-05:00

Here a a few things we have been up to:

Just a funny thing. Will begged me not to put this on my blog, but it is just too cute. This is how I found the boys sleeping the other night!

Then we celebrated Katie's 2nd Birthday!

Wyatt looks like Rick James!

Today we went to Carolina Adventure.

What a fun way to spend a beautiful Saturday afternoon! The kids had so much fun.

Well, I did to. :)

I don't think Aubrey appreciated this pic, but it was funny. Those helmets leave a lot to be desired!

Joe, Aubrey, Brian, Buddy, Tracy, Bill, Wyatt, Hannah, Will, me & Tracy's friend (I forgot his name) all headed out together. We met one of Buddy's friends after we got there. Later in the day Jeff, Heather and Mr. McKinney came.

Poor Jeff, he thought he would try the 'Mud Bog'. I think I must have missed the whole point. Every person who TRIED to go through ended up pushing their 4 wheelers from one end to the other. It seemed more like a muscle contest than a machine contest. Here are a few pics of Jeff.

He went in...

He got stuck.....

He pushed....

And he pulled...

Then he took a break to empty his waders...

He's almost there!

And he's still stuck...

So, his father in law came to the rescue and pulled him out.

Wyatt watched. I think he wanted to try.

I don't know what the heck this picture is. When I loaded my pics this was the last one on there. I didn't take it, but it might make an interesting story. Hmmm...

What's Been Happening

2007-09-08T18:33:00.000-05:00

Here are some random pics of the past few weeks. They are in no specific order.

Grammie & Joshua

Hannah
Grandad Swinging Joshua
Nancy Swinging Joshua
Will Swinging Joshua
Will's 1st Ball Game
Will's 1st Time at Bat
Granddad's 65th Birthday
Grandad Swinging Hannah
Will

Hannah's 1st Day of 2nd Grade
Wyatt's 1st Day of 4th Grade
Wyatt's 1st Ball Game
Wyatt at Bat
Wyatt & Will Before their games

Brian's 5th Birthday party
We rescued a baby mocking bird
Hannah's 7th Birthday party sleepover/High School Musical Party
(They were on the same night)
w/Abby Griffin & Cali Tesimale

Will's 1st day of School
(YEAH ME!!)
Will is ready to go!

Personality test

2007-08-28T11:19:00.000-05:00

Try the Tibetan Personality Test.
It is cute.

http://memoriter.net/flash/test.html

Carla's Challenge

2007-08-17T12:25:00.000-05:00

Carla, this is just for you!

Here are the answers to the questions Carla had for me...

1. If you were on "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire", who would be your phone person and why?
My phone person would be my husband, Bill. Why, because he thinks he knows everything!

2. What's the best concert you've ever attended?
Rascal Flatts. I just love those guys.

3. When I'm really down, all I want to do is... and all it takes to make me happy is?
Hmm…I am really having to think on this one. No one really cares what I want when I am down.
Okay, when I am really down all I want to do is cry.
Usually some kind words, from just about anybody makes me feel better.

4. Your entire family has gone away for the weekend. The house is all yours. What are the first three things you do?
1. Get naked
2. Find the remote
3. Lock the doors, turn off the lights, close the garage and turn off the phone ringer.
5. What was a major turning point in your life?
Having children. That really changes everything for me. What would I do without them!

July

2007-07-31T10:13:00.000-05:00

Wow! I can't believe it has been so long since I blogged. We have just been so busy and well, not at home. I don't travel with the computer.

The first week of July we went to the beach for July 4th. We had such a great time. It was nice to have a house big enough that the kids could go their own way and have space.

Our friends, the Tesimales, came to visit for a few days. The kids had so much fun.

We went out to Crabby Mikes one night and the kids all got a tattoo.

And they played while we waited.

Before we went to the beach, Wyatt had golf camp the whole week before. Bill took Wyatt to play golf while we were at the beach. Wyatt hit the ball one time and he hooked it. It hit an 80 something year old man in the temple. I guess we should be lucky he didn't kill him, but he sure made the poor fella moan in pain. Bill canceled their tee time for the next day. He hasn't played golf since. (LOL)

After we got back from the beach on Saturday, we rode to the mountains on Monday with Joe. He had come home to check on his garden and took the kids and I back with him. We stayed there until Saturday. Bill came up Friday night and we rode home with him. The kids went to a movie and to the local indoor pool in Waynesville. It was a really nice pool, but there was so much chlorine in the air that my eyes would burn to the point of crying and I wasn't anywhere near the water. This pool even had an indoor slide.

After the mountains, Bill and I left early Tuesday morning to go to Nauvoo, IL with our youth.

Luckily, Bill had been asked to drive his truck. I only had to ride the bus a little bit. It was a LOOOOOOOOOONG ride. The bus company said it would take 23 hours. Thankfully, it was really only about 18 or 19 hrs. On the way home it took longer because the bus broke down, twice. Bill watched the repair man when he fixed it the first time, so he was able to repair it when it broke the second time.

It was a great trip, but all the riding sucked!

The youth loved it and had a very spiritual experience and that was what it was all about.

We got home from Nauvoo on Saturday morning.

Thanks to Joe and Martha Ann for watching our kids while we were gone. We couldn't have done it without you!

On Wednesday, Joe had his knee operation. He is doing well.

Logan turned 3 on Friday. We celebrated her birthday on Saturday.

She had a puppet show that was just so cute. It was centered around Logan and they used her name and a curly blond haired puppet named Logan. After, Joey and Andrea had a huge supper of fried chicken, bbq, hash and all the fixins'. Then we had cake and icecream. I am so happy that Logan is part of our family. She is just a special girl and I couldn't ask for a better niece!

Happy Birthday Logan!

June

2007-06-24T18:59:00.000-05:00

At Gaston baseball field, Game 1.

Wyatt had to be back at the ball field on Monday to play, and it rained.

Finally, they sent us home and said be back the next day. Tuesday, it rained. It was decided that they would play. They didn't start the game until 9:30 pm! The field was a muddy mess. They lost, really, really bad. So, they had to be back again the next night. It rained. Come back tomorrow. On Wednesday, it rained and we went home again. On Thursday, we played and it rained and thundered and there was lightening. And they lost again. I have seen all of Gaston I want to see.

Wyatt had Cub Scout camp all that week also. He really did not enjoy it. Which is sad, he should of had fun. Maybe next year will be better.

The week following baseball and Cub Scout camp Wyatt had baseball camp and Hannah had Cheer camp. Wyatt loved Barry Mizzel baseball camp. He was sad when it was time to go home. He said the time went by so fast.

Hannah did not enjoy Cheer camp.

Hannah's 1st grade teacher, Mrs. Sherri Ray, was at Cheer camp. She told me she had to bribe Hannah so she wouldn't be so sad and clingy. Hannah really knows how to work that whole guilt thing. After a whole year with her you would think Mrs. Ray wouldn't fall for it.

Next year Hannah is not allowed to go to Cheer camp. That was 2 years in a row she didn't have fun.

We took the boat to the lake a few times, but I didn't take my camera.

The brick are on the house. It looks fantastic!

Next week Wyatt starts Golf camp.

And then on Saturday we are off to the beach for a week.

Have a GREAT 4th of July!

Busy, busy!

2007-06-08T21:49:00.000-05:00

OK, I know I haven't posted in a while and I am sorry. Things have been so crazy. We had the end of school and then as soon as school let out we went out of town.
Wyatt made All Stars with baseball!
That takes up so much time. He started cub scout camp this week. He went from 8:30 to 4 everyday. As soon as he gets home he has a quick snack and gets ready for baseball practice. They practice every day but Sunday from 6-8. Bill would take him out about 5 and they would practice until all the players showed up.
The Blythewood American All Stars had their first game in Gaston tonite. They won! 14 to 6. We were really surprised! Truthfully, the team isn't really made up of All Stars. Unfortunately, it is all in who you know, so we were really happy they made it through one game.
Next week won't be so bad. Wyatt has baseball camp from 8 until 12 and Hannah has cheer camp from 9 to 12, so they won't be so tired. Wyatt has missed swimming all week and visiting with friends, so next week will be a great break for him.
I will post pictures when I have more time. I hope everyone is enjoying the warm weather! We are so glad that it isn't cold anymore. I just wish it would rain some more!
I will try and keep everyone posted as to how baseball is going. Keep you fingers crossed and say your prayers that they will keep on winning. It will be a miracle, but we will try!

Mets

2007-04-29T19:57:00.000-05:00

Here is Wyatt's baseball team the Mets.

Today Hannah and Will were arguing over who was going to wash dishes. They both wanted to. I thought I would blog about this because they won't believe it in 10 years when no one wants to wash dishes. They are too cute sometimes!

2007-04-20T18:31:00.000-05:00

Will & Eli at the Trinity Easter program

Primary Easter Egg Hunt

Easter Egg Hunt at Mittie & Hud's

Easter Egg Hunt at Grandma & Papa's - Happy Easter

Wyatt decided he had enough hunting and decided to hide eggs this time.

Katie was dressed as the Easter Bunny!

Hannah went to a birthday party at Claires and one of the prizes she got was a set of fake nails. Shannon put them on for her and they didn't last a full 24 hours.

We went to the beach with Grandma & Papa over Spring Break
At the arcade...

The kids went swimming in the outside pool. They sure were cold!

The kids made crafts-

At the beach-

Wyatt hit the batting cage -

The kids had a tiny, tiny room at the beach. Of course, they loved it and wanted to stay in there whenever we were at the house.

We went to Family Kingdom. Wyatt rode his 1st real roller coaster. I didn't get a picture because I took Hannah and Will on a different ride. I don't do roller coasters. I am woman enough to admit they scare the crap out of me. Anyway, Wyatt won't be asking to ride the coasters any time soon! (LOL)

We played putt-putt.

Monday was back to school. Wyatt had a field trip to the State House.

I didn't get many good pictures. The teacher put the WORST kid in her class in my group. I do believe that child was trying to get lost. I only had 3 kids in my group were the other parents had 4 or 5. I guess now I know why.

The Landlord

2007-04-17T20:40:00.000-05:00

This is so funny! Check it out.

http://sjl.funnyordie.com//v1/view_video.php?viewkey=3efbc24c7d2583be6925

Go Wyatt Go!!

2007-03-31T18:11:00.000-05:00

Bill celebrated his 40th Birthday this month. Man, he's old. (Just kidding, but not really!)
Baseball season is in full swing! After loosing 3 games in a row, Wyatt's team, the Mets, finally won 2 games - Friday and Saturday. Thanks to Wyatt!! Yea Wyatt. OK, I know I am being a bit prideful, but he has turned into quite the ball player and I am very proud of him.
Bill is pitching this year and doing a great job. He and Wyatt are a real asset to the team.
Baseball takes up about 3 days a week and scouts a day and church a day. So, I haven't taken lot of time to blog.
Spring break starts this Friday and we will have 10 days of no baseball (or school:(

2007-03-01T18:37:00.000-05:00

There hasn't been anything exciting happening, so I haven't blogged. I did try to blog last week and had finished except for publishing. My computer locked up and I had to shut it down. So, I will try again.

Working backwards...

Wyatt had his pinewood derby race Saturday. He came in 2nd!

Hannah had a cupcake with blue icing.

.Will got in on the excitement.

An Emu got loose last week.

Baseball season has come again. Wyatt has practice 3 days a week. Once again, they have scheduled him to practice on Sunday. I hate for him to not practice with his team, but, you do what you have to do. (sigh)

Bill signed up to be an assistant coach on Wyatt's team this year. That is a big help to me. Now I don't have to be at every practice and I won't have to show up for the games until game time.

The weather has been nice the past few days and we have taken advantage of it. It rained today and will turn cooler this weekend. I am looking forward to Spring!

RASCAL FLATTS!!!

2007-02-10T16:42:00.000-05:00

What an awesome concert. Thank you again Bill for the great Christmas present. Don't I have a sweet husband?

Wyatt went to the concert with me. It sure did make the other kids mad that they didn't get to go.

Thank you Roxy and Shannon for the good company. I know y'all enjoyed the show as much as me.

I, like an idiot, didn't take my camera. I will have to wait for Shannon to e mail me some pictures. We had pretty bad seats, but bad is better than none at all.

We took our monkeys to the circus. I must say, it was very different from the circus' from my childhood. The kids enjoyed it and I guess that was all that mattered.

Wyatt had his 1st pack meeting. Aubrey is his Scout master.

It snowed. It was short. I really wanted to sleep in, but since the snow was unexpected, I figured it wouldn't last, so I got dressed and took the kids out to play until the rain started.

I know this picture is a bit blurry, but please note the large white blob headed toward Wyatt. Hannah threw a great snowball!!

December & January

2007-01-12T09:18:00.000-05:00

Since it has been soooo long since I last blogged, I won't try to catch up on everything! Enjoy the pictures and let me know if you have any questions.

Christmas songs and an Owl

2006-12-15T15:26:00.000-05:00

Have you finished your Christmas shopping?

Well, except for Bill, I have. What do you buy the man who buys everything he wants?

Tuesday, Hannah sang in her school Christmas program.

The picture is so bad. We were at the program 30 minutes early and still didn't get a good seat!

At least we got to sit. If you don't come early, you stand for the whole thing. This was only K-2 grades. I was so far away and Hannah wouldn't be still. I tried to take several more pictures after the program started. Somebody thought it would be a good idea to cut the lights off over the children's heads. So, my flash can't reach that far and all the pictures are pretty much black. Real nice.

On Wednesday, Will had a Christmas program that morning and a lunch after. It was so sweet watching all those little kids trying to remember all the words to the songs. Unfortunately, when the children lined up, Eli was in front of Will on the stand. Will had on a Rodolph shirt with a pom-pom nose, google eyes and a red ribbon. Eli tried to rip everything off Will's shirt and he kept hugging him and talking to him. It was very comical, but distracting. Poor Will was just faking his way thru the songs until Eli left him alone.

Wednesday night we had Cub Scouts. The boys wrote the missionaries letters and made Christmas ornaments. They had fun.

On Thursday Will had his 5 year checkup at the doctor. Poor kid isn't ever going to gain any weight. He only weighs 40.8 lbs. I guess all things considered, I won't complain. Better skinny than plump. Will has a lump under the eye where he and Eli collided. I asked the doctor when it would go away. After some poking he announced that it was scar tissue and it would be another year or so before it was gone. Nice :( After Will's appointment, we met Holly & Rhonda for lunch at Chick Fil A. The kids had fun playing.

That evening Joe called and said for us to come across the street to an empty field. He was crossing it on a tractor when he found a wounded owl.He must have hurt his wing. Andrea and I tried to find somewhere that would take him in until he was better, but no one wanted him. No one would come get him. The Riverbanks Zoo said if we would bring it, they would take it. Well, I don't know about you, but I am not picking up a bird with razor sharp claws and a beak the is made to rip thru flesh!

Will and I checked on him this morning and he is in the exact same spot. He did manage to close his wing and turn around to face the other direction. I can't believe that he didn't get eaten.

Joe & Martha got their floors in the den redone this week. They had the carpet taken out and hard wood put down. They look great! Hannah modeled on them while I snapped a picture!

And if you are wondering why I never post pictures of Wyatt, it is because he hates having his picture taken. Enjoy the weekend!

Santa Comes to Town!

2006-12-10T19:46:00.000-05:00

Santa Clause came to Blythewood today!!

Today was the annual Blythewood Parade.

Bill was asked to pull the Blythewood High Football team!

Go Bengals!!!

There were lots of good floats in the parade. The kids really seemed to enjoy themselves. They had several dance teams and a dirt bike team. Wyatt enjoyed them the most. The kids got a lot of candy.

When I was a small child my Grandparents had a farm in Gilbert (I think). My Popper had an old army jeep. After he sold the farm he gave it to Hud McLean. Hud has since fixed it up. It was in the parade today.

The armed forces were out today with tanks and trucks.

After the parade our friends, the Tesimale's, came to visit. They stayed for supper. Tonight we ate at Joey and Andrea's house. Shannon and her kids came and Grandma Fanny. We had a very nice time. Hope everyone has a great week.

The past week

2006-12-09T15:50:00.000-05:00

Alright, since last time....

The kids went to Eli's birthday party. They had so much fun. They played in the horse corral and went fishing and played with the bunnies and made farm pictures and played pin the tail on the donkey and had a hay ride and ate hot dogs (Will ate 4, minus the bun) and roasted marshmallows and had cake and ice cream!

We had church on Sunday. Nothing new there.
School on Monday. Ditto.
Tuesday, Will had a dentist check up. Poor thing. I don't know why he gets so hysterical at having his teeth cleaned. There are no surprises. We were in and out in less than 20 minutes total. He's never even had a cavity, so it's not like he is afraid they will give him a shot. He cried so hard they had to stop cleaning his teeth and find a tissue to clean his face off. It was covered in big, fat tears. I'm sure he scared all the other kids in the waiting room with his screaming.
Wednesday, Wyatt and I went to Cub Scouts. We played a game we have never played before. Apples to Apples, Jr. It was really fun. I would like to play the adult version.
Not much on Thursday. I got to bed about 12 that night and Wyatt woke me up at 12:40 and said Will has been crying for 2 hours in the bathroom. Now I hadn't even been asleep 2 hours, so I know that was a slight exaggeration. Will was sick. He didn't get too sick, thankfully. By the morning he was up with Wyatt and Hannah and said he felt fine. I didn't send him to school just to be safe. I had some shopping to do, so he stayed with his Papa. They had a good day, except Papa fed him junk food all day. Who gives a sick kid nothing but junk food? It's bad enough when they are healthy.
Friday night was our church Christmas party. It was fun. They had The Polar Express on in a room for the kids to watch while they ate. In another room were some games for the kids who felt too old for the movie. There was music and dancing and lots of conversation. Everyone seemed to have a good time. I will make a brief mention of our extremely cold weather! For those of you not living here, it has been VERY, VERY COLD.
Today Will wanted to talk to his Grammie. He called her and immediately gave me the phone. Mom was sad. Her dog, Jellybean, died this morning. He was old and blind and deaf and couldn't walk very well. I told her he is better off, but I don't think I made her feel any better. I remember when Jellybean's mom died. She was my dog and she died Christmas Eve day. I was very sad and cried.
I hope everyone is about done with their Christmas shopping and try to stay warm!!!

The rest of November

2006-11-30T09:14:00.000-05:00

Okay, I know I haven't blogged in a while and I am sorry.
Since last time...
Will turned 5 on November 20. Hard to believe. Hmmm... guess it's time for another one.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!
For those of you who don't know my view on that (having more children) the big HAHA should just about sum that up.
There has been a stomach virus going around. Bill got sick the weekend before Thanksgiving. We had blamed it on bad seafood, but maybe he had the virus. Wyatt threw up Wednesday night before Thanksgiving. He was fine the next day. Threw up again Saturday night. Seemed fine Sunday, but he and Bill stayed home from church just to be safe. Sunday night Wyatt look very pale again. Monday morn he said he felt great. Sent him to school. Got a call at 10:30, he threw up again. I kept him home from school on Tuesday for a day of rest so he could get better. So far so good.
Of course, since I'm the cleaner of all things gross, I got sick. I wasn't feeling all that great all day Sunday. By the time I got the kids in the bed Sunday night I had quite a stomach ache. I went to bed. I was awake all night. I love my sleep. This was a very bad thing!
When I got up Monday to get the kids out of bed I started throwing up. I didn't feel better until Tuesday.
Of course, my body ached from throwing up and having to lay in the bed that long. My back still hurts.
We had a good day Thanksgiving. We ate lunch with Bill's family first.
Martha Ann didn't get to enjoy it because she had the stomach bug. She finished cooking, almost threw up and went to bed. :( It took her a few days to feel better.
After lunch, the kids and I went to visit with my Dad's side of the family. We had such a good time. It is not often we can all get together.
That night the kids and I met Bill back at his parents for left overs. It was just as good the 2nd time!
Friday I tried to clean and do laundry. I do not shop on Black Friday. Bill had other plans. He sent me after a present for his mom. It must have been very popular because everwhere I went was sold out. Needless to say, the laundry and house work did not get finished. That afternoon we had scheduled a photo shoot for the Graves family grandchildren. This is going to be my Mom and Dad's Christmas present. Well, one child didn't make it. While we were there we took advantage and had other pictures taken. It has been a while since I had a picture taken of my kids. Hannah got so emotional. I don't have any idea why. She started to cry, and cry. They took 73 pictures in all. They weren't that great. Well, not of my kids anyway. It wasn't the photographers fault. They just looked so uptight.
Saturday we went to my Mom's and visited with family. Tom and Heather had to go back to Florida on Sunday, so we said our good-bye's before we left. We will get to see them in a few weeks for Christmas with my Mom's family. :)
I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!!

2006-11-13T12:57:00.000-05:00

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2006-10-28T20:50:00.000-05:00

TRUNK OR TREAT

Tonight was our ward Trunk or Treat party.

Hannah was a rock star. Do you love the eyelashes? They didn't make it the whole 3 hours!!
Wyatt was a ninja. We had quite a few ninja's at the party.
Will was Sportacus, from Lazy Town. He was the only one dressed like that. Hannah was the only rock star until about half way thru, then Abby Griffin come and had almost the exact costume as Hannah. Her's was a different color around the edges.
Poor Will. He said he never wants to trunk or treat again. He said that no one would play with him. That isn't totally true, but only being 4 and not going to school or pre-school, he doesn't really have any close friends. It makes it hard when Wyatt and Hannah are buddied up with other people and he has to be on his own.
Wednesday was cub scouts. Not much going on there.
Friday, we met Bo & Junko Reynolds, Rob, Ashley & Emery Christinsen, and their friend Chaz for dinner at Southern Pig. It was fun. They came back to the house after dinner and visited for a while. The kids enjoyed it. They had someone new to play with. Bo played playstation games with Wyatt almost the whole time they were here!
Saturday (Early morning) Will got sick. Poor kid. How he was up with the sun and ready to go is beyond me. I slept til about 8:30 and still didn't want to get out of the bed. He was totally fine the next day. Hannah and I ran to Target to buy a bridal shower gift. Tim Mayo and Christi Whetstone are getting married next month. We were late. I hate being late, but since my plan to get up early and go to Target before the shower didn't happen, what can I say. Better late than never.
Hannah had a nice suprise at Target. We ran into Angela Dyson, Hannah and Wyatt's kindergarten teacher. She took a year off from teaching. I was really hoping that she would be Will's teacher also, but I guess we will have to keep our fingers crossed that she will return to BHE next year. She is such a SUPER teacher. Hannah and Wyatt just loved her and did so well in her class.
Will 'borrowed' a sword and shield. Next year he will have to have a costume with a weapon. He felt so left out!

Will, 'Scarecrow' Eli, & 'Cowgirl' Logan sit with Joey. Eli was enjoying a chocolate iced cup cake.

Wyatt

Hannah & 'Ladybug' Cali Tesimale

Basement walls. Plumbing is next.

2006-10-23T19:27:00.000-05:00

SAME OLE, SAME OLE

I have nothing new to report.

Blah.

Boring week.

Bill & I went to the Elders Quorum Social Friday. Martha Ann & Joe kept the kids. (THANKS)

Wyatt sold popcorn in front of the Super Bi~Lo this past Saturday for his cub scout pack. I missed a baby shower because of it, but it was for a good cause.
My Mom took Hannah and Will to Blythefest while we were there. (THANKS)

Church on Sunday. Eli came home with us after church. He was very well behaved. He did keep jumping off the furniture. We finally had to leave before Uncle Bill got him. Bill was trying to watch the race, but it was too loud. He said he was going to the basement. Well, that would have been a good plan except he was in the house with 4 children. We decided to go to Grandma & Papa's.

Will & I are getting our hair cut in the morning. Wyatt goes after school.

Exciting, right?

2006-10-17T09:45:00.000-05:00

How to eat fried slugs.

I haven't blogged lately because there has been nothing going on.
The basement walls are up on the house and they are being waterproofed.
Bill & Wyatt went to the race in Charlotte (I think) on Saturday night.
On Sunday we went to Joe and Martha Ann's for Supper. Martha Ann has bought one of the outdoor curved fire pit things. I don't know the exact name. So Wyatt built a fire (supervised) Sunday. The kids cooked their own hot dogs. I had a few marshmallows. I sure do love to eat roasted marshmallows!! Later, after supper, Hannah collected about 20 slugs. I am not sure where she found them, but she had them in a bucket and put them on some long handled thing that came with the fire pit. It was just right for cooking slugs. After she finished, she told Will to open up. And guess what, he did!!! He ate a cooked slug. I wanted to throw up for him. It said it was delicious. Then he said it was freaking him out and he really needed a drink of Coke. That night while he took his bath he said his stomach hurt and he was all itchy. I don't know about the itchy part, but his stomach probably hurt from the 3 hot dogs he ate for supper. I did take the opportunity to lie to him and told him that it was the slug that was making him itch and his stomach hurt and he had better not eat anything like that again! Well, it may not have been a lie, but I can't prove it is the truth either! (YUCK!!!!)
Bill and I got the kids out of school at lunch time yesterday. We went to the fair. They had so much fun. We saw Shannon, Jamie, Eli and Katie. Later we saw Joey, Andrea & Logan. My feet were a little sore by the time we left the fair. 7 hours and they still didn't want to leave. I guess I was the same way when I was a kid! ;)

2006-10-07T17:17:00.000-05:00

Just Hangin' Out.

Wow!! It is soooo cold today. It feels like it has been in the 50's all day. I am a warm weather person, so I am not really enjoying this too much. I don't mind cool temperatures, but this was so sudden. It has been in the high 80's low 90's this week.
There really hasn't been much going on this week. I finished keeping Joshua. I will miss him. He is such a cutie!!
I wish I could just fall asleep anywhere.

Hannah lost a front tooth this week. They both have been loose for a while. She was playing football with the boys and Wyatt tackled her and knocked her tooth out.
Bills' dad had his knee replacement surgery Wednesday. Everything went well. He was making jokes within hours of the surgery and was walking down the hall (with his walker) the next day. Wyatt took his picture the day after surgery. They have a machine that bends his leg.

My mom and me took Hannah and Will to the museum in Winnsboro today. The town was having a festival or something like that. The museum had a Native American theme today. It was set up behind the museum. It was very interesting. Hannah and Will mostly just wanted to eat. They had lots of good food. A live band that was pretty good. There were lots of inflatable things for the kids to play on, but they were so packed we avoided them. Will was mad.
I actually enjoyed my visit to the STARR table the most. They do search and rescue. Beautiful dogs. They were kind enough to take one out and let Will and I pet her. One man showed me the scrap book they have from the Ninth Ward in New Orleans. Great pictures. I learned a lot today. Some pictures were heartbreaking. What an awesome job these folks have. They definitely have my respect!!
Hannah and Will found a tree to climb in while Mom and I finished lunch.

Mom enjoyed the food. She had Chinese, then a chicken sandwich and was sad that the line to the funnel cakes was so long!
Ha Ha!

2006-10-03T10:17:00.000-05:00

Improvement

Will's eye is improving :)
I guess it bothers me more than him because I see it ever time I look at his sweet little face. :(

Will & cousin Joshua

2006-10-02T08:06:00.000-05:00

DAY TWO

The novelty of having a large lump on his face has worn off. Will would like to have it removed.

2006-10-01T19:54:00.000-05:00

WHAT A SHINER!!

Before .....

After......

Seriously-right before we left Joe and Martha Ann's house Sunday night the children were all running around the front yard. Will and Eli came around a tree at the same time from opposite directions. Eli's forehead hits exactly under Will's eye. It turned black and swollen immediately. I was ready to take him to the doctor, but Aunt Sybil happened to show up as I was running out the door and said he didn't need to go, just ice. The swelling had gone down some by the time we took his picture.

For those of you who have seen the kids cartoon The Fairly Odd Parents. You know the kid with the boil. Will looked at his face and said he had grown a boil. Too funny. At least he could find some humor in all this.

Oh, for those of you wondering about Eli, he's perfectly alright. He has a very hard head!!

2006-09-25T14:54:00.000-05:00

Happy B'day Katie

Sweet little Katie Benson celebrated her 1st birthday this Saturday! Shannon is so lucky to have such a special girl. We love you, Katie!! We hope you enjoy your birthday this Tuesday as much as you enjoyed the party.

On a totally seperate subject, construction has started on the house. Bill dug the basement this weekend and the footing people came today. Yipee!

2006-09-19T11:44:00.000-05:00

CATCHING UP

Let's see. What has happened since I blogged last.
Thursday, we had enrichment at church. It was a very good meeting and we had a great turn out. Lots of great food! We had a farmers market theme. It was cute.

Friday was boring, we didn't do anything.

Saturday all 3 kids had a birthday party to go to.
They had a good time. It was at the Plex.
Thank you Hayden for inviting them.
There was an inflatable slide they played on for 30 minutes.
After the slide, they played dodge ball. Wyatt and Will were the only boys there. Unfortunately Wyatt has seen the movie Dodge Ball. He hit Hannah hard in the face. Hannah was the first one out. She was a good sport about it. Will kept tagging his own team members, he couldn't quite throw the ball far enough to hit anybody on the other side.

Hannah didn't enjoy it so much. She is more of a non-contact sport type of person (ie) gymnastics, cheerleading, etc.

Cake and presents were next and then we went home.
Bill started digging the basement Saturday, and we checked on the progress after the party.

Saturday night/Sunday morning Will wasn't feeling well. He had a headache that afternoon and said he still had one when he got ready for bed. It must have hurt because he hates medicine and was willing to take some tylenol before bed. He woke up about 2 am crying. I finally got out of him that his ear hurt. Eventhough I used drops, he still cried. He cried until 6:30 am.
The next morning Bill took Wyatt and Hannah to church and Will and I went to the doctor. He has a double ear infection. I took him to the Urgent Care in Blythewood since it was Sunday and his regular doctor's office is closed. We were the only ones there. The doctor prescribed something I had never heard of. We drove to CVS to get it filled and the lady said that it was $110/bottle. I had her call the doctor back and get a prescription for amoxicillin. The doctor must have been bored and trying to be creative. Bill and the kids don't have prescription insurance. $22/bottle vs $110. Just crazy.

I didn't have my camera Sunday afternoon when Papa took us over to Richard and Phyllis Roberts house. They have a goat that is named Emily. She is 6 months old and thinks she is a dog. They give her a bottle every morning and night. Phyllis let each of the kids feed her. It was so great. Phyllis invited them to come back and make sure I bring my camera!

Of course since I was sooooo sleepy Sunday night things couldn't get better. Will woke up again crying. Ear drops are nice, but they don't seem to last very long with Will. Then, Hannah woke up about 4 times during the night crying because her stomach hurt and she thought she was going to be sick. Thankfully she never was and went to school the next day.

Monday Joshua came to stay with us. He is such a cut. It sure is nice to have a little baby to hug and kiss and snuggle with. And then send home at the end of the day:)
Holly had her baby today. I hope to go see the new baby boy tonight. Koen Jeremy Tesimale

8lbs 2 ozs!!!
Will only woke up once Monday night and it was his other ear hurting. Hopefully the antibiotics are starting to work and he can sleep the whole night thru tonight!!

2006-09-13T20:39:00.000-05:00

Do they look guilty to you?
Wyatt's new jammies.
WEDNESDAY

Wyatt and I had a nice evening together. He needed new church shoes, so before scouts tonight we went shopping. We didn't find any shoes he liked, but he did find some Cars pj's. And you know how it is, if you buy for one you have to buy for the others. I did want to get Wyatt and Hannah a new shirt for picture day at school, so I bought Will a matching shirt. He and Wyatt don't dress alike often because Will mostly wears Wyatt's hand me downs. After shopping we had enough time to sit down and eat. We went to Moe's. Wyatt had never eaten there before, so it took him FOREVER to read the menu and decide that he would eat tacos. He always eats the same thing when we have mexican. He did change a bit and order chicken. Big mistake. He hated it and refused to eat it. My food was delicious. He shared with me. We had fun at scouts. It was our first offical meeting. Then I had to stay at church and decorate for enrichment. Late night.
A HUGE thanks to Martha Ann for feeding and bathing the kids for me! What would I do without you?

2006-09-10T19:57:00.000-05:00

THE WEEKEND

Yadira and Nathan (Nathan Alexander Trapp, offically) are doing well. They are coming home on Monday. I am sure they will be glad to be there.
Today, Hayden Mattox turned 8 and got baptized! The batteries were dead in my camera, so I didn't get a picture at the church. I took one that night. Hayden is wearing one of her presents from us. She wanted clogs, so she got a pink and a blue pair.
Bill came home Friday with a used lawnmower. Boy, that thing is fast. He let Wyatt mow the grass. He didn't do such a great job.

Now, I am going to toot my own horn a minute. I have really expanded my maintenance skills this summer. Bill taught me how to run the lawn mower this summer. I have mowed our grass about 5 times now. One day I even mowed Joey and Andreas. (It was either that or ironing, the grass won!)
Saturday Bill taught me how to run his new John Deere tractor. I bush hogged a field. I am rather proud of myself. As the only girl with 3 brothers, I was never required to do any type of yard work. Well, some. Nothing that required motors and blades! Sorry, no picture.
And on a cute note, Grandma gave Katie an ice cream cone for dessert!

2006-09-08T20:46:00.000-05:00

CONGRATULATIONS JEROME & ANITA!

OK, I know you can't read it, but it was on that onion skin type of paper and didn't scan well.
Best wishes!!

2006-09-08T13:02:00.000-05:00

IT'S A BOY!!!

Yadira had the baby yesterday afternoon about 3:30 pm. They have not totally decided on a name. They are leaning toward Ethan. Yadira is recovering. Ethan weighed 5 lbs 7 ozs and is 19" long. He has a head full of dark black hair and he didn't open his eyes, but Aubrey said they are dark. Maybe he will favor his mama!!

2006-09-07T12:14:00.000-05:00

A NEW BABY IS COMING!!

No, it is not me. Yadira is having her baby today! YEAH!! I am so excited. Her family had a small shower for her on Wednesday. Yadira went to the doctor that afternoon and he admitted her to the hospital. Her blood pressure was high. They induced her this morning. I can't wait to see the baby. She was so sad to miss her shower. I have to say, that was the first time I had been to a shower where the guest of honor was not present, but I hear it does happen. I know she will enjoy all the things she received. That will give her something to look forward to when she gets home. Brian fed Katie a chip at the shower.

We had a good time at the beach. Buddy stayed with us for one night. The kids had fun on the beach and at the pool. They especially loved running around the house and having their own TV to watch.
We had some great food on Monday for Labor Day. The Trapp's cooked out and it was so delicious. Especially the banana pudding!!
I will include pics of the new baby ASAP! Have a great weekend!

2006-08-31T14:50:00.000-05:00

BORING.....

There has been nothing to report lately. I haven't taken any pictures. :(
The kids have gone to school all week.
Last week we went to the lake. It rained on us Tuesday. We went again on Wednesday and it was beautiful. I forgot my camera.
Bill and I attended a bridal shower cookout on Friday. Since our anniversary was Saturday, we treated ourselves to a night ALONE. It was so fun catching up with all our old friends. Some people I haven't really talked to in years.
We went to church on Sunday.
Tuesday we went to my parents house for supper. My youngest brother, Robin, was in town, so we all got together. It was nice. I was supposed to go to my friend, Holly's, baby shower. (Thanks for understanding why I couldn't make it!!) (And thanks to Rhonda for taking my gift) Wednesday was the kick-off for Cub Scouts. I am a Den Mother! Woo-Hoo.
Today I mostly cleaned. We are going to the beach tomorrow afternoon. That is assuming Ernesto (the hurricane) doesn't destroy it.
We got this huge house at the beach and nobody wants to go with us :( I thought we were going to have some company, but in the end it will just be us. At least I can spread the kids out. The house has 5 TV's and extended cable. That is a definite plus. Here is the house we are staying in.

Well, I hope everyone has a safe and happy weekend/Labor Day! I will post some pictures next week of our vacation. (Keep your fingers crossed that we go)

2006-08-22T12:44:00.000-05:00

WEEK 3!

The children started their 3rd week of school today. So far they have no real complaints. (So far)
There hasn't been much to report. They went to school all week. Wyatt's ear is feeling better. We had stake conference this weekend. Bill went Saturday and I stayed home with the kids. Hannah and Wyatt went home with Grandma and Papa after and spent the night. Will was lonely, so he slept in our bed (big surprise). We went to church on Sunday. Sunday night we celebrated Hannah's birthday again with cake and ice cream at Joe and Martha Ann's. (We always celebrate a birthday with family on the Sunday following their actual birth day) Aunt Shannon made a cool cake for Hannah. She is experimenting for Katie's birthday.
After supper we moved outside. Yadira's parents came in Thursday for about 6 months. Wyatt likes to play ball with Mr. Hernandez. He couldn't wait for Bill to eat and go home to get his ball and glove. Everyone got in on the action!
Hannah was practicingg handstands, what a ham!!
Eli, Will & Logan rolled across the yard.
Bill wrestled in the grass with Eli & Will.
Have a great week!

2006-08-18T12:58:00.000-05:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY HANNAH!!

Hannah turned 6 on Thursday. She was so excited! We had family over for cake and icecream. It was nice. She had fun. We got Hannah a new bike for her birthday. She loves it. Friday morning she was dressed before I was and ready to go ride her bike before school. Most mornings I have to drag her from the bed. Not today!! She is so funny.

I finally suggested/complained enough about dial up. We got DSL. I hooked it up and it works just fine. I can load pics to the blog in seconds! YA HOO!! No more waiting forever just to sign on.

Not much going on. The youth had an activity this past Saturday at Lake Wateree. It rained almost all day and was cool outside. Bill put his boat in the water and it broke. Go figure. It's fixed now. The guy we bought it from fixed it. Since it rained all day Saturday, the Tesimales came over and hung out. We took the kids to McDonalds to play for lunch.

Saturday, when Bill got home, he informed me he didn't want to build the house plans that took us over 3 years to get!! He liked a different house we had seen in the mountains. So, back up to the mtns we went Saturday night. We looked the house over again and then got the plans faxed to us. Bill met with the guy who drew our last plans yesterday. Hopefully, it won't take him another 3 years to draw the new ones!!!!! He promised it wouldn't. We shall see.
While we were in the mtns, Wyatt said his ear hurt. He started the day out with a stuffy nose. I stopped at Wal Mart and bought some nose spray. Then he said his ear hurt. This is when we are way up the mtn visiting our friends. No quick trip to the store here. He cried and cried. I gave him an advil, but it didn't help. Finally after we left I stopped at the grocery store and found some ear drops. They worked quick. He fell asleep and when he woke up he was back to his normal self. I took him to the doctor on Monday and he said Wyatt had a very bad infection in his ear, so he is on antibiotics. He isn't thrilled about it, but that's life. He woke up one night this week crying because his ear still hurt. Poor fella. I hope it feels better soon. Bill wanted to go to the lake today, but I have a horrible cough, Hannah said her throat hurt and I didn't think Wyatt needed to get his ear wet. I guess we will try to go next week assuming everyone feels better. Hope everyone has a great weekend!!

2006-08-09T18:00:00.000-05:00

2006-08-09T11:44:00.000-05:00

2006-08-08T10:27:00.000-05:00

1st DAY OF SCHOOL!!

Horray (for me)!
I got the kids off to school this morning, which was a challenge in more ways than one. When we got home last night a big storm had knocked out the power. It didn't come on until the early hours of the morning and I had no alarm clock. All summer, the only day I had to set my clock was on Sunday's. The one day I have somewhere to be and no clock. Also, we had been at the lake and the kids couldn't get a bath, so not only did I have to make an effort not to oversleep, I had to get them up early enough for a bath. I didn't want to send them to school and them be labeled the stinky kids on the first day
lol
I have actually tried 3 other times to update my blog. Dial up sucks! I want road runner. So, I am going to give it one more try. It's just the pics that I have trouble with.
We went to the beach, again, before school started. The kids had a lot of fun. They went to the pool, had lunch, went to the beach, had a bath and then we would go out to eat supper. I won't cook in the camper. I am very afraid of gas. I did bring my griddle to cook some breakfast food.
Bill decided we needed a boat. (We left the camper at the beach to be sold, I don't like camping) The boat is a replacement for the camper.
We took the kids to Lake Wateree for the first time yesterday. They had so much fun. Hannah got bounced one time too hard on the tube and cried, but got over it quickly and right back on the tube she went. Before we left Bill had to throw Wyatt. Wyatt wasn't very happy about that, but Bill let him steer the boat and he forgot all about the pain in his back (or whole body, he rolled a lot of times!)
Will has stayed bust today by watching TV. HMMM, nothing new there. He did start learning the alphabet today. We did letters A-D. He is learning to identify, write and sound them out. So far he hasn't got frustrated like Hannah did. I'll let you know how the first day of school went and include their pic!!
OK, I have been trying and trying and I can't get any pics to load, so I am going to try later ( I hope) SORRY!!

2006-07-22T08:37:00.000-05:00

QUIET DAYS

It has been pretty quiet around here lately. Well, as quiet as you would expect!! Not much exciting happening. The kids still want to swim daily. I'm trying, but it gets to be a low priority with me. We (me) have been packing the kids rooms. So far I have thrown out 2 bags worth of old junk. For such small things, they sure do have a lot of stuff. For those of you who don't know, we are eventually going to build a house. In the mean time we need to fix all the things that 3 small children have managed to break or ruin over 7 1/2 years. It really won't take that long once we move all our belongings out of the up stairs. We are going to attempt to keep the kids in the basement. If you haven't been to our house, that is not a bad thing. It is finished and a walk out. We need to replace the carpet in the bedrooms and paint the walls from the floor to about 3 feet up. There are like a million hand prints on the walls!! Wyatt went fishing with his Papa yesterday. He actually caught something. He was so excitied.
Hannah and Will were jealous, so they had their pic taken also.

We are leaving on Monday to go back to the beach. I hope everyone has a great week!!

2006-07-15T20:23:00.000-05:00

Finally Home

For those of you that have been wondering why I have not updated, I haven't been home. I am glad to be back. For now anyway!!
First, we went to Maggie Valley, NC with Martha Ann. Shannon, Eli & Katie went also. Later Joe came up and Jamie and then Bill. Martha Ann and Joe bought a cabin there and we had a good time helping get it fixed up. It is such a cute place. It is quiet. We look forward to many visits.
Next, we went to Myrtle Beach to Ocean Lakes. We rented a house and had a few guests. Bo & Junko Reynolds stayed for a night and Joe and Martha Ann stayed for a few nights. The kids sure do love going to the beach. Well, actually they just love Ocean Lakes. The beach they aren't so wild about.
After we got done at the beach, we tagged along with Joe and Martha Ann back to their mountian escape. It sure felt a lot better up in the mountains than it does back here!! The kids get kind of bored. There really isn't a lot to do. We are going to have to find out what kinds of things the locals do. Then they won't mind riding that far to have fun. Thanks again for taking us Grandma & Papa!!
After we got home Saturday afternoon we attended Rob Christenson's big 30 birthday celebration at Bo & Junko's house. Again, Happy Birthday Rob. Thanks for including us!!
I will have to post pictures another time. Truthfully, I didn't take any at the beach. Or the 2nd trip to the mountains. We stayed in the same house this year as last year when we went to the beach. No fun in seeing the same stuff again. :)

2006-06-18T19:57:00.000-05:00

SWIM, SWIM

Well, it seems all we did this weekend was swim.

OK, well that isn't entirely true. Hannah went to the dentist to get her teeth worked on. I think we need a new dentist!!

The kids did get to ride for a while on Saturday. Hannah did not have a lot of fun.

Here is a Happy Father's Day to all you great Dad's out there!!

2006-06-14T14:35:00.000-05:00

G-O H-A-N-N-A-H!

Hannah had her first day of Cheerleading camp today. It ended at 12:00. At 30 seconds after 12 she had forgotten everything she learned!

After camp they had some cheer items on sale. Of course we had to get the pom-poms!!

Tonight we have a cake decorating class at Martha Ann's for a mini enrichment class. Hannah made the cake for me. Then she cleaned up :)

2006-06-08T20:55:00.000-05:00

OK, I had pretty much decided I was too slack to keep up a blog, but I thought I would give it a try over the summer. We will see how it goes. Today was a busy day. Wyatt had his last day of baseball camp. He is glad it is over eventhough he had fun. After camp we had lunch and cleaned the house. The kids were a big help. It is nice not to have to clean their rooms anymore. We went swimming with the Holly, Corbin, Cali, and Brody Tesimale that afternoon.
Will is coming right along with his swimming. Today he took his floaties off and would dive under and swim in a circle. Finally after swimming, Corbin came home with us to spend the night. Hannah's friend Holland Hathoway came over also. This was Holland's very first night away from home. She has done great. She is so cute. BUT, she and Hannah are so jealous of each other. We played outside after supper and Andrea let Wyatt take them all on a short golf cart ride. Didn't last long. The rear tire was flat. Logan came out to play. That kid sure does love to run. She runs everywhere she goes. Bill is still on the Trek. He will be home on Saturday.