A lot to "blog" about-updated

This is Heston asleep after getting into a real Coca Cola
and drinking it-he did not nap that day!!


This is a mouse we caught on our back porch. This provided 3 days of
entertainment for Jon and Josh. Josh was a little sad that the mouse was
still alive and stuck. We put it in a plastic bag to put it out of its misery sooner.


This was taken before church a few weeks ago. The kids clean
up nice!


Kate and Heston. Heston is crying b/c he was not off the slide when
Kate showed up. She "booted" him off!

Josh at his Spring Musical at our church.

Josh's last 3rd grade school project-Tigers. He made an A.

Tire swing construction. Recently Kate requested to Granddad for a tire swing

like Caillou. Caillou is a character on a show Katelyn watches. He made 2.


This is one. Dont worry Josh is ok, he got a little dizzy!

This is the other one. As you can see, I cant keep Kate off of them.

She loves them. She can get on and off by herself and swing herself.

She actually starts swinging it and runs and jumps on. It is quite impressive.

this was Josh at his B-day party. We had it at the Chattanooga

Lookouts game in April. He threw out the first pitch. This was

one of the umps.


Josh just before he went out. He did the best of the 3 B-day boys

and got a huge cheer from the crowd.

Steph and Jeremy came to visit this past weekend, which marked our

2 years in Chattanooga. They also helped us move 2 years ago, Saturday.

They brought this basketball goal, which we have already put to use.

We all love it. Heston and Kate use a little one Nonnie got them for

Christmas while us big folks play on the big one. Gets us all outside-even

in the heat.

Heston finally gave up after drinking that coke-oops this is the second

picture, but after all the trouble of posting it I am scared to delete it

so enjoy again!


Heston enjoying his coke!!!!



Heston at the Lake-he loved throwing rocks


Heston and Kate at the playground at the Lake

This is also a repeat. Sorry.



I am doing this new "couponing" thing. We are saving 50-70% on groceries these days. It is wonderful. Last Thursday I went to Publix (a grocery store here) and spent 49.51 and saved 64.92 even with buying a box of Huggies Diapers.

Family picture at the Lake . We live maybe 10 minutes from Chester Frost Park and Lake. We love going there and plan on going at least twice a month during the hot months. The kids love it there and it wears them out so nap time is great once we get home.


Jon and Josh-Baseball team, award night at the Lake

As you can see we have had a busy Spring. Summer is officially here and it is

hot. Josh is currently in Texas and Jon is still working in Nashville.

Today is Jon's 30th Birthday and we plan on celebrating this weekend with cake

and presents. Maybe even a date if I can con someone into watching Kate and

Heston....

This is also the kids last week at their current daycare. I am switching them to a

Christian daycare next week, in which I hope they are happier and healthier. I have never left Heston at his current daycare without him being in tears when I leave. Please pray for an easy adjustment for them. The rules are also a little different as well as the hours, so also pray that I can adjust!! Until next time....Cheers!

Why do they fight?

I have figured out the 5 years between the 2 oldest is a good age difference, at least if the boy is older, so I think I lucked out. Kate and Josh get along for the most part. Very little fights between them. Kate and Heston, however are another story. The other day Kate asked me if I could just "lose" Heston. 'No' I replied...in response I get dramatic tears! Another case in point...Last night Josh and Kate spent the night with Grandsherry and Granddad. Heston woke up this morning and only asked for Josh...so at least the feeling is mutual between them. In the past few days I have seen Heston chasing Kate with a stick, Heston pulling her hair and Kate and Heston fighting over a bike. I have figured out the mention of the "wooden spoon" stops everyone in their tracks. A very useful tool, I now don't leave home without. Last night Heston was not obeying while at church, I grabbed by handy wooden spoon, he quickly took it away from me and started spanking himself on the bottom, to which the adults around responded with continuous laughter. Not what I was looking for in a discipline moment...but I have to admit I laughed too.
This weekend Steph and Jeremy are coming. They should be here tonight, so I promise to post pictures next week...at all costs! Til then, pray, pray hard for the kiddos!! or maybe more prayers should be said for me!-Cheers!

Fun Times

Since Jon is working out of town during the week, I am really trying to stay on top of the chores so that when he is home on the weekends we can play!! The kids are really missing him during the week. Last week we had VBS every night so they were easily distracted when they realized he wasnt coming home from work each night. VBS was a huge success and the kids absolutely loved every second. Josh is enjoying his daycare and Heston and Katelyn are tolorating theirs. LOL. Tonight I plan on cooking dinner and feeding the troops then mom and dad are coming over to watch them so I can visit a friend in the hospital. Then Tuesday, I plan on puling weeds while the kiddos play outside...so Jon can come home this weekend and put new mulch in the flower beds. I have taken new pictures but havent managed to get them to work so I can upload them to the blog. I will try very very hard to get this done this week. We are anixously awaiting a visit from Jeremy and Steph next weekend...the kids are super excited! and Jon is looking forward to some golf. Last Saturday we went to Chester Frost Lake and the kids loved every minute of being in the water and playing in the sand and on the playground. We only stayed about 2 hours and headed home for rest time (which they rested, I ran erronds). This weekend who knows what we will come up with, but plan on doing some chores before the big visit from Steph and Jeremy. Hope all is well. -Karrie