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Where have I been?

Are you wondering why I haven't posted lately?  It's because I've been busy with Summer Discovery Hour, VBS, camping, and simply having fun (or trying to have fun) with these smart kiddos.

The Mousers

As many of you know, my good friend, Shonda, and her family are going to be moving to California for a year.  Tom is going to be doing a fellowship in hospice care (the official name is some big medical word, which I will never remember, let alone know how to spell!) at Stanford University.  Although I will miss visiting with Shonda in person during that year (unless God blesses us with the ability for a visit!), I know that we will visit via phone often...thanks to Verizon!

I think one of the hardest parts for both of us is the fact that our boys will also be apart.  Oh brother, I'm going to start crying as I write this...grr!  Tommy and John are like brothers.  Sara and Emma get along great too (for the most part), but Tommy and John are best friends.  This year John will be starting kindergarten.  Shonda's going to work with Tommy on various skills throughout the year - like she does already, even if she doesn't realize it!  Then the next year Tommy will start kindergarten.  It saddens me to think that the boys won't be in the same grade, but Shonda and I both know that this is the best decision for both boys.  And if WE'RE fine with them being in different grades, THEY will be fine with it too.  Kids' attitudes often reflect their parents' attitudes, so we're keeping things positive.

Anyway, I wasn't going to go into all that, but oh well.  Now you know what's on my heart.  This whole post started with wanting to post a few pictures from yesterday when Tommy & Sara came to our house for lunch.  Enjoy!

ER Visit

Here are the pages from John's trip to the ER for stitches.  You may have to click on the pics to fully read the text.

John's Scrapbook

Getting Old?

On the way to church yesterday, John asked me some random question.  At the moment, I don't remember what the question was, but this was our conversation.

me: I don't know, John.

John: Why not?

me: Because I'm getting old.

John: You're not old, Mom.  Daddy's (pause) not old either.

me: Oh! Well, that's good to know.  Thanks, John.

John: But Grandpa is old!  Not Grandpa VM or Grandpa-Great though.

me: (trying to control my laughter) Why don't you think Grandpa VM or Grandpa Great are old?

John: Well, they don't have holes in their pants and shirts.

(If I hadn't been laughing so hard, I should have responded by saying that John must be old too since he keeps getting holes in his jeans.)

Potty Puzzles

John's Scrapbook

Emma's Scrapbook

Science Center

Can you believe it?  I'm actually posting something original on my blog!!!!  WOW!  I'm at our church craft night and am hoping to schedule a few posts for you the next few days, but we'll see how much more I get done.  Anyway, I took the kids and my dad to the Science Center today.  It was sooo busy...partly because of the rain and partly because of school field trips.  Oh well, the kids still had a blast.

John's Scrapbook

Emma's Scrapbook

I used the Fangs for the Memories kit by Summertime Designs.

Emma Rae's 2nd Birthday in the eyes of Alyssa Gaskill

Alyssa took pictures at Emma's birthday party back on April 10, but she's been really busy trying to sell her house.  That means I don't have the pictures yet (like I'd have had time to blog about it anyway).  So I was THRILLED to see that she blogged about Emma's party today.  You can check it out on her blog.  Enjoy!

I'm Back! (for tonight anyway)

For John's Scrapbook

For Emma's Scrapbook

Kentucky

Our

 trip

to

Kentucky

provided

plenty

of

opportunities

for

fun,

cute

photos.

I

 told

you

so.

Trying out Blending with Photoshop

I probably wouldn't even post these since I'm just playing around trying to learn how to use the blending tools on Photoshop Elements, but Alyssa told me she expected to see a blog update in the morning.  I'm posting them in the order I created them.  Enjoy.

Updated

I finished Emma's scrapbook pages from our zoo trip.  You can see them here.

Potty Dance

Here's a conversation I just had with John.

John?  Do you have to go potty?

This isn't my potty dance, Mom.

Then what kind of dance is it?

It's just my dancing dance.  Like on a show.  A dance show.

I guess I better go make sure the dancing dance hasn't turned into a potty dance while I typed this.  =)

Blank Park Zoo

Back in November, the kids and I enjoyed a morning at the zoo with my cousin Alyssa and her boy Drew.  It was great because they have a family+ pass (or something like that), so we all got in free.

John's Scrapbook

 

 

The background for John's pages came from the Boy Oh Boy kit by Summertime Designs.

Emma's Scrapbook

 

 

 The background for Emma's pages is from the Fangs for the Memories kit by Summertime Designs.