Lake Johnson Rocks! We have been twice this week ! Kids love playing in the sprinkler park and all three can now touch in the big pool! On tuesday when we went all three of the kids swam the entire length of the pool without stopping or touching ! wohooo! Little fishes!

Andrew can do 8 underwater summersaults in a row - i get dizzy just watching him !

Party Animals ! haha ! After Aryn and Alyssa's birthday dinner we went to an open house for a new cell phone company in the area . They had a face painter - She was amazing! Aryn is my little monkey and Alyssa is a tiger ! Such party animals!

Hard to believe my little baby is 6 ! where or where does time go! We did the annual girlie shopping trip . Went to Supa' target, Old Navy, Triangle town center mall, and Crabtree. As if that werent enough afterwards we went to Red Lobster for Dinner. The girls bought alot of goodies . Lets see ... Aryn bought a Disney cd, Sunglasses, Pj's , and Necklace, a Webkinz, and a new build a bear and accessories. ALyssa bought a diffrent disney cs, sunglasses, a bracelet, a build a bear, some clothes for her bears and a big closet for all the bear clothes.

we had a jello poke cake for her birthday cake . Yummo !

so where does your job fall - saw this and thought it was funny ! - crazy what kind of things i can find @ 1:40 in the morning :D

http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2007/bing/0704/gallery.bing_50jobs.fortune/

Happy friday ! - this week has really drug ! TGIF!

Today i actually got to scrap - got 2 pages done this morning . Both from events from last weekend - new pictures inspire me the most ! I bought this new ek success circle cutter and used it for the first time on the fathers day page !

That picture on the fathers day page i blew up to an 8x10

and printed it in black and white . I have pictures of each

of the kids too -and just hung them in the bathroom - check

it out.- I really like how it turned out! The

"life is better at the beach sign" came from the

country house catalog .

lots of plans for the weekend - Sunday we are going to the raleigh road Drive in - cant wait - it has probably been almost 30 years since i have been to drive in . I am not sure kevin has ever gone .

Monday is the girls birthday so we are planning our annual " shop till you drop " session - followed by dinner at red lobster- girls choice!

something to add to your summer reading - appears Al Gore still has not gotten over his loss 8 years ago - if you dont have time to read the book and are looking for some quick amusement just go to amazon.com and read the comments http://www.amazon.com/Assault-Reason-Al-Gore/dp/1594201226/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-4486516-6849448?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1182479120&sr=8-1

HAPPY FATHERS DAY ! We had a great day at the beach.We spent most of the day at Carolina beach. Afterwards we stopped at Sticky Fingers rib joint - Kevin and the kids all had a great day. I drove home from the beach, which i dont normally do - and Kevin slept the whole way home. It was good too see him relaxed and happy!

recital day - Glad it is over . It is such a long day ! Dancers had to be at the center at 12:30 for warm ups. Recital started at 2:00 . Alyssa was the 3rd routine and the 3rd from the last routine. It was a 3 hour show ( even had 2 intermissions) Her performances were awesome ! She is such a great performer! Congrats Alyssa - It was your day to shine!

Pictures of Alyssa's class before the recital, Alyssa taking her Bow during the curtain call, and of Alyssa afterwards!

last night alyssa had her recital pictures taken - as much as i dislike these outfits she of course looks adorable . And i can also add that i am thankful she is not wearing pink , again !

summer is.... a happy face :D

Game 2 tournament - andrews team the Braves lost to the marlins 14 to zero! yes, zero - very heartbreaking game ! and once again - very hot ! Regular season is officially over !

today i went to the dr for sinus infection and pink eye - had a wonderflul test done where they stuck a camera in my nose - yes, in my nose - not fun !

tommorrow is the last day of school!

One more post for the week - today is the one anniversary of the blog - 74 post ! Wohooo!

Hey look at me - i just lost my second tooth ! :D

We love this lady ! just want the world to know ! have a great summer Miss Poole !

Fields of Fun day for Alyssa and Aryns class today . They had water games, tug of war, cup stacking, relay races and more - such a fun day - But ohhh so hot!

this picture is of the girls in alyssa's class - very spontaneous - they are so cute !

BASEBALL TOURNAMENT NIGHT 1 - Andrews team the Braves played the Mets( yes, Camerons team) Final score Braves 13 Mets 10 game 2 - 6/7/06

Today Alyssa had her Second grade award ceremony.She recieved many awards including the Presidential Physical fitness award and the Wise student award. Afterward they enjoyed a burger king lunch ! yummo!

tonight was Andrews graduation from Fifth grade - cant believe it is time to move on - i keep telling him that i would be really happy if he would let me put him in kindergarten again! He wasn't will to oblige! These are pictures from the graduation ceremony. I didn't cry till i took the last picture of him walking out the door . My little man is now my big guy!

Hard to believe that this school year is almost over. This morning we had Aryns kindergarten awards ceremony. She received perfect attendance for the last 9 weeks, Wise student last nine weeks and WISE student for the whole year . These are some pictures from the award ceremony ... my baby is getting sooooooooooooooooo big - wahhhhhaaa! :(

SINCE ARYN'S BIRTHDAY IS OVER THE SUMMER WE GOT TO CELEBRATE BIRTHDAY TODAY - SHE WAS IN HER OWN LITTLE WORLD . SHE GAVE SOME CUPCAKES TO HER CLASSMATES, HER TEACHERS, AND A FEW OTHER SPECIAL TEACHERS AT THE SCHOOL !

Happy Birthday Gramps! Today would have been my grandfather , leroys 95th birthday. As many of you know he passed away in november. Not a day goes by that we dont think about him. I am thankful for all the time that we had together , the memories my kids have of him, and that i was able to spend one last visit day with him before he passed. We miss you gramps - happy birthday!

june 1st - ahhh already -


I know i have not been the best at updating my blog- Since preparing for kevins parents visit in April it has really and truely been one thing after the next.

Alyssa is preparing for her recital - she has pictures, and dress rehersal this week. her costume is really cute- green polks dots. She has some parties at school this week and she is looking forward to spending some time with the neighborhood girls, enjoying popcicles, and working on her tan .

Aryn is wrapping up her kindergarden year. she has her big graduation party/ pizza party this week( on tuesday)

andrew is still playing ball - lost tonight . He has been catching - fell so sorry for him it is nearly 100 degrees . His team has slowly dwindled down , lost 2 kids due to injury . His 5th grade graduation is this tuesday night (sniff sniff) how can this be happening all ready ....

on a happy note - we booked a cruise for next year during spring break . we are leaving from charleston sc and visting caymen islands, key west, and cozumel. kids are looking forward to thier first cruise experience. we are thinking about signing them up for snorkeling lessons at a local dive shop during the summer.

i have been working on scrapbook albums for all the kids teachers - i have 1 done and given already, 1 almost done , and1 with nothing in it - think i can work full time(crappy hours), plan 2 end of the year parties. go to a graduation,go to 2 awards ceremonies, and get 30 scrapbook pages done in 3 days - can you say caffiene!

i will post some pictures of graduation - and other happenings that are going on when i have a chance

Not to often i post a picture or article about myself - At work we are having a baseball theme incentive - My team name is the ALL - Starz - my nick name is "The babe" - they are having a baseball card creating contest and this is my entry - wish me luck

last night Andrews teacher came to watch his baseball game. She is so sweet ! Andrews team ( braves) played the Mets. Andrews friend Cameron is on the Mets and Cameron is also in Miss Pooles class. Thanks Miss Poole for coming to the boys game and for being so suportive ! :D

Spring Break ! Kids are on spring break this week . Since i have just started my new job and still working this week we are just hanging out at home and not doing to much .

Yesterday we went to see Meet the Robinsons ( in 3D) it was a very cute movie and the 3d factor was awesome ! After we went to crabtree valley mall and i let aryn pick out some new earrings . We have finally gotten past the trauma that was occuring everytime we had to change earrings .

This week the neighbor boys have been over - thier mom is a teacher in another county and did not have this week off - So yes, i took 5 kids to the movies and 5 kids to the mall !

last night we had a really bad thuderstorm ( hail wind thunder lightening ) it started about 15 minutes after the kids went to be and i ended up with a bedroom full of kids - some in bed and some on the floor ( neighbor kids too )

kevin is on his way home from the coast (he will be home at 1:45 and i leave for work at 2) always nice to see him :D anyway he had a day deep sea fishing yesterday . He has gone deep seaing 3 times in 3 years and has not faired well on the sea 2 of those times ( said he almost fell overboard yesterday) 10 foot seas - the time before was from too much rum punch - but thats a whole nother subject

strawberries are in season and we will probably be heading out to get out share soon

aryns soccer season ends on saturday ( i think ) they have not mentioned anything about tournaments who knows .

2 more days left of spring break - hope the house survives!

Happy easter ! kids had a great time dyeing easter eggs - aryn didnt like all the dye off like in previous years. Alyssa shared a fun idea woith us that she learned in class. We wrapped rubber bands around the eggs , made a fun tie dyed look on the eggs . And andrew didnt let us down - he made 3 works of art - 1 was stewie griffin( family guy), one was globe, and the last one was the american flag.

Today Alyssa made her first holy communion.

Lord of Life Lutheran Church Garner NC

April 5th 2007 - Maundy Thursday Service

She received a beautiful set of pearls from her daddy and she wore a bracelet that was given to me on my first communion by my friend Marilee Jerz. She was so beautiful. She had 4 girls in her first communion class.

Aryn and her class made these really cute bunny ears . Usually Aryn doesnt like to go along with this kind of stuff ( case and point preschool graduation) She put on these ears and smiled and played ! to sweet ! I know - I know - sappy mom , but i also know it wont be long and she will be in high school so these kind of memories are the ones that i need to journal and remember . Look at that smile ! ------ notice anything diffrent about it ? She lost her first tooth on Monday ( 4-2-2007) Tooth fairy came and left her 3 bucks - she has spent that same 3 bucks about 20 times over and still has managed to keep it in her pocket .