Tap and Jazz

waiting for hip hop class to begin

Another year of tap only difference is that we are doing competitive tap this year. She is so excited to be in this tap class. Along with tap we are trying jazz/hip hop this year. She happens to have friends in each class and really seemed to enjoy the jazz class. So hard to believe that it is this time of year again.

learning a new step

Learning to Knit

As I watched my Prissy Girl with her Grandma Pat learning to knit I was reminded of the many times that I knitted with my Aunties. I knit several blankets and scarves through the years and Priss's great-great Aunt Marguerite knit her a blanket when she was a baby. It is one of the softest blankets I have ever felt. She is so excited to learn to knit and even learned to cast on, a skill I never acquired. I can't wait to watch her knit more items throughout the years.

Moving on UP

Yes, we will be moving hopefully within the next month or worse months. Jason accepted a new position about an hour north of where we currently are living so we plan on moving closer to lessen his commute. He is very excited about the new challenges that the job will bring. As of the 25th of August he will be an Assistant Principal/Athletic Director of a Jr./Sr. High School. We have been praying 2 years for this job and it finally has come to pass. The Lord truly has heard our prayers and has answered with a miracle. We feel it is a miracle because as of this past Monday he started back at Batesville and is teaching his students today. We never would have thought he would be offered a different job the night of his first day back to work but the Lord works in ways that we don't always understand. This job will place us back closer to my family which is a blessing that will allow me to be of more service to my Mother as she recovers from her hip replacement surgery. NOW we just need to get our house sold. Anyone know someone who wants to move to southeastern Indiana? We know that the Lord will bless us in this endeavor too! Now we just get to practice all that patience that we have learned to have.

Priss's Weekend

Priss wanted to have an Ariel cake with icing that looked like water. We did the traditional birthday cake with additional icing that she colored blue. It turned out a lot better than I would have thought. She was elated and that was what made it wonderful!

We had several family members come and a couple of friends. Thanks to Jason's Aunt Sandy Ggma and Ggpa were able to be at the party. Birthday phone calls were received during the party and in the day following. Thanks family for being a part of the party no matter how far away you were!

Our beautiful girl inside and out!

Our family before heading in to church on Sis Girl's birthday. She is already planning her baptism next year. Can't keep her in the now very well...guess that's because she is very much an A type personality just like her Mom.

Happy Birthday Prissy Girl!

July and the first week of August in Review

Well we have been...

being fed by big brothers

washing dishes together without being asked

going boating and swimming at Raccoon Lake with Aunt Jan

getting our hair cut and our ears pierced

having a sleepover in our backyard

What about you?

Hard to believe he's mine

priss and swee both have my eye color and so it is still so strange to me that I have a blue eyed boy. but he is mommy's blue eyed boy for SURE!

County Fair

The kids earned a free ride ticket for completing a reading level for the summer reading program. They were so excited to ride the ferris wheel with Jason. It went so high that I couldn't get a good picture of the three of them on it. I did capture their excitement as they rode a roller coaster. It was a very nice night and they seemed to really enjoy their selves. Lil Man also was so good sitting in the stroller just watching people walk past him.

Makeover Time at the Sloppys

the kids, rather Priss and Swee, got into Priss's make-up bag and put it on each other...eyeshadow, blush & colored chapstick. after applying it on each other they decided that Lil Man needed to be involved too. he weathered it very well!

First Top

Mad but showing off his newest addition in the tooth department! (7/9)

As of today his other one is rearing its ugly head.

Tractor Pull

During the county fair Swee and Priss participated in the pedal tractor pull. Swee pulled 13 feet 3 inches and took home third place. He got beat out of second by 1 inch. Priss pulled 36 feet 4 inches. She had a couple of boys in her weight class that pulled over 120 feet. That being said she didn't place and was devastated and swore off ever competing in a pedal tractor pull again. By the time we left she was wanting to do it again next year!