5 YEAR OLD CHECK UP'S

THE BOYS HAD THEIR FIVE YEAR OLD CHECK UP YESTERDAY AND LET'S JUST SAY IT WAS NOT FUN! EVEN THOUGH WE TALKED ABOUT GETTING THREE SHOTS AND THAT WE WOULD GO GET A SURPRISE AFTERWARDS IT WAS STILL AWFUL! DADDY SKIPPED OUT ON IT AND MADE ME GO ALL BY MYSELF. I HAD TO HOLD THEM DOWN KICKING AND SCREAMING. AUSTIN WENT FIRST AND IT WAS ALL GOOD UNTIL HE SAW THE NEEDLES. THEN HE SCREAMED AND CRIED AND BROKE MY HEART BECAUSE THEIR WAS NOTHING I COULD SAY TO MAKE HIM FEEL BETTER AT THAT MOMENT. AIDEN WAS UNDER THE TABLE SCREAMING FOR US TO LET GO OF HIS BROTHER AND TO STOP BEING MEAN TO HIM. WHEN AUSTIN WAS DONE HE GOT DOWN WIPED HIS TEARS AND LOOKED AT ME AND SAID, "I DIDN'T EVEN CRY DID I MOMMY." I SAID, YOU SURE DID BUT IT IS OKAY WE WILL STILL GO GET A SURPRISE :)! THEN AIDEN WAS NEXT! I HAD TO PRY HIM AWAY FROM UNDER THE TABLE AND IT EVEN WORSE BECAUSE, HE IS MY DRAMA KING. IT BROKE MY HEART TOO BECAUSE I HAD TO BE AT HIS HEAD WITH THOSE BIG BLUE EYES LOOKING UP AT ME AND YELLING FOR US TO STOP. IT WAS FINALLY ALL OVER WITH AND THEY LOOKED GREAT FOR THEIR FIVE YEAR OLD CHECK UP AND ARE NOW ALL READY FOR KINDERGARTEN! AIDEN WEIGHED IN AT 36. 6 LBS AND WAS 41 1/4 INCHES TALL. AUSTIN WAS 33.6 LBS AND 42 INCHES TALL! THEY WERE SO FUNNY BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO KNOW WHO WEIGHED THE MOST AND WHO WAS THE TALLEST, SO WE TOLD THEM THEY WERE EVEN BECAUSE AIDEN WEIGHED MORE, BUT AUSTIN WAS TALLER! WE LEFT THERE AND WENT TO TOYS R US FOR SOME NEW NINTENDO DS GAMES FOR OUR ROAD TRIP TO THE BEACH TODAY!! WE ARE ALL SO EXCITED AND READY TO RELAX BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS. WE WILL BE BACK NEXT SATURDAY, SO I WILL BE WAY BEHIND BUT I WILL HAVE LOTS OF FUN PICTURES TO POST! UNTIL THEN I HOPE YOU ALL ENJOY THESE LAST FEW WEEKS OF SUMMER!!

VBS FUN!

WE JUST FINISHED UP OUR VBS AT OUR CHURCH AND THE BOYS HAD SO MUCH FUN LEARNING ABOUT JESUS WITH THEIR FRIENDS AND ESPECIALLY THEIR COUSINS. JAX AND BROOKS EVEN PARTICIPATED THIS YEAR AND JAX WAS SO EXCITED EVERY DAY WHEN HE WOKE UP FROM HIS NAP HE WOULD ASK IF WE WERE GOING TO "BIBLE SCHOOL". I HOPE THEY ALWAYS WANT TO GO TO BIBLE SCHOOL AND LEARN ABOUT JESUS:)!!

MY TALENTED HUBBY:)!

I HAVE TO BRAG ON MY HUBBY BECAUSE HE HAS BEEN BUSY WORKING ON THE LAKE HOUSE ON AND OFF SINCE WE BOUGHT IT. HE HAS DONE SO MUCH, BUT I HAVE TO SAY THIS IS MY FAVORITE SO FAR. THIS IS THE KITCHEN BEFORE AND AFTER AND AS YOU CAN SEE WE BROUGHT SOME LIFE INTO THIS ONCE DARK AND OLD KITCHEN:)! RJ TRIMMED THE CABINETS OUT, PAINTED THEM, AND LAID HARDWOOD FLOORING DOWN. HE ALSO SCRAPPED ALL THE OLD POPCORN CEILINGS DOWNSTAIRS AND PAINTED THOSE. HE PUT IN SOME NEW LIGHTS AND WE STILL HAVE ONE LIGHT LEFT TO CHANGE OUT OVER THE BAR AREA,BUT IT IS PRETTY MUCH DONE!

LIVING ROOM BEFORE AND AFTER

WE STILL HAVE SOME DECORATING TO DO, BUT FOR THE MOST PART THIS ROOM IS DONE. RJ PAINTED, PUT THE WOOD FLOORS DOWN, AND WE HAD CARPET PUT IN OVER THE WOODED STAIRS BECAUSE THEY WERE VERY SLIPPERY WITH WET LITTLE FEET:)!

OUTSIDE BEFORE AND AFTER

DADDY HAS BEEN WORKING VERY HARD ON THE LAKE HOUSE AND HAS DONE A LOT INSIDE AND OUT. HE TORE OFF THE UGLY OLD PORCH ON THE BACK, PAINTED THE WHOLE HOUSE, DID SOME LANDSCAPING, PUT IN ANOTHER DOOR TO MAKE THE FRENCH DOORS OFF OF OUR MASTER BEDROOM UPSTAIRS AND WE HAD STAMPED CONCRETE LAID FOR THE PATIO AREA AND SIDEWALK. HE FIXED THE PIER AND STAINED IT TOO. WE STILL HAVE TO BUILD A PORCH AND SITTING AREA OFF OF OUR BEDROOM UPSTAIRS AND GET A NEW ROOF AT SOME POINT. HE IS VERY GOOD AT MAKING SURE WE HAVE TIME TO PLAY TOO:)! I HAVE TO SAY HE IS ONE HANDY MAN AND VERY TALENTED!

CLIMBING AND CUTTING:)!

THE BOYS WANTED TO CLIMB THE TREE AND ACT LIKE MONKEY'S AND JAX WANTED TO CUT THE TREE DOWN LIKE PAW PAW! SILLY BOYS! ALWAYS ENTERTAINING ME:)!

MY MONKEY'S!

THE BOYS WERE WILD THE OTHER NIGHT AFTER BATH TIME AND I LET THEM JUMP OFF SOME EXTRA ENERGY. JAX LOVED IT AND SCARED ME TO DEATH BECAUSE HE IS FEARLESS AND WOULD JUST JUMP OFF THE BED ONTO THE PILLOW IN THE FLOOR. WHEN I THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO COME UP CRYING HE CAME UP GIGGLING. IT WAS CUTE AND I HAVE TO SAY I LOVE MY LITTLE MONKEY'S, BUT WISH I HAD HALF THE ENERGY THEY DO AT 9:00 PM:)!

AUBURN!

OF COURSE WHEN WE WENT TO THE MOVIES IN OPELIKA WE HAD TO GO TO AUBURN TO EAT AT MELLOW MUSHROOM AND THEN TO THE BOOK STORE. THE BOYS HAD FUN AND AUSTIN WAS MAD IN THE TOP PICTURE BECAUSE HE WANTED TO TAKE A PICTURE SO I LET HIM TAKE ONE OF ME AND JAX AND NOW MY CAMERA IS BROKEN:)! HE GOT SO EXCITED AND DROPPED IT ON THE CONCRETE. IT'S OKAY HE TOLE ME HE WOULD GET A CAMERA FOR HIS BIRTHDAY AND GIVE IT TO ME, SWEET BOY:)!

MORE UPDATES TO COME WHEN WE GET HOME FROM THE LAKE! ENJOY THIS BEAUTIFUL DAY!

CARS 2

THESE WERE ON MY LITTLE CAMERA HERE AT THE LAKE AND I HAD TO SHARE. THIS WAS JAX'S FIRST MOVIE AND THE DID SO GOOD. HE ATE A LITTEL POPCORN AND THEN TOOK A NAP WITH DADDY. THE BOYS LOVED IT AND WE HAD SO MUCH FUN ON OUR FAMILY OUTING:)!

AND THE MADNESS BEGINS:)!!

WE LEFT THE BIRTHDAY PARTY AND DROVE TO THE LAKE. THE BOYS WERE UP UNTIL 2:00 AM TRYING TO GET ALL THEIR TOYS OPENED,SO THEY COULD PLAY WITH THEM! THEY GOT ALL KINDS OF FUN STUFF TO PLAY WITH. ME AND DADDY CARRIED THEM TO TOYS-R-US TO PICK OUT THEIR GIFTS. OUT OF THE WHOLE STORE AUSTIN WANTED A CHAINSAW JUST LIKE HIS OTHER ONE BECAUSE HE SAID HE NEEDED SOME "SHARPER CHAINS." AIDEN PICKED OUT THE NEW CARS 2 RACING TRACK AND THEN THEY BOTH GOT A NEW Wii GAME. THEY ALSO GOT NEW NINTENDO DS'S FROM MI MI AND PAW PAW AND LOTS OF GAMES FROM OTHERS. THEY LOVED EVERYTHING AND ARE SO BLESSED! THANK YOU ALL AGAIN FOR MAKING THEIR DAY SO SPECIAL!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AIDEN AND AUSTIN!

CAN YOU TELL THEY PICKED OUT THEIR OWN CAKES? THEY COULD NOT BE ANYMORE OPPOSITES, BUT THEY FIT THEIR PERSONALITIES PERFECT! AIDEN CHOSE THE SPIDERMAN CAKE WITH ALL THE OTHER MEN ON IT AND AUSTIN PICKED OUT THE EXACT SAME CAKE HE HAD WHEN HE WAS 3, CONSTRUCTION WORKERS! THEY WERE SO EXCITED WHEN EVERYONE SANG TO THEM AND THEIR FACES WERE PRICELESS. I STILL CANNOT BELIEVE THEY ARE FIVE, BUT I ENJOY WATCHING THEM GROW AND CHANGE EVERY DAY! HAPPY BIRTHDAY BIG BOYS!!

DO WE LOOK LIKE WE HAD FUN?:)!

THE GO-KARTS WERE A HIT WITH EVERYBODY! I HAVE TO SAY MY COMPETITIVE SIDE CAME OUT AND I THINK I FORGOT A FEW TIMES I HAD JAX IN THERE WITH ME:)! IT WAS FUN RACING DADDY AND PAW PAW, BUT IT WAS REALLY FUN WHEN WE PASSED THEM:)! UNCLE PATRICK AND GRIFFIN CAME IN AT THE END AND PASSED US ONLY BECAUSE OUR GO-KARTS GOT SHIFTED DOWN FOR WRECK LESS DRIVING! OH YEAH AND BY THE WAY, THE BOYS HAD FUN TOO:)!