Granny's Back!

Yesterday, Granny came home from a month long stay in Florida.  Needless to say, my kids were very excited!  They really miss Granny when she is away from home.  After picking her up from the airport, we (Ginger, Jack, and myself) took her out to eat as a coming home present.  I'm glad she is back...things just aren't the same without her downstairs.  We all missed her!

I was scanning Facebook the other day and found an old family friend's profile.  On that profile, he had pictures of the early days of The Bluegrass Harmoneers.  Papaw looked so young!  Some of the pictures were taken at festivals that I used to go to when I was very small.  Seeing all those pictures brought back some great memories...they also brought back the fact that we all still miss him very much.  Here is one of the pictures from one of my favorite festivals:

The Bluegrass Harmoneers:

I'm glad that I still have his music to go to when I feel like I'm missing him too much...hearing him sing brings back all the great things about my childhood.  I guess losing a loved one is never easy, but I'm grateful that we have the assurance that we will see them all again one day!

Bubbles, Bubbles Everywhere!

After a long day of doctor appointments and running around, I think all of us needed some time to unwind.  It has been pretty windy today, so I thought that it would be a perfect time to pull out the bubbles!  They didn't have to blow very hard...the wind did most of the work.  However, Halle felt the need to put some extra "umph" in it :

Hannah and her bubble:

I must say, it was a wonderful way to unwind from a hectic day!

Tooth Fairy!

My oldest, Hannah, has had a couple of teeth that have been really loose for a while now.  She has really enjoyed wiggling them and showing everyone that she will eventually "pull them out".  Last night, as she was playing Wii, she was wiggling one of them and OOPS! it popped out!  I think it scared her a little at first, but that soon turned into excitement!  She promptly took her little tooth and put it into a ziploc baggie and placed it under her pillow : )

Oh, the joy of being young!

Little Minds

Every morning, my aunt Ginger picks up Hannah and takes her to school.  Every afternoon, I pick up her children along with Hannah.  Yesterday, Ginger had went to run an errand and it took a little longer than she expected....no big deal, I just brought all the kiddos home with me. 

I had a load of laundry to do when I got back home and my girls love to help with laundry.  Ginger's kiddos jumped right in and started separating whites/colors and taking clothes out of the washer/dryer!  We were almost finished and I started loading the last load into the washer.  This is what happened as the washer started to aggitate:

I couldn't help but watch in amazement at how amazed they were at how the washing machine works.  You may be wondering about where Halle is??  She is standing on the very front of that laundry basket in front of all the kiddos....she thought it was pretty cool too : ).

The Beginning!

Ok, here it is...my very first blog!  I'm so very excited!

My sweetheart forgot to set the alarm this morning as he left for work and I overslept quite a bit.  After waking, and panicking for a few seconds, I debated on whether I needed to get Hannah up and ready to be taken to school (late, of course).  I decided to let them both sleep in...they were both sleeping so soundly.  I'm glad I did, we had a great day together!

The weather was so warm today so after our chores I let the girls out the back door to head for their playset.  I sat watching them from above on the deck w/ the laptop to keep me company.  It did get a bit cooler as the evening went on, so I came back inside just long enough to grab a throw and curl back up on the sofa outside.

After dinner was made and cleaned up, Hannah asked if we could make some kind of dessert.  That doesn't take much prodding : )!  We made cupcake brownies...and as a matter-of-fact, we are waiting on the second batch to come out of the oven.  Chris worked late tonight, so it was a good way to keep the girls busy.  All-in-all, we had a really fun day!