My, oh my, you're so good looking

I'll be honest. I have no desire for this blog right now but hang with me for awhile I hope to get back in a groove of updating it again soon. By the way, when I logged in just now it show that this post is my 200th since I started this blog almost 4 years ago. I didn't realize I talked that much. I'm sure you all are itching for a current picture of the kiddos so here you go.

Life goes on

Some days I still wake up and sit for a minutes and beg for this all to just have been a dream and then the realization starts to sink in and it starts to hurt. But one thing I've learned is life goes on. The world doesn't stop and our sweet kids just can't understand why we are sad all the time so for their sake we suck it up and they give us a glimpse that happiness will return someday.

Brier had a rough start at soccer but then it turned out that he loved it and didn't want it to be over and I think he had the best coach too.

Brier's 1st school award for bible memorization

Stripping cotton 2010, our annual event. Baylor watching it dump.

Don't ask me what is up with her hair. Some days you just have bad hair days.

Brier riding with Russ. OMG I just noticed an A&W root beer in the window. I don't know who this man is and what they did with my brother. Russ, if you are reading this we are Stanley's and we drink Cokes not Root Beer. We will discuss this more soon.

For all you Pioneer Woman readers, High Heels and Tractor Wheels really does happen and its not fun when it does.

Halloween 2010, Brier was a tractor driver and Baylor was a fairy.

Trista was a princess.

Fall Festival at church.

I know my pictures are all jacked up. I'm trying something new and didn't realize they were messed up until I was linking them and I'm to lazy to re-edit, re-upload to the image hosting site, and then re-link them.

High Cotton

This is a keeper

so is this one

and this one

I hope this is what Heaven looks like to Matt.
White cotton as far as he can see.
To say that we miss him would be an understatement
but because of the Lord's love for us,
we will see each other again someday.
I really want to make it to Heaven because there is
starting to be a lot of people up there that I really want to see again.

Great Wolf equals Great Time

We've been hearing Great Wolf this and Great Wolf that so we loaded up the kiddos and skipped town on Labor Day weekend. Which happened to be Dusty's long weekend, perfect timing.

The entrance

The Lobby

The Lobby Fireplace

Kid's playground for Brier's sized kids. He only liked 2" and he could have gone on the big stuff with me and Dusty. :( Maybe next year. He cried and said he didn't want to be short no more. I told him. Me either.

I told Baylor to give me her best smile, this is what she threw out so I told her to try again...

and I got this so I told her fine, just swimming.

Completely worn out, her and me both. I highly recommend Great Wolf to anybody close to one.

Check out Sport Illustrated, Swimsuit Toddler Edition next month to see more of Baylor's trip.

Just like that...

my baby started school and he was NOT happy about it.

He survived and the hugs started

Then the gifts that we've been bribing him with. What?!?! Don't judge me. I had to do whatever it took to get him to go.

and my beautiful flowers my sweet sister-in-law Amy got me for surviving his first day of school.

Doesn't get much sweeter

I took this picture the other morning when I dropped my kids off at mom's. It looks so peaceful to me, like if you went and sat on that bench all your problems, worries, and heartbreaks would just go away.

dawg days of summer

I've developed Summeritis, I don't want to do much except sit on my back porch and enjoy the cool summer breezes in my rocking chair watching my kids run through sprinkler and jump naked on the trampoline. Doesn't get much better than sweet summer nights.

Until next time, stay cool.