Week 27: July 6th through July 12th

Monday, July 6th: Brylee heads to GA Camp for the week!!!  Today we dropped Brylee off at GA church camp! I got her all registered, unpacked, made her bed, and kissed her good bye for the week! 

She went with some of her friends from church! 

I don't know who should get a medal for surviving the girls or the moms!!! ;) 

Tuesday, July 7th: More Classroom Work: 

I had planned to work on my classroom a ton this week since both of the kids were off at "camp"! I knew I would be able to work without interruptions! Today I hung up my alphabet! Let me just say this about sent this OCD lady into a tail spin... And the screen is not level above the board so that made it challenging too! Needless to say I got them up... It only took me 2 hours! 

Wednesday, July 8th: A Picture is worth 1,000 words! 

The camp Brylee was at had a Facebook page and they would load pictures from the week each night! I would look at the pictures each night and get so excited when I would see a picture of Brylee! This is just the mid week pick me up I needed! I think the hardest part is not being able to talk to them so seeing pictures of what they are doing makes it better! 

Thursday, July 9th: Girls Day!  I met Katy today at the Ross Bridge Pool and we enjoyed some much needed girl time! We hang out by the pool, enjoyed an adult beverage, lunch and uninterrupted conversation! 

Friday, July 10th: I survived... Time to get my sissy girlfriend from Camp!!!!

I was so excited to get to camp and see Brylee and hear all about the fun she had that week! This was the first time I saw her and clearly you can tell she is not interested in me! LOL! 

They were all coming into the worship center to share songs they learned this week! 

After the closing ceremony we got to go get the stuff and pick them up!!! She had a great week at camp and I was so proud of her for being brave and staying all week! 

One of the first things she said to me when we got to the car was "mom I am so hot and so thirsty... I want a big ole cup of sweet tea"! Well, I had her a big ole cup of sprite and promised her some tea! She was so funny telling me that she "had to drink plain ole water all week with every meal"... Side note she is not a fan of plain water! We ran to get some lunch and she got her a big ole cup of sweet tea... This is her "awe sweet tea I have missed you face"!!! 

She had a great time at camp and had lots of fun stories to tell and did lots of fun activities! She even said she wanted to go back next year! So proud of you sissy! 

Saturday, July 11th: Tubing on the Lake...

No your eyes are not doing tricks on you that is really me and GoGo on the tube! 

This is how that all went down: the kids dared GoGo to get on the tube and ride it and her response was right after your mom does it! Well I took the challenge and we both got on the tube and rode!!! 

Then the kids begged me to ride with them and so I did! I even gave the go a head for G-Daddy to give it some gas and "yank us around a little"!!! Lordy have mercy... I should have known G-Daddy would find the biggest wave in the lake and we went way up on the air! It was fun but I am old! Ha! ;) But I remained the princess of the tube and did not fall off! ;) It was a fun once in a life time thing and I got some major cool mom points too! 

Sunday, July 12th: oops no picture... 

Brylee and I went to a baby shower & we ate dinner with GoGo and Grandaddy but for some reason I forgot to take a picture!!! Just pretend! Ha! Lol! 

Week 26: June 29th through July 5th

Monday, June 29th: My little helpers 

Today was the first day I went to start working on my classroom! I put my helpers to work... We had lots of cleaning to do! ;) 

Tuesday, June 30th: Day 2 in my Classroom: 

Brylee went home with Granny and Pap Pap to the lake for a few days so that gave me some time to work in my room! I did lots of cleaning in the room and cleaning out and I just had to get one bulletin board up so I could at least feel like I was accomplishing something! 

Wednesday, July 1st: My Ice Cream Date: Jackson was a trooper and ran some errands with me so I treated him to a blizzard! 

Thursday, July 2nd: Headed to the Lake!!

We headed to the lake today to beat the "holiday rush" and get the boat and enjoy some time on the lake before all the crazies got out on the water. We were also missing our Sissy Girl who had been at the lake since Monday! 

Friday, July 3rd: Holiday Fun with Friends

Today we went and met our friends The Franklins out on the lake. Jackson, Anthony and Cole enjoyed tubbing and Ray found them a rope swing to go off of a few times too! The cousins all enjoyed tubing as well! 

Saturday, July 4th: Happy 4th of July 

We took our traditional boat picture in our patriotic bathing suits!!! We have been doing these pictures for about 10 years!!! 

The whole gang ready to celebrate the 4th! 

After a day out on the lake we got dressed to go watch the fireworks! 

Happy 4th of July from these two cuties! 

Sunday, July 5th: Gearing up for Camp! 

Richard, Brylee & I left the lake shortly after lunch to head home to get sister ready for camp! Jackson stayed at the lake for Camp Granny-PapPap!!! We had to pick up a few last minutes things and get her all packed for camp! We also let her pick where she wanted to go eat. She had to get her GoGo and G-Daddy fix as well so we all went to dinner at Olive Garden! Spoiling Sissy before she leaves us for a week!!! 

Week 25: June 22nd through June 28th

Monday, June 22nd: Chimney Rock Fun!!! 

Jackson and Brylee have wanted to see and jump off Chimney Rock as long as I can remember. But, it is pretty far by boat from RP's parents house so we have never been over there. Well, Grandaddy's boat "lives" in the marina not far from it and that is ALL the kids have talked about all weekend long! We rode by there on Saturday and it was CR-A-ZEE over there with boat and people many I am sure who were over served so we drove by and went on! We promised them that on Monday before we put the boat up we would go back by there and let them jump off because we knew there would not be crazy crowded during the week! And we were right there was us and 3 boats! So they FINALLY got to jump off the "little rocks" the Lutz rock is as high as we would let them go! Now their summer has been made!!! Check that off their summer bucket list!!! 

Tuesday, June 23rd: Movie Time: After being in the sun and on the lake for 5 of the last 7 days we were sun and water logged and ready to just chill! Jackson also started summer football workouts today (by the way how is my baby boy old enough for summer workouts... He is still suppose to be the ball boy and just get to go for fun)! So he was really hot and tired! We decided it was a great day for a movie add stimulus Tueaday to that and it was a win win! We saw "inside-0ut" and it was super cute movie with a great little message! 

Wednesday, June 24th: Golf Date with Daddy

Jackson has been begging and I mean begging RP to take him to Timberline and play golf! So "finally" as we says, today was the day! The boys went to play 9 holes of golf this afternoon and BP and I just chilled at home! Everyone was happy! 

Thursday, June 25th: oh Brylee... 

Tonight we went and got our weekly Mexican fix and this is what sister does during dinner to entertain us!!! Heaven help us this girl is crazy!!! 

Friday, June 26th: Dinner at Chucks on the Boat! This is another one of those things Jackson and Brylee have been looking forward to this summer! We drove over to Chucks on the boat to eat some yummy pizza! Another item off the summer bucket list!! 

Saturday, June 27th: Skiing, Tubing & Knee Boarding 

Jackson and Brylee brought out all the toys today and rode all over the lake. Jackson skied for the first time this summer and did great! Brylee tried and almost got up but didn't quite make it! We will keep trying and I know she will get it she is so close! But she can tear up the lake on a knee board she will "sling shot" as she calls it from one side of the boat to the other! They are fun to watch and will ride as long as you pull them! 

Sunday, June 28th: More Lake Sunday Funday 

We did more boat riding, swimming, kneeboarding, skiing & taught Captain Jack the ways of the lake since he reminds us weekly that he can drive the boat by himself in two summers! Heaven help us... I don't know that I am ready for that! Just b/c it's the law doesn't mean it's ok with us! That is what we tell him weekly! LOL! 

Week 24: June 15th through June 21st

Monday, June 15th: My Lawn Boy... Is cuter than your lawn boy!!! I am sure RP is glad he has a lawn helper now!!! 

Tuesday, June 16th: G-Daddy's {and GoGo} New Boat!!! So you know what's better than buying a boat??? G-Daddy (and GoGo) buying a boat!!! 

Last weekend GoGo made the comment that she would like to have a pontoon boat! Well that was music to Grandaddy's ears! As a matter of fact, he said I can make that happen! We just so happen to be in Pell City and decided to "ride by" the marina just to "see what they had" and low and behold "we" picked out a boat and they boat it the next week! 

Then the fun began! We had to "break the boat in" and put 10 hours on it before he had it transported to Lake Martin to the marina where it would "live"! 

So that is exactly what we did road around Logan Martin lake in Pell City for two days putting hours on the boat! I don't think you heard any complaints from these two or their parents! Fun times ahead on the boat!!! 

Wednesday, June 17th: The OMC at LBC! 

Tonight our church had a fun night and played a game called Organized Mass Chaos where the kids could get wet and play in shaving cream (as you can see) and do all kind of fun stuff! The kids had a great time! 

Thursday, June 18th: First Area Game 

Tonight was Jackson first area game for his all star season! Unfortunately we did not have the best all star team and we did not win a single tournament game! Win or Loose I love watching him play ball! However, I was not sad the season ended... It's no fun to play and never win! 

Friday, June 19th: Love my Baseball Player 

Tonight was his last game!!! At least we looked cute right! 

Saturday, June 20th: lake day fun day! 

We enjoyed our first day on Lake Martin in the boat! We rode all over that lake and the kids had a great time tubing & swimming! We had a fun day with friends and family!!! 

Sunday, June 21st: Happy Father's Day

We had another great day on the lake! Riding around and seeing the lake and swimming on the sandy beaches! Then After GoGo and Grandaddy left to go home we kept the boat for another day and stayed at the lake for some more fun in the sun! This handsome daddy took us out on a sunset cruise! 

Week 23: June 8th through June 14th

Monday, June 8th: XLR8 Camp is a Family Affair - today started a camp at our church and it was a family affair! RP was the field director, I helped with Kitchen Chaos, and Jackson and Brylee were campers! We had to be at camp at 8:30am... That sure was early for our summer schedule!!! Car selfie on the way!!! 

Tuesday, June 9th: Too Tired:

This pictures described all of us after camp Tuesday! Monday was such a long day bc we left straight from camp and went to Oak Mtn to play a ball game and did not get home until after 10pm and had to be back up & at camp at 8:30am until 4:00pm. To say we all came home and crashed this afternoon is an understatement! 

Wednesday, June 10th: Kitchen Crew 

One of the track times at camp was Kicthen Chaos. We made several different fun recipes each day when the groups came! It was a fun little track time! Each day of camp the camera crew made a video of the day and our crew made it on the video today!!! Ha! ;) 

Thursday, June 11th: Leeds Baseball Tournament 

Jackson played a baseball game tonight in Leeds and Nonnie and Poppie got to come see him play!!!

Friday, June 12th: Garth Brooks Baby!!!! 

One of the two things I am so excited about this summer is Garth & the beach!!! Well tonight was Garth!!! Thanks to this guy for getting us tickets to the best concert ever!!!! 

We met our friend Scott & Brooke & Jill & Rhett and ate dinner at the Mexican restaurant in UpTown by the civic center! Such a fun night with these girls!!! 

We left dinner to walk to the concert and the line to get in was nuts!!! It was us and 10,000 of our closest friends {in low places} but we made it in of course! 

Garth should win entertainer of the year! He puts on the BEST concert ever!!!! It was by far the best concert I have ever been too! He brought the house down!!! I don't know that I have ever been to a concert where i stood up the whole time and sang every word to every song!!! 

I told RP if I had tickets I would have gone Saturday night to see him again! He was seriously that good! So summer bucket list item number 1 is checked off the list next up beach vaca!!!! 

Sunday, June 14th: Burkleigh's Big Top!!! 

Brylee and I enjoyed celebrating this little ones 4th birthday!!! Happy Birthday Burk!!!!

Week 22: June 1st through June 7th

Monday, June 1st: When Jackson was little he has a green John Deere tractor and a trailer that he called his "monmower" and his "crailer"! He loved that thing and rode it all the time! When Jackson and Brylee were little she would get in the back of his "crailer" and he would pull her all around our yard! Well, 10 years later I look outside at the lake today and he is still pulling her!! 

Tuesday, June 2nd: swimming & baseball 

Today we went swimming with Katy and her girls!!! The kids had fun playing on this slide. 

Jackson has all star baseball pics from Cari Dean tonight! Her pictures are always my favorite!! 

Wednesday, June 3rd: Celebrating with yummy dessert!!! Today Katy and I went to lunch at Olexas! It is a yummy little lunch spot that is really know for its cakes & has some of the best desserts! Little did we know when we planned this that we would be celebrating something too! I was offered a teaching position last Friday and it was officially approved Tuesday evening at the board meeting so I got an email on the way from my principal that I was officially a new 4th grade teacher! I am so excited to be going back to the classroom!!! It is an answer to many many prayers!!! 

Thursday, June 4th: Nap-Thirty 

The kids and I were watching a movie this afternoon! I knew that I was going to fall asleep during the movie! Well when I woke up Jackson and Brylee were both asleep too! That doesn't happen very often!!! One of the reasons I love summer! Spontaneous Naps!!! 

Friday, June 5th: national donut day & baseball 

Today was one of Jackson's favorite days! National Donut Day!!! He could eat a million KK donuts! They are his fav for sure! 

Then we kicked off our all star season with an invitational tournament in Calera tonight! 

Saturday, June 6th: supporting graham and his Chelsea 7u all star team. 

After Jackson was done with baseball on Saturday we decided to ride up to see my cousin play ball in Pell City! Jackson sitting in Brooke's itty bitty chair watching Graham bat! Ha! 

Sunday, June 7th: BMX track at Oak Mtn

Richard parents were camping at Oak Mtn this weekend in their camper! Brylee spent a few nights with them and then Jackson spent a night with them! We met them over there the next day and brought their bikes so they could ride the BMX track! It is HOT but fun!