Getting back into the swing of things!!!

Well it is back to school time for everybody! Everyday around 10 AM Alyssa Jane asks me to wake up Seany. I tell her that brother is awake but he is at school. Then she remembers and continues on playing. I am a bad mom. I forgot to take pictures on the first day of school. Oops! We also got a new dog this week. Her name is Dee and she is a Rat Terrier. I got her from a breeder that decided to retire from breeding and wanted to find her adult dogs homes. She is four years old and was very well taken care of. She is sweet and smart and is enjoying her new home. The kids like her alot as well.

My little soldier

This is Sean pretending to be a WWII soldier. Sean knows alot about the war. In many cases he knows more than adults. He wanted me to tell everyone that he was pretending about fighting in Normandy.

The boys have "Gone Fishin"!!!

Well my boy is off once again on one of his endless summer adventures! Thanks to grandparents he seems to be always on the go somewhere. This week he is off with my in-laws. Meme and Papa are taking Sean and Kyle to the lake for four days. They have fun together and I am sure they will have a great time making memories.

AJ having fun in the front yard, video of her playing also!!!

AJ dressing herself!!!

AJ came out of her room very proud of herself. She shirt, skirt, shoes and sunglasses. All purple. Then she accessorised with her two headbands. She was just looking at me with a huge smile and I could tell that she wanted me to say something. I told her that she looked so pretty and that I loved how everything matched. So I just had to take a picture.

My boy on the Farm!!!!

Setting off fire works at Granny's!
Taking a break!
Swimming with the dog!
Shooting the BB gun!
Catching lizards makes S crossed eyed!

>My Son went to the farm! He has a good time being a country boy! What a blessing it is to have two sets of grandparents that love my kids and are involved making great memories with them.

MY SISTER

A few post ago I wrote how I was going to start a little posting project and start writing about my family members. I thought I would start with my sister Patricia.

She is about two years older than my brother Brian and three years older than me. We grew up together on the farm playing with dolls and getting dirty in the mud. We would hop in the back of our Dads pick-up and go to the fields to check on the crops. We played a lot and we fought a lot. We drove each other crazy at times but I will admit I did enjoy the arguments. It was fun running away from her or me running after her making the usual childish threats. We never beat each other up to bad. Just a hit here or a kick there. That is probably why I don’t have bad memories of our fights. We shared a room with each other until I was about 11 or 12. I never told her but I was sad when she got her own room. We would get on each others nerve but I always had a chance to talk to her and we would play with each other in our room. But when she moved to her own room she had her own space and I really did miss her. The first night I sleep in my room by myself I cried a little.

My sister always did well in school. She was in the honor society and was in the top 10% of her class. She was, and is, one of the smartest people I know. She always does well with things like logic puzzles and anything like that. When I beat her at any game I get very happy and maybe rub it in a bit because I don’t beat her much.

She is a good aunt and loves my kids with all her heart. They call her Trishie. She and my parents take my son with them on trips like camping or flying to Washington state. Next summer they are going to take him to Washington D.C. They make great memories with my kids.

Tricia also has some hobbies that she really enjoys and loves. One of them is knitting. Once she flew to Seattle to see one of her favorite knitters. (She used her flyer miles.) She loves to kayak as well. She goes camping all the time to kayak.

I can be my 'crazy and silly' self around her. (She has to be use to it by now.) I never have to worry what she thinks of me because I know she will just always love me no matter what. I love my sister and am so thankful to have her in my life.