I love a weekend!

ahhh, I love this weekend.
Logan had a fun dance after school on Friday...here are he & his buddy when I picked them up...

I love that my boy chose his lilac shirt for that day, he isn't afraid to wear a little color :) That's my boy!!

And he is high on life this weekend...his best friends, Landon & Lane, asked him to go camping. They have the most precious parents in the world & he is in good hands with them. She sent me a picture a little while ago & I loved it!

I couldn't believe how color coordinated they were & didn't even plan it! HA!
Landon & Lane & their parents are going to Swaziland this summer on a mission trip & have been trying to raise money for the cost of the trip...this morning they sold doughnuts @ Lowe's before they left, I think they are all amazing people with such good hearts!
Josh & I took Kenlee to Jim N Nicks today for lunch and then to go do a little shopping. We needed a few house supplies & then came home to play outside. Here are a few snapshots we took...

 Kenlee does NOT like a bow in her hair, but give her a butterfly, and she will wear it with pride all day long :) Target has the cutest snazzy hair accessories.

So I'm off to relax with my honey & our girl. So thankful Biggy is having a fun night camping with his friends.
Nighty Night, all :)

Growing up!

Like brother, like sister!

Here is some artwork she brought home today....

And Biggy got his haircut & looks officially 15 to me, even though he is 11.

He smells like Brilliant Aveda & I could sniff him all night.

Here are a few more I took this afternoon .... melt my heart.

Starting off the week with pictures....

Barkley was asleep with his tongue out. CUTEST face he's ever made :)

A relaxing, but CHILLY day at the lake with dear friends....
They are planning a sleepover there soon!! It's gotta warm up a little first!

Kenlee figured out how to take pictures of herself on my phone! Every night after we read, she likes to go through the pictures on my phone & talk about all of them!
Then she & Biggy have about a 30 minute conversation across the hall to wind down :) I love it.

Logan is going camping with friends over this next weekend & he is SOOO excited. Kenlee will miss her Biggy all weekend long, I just know.
I hope you have a good MoNdAy!!

Date Night!

We both worked yesterday, so my parents came to get the kiddies. I missed them, but we NEEDED some date time...Josh has worked so much lately, we just see each other a couple of hours at night.
We went & had a yummy dinner late yesterday evening & I had gotten an email that World Market was having a ONE DAY 40% off all art sale. Cheryl & I had gone there last summer & I LOVED everything in that store. So after we ate, we headed there & I got this bad boy!!!

Oh I just LOVE! I don't really decorate much, so this can be a start for our living room!
I snapped a few pictures of our night. We ended up bowling & it was fun & cosmic.

 Where did his hair go on the top of his head?? That TV above him scraped it right off!
Not starting out good....he got a strike the second time it was his turn!!!

I snapped pictures of us in the car. I figured Kim Kardashian does it, why shouldn't all of us normal girls?

Then I realized I have caterpillar's for eyebrows~ But that's ok, when we are in our 80's, maybe they will still be there & I won't have to pencil them in.
Josh didn't love having his picture made as usual...

Like raising his shoulder will stop me from taking his picture?!? What on earth is he thinking?

I found all of Biggy's summer reading @ 2ND & CHARLES....

Grand Total = $7.77! Do you believe it? I would have spent so much at Books A Million! I feel like I got a real bargain! We are just having trouble finding Cheaper by the Dozen, but I am gonna look on Ebay today.

And we needed some address labels, so I found some & loved them!

I blurred out our address, but you get the idea :)

Hope your weekend has been a fun one & filled with people you love!
OH! SHOUTOUT to my sister, she made a fabulous Chicken Pot Pie yesterday & I gave her directions via Face Time. It was fun & she said it was good. She sent me play by play pictures.
Word Up to the pot pie, Lovie!

InstaThursday...

 New continuing education for me!
Below: do I seriously have an almost 7th grader?

 Where did her skinny-ness come from?!? Not her parents!

 Every color. Can't have just one!

 Avacado!

 Bulbs from Josh's grandmother! Finally flowered! BEAUTIFULLY, might I add!

Hope your week has been a great one~

Bok, Bok!

That's probably not how you spell how a chicken sound, but I tried.
Introducing, the Howell's new additions .... (my sis's farm)

 She said this is "Mr. Know it All"

He looks a little cocky!

This is my husband's office...

And here is Mr. Hottie at work....

Love the way he glows~ I saw him right away at the ballfield on Monday because of that stylish Versace uniform. HA!
Here's Biggy climbing in for a ride in one of Josh's driver's trucks...

He thought it was cool.
Barkley on the other hand...he thinks he should get to go to work with Josh every day & he is pouting because he is not there with him...

But I just gave him a treat, so he isn't so bitter.
I am really missing these 3 being together. I wish we lived close & my sister & I could see each other weekly.

:) 3 Little Loves.

Little Green Monster

I was getting Kenlee some Hummus after school at the Purple Onion (her favorite snack these days with pita bread) and this little guy was on the speaker as we ordered :)

Kinda cute,  but ewwww.
Below is Biggy getting his throat checked after his croup last week. Thankfully, as he gets older, it is rare for him to get sick...but I still thought we better get a Dr's excuse for school since he was home. Kenlee was coaching him on what he should do if the Dr. suggests a shot.

Practice was cancelled tonight & it was a DELICIOUS night. I worked a little this late afternoon & the kiddies hung out with their Dad while it rained...and now we have spent a wonderful evening together, just the four of us & Barkley. He's gotten 706 treats tonight since he's cute & it's raining.
Now off to brush everyone's teeth. :) That's my job.

Weekend Recap....

It's been a long weekend, between you, me & the blog world, Logan has two guys as coaches that are wearing me down as a Mom! They yell like I've never seen, send bible verses to us via email on Easter, then tell their own kids to "shut up" (I have it on tape, I was taping Logan up to bat & one of the coaches is screaming "Shut Up" in the background to his son - but I've heard him say it to others, not just his son....if he says it to mine, I will come UNGLUED), they have even scheduled practices most Sunday afternoons & since they had a bad game Thursday night, they said to bring a lot of fluids tonight, because it will be an extended practice - which, practice makes better, I realize that... We don't encourage Logan to quit, but I did ask him if he wants to continue through this season and he has told us he wanted to. They SCREAM, and I mean louder than I've ever seen anyone scream at kids. It really disturbs me. If Logan wants to play next spring, I will request him NOT be on these guy's team. It's just TOO much. I will be the first to admit, I'm having a HARD time with all of this & my child being screamed at.
Thank you for letting me vent. I'm sure there will be more, so stay tuned. :) They have a game tomorrow, practice @ 7:30 on Tuesday & want the kids to go to a college game on Wednesday night which we will NOT be going to. I'm just a bit irritated, can you tell?

Now, on to better things....
My Dad is recovering, so Jill & Katie came up to see him this weekend. We didn't get to see them until today, but we made the most of it & loved every minute of seeing them.
Here are a couple pic's of Logan, Katie & Kenlee that I love...

Love these 3 so much.
So proud of my Biggy for taking this baseball so lightly & not stressing...

Kenlee was happy her Daddy didn't have to work on Saturday morning, and I caught her holding his finger like this as she was relaxing in his lap.

Kinda fuzzy, but I LOVE this picture.
I also love these texts between Katie & her Mom about seeing us today....

I LOVE being with my SISTOR & MYRTLE.

Josh has worked almost 70 hours the past few weeks. It's a seriously busy time in the concrete business....so I took the kiddies there to see him last week. I took lots of pic's & once I upload them, I will post about it. He took them for a ride while he waited on his driver's to get back from several loads. They had a great time!
Hope you have a wonderful week!

This little Piggy....

Well, Katie (my sister's daughter), called me the other morning because some of her new guinea pigs didn't go to the market, they must have gone on a date or something, because they woke up to three new babies!

They don't have boy pigs, but all my sister can figure is that they were "with children" before they got them. Katie is really trying to work on me, telling me she wants only people that we know to have them & she would love it if they would stay in the family.
Look at their mug shots I had her send me....

I wish they weren't so darn cute.
Barkley is less than thrilled about even the idea of having one here....

He turned his back towards me the minute I mentioned it.


On another note, my Dad got to go home today. He had a little issue where the cath was, they did a sonogram to make sure there was no clot, and it ended up aok. I am THANKFUL. God has really taken something that scared me to death & made me really RELYon Him & trust in Him. HE knows how very special my parents are to me. So, thank you, GOD!
Biggy is croupy, I guess since Kenlee had it last week, Biggy was the lucky recipient this week. We will make it though. Just so thankful tomorrow is FRIDAY!