Our Week So Far

Hey everyone! Well, we made it through the party weekend! Now Hailey is sick. She's had a cough for a couple of days that I attributed to her asthma flaring up but now it has become a wet cough. Then she started throwing up last night. She got sick 5 times in 3 hours before it finally stopped. Now she is just very puny (?) and is running a fever. So I am home with her and Hayden today and probably tomorrow too since she is running a fever. We don't have alot going on during the week this week. Hayden will attempt soccer practice Thursday night if it is not too wet and his first game will be Saturday morning at 11:00. Hope everyone's weekend went well!

Hayden's 1st Soccer Practice

Well.......soccer practice did not go as well as we anticipated. Hayden has been sooooo excited about playing soccer and who all is going to come watch him. We pull up and the excitement turns to tears. He didn't want the shin (?) guards on and did not want to play soccer all of a sudden. After pulling him out of the car and off of me he still just screamed bloody murder. It was so embarassing! After many tries of going out there with him and such, I took him to the bathroom for a spanking and a "coming to Jesus" meeting. I got him out there for one kick and then we were crying again. Finally, Hailey worked. Once she got out there with him, he would do alot more. Hopefully next week will go better since we have already paid for him to do this. You will notice the blotches on his face from the crying. Of course, he got a smile on his face when it was "drink time" and they all got a gatorade. We'll see. School went good this week and I have not been late any!! :) We will have a busy weekend. Hailey has a sleepover birthday party Friday night, a party Saturday and Hayden has a party to go to on Sunday! Well, we are off to go get pizza and a movie! Have a good weekend everyone!

Hayden's 2nd Day of School

He definitely enjoys posing for pictures!!

Ready to Go Hunting

Here is Hayden modeling some of his camo.

Hayden's 1st Day of School

Hayden is ready for school...fake smile and all! :)
Isn't he just so cute? I can't believe he is getting so big and will be in kindergarten next year! Of course, he says he already wants to be in 1st grade.

Hayden had a good first day of school. When we pulled up the first thing he said was, "Momma, can I walk in by myself?" I couldn't believe it...I guess he want's to be like Hailey, but they can't walk in by themselves at his school. We have to walk them in and sign in. He had a good day but I was out of sorts. With it being his first day and all plus my mom had surgery this morning, I was all off schedule. I had planned to take Hailey to school, go to the hospital to see my mom before they took her back, go drop Hayden off, come back to the hospital and wait until I could see her after her surgery, go to work for a meeting and to see a couple of kids and then pick up Hayden and then Hailey. Well, I got my times mixed up even though Hayden has been going to this school since he was about 18 months old. The times are 8:45 to 2:30 and I was thinking he had to be picked up at 2:45. Well, as I am pulling up at 2:44, the teacher calls to say she is waiting in the office with Hayden. I felt awful...I have NEVER done that! He could've care less but I felt like a terrible mom! Anyway, I recovered. :)

Hayden with his spiderman lunch box.
Hayden went straight in and to the sand table. I had to get him to stop and look for a second to get his picture.

Labor Day at The Big Dam Bridge

We're ready for our bike ride up The Big Dam Bridge, Momma! :)

We decided to forgoe a trip to the water park, fearing the water may be too cold and a possibility of rain, and opt for a bike ride instead. We loaded up all the bikes and drinks and headed down to The Big Dam Bridge. Hayden had a little trouble gettingup to the top but made it! I must admit my thighs were throbbing, too! But, we made it and got a good view of boats and fishermen, not to mention a lesson from Brian on how the boats comeup and they raise the water for them to get to the other side. :) We headed down going 90mph of course. All of us but Hayden are just coasting down, but not him. He has got the pedal to the medal. It was too cute. He hunkers down and grits his teeth and is pedaling just as fast as his feet can keep up with the natural spinning of the wheels coming down from such a big ramp. He was flying. I was just worried he would plow over another person. We made it down and continued along side the river until almost the Burns Park soccer fields. We decided we better turn around when Hayden started complaining of his "feed burning" and he was hot. So after pouring water over their head, they were ready to head back. We had a good time and hopefull I lost some lbs. On our way home, we stopped by to visit Brian's grandparents and the kids raided the piggy bank, as usual. We had a great day together. Hope everyone else enjoyed their Labor Day, too!

Brian with the kids after our bike ride. Hayden was ready for some Mtn. Dew!
Here is the kiddos in front of The Big Dam Bridge.

Sunday Fun with Cousins

Today we had a fun filled day with my brother Scott's kids. This is Jeremy, Hayden, Madison, Hailey and Hannah. We went to church this morning and then met my brother's family and my parents at our favorite Mexican restaurant for lunch. Afterwards, we took the kids for a swim at Judy's house. Then it was off to Mimi's house for a hamburger and hot dog cookout. We ate too much! PopPop brought out the watermelon and the kids lasted for only a few bites before PopPop had them in a seed spitting contest. Then it was off to feed the rest to the horse who was thrilled to see them coming! He was foaming at the mouth and ate every bit of it. We had a great time and good food! When we got home we all got our showers and popped popcorn for a "movie night". It was Hailey, Hayden and I watching High School Musical (which we've already seen) but it was fun. Hayden lost interest once Brian got home from dove hunting and he had to go check out the birds. He wants to like them but wants me to like them and eat them too. So he kept coming in and asking if I like to eat them or touch them. Of course, you KNOW what my answer was! It was funny though. Brian brought in a bunch of new hunting clothes that he bought and of course Hayden wants them all.

Watermelon Fun

Here is Hayden giving his watermelon away.
Hayden, Hailey, and cousin Jeremy participating in a watermelon seed spitting contest with PopPop before they realized it would be much more fun to feed it to the neighbors horse.

Sunday at Mimi's

Here is Hailey giving her watermelon slice to the horse. She loved hand feeding her and was not scared a bit!
Here is Hailey waiting for her turn to feed the horse.

The Week of August 27th

Well, I had trouble posting this week again. It locked up on me and saved the draft with the pictures but not the text. So, I had to go back and try to remember what I had typed and re-post it. Brian is dove hunting this weekend and will be home Sunday afternoon. He has my camera so I won't be able to put any new pics on until then. Not much has been going on this week except school. Hayden had his orientation on Friday and is very excited about starting school on Tuesday. I will have more pictures of him then. We have been going on bike rides every night and it has been fun. Hailey had her second bike wreck last week and it was a doozy. She and her friends were riding down one driveway and ramping up the one directly across when she went airborn and busted it. I had my head turned talking to another mom but my friend saw it happen and said her head actually bounced off the concrete. It was pretty scary. She had a goose egg immediately on the side of her head, a tire burn on her forearm, a scratch on her calf and cut on her ankle. Her jaw was sore too and still is. I have been telling Brian they need to wear their helmets but you know him..."We never wore helmets when we were kids!" So, momma rules from now on and they will be wearing their helmets! We never wore seatbelts growing up either....I don't think we even had seatbelts in our cars until we got older. :) I am trying to teach them the rules of riding on streets, i.e. what side of the road to be on and how to stay off to the side, etc. But, when Brian goes it just gets all messed up. He is worse than the kids! He is in the middle of the street and weaving back and forth. I guess he is going to have to take my safety class, too! :) or be reprimanded! :) :) Anyway, we thanked God in our prayers that he protected Hailey from more serious injury and I explained to her how serious it could have been. We even got to watch Mimi on the bike last night! She stayed the night with us since Daddy is gone and we can have some girl time. It was fun. We stayed up and had our popcorn and cokes and watched all the home shows...just like old times!!!! We always love to have Mimi come and stay except we all fight over who gets to sleep with her....OK, even me. Well, that's all for now. Oh yeah, GO HOGS GO!!!