04.24.10

Westynn wearing big brothers boots!

In the blink of an eye, these will be his boots...if I could just freeze time.

04.23.10

My first handbag...to sew! I think it turned out pretty cute and I didn't have to rip too many seams either...now I just have to make one for myself since I gave this one away.

04.22.10

An memorable evening spent with a friend.

04.21.10

Had to be VERY brave to take this picture of a TOAD!

I DO NOT LIKE TOADS!!

My children however, think they are great.

04.20.10

Yeah, I know. Falling way behind this month...need to do better next month!

04.19.10

Spring Concert at South Central Elementary. Kindergarten through 4th grades. Preston's class sang three songs. One of which was Home on the Range...even sang the second verse, which Jeremy and I didn't know. Preston was very proud that he knew something we didn't!

04.18.10

Photo - less today.

Spent the morning at church, ate dinner at church. Then home to naps and the grind around here!  Busy taking care of every one and didn't get a photo taken.  Oh well, it was a good day!

04.17.10

Spent some time this afternoon with one of my favorite teenagers and her family!!

04.16.10

04.15.10

All of this work going on in our neighborhood prompted the "Stranger Danger" talk with Cambree. She came in and said, "I waved at a worker mom!"

Now I am not a nervous Nellie. I generally think we live in a safe neighborhood in a small town. BUT when there are out of town men working on our street, my level of alert goes up a notch.

04.14.10

Lilacs are blooming! They smell so wonderful AND they are purple, my favorite color!!

Now if I could just keep the kids from picking them all off the bushes!

04.13.10

The perfect little model.

I don't even have to ask for these poses anymore, she just comes up with them on her own. Often requesting specific pictures!

We just love our apple tree in the backyard and its blossoms. Cambree picked a few to bring to the front to put in the bare spot of the flower bed!!

04.12.10

Total Slacker today!! No photo.

04.11.10

OUCH!!

Jeremy is getting his second round of rabies vaccine today. Yep, rabies!

It's always something with him...but maybe he learned something from this. The shots are PAINFUL and there are a TON of them, so next time it would be smarter just to leave the cow alone. ESPECIALLY, if you think it probably has rabies.

Please Lord, don't let my children inherit this "Stapleton" characteristic!!

4.10.10

So, I have been meaning to give the cabinets a good wipe down, but this wasn't exactly what I had in mind for motivation!! I dropped a full container of mixed vegetables EVERY.WHERE!!! Wish I could blame it on the kids, but nope, this one is all me.

4.9.10

Picture of the day courtesty of Preston!

{These are ARMY ships BTW, not legos...just in case you were thinking they were Legos!}

4.8.10

Finally a beautiful spring day. We spread a quilt out in the front yard and played outside for awhile. Preston was still at school, but Cambree entertained us by riding her bike up and down the driveway.

I just love that the big kids are old enough to semi-operate the camera now and that they LOVE to! I am sure going to be in a lot more pictures with Westynn that I was with the other two!!

04.07.10

Preston is learning to read!! WOO HOO!

Grandma and Grandpa were so excited to come over and listen to him read part of Go, Dog, Go! to them. It is such a delight to me that he loves to read already!!!

4.6.10

A good breakfast...it's what my grandma and mom drilled into me as a child.  "Breakfast is the most important meal of the day!"  I have been trying really hard to eat something other than just cereal everyday.  My latest kick has been English Muffins {this one just happens to be doctored up, but I don't do this all the time!}  And some apple juice, because I don't really like milk.

4.5.10

Even though we didn't get around the dying easter eggs until the day after Easter, it was still fun!! The kids were very creative with their color combinations and Preston even taught us how to write on the egss with a white crayon before putting them in the dye for a cool resist technique!  I love it when they teach me things.

4.4.10

4.3.10

Got up early, stood in line in the chilly morning weather, all to get these two little munchkins $10 giftcards to the new Dollar General in Coldwater. When Preston found out they were going to be giving away gift cards he asked, "Can we be first in line?" How could I say no to that!!

We didn't make it there in time to be first, but we got cards nonetheless and they were so happy.

4.2.10

Went and picked up the new fridge today!! I haven't been this excited in a long time.

We also got to stop at the Mexican Restaurant in Greensburg for supper on our way home. A GOOD Friday it was, indeed!

4.1.10

Easter is just right around the corner. I don't do a lot of decorating for the different holidays {except Christmas} but I do have one or two things I like to have out during the year. These bunnies are just a cute Easter thing sitting by our front door.

3.31.10

Ome of my favorite things about summer...

painted toes and FABULOUS flip-flops! Aren't these shoes to die for? I am pretty certain I will be wearing them all summer long!!!

3.30.10

This seasoning goes in just about everything we make. I guess you can say we like things SPICY around here!! Try it, it makes everything YUMY!