Ballerina Friends...

Isn't that a beautiful picture?? And I took it!! Watch out Polka Dot we may have rival photo studios coming soon.....


So last week was bring a friend day at dance class so Park asked her friend Mattie to skip school and go to dance class with her. They had the BEST time!! Here are the girls on the way:

Precious!!!!!

This is Miss Paige and Miss Sheena with the future prima

ballerina!!

Where do I begin??

Man, this month has just passed me by. I've been getting harrassment from not updating in so long. I didn't think anyone actually looked at this thing...now it's pressure! Well, I'm sorry it's been so long. I've had a computer gliche and Mr. Fix-It (aka my daddy) had to come work his magic....and he did. So I'm back in business!

Just a quick update on some things we've done this month....

Parker took a nap. That's monumental, she hasn't done that since she was one. I mean 15 minutes in the truck while we're waiting to pick-up brother doesn't count. This was a real, sure enough, 2 hour nap...sitting straight up while wearing a dress and a bow. She is a priss!!

And this is the priss's 2nd first day of school. The new school was not doin' it for Park. One day she came home and said "I'm all done Wiss Gennies class, I want to go back to church." I felt like 3 was too young to teach a life lesson so I said okay. So here she is on her first day in Wiss Sally's class. I don't think she's gonna want to go anywhere after she met this one. She's a gem!!!

Such a handsome kid!!!!

Taylors friend Mason had his b-day party at the bowling alley...cosmic bowling! Super fun!

Okay, it's late and I'm recovering my kitchen chairs.......FINALLY, YEAH!!! and I've been standing up this whole time. I've got more but you'll have to stay tuned!!!

What a weekend...

This is going to take awhile so get comfy and enjoy the photos...

It all started with the kick-off of CAK football, our first home game. And the first of many, I hope, Cosey-Dunn-Johnson-Sapp tailgate parties. Yes, I realize we're tailgating at the high school games and we only have Kindergarteners but, why not start early? We had the best time.
My sweet friend Jill supplied the pictures, I honestly think she loves my Taylor (almost) as much as I do. And I'm sure she understands him more!! Ha. Thanks girl!!

Look at that face...how could you not love him?

A Big Bunch of Trouble!! Reagan, Parker, Collin, Park, Mimi (she watches out for Taylor) and T


An older version of Big Bunch of Trouble...plus one little one! Kat Cosey, Karen Sapp, Me & Park, The Warrior and Jill Johnson or as I call her "Mother of the year"! She's actually got me cooking...sort of.

Saturday we celebrated my dad's birthday...with a SpongeBob cake and a WebCam visit with Jesse in Iraq. It was so good to see his face, only it looked very tired being that it was 2a.m. for him. And he was wearing a Michigan t-shirt...whatever. Still it was a blessing for us to see him and for him to see all of us. I wish I had set up a camera to get a pic of all of us crammed in so he could see us!

Then there was the trip to the lake...Taylor and Mason had a great day in Sunday School so as a reward we all went to the lake. I wish they'd be good more often, I had as much fun as they did!!

Here we go........................................

We found this great little island and the kids got out and played and ran and screamed and found a frog and a dead fish... pictured here with Taylor D., Mason, and Taylor C.

Taylor did a little treasure hunting on his own and came back with a Mountain Dew bottle, a corn cobb, some shells and some kind of huge nut. At least he cleaned up a little!

AND...............................

Last but not least, Labor Day kicked off the first day of flag football. We went to the pool earlier in the day, bad idea, and Taylor ended up falling asleep before practice. He had a bit of a time getting into the groove but once he did he had a great time!! He's on a team with his BFF Mason and his dad Tony and Jimmy are coaching together so it'll be fun!

Ready on defense!!!!!

No way anyone's getting past the kid in the red.
Looks like he might be a linebacker......

This is what the baby sisters do..... when they're not running onto the field to talk to daddy.
Huddle up guys... GO JAGUARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

P.S. Go VOLS......... Ouch, that UCLA loss had to hurt!

Ahhh, routines....

Things have started to become routine, finally! Taylor's adjusting to Kindergarten. Today was his first day NOT to lose ANY lights!!! Mrs. Prine has them on a stop light system...one warning you lose your green, 2nd one you lose your yellow and some recess time I think, and 3rd one you lose your red and go see....the Principal!!! Yikes. Luckily we haven't lost red, yet. We celebrated with a trip to Maggie Moo's!! Our Favorite.

I wish I had taken my camera. They looked like they had ice cream poured over their heads rather than scooped into a cup!

Park is doing GREAT at her school. They give me an update sheet everyday on how she's done and everyday it says she was cooperative and happy, she loves school, is very outgoing and plays well with the other children. (When I read it to her she goes,"And Pretty?" Yes, she's my child)

By the way, she's brusing her teeth here...with a bow, of course!

I have one more thing to share.........

Park just got her Big Girl Bed and tonight as I walked out of her room I saw her little head in that big bed and got a little sad remembering how tiny her head looked in that big ole crib... sniff sniff.

Ballerina Girl...

First day of dance!!!

Parker had so much fun. I knew she'd love it but I had no idea how much!

These lessons are a gift from Mama and Papa. We are so blessed to have them and so thankful for their gift. Also, the dance attire, was a gift from Grandmommy & Grandaddy!! XOXO Everyone has been so wonderful to us during our... testing, as we like to call it!!! Ha!

Taylor starts flag football next week. Stay tuned for that!!

Here goes Park!!

Boy was this gal ready for today. And when I told her she didn't have to take a nap there....well, life just got a whole lot better. Please forgive me that there are so many pics of Park this day and only one of Taylor. Things were a bit more uptight for the first day of Kindergarten. At Parkers school I even got to park in the lot!!!!

She didn't even care if I walked her in!!!! She's getting too big, too fast! This is Miss Gennie. She is soooo sweet! This class has 7 boys and 3 girls...yikes! She is terribly lucky that Parker is one of those girls! (Not only because she's so wonderful, but b/c she can hold her own with any boy that gets in her way!!)

First Day!!

How handsome is this kid?? Well, it's finally here, the first day of Kindergarten. Taylor was so cool this morning. Nerves of Steal! We were running late (of course) so I was trying as hard as I could to make everyone frantic, as usual. But we made it.

They had a tent outside the school called Coffee and Kleenex. For me, coffee yes, kleenex.....no need. It was nice to visit w/ the moms for a bit though. Here's Parker handing out Kleenex.When we finally left Park said "Where's Taylor?" "In his class honey." "Are we just gonna leave him here?" "That's the plan sister!!"

Gotta go, I'm already kissing up to the teacher and bringing her lunch! Ha!!