JOSIES CLASS ELECTIONS

JOSIE HAS CLASS ELECTIONS TODAY! THIS IS HER POSTER THAT WE MADE SUNDAY. WE HAD ALOT OF FUN WORKING ON IT TOGETHER...WISH HER LUCK! WE WILL POST THE OUTCOME LATER TODAY.

OUR TRIP TO THE EMPORIA ZOO

WE TOOK A TRIP ONE SATURDAY TO THE EMPORIA ZOO FOR A BIRTHDAY PARTY. IT WAS SO HUMID THAT DAY THE CAMERA KEPT FOGGING UP EVERYTIME I WANTED TO USE IT ALONG WITH JOSIES GLASSES, BUT WE STILL HAD ALOT OF FUN! THEY HAVE A LITTLE TRAIN THAT GOES AROUND THE PARK, THIS WAS SO MUCH FUN, I EVEN ROAD IT WITH THE KIDS. JOSIE, BLAIR, AND BROOKLYN AND I HAD SO MUCH FUN THIS MORNING AND MADE SEVERAL MEMORIES THAT I HOPE THE GIRLS WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER.

JOSIE BAKES PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES

JOSIE HAS GOTTEN TO THE AGE WERE SHE WANTS TO BAKE AND COOK...BUT.....SHE WANTS TO DO IT ALONE! I AM OK WITH THIS UNTIL I SMELL THINGS BURNING.....SO THE OTHER DAY SHE WANTED PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES....SHE DID NOT WANT MY HELP OR KNOWLEDGE SHE KNEW WHAT SHE WAS DOING! SO THE FIRST BATCH CAME OUT OF THE OVEN AND THEY WERE SMALL AND BLACK.. AND THEY DID NOT HAVE LINES ON THEM LIKE GRANDMA JEANS...SO SHE WAS MAD AT THAT POINT...SO THE REST OF THE COOKIE DOUGH WENT INTO TWO GIANT COOKIES AND THEY TURNED OUT REALLY REALLY REALLY GOOD! SO NEXT TIME SHE THAUGHT MAYBE SHE MIGHT LET MOM HAVE A LITTLE INPUT!

JOSIES FIRST DAY OF FOURTH GRADE!

JOSIE HAD HER FIRST DAY OF 4TH GRADE ON MONDAY AUGUST 11TH! CAN YOU BELIEVE IT....YES I CRIED! WHEN SHE WAS WALKING OUT THE DOOR IT HIT ME LIKE IT WAS HER FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL AGAIN! MY BABY IS GOING TO 4TH GRADE AND NEXT YEAR SHE WILL BE AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL...THAT MAKES ME SO SAD. SHE HAS GROWN UP SO MUCH...SHE IS DOING SO GOOD THIS WEEK....SHE GETS UP EVERY MORNING AND TAKES A SHOWER, AND FIXES HER HAIR, AND THE CLOTHES HAVE TO BE PERFECT! MONICA KNOWS WHAT I MEAN THERE...SHE WENT SHOPPING WITH US...AND I THINK THE WHOLE TIME SHE WAS HAPPY SHE HAD A BOY!!! HA HA!

ALL MY BABIES

THIS IS MY DAY! AND THERE IS ONE MISSING FROM THE PICTURES...THE BABY HE IS 5 MONTHS OLD, AND WE HAVE A NEW BABY THAT WILL BE STARTING PROBALLY SOMETIME IN AUGUST. THERE ARE DAYS THAT I WONDER IF I AM GOING TO MAKE IT UNTIL 5 AND THERE ARE OTHER DAYS I AM SAD I DONT HAVE THE KIDS AROUND. EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM HAS A SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART...I LOVE THEM LOTS. A FEW OF THEM HAVE BEEN WITH MY UNTIL BIRTH AND I AM NOT SURE WHAT I AM GOING TO DO WHEN IT IS TIME FOR THEM TO GO TO SCHOOL. MIGHT HAVE TO BE THERE THAT DAY SO I CAN SEE THEM WALK IN THE DOORS...LOL. IT NEVER FAILS THOUGH I CAN BE HAVING THE WORST DAY EVER AND ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS GIVE ME A HUG AND SAY MY MANNY...AND IT IS ALL BETTER, IT MAKES EVERYTHING I DO WORTH IT....

YES! ANOTHER TORNADO WARNING

DO YOU KNOW THAT I HAVE LIVED IN EMPORIA FOR 4 YEARS NOW, AND NEVER HAVE I HEARD THE TORNADO SIRENS....EXCEPT THIS SUMMER .... I HAVE HEARD THEM 3 TIMES NOW...AND YEP YOU GUESSED IT WE ARE HANGING OUT IN THE BASEMENT AGAIN!!!!! I THINK IT IS ABOUT OVER SO I CAN GO UPSTAIRS AND FIX SUPPER. IT IS BECOMING A WAY OF LIFE THIS SUMMER...OHHHHH THERE GOES THE SIRENS GO DOWNSTAIRS! BUT WE ARE ALL SAFE....JOSIE IS PLAYING, JASPER IS IN HIS KENNEL AND THE BLANKETS AND PILLOWS ARE UNDER THE STAIRS...WE ARE READY!