Mother’s Day 2013

This will be a Mother’s Day I will never forget!!  We volunteered to help Mimi in the nursery at church.  Ella was playing with one of the babies when she started screaming!  She immediately grabbed her foot and was crying saying something bit her.  I grabbed Ella and next thing I know Mimi was stomping a spider.  Ella’s foot quickly started to swell, turn bright red, and she continued to cry in pain.  Mimi got Uncle Matt to come take a look and after a few minutes the redness and swelling continued so he said we might want to have someone take a look at it.  We “bagged” the spider (what was left of it) and headed towards Urgent Care.  I called Cory and he told me to stop her by the fire department to have the Paramedic look at it.  He told us it would be a good idea to go ahead and go to the doctor.  Thankfully we were the only ones at Urgent Care so we were in and out quickly.  The doctor gave Ella some antibiotics, advised us to follow up with our Pediatrician, and to keep a close eye on the area for any change in color.  After a dose of Benadryl, Motrin and Septra, Ella’s foot was feeling much better!  Once she was feeling better, we were able to enjoy Mother’s Day!! 

The kids made me the sweetest gifts at school and their Daddy made me the best DVD with videos and pictures of them!   I can’t watch the whole thing without crying!  I also got a beautiful new necklace :)  Sweetest Mother’s Day gifts ever!! 

I am so thankful for a Christian Mother that has always been a great example of what a Mom should be!  I have also been blessed with a great Mother-in-law!  And we can’t forget about all the great-grandmothers that mean so much to us!  We are so blessed to have so many great Mother’s in our lives!!  The best part of Mother’s Day for me is the kiddos that call me Mommy!!!   They are my world and words can’t describe the love I have for them!  Ella apologized because she thought she “ruined” my Mother’s Day but  I told her that was job security and I wouldn’t want any other job in the entire world than to be her Mommy and take care of her!  :)

Happy Mother’s Day to all the wonderful Mother’s!  I hope you’re getting spoiled just like I am :)

Ella’s foot :(

Love them so much!!!

 

Ella wrote this about me…

She ask me how old I was and I told her 33.  She replied “I’m sorry you look older than that”  lol!  She must also think I’m short (4ft 9in) with a big foot!  I guess I need big feet to kick a soccer ball…I’m not sure where she got that from!  I don’t think I’ve ever played soccer before other than kicking the ball around in the yard with the kids.  :)

Cow-N-Around Farm

Cory and Evan went with his preschool class on a field trip to “Cow-n-Around” Farm.  I wasn’t able to go so I sent Cory with my camera and told him to take lots of pictures.  I am proud to say he listened and took lots of good pictures of their fun on the farm!  Everybody that knows Evan knows how much he loves tractors so a farm is one of his favorite places to be (and the Kubota tractor place!).  He was so excited when he called me after his field trip to tell me that he got to DRIVE a tractor!  I think the guys had a great time down on the farm!

They got to ride horses…

And went on a hay ride…

But the highlight of Evan’s day was getting to drive the tractor…

 

Taking a break from all the farm fun to snack on some goldfish!  A farmer needs lots of energy to get all his work done :)

LCES Spring Festival

Ella’s school had their annual Spring Festival this year and transformed the school into a tropical paradise!  They had pony rides, tons of inflatables, lots of games, face painting, and a silent auction (my favorite!).  I didn’t get a chance to take many pictures because there were a ton of kids there and it took all of us (me, Cory, Mimi & Paw-Paw) to keep up with Evan :)  Each grade level was responsible for making a themed basket that would be auctioned off.  The kinders made an “Art Basket” and asked the parents to donate supplies for the basket.  I sent in about $35 worth of art supplies.  At the silent auction, there were lots of great donations!!  We walked around looking at everything and when we came to the Art Basket, Ella commented on how great that prize was.  As we continued to walk around, she would say, “that art basket really is a nice prize.  It would be so nice to have something like that with all those art supplies.”  I know she told me that at least 10 times.  I bid on 4 tickets to the zoo and a couple other things before we went to play games.  Ella continued to talk about the art basket throughout the evening.  A few minutes prior to the auction ending, I went in and bid on the art basket and increased my bid on the zoo tickets.  Over $100 later, we left with zoo tickets and you guessed it…the ART BASKET!!  :)  And Mimi won a Sundrop Pound cake made by one of Ella’s friend’s grandmother (it was so yummy!!)  I didn’t tell Ella I won the basket and when I came up to her carrying it she started jumping up and down with excitement.  It was a fun family night and was a successful fundraiser for Ella’s school!

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Love that they have on matching shirts…lol :)  Cory’s mini-me!

Hoping For A Green Thumb

Plants are bought and planted…now just to wait and see if anything grows!  Hoping one of us has a green thumb!!

Our garden is ready now to wait for our first harvest :)

Life Is Good!

Evan was riding with me home from Maw-Maw and Paw-Paw’s house last night and he kicked back in the seat and said “My life is GREAT!”  I wasn’t sure I heard him correctly so I asked him to tell me again and he said, “I say, my life is GREAT!”  He melts my heart!!  I love that little boy to pieces and he knows just what to say to make me smile!  I think our life is pretty great myself!  :)

Our Big Helper

Cory and Evan built me some strawberry raised garden beds and plowed us a garden!  I am so excited about planting a garden in the spring and having fresh strawberries and veggies all summer long!!  Evan was such a big helper…he was so serious about helping and did everything his Daddy did.  I was impressed that he knew how to use all the tools…I don’t even know how to use them!  :)

And to make things even better, Paw-Paw Jeff brought his tractor up and plowed our garden!  Evan was so excited about riding the tractor and helping Paw-Paw!  The smile on that little face was priceless!!

This garden work is some hard work…

Meet “The Girls”

Introducing…

Izzy, Shelly, Trudy, and Bella

Paw-Paw Jeff (and all the grand-kids) are the proud owners of 4 hens.  Ella was so excited when Izzy laid the first egg!!  I thought the kids would be scared of the chickens and the chickens scared of the kids but they’re not!  The chickens will let the kids pet them!!  :)