~KARA'S 4TH BIRTHDAY~

Kara's birthday party was at home this year, Carrie rented a water slide for the party. I have to say the kids had a blast, even though it was cold out. The party started for the girls on Saturday, Taylor and Kassie spent the day at Aunt Carrie's house and had a sleepover later that night. Hayden and I headed over on Sunday for the party. If it had been warmer I definitely would have been on that slide. I hope Kara had a good birthday.

Not sure what Hayden is thinking?

~Birthday Girl~

The cold weather did not stop Taylor from having a ball....

I think Hayden is having fun.

Here is Kassie with her arm all taped up, she wanted to slide so I had to put something on her cast so it didn't get wet. It was to cold for her to slide for long, a couple of times and she was done. She had alot of fun spending the weekend with her cousins.

*SPLASH*

.:*~Mothers Day~*:.

I had a good mothers day. The kids give me money to get some clothes for the beach, which I needed really bad. We all just hung out inside since it was cold and windy out. Instead of grilling out we decided to order in Pizza Hut, one of my kids favorite meals. My kids are a blessing, I could not even imagine life without them. Our dog Rudy just had to be in the picture, he always wants to be the center of attention.

Later that evening we went to my mom's to spend some time with her and give her gift to her. Even though it was cold, Papaw still took the kids for a ride on his four wheeler. I love you Mom, thanks for all you do. We didn't get to go see Aubrey's mom since she was in the hospital, but we all wish her a Happy Mother's Day and hope she is feeling well.

*~What some luck~*

So here we are at KOC again. Let me go back about two weeks ago, Kassie was jumping on the trampoline with her brother Hayden and he fell on her arm. Of course she was crying, but I got her calmed down so I could look at her arm. There was no swelling, no bruising and she could move it and said it didn't hurt. So a few days went by and she may have complained some, but she still played softball, never said it hurt, played at home, at school, and of course played on the trampoline. Last Thursday I noticed that a knot had came up, still never complained, so I called and got her in the next morning at KPA, her doctor. The doctor did x-rays and sure enough it was broke, from there we headed to KOC to get a cast on. The doctor there said the bone had actually already started healing. We was in the doctor for two and a half hours. So after we finally left the doctor, Kassie and I treated ourselves to Wasabi's for lunch. She goes back to get the cast off the day before we go on vacation. I felt so bad that she had went that long with a broke arm and we didn't even know it. Kids are tougher than we think they are. So for the past two months both of my daughter's have been in a cast. How crazy is that, I am going to lock Hayden in his bedroom and hope he doesn't get hurt. Ha!

Here the nurse is putting Kassie's cast on. It was the same one that put Taylor's cast on.

Of course Kassie chooses PINK!

I was so glad she got a short arm cast. Bath time is much easier...

Kassie and I got bored while we was waiting so we took pictures. But she said the funniest thing to me, "mommy I told you my brain said I needed a cast."

~What a Blessing~

We are so blessed to have three beautiful healthy kids. Even though life gets a little crazy sometimes, I would not change a thing. Everyday is a challenge and I am always learning something new about them. My kids are a dream come true.

SOFTBALL!!!

Well I finally got some pictures of the girls playing tonight. I am one of the dugout moms, so it's hard for me to take pictures. This is Kassie's first year playing and she does not care much about it. I don't know that she will play next year. She does pretty good for it to be her first year playing, but she would rather be playing on the play ground. Just like today, the game was about to start and Kassie was nowhere to be found. Guess where she was? "Playground". Aubrey and I kind of pushed her to play because we wanted her to at least try it.

Kassie swinging the bat. She struck out, but she tried so hard.

Kassie playing catcher. Before tonight she played outfield but she wanted to try catcher so her daddy, the coach, decided to let her.

Here is Taylor playing first base. Before she broke her arm she played pitcher. She actually did better at first base. Taylor was so glad to be back. This is only her second game for the year. She has been playing since she was four. This is definitely her favorite sport.

Taylor gets to second base.

~CAST OFF~

Taylor finally got her cast off today. For the past two weeks we have been counting the days down. She can not get back to playing softball until next week. I don't know who wanted the cast off more me or her? Bath time has been horriable. Anyway it only took them about five minutes to take it off. Of course she did bring the cast back home to show her daddy. So here is a few pictures of him sawing the cast off...

This is not a good picture, but I was trying to get Taylor's face. She was laughing cause of the saw vibrating which was tickling her arm.

Here you can see the saw. The blade vibrated back and forth. He cut a straight line on both sides then just pulled it apart. I thought it was pretty neat, I have never seen anything like this before.

FARM DAY!!!

Mrs. Tina's class at Roane State Expo Center. All the kids seem to have enjoyed the day learning about farms and how we use something everyday that comes from a farm.
Taylor waiting her turn to milk a cow:)

Taylor milking a cow.

This was her favorite part of the day. Learning about rabbits. There she is petting one of the rabbits, I barley got the top of her head.

Here is Mrs. Tina, Taylor and Tatum eating lunch. Soon as the kids got there around 9:00 they was ready to eat. I am not sure what kind of face she is making? She must have been starving cause she ate two sandwiches, a bag of chips, and a honey bun and half of Tatum's brownie. I don't know where she puts it all....

SpRiNg TiMe!

Hayden loves helping his daddy around the house. Even though the shovel is bigger than him, he hung right in there and helped till we were done. He is all about getting dirty!

Hayden hard at work:)

Kassie had to help too. After about a minute she was done.

Taylor hard at work. Even though she still has her cast on it wasn't stopping her. The kids really enjoy helping with the flower beds. Planting the flowers is the most fun for them cause they get to play in dirt.