What we've been up to....

I have been really bad about keeping up with our blog.

So,.... here's what we've been up to lately:

Cooper's been showing off his muscles in his new "float suit"....

Making "fishey faces"....



Getting some AWESOME cupcakes from our cousin Daisy:

A frog for Cooper....

and......

A ladybug for Lexi!!

Making "bunny ears".....

Hanging out with Lora.....

And.... visiting with my brother!

I will try harder to get pics up quicker....

Take care~

Dog Tag Night

lexi's school had a program last night to reward the students' work on reading. they were awarded one dog tag for every 100 books read so far this year. a lot of her friends were there. we brought sleeping bags and pillows and had guest speakers read to all of the kids.

here are "the girls"....

they look up to NO good.... hee hee

here's lexi right after she got her dog tag.

she was SO proud!

bubbles

while cortheye and cylas were down, the kids got to play in "THE tub"!!

it started with just the girls....

they were shocked at how big the bubbles grew once the jets atarted going.

then, grandma cissy had to make them bubble hats.

it's just not a bubble bath without the hat!!!!

then we moved on to the beards....
however, corthey was more into the popeye thing,
and lexi....




well,... then of course, cylas heard the comotion, and had to join in on the fun.... he was ready to party!!!

here is cylas with his "bubble beard".....
still very adorable!!!







then,.... cooper heard all the racket and had to come check it out.
it didn't take long for him to chicken out, but he had fun, while it lasted!!!

in the end,.... the kids were ALL clean and had a blast doing it!!!

jammies

so,... disney was having a GREAT sale on jammies, and we rushed out and bout matching jammies.

princess for the girls and "cars" for the boys.

they were SO excited!!!!

here they all are trying to take a picture.

here are the "princesses"....

here are the boys....

they loved posing behind the couch....

they did NOT want to leave.

clarence had to wrangle them to take some pictures...

these boys look lie they are up to NO good!!!

this night was SOOOOO much fun!!

it was the best night EVER!!!

lottery tix

it has become tradition in my family for big daddy to buy the kids lottery tickets. which is, indeed VERY funny, ecspecially since the oldest is now 6! while my parents were down with all 4 grandkids, we had to, of course, get some scratch offs!

here is cortheye....

here is cylas.....



where's cooper?....

here's lexi......

and,.... not ONE won!!!!

it's ok....

all in good fun!!

Lexi's Dance Competition

lexi had dance competition this past weekend.

she had SOOOOO much fun and it was very relaxing this year because of our schedule!

she had LOTS of people to show up for support, and even more that really wanted to come, but showered her with phone calls, cards, and e-mails.

she is one lucky lady!!

here she is with "aunt suzie"...

lexi and grandaddy...

lexi and her daddy...

lexi and granny....

lexi and mommy....

lexi with grandma cissy and big daddy....

lexi with her cousins. i made them all shirts that said "shining stars" on the front and "go lexi" on the back.

it was SOOOOO cute!!

suzie even brought them all blue clappers!

lexi's teacher even came! we didn't see her, but she had a flower delivered to her room! lexi was VERY excited!

it was a great day!

snow day

lexi had a field trip to an ice rink.

they had a "snow day".

they were able to play on the ice and even in a big pile of snow (the scrapes from the zimbone).

here she is with two of her friends.

she thought she was being funny, and threatened to throw a snow ball at me.

here is another pic of her with her friends. it was REALLY hard for me to keep up. i was not quite as fast as they were on the ice.

coop's got skills!

cooper has recently taking up a new hobby,... break dancing. well,... he's really just flinging himself all over the floor, but it is still quite amusing!! and,... who knows,.... it might could turn into something wonderful! i can't wait until he's old enough to teach him the caterpillar!! that's going to rule!

since the turkey fry was cancelled b/c of the horrible weather, we were totally bummed!

we were, however, able to celebrate our birthdays with a few friends.

our buddy, jax came. he partied with the best of us, and kept the party going with his smooth dance moves!

isaac was the quiet partyer! but, apparently he was partying harder than all of us, since he was the only one that threw up!!

clarence seems to be SO excited over his cool camo shorts. meanwhile, coop is passing around the flask, (i am guessing to isaac).

jason found a great gift for me,.... "bring it on 2".... i seem as giddy as a teenager!

here is me and bridget.... we were fighting over this bottle of wine. we only stopped, like any retired "bulldog belle", to put on our big smiles.

and here is me with suzie.... i am trying to smoosh my face as close as possible to hers.

it was a super fun time!!

i do apologize for not having pictures of paul and jason, but i didn't think you would want to see them swinging off of the ceiling fans. it wasn't that amusing!! just an every day thang!

clarence's birthday

clarence made me promise i would not post pics of him on his birthday. i didn't want it to go by and not be recognized,.... so.... here is the cake i made for him.

big icicles

here are the HUGE icicles by the front door. we are going to have to knock them down so they don't poke an eye out!! i held my hand beside them so you could see how big!!

the ice was easily 3/4" thick on my car. clarence is having to break in to try and melt some off.

lexi's ice pictures

lexi really wanted to take pictures of the ice today. since it is SO cold outside and i don't want to contribute to her cough, i let her only take pictures from indoors.

so presenting: ice pictures from lexi....

narration performed by: lexi...

that is the playscape. i was so excited that this picture got so well inside.

this one is on the deck. all of these pictures were inside and i was impressed that they turned out SOOOOO well.

this picture was on the house. the icicles were SOOOOO huge!!

this is on the chair. they were pretty huge on the chair.... i was impressed!

these, if you look really closely, you'll see some icicles on the cooler and on the chair. i'm sorry i didn't take it so well.

now this is how i see the deck. it was SO icy... i think if i take one step on it, i would go "BOOM"!

now this is the grill. i have never seen so many icicles on a grill before!

now this is me... i just wanted to take a picture of me so you would know who took the pictures. i know i have a little bit of crazy hair, but it's ok....

the end....