Buddies!

Ever heard of the saying, "boys will be boys"? These two little buddies crack me up. We get to have Tate at our house once or twice a week, and both my boys think he is the bomb. Tate can make Nash laugh like nobody else. And Bo gets to spend the day with Tate doing whatever their imaginations dream of. As you can see, they are very imaginative. Some of their favorite things to do are; looking and collecting snails out of mine and the neighbors yards, hence the lovely bag of snails that they think I take good care of and feed all the time. The boys eat and eat some more. They play in any group of water. Most of the time I find them soaking wet from either the hose, puddles or something else. I do set up the water slide from time to time and they go to town on it. They love to play swords and pirates, which I love to hear their dialogue as they play. But the most precious time is when they finally fall asleep from complete exhaustion and I go in to give them little kisses on their forehead. They are sweet, growing, and wonderful little boys.

A few more birthday moments...

Rylee cannot stop talking about her birthday. She said to me the other day that she knows why it was so fun...because so many people love her. Thanks to family and friends for making her day so great.

Card sent from Grandma & Grandpa Darley.

Birthday dinner with family.

Her birthday cake-which she picked out and helped make.

Aunts and uncles.

Grandma & Grandpa Williams

And, of course, little brothers to help open gifts.

Rylee's 6th Birthday!

As you can see we had a great time celebrating Rylee's 6th Birthday. She took her sweet time deciding what she wanted to do for a party-and leave it to her creative little mind to come up with a carnival/swimming party. She planned and helped put together the games. She was most excited for the "rigged up" dunking booth. She wanted to see her dad get soaked, but she was the one that actually got wet, along with all the other girls. We had "Happy" the clown make a surprise visit to make party hats for us all. After the girls were filled with popcorn, snowcones, candy and pizza (with a little fruit), they went crazy in the pool. We love all Rylee's little friends-thanks for coming.

Back to school...Already!

As most of us know-school in July doesn't fit in our summer schedule. Come on-where are our priorities?! I must say, Rylee is loving first grade. Every friday I am tempted to keep her from school so that we can get in a bit more playing before the weather goes cold on us. But despite my urges to be naughty-I send her out the door. She is so grown up. Here are a few things that she has reported back to me about school (it isn't the sit-down and talk for a half hour about what she learned today kind of talk).

Mom: How was school today Ry?

Rylee: Good-her face beat red from running home with her girlfriends.

Mom: What did you learn today?

Rylee: Nothing-but guess what Mom, Olivia is "boy trapped" now. (I guess that means that she is sitting between two boys).

Mom: Oh-that sounds fun.

Rylee: No-it is gross, boys are gross (with a try not to smile look on her face-she loves boys)

Mom: Are you being nice to everyone?

Rylee: Yes-you ask me that everyday, and I am making new friends, but really I am pretty busy at school.

Mom: Busy doing what?

Rylee: Yep, pretty busy with stuff. I am a busy girl (dodging the question).

Mom: Should we read your books now?

Rylee: I guess-but then can I play?

So, as you can see, I am fading out of the picture and her friends are fading in more and more. I must say that Rylee is full of life. She loves to learn if she can just slow down for a minute (she is like her daddy), she loves to laugh, and loves to be around people. We love having her in our home.