From the mouth of "Mo", Part 2...

This year, Eric planted a mixture of cotton and sunflowers in the field in front of our house. I know it will be so pretty when the sunflowers start blooming...that is, if they survive. Because, if there is one thing that deer love to munch on, it's sunflowers. Every night when Eric comes home, he honks the horn, hollers, does everything he can to try to run the deer out of his sunflowers. Molly has quickly learned that daddy doesn't like the deer to eat his sunflowers, so each morning when we leave & each evening when we return, she'll look in the field & say, "Let's see if there's any deers eating my daddy's cornflowers!" Lately, Eric has starting shooting at the deer. He has no intention on killing them...he just shoots towards them to scare them out of the field. Molly, on the other hand, thinks he's mowing deer down left & right! Saturday night, me, Molly, Robin & Shannon were at the house waiting on Eric to get home from the farm so that we could eat supper. When he finally arrived, he ran in the house, grabbed his gun and ran back out. Molly turned to me & said, "I bet there's some deers in my daddy's cornflowers, again...my daddy's gonna shoot them!" Sure enough, moments later, we heard the gun fire. As serious as she could be, Molly said, "Well, I bet there's deer feathers everywhere, now!"

High-lights & A Tornado!

Last weekend was so jam-packed with activities, I don't know where to start. So, I think I'll just hit the high-lights. Here we go: -Papa is actually doing a lot better & was able to come back home last Friday. He was sent home with a "Health Buddy". It's a computer that you use to test all of his vitals & respiratory strength twice a day. You then just punch in the results, plug it into a phone line & it sends it straight to his nurse at the VA...it's pretty cool! He's still got a ways to go, but hopefully, he's on the path to a full recovery. -Thankfully, we have water again! And, it's great! -We went to the Miss GA pageant send-off for "Miss" Raven. Raven is one of Molly's dance teachers & our reigning county queen. We'll be pulling for her this weekend & we sure do hope she brings the crown back home! -After the Miss GA send-off, we went to the Mexican restaurant for Brandon's 11th birthday. He was just 4 months old when Eric & I started dating! Man, how time flies! -While at the party, Eric called to say there was a tornado in the field with him. Luckily, it didn't do any major damage, but I think it shook him up pretty bad! I'm pretty sure he had to stop & change his clothes, though! -I kept both Braylon & Molly Friday, so that moma could help get papa home from the hospital. We had a really good time, but two kids are definitely more of a handful than just one! -I went shopping in Augusta Saturday in hopes of finding some vacation clothes. Unfortunately, I came home with lots for Molly & VERY little for myself! That child has the most clothes! We did have a great time shopping & eating, though! -Sunday, we spent the first 1/2 of the day with my family for Father's Day. The kids had a great time playing on the waterslide & in the pool. Later that afternoon, we went to the farm to meet Eric & have supper with him, Shannon & Robin. It was a wonderful (& hot) day! Well, I think that hit all of the major things we did. I know we went to Ware's at some point for supper, but I don't really remember which night it was...they've all started to run together! I guess that's a sign that it was a really good & busy Father's Day weekend! All of the guys are going to the river this weekend, so I'm sure it will be a lot calmer for all us girls! I cannot wait to hear all of their stories, though!

Hectic Week...

Sorry that it has taken me so long to get a post up this week. It's been pretty hectic, but I'm hoping we're going to have a much calmer weekend! I want to start off by thanking everyone so much for the calls & prayers concerning my Papa. It was very hard on me to get that call earlier this week. But, after FLYING home, I was able to get there in time to kiss him, tell him I love him & watch him be loaded into the back of the ambulance. He's receiving bags of fluid constantly at the VA hospital in Dublin, but he's stil got a ways to go. It has definitely been a rough week, but hopefully he's doing some better now. We've gone the last 3 days (off & on) with no water at our house. We've been having to go to Mrs. Lisa's for baths! We thought it was fixed yesterday, but when Molly & I got about half way finished washing my car...we ran out of water! Needless to say, my car is pretty interesting looking now...being half-washed! Hopefully, the entire box on our well will be replaced today & we'll be good to go again! Since I don't have to work tomorrow, I'm going to keep Braylon & Molly so that Moma can spend the day at the hospital & give my grandma a break. Pray for me...those kids are a handful when they're together! I'm thinking that by lunchtime, we'll be gone to moma's house so that they can play on the waterslide...it's such a great babysitter!!

Happy Birthday, Braylon!

We had such a great time celebrating Braylon's birthday this weekend. It's hard to believe he's already 5 years old! Man, time flies!

His party had a "Spongebob" theme & he even had his own little cake. Not that he had time to eat it, because he was too busy playing on the slide.

He was so shocked to see his "big" gift at the end of the party...his very own truck!

We love you Braylon & hope you had a wonderful birthday!

Catch-up...

I know, I know...I didn't blog at all last week! I'm sorry, but it was a very busy week! So, here is a very quick run-down on what's been going on. Let's get started...

Braylon & Rhiana graduated from Pre-K...

My Uncle JM came down to visit from Kansas. He's such a riot...

Drake graduated from High School! Here he is with his graduation gift from his parents...

My "little" cousin Stefany graduated from High School...

Molly attended cheer-camp all last week & loved it...

She also got her very first haircut...

Saturday night was her dance recital. It was so great...all the dancers did such a wonderful job! Here she is with her instructors, Miss Val...

And Miss Raven...

And her buddy, Macie...

See, I told you we've been busy! Hopefully, I'll be a little more tactful from now on & won't keep everyone waiting so long!

Oh, and we caught a few fish, too...

T-ball Is Over!

Well, last Thursday was Molly's last T-ball game. It's sad! We're really going to miss it. But, Monday night was the awards ceremony at the ball field. I didn't even tell Molly she would be getting a trophy. I wanted her to be surprised...and, boy, was she!

It was the first trophy she's ever gotten & she was absolutely in love with it! I thought we were going to have to sleep with it that night!

Tomorrow, she is going to school (all day) with Braylon and Rhiana to get a feel for what it will be like next year. She is so excited & already has backpack ready to go. I hope this teacher knows what she's in for!

Happy Mother's Day!

What a wonderful Mother's Day weekend! Saturday was the Pine Tree Festival. Molly rode in the parade with her dance group that morning...And danced later that afternoon at the Festival...Molly, Braylon & Rhiana loved the big, inflatable slide...It was extremely hot, but a lot of fun! Later that night, we went to the Mason's for supper, cards & Wii playing (and enjoyed some great banana pudding)!

I had a great Mother's Day Sunday. Molly & Eric gave me a Wii that morning...but Eric had also bought a Star Wars game for him...I guess it was Mother's & Father's Day all rolled into one! We then rode the rangers to pick up Mrs. Lisa & we went to lunch. After lunch, we fed the ducks and geese, and then headed to the farm. It's been almost a week since we got that 8 inches of rain in one day & we still have about 3 acres under water! It looks like a pond in the middle of the field...it even has geese swimming in it!

Surprisingly, we do have some corn sprouting up! Hello, little sprouts... So, hopefully, the entire field will not have to be replanted...even though, I'm pretty sure what's under water will!

Eric, then, hooked up to one of the nurse tanks & headed towards the house with it, while Molly & I headed to my parents house. We were able to spend time with both moma & daddy and my grandparents before heading back home. Later that evening, me, Molly & Eric all went fishing and had a really great time! Every fish we caught (no matter what size), Molly would say "It's a keeper!" Mrs. Lisa came over later that night & ate supper (that Eric cooked)! It was a great & busy weekend!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Mother's Day!