SeRiOuSlY......

Moving could be so much easier, if ever time I turned around my son was not climbing on things, unpacking everything I just packed . I was using the dolly and left the room for a few seconds and came back to my son on the very top of the dolly rocking it back and forth. He had the biggest smile on his face. Goodness, this is going to be a long few weeks ;o)

When People Just Get You!!!

I walked out to the mailbox today to find the sweetest gift. My sweet niece Emily and her husband Mike had given me an envelope full of JUNIOR MINTS, with a sweet note that said, "For your new home-since it's an essential."!!! It brought me tears and I laughed out loud all at the same time.

To add to her sweet thoughts, I guess I will need to post why, she was so thoughtful.

Boomer has gotten a job as an Outside Sales Rep for Callaway Golf. To him this is his dream job. He is devoted to this company and will ROCK at this job. He is awesome at what he does and deserves this amazing opportunity. He found out about the job on a friday night, interviewed on wednesday for it and was given the job on a monday. So within a little over a week, are lives were changed. For the good. After many emotions, mostly on mine and Rylee's part, we will be re-locating to Albuquerque, New Mexico. Boomer has already left for training and we will soon follow in November some time. We are excited about the new adventure. I did find out that they have a Target, Costco and a great mall, the most important things in life ;o) and I have practiced on spelling Albuquerque. So, we are set.

So, back to the sweet thought of the Junior Mints.  She sent them to me, so I can take them to our new home. I have ALWAYS had Junior Mints in my freezer, At any given moment when chaos begins, instead of counting to ten, I grab a small handful of my divine, frozen, yummy Junior Mints and then tackle the situation. I should weigh 400 pounds :o). I shared this with Emily when she got married, that she always needs Junior Mints in her freezer. So, thank you Emily for getting me the Junior Mints, I love that you get me!!!

Happy Birthday To Rylee

I am a month late in posting Rylee birthday events, but here they are....we had such a fun few days. Her birthday was on Sunday so, we had a fun relaxing day, with cake and ice cream at night. Then a few days later we had a swim party. She had a fun time....
Things Rylee is excited about being 6......she wiggles her front teeth everyday waiting for them to become loose, and then she gets to go all day to school (OH, wait that was what I was excited about) ;o) She is such a fun, full of life little girl. She has energy for the whole family. We love ya, Ry!!!!

Britt made the most amazing cake once again for her..Ry wanted a kitty cat, 

it turned out amazing and tasted DELICIOUS!!!! 

Thanks again, Britt!! Love ya!!

YEAH!! The First Day Of School!!

My goal was to wake up early, exercise and get breakfast started before the kids got up. But, after Boomer's alarm went off at 5:15, I couldn't fall back to sleep after 6:00...so, when I had Rylee come to the edge of my bed at 7:00 and yell, "MOM" , scared me to death...she was all dressed and ready to go..so funny!! Which makes for a long morning waiting to go to school. So, I set the timer for 44 min. so she knew when we were leaving and we started the day!!
They were so excited to start school, we met the teachers the night before and found there classes!! Good times!! I will now have to work on getting me out of bed!!! GGGRRR!!!



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Some of the Most Incredible People I Know.....

We were so excited Boomer's, Papa and Nana came into town. So, we got to go see them, it was so fun!! They are the most sweet, incredible, supportive people I know. I am so grateful we have them in our lives. We were also able to see Boomer's aunts and uncle, it was a fun time catching up!!
I don't know what was up with me....HOLY CHEESY!!!

The Best Time of the Summer...APRICOTS!!!!

YEAH!! It was time to make APRICOT leather...AHHHHH, such a beautiful time of the year!! It is sooooooo good. My sister and I totally overdosed this year, it was wonderful. This year we had A LOT of little helpers that wanted to help the WHOLE time...it was challenging, but we finally got most of them picked.


Here are our cute little helpers. Luke is such a BOY, nothing scares him..he kept climbing to the top of the ladders, crazy boy!!


I have the cutest niece...she will get use to me, I will be the aunt that always has the camera in her face ;o). I loved the picture I caught of Luke laying by her holding her hand. So, sweet!! She is one loved little girl!!

The Summer's Reunion

We had such a fun time at our family reunion. The excitement of the weekend was the tent..my brother let me borrow his three bedroom tent. The kids were in heaven. They are all sleeping on my in-laws family room floor in there beds, so they are missing having a bedroom for the moment. So, this tent was heaven. It has bedrooms, shelves and cup holders. Rylee keep telling me, if I needed her she would be in her bedroom. So, funny! Jos, was completely traumatized when we took the tent down, she thought it was our new home....these moments will be the moments we look back at and laugh. I love it!!! Here are some great pictures from the weekend.


The tent...HOME SWEET HOME!!!


My Uncle made the funniest train out of water barrels, the kids LOVED it!! They couldn't get enough of it, fun times!!


Cookie walks, Luke loved this..especially when he won a cookie ;o)


Fun times relaxing and visiting!!


My Mom and her brothers.....