Two Birthdays and a Vacation

June has been an extremely busy month for me. We have had two birthdays, a vacation, a Father's Day Supper, and a fish pond installation! The order was Buzzy's birthday, Florida vacation, Father's Day Supper, Fish pond installation and then Henry's birthday party. My pictures are in every order but the right order but at least I'm posting, right?

MiMi and Pappy joined us in Florida four days after we arrived. Our time together there was short, but we had a wonderful time anyway. This was the first vacation that we have went on with my parents in several years. Vacationing with two children was quite a different experience for my parents.

Buzzy spent as much time as possible in the ocean or on the beach.

"Mom," he said to me while we were swimming together. "The beach is the place to be during summer break." I totally agreed!

Henry loves a good sandbox, so we thought the beach would be heavenly for him. His reaction wasn't near what we were expecting! He was fine with his swimming shoes on, but he did not like all that sand on him! By the end of our trip, he had finally started playing with Buzzy in the sand!

Buzzy had a birthday party with just family this year. As long as there were presents, he was happy!

Steve's parents and grandmother were able to attend Buzzy's party, as well as my family.

Henry's party was after we came back from Florida. We had it at the lake house. Henry had been under the weather and didn't smile or act interested in anything birthday related. That is, until the candles came out!

He loved those candles!

Henry was not interested in presents when he had a big crowd watching him. NaNa took him to the basement and he opened everything while just a couple of us were watching.

The Tuesday after Father's Day, I had supper for Steve, my dad, and my papaw. We had home-made stuffed peppers, mac & cheese, corn, baby lima beans, mashed potatoes and pie! It was yummy, if I do say so myself. MiMi brought the potatoes and NaNa the pies. I didn't want to take all of the credit!

Barrell Full of Monkeys!

I am so blessed to have these two special boys. They are so much fun. I never know what i am going to find happening around the corner!

Fun in the Mud

My parents have a creek/ditch running through the field in front of their house. Steve has been trying to cross this ditch since they moved into their house almost 10 years ago. He has yet to succeed. He has to remind himself every year or so that it's difficult to cross.

I'm not sure if he was trying to "ditch" his wife or mother-in-law! As soon as the wheels started spinning, he jumped off and left us stuck in the mud!

Buzzy was extremely supportive! He played in the water while we waited to be rescued. Pappy's bad day ended a little better when he had to pull Steve out of the mud. I don't know what it is with their egos and mud. Their chests swell up when one has to ask the other for help when they are buried in mud. It's rather funny watching these two nag each other over their sticky situations!

Henry was saying "Cheese" but I don't think he was convinced that that crusty stuff was supposed to be on his cheek!

We have had a little dirt work done in our back yard. The boys have enjoyed playing in the dirt, but their Daddy has too!

My chest swelled a bit when Steve had to ask me for help too! I drove and he pushed, but still, he needed help from a girl!

Pool Boy

I am such a lucky girl. I have a pool boy.

In Loving Memory of Jamie/Phenius

Little Mr. Jamie/Phenius left this world 6-3-2010. He's in a beautiful clover field in Heaven!

Fair Time Again!

Summer would not be official without a trip to the County Fair! The unassembled rides appeared last weekend, and Buzzy knew the fair couldn't be far away! Opening night, Buzzy had a baseball game so we couldn't go that night. The second and last night of the fair were the only nights that we could possibly make it. The rain held off and meteorologists Steve Ashley said we could go!

This was Henry's first "real" trip to the fair. Last year he just rode around in his stroller, but this year was quite a different experience! He wanted to do everything! He rode rides and played games and even won his very own goldfish!

Henry was thrilled to hook a fish on his first attempt!

The Fogle's met us at the fair and all of the boys had a great time!

Henry wanted to ride anything and everything! He would get so mad when he couldn't instantly get onto the ride. The faster the ride went, the more he loved it!

Cooper & Buzzy on the Himalayan. Last year, Buzzy put Cooper on the outside and nearly squashed him!

Cole is just hilarious!

Cooper is a better big brother than Buzzy! He rode anything that Henry wanted to ride!

On our way to the fair, Buzzy announced to us that if he won two goldfish, he was giving one to Cooper! He won two right away and Cooper became the proud owner of a goldfish! Buzzy ended up winning one more. We came home with three goldfish that have made themselves at home in my fish pond!

We had a great time. We always go happy and leave sad. Buzzy wanted to stay longer and Henry was upset that he couldn't ride anymore rides! Thank goodness it only comes once a year!

Summer Vacation

We kicked Summer Vacation off in a great way! We spent the weekend at the lakehouse with MiMi & Pappy. We had such a great time relaxing, swimming, and pontoon riding! I didn't take very many pictures at all, so this is it for our weekend review!

The boys had such a great time playing with the toys that they had forgotten that they had. Henry LOVES the water and was jumping from the boat within a matter of minutes! Buzzy is still cautious, still needing his lifejacket and noodle at all times! After the snake incident last summer, he's been afraid to swim on the shore at the house. He mentioned something about the snake last week, to which I assured him that Pappy has a gun at the ready to shoot the snake - he doesn't....yet! It must have worked, because Buzzy swam at the dock without a hesitation!


Since I let Thumper II escape, Buzzy & I made a trip to the annual Memorial Day Flea Market Extravaganza at Luke's to scope out a new bunny. One bunny turned to two, so now we have to flop-ear bunnies. They assured me that they were two males. They told me that females will fight when they get older, so two boys were the way to go. Buzzy says their names are Jamie & Adam - after the MythBuster's host's, but I have named them Phen & Ferb. We'll see which sticks!

Call me a "Suck-Up" because Steve did. I made this tote bag for Buzzy's teacher. In my opinion, she was the best! Buzzy told me the second or third week of school that he had the best Kindergarten teacher and still felt the same on the last day of school. She was awesome and I can only pray that he gets more teachers just like her! I gave her this tote with a beach towel, drink holder and a gift card. She was worth every bit of it and much more!