Sunday, July 15, 2012

HELLO MOLLY!

Hello Molly! As of yesterday we are now the adopted family of Molly, an eight week old kitten. She is a sweetie!!

Her first day here she was very shy of course. She found a place under Gabryle's bed for a few hours to hide when she first got to our home. Gabryle offered her peace offerings to get her to come out but his attempts were not accepted. He offered some army men, his mower, some big balls, his shovel and rake and a few other toys to see if she would come out. All were a fail.

After Gabryle fell asleep at night last night she came out and played with the girls a little till they go a little too excited. After all the kids went to bed Molly came out and played with Jerrod and I for a while till we went to bed. She cried a little bit before we fell asleep but after that we never heard her. She found some place in the living room to sleep and seemed to  sleep just fine.

Today she has come out and played with us a lot more. She has let Gabryle walk up to her and pet her  which I think is the biggest step for her. If she can let Gabryle pet her I think she will be perfectly fine with us.  She has a sweet temper and is so playful. She loves a toy we picked out for her that has some feathers on it that is attached to a string attached to a pole for us to play with her. She also loves to play with little balls. Kenzie let her have one of her practice golf balls to play with and she will bat at it for quite a while.

At the moment she is sitting beside Jerrod curled up in a ball sleeping. Gabryle came up and I asked him to leave her alone and he looked at me all sad and asked to give her kisses (Or in Gabryle language is a big kiss sound). He was not happy I asked him to wait so she can sleep.

She still has a little getting used to the kids but she made a lot of progress today. She will be a great addition to our family!! I'll of course keep updated on her as well as the rest of us.

Here is a picture I got of Gabryle playing with her earlier. He was just tickled that he could play with her and she didn't run from him.

Till Next Time!!!!

Tuesday, July 10, 2012

SLOW DOWN!

Where has the summer gone!? It really seems like just yesterday I picked the girls up from the last day of school for year and their summer started. It's July 10 and the girls go for pre-enrollment on August 2, and then school for them will actually start on August 16. Kylie will be a Kindergarten student and Mackenzie will be a Second Grader.

Hard to believe Mackenzie is already going into second grade.  She can't wait either to start second grade. She has already told me who she hopes her teacher will be and who will be in her class with her next year. She hopes her best friend Aftyn, along with Kate, Alivia, Makyla, Kylie and Grant are all in her class for sure next year. Not sure if she will get them all but she hopes she does. Aftyn and Mackenzie were in Pre-k and Kindergarten together and became very close buddies. First grade was the first time those two were separated into different classes.  They were not that happy about it, but they made it work out since they had the same lunch and all three recesses together. They also whenever their teachers needed them to go to a different class if her teacher had a meeting, she would always go to the classroom that he was in, and he did the same also. 


Kylie is so excited that she will be in Kindergarten. I asked her the other day if there was a certain teacher she is hoping for and she said she doesn't really care. We hope she will have the same teacher Mackenzie had for kindergarten since we really liked her. Kylie hopes that Lyndsey, Adam, Macy, Cameron, Cooper, Gavin, Isabella, Gunner, Wyatt, and Delaney all get to be in the same class next year. Of course that is half of her class from last year. She hopes also her good friend William is back next year for school, but I doubt he will be. He and his family moved back to China in the middle of last school year. She was not to happy about it. She made him a card and sent a picture with him before he left. 


In a few more weeks we shall see who gets what teacher and where their friends will be class wise also. Gabryle and I will go back to our routine of being just us two around the house during the day. The girls will actually get to ride the school bus this year since Kylie will Be old enough. (Pre-k students were not allowed to ride the bus last year.)  I think that is what Kylie is the most thrilled about at the moment. She so wants to be able to ride a school bus to and from school.  


Till Next Time!!!

Thursday, July 5, 2012

Fourth of July video and pictures

As I mentioned in the previous blog post here are some pictures from fourth of July. Most of these were taken while we were at the Lake waiting for the fireworks to start. The photos taken of the fireworks and the videos were taken with my phone. The others were shot with the camera.  Enjoy the pictures and the two links to some of the short video clips of the fireworks!! ENJOY!!!!    TILL NEXT TIME!!!

Video 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nN5CmmYy2s&feature=plcp

Video 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLCngkVwHJw&feature=plcp

PICTURES!!















Wednesday, July 4, 2012

Fireworks

Hope you all had a great fourth of July. We had a good time today hanging out at home and then going out to the lake for the firework show.
The kids had a blast watching the fireworks tonight. We were close enough we could actually watch the guys light the rockets to shoot the fireworks off. It was loud and bright and great! We sat in the back of the truck and watched the hour long show. Jerrod and I were glad we got there early and got a good spot to park at.
A live band played music before the fireworks and they were actually pretty good. Next year we will go early again and take some games with us.
Hope you all had a great fourth an kept safe!! I shall post pictures soon!!
Till next time!!!