Twelve years ago (yesterday) James and I stood in a dear friends living room in front of a Judge and were married. Yes, for those of you that don't know, James and I eloped. This is what can happen when everyone thinks your too young to get married, and aren't supportive.
I am very grateful for the husband that I have. He is the best! Thank you James for being the best husband, dad and friend that any wife could ever ask for. I love you so much!!!!
James has been so busy with work, he hasn't had much time to finish my island. He finally finished it. I love it!!! I have so much more room and my kitchen is far more functional.
If anyone knows my kids you know that they are afraid of any animal that moves, no matter how big or small. So the other day I had had enough. So we got a cute little beagle. Her name is Harley. She is adorable! These pictures show how small she is, but Jace is still afraid of her. I guess it will just take some time. 
Jace (Indiana Jones) and Addison
Kyra (Batgirl), Addison (Barbie Mariposa) and Kyzleigh (pretty witch)
Brett (Vampire) and Nick (mummy)
Jace and Mom. I know, my eyelashes are crazy!
Every Friday Brett's class gets to do a "Friday Activity". The Friday before Halloween they wrapped each other in toilet paper, then went up and down the halls showing off their handy work. Brett's partner is a boy named Adam. He is one of Brett's best friends.
For Cubscouts we had the Pinewood Derby. It was a lot of fun. Brett's car didn't do as well as he wanted, but that's ok there is always next year! Way to go Brett! His buddy Nick did very well. Way to go Nick!
This year for Red Ribbon Week the kids wanted me to take pictures of the crazy things that they got to wear. It wasn't too crazy, the first day they got to wear hats to school, which everyone thought was great. The second day they wore their clothes backwards. This was actually really fun. Say NO to drugs!
The neighbor wanted to do the donut on a string game with all of the kids. The younger ones weren't sure of how to tackle the donut, but that didn't stop them from have a great time. The older kids new what to do, but the boys were kind of poor sports about the whole thing. But in the end they had a great time.
I wanted something unique for my Mother-in-Laws birthday. I couldn't find anything that I really liked. So I went to Hobby Lobby (my favorite store). I found these cute words, and thought how cute would that look if I could add photos. So I took floral wire and made spiral holders for the pictures. Jean loved it!
I made this one for my friend, Stacey. Happy Birthday Stacey!!!
James and I can't seem to get enough of projects. I'm kidding of course, but we did decide to add an island in the kitchen. I needed some more room, my kitchen just didn't work for me. It's still a work in progress, but it's wonderful. This will eliminate the need for a kitchen table. I can't wait until it's finally done.
This summer we have been real busy. We have been doing the front yard. We did something different, we made a giant waterfall. We just LOVE it!
So I obviously don't know how to do the slide show. If anyone could give me any pointers that would be great.
So this is what happens when your computer has issues. Our family computer was doing crazy things so I only has my laptop which doesn't have any of my pictures on it. So here is what we have been doing for the last two months.
Brett went to Cub Country on July 11th and 12th. I went with them on Friday and James went with them on Saturday. We had lots of fun! He learned about stars and all kind of things about the galaxy. He played did a frisbee obstacle course, a regular obtacle course. He got to carve something out of soap, with a real pocket knife. They shot off "water bottle rockets". He shot a bow and arrow. All in all he had a great time, and so did all of the mom helpers.
Learning all of the rules to shoot a bow and arrow. 
Getting to shoot the arrow. Brett was a pretty good shot. At least he hit the target.
Playing a silly game. They used their fingers as swords, to see who could win the battle.
Doing a frisbee obstacle course. It was fun watching the boys try to throw frisbees under, over and through things.
