Monday, September 3, 2012

06.25.12 Hair Gone Wrong





This Owl is having a bad hair day and Annemarie was having a bad look day!  lol

06.24.12 Animal Hand Prints





Animal hand prints.  They were fun to make.  Annemarie did great with hers.  She did a tiger I did a giraffe.

06.23.12 Water Castle




Building an Island at shore with a nice big Castle on it.  Couldn't forget the moat. 

06.22.12 Swing Torture





Brian sure loves stirring his girl up!  Annemarie was getting so mad at him for trying to swing into her!  lol




Stopping just shy enough to irritate her, nice and good!  lol

06.21.12 - Holding a Lizard





So proud of Annemarie for holding the lizard. I thought she would freak but she didn't!

Tuesday, June 19, 2012

06.20.12 Sweet Banana Pepper


My very first Sweet Banana Pepper!  OMG it's going to be so good!  I so can't wait to eat that baby!

06.19.12 Burner Patterns



Brian decided that we needed a strainer, so he laid the bowl on a hot burner.  Pretty design huh???  lol

Sunday, June 17, 2012

06.18.12 More food from the Garden





Chicken Meatloaf Muffins!  Looks like dog food, but oh my goodness it takes so good.

06.17.12 Father's Day






I beyond totally love this smile on his face.  Brian may not be the best father on earth, but 90% of the time he tries to be the best.  He's my best friend, I know he's the best friend his children could ask for.  He's got a great heart.  I just really love him, wish I had met him years ago, but not sure I could have appreciated him as much if I had.  It's all about God's timing.

06.16.12 Noah's Landing Zoo


This is the coolest picture!  So cool, I love action pictures.

06.15.12 Sad Dog!

 She couldn't see out the window without a boost!  NOT, she's just lazy, super lazy.

06.14.12 Huge Fireworks






This box of fireworks was $699.00. 700 bucks, seriously.  WOW!  No, he didn't get it!  lol

06.12.12 Food from the Garden

This is chicken salsa, peppers and tomatoes from our garden.

06.11.12 The Blooming Garden





The first bunch of tomatoes from our garden!

06.10.12 The end to the birthday weekend



She had a good weekend.  These weekend celebrations exhaust me!  lol

06.09.12 The Birthday Party Finally

 The Birthday Girl and her Guests!
 
 

06.08.12 - The Pinata





We did the pinata, to ensure everything was the same between both parties!  This unfair crap is horrible.  This has become my new goal to break the "unfair" crap!

06.07.12 Preparing for the Big Birthday Party






This is a special birthday for Annemarie, not really the age, she is turning 7.  But 18 months ago her Daddy and mother separated for good.  Last year was a really rough year for her.  I started dating her Daddy in August and her sister's birthday was in September.  Her Daddy was invited to her own party but not invited to her sister's party now that he's dating, (side note: it's only ok for the mother to have her boyfriend around since the day she kicked Daddy out!).  So, her sister got a birthday party at our house, which meant she got 2 parties, Annemarie was barely 6 then and did understand, but when her birthday rolled around she sure remembered it.  lol  So this birthday party had to be good.  We did the party early so she could invite her school mates before school ended (side note: even the 9 1/2 year old sister calls unfair!  lol).  To ensure a little extra special, I made her her very own small cake, like a 1 year old gets.  She loved it.

06.06.12 Erik's Birthday

When he was 2 years old, second row on the right.
Now he's 21!

06.05.12 Goofy Dog






She loves her tail!  Huge nut for it

06.04.12 A Dog Bath





Anela finally gets a well needed bath!  So fun!  Glad it's not me!  lol

06.03.12 King's Dominion


I can't remember the name of this roller coaster, but I do remember that it's 305 feet in the air and almost a complete 80 degree angle down.  No freaking freaking way!

06.02.12 King's Dominion



This is the Anaconda!  Now I love snakes, love them, but I don't love snake rollercoasters!  No way, no thanks!  That cork screw on the bottom left hand side of the picture, is a BIOOOTTTCHHHHH,, so did not like it!  lol  I think that would be the point where I yelled I'm going to kill you Brian!  lol

06.01.12 King's Dominion Weekend

As we were getting ready to leave for King's Dominion, I spotted my tomato, it finally came into full bloom!  I'm so excited!

05.31.12 Astronaut


This astronaut should have stayed on the moon with this tude!  lol

05.30.12 The group





Brian and his kids!

05.29.12 Playing in the yard






Even Anelia wanted to take part in the yard play!

05.28.12 Birthday Party Fun


Annemarie at Faith's B-day Party at the water park.

05.27.12 Children's Museum in Rocky Mount

At the Children's Museum.  A fun mirror play.

Saturday, May 26, 2012

05.26.12 - The River with Ryan

Lil B and Ryan played below a small waterfall for a while.  We had a ton of fun playing on the river.  Climbing rocks, wading through the water, playing in the pools of water, the mini waterfalls.  What a great day!

05.25.12 - Ryan's First Visit

Brian's son Ryan came to visit us for the weekend.  Now that we have the car, we will be seeing so much more of him and Ridge his twin brother.  Ridge isn't as social as Ryan.  So we will take Ryan home early on Monday and spend the day with him also!

05.24.12 - Sore Leg!


Well, those rocks look like that are great to be jumping, leaping and having fun on, but I was wrong!  This is the spot where I fell, I face and body planted into the rock I'm sitting on.  And my foot got lodged under the small rock there.  At the time only my toe hurt bad, but by Wednesday my leg was hurting bad and the bruises had come out.  Thursday, I decided to ride my motorcycle to work, the vibration was horrible and killed my leg!  Horrible.

I discovered I'm 49 1/2 not 9 1/2, but will I do it again, you betcha!

05.23.12 - Jonny

It's my son Jonny's 22nd birthday!  I love him to death.  He got this look from my mother, although, my mom does it in the other direction.

05.22.12 - Water Fun

A tiny waterfall for a tiny girl.

05.21.12 - Water Fun





The tiny waterfall.  lol

05.20.12 - The End to Really Good Weekend

A Crane came to visit us while we played on the river.  I love when the girls get a chance to see wild creatures in their own area.  Both girls were mimicking the Crane!

This was the best weekend with the girls.  It was sad taking them home.  Lil B didn't wanna go home and she cried when being dropped off.  We explained to her that it would only be for 5 days and then there was going to be a huge surprise for them on Friday!  She yelled back at us "It's going to be 5 days of HELL!"  I hate that, I really don't know what is going on in that house, but when a 9 year old tells me that, something is not right.  Ugh!  We can't afford a lawyer to get custody of them, and worse yet, she would qualify for Legal Aid and get a Lawyer!  It's horrible!

Like everything else we just have to leave it in God's hands and pray that he keeps the girls safe.


05.19.12 - Tarboro Street Fair

We went to another town to visit their little street fair.  There is an Arts school in that town and they were out there were letting the girls make art.  This is Lil B and Brian making a clay fish.

05.18.12 - SMORES!





SMORES!  Everyone loves SMORES!  Lil A enjoying hers!

05.17.12 - Green Bell Peppers

 I have two green bell peppers finally growing.  I'm so excited.  I can't wait until they are all grown up!

05.16.12 The Fart


I was just sitting below the rock taking pictures of everyone and I FARTED, you would think I killed the world the way she was acting!  lol  So, NOT!  lol

05.15.12 The Love of My Life





Watching his girl play in the river.  He's a Bear's fan, but hey he can't be everything!  lol  No one is perfect.  Sometimes just watching people and watch people, you can find peace in their peacefulness.  I'm a lucky woman to have such a wonderful man in my life!