RIP Summer......Let Classes Begin!

We said good bye to summer yesterday. David took the boat out one last time with Emily and Abby, Uncle Steve and Jenna. Of course they didn't get home until 8:30 which is when the girls where suppose to be in bed but hey.....it was the last day of summer and pretty soon the lake won't have any water in it anyway!
Fast forward, it is now 9:00 ish and the girls are getting into bed! But no ones is sleepy, except Emily, who is not going to school tomorrow. Fast forward to 10:30 Abby and Olivia are awake! Needless to say this morning was rough on some.

Olivia set her alarm for 6:45 and for the first time in her 9 year history she got herself up on her own with no assistance from the parental units!!!!!! Yay, Olivia! I guessing that means she was very excited to start 5th grade! Wow, can't believe she is a fifth grader! She has a very sweet and precious teacher. Thank you Lord for working that out!

Abby had a much harder time getting up. She had lost her excitment about going to school with her sister this year! Her toe was hurting her this morning and by the time we left for school she said her whole leg was hurting. Sitting at the breakfast table this morning she told me she didn't want to go to school today. I know she is anxious but I know it will be a great day for her. She is going to first grade again this year and though she said she was okay with that, I wonder what might really be going through her head.

Can't wait to pick these girls up from school today and hear their stories! Will post more this afternoon!

Bella....Bella......Bella.....The Story of Dogsitting

David has been hounding me for a long time about getting a dog......I have made my position clear......I DO NOT WANT ANOTHER THING TO TAKE CARE OF!.....We can only get a dog that doesn't poop or pee!
Well, last week he offered "our" services, to dog sit! I wasn't too happy but what was I too do without looking like a witch? So last Wednesday Bella shows up at our door. A little gray mini schnauzer and by the time she left yesterday, I actually thought maybe having a dog inside would be so bad after all. (My father will be happy to hear this!)
Of course when she first arrived I was finding all kinds of angles to make the kids think having a dog wasn't such a great idea. I knew one way to get Abby on board with me, everytime Bella went outside, I would say to Abby there she goes to poop again. Abby always wanted to know exactly where in the backyard she was pooping. I could see the wheels turning in her head. She did not want to play in a backyard full of poop! Needless to say after a couple of days I stopped that!
She was a super sweet dog that of course knew I wasn't crazy about her, so she always wanted to sit in my lap or follow me around!
So now momma has changed her mind......I just hope and pray when we get a dog....it is just like Bella!

Lovely Ladies Play Cards........

Well, that is what the girls told me aunt JeanAnn told them yesterday when they were having a tea party at their house. So today when they were having a tea party at our house they wanted to play cards. Abby went to retrieve the Little Pet Shop Go Fish cards! Do you think lovely ladies played Go Fish? Of course, I forgot to take a picture of them playing cards. But here they are enjoying their tea party! This was at the end of their three day playing spree! The girls are blessed to have so many wonderful cousins!