Finally here!

The weekend that is! So glad it has came upon uss

We have a busy weekend ahead. Kelsie has a dance to perform at the football game tonight at halftime! She is super pumped about this. The little girls have worked hard at making this dance perfect!

She has pictures for cheer leading tomorrow morning, practice after pictures, and a flag football game to cheer at right after practice! The best part about this weekend is that I am off of work and able to spend every minute with her!

Oh, and my awesome aunt (aka "mom") is coming also to stay the entire weekend! I love her company. She is such a strong and beautiful lady! She has made me who I am today.

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Rusty Man

Meet Rusty!

He is one of our family pets! We have two German Shepherds who stay outside, two cats who stay outside Rusty man who stays inside!

We inherited Rusty from a family member who couldn't care for him anymore. Let me tell ya~we love this little guy!!

We say he is Kelsies dog but if your around us then you know he follows ME EVERYWHERE! I am talking~turn around and you literally step on him. Poor guy. He has been stepped on lots of times. Jeff says he will learn but I'm beginning to think that he won't.

Anyways, my reasoning for posting about him is because I had to take this little man to the vet the other day because he got in some mouse poison. Did you know that you have to make them vomit right after they eat the poison? Useless info, but you do. I had to spend all night the other night with him trying to make him vomit. Not a pretty thing to do either. I had to give him a teaspoon of salt, wait 15 minutes, give him a tablespoon of peroxide, wait 15 mins...do the salt thing and peroxide thing three times and the fella finally got sick..and then he couldn't stop getting sick. IMAGINE that!

He is doing much better now! He had to have a shot and be put on some pills for a week but he is doing good now. Whew! I couldn't imagine this little guy not being around anymore. I couldn't imagine having to call the family member and telling her that we killed the dog. That could've been bad.

Kelsie loves him and so do I
Just thought I'd share that little bit of info with ya! Ha!
Have a great evening!

Blessed with Friends

I just want to say that I am truly blessed with the best friends in the world. I have gotten really close with these two ladies. The top one is of my dear friend Mandy. She is truly an awesome woman! Beautiful on the inside and out. Our girls have gone to school together since preschool (not that its been forever ago). They are the best of friends. I thank her for everything she has done for me and I know she is thanking me for what I've done for her!! We do a lot of things with the Pucketts! They are a great family!

The bottom picture is of my great friend Jessica! She is the best. We have such a great time when we are together! Our families get along so well and our children just adore each other!(well, most of the time they do)! I just love her. Her and her husband Jeremy are awesome peeps :)

I love my best friend in the world so much~words cannot even explain! She is not pictured because I haven't seen her in a really long time. She is my friend from school. Her name is Michele and I just think about her every day! We don't talk as often as we used to but when we do get the chance to talk it's like we never missed a single day!

I just wanted to share a little bit about my friends. I have other friends, some I would like to see more often, some I am more of just an aquantence with that I'd like to get to know better, some I don't really like their lifestyles so I just don't even try. (I know...thats horrible).

Good friends are hard to come by so cherish each and every moment you have with them!
I truly am blessed!

Have a great day!

Hillbilly Deluxe

I was rummaging through my pictures on my computer and came across these two. These were taken in August on one of our last "nice" days. It is a picture of Kelsie and a friend at Linda and Charlies.

I am not sure why I like these so much but I do. There really isn't any particular reason why I do like them other than the fact the girls look so damn cute.

I mean really! Look at those outfits! Love! Love! Love! These two really do think alike. These outfits were so not planned! Look at that rear on Kelsie. It looks so cute! I am a sucker for the rear end on that kid. Its almost so perfectly imperfect!! Love her. They were feeding Rosco some carrots because he was such a good boy during their ride!

Just wanted to share these photos!

Have a great weekend!

Love to you all.

Mile long to do list.

I have been thinking about redoing my house. I'm talking REDOING my house! I am actually super excited about it that I want to get it all done now. Thats where the impatient me kicks in. When I get my mind wondering I want to get my body working and get it all complete. I have made myself a mile long to do list. Here are a few things I have for ya.
 1. Get the leak fixed. (we have had a major water leak in our living room so we had to rip up the carpet).
 2. repaint the living room
 3. go through stuff (if it hasn't been used in a year~get rid of it)
 4. go through totes of clothes...winter out and put summer in!
 5. go through ALL closets
 6. finish painting my bedroom
 7. organize, organize, and organize

 Can you tell I am not an organized person at all? Well, let me tell ya that that is gonna change! SOON! I am in the phase of can't find anything that I need and I'm sick of it. I need to go through Kelsies old school papers and get rid of some of those. I said some, not all. I need to go through my clothes. If they don't fit now they probably wont in a year so why hang on to them. Need any clothes anyone? I am going to have quite a few.
 Anyways...my list is lots longer but wanted to spare you the time. I'm off to start chalking off some of my to do list before I have to go to work!  I will keep you posted on some of our projects as we go along.
 Have a happy rainy day! Stay warm today. The wind is fierce.
 Love to you all.

Great Times

 We had a lot of fun this weekend! We spent the day shopping in Edinburgh on Sunday. Just the three of us! And, Kelsie behaved!! We got some really good buys too.

 On Monday we had a cookout with my family. We played lots of outdoor games and had lots of food! I just love cookouts with family. It is absolutely, by far, the best times! We got to see family, hold our precious newbies, and laugh like we never laughed before! I truly enjoy my time spent with my family!

 On another note, IS THIS WEATHER NOT TO DIE FOR?!? Oh, how I love fall! (or fall like)! It will probably be back in the near 90s before September is over...ugh.I hope not! I love hanging out in my sweats and going outside in my blue jeans and t-shirts. Oh fall I have longed for you to arrive!
 Happy days to you all! Enjoy this beautiful (minus the wind) weather!

Happy Friday!

I am so happy that Friday has finally gotten here! I have had a very interesting, exhausting, chaotic week.

I hope everyone has a safe and fun holiday weekend. Our holiday weekend consists of cookouts, game playing, and wonderful time with friends and family! Oh, and Monday we are going shopping. Oh. How. I. Love. Shopping.

Be safe!

Currently...

Currently, Kelsie is in her 2nd week of school. She loves her teacher. She loves her classmates. She has homework every single night and believe it or not~she loves it! Now, I know that will wear off sooner than later but for now I am enjoying the fact that homework is a breeze.

 Currently, Kelsie is in gymnastics one night a week and cheerleading 2 times a week. She has a love for cheer leading that I will not ever understand. (I was not a cheer leader in school.) She started gymnastics about 3 1/2 years ago and that is all she does~in the house~in the front and back yards~at gymnastica on Tuesdays~you name the place and I guarantee she has done flips of some sort there! At our house you hear her little feet running down the hall and then THUD. She has flipped.

 Currently, Kelsie has this hate towards getting her picture taken. Not so sure why, but I can't seem to get a decent picture of her (and no..its not just the person taking the photo!) She does some cute things and wears some some of the cutest outfits but WILL NOT. and I repeat WILL NOT let me take her picture.

Notice the "mom. put that camera away look" Honestly, I love it!

 Currently Kelsie has had this horrible attitude. She is so grouchy when she comes home from school its unbelievable. She has always had a little bit of an attitude towards me but nothing like this. She is so grouchy about asking her about her day at school. She refuses to talk about it. Drives. Me. Nuts. I wanna know every single detail about her day, who she played with at recess, who she sat by at lunch, what did she learn in math, what book they read, and she will not tell me any of it. Why? Will we always have this kind of relationship? Please tell me no. Please tell me it gets better. A part of me knows that the silence will not be broken, but a part of me is pleading for her to just talk to me.

 Currently, my love for Kelsie is unreal. I love her to the moon and back. I love her personality. I love that she is grouchy after school (reminds me of myself.. He!He!) I love that she looks just like her daddy. I love that she is six years old. I love that she loves animals and loves to play babies every single night. I just love her and I think the Lord everyday for blessing me with her!
 I hope everyone has a blessed day! On to cheer practice we go!

The good, the bad, and the super adorable

  The good. I am on my third day off! Wow. Three days! I have gotten a lot accomplished in the past few days! House is cleaned. Enjoyed my days alone with Jeff and my evenings with Kelsie. I have had lots of me time also. Who doesn't like "me" time?
   Last night we went to school for Meet the Teacher night. It was a great meeting. I really like Miss Longnecker and so does Kelsie. She is a great lady.

  The bad. I go back to work tomorrow..boo!! I have really enjoyed my days at home. I had all intentions of cleaning the back of the house yesterday and tackling my spare room today but, I started in on Kelsies room and got it all done~I'm talking rearranged~done. She was super excited when she saw it :) The bad part about the house cleaning is I didn't get any of the other rooms done..so now I have to do them today. Oh well!
 The super adorable is Kelsie! She has started Cheerleading. They have 2 squads that cheer on Saturdays for the flag football teams. It is so cute. I love to watch her. Her best friend Karly Puckett is on her team also. They have the same teacher this year also! Whew..I am glad for that...(considering that is ALL Kelsie wanted). They even do gymnastics together. Oh. Trouble. Mandy and I are getting ourselves prepared for when they get older. Its going to be fun. Hope they stay the best of friends. I got this picture last Saturday at the game. Not a very good picture but from where I was sitting, it's all I could get.

I love this action shot.

Monroe Centrals future cheerleaders. Love how Kelsies hair is a mess now and Karlys bow looks like its coming out the sides of her head. I love the imperfectness (is that even a word) of this picture. Best friends!

  

 I hope you all have a great day today. Its going to be rainy so a perfect day to spend indoors. I am cleaning this morning and relaxing with a great book and a smoothie this afternoon.

 On a side note. Today is the last day of August. Oh. How I loved August and kind of hate to see it go.

Out of sorts and such

 Lately I have been out of sorts. Trying to get back into the groove of school life. This summer was so out of routine~letting the house go. We hadn't been home a lot this summer and when we would be home it would be to make a quick mess of things and out the door we would go again! It was fun I tell you but now that we have to get back into it I am looking at this house thinking.. eww gross.
 I know...thats bad. Like. Really bad. But, today is a whole new day! Things are gonna change and back to routine we go.
 Last week, we started to get back to somewhat normal. Kelsie went to bed fairly early, and got up for school on time :) That was such success!! I have 3 days in a row off from work (yesterday being the first) so cleaning, cleaning and more cleaning...organizing, organizing and more organizing for me! I am actually reallly excited about this.

 Yesterday I started the front of the house and got it accomplished.
 Today I am tackling the back of the house. They bedrooms, the bathrooms (ugh) and cleaning the carpets. Tomorrow I am starting (and finishing) the spare~collect all~bedroom.
 Excited? Yes.


 Have a wonderful day! Off to get Kelsie on the bus and start my duties!

Life and its challenges...

 I have faced a few challenges in my life these past few months. I have been trying my hardest to get over these huge humps but to be honest its hard.
  My grandmother was diagnosed with alzheimers disease(sp?). It has really gotten bad, like, to the point she doesn't remember many of her grand kids anymore. The only few she can remember is me and my older sister. I am feeling really guilty that she can remember me and not some of the others because I do not go visit her that often. I know...CATHY..that is your grandmother! I feel real horrible but I just don't go. I am not going to try to make excuses~other than its a long drive.
 On top of that. my dad left my mother and moved to Florida. What was he thinking? I am so mad and angry and hurt all at the same time. I haven't ever had the daddy's little girl relationship with my dad but it still hurts to know that he's gone. I think what hurts the most is that he hasn't even called me. 
 On a good note...Kelsie is still loving first grade! Her teacher told her today that she shouldn't get many strikes because she makes good decisions! That was definite good news!!! I love her. She is the best little lady I know...(other than those dramatic tantrums every now and again). She is growing up to be quite the little woman!
 I am making a commitment to myself to get through these little challenges that life has thrown my way! I am making a promise to visit family more often. I am making a promise to mend my relationship with my father. I love my family so much and want them to be a part of mine and my little families life!
 I hope this wasn't to boring for ya...just had to get it out there!

 Have a great night and hope to blog some more tomorrow!

Week one down!

Well, we have survived our first week of school! We have lots planned this weekend so I wanted to get this post in while I could.
 Kelsie gets released a little early from school today for the funeral for Jenny Haskell. I pray for the strength for her friends and family to make it through this difficult day.
 As I have said before, Kelsie started cheerleading! She cheers at a flag football game on Saturday morning and then on Saturday evening she has a gymnastics performance at Blue Birds Days. I love that she loves gymnastics. She has been doing gymnastics for 3 years now!!
 And the good thing about this weekend is that Papa bear is home and we get the whole weekend with him. If you know Jeff, you know he works 3rd shift so we don't get to have family days together very often. But. When we do we make the most out of it!

Hope you all enjoy your weekend. I know we are going to ours!

 Happy Friday!

Just a little follow up!

 Kelsie has had a wonderful first 2 days of school! She loves her teacher. Has her best friend in class with her. Has 3 classroom pets! How could you not love first grade. We have been really busy these past few weeks. Kelsie is in cheerleading and in gymnastics so we have done nothing but run ALL over Parker City. Between juggling working full time and being a mommy full time and a house wife(well, not really wife because we are not married) full time I'm pooped. We have gymnastics and cheer practice today so that is all I have for now. Off to watch little miss do her flips! She is getting really good at them too :)

 Here is a little photo of her doing one of her back bends! Hope you all enjoy your evening! Ours is going to be great!

What? Really? Already?

First Grade. Are you kidding me?!! I honestly can't believe it is that time already. Summer just flew on by us! We did have a great summer and we were very prepared about first grade, but, didn't really today to be the first day. Ya know what I mean? My little lady did look gorgeous today! I was a little nervous for her this morning. Thinking, will she know where to go when she gets off the bus? Will she be scared? Will she get embarrassed in any way today? You know, the things moms worry about.

Look at the missing tooth! And the one that is just barely hanging there!

  I can not wait until she gets off the bus! I am ready to see her and hear all about her lovely first day of first grade.

 I hope everyone has a wonderful day today! I am going to get started on cleaning this house!

Kelsie Jo

Kelsie Jo! So many ways to describe this lovely lady. Beautiful. Kind hearted. Attitude like you wouldn't believe. (we say she gets that from her dad). Very Dramatic. Girly on some days. Tom boyish on other days. Has a heart of gold when it comes to animals. Growing up wayyyyy to fast. Six years old. Graduated from Kindergarten and is now going into First grade! That is a big deal at our house! It just amazes me how fast children really do grow up. I remember the day I brought her home. I remember her first steps, her first words, her first smile at me! I remember when she cackled that first cackle, the first time she puckered her lips to kiss me back. The first time she said I love you mommy. I remember her first day of preschool. She cried and followed me down the hallway begging me not to leave her. I remember her first day of Kindergarten...we both cried like babies!! I couldn't wait until 2:45 to be able to pick her up.
I love her so much. I love her personaliy now. I love that she is a little woman now. We have so much fun with her! Her and her dad have a weekly tradition...they go to Muncie and eat lunch and then shop all afternoon. Some days she comes back with bags full of stuff and some days she comes back with just a single pack of gum. They have so much fun on those days! I just love that. Her and I have a different bond. We tell secrets. We talk about boys. We play dress up. We dance in the living room while no one is watching. We love to play games. She looks up to me like a daughter should. I love that. I wouldn't trade a single second of my life!
This week is our last week of summer break...boo!! Seriously. Where did the summer go? It has even felt a little like fall out the past few mornings and its getting cooler in the evenings. We have lots in store for us this week. We have school clothes to get out. Letters to practice. Numbers to practice. Words to sound out. A six year old mind to refresh from the stuff she learned last year. "Last year" seems so long ago. We are going to enjoy our last few days together before first grade!

Hope you all have a lovely day!

Indiana State Fair.

My heart goes out to those whose lives were affected by the awful tragedy. It is a nightmare for some.
 I am so thankful for the Indiana Hoosiers who ran to that stage to help those who were trapped.

I ask that everyone take a moment a day/night to say a small prayer for those families.
Have a great day!

Horsing around!

She loves this time of day!

I love this picture

 

 

 

Meet Rosco! He is Kelsies newest pet. He of course lives at grandmas house so we don't get to see him everyday but when we do she is in heaven! She wanted to show him in 4h this year but you have to be 8 to show in mini 4h. Of course she wasn't happy about that answer. She gets him out of an evening, brushes him, feeds him lots of carrots and sugar cubes! (one for the horse, two for Kelsie, one for the horse, two for Kelsie!) Thats pretty much how that snack goes. These two are definitely going to be best of friends I'm sure He loves her as much as she loves him. If anybody walks to the pasture to try and catch him he runs, but you give Kelsie a rope and he will walk right up to her. Like I said, best friends! I believe so!!

On a side note, there is only 3 more weeks until school starts. Kelsie is going to be in the first grade this year and she is absolutely loving that fact! She cannot wait until school starts back up. We go the 11th to find out who her teacher is..and to see what friends are in her class this year. Fingers crossed her and Karly Puckett get the same teacher this year! They are such great friends and that would be totally awesome for the both of them if they could be in the same class. This summer, Kelsie has become even more independent. Her love for her dad and I is unbelievable! She wants us no where out of her sight at ALL times! I love her more and more everyday!

I know this was a random scattered post but hey, who says I'm not random and scattered! Hope everyone is enjoying their days and staying cool in this crazy hot weather!

Family day Sunday

On Sunday we got up and headed to Fort Wayne for the day! WE went to the Fort Wayne Zoo (if you have not ever been~highly recommended)! We had an awesome time there with the Puckett ladies! We loved watching the animals but I have to say the monkeys are the best by far. The little lady wanted to do nothing but watch the monkeys. Have you ever really stood there and watched them? They are sooo human like but at the same time..they are soo nasty. We fed the Giraffes and even rode a few rides!

The Love of the Game

 As I think I mentioned before that Kelsie has now moved up from t-ball to softball! She loves this sport..much like her daddy loves Baseball. The last two years she was in t-ball learning the basics of the sport but this year, she has moved up to the pitching machine! Whoa~in the words of a six yr old. She is quiet intimidated by that machine but she is actually doing really well. She still has a few of the fundamentals to learn but all in all she's doing great!
 I'm so glad Softball is something that her and her daddy both love! It gives them something that the two of them can do together. She loves the fact that her daddy is her coach. It was super hard for me to get him to commit to it but now that he has been coaching for a few weeks now you can tell on his face that he loves every minute of  it.  Thank you Jeff for being a wonderful father to our beautiful daughter!
 Hope everyone has a very blessed day! 

And Summer has Begun!!

Oh how I love summertime! I am pretty sure I have mentioned that before! Kelsie has officially graduated from Kindergarten! Oh. My. Gosh. Did I just say Kelsie is going to be a first grader!!?!! Its so hard to believe. We had a busy last week of Kindergarten. We went on a field trip to Baker Park, had field day, and have had lots of softball games. We have had a pretty busy, hectic schedule here lately but this weekend was just a fun weekend for us. We got to hang out at the fair with friends and spend some much needed family time together! Hope you all had a great weekend.
Here's to a speedy, less hectic week!

This is our day at home spending time in the wonderful outdoors!

Kelsies graduating Kindergarten class on the field trip

Our fun weekend at the fair

Posing with a few friends at the fair!!!

We are sooo in to softball right now! Sooo focused!