July 4th

This year our July 4th was spent at home. Katie was home from Governor's School. We went over to a friend's house for dessert and a spectacular fireworks show. We also got to see God's fireworks as well, as it was trying to storm!!! Fortunately the scary stuff waited till after we got home! Here are a few pictures... I didn't get too many great fireworks pictures, but there are a couple I really like!

I saw her!!!

My Katie that is! I got to see her last night at the concert they had for parents, students, etc. She looked beautiful, and as soon as I saw her, I cried, yep, I will admit it, I started boo hoo'ing! I didn't realize I had missed her THAT much till I finally saw my baby!!! After the concert, she came up and hugged and hugged me... she didn't let go for a long time!!! Here are a few photos... the first one is the entire choir, the second is her and their Choral teacher/director. The concert was FABULOUS by the way!!!

Graduation Day

Yesterday my baby graduated from 5th grade, and today he spent his last day ever in elementary school! How fast they grow! In just a short month he will start middle school. Where has the time gone? I was thinking yesterday while at the graduation I have been "in" that school for 10 years... Katie's years and then with Timothy. It will definitely be strange to pass the school and not think my baby is in there. Here are a few photos from Mr. Personality who LOVES to have his photo taken... NOT!

I scrapped!

Haven't been doing a whole lot of that lately, but I did scrap yesterday and today! Here are my 2 pages!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LEIGH!!!

Today is my Sister Leigh's birthday... she'd shoot me if I told you how old she is, but let's just say, she's older than me!!! LOL

The first memories I have of my sister are when she moved in with us when she was around 9 and I was 5. Like any loving sisters, we got along grandly... right from the start. We were the epitome of perfect sisters.... (you belive that right?) OK, truth be told, we fought like cats and dogs. Years have passed but now we get along great, so I wanted to wish my sister the greatest of birthday wishes on this special day!!! And of course you know I cannot have a blog entry without a picture, so let me leave you with this gorgeous picture of how I remember my sister!!!

Moving Day!

Today Katie left to go to Governor's School. Accompanied by her dad, her Poppy and her Uncle Butch, she moved everything she would need for 6 weeks into her dorm room. It was a sad day for me because I couldn't be there for her when she left, but she knew I was thinking about her and wishing her the best of luck! I *think* she packed enough... here's a photo of her stuff... it had more of an impact before it was in bags and boxes...



The keyboard went as well, along with a refridgerator that was not in the photo, a tennis raquet, and a page long list of "last minute" items! Fortunately she is not too far from home in case she forgot something....

Cough*Cough*Cough

From Wral-tv news online:
"Smoke drifting west from a slowly spreading wildfire in eastern North Carolina has led state regulators to upgrade their warning against outdoor activity in the Triangle.

The state Division of Air Quality issued a Code Red warning for the region and for Rocky Mount Thursday afternoon that is expected to remain in effect through Friday.

WRAL meteorologist Chris Thompson said light winds overnight will allow the smoke to sit over the Triangle overnight, so the effects of the smoke will be worse Friday morning. Winds form the southeast could help move the smoke out of the area later in the day, he said."

Yep, it is definitely smokey out there! Here's a photo looking up to Mom and Dad's house from mine:

My Funny Face Boy!!!

I love these pictures of Timothy... it helps to remind me he's still my little boy when he so much these days tries to act like a Man!

I used a sketch here for the week #23 challenge on 52 Sketches...52 Weeks if you have not been to this site you should check it out!!! Lots of great sketches here!!

New Do!

Yep, Katie got her hair cut again... she gets it shorter and shorter each time these days! I am scared of what it will be like next!!!

My Handyman!

Nope... I don't need one...

... a man that is... LOL

My mom has told me for years I need to find me a man, so I will have someone around to "fix" things when dad isn't able anymore. Well, guess what? My little man is FINALLY old enough to be the Handyman!!! We bought a bookcase at Wally World the other day, and he insisted he could put it together all by himself... well, take a look at his work!

Opps... I did it again!

I waited a whole week to update! I guess you can probably tell that means I am up and about and much more active now! I am heading back to work on the 31st. That is a YAY and a BOO all at the same time! I am still having Physical Therapy twice a week, but I have also added in walking daily. I walked 1/2 mile on Thursday and Friday. Not too much but it is a grand start from having not really walked at all since March! OK, on to some new pages... I went to Archivers this past week with some "scrapping buddies" and I managed to finish 2 pages, and *almost* finish 2 more. I need to finish the other 2, but for now, here are the complete ones:

Did You Miss Me?

You'd think I had been gone, right? Nope, just lazy! Nothing exciting going on around here... I am getting better every day, I am walking now with a limp, but walking none the less! I am hoping to go back to work here very soon. I go back to the doctor on Tuesday, so I know I will find out for sure then what the verdict is! For now, I will try to be more consistent with updates! Here are a few photos of the kiddos I took yesterday. It was great to be able to get all the kids... so Katie and Timothy will have pictures with their brother and sister!!! Aren't they all so cute? (course I will have a devil of a time trying to figure out what colors to use to scrap them, but that's what I have Lisa for...LOL)

A few More

I seem to be on a scrapping roll lately! Here are a few pages I did today!!

Weekend Pages...

Here are a few pages I did this weekend! I have had a blast scrapping, and am ready to continue!!! I have done a total of 7 pages since Friday!

Saturday...

So, I have been a bit slack this week on posting. I'll try to make up for it, ok? I went back to the doctor on Tuesday,and he said things are looking good and I am making progress. I am now allowed to put weight on my foot and try some walking. That has been difficult, but it seems I can walk for miles when I take my pain meds...LOL... I also started physical therapy and am working on the range of motion in my ankle. I go twice a week, and it seems to be helping a lot already. That's really it for the updates here... nothing exciting going on. Here's my most recent page I did yesterday...

It's the little things....

That I miss a lot right now by still being off my feet.... Mom and I went shopping today for flowers. I usually buy lots of flowers and plant them myself... grumbling the whole time of course. Today, I couldn't do that, because I can't get into the areas where I plant! I did manage to get a few things, and mom planted them for me! Here's my flower bed...



So, tomorrow, I go back to the Doctor for my 6 week check up. I am a little scared. I am worried about an area or two on my heel and what is gonna have to happen to make it better. To spare you the gorey details, I had an area of excess pressure with the cast on, and it caused a part of the heel to "die." Then I am still having quite a bit of swelling when I sit with my leg dangling. I can't imagine what this will mean in terms of me walking again, and then getting back to work. We shall see I guess... and I will update more after tomorrow!

Random Photos...

Wanted to share some photos of my kiddos that aren't kitties! LOL These pictures of Katie were from Friday night before she went to a Masquerade Ball/Birthday party. We had fun playing around and getting lots of good pictures!








Of course I cannot leave out my sweet boy! Here are some shots of Timothy playing basketball today!


These are Timothy spinning the basketball on his finger.. check out the tongue position!



Here's a lay up shot...



Swooooooossssshhhhhhhhhhhh!

3 New Pages!

I actually sat down and took some time to scrap today! It felt good to get so much done in one day!!! Here are more Kitties...

Princess Day...

I did 2 pages today of Katie at Halloween! Both happen to be Disney Characters! Here they are...


This is Katie at Halloween 1996 as Timkerbelle...


Halloween 1997 as Jasmine

Monday's Confessions....

OK, so I will fess up... I am a Reality TV Junkie. Tonight I started watching Dancing With the Stars for the first time ever... (thanks Lisa LOL). Yep, I am hooked already!!! So add that to my Big Brother, Survivor, Biggest Loser, Hell's Kitchen, Your Mama Can't Dance, and Keeping Up With the Kardashian's list, and you can definitely say I am a junkie! Here's the rub.. Tuesday night is a problem with Big Brother, Biggest Loser, Hell's Kitchen and now Dancing's result show... I am ain BIG trouble! What's a girl to do?


In other news... I will leave you with the best excuse NOT to do laundry...