Getting Close

That is to school time. Ian starts back to school on the 17th of Aug. He is really not that excited to go back, but I hope he has a good school year. Last week I got his school supplies list. It may take me a while to get everything.
Here is the list.

1 Box of colors

1 pair of scissors

1 bottle of Elmer's glue

10 pencils

1 12" ruler

1 small composition notebook

2 pink erasers

4 packages of loose leaf paper

2 boxes of Kleenex

3 packages of toilet tissues

6 rolls of paper towel

1 large package of napkins

2 packages of baby wipes

2 packages of drinking cups (9 oz)

3 cans of kool-aid

I just keep thinking about in a couple of years when I have 2 of these list. Ian goes to a very small private school, and there is about 30 kids in the whole school. That is pre k thru 5th. I only pay 150.00 a month and I just love the school. I have got about 6 things on the list thank God I have some more time. I like to get a little every week that way it doesn't seem like I am spending so much. Of course I am not but it at least it feels like it.

Hubby went back to work today and it was a little strange. I was getting ust to him being home. Today when I watched Christy and Dr. Quinn it was not the same. I am however am happy that I don't have to cook lunch. I was frying chicken and everything else for lunch when he was home and now it it back to good old fish sticks.

Ian lost another tooth Saturday. Him and his dad where playing around and he ran to the bathroom like something was wrong. I guess during playing with his dad the tooth got pushed or hit on. When I went to check on him it was just hanging out of his head. I just touched it and it fell right out. It was the quickest tooth pull so far. I forgot to get a pic of him so I will have to post that latter, but he sure does look cute with his two front teeth gone.

Well I guess that is all for tonight. I really hate to close a post without pics so here are some random photos of our vacation last year. We really hated not going to the beach this year because we all love it so much. Hopefully next year we will be able to go.

Well I Did It

Well after months of searching I finally picked out a new comforter set for my bed. I was going to get one for Mother's Day but I couldn't find one I like at the price I was willing to spend. So last night on ebay I found one that I just love. I think it will look real nice on my bed. I got if for 93 dollars. I thought that was a steal since it retails for about 300 dollars. Then I go to Macy's website and see that they had it for 70 something dollars on sell. It was to late I had already gotten the one from ebay. Oh well the ebay one had free shipping so I guess I came out good.

Animals

I love animal very, very, much. Over the years that me and hubby have been married we have had many. First was my turtles Trunks and Goten. We had them for a long time but I soon realized that they where needed more care that I could give them so we found them a new home. Then was Addie our first dog. We got her about 9 months before we got married she lived with hubby because there is no way my parents where going to let a dog live in there house. She died when Ian was just a baby. I don't know what happened to her I just went out to feed her one day and she was dead. It just looked like she went to sleep.

Then we got a cat Piccolo. The cat was crazy but was very much loved until he started attacking the children and I had to put him outside. We think he was ran over by a car because one day he was limping and then we just never seen him again.

Then we got penny we got her for Addie and they where the best of friends. Penny died about 5 months ago she lived with my inlaws and I guess by all rights was there dog. When me moved in front of my inlaws she spent all her time down there. I guess we could not compete with a cool shed and any and everything she wanted to eat. I think she might have gotten heart worms. She lived for 7 years.

There was also another cat named Dende. Oh how I loved that little cat. We found him around my hubby's uncles house. The cat was wild but after some tender loving car became just a lap cat. He got out of our house one night threw a window. The next day I found him dead. I have never in my life cryed so hard over a animal. I usually take my animals death very well. Maybe it was because I was about 3 months pregnant with Ian and you know all the hormones.

Then we got another cat Mr. Popo. My friend didn't want him anymore so we took him. He was very sweet but was put outside with Piccolo. He was wander off a lot going across to all the campers that stay in the park. One day we could not find him and I choose to believe that maybe one of the campers took him.

I then thought my animal days where over. I guess I was wrong because my hubby and Ian bring home this little kitten that was no bigger then my hand. They had pulled it out of a dogs mouth. I took this little cat in and thought well I will give it a place to die I just know it will not live. I fed it out of a med. syringe and low and behold the little cat did make it. When we took the little cat in I gave it a bath because it had dog slobber all over it. Ian says "mom why does the cat not have a tail." I said "Ian the cat has a tail." Then ofcourse I look and this tiny little cat does not have a tail. How in the world Ian knew that is beyond me. My husband wanted to name it Bob because of the tail thing and I told him I think the cat is a girl. It was hard to tell because the cat was so small. My inlaws decided that they wanted the kitten and so we gave it to them. The cats name is still bob and yes it is a girl. Then of course you all know about our sweet Lady.

Ok so now you may be depressed because I have told you about all my animals deaths. Or maybe you are asking yourself why did she just tell this long drawn out story. Well I guess to say that I do love animal even if it seems like I have on luck with them. I have never in my life not had a animal around. Growing up we had many many dogs. My dad had this great idea after having Pit bulls that he could make some money by breeding them. Well lets just say it really didn't work as he had wanted it to. The problem was he couldn't keep the neighbors dogs form breeding with his dogs. So we got lots of mutes that no one was going to pay money for. It did mean that we had lots and lots of puppy's.

Growing up I always wanted to be a veterinarian, pediatrician, or a marine biologist. I don't know what ever happened to those dreams. One reason was well I just wasn't smart enough but another was I have a problem with needles. So maybe there was really no point in telling this story because all I really wanted to do was post some photos I took at the zoo Monday. I didn't take many because it is hard to take photos when you are trying to keep up with a wild 3 year old. You will notice that I have a love affair with black and white photos.

What Would Your Child Say? Wednesday

Well its time to tell those silly things that children sometimes say.

I was going over the rules with Ian about the pool. Well mid sentence he stops me and says "oh mom I know, never go in the pool by yourself. Because its not good to drown by yourself." I was like no Ian that would not be a good idea. lol He is just so funny.



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Memphis Trip

Well Monday I got up at 5 and by 6 we were out the door. We stopped in Cleveland, MS and had breakfast at McDonald's. I of course had the egg, bacon and cheese biscuit. Then it was back on the road. We made it to Memphis and it took awhile but we found the Pink Palace.



The main reason we went was for the Dino's but we went threw the whole museum and we had a great time. Here are some of the many things we seen.











Then we went to the Memphis Zoo











Then the kids started to look like this.

So we left.

We tried to find the place that we wanted to eat at, but after a hour of searching we gave up and headed home. Bradon had fell and hurt his leg at the zoo so no one was really happy. We stopped by a place in Greenville, MS that has bar-b-que sandwiches and it was great. My husband had ate at this place before but I never had. We came home and I was so hungry I hadn't ate anything since that morning. I didn't get a plate or sit down. I just stood at the counter in the kitchen and inhaled my food. It was so good I just wish I would have ate slower so I could have enjoyed it.

I am back

Well my Internet has been down for a couple of days. I had said before that I could not post pics because it was moving so slow and then well it just finely stopped all together so I have some catching up to do.

Ok on July 23rd 2002 at 12:45 pm Ian Bradley came into this world. My hubby gave him his first name and I gave him his middle name. He is just a sweet boy and I just couldn't see a my life without him in it. I just love this little guy!!



Saturday we had his 7th Birthday Party. Everyone had a good time.










So We are planning to go to Memphis Monday as long as everyone is ok. The reason I say this is because Bradon woke up Friday morning saying his knee hurt. He wouldn't walk on if for a hour. He says that he hurt it on his bed but I am not sure how. Plus I didn't hear him cry over the monitor and I would think if he hurt his knee bad enough not to walk on then surly he would have cried when he hurt it. Plus this information is coming from a 3 year old. Anyways I was going to take him to the doctor but he started walking on it. Latter that night he started running a fever. A thousands thoughts have been going threw my mind. I think maybe the fever is because he has been sneezing and had a dry cough, but you know you hear so many bad things on the Internet that it still has me worried. So keep my little man in your prayers.

Well back to the trip. Since we will be going this week I thought I would post some pics of a past trip we took to a place called High Delta Safari Park. We took the kids last year after my son had taken a trip with his school. It was very fun and alot different form a zoo. I didn't know we had a place like this so close to home. Well here are some pics of our good time.

The Boys with a cute little camel.

The boys petting a baby Zedonk. Zendoks are a cross between a Zebra and a Donkey. 2 Zedonks can't breed.

Bradon feeding a goat.



Ian feeding a camel







I just love baby pigs.

Well I am off the bed I have to get up 5am. Oh how I hate getting up early.

What Would Your Children Say? Wednesday

Well I really don't have anything funny that my kids have said but it is sweet. My mom picks up Ian and my niece Arial up from school everyday. Well one day Arial fell down after school and hurt her leg. She was crying and very upset and Ian says " Its ok Arial God will take care of it God takes care of everything." This ofcourse made my mom cry and put a tear in my eye as well. I am so happy that my children love the Lord. Ian never and I mean never misses church. He goes on Sunday morning, Sunday night, and Wednesday night. He even goes when they have a business meeting every month. If he finds out for some reason we can't go he gets very upset. I only go on Sunday morning because that is the only time they have nursery. If I went any other time I would be stuck in there with Bradon so for now until he gets old enough to be good in church that is my schedule, but not Ian he goes whenever the doors are open.

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