Just sharing some random pictures of the family.



I took this picture of Hannah to use for my Jessica Sprague class. Can't wait until the computer is fixed so I can use my photoshop and try the new things I have learned.



This picture was for my picture of the day yesterday. They are acting like they are getting ready to run me over & then I really thought they were going to run me over :)



This picture of Luke and Ben I took this morning for my picture of the day today. They were laughing hysterically smelling each other's feet. Oh whatt little boys do to entertain themselves.

More Scrapping! Woo. Hoo.

I got 4 more LOs done this weekend. Yea!



I took pictures of Luke & Ben one afternoon while they were playing in the water on the back porch. Talk about cheap entertainment.



Confession ~ I bought this paper just because I liked it and took a picture of Hannah eating a popsicle so I could do a LO with the paper :)



Love this picture of Colton & Max. Colton said Max was smiling.



I love the song "Do You Realize?" by The Flaming Lips. I thought this picture of Hannah was perfect to make a LO using the song title. The journaling says "that you have the most beautiful face." I have "Do You Realize?" over on my playlist if you like to hear how the song goes just in case you haven't heard it before.

Got Scrappy

Brent left yesterday afternoon to go float the Illinois River in Talequah, OK so it's been quite around our house. I got to scrap a little this afternoon and I'm planning on doing more tonight. It has been a long time since I have worked on LOs so it's been nice.





We are getting ready for our trip to Colorado. I can't wait. Our little county has been under heat advisories for the past few days so we are ready for some cooler weather.

4th of July Big Bad Bash

We had a wonderful time yesterday celebrating the fourth of July with family & friends. We had a fish fry for lunch & then a hamburger/hot dog cookout for supper. I thought I got at least one picture of everybody through out the day but I didn't. Everybody that had cameras can email me (slh1mom@gmail.com) their pictures, thank you!

Getting Ready!

We are running around here trying to get everything ready for our 4th of July bash. I need to make cupcakes, make chocolate sheet cake, get veggies ready for hamburgers, make cole slaw, make toppers for cupcakes, make party mix, make a poster and the one I'm dreading the most, clean house. I got up early this morning so I could beat the crowds and heat at Walmart and the grocery store. We live in a lake town so I always plan on shopping when the tourists aren't.

This past week we just have tried staying cool. Colton played in a baseball tournament with yesterday being their last game for the summer, thank you very much. Brent has been working outside getting the place looking fabulous for the weekend.

Here are some random pictures I took this past week. The sunset was gorgeous one evening.





Well I guess I've procrastinated long enough. Wish I could turn into Samantha Stevens and twitch my nose to have everything done. Hope you have a fun and safe holiday weekend.

All Aboard!!!

We had a train adventure today.



The company that Brent works for does a lot of business with BNSF so they get tickets for a free train ride.



My 2 nephews are obsessed with trains so I was so glad they got to go. Hannah had a friend over so we ended up using my bil's ticket for her but the conductor let him on without a ticket. So nice!



Luke, my sister Shelly and Ben.



Hannah and Kirsten.



Brad and Luke. The conductor let Luke punch the tickets. Did you know that when you become a conductor that you are assigned a certain punch? That is how they are kept up with. A little something I learned today.



This was our conductor. He was really nice! He has been working for the railroad since 197something.



Going across Lake Texoma. It looked like we were floating across the water.



Going across the Red River.

I'm glad we got to do this. I went on a train from Ardmore, OK to Gainesville, Tx when I was a little girl but can't really remember much of the trip. This was Hannah's first time on a train and next month she will be flying for the first time. Lots of first this summer :)

Posting from a mobile phone isn't fun

Our desktop computer is dead & so we haven't had internet. Brent brought the tower home so we would be able to use the laptop wireles. Got wireless working last night then lost it. So frustrating! At least I have Brent's phone & heaven forbid I find something else to do.

My mom is having health issues. A week after my grandma died, mom was in the hospital at that time thinking she had a bleeding ulcer. She had to get 5 units of blood before leaving hospital. During her stay her right side starting hurting but they let her go home. Not sure why more test weren't done. She followed up with her primary dr. & he thought she was having gallbladder issues. She had a scan & she did have tons of stones & also had a spot on her liver. Surgery was scheduled to remove her gallbladder & to biopsy her liver. It turned out to be cancer. My oldest sister knows a dr. who works at the Cancer Center of America in Tulsa & she was able to get mom in within days of finding out of her cancer. All testing is done. The cancer is contained in the liver. She starts chemo on Monday. It will be for 3 weeks & it is pills. Dr. told her he couldn't give her life expectancy but had patients that have been around for years. So that has been our life. Funny how life throws a curveball. We will get thru this