THESE ARE THE DAYS

EASTER WASN'T QUITE AS FUN WITHOUT THE LITTLE KIDS HERE THIS YEAR BUT WE MADE THE MOST OF IT.  WE HAD A NICE DINNER THEN DYED SOME EGGS, BETTER LATE THAN NEVER RIGHT?

 AFTER ONE YEAR OF FIXING THIS CAR OURSELVES FROM THE LAST WRECK IT WAS IN, NOT EVEN TWO WEEKS BACK IN WORKING ORDER AND ON THE INSURANCE WITH FULL COVERAGE, SOME LADY HIT CC, SHE RAN A STOP SIGN. HE WAS OK BUT HIS BACK HAS BEEN HURTING AND HE'S BEEN TRYING TO GET FIXED UP AT THE CHIROPRACTOR. 

 NOT A PRETTY SIGHT AND IN THE EXACT SAME SPOT AS LAST TIME.

THIS WAS THE LADIES CAR THAT HIT HIM.  HE SAID SHE WAS FREAKING OUT CRYING AND YELLING FOR AWHILE BEFORE SHE CALMED DOWN AFTER SHE HIT HIM.

 I TOOK A QUILTING CLASS THIS WINTER AND THE IS WHAT I MADE.  IT'S NOT QUITE FINISHED YET BUT I LOVE THE COLORS AND THEY TAUGHT MANY DIFFERENT TECHNIQUES SO MAKING OTHER QUILTS WILL BE EASY AND MORE CREATIVE.

 UPDATED PHOTO OF THE DIET COKE WALL IN TRAVIS' OFFICE WINDOW.

IN THE LIFE OF THE FERGS

THIS IS WHAT CAESAR DOES EVERY NIGHT WHEN WE GO TO BED.  LIKE HE'S GOING TO JUST GET THE STAY THERE LIKE THAT ALL NIGHT?  DREAM ON PAL!

 THE DOGS KNOW WHERE TO GO TO GET WARM.

 SABRINA LOVED THE FAMILY PICTURES SO MUCH!  NOT, SHE BLOCKED HERSELF OFF IN ALL OF THEM.

 A BOY, MAN, AND HIS BEST FRIEND!

 TRAVIS HAS BEEN BUILDING THIS AT WORK FOR SOMETIME NOW, IT'S THREE ROWS DEEP TOO. IMPRESSIVE!

 NO, WE DID NOT GET ANOTHER DOG.  MCKAYLA AND SAM THOUGHT TO PLAY A "FUNNY" JOKE ON ME ESPECIALLY WHEN I SPECIFICALLY TOLD THEM BOTH NOT TO BRING THE PUPPY HOME. CRUEL, CRUEL CHILDREN I HAVE.  I DID HAVE THE SMARTS TO SAY NO WAY!

 WE WENT TO WISE GUYS TO SEE DAVID SPADE AND KEVIN FARLEY WAS PART OF HIS ACT, KEVIN WAS FUNNIER THAN DAVID SPADE WAS.  SO MANY LIKENESSES BETWEEN HE AND HIS BROTHER CHRIS.

 PETE HUNG OUT HERE FOR LIKE A HALF AN HOUR ONE DAY.

 CAESAR WAS PLAYING WITH A TENNIS BALL AND DECIDED TO GIVE PETE A TURN.  HE'S WAITING SO PATIENTLY FOR HIS TURN.

 WE TUCKED LINKIN IN ONE MORNING, HE DIDN'T MOVE FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

ISAAC

HE HAD TO MAKE A BOX FOR THE VALENTINES DAY PARTY AND THIS IS WHAT HE ENDED UP DOING.  DUCT TAPE AND A COOL PICTURE.  LOVE THE CREATIVITY OF THE GUY!

 BABY IS GROWING UP.  SKINNY JEANS, COOL HAIR, AND SKATEBOARDING.  FUN TIMES AHEAD!

LAST AND FINAL SCIENCE FAIR OF OUR PARENTING CAREER

ISAAC, BEING IN 6TH GRADE, "GOT" TO DO A SCIENCE FAIR PROJECT.  

 WE DECIDED TO DO THE WORMS IN THE DIRT PROJECT, MCKAYLA DID THIS ONE BEFORE AND IT WAS FUN.  SO WE GOT DIRT/POTTING SOIL, ADDED LIQUIDS, AND THEN ADDED THE WORMS.

 TIME TO WATCH THEM AND SEE WHAT THEY LOVE OR HATE.  

 SINCE WE HAD TO DO IT INSIDE, MOST OF THEM GREW MOLD IN THE DIRT, WHICH SMELLED HORID, BUT THE WORMS EITHER SURVIVED AND THRIVED OR BIT THE DUST AND SHRIVELED UP.

OF COURSE WE DID THE POSTER BOARD. 

ANOTHER MILESTONE, LAST YEAR OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL EVER!!!!! AND THE LAST SCIENCE FAIR....EVER!  

HAPPY AND SAD!  

NEW YEARS EVE/WEEKEND

SUMMER AND MARK AND THE KIDS CAME DOWN TO SPEND NEWS EVE AND THE WEEKEND WITH US.

 CEASAR EVEN LOVES ADLEY, ESPECIALLY IF SHE'S GOING TO HAVE SOME FOOD ON HER FACE FOR HIM TO GENTLY SNEAK GET TO.

 SHE SURE LOVES HER BROTHER .... AND HE LOVES HER SO MUCH RIGHT BACK.  

 THE GIRLS PICKED THIS OUT FOR HER FOR CHRISTMAS SO WE HAD TO TRY IT OUT.

 THE BOYS WANTED TO GO SLEDDING SO WE TOOK THEM TO A HUGE HILL.  THEY HAD SO MUCH FUN.

 I THINK MARK HAD MORE FUN THAN THE BOYS DID. HE'S SUCH A GOOD DAD.

 WE BROKE OUT THE GEO-MAGS AND THEY GUYS STARTED BUILDING LIKE CRAZY.  I HAD TO LEAVE FOR A LITTLE BIT AND WHEN I CAME BACK THEY HAD REALLY BEEN BUSY.  THEY HAD THEM ALL OVER THE METAL DECORATIONS.  I LOVED IT.

 EVEN GOT THIS ONE DECORATED FOR ME TOO.

 MORE SLEDDING AT A SMALLER HILL DOWN THE STREET.  DIDN'T TAKE MUCH TO MAKE THIS CUTIE PIE HAPPY.

 OR THIS GUY, THEY LOVED IT.

 NEW YEARS EVE IS MARK AND SUMMERS ANNIVERSARY SO I OFFERED TO BABYSIT SO THEY COULD GO OUT TO DINNER AND A MOVIE.  WE HAD A GREAT NIGHT WITH THESE THREE.  THEY ARE ALL SO DIFFERENT AND THEY ALL LOVE EACH OTHER SO MUCH.  IT WAS A WONDERFUL GRANDMOTHER MOMENT FOR ME!

 I WAS KEEPING ADLEY ENTERTAINED BY TAKING PICTURES OF US AND SHE WAS LOVING LOOKING AT THE PHONE.  SHE'S JUST SO SWEET.

I EVEN HAD TO SHARE WITH GRANDPA AND CEASAR SO THEY COULD ENJOY HER TOO.  WE ARE ALL SO VERY HAPPY THAT CEASAR IS SO SWEET AND GENTLE WITH HER, HE LIKED TO SNUGGLE UP TO HER AND BE CLOSE. VERY SWEET FOR THE BIG BAD DOG THAT HE'S SUPPOSED TO BE.

WHAT A GREAT START TO THE NEW YEAR, FAMILY, BABIES, AND FUN TIMES TOGETHER.  LOVE THESE GUYS SO MUCH.

CHRISTMAS 2012

THE YUMMIEST LAYERED JELLO, PLUS IT'S SO PRETTY!

 CHRISTMAS EVE DINNER!

 SANTA CAME!

 AND FILLED OUR STOCKINGS!

 SABRINA'S LOOT!

 THE DOGS EVEN GOT THEIR STOCKINGS FILLED!

 GRANDMA CHAPMAN SENT THIS TO MCKAYLA, SHE LOVED IT!

 WE GOT MCKAYLA A GUN, YES IT'S A GUN!

 ISAAC'S HAUL!

 TRAVIS EVEN MADE OUT QUITE WELL!

 ISAAC'S BIG GIFT, A COMFY CHAIR FOR GAMING, SINCE THAT'S ALL HE DOES!

 SOME OF MY GIFTS! LOVE!

 A HOLIDAY CANNOT GO BY WITHOUT TRAVIS ENJOYING SOME OF THESE HONEYS, HIS FAVORITE!

 ISAAC MADE THIS FOR ME, A CALENDAR WITH SPECIAL THINGS FOR EACH MONTH. AS A MOM, I LOVE THESE KIND OF THINGS!

 OUR WASHER DIED A FEW DAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS SO WE GOT AN EXTRA GIFT TO OURSELVES.  

 OH CAESAR!

 ALL THE PUPS IN FRONT OF THE TREE!

 JUST A LITTLE SOMETHING TO APPRECIATE THE BEAUTY!

C.C. WAS SO EXCITED ABOUT HIS GIFTS THAT HE HAD THEM ALL PUT AWAY AND READY FOR HIS BIG TRIP TO CALIFORNIA TO THE DUNES BEFORE I GOT A PICTURE.  HE GOT A BUNCH OF STUFF FOR HIS DIRT BIKE. HAPPY CAMPER!