This morning the girls came in from the side of our yard and told me that Bryson was spying on them. I went out in the back and found Bryson standing on our grill peeking over the fence with his binoculars. When I asked him what he was doing he said "I see Allison and I see Maddy." I snuck out in the front to get another picture of him and when I saw his little head peeking over the fence, it made me laugh. What a funny little boy we have!
Benji has been a part of our family for five months now. When we got our cute little Chihuahua, he was only two pounds and his fur was mostly black. Now he's five pounds and a golden sable color. Benji is a great dog and everyone loves him! I think Travis loves him the most.
Here are just a few of Benji's favorite things:
1. Benji has always loved chewing on Travis' earlobes ( they are very hard to resist!)
2. He loves to ride along in the car with us! I'm always trying to sneak out without Benji seeing. It never works because he always jumps up into the car when I open the door.
3. Benji loves his toy bone. He loves making it squeak, it even makes Travis laugh and that's a rare occurrence.
4.Toilet paper! I don't know why he loves it so much, but we have lost a lot of toilet paper to Benji.
5. He love to bark at his reflection in the mirror of my curio cabinet. He thinks there's a strange dog living in there.
6. Last but not least he love the kids!
Benji is a great dog and we hope to have him around for a long time!
I don't really remember my childhood, but one memory I do have, was the day I got my Kindergarten shots. I don't really remember getting the shot or what really happened that day, but I do remember my mom getting me a Little Orphan ANNIE DOLL - The World of Annie (1982 Knickerbocker) for being brave. I loved my Annie doll she even came with a locket. I remember after getting my shots and my Annie doll my sister Kelli jumped up from behind my seat. Kelli was hiding under a blanket, in the hot car, the whole time we were gone. When we pulled up to my house, my aunt Faylynn was in tears thinking that she had lost my sister. I want to thank my Mom for making my Kindergarten immunizations day a good memory.
For the last several weeks Lexie has been talking about how she didn't want to get her immunizations for middle school. People around her were telling her how much it hurts and how they hated getting their shots. (I think that is a very mean thing to do to someone who's going to get shots!) Today I dragged her to the clinic to get it done and over with. When we got there, I had a hard time getting her out of the car. She thought she was going to have to get three shots and we found out she only needed one. When the nice nurse called her in you could see the look of terror on Lexie's face. The nurse did a great job because Lexie didn't even know that the nurse had given her the shot. She worried all that time for nothing. Because Lexie got her shots, I took her out to get something for being brave. 
We went to Target and after looking around for a while, she found what she wanted. Lexie got a pink pig bank with a crown and tutu that she named Little Miss Penny. After going to Target Lexie, Allison, Bryson and I went to Dairy Queen and got ice cream. We had a good time together and now Lexie doesn't have to worry about getting her shots anymore.
This is Bryson and his best friend Cameron (Robby's son). I laugh every time their together because it just like seeing miniatures of Travis and Robby playing together.
Travis got out his laser tag game that he use to play with when he was a little boy. All my kids had so much fun with it. Travis said that one of his favorite childhood memories was playing laser tag with his dad and brothers in his elementary school.
The kids decorated the van for our anniversary. I thought it was so cute that they thought to decorate our van to celebrate our 13 years together! Last night we celebrated by going to dinner at Apple Bee's (the restaurant we go to ever year for our anniversary).
While we were eating dinner, Travis surprised with tickets to go on a hot air balloon ride. I was so excited! This was something I have always wanted to do and Travis was nice enough to make it happen for me. I'm so very blessed to be married to such a wonderful loving husband who works so hard to make me happy. Travis I am the luckiest! Thanks for your never ending love and friendship. I love you!
Last night our family went hunting for Geocash Boxes. Robby told us about these fun little hunts you can do. People all over the United states hide boxes filled with little treasures and then you use you GPS to follow the coordinates and clues they give you. When you find the treasure you sign the log and then take something from the treasure and then add something of your own. Robby and Travis got all scraped up by blackberry bushes looking for the first treasure, but they had fun doing it. Our family had a great time together and we hope to go out and find more treasures soon!
Check out my sweet Ninja skills!
Lexie's power punch.
I have great balance.
Lexie is ready to grant a wish!
Bryson randomly came up to me a few weeks ago and pulled his eyelids down and said " Mom! Look my eyes are blue." I thought it was so cute how he squished his yummy soft cheeks to show me his pretty blue eyes.
Bryson had a sour patch kid for the first time yesterday and this is the face he pulled after biting into one. 
Don't give your kids chocolate in 105 degree weather. We went to the store and he really wanted a chocolate candy bar and because he asked me so politely I got him one. I thought that if he held the wrapper while he ate it, the chocolate wouldn't melt as fast and it wouldn't be messy. I was so wrong! As we were pulling up to the house, I looked back and saw this cute messy face.
I love this picture! Bryson is such a cute, sweet, funny little boy who always keeps us laughing.
I'm at that wonderful time in life I've always dreamed would come. My Lexie is old enough to babysit! Last night Travis took me out to see Harry Potter And The Half Blood Prince. Lexie gave up going to the movie to stay home and watched the kids, so that I can go see Harry Potter. I'm not a movie person but this was a movie I was excited to see. It was so nice to go to the movie theater and actually watch a movie and not have to fight with Bryson the whole time. I love Harry Potter it was a great movie and I really enjoyed watching it!
When I came home everything was clean and the house was quiet. Lexie had made the kids dinner, cleaned my whole house, and had the kids doing a fun little activity in one of the rooms. It makes me so happy to know that our Lexie is responsible enough to not only watch the kids, but make them a nice dinner, clean the house, and play with them. When I walked in last night where the kids were playing, they were all sitting in a circle playing Duck Duck Goose with big smiles on their faces. Lexie is a great big sister and I want to thank her for her willingness to go the extra mile to make those around her happy. I love you Lexie!!
