My kids

Tyler came running into the house asking for Dad and the camera. Dad went running out. Tyler set everyone up in this pose. He said, "Mom will love this picture of us!" He was right! I do love it! Thank you Tyler!

Wyncamp

Tyler, Corynne and Lauren attended Wyncamp this week at the Club close to our house. It was also the week that Aunt Sheryl was hosting Camp Treadwell at her house so all of her grandkids were in town. A few of the kids' "cousins" were at Wyncamp with them. They had a blast playing golf, tennis, fitness, cooking, and making crafts.

They had an art show to show off all the things they made this week.

Lauren has been waiting a whole year to go to Wyncamp. She was so excited to be "old enough" this year! She had so much fun and was never ready to leave when I came to pick them up!

Tyler was very creative with his crafts. He secretly loves to do crafts, but it is not cool to admit it!!! The art teacher at Wyncamp picked up on his interest and attention to details!

Our Texas Travels...

We just flew into Montgomery last night from our week long trip to Texas to visit family (and a little bit of fun)! We left early last Friday (July 10th) and picked up Tyler from his tennis camp in Atlanta. We were so excited to see him, but as with any camp pick up we all had a little post-camp attitude adjusting to do! He was VERY tired, and we had a long day ahead of us! We flew directly from Atlanta to DFW. It was an easy flight once we made it onto the plane. Airport security drives me CRAZY. Since when does a 2 year old carry their own ticket! Seriously...our TWA woman must not have children! JM was clearly upset, and I lost it with her before she finally "cleared" us to proceed to the next line to go through the x-ray machines. All the time I was thinking, I have got to the all this again in 8 days with 4 kids BY MYSELF!

If you want to read our adventure in order, scroll down to July 10th and then read back up!!!

At Grammy's

On Wednesday afternoon, we drove on down the rode to Grammy and Papa's house in Carbon.

JM enjoyed 12 hours on the farm before he had to fly back to Montgomery on Thursday morning! The kids and I stayed through Saturday. We had an awesome time riding 4 wheelers, playing volleyball, shooting bows, climbing trees (so Mom can take pictures), cooking, picking peas, and everything else country!

Is that my girls playing with my old Barbies? Glad they are getting some use because I never was a Barbie playing kind of girl!!!

Grammy has many BIG trees in her yard and they make beautiful picture backdrops, so we have a tradition of taking pictures in the trees everytime we come to the old homestead!

The girls made brownies on Thursday night. While Tyler made onion rings.

On Thursday night, Grammy took Lauren and Lyndsey over to a neighbors house to pick peas.

They had a great time seeing the chickens and weiner dog while they where there.

Thank you Mr. & Mrs. Rodgers for making memories with us!

This also set us up for easy evening entertainment...shelling peas!

On Friday, the kids talked Grammy into cooking with them ALL DAY LONG!!!! Tyler made a peanut butter pie at Mom's request since it is her FAVORITE! Tyler also mixed up the cornbread to go with the peas the girls put on to cook this morning!

The girls made sausage balls.

Lauren loves to wash dishes...glad someone does!

Guess what we had for dinner on Friday night! Cornbread, black-eyed peas, sausage balls, other leftovers, and peanut butter pie!!!! Yummy!!!!! Good job chefs!

At Mimi's house

After leaving GWL on Monday afternoon, we drove to Eastland for the rest of our Texas vacation. First stop was JM's mother's house. The cousins, Macon and Hannahgrace were there to greet and play with the kids. The kids all had a good time. There was a lot of playing going on all over the house!

In the mornings, Macon went to basketball camp so Tyler and JM played a few tennis matches! The scores were 6-2,6-4 Dad and 4-6,6-3 Tyler. They still have one more set left on the last match, but Tyler was willing to leave the court on a winning shot!!! Look at that shot that went right by dear OLD Dad!

Rest time was good social time since Great Gran and Memom watched from their patio!

Cooking (mixing) up dinner with Mimi..

Happy 64th Anniversary to Great Gran and Memom!

Medieval Times

On Sunday night, we took a break from GWL to meet Uncle Michael and Jacqline at Medieval Times. It was a lot of fun.

We cheered for the Blue Knight during the battle. Our brave knight even tossed a flower to our sweet princess.

The kids were completely captivated by the action!

If you have never been to an "event" like Medieval Times, your hands are your utensils for dinner. We had tomato bisque, garlic bread, 1/2 a chicken, potato skins, a rib, and an apple turnover! It was messy, but fun!

The critics...Lyndsey 6 stars (the highest b/c she loved everything), Tyler 5 1/2 stars, Lauren 3 stars, and Corynne 2 stars (our picky eater - but she approved of the garlic bread and apple turnover)!

There was a moment of fear right after the performance. We all needed a bathroom break. I came out of the restroom, and Michael and Jacqline asked if Lauren was still in the restroom. I told them, "No. She was coming out when I went in." Panic hit! Where is Lauren? Everyone else is accounted for but Lauren. I went over to where Corynne was dancing (beside the dance floor, but refused to get out on the dance floor). I asked her if she had seen Lauren. Corynne pointed to the dance floor as the smoke was rising. There was Lauren right up in front of the DJ dancing with the crowd.