Hail Storm

 

We had a really bad hail storm last night....actually 3 of them.... Here is a piece of hail from our first storm. I have also posted a short video, make sure you turn the sound up so you can hear how loud the hail was. We have many dents in both of our vehicles from this storm. It was kinda scarey! The kids were all excited ( good and bad)! Lilee looked outside and said Wow! It it is snowing really big! lol.... It sounded horrible hitting the house! I though it was coming right through our house. How about you all did??? Did you have any hail last night?

FFF - A Dog And Her Boy

Meet Daisy.....she is our oldest dog. She really does not care for her picture to be taken. I have tried on several occasions and she just seems to be a little camera shy.

Until.... Joel with whom she has grown up with her whole life, comes out and I start taking pictures of........ Then she seems to want her picture taken as well, with him.....

I think she is getting the hang of it....All smiles for the camera.

                                                          Now she is just a show off!

Projects Update

 Here are the pictures of some of the projects that we have been working on around here lately, as I mentioned in a previous post....I took these pictures over the weekend and am now just getting time to post them.

Here is a picture of a before and after......The above picture was taken of a mural I had painted when I redone the older 2 boys room about 4 1/2 yrs ago, in a pirate theme. Now that they are both teens the pirate mural was just not working for them any longer, so it had to go. I loved their aged and cracked painted walls and did not want to change them so I painted over their mural and then framed it out so that they can hang their awards and plaques up in. We have hung Jordan's awards up, but have not hung Josiah's up yet. I think this looks a lot older for them now, don't you? BTW......It took 10 coats of paint to cover that mural :0).

I finally painted my Kitchen Island to match the Cabinets. I also test painted the rear wall in the kitchen to see if I was going to like this green. I think I am... This is only one coat and I still have to trim it in. This paint is one shade darker then the bathroom we remodeled over the summer. I took one with the lights off and one with it on because the color was not turning out right. Still don't know that it did.

Here is our above ground garden beds that Jordan and Karlton put in. I planted them. Well 2 of them, I still have 1 more that will need plant when we get back from our trip. I planted corn in the middle bed and it finally started coming up this week.

My lettuce, Cabbage, Broccoli, and Strawberries.

Karlton has been rebuilding my storage building that he tore down last Mothers Day. Hopefully by this Mothers Day it will be finished :0)

I also finished painting and caulking the new attic door/stairs that Karlton put in a couple of weekends ago. But I didn't feel the need to take pictures of it.....didn't think you would really want to see it anyway. lol....

So these are the projects we have been working on over the past month......

Wordless Wednesday

Stronger by Mandisa (From the Upcoming Album "What If We Were Real")

Remember Mandisa from American Idol? Here's a feel good song for you! Love this song!

Carowinds

Saturday we took 4 of the 5 kids to Carowinds on opening day. (Josiah stayed the weekend with his best buddy for his Birthday.) This was the girls first time going to Carowinds. I had put it off because Sara Ava used to be terrified of anything dressed in a costume. But she is over that now... ;0). Santa brought the kids Season Passes for Christmas so this was our trip of several this year.

This picture turned out blurry because my camera had gotten bumped in the stroller and had messed my settings up. I am posting this picture because it is the only one I got of all 4 kids.

As soon as we got into the park all the boys jumped on this ride. I know you can not see them....but, Joel and Jordan are on the front row. This is Joel's first time getting to ride bigger rides. Last time we went he was little. There are still several rides he can not or will not ride. lol..... While all the guys were riding this ride the girls and I went to meet some Characters....Sara Ava is not terrified anymore, actually of hardly anything! She rode more rides then anyone this day.

Then Karlton took Lilee on this crazy ride, and Jordan went with Sara Ava. It looks harmless, but it can get mighty wild! Especially with the bad winds we had this day! Joel skipped this one when he saw one of these things hit the building and a tree. Didn't blame him one bit! Jordan and Sara Ava won this round of flying the highest!

While we were waiting for the Old Scooby Doo Roller Coaster (don't know the new name ?) to reopen, the girls went a few rounds on the jets.

Sara Ava ran into her friend Gracie from church/school. They got to ride 1 ride together.

Finally we broke into 2 groups. Jordan was ready to ride some big rides while I took the girls to ride some more kiddie rides. That is why there are not many pictures of the boys.

They drove a boat, and rode a roller coaster all by themselves... They are the 2nd to last car. Can you see their little arms up in the air??....so precious! Lilee finally lived her life long dream.... she has been telling me for months that she has wanted to ride a roller coaster her whole life! lol..........Now she has ridden 2!

We rode the Carousel........

they rode the swings...........

Then Lilee took me for a ride...she drove me around a track....

wile I took pictures of Sara Ava and us....

Then hey flew an airplane.

So what did I do all day other then wait on everyone and take pictures and video???? BTW....thanks for asking ;0) I got to look at the pretty flowers that were in bloom, and freeze my butt off all day by the whipping wind!.... Oh the joys of being a mommy! And I will be doing it all over again soon....But, hopefully it will be warmer next time! I can survive the heat, but I can not survive being cold!

Lilee's Driving.....

We went to Carowinds yesterday, more on that to come.....But in this self-portrait, Lilee was diving mommy around the loop. She thought she was sooo big too! It was to funny!

FFF - Jordan

Tuesday Jordan ran 3 events in our home track meet. Josiah did not run this night because he had not been at practice the day before. So this was Jordan's night....... I did not make it for the first event that he ran, a 4X8 relay, but made it for the last 2. These meets last 3-4 hours. You will notice by the sun going down which races he ran in... His 2nd race was a 1600 meter (1 mile), the first 5 pictures. Then he ran a 3200 meter ( 2 mile), are the last 4 pictures. He came in 3rd place in his last event, which is Really good considering who he has to run with! He came in 2nd for our team. I was one proud mama!!!!

And Yes........my child is the only one running with socks jacked up to his knees..... It is embarrassing.....

Last Crochet Hat

This is my Last Crochet Hat. It is an infants that will fit newborn up to 6 months old. It is on Sale for $10 ( + $3 for ship) since it is my last one. I will not be selling anymore until the fall. If you want this hat with removable flower hair bow contact me at karlton5@juno.com. I have pay pal.

I think this is the perfect Easter Hat! Don't you??? This will also make a great Spring Baby gift!

Wordless Wednesday