Leaving town...

Well, before the craziness that is school, volleyball, and soccer take over our lives for the next few months we have decided to take one last mini vacation to Kentucky Kingdom this weekend. I am looking forward to a little bit of fun in the sun and some good ole family time!!! Warren and I were talking about the last time we went to KK and what an event it was. It is funny now but at the time not so much... When we went last time the kids ages were Tyler-4 and Emily Klair-2 and we had a ball the second day..the first day however was a little bit stressful. We went with another family and us moms and the kids were going to stay at the water park while the dads went and had a blast riding the rides. Well, we get to the park and the guys being the gentlemen they are agreed to get us settled in before leaving for their fun day, so Warren went to buy swimmer diapers (I forgot ours in the car and we were all to lazy to go back and get them) the older kids were already in the water and the moms went to get there swimsuits on. I pulled out Emmy's swimsuit and told the other dad that when Warren got back here was her suit and that she was staying here...sitting in the chair next to him. Off we went to get our suits on, we get back and there sets Warren and the other dad, the swimsuit still where I left it and NO Emmy Klair. At first I thought they were playing a joke on me..but Warren knew it was not a joke and took off looking for her...we had been gone to the bathroom probably 20 minutes or so by the time we walked there ,waited, changed and walked back. The other mother took off looking for her while me and the other father panicked...we walked in the same small circle over and over and could not get it together. I was told to go tell a lifeguard that this happens all the time and they would radio her description and they would tell us what to do next...I could not move from my spot. It was the most terrified I have ever been. What had happened was she got up to follow us as we walked away and the other dad thought I had changed my mind and was taking her with me, I never knew she had gotten up and was following me, so her little legs did not keep up with us as we walked. So she lost us about halfway and just stood there,(I never heard if she was crying or not and I think it best if I do not know what she was doing/or how scared she probably looked) luckily she is so cute that a teenage girl and her boyfriend saw her just standing there and they watched her. When they realized that she was by herself they picked her up and took her to a security person. I can not express how much love I have for this person that I never met or will never get a chance to thank. Warren finally got to a lifeguard, and we found out that she was in the lost and found at the park. So Warren sprinted(I have not seen him move that fast in a very long time and do not think I have seen it since)and collected our lost item. Our daughter!!! We both know how blessed we are, and it has now become this story that we share and laugh about. From this story we have learned alot though, 1st Always know what your child is wearing (most moms do but dad do not really pay attention when it comes to the detail and they need to in case the mom freezes up like I did..) 2nd When leaving your child with someone other then your spouse make sure that your child really understands what they are to do..and always look behind you as you leave to make sure that they are not following you... 3rd Have a plan for everything...I doubt it would have made a difference in how I acted but I would like to think that it would have...I mean I did nothing but walk in a small circle saying over and over "she is gone she is gone, someone has her, she is gone" crying hysterical and not helping matters at all!! It all turned out ok and we are so blessed that it did, we laugh about it now and talk about it like it was not a big deal but I for one know that day took about 10 years off of my life....so please pray that this weekend is very uneventful!!!!

Back Home again....

This pic was not the one that was suppose to be here..but the great computer whiz I am can not get it to go away..so anywho I will try and get the right pic on here somewhere....

Well I am home again and this time to stay for awhile. I have one more week till volleyball gets under way and I am looking forward to really just staying home and being a bum next week..(not exactly a bum I'm trying to get ready for a yard sale) I have a lot of stories to write about our beach trip...WE had an awesome time!!!

Our good friends that go with us every year have two children...Elizabeth-9 yrs old and Evan-7 yrs old (exactly two weeks older then Tyler) The kids get along great. We played some great games of putt putt, cards, and the boys really had fun digging in the sand...not sure what they were digging for but it kept them busy ALL week!! One night we went to play putt putt and there was a maze that you could go through and race each other and you had check points and such..the kids choose to do that over putt putt (well everyone but Emily Klair , she really had her heart set on putt putt so her and I had a little quality time playing putt putt while everyone else raced it out in the maze) it was a great night.

Warren has told me (jokingly..at least I think??)that I need to be a part of a beach ministry. He said that I could talk to and make friends with a post as long as it was at the beach. I guess he is right we did meet alot of very nice people. I look forward to keeping up with them through emails.

The week was uneventful...which is a good for us!! The only minor thing that happened was Tyler and Evan were playing in the chairs on the balcony and Evan was spinning Tyler (maybe a little too hard) and they broke the back of the chair...but we got it fixed as good as new and for under $50.00!!! I guess boys will be boys...

I will not bore you with anymore stories..for those of you that know me personally you know I can go on and on...hehe but I am going to share a few more pics with you hope you enjoy!!

This Tyler in his "cool" pose...shhh do not tell him that it is more cute then cool!! The second pic is one of my favorites of sissy sue...she is really starting to look like a little girl and less like my baby!!! The third pic is another "future heartbeakers" picture...we got a better one of them in their swimsuits..I will have to try and get it posted!!!

Beach fun...

We went walking on the beach one night and was being silly posing for daddy and the camera...it was so much fun till someone started shooting fireworks and then Emily Klair was done....
We went to Gulf World and had a blast one day..the kids got their picture taken with a sea lion....it shook their hand!! It was a great day!!
Even with a broken thumb daddy had a good time....it only slowed him down a little bit!!!

We are back from the beach and we had a great time!! The kids were so good and we met a lot of great new friends. I have a ton more photos and a lot of stories to write about but I am in the middle of repacking and getting things ready for the kids and daddy..I'm trying to make his life as easy as possible since I am leaving tomorrow for my annual "girls trip"!! I look forward to this trip all year long...(I am just a little stressed that it fell so close to the beach trip...but I will be back on Friday and have a ton of stories to blog about!! looking forward to catching up with everyone!)