So MUCH to do... so LITTLE Time!

Okay, so once again... I am way behind on things! ha! ha! I realized I haven't posted any of Preston's baseball photos, which some of you have commented on... the 4th of July or any thing else that has been happening this summer. I have been getting ready for the "Treasure Box Boutique" which is on Saturday and I feel with Avery being so sick and everything else we have been doing.. this has been on the back burner.

Did I tell you that Preston even has a Job? Yep, he's officially employed at the Snowie Shack. He actually makes pretty good money and is loving it... needless to say, I am addicted to "Snowies". Baseball has quit for a little bit, but we are getting ready to play in another tournament over the 24th of July. I can't wait! I have missed it! We seriously were on such a great team this year, I was actually sad to have the season over! Thank goodness for Fall Baseball! :) Preston's Jr. High Baseball team ended up playing in the playoffs at Raptor's Stadium which was awesome! They beat North Ogden Jr. High and went to the Championship game on Preston's Birthday and lost to Wahlquist by 1 run... it was an awesome game though! Preston did great! How do you like Little Avery dancing to the tunes? Isn't she a crack up? It was awesome playing at Raptor Stadium because they had an announcer and music playing just like they do when you are at the Raptors game! It was quite the ta-do for these boys!

The kids were in the 4th of July Parade at Plain City again this year. This year, we entered the boat and the kids and I rode on it promoting Nick's fishing club. I wasn't supposed to be riding, but Avery wouldn't go with out me! So what does a mother do for her chitlins??? Endures! ha! ha! We had a great time though, then we went down to Hooper for the Fireworks. Preston also played in a 3 on 3 basketball tournament with some of his buddies. They took 2nd over all in their age bracket. It was pretty cool! The 4th of July is one of my most favorite holiday's.Avery has been very sick. She's been getting her 2 year molars, and we thought all of this was just because of that... then she got a earache, which we just thought was one more thing. Then she got a fever of 104 that wouldn't break. So we again, took her back to the doctor and they thought she had silent phenomena.. her blood count was only 2 points away from the scary high.. so I was freaking out! She tested negative for Swine Flu thank goodness, but it comes down to she has what's called Hyper angina. She has open sores all down her throat. She won't hardly drink, let a lone eat. She's getting a little dehydrated and they want to watch her so they don't have to hospitalize her to get her back hydrated. We are bribing her and also doing the syringe thing... so hopefully she gets better soon! It's so sad to see her this sick. The crazy thing about it is, these are not all related!

Here are some fun photos of the kids and more of the stuff we have been up to! We love you guys!

July Flag for your Door or Wall

Here is the new project for July! Also check out my craft blog.... http://www.kerrieskrafts.blogspot.com/ for more info! You can email me or leave a comment on either blog if you are interested in one!

My Boy is 14 Today!

You know when you see something that just warms your heart... you think you've cherished every moment and then it's like you blink... and 14 years have passed?? That is how these last 14 years of my life have been! My little man just turned 14! I can't even believe he's finally taller than I am.. not that, that is hard to do! :) You won't get us confused now when you call and he answers.. you just won't believe him when he tells you it really is him.. you'll think some weird man is answering my phone! But more than anything.. you won't believe what a great young man he has grown into! I'm so proud of Preston for the person he's always been and the man he's becoming! I couldn't ask for a better son! He does very well in school, sports and being kind and caring towards others! I love him more than life itself! Happy Birthday Bud! I couldn't be prouder of you!

Today was a great day because his school Jr. High Baseball Team had their Championship Game today! I was so proud of him. He is the starting catcher as an 8th grader, and what a tough little catcher he is! They lost by one run! Bummer! They were down 7 runs and in the 6th inning caught up to being down only 1 run. In the 7th inning they tied it... we thought they were going to do it.. but the other team got a run and the game was over! They all played so good! They are a great group of boys and it will be sad to have the 9th graders move on! My little guy did great and it was such a proud moment to be able to watch him playing at the Raptor's Stadium in the Championships! I love you Buddy! Here's some photos of my little man and the good looking guy he's grown into!

Lady Bugs for Sale!

$28.00 or if you sale 5.. you get yours for free!

Hi Everyone,

Every month my good friend Kellie and I are going to be making something cute for the month and selling them. There have been several requests for things to be made for Door hangers, yard stuff and just fun crafts, so we decided to make something that goes with the month. Right now we are doing these cute Lady Bug door hangers. The are $28.00. We are also doing a deal that if you sale 5 others, you will get yours free! If you are interested let me know by Wednesday! We are closing this one out kind of fast because we need to get some done for Mothers Day.
The next project will be posted soon... so we can have them done for June!

Check out my Craft Blog... that's where I'm going to be posting the projects every month! There are some Very cute things coming!!!! :)

YES! I'm alive & my Kids Photo Shoot

Yes I am Alive! Okay... So I've been out for a while.. There has been so much going on and my health hasn't been all that great! I've had some stressers for the past couple months, but with lots of tests, scans, ultra-sounds and biopsies... things are looking up. 3 out of 4 of my biopsies came back okay.. and the one that didn't, isn't something they are too terribly worried about. They just have to watch me. They think it still might have to do with my Endometriosis... even though I had my Hysterectomy.. it had spread to my other organs and was growing them together and making some organs not work very good. I thought the problem would be mostly solved, but it looks like that might not be the case. I may have to have another Laporoscopy, so we'll see how that all pans out. I just have one more organ to take care of! ha! ha! There is something wrong with my Liver. The whole organ is darkened and my levels are very high. I go back in a few more weeks for some more tests, but hopefully things will have gotten better. They aren't quite sure what's the matter with it, they just know it's not working properly. Which was a shock for me because I didn't even know that organ was one of the ones not working right! :)So needless to say I haven't been feeling very well and I get really tired, but I've lost 20 pounds! Yeah! ha! ha! So maybe something good will come from all of this! :)

Between going to baseball games after baseball games and chasing my crazy little daughter ALL OVER... my life has been nuts. Preston made the Jr. High Baseball team again this year and is the starting catcher. We are very excited about this because the normal catcher is a 9th grader and we didn't think he'd be catching much. We figured he'd play 1st or something this year and catch next year... but he's started Catcher every game and plays the whole game unless they are killing the other team... then the coaches put in the other kids who don't play as much so they can get some good playing time too. He's doing very well this year! We are so proud of him! They only have 2 games left before the Play Offs and he has over a 600 batting average! Which is excellent! He had a school game on Monday and was behind the plate catching.. there was a wild ball and it hit the plate and bounced up and nailed him right in the throat! He went down! I was freaking out because he couldn't breathe! Mom's don't go on the field.. so I was watching not knowing what was going on while everyone was surrounding him! He just kept gasping for air and I was panicked! But once they got him breathing and his bearings back.. the tough little bugger got up, put his helmet on and said, "Let's Play Some Ball!" and he finished the game. Not much gets that kid down! Then last night we are playing another tough game and he's behind the plate.. a great hit was hit out to the outfield, the guy on second rounded third and was headed home... Preston is down ready for the throw and the tag at home... the ball comes, he gets the tag and the kid doesn't slide and plows him over! Totally over! It was one of his buddies too, so we know it wasn't him trying to be mean.. he just didn't slide.. I thought he just got the wind knocked out of him.. maybe stepped on because they were looking at his ribs... and he was holding his arm. Once again I'm thinking, "Seriously? Two days in a row?" ha! ha! But the kid was out! Yeah! ha! ha! It was the third out and the inning was done! He gets up and he's still holding his arm.. he can't hardly move his fingers.. I thought Oh no! It's broke! He came out and he got checked, the bones weren't broke, but they thought maybe it was a hairline fracture or something. So they had us take him to get it X-rayed and it looks okay! No Break! Yeah! But, they said he has a deep bruise, maybe a pull or tear in the muscle in his forearm! He's out for about a week! Maybe more, Maybe less!! He's got 5 more games left this week! Yikes! So he won't be playing for a few days for sure! He wants to make sure it's healed for next week and the play offs.. so he's not taking any chances. He even has to wear a sling.. so he's not too happy! Poor Kid! He's such a trooper! I love that boy! But they won the game last night so we were happy! They other team was undefeated! So it made our play off standings even better! He's also playing comp ball too.. and loving it! He's on a great team with great coaches and teammates! It's going to be a great year! I'm so excited!

As far as Avery... where do I start?? She's out of control! ha! ha! She is such a Ham! She never seems to amaze me and keeps us cracking up constantly! The things that come out of her mouth are hilarious! I don't know where she gets some of the stuff she does! She is getting so big and it's so sad.. even though we are enjoying every second of her.. time is just going by so fast! She still loves to help me do whatever it is I'm doing.. cleaning, crafts, laundry.. everything! She is VERY independent! She's still talking up a storm, saying Hi to everyone she sees and Loves to be outside! She would live outside if we'd let her! We have to bribe her to come in with "Barney"... we are about SICK of Barney! ha! ha! She loves going to her Bubba's baseball games and sits and cheers him on! It's quite funny! Between singing and dancing.. she's always putting on a show for us! She LOVES Dancing and singing.. and what makes Nick most proud... she has a new fishing pole and she is obsessed with it! She can cast it clear across the room! She's two and knows what to do! Can you say.. father who wants his little girl to be a champion?? ha! ha! I'll sit in the recliner.. put the foot rest up and she'll climb up with me... stand out on the edge of the foot rest and say, "My Boat Mommy!" Then she will cast and reel in, cast and reel in over and over! She'll seriously do it for 45 minutes to an hour! It's crazy! So needless to say.. Nick is on cloud nine! You should see her little face! She's already so serious about it! It's amazing! We just sit and watch her and laugh! She even loves to watch fishing on TV with Nick.. she'll cast and reel in the whole show or tournament that he's watching! It's crazy! I think we are going to have a little Bass Master Classic girl on our hands! ha! ha!

We are getting into the time of year for Nick's fishing to get started again! He has a few Tournaments coming up and the Western Divisionals in a couple weeks! He's very excited for that!

Hope all is well with everyone! I will try to post sooner than this last time! I think I've gotten out of my rut hopefully! ha! ha! I'm trying at least! Now that summer is finally about here.. I don't have much choice!

My Baby is 2!

I can't believe my baby's 2! She is such a handful, yet our little angel! We love her so much! She is so smart and doing so well in many things. She still loves singing her ABC's... counting to 13... Barney Songs.. and any we make up! Dancing is her new favorite thing... wearing her fun Tu-Tu's... dressing up with her crown and dress up shoes! Even though she gets into EVERYTHING.. and we have to watch her like a hawk... she still is so sweet and loving. Always saying please and thank you.. and giving lots of hugs and kisses! She is our little Princess and we all love her so much!

We are in for it!

Boy am I in for it! Can I tell you all the stories I've heard about the terrible two's? I never had to experience it with Preston. Honestly, he never went through them! He was such an easy and good child.. those of you who know him can attest! I thought all of you who told me your horror stories were just being wimps, that 2 year old's aren't as bad as you all made them out to be! ha! ha! UNTIL NOW! Avery has been two what? All of a week? Well, now I know.. you were all being honest with me! :) If this is what 2 year olds do.... I'M IN FOR IT!

This is Avery... putting on lotion! She LOVES lotion, which is fine... unless she sneaks the Brand New Tube of BUTT CREAM! Yep! But cream! I guess her face is going to be awfully soft! ha! ha! No rashes on that cute face! Heaven Help Me! ha! ha! At least it wasn't the bottle of Nick's Wart remover this time... and the second time... Yep! Two bottles of wart remover were all over her New Cute Clothes, our bed, pillows and her! She thought she was painting her nails! Just shoot me now! ha! ha! But how can you not love her? Look at that cute little INNOCENT face! These photos are even with a lot of it already wiped off! I blame it all on Nick! Preston was a fabulous child.. Never caused me any grief! It's Nick's blood in this child that is paying him back for all the trouble he caused his mother! ha! ha! So why do I have to experience his paybacks? ha! ha! I think it's going to be an eventful couple of years! Wouldn't you say????