Monday, August 23, 2010

school is here!


 
 Van and Petey had open house last Tuesday.


Van in his new classroom and his new desk!

It was a good night.

Petey in his new classroom.

Then, Thursday Van and Petey started school.
Van's in third grade and Petey second.

first day of school...

with Josh before school

mommy dropping them off at school...

Ollie had is open house on Thursday,

Ollie in his new classroom

Their theme was circus, so everyone got a balloon when we left.



Ollie started kindergarten tomorrow!


**Tatum's birthday party pictures to come**

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

It's that time of year again........

FOOTBALL

Here in the buckeye state we root for........


The buckeyes....of course!

Vineyard Vines has these great totes....


so cute :)

we also root for...

the Cincinnati  Bengals


and the ....


Cleveland Browns



so cute, I want them all :)

Josh's scrimmage

Last Thursday was Josh's first scrimmage ( he is coaching freshman at Tipp City this year). 
I got to go.
Here are a couple of pictures I took.



Josh is wearing the bucket hat.






Our trip to the Wilds...

Two weeks ago, we went to the Wilds, and here are our pictures.

Van and Petey waiting on the bench for the shuttle bus. ( I really don't know what Petey is doing!)

all four waiting for the shuttle


Josh on the open air bus waiting to go.

Picture Van took, still waiting to go.

kids on the bus.


camel

another camel

some kind of donkey




Finally, what Ollie was waiting for........the Giraffes!
His Favorite.


lots of pictures of the giraffes.......and Ollie took them


eating

wild horse

Josh and Ollie looking at the fish.

 Josh and Van looking at the fish.

Tatum and Ollie feeding the fish.


Tatum and Petey feeding the fish.


swan

swan and hungry fish

Tatum and Van taking a break....it was hot!

Ollie taking a break.

Petey relaxing.

My mom and I took the kids to the Wilds last year, here are those pictures.

Friday, August 13, 2010

Happy Birthday Tatum, a *REPOST*

Yesterday was my daughter's birthday. Tatum turned four. She is in Coshocton visiting family right now. Her birthday party is Sunday, she is going to have a barbie birthday party, I can't wait to share, but for now, I would like to share her birthday post from last year....

Today is my little girl's birthday.
When I found out that I was pregnant with Tatum, we lived in Virginia.
We lived on the Chesapeake Bay.
The nearest hospital that delivered babies was 45 minutes away.
My Doctor however lived in my town. He just didn't deliver babies anymore because he didn't want to carry that kind of insurance.
I was scared to death that I was going to have my baby in my car.

However, there were other life changes happening for us. My husband was trying to get a job closer to our family in Ohio.
When I was seven months pregnant, my husband got a job in Ohio.
It was still 2 hours away from family, but that was better then 8 hours.

So, I am eight months pregnant and moving out of state, to a place I have never lived before.
I decide to ask my old Doctor, who delivered my three boys, to deliver this baby.
He said ok.
Now, I am living in a town 2 hrs away from my Doctor!
Well, everything thing worked out well.


Tatum was born three weeks early, I was induced.
My doctor was on Vacation, but another doctor from his office delivered Tatum.
Even though she was conceived in a different state, she was born in Ohio in the same town as her brothers.....and her Mom and Dad too.
Tatum is the youngest and also the only girl in the house besides me!
Needless to say, she is spoiled rotten!

Even with three big brothers, she is still a VERY girly girl!
She loves ribbons and bows.
I call her Pinky,which she loves, but her favorite color is purple.
Sometimes she'll say" pinkypurple."...as to include both colors as her one favorite.


Tatum loves Dora, Diego, My little ponies and Kai Lian.

Her birthday is today but her party is two weeks form now and she is having a pony party!

Happy Birthday baby Girl!!!
I LOVE you very much and I am soo Happy that you are in my life!!!!!

Oh, and if we would have stayed in Virginia.........there was two babies born in the car that fall Tatum was born.
There was an article in a parents magazine about the rising cost of insurance and how it was causing doctors to stop delivering babies and they used the Northern Neck ( where we lived) as an example.

:)