YIKES IKE!!!!!

These were taken about 7:15....sky starting to turn ugly, but not too threatening yet. Wind is definitely picking up....trying to get a little video I can share later.

Brian decided to board up a couple of windows!! Makes it seems extra ominous!!

Stay tuned!!!!!!!!!!!

My Lil Cowboy

Ben just recently started taking horse riding lessons, too. He's good, handles it well, but doesn't seem as comfortable up there as Emma. After only two lessons, he went on his first trail ride. While on vacation we all went on a ride, and they let both kids ride on their own. Emma is an old pro, but Ben was just use to riding within the arena. He LOVED it, cuz he got to trot.....in fact he literally trotted right outta his boots! I love some of these pics.

More Squirrels

Okay, I'm trying this again. My dear friend, Deborah Sue, is trying to walk me through this....I want to post more than one picture per post, so here goes.

My Lil Cowgirl

Emma, who has always been my "girly girl" is absolutely in her element in the horse barn where she takes her riding lessons. Her teacher, who has become a family friend, has allowed our family to stay at her home while she is out of town on a couple of occasions. When we are out there we like to take hikes or walks together, feed and pet the horses or ride on the 4 wheeler. But Emma is most content with the horses. This last time we stayed there was the first part of August, and it was bloody HOT!!!!!!!! Really too hot to enjoy anything outside, and so mostly we were hanging out inside. Emma, however, just would not leave the barn. At one point she was so red I had to make her come in and lie down under a fan until she could cool down. I love this picture of her....her little red cheeks and sweat drops, even her hair tells you how hot she is.

Ike???? Try Alvin, Simon and Theodore

With everyone prepping for Ike, Brian decided we needed to have some trees cut down.....NOW. Apparently one of the trees had a squirrel nest in it, and Brian carefully lifted it, along with the three babies, into a box. I had just put the kids down for a little pre-hurrican nap, when he carried the baby squirrels upstairs to show Emma and Ben. Oh my gosh! They were totally thrilled. They all just gathered around the box ooohin and ahhing and watching the babies sleep. When Brian tried to pick one up the baby started crying and the kids that that was sooooooo cute. Anyway, here are a couple (I hope) of pictures.



The kids decided to name them Alvin, Simon and Theodore.

I don't know how I managed to cut myself off. As I was saaaaaying... my boy handled it like a champ. No tears and no pouting...just a little nose-picking!

Hopefully tonight, after everyone is tucked in, I will put a picture from today -- the REAL first day.

Also, I want to share my experience so far homeschooling Emma. Part of her journey will be to start her own blog and share her side of it with you all.

1st Day of Pre-K!!

NOT!!

Today (Thursday the 4th) was Ben's first day of Pre-K. Or so we thought. Brian and I took little Benjo to school only to find out that it didn't actually start until today! School starts at 9:00, and we got there about 20 minutes early.....you know, to have plenty of time to take lots and lots of cute pictures. Brian immediately commented that there were not very many cars in the parking lot, and I reminded him that we had gotten there early. But something was just not right...surely the teachers would already be there. Anyway, much to our chagrin, we were there a few DAYS early, not just 20 minutes. School actually started today. :)

My boy handled it like a champ