Never a dull moment!

We have had a few days of craziness in the Scott household. A week ago today, I was blessed with running over a fire hydrant. Yes, a fire hydrant. I was headed on an errand, by myself, and looked down to adjust air conditioning and jumped the curb which scared me and I hit the gas pedal. In route for the silver fire hydrant just feet away. Took it completely out of the ground drug it under the car into the street. Yes you can imagine the scene....no there wasn't any water flowing like a fountain. Thankfully the emergency cut off worked! Totalled the car. The floor was all messed up and the insurance company said that it is too expensive to repair flooring. The gas tank was also crunched. Roger was very gracious in dealing with the mess I made! Thankfully the only thing that was hurt was the car and my pride! We are now the proud owners of a GMC Acadia. It is one sweet ride!

On top of all this, my boss, Susan, took a teaching job in Wylie and I am now the interim Children's Director at our church! I am excited about the new things coming along with my position. It will be hard at first but once I get a routine down it should be great.

Sneaky Boy!

Jonny was trying to convince his brother to let him sleep in his bed. So he came and told me that he was sleeping in Ryan's bed tonight. Well I knew better than that. Ryan doesn't like to sleep in Jonny's bed. Oh the pouty face:)

As I put the boys to bed tonight, Ryan asked for another two pillows. He only got one..... It had been a while since they went to bed so I went to make sure everyone was asleep and covered. Ryan's covers were looking weird so I climbed the ladder to check on him. Well, he wasn't there but his pillows were all nice and neat like they were him! So the hunt was on. He was being a sneaky little boy and hiding in his daddy's closet. The excuse was, he wanted to sleep with me.

Oh the things the boys will do.

I love the things they come up with.

Happy Birthday to Ryan!

Ryan turned 7 this month. It is hard to believe he is growing up. It just seems like yesterday we were calling mother and daddy asking what they wanted to be called. Mother was the first responder with Mimi, I am Mimi. And Mimi she is! Daddy on the other hand had a name from Stacy's girls and he decided he would stick with Papaw. We had something to go with Mimi but he declined, so Papaw it is.

One of my favorite memories of Ryan being a baby was when he could lay on the couch with me without falling off. We would take nice long naps. Now it is mom I don't need to sleep!

He is taking Karate and loves it. He has his yellow belt and will test for his orange stripe the end of August. I love to watch him when he is totally focused on his moves. You can see the mind just a working. He got a belt shelf for his birthday. I cant wait to watch as it fills up!

We had a swim party for him at our church. Thankfully the rain held off so they could swim. He had lots of fun with his friends and cousins. We had homemade ice cream cake. It was so yummy we did not take any home!

Thanks to all our friends and family that made his day special.

More Summer Fun!

We took one last vacation for the summer. We went to Riverbend in Oklahoma. Yes Oklahoma:) Some family friends invited us along for the ride. We went to Arbuckle Wilderness, Turner Falls and Lake Murray. All had a grand time. You will see some of our adventures at Arbuckle. Roger had the children ages 5 and up in the back of the truck as I drove slowly through the terrain. My favorite quote of the day was from Roger, "That Ostrich took my cup!" We had a wiener roast, well I roasted mine over the open flame of the gas stove. (Thanks mother for showing me how to do this when we were kids! It comes in handy.) If you have a fire going you gotta do smores. It was funny watching the different shades of marshmallow coming in to go onto the

chocolate! Turner Falls was great. The water was so refreshing. It was fun to watch Mr. Jeremy and Kylie zoom off of the slide and Trevor doing his acrobatics off of the diving board. Jonny and I just slid around on the rocks as we tried to walk through the river. The kids found a mini fall that they used as a slide. Poor Roger was the one to catch them as they made their way down. I am not sure who was more tired. We all had a great time and want to go back again next year!