Out of the mouth of babes!

Today I had a long day at church. Ryan and I were together and Roger and Jonny were together. While Roger was working on our floors (putting in new ones), he and Jonny were talking about the baby's room (coming from China at some point in our lifetime) saying we had to get it cleaned up for her to be able to have a room. They were talking about how long it was going to take for us to bring her home and Roger said that it was going to be a long time and Jonny's reply, "Yea, I know, that really Sucks!" (of course his dad told him that those were probably not the nicest words to put out there but it was true.)

As I sat at the computer tonight, the boys were in bed reading and Roger had gone back to their room and Jonny was reading one of his new books. He was saying something about the Old Testament. Well, Roger told me they were watching Andy Griffith today and it was in black and white and Jonny said, "that is Old Testament!"

They are so darn cute!

I will blog more soon. I have some great pictures to post.

Happy Birthday to Stacy and Tammy!

September was a momentous month for my oldest sister, Stacy and myself. She turned 40 and I 37. I love her so much. It is a blessing to share a birthday with her. Her girls planned a dinner to her surprise and our family attended minus our parents(sick) and Roger(working). We had an incredible time celebrating together. Mother and Daddy had our favorite cake made for us, Strawberry - YUMMY. Here is a picture......

The weekend started on Friday the 28th. Roger reserved a hotel for us in Frisco. Massages awaited us on arrival. He came to check us in and when we went to our room, he had brought us some of our childhood favorite snacks! FUNIONS AND BEANDIP and DR. PEPPER (the real stuff from Dublin) - go granny go granny. I am sure if he would have been able to pull it off there would have been maccaroni goo and pepperoni and mushroom pizza from Pizza Inn to go along. We ate and ate that weekend. We went to the movies and totally enjoyed our time together. We ended up at First Monday (another childhood memory).

So to my sister, I hope you enjoyed our time together, I know I did! We should make this an annual event.

Disclamer: Please note that Stacy's daughters were the ones to plan her surprise:)

Lots of Happenings

It seems as if I have forgotten how to blog:) I have been requested to update for our fans.

There are many events that have taken place in the past month or so. Lets see if I can highlight them.
Ah.......... the first day of school! Ryan started the 2nd Grade and Jonathan began his first day of Kindergarten. The life of parents of two children in school. Makes me want to ask if I am smarter than a kindergartener. How 'bout a pic from the first day. The boys have completed their first six weeks of school. Jonathan has done very well. We had his parent conference and he did well on his testing for the first of the year. He will be tested again for the things he needs to know to move on to first grade in the spring. Ryan was on the A/B honor roll!!!! He was very proud. He is doing very well in the second grade.

Ryan has enjoyed Karate! He has progressed very quickly. He has earned his orange belt. Some pictures from his orange stripe test and his orange belt test. The first picture is Ryan after he received his yellow belt, second is his orange stripe and third......his orange belt with his instructor Mr. David.

He is very proud of his orange belt. If he keeps up the hard work, he could be a green belt in January.

We are very proud of him. He has started sparing which is fighting with pads.

He and Jonny were showing off the other night and wow they both are good! Jonny is not taking Karate but has watched enough he has some of the techniques.

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!