In Memory

On my side of the family, every year on Memorial Day we go visit my Uncle Chick's grave. He was my mother's brother, he served in the Vietnam war and died in action. There is always an overwhelming sense of respect and reverance that overcomes me when I think about those who have served and fought for our country. My mother has very fond memories of her brother and his particular kindness towards his little sister. I am so grateful for him. For his memory, his legacy, and his love for family and country. (For some reason I couldn't get this pic to flip)

When we went to visit Chick, I was touched by the sweet acts of my children. Cami wanted to come in a dress to show her respect. Alex knelt down by the grave, kissed his hand, and gentley touched the grave with his fingers. And Carson, well he kept squishing the little bugs that were crawling all over the gravestone. :) But those sweet guestures made my heart and eyes overflow. We said a prayer of thanks and love and then went to go find his flag. I never want this tradition to fade, because then we will never forget Charles Dee Green, and we will more fully remember those who have honorably served our country.

Hula Champion!

This last weekend I have come to realize that I am one of the WORST hula hoopers in the world! Haha, I guess I just don't know how to swing my hips just right to get the darn hoop going... lol. But I was impressed with some of those that could. First off, my little sis turned 20... 20?!! (Sigh... sniff, sniff). And so Jess came home from Eastern for the weekend and we all gathered in celebration.And THIS little girl is what got it all started. She brought over her little hula hoop and impressed us with her neverending skills. Seriously, we timed her and she hula-ed for 7 whole minutes and only stopped because it was getting boring! Quite impressive little Kate!

So I went to the store with Jess and bought her two hula hoops for her birthday... (I know, kind of an unusual gift for a 20 year old, but she let me get them for her anyway:). But then Jess showed us her mad skills, (this is when I discovered how horrible I was at hula-ing). So there was a small competition between Aunt Jessie and little Kate! Who won?.... Sorry don't remember... lasted too long and I think I got side tracked... haha.

And then Jess wanted to see if she could do 4 at a time!? Successful she was!

We all enjoyed some family time and got a couple of pics of some of it before my camera died!.... of course.

Happy Birthday sis, auntie, and friend!!

I saw the Sign

As I was coming to pick up Cami from after school I saw THIS down the road! We officially have a sign at Jeremy's Chiropractic Office! I kind of laugh at myself because most people would think, "Uhhhh, sure, cool." We've had a sign before, a portable one, which has worked great. But now after a few years of being in business, a fire to push us into another building, and actually signing the papers to own it... we have our very own sign. :) So please excuse my over-excitedness, but this is BIG! (In kind of a literal sense too :)

The Newest Member

No, this adorable little boy isn't ours, but I am just as excited as if he were! This is little Mick, our newest little nephew. He is so tiny and precious it almost made me cry when I first saw him and held him. He's a lucky little guy because he has 2 older sisters ready to smother him with a little love and care. Congratualtions Hayley and Ezra! He's beautiful!

Little Brookie couldn't be more proud!!

Mother's Day Bouquets

So my most wonderful sister-in-law called me up and asked if I could help her out with alittle Mother's Day Gift for my mom. She wanted to give her an edible bouquet and wanted me to make one up for her. FUN! So of course I said yes, and went about experimenting. This was my first idea...... Then Jeremy thought it would be a good idea to do that for the mothers at work, and he came up with this....... Way cute JER!

After some conversation with the my sis-in-law, and alittle more experimentation, we had our final bouquet put together for my mom. It was so much fun to play around with it all and be creative with fruit! Jeremy had the cool idea of swirling a lime on a stick for alittle more color. It turned out pretty cute! Thanks Crystal for giving me the opportunity to be creative. :)

Butterfly Experiment

The other week the kids wanted to do some kind of craft. So after a little research and figuring out what kind of materials we even had, we came up with these fun and personalized little butterflies. We even had some other friends try it out, and I think it was somewhat successful. :)

Under the Weather

We have been feeling alittle ill at our place. Some kind of cold that comes with a fever. Poor Carson, he has been feeling miserable, as you can see. He fell asleep like this!Cami was the one who first got hit and even after a week she is still falling asleep in the middle of the day all on her own, which is completely out of the norm for her.

Alex on the other had has been feeling just fine! Him and Jeremy passed it up.... the rest of us had to sweat it out.