Yumm, those are good!

Dakota kept wanting to pull the bowl over tyring to the the rice krispies. Then I got distracted while counting my cups. Soo, I let him hop up on a stool and help. He kept playing while I mixed the butter and marshmallow creme. Then Jassen and Dakota mixed it all together. And of course he had to do a taste test. He loved them.

PS.. Never use tub butter. They won't harden. You have to use stick butter :)

Man, do my parents feel OLD!

DCHS Class of 1998

ME- 1998

Saturday we celebrated our 10 year reunion! Couldn't believe it. You can not believe what can happen in 10 Years! Pictured are two of my best friends from high school. At top is Janet Adkins- Ferrell. We met when I transferred from city schools in the 7th grade. We had Math together. Man she hated it. She never was a Math person, and I was. We later hung around different people, but stayed friends and still hung out. We still try to keep in touch.

Pictured at the bottom is my friend Erin Bruner-Tedford (soon-to-be). We met Freshman year in Photography. Throughout high school we had many art classes together . Crazy thing is after going to two different colleges she now lives about 1 1/2 miles from me here in Evansville. But it will be short lived. She is getting married in September, and will be moving to Charlotte, NC.

Goin' Boatin'

Last Wednesday night Dakota and I went down to Dad's camp and stayed the night. As soon as we got there we went for a boat ride before it got dark. I think Dakota is finally getting comfortable with the boat. He normally wants to sit in our lap, and hold on for dear life. I think Keiara helped him out a little this time. They had a really good on the beach: playing in the sand, looking for shells, and playing in the water with Pappaw.

When we got back to the camper Keiara and Kota went hunting for frogs. They found 7 of them in all different sizes. Dad fixed an awesome supper. We had filets, mac-n-cheese, fries, and "river" potatoes ( cut up potatoes, seasonings, dumped in foil, and cooked). No hot dogs and chips down there :) IT's crazy how well they eat down there.

Other than getting eat up with myself mosquitoes ( 10+ on my right leg, below my knee!) we had a great time.

WiLd & cRaZy!!!

Since we decided that we were going to stay and not move we wanted to start doing some things around the house.... like paint. We were at Home Depot and they had samples of themed rooms, Cars being one of them. We really liked the colors, and went with it. This is our version of a Cars room. Dakota calls it his "cool "car-car" room". We were pretty impressed with the way it turned out. Jassen and I joked that the day he gets tired of it he can paint it himself :)

Oh, so messy!

I have to admit that I try to stay clear of anything Dakota can make a mess out of. For instance... icecream cones. We have just started letting him eat them on his own. He does pretty good. Now if only we could teach him how to keep up with the drips. :)

Call Me Crazy!!!

July 20th Dakota turned 4!!! We got home from the Florida on the 19th about 530 PM....... Had his party on the 20th at 2 PM! Sounds crazy I know. Everything went great. He had family and friends over to celebrate. The theme this year was VeggieTales. The favorite toy this year were WordWorld games, and accesories. It is a GREAT show on PBS. He also got some VeggieTale books and videos, which he can never get enough of!

Well, he has one more year of preschool and our tiny little baby will be starting Kindergarten :( There are days I can't wait, and other days I can't believe he is growing sooo fast (age wise :)).