A day at the park

Kristin (my sister) and I took the kids to the park. I was able to get more pictures of Ally because Trevor did not want to get off of the swings. Ally loved all of it. Especially the slide. we all had a good time but there were some hard feelings when it came to time to leave.

Swiss cakes

the kids were enjoying some swiss cake rolls. this was when it was a little warmer about a week ago and i stripped them down so that there clothes didnt get ruined. or as some of you saw rurned. ;) haha

trick or treat!!

Trevs last day of school

finally some new pics of the house

Trevs room
matt working hard
a work in progress
Bay window in kitchen

Living room(w/trev) Allys room
Dining room/sunroom
kitchen(w/ally)
kitchen
Well most of the painting is complete. we still have trimwork and two very troubling bathrooms to complete but we can see the light at the end of the tunnel. Finally!!! our house is still a huge wreck (i did clean for the pics)but we still have to find homes for a lot of stuff that is still in boxes. but we are very glad to be a lot closer to family so it has been worth it.
thank you to all of those who have helped us out with painting and watching kids for us
m&d bollinger, m&d blackwell, ronnie blackwell nana creek, Linda, kristin and joe.
you guys were a big help and we greatly appreciated all of your help... if i forgot anyone please forgive me and let me know and you will be included...

here is matt and trev rough housing while ally is up to here own mischief.. which she is very good at finding it...

she just wont leave the hair bows in...
I am sorry that it has been so long since i have last posted some pictures on here.. i guess we have just been so busy trying to get ready for the move. but i did get some good candid pictures the other day. these were taken on the 19th. and the reason for the blotting in the bottom right hand corner is b/c our camera was stamping the date on there as 03/12/2002 and that is definately not accurate...

the picture of zoie is another one of our dog torture pictures.. you can tell how humiliated she is...haha

well what can i tell you that is new. well we move in3 weeks!! YAY!! and we, well i am already packing.. you would think that with how organized i am with packing and moving that our house would be somewhat organized but unfortunately it is not.. maybe one day it will catch up in the house too.. i can always hope that my perfectionism will reach there one day...

Trev is still doing good in school. he is learning his vowels and numbers right now. he can write his name by memory. and he knows about a handful of memory versus. he is so sweet. sometimes he gives me this look like you would get when someone is in love. and i guess considering his age he is in love with me as i am with the kids.. but it is the sweetest expression and it can clear my head of any frustration. and i also know that when he makes it i get to look forward to a hug and kiss.

Ally is still a little handful.. but the cutest i have ever seen. her hair is getting a good bit longer and she is becoming a quite accomplished climber. unfortunately she has no fear when it comes to climbing. she hangs on the side of her high chair tray and i know one day it will fall and she will cry her head off but she just wont stop doing it. she has quite the personality now.. she loves here lala's which are polly pocket dolls from mcD's.. she calls them lala's b/c i would move them around the table singing lalala so i guess she liked calling them lala's. she takes them everywhere with her...

NEW HOUSE

Here is the picture of the house that we are buying in charleston. We are closing on it on the 5th so pray that all goes well and smoothly. October we will be moving to charleston and then you will be seeing much more of us.

SCHOOL

Trev started school this past week and he loves it. He goes to a christianprivate school at a local church that came highly recommended. his teacher is really nice (mrs. Parker) and he has a friend from our church in his class. he goes everyday from 8-12. he really enjoys it. i only hate that we will have to find a brand new school when we move to charleston in a couple months. oh well. we will cross that road when we get to it.

PIGGY TALES

This is my first attempt at pig tales. Not so bad considering that she would not sit still for the life of me. ill get some pics of trev up here in a day or so..

AAAAARRRRGGGGHHHH

i think that we have a bat problem

Zoie

Here is our new dog named Zoie.
she is 8 months old and is as sweet as can be

A day at the beach

Here are some pictures of the kids at the beach the other day. i think it was July 2!? anyway there are not many of trevor b/c my camera battery died before i could get many of him.. plus he is wide open in the water so it would have been hard to catch him on camera anyway. he is going to turn in to a fish one day... Ally didnt really know what to day. she tried walking and it was too hard so she got down on all fours and started crawling. she wasnt too crazy about the water either.. but she warmed up to it a little bit as long as i was holding her.

trip to charleston