It Raining, It's pouring

The thunderstorms have been passing through for the last week or so. The little boys and I stayed outside watching this one until it started to rain. The sky was magnificent with it's lightening and the almost continuous thunder. We went in just in time because then it hailed until the ground looked like it had snowed.  

William also had a game last week his first home game of the season at the new Lookout Credit Union turf stadium that we all attended only to have a volatile storm come up and they had to call it on account of lightening. Not to worry we showed up again the next afternoon to watch a good game against Highland that we lost 12-0. So that was a sad day. Brevick also lost his game later that night but had some good defense and a nice run so all in all he had a fairly successful game.

Charley had a Cross Country meet that they panicked at over fear of nasty weather and ran all 3 grades boys and girls in 2 heats. 

The weather was lovely, couldn't have asked for a better day. Charley did not come in last and I am so proud of him for trying every time!

Anchor wanted a picture of himself in his nice batman hoodie. He has now developed a love of hoodies and wears one on the daily. 

We are working on our mental health and what to do when we get upset before we "flip our lid" 

Brevick flipped his lid the other day.

And the whole house.

So it's a work in progress because I also flipped my lid so we had a lot of pots boiling over that night. 

This guy is your best friend right up until it just ghosts you like it's nothing. 

Our water heater went out on Friday so we got to spend Saturday morning putting in a new one. I mean it gave 15 years on a 14 year life so I can't be too angry about it but to just go out of the blue like that really seems a little low.

As far as the old man goes, he only snores while he sleeps. He is enjoying his new joy and all the learning he gets to do related to that. He is also working more Eastern Time zone hours so he is getting done with work at about 3 in the afternoon giving him time to go to the gym and attend cross country meets and football games. 

 

Back to School 2022

 Yep I put all the shots on here so you can see them from every angle. 

or because I was too unmotivated to sort through them. You decide.

We have Preschool, 3 grade, 5th grade, 8th grade, and Sophomore. So that's life happening fast for ya. 

Summer the 2nd Half

I don't have very many pictures but we really just took it easy and relaxed. We played outside a bit. Did swimming lessons a bit. Did some art projects and a lot of TV watching and tablet playing.

William spent a lot of time prepping for football season, lifting weights and going to practices. He also has some spiffy red cleats so he is easy to find in the crowd. 

We made homemade sushi with chicken not fish. 

And some super hero bath bombs which they didn't want to inhale any fumes so they put their masks to good use. 

Brevick's favorite chore is mopping, he did however learn that you cannot drift with the mop.

I love sleepy time.

Happy Birthday Anchor. Wow are you really 4? The answer to that is yes. yes you are. Anchor is such a fun guy with a lot of attitude. He always has an opinion if you ask him and even if you don't . He loves soda, ice cream, cheese pizza, staying up late, watching TV, turning the volume on the controls so you never know where it is going to hit. Bugging Emmerlyn, mimicking Brevick. Pestering the animals and learning new things. He knows he is getting big and he is ready for it!

This is his trick to staying up late.

He also loves vacuuming with the little vacuum.

Emmerlyn also became the proud owner of 2 pet rats Dobby and Oreo. The are pretty enamored by them. I am not gonna lie I am too. 

Ben started a new job last week as a CPA for an accounting firm out of NC because of this he is now working from home full time which is a change for all of us. So far so good but we will see how things go. In honor of this Pollee has been dubbed his work dog and Emmerlyn made it official by making her a tie!

We got to babysit Quinlee and Montgomery which was fun. We wore them out pretty well though and all poor Quinlee wanted to do was lay down!