Zoo

I can't believe I haven't blogged about this stuff. I am the worst! Anyway, here are some pictures from our zoo trip back in (how embarrassing) the first week of July. This is the trip that was cut short when Ashley got sick with her nasty stomach bug. Thank goodness she has been healthy ever since! (Other than the little cold we all have right now, along with the rest of H-town!) Zach loved the zebras. He said, "hi zeebas!" He thought the polar bears were dogs. Ashley loved the elephants. Actually, those are her favorite animals but the pet she currently wants is a piglet. She wasn't so wild about the dinosaur walk. The t-rex scared her but they both liked digging for fossils. We went to the children's museum, too, which was a lot of fun. Ashley's favorite part of that was the pretend ambulance and Zach liked the waterworks. Ashley didn't care for that so much because she doesn't like getting wet unless she is in her swimming suit.




Driving the ambulance Watching the "zeebas"

Art

One fine morning in July, Ashley decided to decorate Zach and herself. . .You can't quite see the details from these pictures but it was beautiful, let me tell ya. See what happens when Mommy doesn't take her shower BEFORE the kids wake up???

Trevor

In June, our nephew (it's a long story to explain the relation - Danny's ex-step-dad's grandson. . .) from Kentucky came and visited. He is 15 (will be 16 in October) and lived with Danny's family as a little boy. He was a part of our every day lives until moving to live with his dad six years ago. It was quite an adjustment but he seems to be doing well. It was wonderful to see him. There was a time we tried to get custody of him but then realized him being with his dad and sister was where he should be. It was a crazy time in our lives. . .Ashley LOVED meeting him and said "Trevor is a good man".

Camping

We went camping up at Anthony Lake over the weekend. It was SOOO nice (other than the mosquitos). Here are a few pictures.

Mean Girls

So last night we were at Danny's softball game and Ashley started playing with a little girl (a BOSSY little girl I might add) who was probably about 6 or so. They were rolling down the hill, playing duck, duck goose (just the two of them which was pretty funny), etc. The little girl wanted her to do backwards summersaults down the hill but Ashley didn't want to so I called Ashley over to me and told her that if a friend asks her to do something and she doesn't want to do it, she doesn't have to do it. Anyway, then another little girl (also about 6) came and joined them and I think this was a pretty good friend of the other 6-year-old (Ashley is 3). They were all playing but Ashley was obviously the 3rd wheel. They were looking for bugs and then they told Ashley to go away, they didn't want her to play with them. She hung her head down and came and sat on the bleachers with her face in her hands and tears in her eyes. She asked me why the girls didn't like her. My heart broke into pieces. I wasn't ready for this yet. About 5 minutes later the bossy little girl came back over and said, "I'm not playing with my friend anymore so you can play with me now." Ashley said "No thanks." ;) That's my girl!

Ashley's Wedding

Here's an e-mail I got from my mom last night. She watches the kids on Fridays. . .

Did I tell you about Ashley and her wedding? When we were playing outside she was showing me all of the things she can do on her swingset and telling my how big she's getting and that someday she'll be all grown up like Mama and she'll wear Mama's wedding dress and marry..."Who did YOU marry, Mammy?"

"Papa" I say.

"Who did Mama marry?"

"Mama married your daddy."

"Oh. When I grow up I'm going to marry..... uh.... uh.... uh.... (llllloooonnngggg pause) See! I told you I can do a flip!"

Early Birthday Surprise

So for the last week, Danny has been telling me that he needed to go help a guy from work and asked if there was any way I could be home from work by 3:30 on Thursday. So, I got home about 3:40 yesterday and he tells me, "Well - you'd better go get changed because Angela will be here by 4:00. You guys are going out to dinner and going shopping." He had birthday money for me, watched all four kids and had the whole night arranged. He had even bought pizza ahead of time for him and the kids! What an amazing husband. My birthday is not until this Sunday but what an early treat!! We had a great time and I found some fun things. And I even still have a few bucks left!