I am NOT dead!!!

I am sorry to all of my new blog friends!! I have been slacking, not because I am lazy, BUT because I am so busy!!! I do find time though to peak at all of yours!!!They are all awesome!!I really miss the time I used to spend blogging, and so tonight as I could not sleep, I am going to spend just a couple of minutes. Sorry to all of you who have tagged me.... I still plan on doing it... just way late of course.. but for anyone who really knows me, that is no real surprise.
The past couple of weeks, I have been busy working at

AND.......

I know this looks funny... but I have been working on our yard with my awesome husband who lets me do ALL of the guy things ..like drive a bobcat!!! We have been working feverishly day and night (me during the day, and him at night) to complete this HUGE project before winter...HOWEVER with Saratoga City turning off our secondary water, I think we are shot for sod until next spring...but it looks awesome...!!! We are a good team!!

THIEF ON THE LOOSE

OKAY!!! It has happened AGAIN!!!
Blakely: "MOM, SOMEONE STOLE MY MONEY!!!!"
Me: "Blakely, are you sure you didn't put it somewhere else? You know how
messy you are?!"
Blakely: " No, mom!!! I know it was in there!! I had $46 and now I only have $26!!"
Me: " Well honey?! Not sure what to tell you!? I will talk to your sisters!"
Blakely " BUT MOM!!!"
Brandon (DADDY): " Blakely , this is why I told you to put it in the bank"
(As if she could drive herself)
Blakely: "BUT MOMMY will NEVER TAKE ME!!!"
ME: AHH!!!! "It is always my fault!!! EVERYTHING!!"

So, I sat both Josey and Gracey down for a little interogation!!!! of sorts...ya know the kind that you give them the answers to the most probable scenarios.... AND... I tell you what!!!! I have some pretty good little liars! NOT a confession to be found!!! And as one of my scenarios was given to GRACELYN, this is what I found out........

Me: " Gracelyn, where did you see Blakely's wallet?"
Gracey: " On her black desk thing"
Me: "oh.. did you put it back there after you took Blakely's bill with a 2 and a 0 on it?"
Gracey: "what 2 and 0?"
Me: " Gracey, did you take bubba's money to school to give it to your friend?"
Gracey: "Mommy, I only took my special pretty penny to school to give to CHLOE as a friendship penny!"
Me: " What do you mean?"
Gracey: "It was so Chloe knew she was my friend!"
(so we have already learned that we have to buy friends?!? ahh!)
Me: " Gracey, did you take the money to Mrs. Phelps?"
Gracey: "I only took MY money! And she said it was too late for her to buy me a book at the book order! and I was really sad!"
Me: "gracey, I told you we weren't buying books this time!"
Gracey: " But it is MY MONEY!! and I will buy what I want!!"
Me: "what did the bill look like? did it have a 2 and a 0 on it?"
(trying so hard to bait her!)
Gracey: NO!!!!! It was mine!
Me: " Gracey, did you take bubba's money to play the crane game at Smiths?"
(if you don't all know, she is ADDICTED!!! we let her play once,
telling her she WOULDN'T win , and she DID!! all by herself!)

SOOO.... I move on to josey!!!! and this is what I got......

Needless to say!!!!!.... this is ALL I get out of JOSEY!!! She thinks she is hysterical, and really most of the time she is... It is really hard to keep a straight face through any subject with her!!!
As we finished this topic, with NO RESOLVE....
Blakely continues to say: "But MOMMY.. What are we going to do about my money?"
Daddy: " well, I guess we can take it off of what you owe mom for your new
SPY sunglasses!"
Blakely: "WHAT?!" " I will never have enough money for that new build a bear!?"
Daddy:" Oh you forgot about that?"
Me: " I did! Thanks for reminding me!"
Daddy: "Oops! Sorry Blake!"

CLEAR CREEK 2008

It has been since I was in 5th grade..1984 to be exact... that I went to.............
I am getting ready to return, and am so excited. The memories of the fun times there are so fresh to me, and I can't wait. I really cannot believe that I have a daughter in 5th grade, old enough to go! Oh my how the years fly. I can't wait to see the little cabins, the bunkbeds the SHOWERS!!! Blakely is so excited to have me go with her, but NOT as excited as I am!! I will surely post pictures as soon as we get back..!

Bus Ride

Today was Gracey's first bus ride EVER!! She was so excited and I.. SO NERVOUS!! I went to the bus stop early so that I could snap a couple of pics.....

Josey's new TOAD!!

Today, as I was waiting in the kindergarten playground for Gracey's class to start... I heard a small voice saying " GRACEY COME HERE!!" I looked toward the fence and this is what I saw....HOW SWEET!! HUGS AND HUGS !

..... Then this is what I saw!! Josey had somehow managed to TRADE a friend.. a baby grasshopper for a TOAD!!! Now we are off to the store to get a HOME!!!