Monumental Occasion

The next time you see Sierra, you will notice something a little different about her. She can now spit corn through her front teeth and talks a little different then she did yesterday. SHE LOST HER FIRST TOOTH! She is so excited and can't wait to show everyone. She is smiling from ear to ear to make sure everyone sees! And of course, you can't miss it, it's her front bottom tooth.

She and dad were sitting on the couch last night playing a game when she started wiggling her tooth (which she's been doing for 3 days) and it just popped right out! She put it under her pillow last night and of course the "Tooth Fairy" came, took her tooth, and left her $3. Let's just say it wasn't difficult to get her out of bed this morning. She sat straight up, started throwing pillows everywhere to make sure the Tooth Fairy really did come. She mentioned to me later that she thinks the tooth fairy is a girl. Funny, when Brandon was about her age, he told me he saw the tooth fairy fly into his room and he promised me it was a boy! :) Must be a gender thing. You will see SB smiling a lot now. Not that she didn't already.

Oh, can't forget this...when JB found out that SB got money for losing her tooth, this morning he started wiggling his own! LOL Knowing him, he will pull them all before they're ready!

Take care and have a great week.
KB

You never know

Well today is Memorial Day and we've all been up for awhile. We've washed both cars, cleaned the cars and Sierra and I have even taken a walk this morning. We're getting ready to load everyone up and head to the cemetary to put out flowers. After that, I think we'll head down to my mom's to go swimming. Brandon, Megan, Irven (my mom's brother) and I think even Scott and Sharon are coming to her house to eat and swim. Sierra and Pierce are really excited. Sierra learned to swim on her back yesterday (she never ceases to amaze me).

Funny thing happened the other day and I thought it was worth posting. I took Sierra and Pierce to visit my grandmother Mary who is 89 years old. She acts like she is 70 and still picks JB up and had even made SB a pair of capri's and cute little shirt. She is such an amazing woman and so good with the kids. Of course when we go over there, she loads them up with candy, ice cream and anything else they want...I guess like any good grandmother would do (Grams and her m&ms:) So of course JB is in heaven! As we were leaving, she walked us to the car and gave both kids a kiss goodbye. As she was kissing JB and telling him that she loved him, he looked at her and said, "I thought you died" after I picked my jaw up off the ground, I said, "oh no honey, that was Nanaw Darlin" JB looked at me and said, "no it wasn't, it was her" As we tried to explain that it was Nanaw Darlin and NOT Nanaw Mary, JB started asking the normal 3-year questions, "how did she die", "how did she get to heaven", and then he started crying saying he wanted Nanaw Darlin (which he has never done before) so I realized he was probably a little tired and at that point, anything was going to make him cry.

When it comes to JB...you just never know what he's going to say. But that's what makes him special! Speaking of JB, next time you see him, ask him to sing How Great is our God or Sweep me Away. He knows those songs word for word and we sing them constantly in the car.

Take care and have a wonderful holiday!
KB

Happy Anniversary and Happy Birthday!

Well, I guess it is the day! Today is my parents' 47th anniversary and my youngest big sister's birthday. Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad, and Happy Birthday Melody!

Sunday morning and Kelly went to the Senior PGA Championship after we got back home from church. The little ones and I are hanging out. We've called three different sets of their friends to see if they could come over, but it seems that everyone else is out of town for Memorial Day. They have talked me into taking them swimming down at Nannaw's so we will head out here in a minute.

One other momentous occasion I can share: Not only did we take SB's training wheels off of her bike last night, SHE actually took one of them off with pliers and a wrench. She never ceases to amaze me because she was doing it at the same time I was taking the other one off (I was thinking that she would watch me and then know how to take her side off, but when I got done, she was already done). Kind of funny, she told me that she could ride without them, but it was really hard for me to let go of the handlebars. When I finally did, she rode all the way down the street and back. Unbelievable.

Last night we had John and Darcy (from my office) over with their two boys and grilled hot dogs and hamburgers while the kids played out back. Brandon hung out all day and then came back over with a couple of his friends. Scott and Megan came over for a little while after looking for a couch for Megan. (Sierra and I had looked at some garage sales earlier in the day for Megan, to no avail).

It was a fun day getting to see everyone and just spend some good time together.

Off to swim - again, Happy Anniversary and Happy Birthday!

B

Update

Not much new in our lives. We had the kids last night and they were really good. The doorbell rang and there were 4 little girls asking if Sierra could come out and play. They are all around her age and just moved in down the street. They played together and JR came over and played with JB. When we went to get Sierra at her friends house, she informed us they've formed a new "girls club" called the BRATZ. She seemed really excited to have new friends. BL is good, Megan is good and Rylie (the new puppy) is a puppy. She wants to be right under your feet all the time, but she's so cute it's hard to get on to her.

Well I work at the Sr. PGA all day tomorrow...I know, someone's got to do it. BL has been in Tulsa visiting a friend and will be back tomorrow. This weekend should be fun because everyone will be home.

Hope everyone has a great weekend and enjoys the holiday.

KB

Tough Weekend

We got home around 7:00pm tonight. This weekend was tough. Brandon had a good series playing, but Saturday was the last college game he will ever play and that was emotionally tough for all of us. Before the game they had senior day ceremonies and players escorted their parents onto the field. I made it through without really breaking down until I saw BL break down and that was all it took. Sunday morning we packed up his stuff and headed for OKC around 7am. It was a long drive and not a lot was said. I think he realizes a lot will happen in the next 15 days. The draft starts June 6th and goes to the 7th. He is still hoping to go in the draft and will try to stay busy to keep his mind off of it until it happens. We'll keep you posted.

Hope everyone had a great weekend despite the hot weather. I had a great time with Brett in Las Cruces.

KB