Watermelon

I was at target today and saw this thing you can put fruits and veggies in. Over the weekend I let Ryleigh taste my watermelon. I didnt think she cared for it untill I took it away so I could finish eating. She got mad, as soon as I put it back in her mouth she was quiet...lol. So here is Ryleigh trying some more watermelon in her new fresh food feeder.

Coffee Cups

I got this email from my mom. I thought it had a great message.


COFFEE CUPS

A group of alumni, highly established in their careers, got together to
visit their old university professor. Conversation soon turned into
complaints about stress in work and life. Offering his guests coffee, the
professor went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and
an assortment of cups - porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some plain
looking, some expensive, some exquisite telling them to help themselves
to the coffee. When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the
professor said: "If you noticed, all the nice looking expensive cups were
taken up, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is normal for
you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source of your
problems and stress. Be assured that the cup itself adds no quality to
the coffee. In most cases it is just more expensive and in some cases
even hides what we drink. What all of you really wanted was coffee, not
the cup, but you consciously went for the best cups... And then you began
eyeing each other's cups. Now consider this: Life is the coffee; the
jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to
hold and contain Life, and the type of cup we have does not define, nor
change the quality of Life we live. Sometimes, by concentrating only on
the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee God has provided us." God brews the
coffee, not the cups..... Enjoy your coffee! "The happiest people don't
have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything." Live
simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to
God. You are the miracle, your life either shines a light - or casts a
shadow.



Bobby and I always try and appreciate what we have. Right before we got married we bought a house. It wasnt by any means the best looking house on the block, but it was our house, and we took care of it, and when we had some extra money we improved some things in it. One day Bobby was outside and a man came to the house. He told Bobby that he wanted to buy our house. Bobby Brought him inside and the man said "I want to talk to you about buying your house" I immidiatly said "Its not for sale" He explained to me that there was a coal company coming through and gave us an offer. I didnt know if he was legitamate or not, so I called my dad and he came over. My dad said everything was ok and we took the mans offer. It was $10,000 shy of being 4x what we paid for the house! We signed an option agreement, and when I was almost 7 mo. preg. We sold and bought the house we are in now. Bobby and I have had many blessings in our life and I believe its because we are always happy with what we have and live with in our mean. We dont have credit cards. We spend what we have and we are greatful for what we are able to get.

Weed Eater

Bobby was out in the garage, so Ryleigh and I took a walk out there. I brough her bumbo and she sat and watch Bobby fixing the weed eater. When I got down there he had it all torn apart. He said that it needed cleaned and put back together to see if he could get it started. He put a wire brush thing on the front of the drill and I cleaned some of the pieces. He let me put it back together too. He told me where everything went, but I was screwing the pieces back together. I did a pretty good job. When we got it back together it still didnt start though. Probally didnt help that Bobby dropped a part and bent it. And then put another part in the vice and bent it. When he tryed to unbend them the pieces flew off....lol. Im sure that didnt help things. Oh well. I guess its time for a new one. It was fun though hanging out with him in the "man garage" and getting my hands dirty....hehe.

Dance Recital

Yesterday I went to Haylee, 5.5 yrs, and Meghan's , 7.5 yrs, dance recital. It was so cute to watch them up there on stage. They did such a great job!

The recital overall was cute. One of my favorites was a ballet routine. They danced to the song Jet plane (I think that's the name of it....I'm leaving on a jet plane. Don't know when I'll be back again...KWIM??) There were 3 boys dressed in Camo pants and army shits with dog tags and the girls would dance around them. It was REALLY cute! There was another with 4 little girls Probably 4 yrs old. They came out on tricycles and then got off and danced. The one little girl looked like she was SOOOOO Excited to just be up there on stage, she was dancing all over the place...not even close to the routine. The girl beside her is just standing there looking at her like "what the heck are you doing, thats not how it goes!" It was so funny. Then at the end all of the girls were supposed to get on the tricycles and leave the stage. The first 2 girls left, the 3rd little girl was on her bike and the last little girl was STILL dancing her lil heart out. It was so cute!

My Saturday

Yesterday was a busy day. I went to my friend Tammy's daughters Pre-K graduation ceremony. It was so cute to watch them in their cap and gown's getting diplomas...lol. Then there was a little party after with cookies and punch. After that I came home and got ready for Kim and Brian to come over for a cook out. It was a good day for a cook out. We had a great time laughing and making fun of my silly dogs....lol. We watched the movie "music and lyrics" It was a good movie!

Today I get to watch my best friend's daughter and sister in their first dance recital! I cant wait!

Watch me Grow

Here is a slideshow I made of Ryleigh. It has pictures of her from Birth, 3 months and 6 months. Shes grown so much from the tiny little baby till now. Shes gained alittle over 7 lbs and grew 6"!!!

6 Month Check up

We just got back from Ryleighs 6 month Well baby visit. It went very well. She is 15lbs and 27" long. She got 2 shots. She cryed and turned red...poor girl! He said I can introduce meats, but Im going to wait at least another month on that. I just started fruits about a week ago. He also said to wait close to 9 months for the finger foods.