POTTY TRAINING UPDATE

EVERYONE HAS BEEN ASKING HOW PHILLIP IS DOING ON HIS POTTY TRAINING - HE HAS BEEN GREAT - TODAY HE PEE'D AND POO'D ON THE POTTY - HE WAS SO PROUD OF HIMSELF - HE HAS COME A LONG WAY - WE TOOK A BREAK WHILE WE WERE IN WV AND STARTED AGAIN THIS WEEK AND FOR SOME REASON HE JUST PICKED IT UP! I HOPE HE CONTINUES ON THIS PATH - HE WILL BE THE EASIEST ONE ,BY FAR, TO POTTY TRAIN IF HE DOES!

WHAT A PROJECT

GRANDMA PEGGY BOUGHT HUNTER A TRAMPOLINE - HE HAS ALWAYS WANTED ONE - HE LOVES THEM - EVEN THOUGH HE BROKE HIS ARM ON ONE - HE STILL LOVES THEM - WHEN WE GOT IT HUNTER AND I DECIDED TO PUT IT TOGETHER BY OURSELVES ONE DAY - WE HAD A HECK OF A TIME GETTING IT TOGETHER - WE LAUGHED THROUGH THE FIRST HALF AND ARGUED THROUGH THE LAST PART OF IT BUT WE WERE ABLE TO GET IT TOGETHER AND HE LOVES IT - PHILLIP DOESN'T REALLY LIKE IT BUT HUNTER AND MOLLY LOVE IT EVEN THE TEENAGE GIRLS THAT BABYSIT FOR US COME OVER AND JUMP ON IT - THE POOL AND THE TRAMPOLINE SEEM TO BE THE SUMMER ATTRACTION FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

TRACTOR RIDES

BOB GOT A RIDING LAWN MOWER FOR FATHERS DAY AND YOU WOULD HAVE THOUGHT WE PURCHASED AN AMUSEMENT PARK RIDE - THE KIDS SPENT OVER 2 HOURS RIDING ON IT - WE HAVE A LOT OF DIRT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF THE POOL BUT ONCE THE GRASS GROWS BACK WE WILL GET PLENTY OF USE OUT OF IT.

POOL TIME

UNFORTUNATLEY WE WERE NOT ABLE TO GET AN INGROUND POOL PUT IN - DOMINION POWER HAS LINES ALL THROUGH OUR BACK YARD AND IT COST 7,000 PER LINE TO MOVE - OUT OF OUR POCKET - WE ENDED UP GETTING AN ABOVE GROUND PUT IN - THE KIDS STILL REALLY ENJOY IT - PHILLIP GETS SO EXCITED - HE JUMPS IN AND LOVES GOING UNDER WATER - HE HAS NO FEAR - HE GOES IN THE POOL AT LEAST TWICE A DAY - IT IS SUPPOSED TO RAIN THE NEXT 3 DAYS SO I SHOULD HAVE A VERY ANGRY TODDLER ON MY HANDS.

SPOLED IN WV

NANA AND PAPPY DEFINATELY SPOILED US ALL IN WV - I GOT A NEW LUGGAGE RACK, TIRES AND A CAMPER VAN - HUNTER WAS GIVEN A JEEP TO DRIVE WHEN HE IS OLD ENOUGH AND PHILLIP WAS LOVING HIS VANILLA MILK SHAKES! WE HAD SUCH A GREAT TIME - HUNTER DID NOT COME BACK - HE STAYED FOR ANOTHER 2 WEEKS - WE ARE GOING TO GET HIM BACK NEXT WEEK - WE WILL TAKE SOME PICTURES OF HIS JEEP AND POST THEM - IT IS A BEAUTY WITH 4 1/2 INCHES OF LIFT, BIG TIRES AND A VERY LOUD SOUND SYSTEM - HE IS EXCITED ABOUT IT.

PHILLIP WITH PAPPY BEFORE HE WAS ABLE TO GET A HAIR CUT! HE HAS A LOT LESS HAIR AND BEARD NOW!!!! PHILLIP KEPT EATING APPLES AND BANANAS THE WHOLE TIME HE WAS THERE.

GEICO FAMILY FUN DAY 2007

PHILLIP HAD SO MUCH FUN AT THE GEICO FAMILY FUN DAY - HE RODE HORSES AND CLIMBS WALLS AND SAT IN A RACE CAR - IT WAS, BY FAR, THE BEST FAMILY FUN DAY THAT GEICO HAS EVER DONE.













WE COULD NOT BELIEVE THAT HE WAS ABLE TO CLIMB THIS WALL - HE SURPRISED US ALL.

HUNTER'S CHAMPIONSHIP GAME

HUNTER HAD A GREAT SEASON - HE WAS ABLE TO BE ON A TEAM WITH A PREVIOS TRIPLE A BALL PLAYER AS A COACH - THEY WERE SO GOOD WITH THE KIDS - BOB IS EVEN PLAYING SOFTBALL WITH THEM THIS SUMMER - THEY WENT TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME AND CAME IN 2ND - NOT TO BAD! HUNTER ALMOST HIT A HOME RUN DURING THE CHAMPIONSHIP - IT WAS ABOUT 3 FEET FROM THE FENCE - HE WAS GIVEN THE GAME BALL - IT WAS A GREAT MOMENT FOR ALL OF US - WE WERE SO PROUD OF HIM!


DOESN'T HE LOOK SO MUCH OLDER THAN THE OTHER KIDS - HARD TO BELIEVE HE IS ONE OF THE YOUNGEST ON THE TEAM!

PHILLIP STEELING CHOCOLATE

PHILLIP HAS A BAD HABIT OF EATING ANY CHOCOLATE THAT IS LEFT IN ARMS REACH - THE BAD THING IS HE DOES NOT REALIZE HE IS VERY MESSY WHEN HE EATS IT - HE ALWAYS TRIES TO LOOK LIKE HE DIDNT DO ANYTHING BUT IS COVERED IN CHOCOLATE - WE WERE ABLE TO PHOTOGRAPH HIM THIS TIME.









HERE HE IS TELLING US HOW HE WAS NOT EATING ANYTHING - HE IS NOT A GOOD LIAR.

STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL 2007

THE BOYS HAD SO MUCH FUN AT THE STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL - ELMO WAS THERE TO GREAT US AND THEN HUNTER SAW A MONSTER TRUCK! PHILLIP WAS ABLE TO EAT A WHOLE ICE-CREAM CONE - IT WAS SO HOT THAT DAY! THEY BOTH WERE ABLE TO RIDE HORSES FOR THE FIRST TIME AND HAD THEIR FACES PAINTED BY THE MILITARY GUYS THAT WERE THERE. THEY SPENT A GOOD TIME ON THE MILITARY PART - GETTING IN AND OUT OF THE VEHICLES AND PLAYING WITH ALL THE GUNS - THEY REALLY HAD A GREAT TIME.

MOLLY'S TENNIS

MOLLY HAS STARTED TAKING TENNIS LESSONS AND REALLY ENJOYS IT - IF SHE CONTINUES TO PROGRESS SHE MAY BE ON A TEAM BY FALL! SHE ALSO STARTED THE HEALTHY U PROGRAM AT CHKD FOR HER WEIGHT AND HAS DONE EXCEPTIONALLY WELL WITH HER EATING AND SCREEN TIME - SHE HAS BEEN VERY EXCEPTIVE OF THE NEW MEALS AND LESS SCREEN TIME - SHE WILL START JUNIOR HIGH THIS FALL AND IS REALLY WORKING HARD TO GET HEALTHY BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS. SHE HAD A WONDERFUL REPORT CARD WITH ONLY 1 B AND THE REST A'S!! WE ARE VERY PROUD OF ALL HER ACCOMPLISHMENTS THIS PAST YEAR!