Believe it or not I am getting internet at the house. It is slower than molasses but it is still a link to the outside world. I couldn't find my "real" mouse so I couldn't do much with all the pictures. Here are just a few I found that I thought were good enough for sharing. My camera is FULL of pictures but I've just got to go through and edit, save, the whole deal.

Adam played tee ball tonight. He hit one of the tee and two from the coach pitching. After the game we came home and played another hour of ball outside. I was all time pitcher and Adam and Gage, the boy next door, were the batters. Luke was the cheering section. Bucky is at church camp this week but he comes home at night and then doesn't go back until later in the day. I think Adam may go with him tomorrow and all of us will go on Wed. to hear him speak.

We are having a great summer so far. All is well.

This picture is of us on Easter. We celebrate 10 years this month and we are taking a cruise next week to celebrate. Bring on the fun!
Luke loves to put this is baskets, buckets, etc. and then take them out. He loves to play. He is close to crawling. He mostly goes backward now. He has developed this scowl thing he does that we can't decide is cute or not.

Luke loves to watch Adam and Callie. This is a shot from the other night. Yum.

Not that it matters, but I did post last week but it posted on Bucky's blog and not mine. Oh well. I need to go pick up the boys so let me (again) do a top ten list of things going on in our life.
1. Luke loves life and all the food in it. Broccoli, Nutri grain bars, and yogurt bites are his new favorites. And he LOVES water from a straw.
2. Adam is still hilarious and so sweet. The other day he just said to me. "You're so good...and you take care of me." He also lets me know that I look pretty in every outfit I have on.
3. Bucky is in the thick of Amazing Race. GCC loves it! Fun times!
4. I have yet to hear anything for sure about a job in the fall but I think one is in the works.
5. Adam has two tee ball games left.
6. Two weeks from today and we'll be on our cruise. Happy 10 years to us!
7. I have nothing else to write except that I mopped the floors today. So much for ten things. We are boring but happy.
Gotta go run some errands and get the boys.

How did it get to be the middle of May?

Highlights Since I've Written:
Had a lovely Mother's Day and got too see Nana and Gran.
Adam is in the thick of tball. He loves it. I wish you could see him run those bases. Wow!
Luke got four of his top teeth ALL AT ONCE! Talk about Baby Oragel coming in handy. He ran fevers and everything. He's cute with his new pearly whites!
Bucky is the love of my life but I guess that's old news. :)
I spoke at the GCC Mother Daughter Friend Banquet. All went well.
We are going to TN Thursday for Megan's graduation. Adam is excited about our "vacation" but was sad to think he would miss show and tell day. Funny what you look forward to at the age of four.
I've been reading like crazy. In fact, I've read four and a half books in the last week. I have done this while I've been watching a third grader and proctoring make up testing.
Comfort Food by Kate Jacobs
Three books by Tracey Bateman all about the same character "Claire"
I'm ready another book called Grounds to Believe but can't recall the author.
I will do approximately ten loads of laundry tonight (slight exaggeration) and try to pack all while taking care of my fellas. Mother of the Year!

That's us in a nutshell. Life is good.

1. First trip back to Jtown went well. We stayed with the Coe family and had a ball. We got see Mary Blakey and our regular crew at the Gossage fish fry. Fun, but we have paid for it yesterday and today. In fact, I am heading home in a just a bit for a nap.
2. I am helping with testing at Camargo. This will be all day subbing for a week and half. Yea!
3. We are still trying to eat healthy. Seems like we lapse on the weekends but are all business during the week.
4. Just finished Valerie Bertinelli's Finding It. An easy read but pretty good. I liked the little notes to self parts.
5. Luke must be going through a growth spurt. He's been waking up to eat. :(
6. In related news, Adam has become a bottomless pit. Seriously! He can eat a huge meal and then twenty minutes later be convinced that he's hungry. He gets upset when you say no but he can't eat all day!

More later!

Hello from Mt. Sterling. Did you know Luke can say Momma? He can and it's so cute. He's been feeding himself those little puffs and yogurt bites. He seems to enjoy them. Adam and I are at the library doing our "tech savvy" thing while Luke and Bucky are hanging out at the house. Adam had another great ball practice the other night. The first game is on Tuesday. I am looking forward to it. He got some new cleats and a friend gave us some ball pants and so all we need is the shirt and hat. Woo Hoo!

Bucky had a nice time in TN with Dicky and the crew. Meanwhile Adam had strep throat and Luke spent several days in Berry. It is nice having family so close to help out with things like that especially.

In other news, our house still hasn't sold. Yuck. I am wishing this would happen. We will get to see it this weekend since we are going to Jtwon for the Gossage fish fry. It will be weird to be in RC. I don't look forward to getting home late on Saturday night. I am penciling in a nap for Sunday afternoon. :)

Don't know what else to say except Happy Anniversary to Mom and Dad! Congrats on 39 years.

Time is flying by. Spring Break was practically a blur with some down time, a day at the zoo, and then a mission trip to Beatyville, KY. Hard to belive that April is almost halfway over.

We are going to enroll Adam in the kindergarten program at his current daycare. It's part of the Mt. Sterling Christian School. I met with his teacher a while ago and she said that another year of preschool would leave him feeling bored. She was VERY complimentary of him and his academics. I don't want him to start public school when he's 4 and be the youngest one in his class. Mrs. Susan suggested kindergarten and we are going with that option. He will learn a lot I'm sure. I do have a few concerns: how he'll feel about going to kindergarten twice essentially (so I'm looking for a way to explain this) and then I wonder how he'll be grouped at church. I'd like to keep him in the toddler room. It's for 3, 4, and 5 year olds so I think I can.

Luke is doing well. He is starting to say Ca Ca and "talk" to Callie. He loves that dog! We boarded Callie over the weekend and she was extremely glad to see us on Sunday afternoon.

Adam had his first tee ball practice. He's on the Diamondbacks. After he hit the ball his coach said, "You've hit the ball before, haven't you?" He did well at practice.

Tonight is Bucky's last night to ref ballgames. They are playing three so it will be a late night.

Can't think of anything else worth sharing.

Stuff and Things

1. Easter was great. What a perfect day. We had an awesome service at GCC and I was glad to be a part. Bucky baptized one of our eighth graders. Sweet! We spent the day in Cynthiana and got to see Walters and Gossetts. I love it when that works out. We didn't get home until after 10 but this is Spring Break week so it was no big deal.
2. We have been doing well on our diet or lifestyle change as we are calling it. We are totally enjoying Easy Walker Park here in Whirlin' Sterlin' and we walk several nights a week. Luke loves the stroller and Adam does well too. The other night we took a playground break and Adam was on the tire swing. He got so dizzy he could barely stand.
3. Luke has discovered his tongue and wants the whole world to see it. Practically every picture from Easter has him with his tongue sticking out. It's so cute!
4. We did the big task of switching our clothes. It was a huge chore and I still have not found all my summer shoes and sandals. I hate to buy flip flops, etc. but I may have to. We bought the boys their summer clothes. They should both be set. We found lots of nice things at Kohl's and Children's Place.
5. Callie is getting a haircut, bath, and pedicure tomorrow. I will be so glad to not have to sweep up Callie hair as often as I have been. It's everywhere!
6. Adam is sitting next to me in the library doing some things on Playhouse Disney. He "loves these phone cause they let me talk to people." Whatever. He is a sight in the caution orange headphones from 1989. He's about like Bucky--life with him is always an adventure.
7. Adam is playing t ball and we heard from his coach. He has practice the next two Monday nights and then games start the last week in April. I hope all goes well.
8. Better go. I hope to get a chance someday to post pictures but just imagine how good we looked on Easter. Ha!