Fire Trucks and Water Guns

Thursday when our power finally came back on, our fire alarm kept going off, sending the signal to the alarm company that our house was on fire. Jason and the alarm company got everything figured out, and it stopped! Tonight, (Saturday) while the kids and I were eating dinner and Jason was out putting up our new fence (Yay!), the fire alarm goes off again! This time, it is going off about every 30 seconds! While talking to the alarm company, who apparently can't do anything about it, we hear sirens turning onto our street! Seems like ADT forgot to cancel the fire department! So hear come 5 firemen into our non-burning house, which might I ad is very messy since I was at VBS all week!

They check everything out, and are headed on their merry way. They did allow me to get a photo op in though! Carson didn't want to be in the picture-surprise-surprise!

After talking to ADT again, and being informed that if a technician came out on a Saturday evening, it would cost $223, we unplugged power to alarm, battery back-up and all! They can come out on Monday for $25 (our normal fee under our warranty protection plan that we pay extra for!) Helllloooooo-our extra fee doesn't include Saturday's apparently! $223 for something that we didn't do, nor do we have any control over! Hmmmmmm...doesn't seem right does it?

So, while all this is going on, the boys are riding their bikes outside-'cause you sure can't stay in a house with a fire siren going off every 30 seconds! Two houses down from us, they are having a water party for their 11 year old's birthday. The boys get invited to come and join, and they had a blast! It was definitely old school hanging out going on, which I love! I love to see kids play with an innocence that this is all life is at the moment, no worries, nothing but fun!

Big Storm

Wednesday night, super big storms came through our area in like an instant! I mean really fast! I noticed through our front window that it looked like it was about to storm, and by the time I walked to our back door (like all of 30 seconds), it was a massive difference! I opened the back door to huge winds ripping the screen door totally out of my hands! Jason and I were looking out the door and watching the updates on TV, when suddenly the sky looked really green, everything had calmed down a little bit, and then Wham! huge winds picked up everything in our backyard at once!

I, having lived through several tornadoes, told Jason to get Dalton in our closet, as I went to yank Carson right out of his peaceful sleep. Our closet is the center of our house. So, we make a pallet for the boys with pillows and blankets in the closet, and then let them have ice cream in there too! Yeah, I know they are going to want it to storm all the time! :)

After everything had blown by us, their power went out! Forever! I mean seriously-we had power through the whole storm, and then poof! So, after what seemed like forever to get the boys in bed, we attempted to go to bed ourselves. Somewhere between 1 and 2 am our power came back on, only to go off again somewhere between 5:30 and 6 am! So, I had to shower and get ready in the dark! Aaaaaggghhh! I had to go curly to VBS that day-good thing too-since the minute we pulled into the parking lot, the sky opened up a massive downpour! Which lasted a minimum of 6 hours!

We had a lot of damage at our house, but I know there were several who had it way worse than us. I am thankful for a husband who is extremely handy, and can save us tons of money by doing the labor himself. Although, sometimes I think he would like to be able to just sit back and watch someone else do the work! ;)

We now have instant access to our creek, and the eyesore apartments behind us!

We also have access to our neighbor's yard on the "Do Not Mow" side of our house! Fun times!

This picture does not show all the damage, but we have an entire section of shingles missing!

VBS

I love Vacation Bible School! I mean I really do love it. I love being loud, excited, and energetic! (I know that's really hard to believe!) I love seeing the kids being sooo excited to learn about Jesus. I love the food, I mean seriously, at FBCC they really take care of their volunteers in the food department! So, I will be working out extra next week!

Since we now belong to a new church plant, that meets in an elementary school, they aren't having a VBS this year. So, I volunteered at our old church First Baptist Colleyville. I have been working in the second grade for the last 3 years, and I absolutely love it! It seems to me that 2nd graders are still at the point where they are just scared enough of you that they still listen enough to obey when needed. I had decided that this would be my last year at FBCC VBS, but my friend Suzie informed me that her daughter Lauren who I just adore, is very excited to be in 2nd grade VBS next year with me. So, one more year!

We had over 20 students in the 2nd grade make decisions for Christ! And that, is why I volunteer! I strongly encourage you to volunteer at your local church if you get the opportunity!

Here are a few pics, mainly of my kids, but hey-what else would you expect?
Dalton singing in the masses

Dalton and Jaden

Laura and Carson

Lynnleigh and her pigtails (she smiles later)

Carson and his prizes

Dalton and his prizes

All Smiles

Lynnleigh happy

Sweet Lauren

Dalton and Monster Croc (Pastor Craig)

Toothless

So, about 4 weeks ago, Jason sends me a text at work, that Carson punched Dalton in the mouth, and now Dalton has a loose tooth. The very next morning the tooth right next to it was also loose! The second tooth however was not near as loose as the first tooth. Monday night as we are eating dinner, the "second" tooth just falls out! I mean literally, I happened to be looking at him as it happened. I think he and I both had the same surprised look on our faces!

He was sooo excited, I was however a little sad. This is just one more step in him getting bigger. So, we put it in his tooth pillow that I bought over 2 1/2 years ago. I couldn't help it, it was perfect! I also bought Carson the same style but in John Deere tractors, and he was only 9 months old when I bought his!

Enjoy the pics of my "big" boy, and of his tooth loot!

Potty Time

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Yesterday's Home Tour was in the bathroom...
I am a little behind due to VBS, crazy weather, and many other things that I will post about later tonight!:)
Here is our main bath, better known as the boy's bathroom. We recently redid this bathroom at Christmas time, and I LOVE IT! My husband did the texture and tile, and I did the painting and decorating. Check out the cabinets, I painted the faux wood look myself, and I think they actually turned out really well! I don't have a picture of what it looked like before, but trust me when I say this is MUCH better! :)





The last picture is of the sand/plaster handprint my now 6 year old made when he was 3. Isn't it the cutest?

Home Tour-Office

This is my first time to post from Kelly's Korner Home Tours! I hope you enjoy!

We recently moved our office from our 4th bedroom to our formal dining area in the front of our house. It has been great! Especially since we were able to turn our 4th bedroom into an actual guest bedroom!

Before:

After:



And this is what it looks like now:


This is apparently now on my to do list for today!
Oh! And I almost forgot...this is my own personal office/craft area:

You don't even want to know what it looks like right now! LOL

Kindergarten Graduation

WAAAAAAAHHHHH! Dalton graduated from kindergarten today, and it was bitter sweet for me. I can't believe how much he is grown in one year! I mean, he can read and write, add and subtract...I am still in shock. Needless to say, I cried today-alot, as a matter of fact, I am probably going to go cry some more after I finish this post!

The kids were so cute at graduation, they sang some super cute songs, one to the tune of New York, New York (Picture "First Grade, First Grade") totally lost it to that one! :) We surprised the boys after, and took them to Incredible Pizza. Of course, we all had a blast there! I will post those pics later.

We also found a bunk bed from Craig's List that we have been looking for for awhile now...the boys are going to share a room, and then we are turning Carson's room into a playroom. Although, the way it is sounding right now, I am rethinking this pretty quickly!

Enjoy the pics from this morning...