This is in our plans for this weekend....

and a little bit of this.....

and a lot of this!

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Its finally Wednesday!

I have waited for today since I went to work last Wednesday---I am so glad I am off...I do not think I could have worked another day ,in fact they asked and I said NO WAY! I dont know why but my work week was TERRIBLE...oh, well its over and I am off until next Wednesday..we do have something planned everyday though, today I am going to the dentist.yuck! Alli is being sweet and coming over to keep the kids and swim so they are excited! Tommorrow poor little Annellise is going to get her shots for school..she is such a big girl I think she will be fine, plus she will get a surprise after so that always helps..HA! we are then going to get school supplies..I am so excited...I LOVE SCHOOL SUPPLY SHOPPING!!!! School starts on Aug 11 so its almost here! I am ready for school to start..I need to get them back on a schedule and it will be a lot cheaper for Bert and I ..right now each day they go to daycare its 40.00 a day not counting lunch money and fun money (they go swimming, bowling,skating, and to the movies) that is not included in my 40.00...so it all adds up FAST! During the school yr its only 2.00 an hour and Harper only goes about 1 1/2 hrs a day so he only cost about 5.00 a day and Annellise is about 10.00 a day....so its MUCH cheaper!!!
We have a busy weekend planned...its BASEBALL all weekend...Harper has a tournament Fri. and Sat. so we will be doing that all weekend..luckily Bert is off so he will be there and dad is coming to the games too...Its just going to be so HOT!!!
Monday we are going to see Nannie in the Nursing Home..she is dying for us to come and play Bingo so we are going to be there to play with her and visit..she is LOVING the nursong home..its so funny because its like a college dorm and she has so many friends there so she is getting cought up on all her "gossip" and playing bingo....I am so glad she is happy! we have all been so worried about her but she just jumped right in and is having a ball....praise God!!!
Gotta go get ready for the dentist...I would much rather have a baby with no meds!! ha!! I AM SERIOUS! there is nothing worse to me than going to the dentist.....

Monday, July 7, 2008

A new Week.....

We had a very relaxing weekend--thank goodness! Saturday we did hardly anything and when Bert got home from work we all went to the movies...Annellise and I went to see Kit Kiddridge..an American Girl..it was so cute and she looked like such a big girl with her popcorn and drink ( they have a kids pack and its all togther, so convienient) and Harper, Bert, and Payton went to see Wall-E..the kids liked it but Bert thought it was stupid--oh well....then we went to Target...Bert got the kids a BIG surprise....Annellise finally got her a pink Nintendo DS and she has not put it down since Saturday night..they were even up at 6:30 am Sunday to play...Harper got a PSP..he has been wanting it forever! He also has not put it down.....My kids have been WONDERFUL and QUIET since we bought the games...why did we not buy them sooner HA! Anyway, after church and late yesterday afternnon, we had a "pool party"...we invited 3 other friends and families (besides Alli and her family) and swam and cooked out hamburgers and hotdogs...it was lots of fun, it did rain for about 30 minutes and the kids had a "BLAST" jumping on the trampoline in the pouring rain..they just giggled and giggled !!!!
the only sad thing is out of all our friends Bert and I are the oldest!!!!! (everyone else is in their early 30's, one girl is still 29) I guess hanging around the "young" couples makes Bert and I young too!!!ha!!! Today we woke up and our air condition isnt working---its crazy because ut had its "check up" last Wednesday...sometimes I think they break something in order for you to have to spend money to fix it......I hate when its hot in our house---its so hot poor Harper is walking around with his shirt off and has the portable fan pointed at his head...HE IS SO MY CHILD!!!!ha!! The guy is here now "fixing" it...I cant wait to see what is wrong...I start my work week on Wednesday and Harper has a bball game on Friday night ...so our week isnt that busy..thank goodness!

Saturday, July 5, 2008

July 4th

We had so much fun last night--Bert had set up our tent on Thursday night and taken our chairs-we got there about 5:30 on Friday and there were so many people there...we had taken a cooler of drinks and lots of snacks and I had 2 tables set up under our tent with lots of treats---we had Alli,Kyle, Payton ,and Price, mom and dad, and her best friend "aunt Linda", Bubba, Cindy and her daughter, Missy and her family and the Daniels stopped in "under the tent"---it was so much fun! We have had God and Country day for years but I have to say this year was the best! Annellise and Payton sang on the stage that night ( a song from Bible School) and then after snacking on some dinner- we took the blanket back up to the stage and watched the band 33 miles ( they were really great!) --after they sang we went back to the tent and got either in a chair or on the blanket and watched the fireworks----after cleaning up and coming home Bert and the kids went outside and shot some fireworks of their own...the kids were wound up and I had a hard time getting them to go to bed but they did sleep until 10:30 am----yeah for me!!!!

Friday, July 4, 2008

Busy,Busy,Busy!

This sums up my life lately! We have been on the go for the last few weeks..today Annellise and I slept until 11:30..(I did wake up earlier but laid back down with her) she has been so tired and fussy lately..Im sure its because we havent gotten in the bed before 10:30 all week..We have had Bible School and it has really been fun! Im not much of a teacher and in fact asked not to be one but I was and I really enjoyed it...Bert,Kyle, Allison, and I were all teachers (tribe leaders) and I just loved our little group..we had kids from 2nd to 6th grade and they are just wonderful kids..it jut makes me so happy when their mom tells us that they couldnt wait to come see us at Bible School each night. Tonight or this afternoon is God and Country Day at the church..we set up our tent last night and we are going when Bert gets off work this afternnon. We st up chairs and some people bring grills and cook..its going to be so much fun because our Sunday School class all set up our tents together so we will all be around each other, Lots of Fun! Anyway, they have big jumping things for the kids and a water slide, at 6 the kids choir puts on a program, the adult choir sings, the kids sing the songs we learned at VBS,our preacher says a little something ( I LOVE him!--he is I think my favorite preacher I have ever had!), and then the band 33 Miles is putting on a concert, then FIREWORKS!!! so we are really excited about this afternoon.....
Thank goodness we have NO plans for tommorrow, my plan is to spend the afternoon by the pool with my children or we might go see Nannie if it rains..she is going to a Nursing Home..it just breaks my heart, but she just cant walk by herself anymore since she fell a few months ago and mom and dad just cant do it anymore by themselves..it breaks my heart but they just dont have a choice! In some ways, I think Nannie will really enjoy being with other people because if she was at home she would just be in her room all by herself all day and that just makes me sad..At the nursing home some of her friends are there and she will get to spend time and have some "fun"...
Back to our crazy world, we are still doing baseball...Harper had a tournament 2 wks ago and it was so HOT! as I said in the picture, we all passed the stomach virus around and she was recovering from it and had to go to the game..I did make her lay down alot and stay in front of the fan...but bless her heart she was miserable! Our next tournament is the 18 and 19 .....My friend Kay and I took the kids to Yogi Bear Park last Tuesday, it was a lot of fun...Harper got bored and was ready to go after a few hours..It is really geared to more Annellise's age and younger but it is neat knowing that something like that is this close...We are planning on renting a cabin in the fall...they have lots of stuff planned for the kids...
Bert and I are just getting older by the day Ha! Bert has shingles and he was pretty miserable for a few days..it is still all on his back but the itching and pain is better...the dr. said it is caused by stress and with his new position and the opening of the new Miskelly store he has been pretty STRESSED OUT! My hip has been bothering me a lot and I am trying to decide if I need to go to the dr. because its not getting better..I was hoping it was a muscle but I am starting to think that its not because Im not feeling better..anyway the Bell family is "falling apart"---I have been trying my best to keep the kids away from Bert because shingles is a form of the chicken pox and since they havent had it they could get it from Bert's shingles----they did have the "chicken pox" shot when they were 1 so lets just pray that it really works!
Our dog Molly got "fixed" last week in order to calm her down but it hasnt really worked...ha.....she is still crazy and wild as ever! I think I have covered what has happened lately....I wil post pics of the July 4th celebration and VBS later...have a Great July 4th!