Growing up~~~~~~

These are my new favorite pictures of Taylor. This is her new hair cut ( not so new anymore...) I cant believe how big she is . On 9/25 she will be 9 years old. I never could have fathomed how beautiful, and sweet, and caring, and respectful she would become. Hopefully she will continue her good habits as she approaches her teen years. I love you baby!!!!

Lots going on...

Well school officially started on 8/27 for Taylor. Holy cow she is now in the 4th grade. She loves her techer so far. She has gotten a lot of homework but not too much, so that's good. She has started cheerleading again and we will have her 4th game tomorrow. She is doing very well.

Michael started pre-school on 9/4 and he loves it!!!! He is now in the 4 year old class. This will be his last year the it's off to kindergarten!!!!!! He loves Mrs. Lorie and Mrs. Eve!! Michael started playing soccer a few weeks ago. You should see him go. They have scrimmiged(not sure how to spell that) twice and he scored twice in the first one and once last night. He was so proud of himself, you should have see the look on his face.

Now to little LeeLee...well me first it goes into leelee. I started working as a teacher assistant at the preschool on Tuesday in the 4 year old room. ( Not Michael's class the other 4 year old class ) Which I LOVE!!! So because I am working there we put Alyssa in the 2 year old room. She is to little for this class because with her birthday being in November she misses the cut off. So she is the youngest one in there, but at 22 month she is the only one who is potty trained!! Her teachers just love her. They say she is so smart and sometimes listens better than the older kids. Hard to believe she is getting so big... So anyways just wanted to give a bit of and update and if all goes well I'll have a few pictures up later. Till then..............................................

a little to long......

Well, it has been a little too long. The kids and I went to Disney world and that was AWESOME! And the kids went and spent 1 full week in NY with my parents. We have moved now and the computer is up and running. I am still not getting any e-mails and that has me very mad, but other than that things are starting to settle down now.

We are anxiously awaiting for school to start. Taylor has gotten "the letter" and we know her teacher and what supplies she needs. We received Michael's packet from school. He has Mrs. Lorie this year and he is so excited!! We see the teachers and director at the park every week at practices and he just loves that.

Kailee is going to be starting Kindergarten this year so I will be starting to watch another little boy named Hunter. Michael is so excited and so is Hunter from what his mom tells me. She told me last night that she checked around about me and word on the street is that I am the best babysitter in the area!! That was so nice to hear. I can't beleive that alot of people even know about me. I should really think about starting my own daycare!! She said Hunter threw a fit everyday this week so far because he wants to start coming to my house like NOW!! It's good to know he's looking forward to coming. And it won't be full time and that's perfect for me!!!!!

I also would like to say Happy Birthday to all you leo's out there. My mom & my husband both have birthdays on 8/14. Mike's mom Vickie 8/10 my step mom Chris 8/6, my grandma 8/3, Moriah 8/18, from reading my mom's blog also to Bob and Shirley and everyone else in the Miller family having birthday's this month.

I would also like to congratulate Jeana on her engagment and Jodi on her pregnancy. I am so excited for both of you and I can't wait for both big events!!!! I LOVE YA BOTH!!!!!!

Okay and I may have missed some stuff but that's it for now. Till next time.........................

Mama and her boy

My sister Marchelle and her little man. I didn't realize until this day what a mama's boy Jacob really is.

And did I mention what a outstanding mother my sister is?!?!?!

Oh, I had to through another one of these in. Isn't her smile contagious??

Oh, and look at that hottie!!! Watch out world here come two cute babies!!!

Always laying on the floor

I always find Alyssa with her BB laying on the kitchen floor. Even in the old house she would do this. Mainly when I am cooking dinner because I won't stop what I am doing to pick her up. I think that she thinks if she is in the way I'll pick her up...but she's always wrong...!!!

She picked up that paper and when I told her to give it to me she layed back down with it. She thought that was the funniest thing ever.

The closer I got to her the more she laughed!!

Alyssa, Jacob and Kailee. They had so much fun playing to gather...

Alyssa and Jacob...Cousins...Friends...

Jacob

This was the first time babysitting my nephew!! He was so good. We traded off, I took Jay and Marchelle and Tyler took Taylor and Michael to see the new Harry Potter.

He is just too cute!!!

Alyssa just couldn't get enough of Jacob.

Meet Molly

Meet Molly Smith. She was born June 11th weighing in at 6lbs. 2 oz. and 16 1/2 inches long. Congratulations to Jeni, Sean and to her big sister Meghan and big brother Micah. Meghan is one of Taylor's good friends and Jeni and I have become friends also throough our girls. We wish your family the best of luck.

Where do I begin???...

Well first off we sold our house. Yes time to pack up and move...not fun. My days and nights have consisted of packing and moving stuff to storage. We have finally found a house to rent and that's because we are going to have a house built. This move makes me so sad and yet so happy all at the same time. Happy because we need a bigger house for our little munchkins to run around in and hopefully a bedroom for everyone. But sad, because these people in my neighborhood are not just my neighbors. They have become my friends, my life. I hope that when we move we still get invited to neighborhood party and bon fires. I hope that we can still play with the Edmonson boys when we please. And that Nicole and I can still switch off babysitting eachother's kids. Just makes me sad...I will miss everyone in this place so much. And Gene and Darleen who live next to us, they are also moving but their going to Virginia and I wish them lots of luck on their new adventures.

On a much happier note, the kids and I are going to DISNEY!!!! Yep just 5 days away now. Taylor is showing mixed emotions. She is deathly scared to fly but wants to go sooooo bad. Alyssa has no clue what's going on. And Michael. well that kid is another story. He can't wait to go. My mother-in-law asked him last night if she was going to fly on a big airplain to Disney world and he replied " No were going to drive in a Limo!" Well that's partly true. We have to fly there and then we are taking a limo to the Hotel from the airport. That's all he's looking forward to...the Limo ride. He's to stinkin cute!!!! There is a Limo place down the street from our house and there is a bright yellow hummer limo there. I think that's what he thinks were going to be riding in...he's in for a big surprise!! HAHA

I will not be taking pictures with my digital camera while we are in Florida because I had to send it back because the flash is not working. Of course right before our trip. I was going to keep it but I thought I would try to sent it and see if I can get it back before I go. If not I will probably try to get one of those disposable camera's they have digital ones now. I'm just not sure how the quality will br though. I think I will have to buy like 20 of them. Better buy some now and get a head start. They will be expensive in Disney?!?!?!?!

This will be a busy next few weeks for me. We close on our house on Monday, Thursday we go do Disney, the next monday we move and I won't be back till Tuesday. So this is probably it till about mid July when we are moved and settled. I will send everyone our new address via e-mail in a day or two before the somputer gets shuts down. Till next time...take care, we'll miss you neighbors!!!!!!

This is Coop...Isn't he soooooo handsome!!
Coop and Stella. They are both in Michael's class... The next picture is Jaden. She is also in Michael's class. She was just dying for my to take her picture...and since she is cute I did!!

Pre-school

Here are all the boys in Michael's class. This was Ice Cream Sunday day. They are all patiently waiting to be handed their bowls!!
Daddy also came for ice cream!

These are all the girls in his class...

So grown up...

Just look at my girl...my how she has grown. It seems like just yesterday that she was a baby in my arms, and now look...she's almost 9 years old. How time flies...
These are just random shots of Tay Tay getting ready for school. She is beautiful...Not to mention her new outfit...

Family Updates...

Okay so I do realize that I'm not so good updating my BLOG...but I do have TONS of kids in my house on a daily basis and yes that is a good excuse...

My kids have been SICK...YUCK...But so true...First Alyssa had like who knows what...like a fever virus. She had a fever for like 4 or 5 days, this was like 3 weeks ago...
Then Michael woke up last week with what I thought was pink eye...I called the doctor and she said that she would call in a RX for him...$50 for that stupid medicine just to find out that 3 days after being on this medicine it's not pink eye...WHAT...So I have to take him and ALL the kids I watch to the doctor to find out that he has a really bad sinus infection, his ducts are all clogged and not instead of having a runny nose it's coming out the poor kids EYE. So after paying a copay and buying MORE medicine we pay another $70. It was worth it because a week and 3 days later his eye is back to normal...But were not done yet NOPE...Taylor has to get sick too. Yep just like the other ones...She comes home from School Last Tuesday with a 101.7 fever. Taylor...no she NEVER runs a fever...Okay go pick her up and take her to the doctor and find out she has STREP...Poor thing...another $50... Then her and michael get diahrrea from the antibiotics...yes lets have it all...BUT NOW...we are all better...

So need less to say I have been busy trying to get my kids healthy again, and that's not a fun job...Alyssa is so jealous of me...if Tay or Bubba comes to hug me or sit with me or whatever she comes right over SCREAMING at the top of her lungs and pushing them away from me...so when their sick and Lee Lee is not she doesn't like for me to be with the other two and not her...Takes so much energy out of and already lazy women!!!

So other than sickness... Taylor and I have been trying to prepare for her EOG'S ( End of Grade Testing) This is the first year for that and it is HARD for me...We did 43 word problems on Sunday and I wasn't even sure if we were getting them all right...POOR TAYLOR...She needs Papa to help her. He does like atleast one word problem a day...HELP!!!!

Michael...incase you already didn't know is ALL BOY...Let me tell you what he did last night. We took a walk around the neighborhood and he was way to far ahead of me. So I told him to come back and when he did...His helmet fell over his eyes and he couldn't see what he was doing and went face first right into a mailbox....yep landed right on the pavement and his bike was still going. Looked like a stunt from the movies or something. He is alright. THANK GOD the helmet covered his forehead and eyes, but he had a bloody nose and his top and bottom lips are cut up and scraped and bleeding all over. At first I couldn't tell where all the blood was coming from so we ran into my neighbor's house and she helped me calm down and clean him up. This is going to be the YEAR for a broken bone or stitches...I CAN TELL...

And PRINCESS LEE LEE...She'll get you with her bright blue eyes and that Bleach blonde hair...She is saying so much...NO, I DUH NO, BUBBA DO, UH AH, and much more...She tells me in the grocery store what to buy her... She point out Bologna, Cheese Sticks, Gold Fish...She loves to shop with me. She can ride Michael's 4 wheeler all by herself, but we try to keep the battery out or unplugged and tell her it's broke because she is not a good driver...YET!

Well I better get going...Till next time...

Correction if I may...

I would like everyone to know that I did look at the date

today is May first

not the last day in April and

Jay will be 6 months in 11 days...

I don't want you ( marchelle ) to think

I don't know

what day your son was born...

HAHA

Jay's Teeth

WOW...I just can't beleive that Jay is going to be 6 months old in 12 days!! Do you see his first two teeth!! He is such a big boy, a happy boy!! I haven't seen Jay in a few weeks now because of our schedules and my kids were sick but we miss you bud and can't wait to see you soon. WE LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!!