Ellie finally lost her FIRST TOOTH.  Her tooth had been loose for along time but anytime Tony or I would try to look she would just cry that it hurt.  The tooth was SO LOOSE that it would lay completely flat both ways.  One day the kids were at Melanie's and it feel out all BY ITSELF.  She didn't want to show anyone or tell anyone so she hide it for most of the day until Malorie noticed.   She tried hiding it from Tony  but once he noticed the gap we couldn't get her to stop SMILING!!! 

Last year at the 4th of July celebration the kids just had to have these cowboy hats.  They have been worn non-stop since.  They love them cause they are like Jessie's and Woody's off of Toy Story. 

Here a couple of weeks ago we took the kids fishing or I guess i should say ROCK THROWING!!!!  Ellie and Braxton have been dieing to go fishing so Tony  thought it would be fun for all of us to load up and head out for the afternoon.  It wasn't long after we arrived that Tony was asking me, "and why did we come fishing."  Braxton would rather throw rocks and sticks in the water than sit and wait and wait for a bite on his pole.  He was wanting to go swimming the whole time and keep begging us to let him take  "just a LITTLE swim."  We ended up not catching any fish that day but we built a fire and cooked hot dogs. The kids talked about how fun it was the whole way home and that's when Tony and I realized why we had taken them fishing!!!!!