Movies, Bikes and Lego's

Last week while my nephews were staying with us, we took them to the movies to see Madagascar 3.

 They were very good, (and we made it through the entire movie without having to leave out to go to the bathroom) Waylon sat very quietly watching the movie while Wyatt had to comment on just about everything. Love that boy, but man can he talk. When I used to keep him before he started school, he would talk and talk to me about any and everything all day long.

When we got back to the house it was time for some bike riding in the drive way.

They had been talking about getting their bikes out and racing. Once we got home though, they decided that they would just ride bikes and not race.

Wyatt decided that it was just too hot outside and went in to build with the Lego's.

I love it when these two little guys come to visit. They are always so much fun and we learn a lot from them.

Camera

Have you ever thought you needed wanted something, but the cost of said item was not in your budget? Well that's how I have felt for a few years now about getting a new camera. I have really wanted to get one, but just haven't had the extra money for one. Although a few months ago my husband offered to buy one for me, but knowing that we really needed to use the money for something else (I'll be posting about that in the next week or so) I turned down his offer. (Gasp!! I know)  Okay, back to the purpose of this post, I saw where GroopDealz is doing a giveaway for a Nikon D3100 DSLR camera. Woo Hoo!! So of course I had to enter to win this camera.


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Houseguests

I'm not sure who was more excited about my nephews coming to stay with us for "two sleepovers" me or them. Both Waylon and Wyatt had so much they wanted to say that it was non stop talking for hours. After my sister and brother-in-law left the house, it was time for the boys and I to get down to business. We had a grocery list to make and then off to the store to buy some food. The boys were great helpers at the store and did not add extra items to our shopping cart.

On our way home from the store we passed by a tractor dealership. Waylon saw the tractors out there and proceeded to tell us, "My dad and I need a tractor, because we are fixing to be farmers." Not sure if his dad knows this or not. So that his momma and dad know, here are the tractors that Waylon thinks that they need for farming.

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After supper and getting the boys bathed (I just supervised, they can get showers by themselves) they finally got settled into their jammies. We pulled out the sleeping bags so that they could have a camp out in the living room.

Waylon and Wyatt are already talking about getting their bikes out and having races on them tomorrow. I have some other fun things for them to do too.  I just love having my nephews come stay with me.

I'm still blogging

Do you ever just get in a blogging slump? While you still read blogs but yours takes a backseat, that is where I have been with mine for the last month. I have had thoughts of what I wanted to post here, but just have not had the time or motivation to actually sit down and post anything.

One thing that has kept me busy is the Bible Study I was doing with a group of ladies. Last week we finished up a study by Priscilla Shirer.

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I have done several Bible studies before and I have to say that this has been one of my favorite studies. If you ever get the opportunity to go through this study, I urge you to do so. 

A few weeks ago I saw a mimosa tree blooming, (I didn't have my camera with me) and it brought back memories from when I was a little girl.

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My Papa had a mimosa tree in his front yard, and it was the best climbing tree. I can't tell you how many hours I would spend climbing in that tree. One of the first things I would do as soon as we would get to Papa's house would be to head straight to that tree and start climbing. I can still hear Papa's voice, "Tinker (that's what he would call me), you better come give me some sugar before you start up that tree."  Of course I would giggle and run to him. I miss him so much. I am so thankful for the times that I had with him. He passed away twenty one years ago this month. 

My kids have finished school and are ready for some summer fun. While most summers for us are pretty low key and we just hang out. This one will be busier than most. My sisters boys will be staying with us for a couple of days. I am so looking forward to having them with us. Then we have birthdays galore this month. We'll be celebrating Tyler's birthday on Saturday, he will be 15 next week. This momma can't talk about that right now or I might just start crying. Then later in the month we will be celebrating Waylon & Wyatt's birthday.  Of course we will try and get some swimming time in this summer. There will also be a BIG CHANGE for our family this summer, more on that in a few weeks. 

Wishing everyone a happy fun filled summer!