She Played Basketball

These are from the game we actually made it to in January. Yeah, I am a slacker and just remembered I had pictures of the event.

The school had a basketball camp of sorts for the younger boys and girls this winter. Anna Grace went to a couple of the practices and played at one of the several games. I am such a loser mom, I never knew when they would have practice or games until too late to make it. Maybe I should get a bigger calendar to keep up with such things. She loved playing and thinks she wants to be on the team some day. Guess we should have done better about making practice. Luckily Mrs. Gooding is a wonderful coach and mentor to these girls and will hopefully be able to bring AG up to speed when the time comes.

Josh Does It AGAIN

Here's another email from Josh's teacher. What am I gonna do with that boy.

Hey,A police officer was walking the hall a while ago. Miss carolyn told the children that she might be looking for students not behaving. She said that the officer might tell them to go home. Josh K. said Oh, good we can go to my house and have a party. I can see it now. In high school, guess who will be in charge of parties? Ha!

Art by Kirvens

Some of the pictures my babies have drawn this week.


by Sara Abbett (I think)

by Sara Abbett

Mommy and Daddy by Josh

Mommy and Josh by Josh

Father Daughter Dance

Every year the local Girl Scout troop has a Father Daughter Valentine dinner and dance. Last night Timmy took his girl out for their date. This is the 4th year for Timmy to court is little girl. Sadly Sara Abbett had to miss this year and last due to illness. Anna Grace is always so proud to clean up put on a hint of make up and go on a date with her Daddy. She even let me have a mini photo shoot with her before they went. Wow do I love my family.

25 Random Things..

This has been going around on Facebook for quite some time. I decided to be different and post it here instead. The "rules" say: Rules: Once you've been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose 25 people to be tagged. You have to tag the person who tagged you. If I tagged you, it's because I want to know more about you.

I'm not following the rules. I am not tagging anyone and I am not using Facebook but here goes:
25 Random things about Missy

• I have been married to a wonderful man who loves me in spite of my weirdness for 11 years.
• I have three beautiful, smart, sassy children who make my life so exciting. Anna Grace 10 Sara Abbett 7 and Josh 6 Every day with them is an adventure.
• My house is never completely clean.
• I am a total germaphobe! I hate to go to movies, drink from water fountains or even go to the doctors office for fear of catching something.
• It excites me when someone comments on this blog.
• My favorite place on earth is my home. I would rather be here with my family than any exotic location you can come up with.
• I loathe onions.
• Being pregnant was wonderful. I loved every minute of it and would do it again many times over but don't want any more children. My favorite stage was around 6-7 months, scary huh, when I was huge and obviously pregnant and my babies would move and kick and make my tummy into crazy shapes
• I seriously considered being a surrogate but my husband is completely set against it.
• I love going to the dentist. Nothing feels better than freshly polished teeth.
• My hobby is taking pictures, mostly of my children.
• My dream job is to be a photographer of children's portraits. I am just to lazy to learn enough to be a pro.
• The greatest smell on earth is children's hair fresh from a bath.
• Sometimes on Sundays I will take off my church clothes but stay in my slip and a t-shirt all day.
• Nothing is sweeter than an unsolicited hug or I love you from one of my children.
• I am still carrying 20 pounds of "baby fat" from my last pregnancy 6 years ago.
• I moved to SC from Connecticut when I was 9.
• My brothers, sister and I all still live in Bishopville near our Mom and Dad.
• I have met a couple of famous people but doubt anyone has heard of them. Guess they aren't that famous then.
• Don't talk to me in the morning until I have had at least one cup of coffee.
• Occasionally I will be sarcastic.
• My dream since childhood was to be a teacher and a mom. I've done both! Only the mom job stuck though. I quit teaching when I started having children.
• After my first child was born I felt an overwhelming love that I wasn't aware I was capable of. I absolutely loved my husband and still do but the love for your child is beyond comprehension. When I told my sister this while I was still in the hospital she was concerned for my marriage, now she has kids of her own and "gets it".
• I have an unnatural fear of vomit. I will do anything to avoid it. If I think there is a chance someone will throw up I am staying away. Do not come anywhere near me if you or anyone close to you has been sick or feels like they may be.
• My faith in God is what sustains me. I could not make it through a single day without the constant conversations with Him.

A Camping We Will Go

My boys were supposed to go camping with one of Tim's friends and his son yesterday. Billy called early and said his son was sick and they were gonna have to cancel this time. Although disappointed my boys decided to go on without their pals. They packed up my car with all of their paraphernalia, attached a trailer with the golf cart on it to the back and got ready to head out. The girls and I had decided we would work on cleaning up the house and do some girl stuff while we had no boys around to bother us. As often happens, plans changed. T asked us to ride out with them to see where they were gonna camp and help them set up. We agreed thinking we had plenty of time to do our thing when we left them. We ended up staying at the camp site all day. We only left because it was bed time and there wasn't enough bedding for all of us. I had such a good time just tromping through the woods, collecting fire wood, roasting hotdogs and marshmallows over the campfire and listening to the quiet. In the end all five of us came home to sleep in comfy beds and Tim went back to collect their things this morning.

I Love My Job

I work at the public library. Yeah, I know the three people that may actually read this diary already know that but I thought it was worth mentioning. Now close your eyes and think of what a library is like, well don't really close your eyes or you won't be able to read, just use your imagination. Our library is NOTHING like what you have in mind. Neither the building nor the staff is like any typical library. We are in an old building that was once a hotel and most recently a furniture store. This fine old building has been "fixed up" into one fabulous looking library. Most visitors comment that it looks like a coffee shop. As for the staff, on weekdays we are a group of four women. We all get along like sisters. We know things about each other: the good the bad and the ugly. We have been together for many years now and I think it shows. We love each other but have our moments like any group of women/sisters do. Come see us some day and you will see how fun a library can be. On any given day we may be yelling at each other and even some of our regular patrons, planning menus, or singing, (show tunes are a particular favorite but no song is safe). We don't ever whisper unless we are planning a practical joke on someone. Our regular patrons are used to our insanity but it is always a shock to newcomers how things are in this library. No SHHHH from us. We are the fun girls of the library world. That being said, just look at what I found when I got to work yesterday. Elizabeth has this strange need to save all of those little lunch bags you get from takeout restaurants. A trait that makes me nuts since I save nothing. While they had too much time on their hands she and Brenda decided to decorate my office door. I nearly wet my pants when I got in and saw this mess. I think I will leave it up for a while. It's kind of artsy don't you think?

Little Girl Time

Friday night, AG spent the night with a friend, Josh was at Monster trucks and Sara Abbett had her cousin Lacie spend the night. While the boys were off being boys we girls and our Hannah stayed home and relaxed. Hannah and I hung out visiting in the den while the little girls played upstairs. After a while they showed up to put on a fashion show for us and to play model for mommy and the camera. It is so much fun to see what odd combinations these girls will come up with. And just look at the poses. I don't know where they come up with these ideas but it sure is fun to watch.

Birthday Weekend

We celebrated Josh's birthday a couple times this weekend. Friday night Josh, his daddy, uncles Will and Steven and all of his boy cousins except Hampton went to the Monster Truck Jam in Columbia. To say he had a good time is an understatement. When they got home a little after 10:00 he was wound up tight. He must have said 20 times that Gravedigger won. Timmy bought him a Gravedigger t-shirt that he will hardly take off. Our boys do love that kind of stuff.

Happy Josh home from Monster Trucks.

Saturday was pretty uneventful. Josh and his daddy just did stuff together as the girls and I were away from the house most of the day.

We had J's party last night. He went home from church with Aunt Jill for the afternoon but came home in time to celebrate. My boy loves to get a present and got them every day over the weekend. Greedy little love of my life. He wanted a monster truck cake but ended up with a football one since they didn't have the right stuff at the grocery store for monster trucks. Since it

was Super Bowl Sunday I figured it would be ok.

cheese

blowing candles

I love when the kids all come over to play. They are all such good friends and get along really well most of the time.