My newest project....

Hailey is going to a birthday party for her friends Thursday and Friday. Instead of buying a present, I wanted to make it. I decided to make them. I made a game of Concentration using pictures from the Little Golden Book: Old McDonald Had a Farm (published 1975). It had a great variety of cute and colorful pictures perfect for this project.

(The cover of the book)


(all the tiles- there are 24 tiles... 12 matches)


(some flipped over to see both sides)


(I bought this box unfinished box at Michaels and
painted it to store the tiles for the game)


(the box with the tiles)

I got this idea from Jill. She has TONS of great craft projects on her blog.

Carson and Thunder

Laura Beth, Diane, and Carson came over the other day to play. Hailey and Diane mainly played in Hailey's room (and made a HUGE mess), but they also wanted to play the Wii Outdoor Challange Game. Here is a picture and video of the girls playing the game.

(sorry the video is sideways. I don't know how to rotate it)

While the girls were playing, Carson was hanging out on the sofa. Our kitten Thunder was very protective and sat down right beside him. It was very cute!

(Thunder is thinking... that human is as small as me. Should I go check it out??)

(Thunder protecting Carson)

A Day at the Zoo

Here are some pictures of our most recent trip to the zoo. We go to the zoo ALL the time, so I usually don't bring my camera or take pictures. Hailey's favorite exhibit is the Lorakeets, so I thought I would take some pictures of her feeding the birds.

This is a Copperhead. It was very active.

Our little olive

For dinner tonight Hailey and I made pizza. We decided to put black olives on the pizza because we both LOVE olives. I told Hailey she could eat a few olives and, I left the kitchen for give or take 3 minutes. When I came back in she had an olive on every finger. I just had to take a picture!

Silly girl!

First Day of Preschool

Hailey's first day of preschool was Friday!! She was soo excited to move up to the "big kid school" this year!! She has two wonderful teachers who are GREAT!! We are having separation anxiety issues, but hopefully after a few weeks she will be doing better! Here are a few pictures I took before we left for school. She was very proud of her "big kid school" bag!!!

Titans vs. Packers

My friend Joy's fiance, Justin, came down from Ohio for a week. While he was here. Joy, Justin, Mike, and I got to go to the Titans preseason game against the Packers. We had a LOT of fun. I just wish the picture of the four of us turned out better! I can't wait until Joy's wedding on October 24th!!!!!!

What a summer

Wow! What a summer we have had! The month of June was pretty low key. I was finishing up my last clinical at MTSU. I finished the first week in July. The weekend after I finished up at MTSU my sweet sweet Grandmama was called to heaven after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in March. The week after her memorial Hailey and I left for Camp Monterey. Camp Monterey is a overnight residential girls camp in Monterey, TN. I was at the barn teaching horseback riding all day, while Hailey played with the other young kids with a babysitter. We had so much fun and Hailey is dying to go back! The campers are apart of one of two teams: the Nolichuckies or the Wataugas. I was a Watauga when I was a camper, so Hailey is, by legacy, a Watauga too! The Watauga colors are green and yellow and wear pigtails. Once we got home, Hailey became obsessed with the colors green and yellow and only wants to wear her hair in pigtails. She and I had such a wonderful summer, I hope we will be able to go back next year!! Here are some of my favorite pictures from the summer!

(Hailey with Chad and Owen)

(At the Pottery Shop with Chad and Owen)

(Hailey with Thunder)

(The Sunshine Gang-the youngest campers!)

(Hailey with friends at the Obey River)

(Hailey playing on the tire swing)

(Hailey swimming in the lake)

(getting ready for a swim)

(Cooking hot dogs)

(Hailey and her friend Lauren)