After several weeks of vacation, my “social butterfly” was more than excited to see all of her friends. But she was plum giddy to see her good buddy Carsen.
Braley loved bowling. I tried numerous times to get a picture of her pushing ball, but it didn’t happen. However, I ended up with a ton of pictures of her getting the ball and waiting to see how many pins she could knock down.
Brett, Waylon, Wyatt, Ashley
For at least the past month I have promised Braley that we would go pick blueberries. She may have forgot about it if we didn’t pass the blueberry sign every time we go to my Mom and Dad’s house.
This week has been pretty laid back for us, first week since summer started that we haven’t had anything to do or anywhere to be. What better adventure than a little blueberry pickin’? Since Brandon gets off at 3:30 and the place doesn’t open until 5 we decided to wait for him to get home. No sooner than he pulled under the carport, the clouds began to roll in, still we decided to go.
We arrived just as they were opening the gates (imagine that, I was the first one there), and setting up the tents. We unloaded and before we could even get out of the car good Braley stepped in an ant bed. I’m talking the mother of ant beds, in a few seconds they had covered her feet and she was screaming bloody murder. Brandon grabbed her up and I ripped her shoes off and went to brushing ants off. The owner was so sweet and came over with a cup of water to help wash her feet.
Finally, we were ready to start picking. 
While it is late in the season you can see we didn’t have any problem finding blueberries.
I couldn’t tell you how long I have been looking at the crayon rolls and thinking about this project. If I knew how to sew, or had a sewing machine, I may have jumped on it a little quicker. My M-I-L has been nice enough to loan me her machine for the summer so I thought what better project to start with.
I asked my Mom if she would help me with the project and she was “willing” to help. Before it was finished I think it turned more into her project than mine, but either way it was fun and is finished.
While I love Christmas, Thanksgiving, birthdays and all holidays in between, I don’t know that there is anything better than a patriotic holiday.
Our pastor, Bro. Danny is in the Army Reserves and serves as Chaplin. How more patriotic can you get than your pastor preaching in his uniform on Sunday morning?
all she wanted to do was hide in the forest.
Until Brooke got in the picture…. that brought a smile to her face.
Later that night we went to see some local fireworks, all Braley wanted to do was light her sparklers
This picture of Braley cracked me up. I think at this point I was having to hold back laughter while getting on to her, she was telling Wyatt to be her dog and he was all to willing to play along. We are never gonna marry this girl off.
By the time the end came, I think the look on Braley’s face sums up all of our feelings. Well, not mine, thankfully the “juke-box van” behind us kept my spirits high.
One of my dearest friends, Franne, has also been bite by the sewing buy. You have to know this girl, she is crazy (good crazy), and super talented. When she puts her mind to something is will be complete, even if it takes her half the night.
I wish I had some pictures of our day adventure, but I don’t. Around lunch we met up at the Ivy House and then headed down the street to the fabric store. After 3 hours and many laughs later we had the perfect fabric and big plans.
After much persuasion we talked our husband into agreeing to our late-night sewing plans. Around 8 Franne and her girls pulled in at my Mom’s house and the fun began.
While these crayon rolls aren’t hard, they aren’t exactly easy. It has taken several times and working together to get them right where we want them.
When it come to sewing, trial and error also means a lot of this……….
Three silly girls……
who found good uses for the fabric scraps.
About 1:45 when the phone rang we decided we had better start calling it a night. By 2 we had things cleaned up and headed home for a good nights sleep.
I couldn’t end this post without a picture of the boots. Franne loves her some boots, and is plenty tall enough to pull them off. While I wasn’t sure about them at first, they have grown on me and I think they are pretty stinkin’ cute and fit her just right.
It’s hard to believe that my “baby” has completed her first school year. It seems like only yesterday she was born, now she is a big school girl. What’s even harder to believe is that after one more year of PreK she will be going to kindergarten. Really, kindergarten? Does anyone have a clock to stop time?
Braley was blessed this year with two of the best teachers, she loved them and enjoyed going to school everyday. She also meet some characters this year, which she more than happily calls her friends.
Braley with some of the boys….
The highlight of the program had to be all the singing and dancing. These babies were just to stinking cute!
These two girls are a hoot! Bailey, bless her heart, wants to be just like Braley. Lord please be with her and her Mama.
Braley checking out the alligator with a little “encouragement” from Aunt Franne. With the one finger prick I think she was less than impressed.
While thumbing through a magazine, my Mama came across an advertisement for a magical tea party. This sounded right up my girls alley, complete with fairy dust, crowns and makeup.
The first fairy we met was the Makeup Fairy.
Then came the Fairy of Manners. She taught her how to use our nice words and how we introduce ourselves to others.
Braley, Falyn and I after a fun afternoon.
All the girls enjoyed themselves, but I'm not sure the older ladies didn’t have the most fun.
