Wow, June has come and gone. What happened. This summer is flying by. We had a really nice day here today. Hot but not too humid. Nick has made 2 trips to the beach today for calls. That is great. We got the results of out perk test and they were good, so now, Howard must go back to his roots and find a bulldozer and get the land cleared. I am going the cheap route, so it may be next June before it gets done but seems these things are pricey, so I will stick with Daddy, he is free. Just gotta find time and the dozer. Once that is done, they can bring the house and set it up. Have a lot to do to get ready. Josh has been sick and then burnt his hand yesterday but I think that he is feeling better. That is great. Keri has been very busy cleaning around here. Allayna and Gabby are doing very well. They can never decide where they want to sleep on the weekends. Such hard choices in life. All the pups are doing very well. Just old and stubborn. Very behind on the email thing but I will get caught up. Maybe with the three day weekend. Who knows. Might be clearing land, cross your fingers. LYMI

It is saturday and has been a really hot day but hey, it is almost July right. I spent the morning cleaning out the pool. No, not bees, Josh mowed the grass and blew the crap all in the pool. I will have Nick to teach him the proper way to do this. The girls are loving the pool and learning to swim without floaties. We finally got the stove back into place today. That is great. Nick and I went and did a little shopping in fayetteville. Josh is off working on the sprayer that Daddy broke yesterday. Daddy is at the fire dept. No sure where Keri is off too. Getting ready to eat dinner and then go with Nick to call in Surf City. We seem to be down there at least once a week and that is really good for the business. LYMI

Nothing fun going to here today. Worked and now I am tired. Nick has been busy all day too. Thank God. Gabby and Allayna now share a room at Josh and Keri's and the other room is the playroom. Gabby is very excited to have her own bed and the bedding should be here some time this week. Marty seems to be very busy on the house and that makes me very happy. That house has a lot of memories and I know that we will make many more there soon. I am told that Granny Frances is now depressed, so keep praying. Not sure what everyone is up to at this point. Nick just got home. The dogs are not at all happy that they can not go in the kitchen when they want to. I do not want them on the new floor. I hope that all is going to be boring tomorrow too. Makes my life a little easier. Gotta run. LYMI!

It has been a while since I last updated.Let's start by wishing Ma a Happy birthday yesterday. Seems I am always a day late. Today is tuesday. Saturday was spent putting new flooring in the kitchen. Not too bad a job and it looks great. Josh, Nick, Keri, and I got everything out and then put down the new floor. It took us about 7 hours of hard work but we got it done. Keri and Josh went to a party that night to celebrate her birthday and Nick and I went to bed. Ma and the girls played in the pool. Sunday was spent going to church and then having lunch at Richard and Patricia's and then came home with the intent to get all the molding finished. That did not happen, Keri and I went shopping for some rugs and other things that we needed while Josh and Nick were suppose to work, got home to find that Josh had gotten in the pool and Nick was watching tv. So we decided to play with Josh's father's day gift, Guitar Hero world tour for the Wii. Keri and I were on vocals, thought we knew alot of songs, turns out we knows alot of the wrong lines in songs. LOL! Josh started on the drums and then moved to the guitar. We got booed off stage several times. It was fun. Monday came way too fast and I had to return to work. Just another day! Karen, Jill and I took Ma to lunch for her birthday at the Drug store, then back to work for round 2. We then met Grandmother Amelia at Cracker Barrell for dinner. Let's see, it was Nick and I, Keri and Josh, Allayna and Gabby, Grandmother, Denise, and Ma and Daddy. We had a great time. We then came home and Josh decides that he is going to finish the molding, needless to say, you are not going to sleep with with a hammer being used. So we started looking on the internet for Gabby a bedding set by LittleMissMatched. We found one and bought it. Keri went today and got her a bed for over at their house and we just finished putting it together and getting everything moved. I am now at home for a little r and r. Nick worked all day at the beach and did not have such a great day but hey, that is why they call it work. Josh and Henry farmed all day while Daddy relaxed at the fire department. I was suppose to go to a meeting myself but skipped out to get Gabs' bed done. Everyone is very excited that Gabby has a new bed at Daddy's and wants to stay there. This situation is working out wonderfully. God bless. Been an okay week so far. We update more soon. LYMI

Good Afternoon, sorry to have updated lately but it has been a full week around here. Working all day and then teaching bible school. Keri and I taught the 3 and 4 yoa class. We have had a ball. Although, I am not sure that the kids remember all of our lessons as much as to get the surprise at the end of the night. They have been very entertaining for the both of us. Let start with family news, by wishing Keri as very HAPPY BIRTHDAY. Her birthday was yesterday. Our class threw her a surprise party. Ok the kids were surprised too but whatever, we had fun. Howard is still picking wheat, and fixing what he breaks in the process. Josh is playing fire fighter today. In the morning, we start to put the new floor in the kitchen. Hope that it goes well. Granny Frances is doing about the same. I got a surprise visit from my friend Becky who has breast cancer, she looks really good and feeling better. Her chemo and 1st surgery are behind her and she is doing very well. Nick is staying busy with the business. Ma and I continue to work, work, work. Getting ready to go to our last night of bible school and then home to rest up. Hope that all is well. LYMI

Well, today is sunday and the end of the weekend. That sucks. We got up this morning and went to church, then Josh, Keri, NIck and I went to Fayetteville and bought some Mokaw flooring to put in Ma's kitchen. We then came back and prepared for bible school. Keri and I are teaching the preschool class. We have 3 girls and a boy. They are too funny. We talked about Gideon and then went to find a mountain. Got to keep them entertained some how. Gabby got to come and then we have some friends of ours 2 kids. It has been a nice weekend. Yesterday, Nick and I went and looked at singlewides and actually found one that we liked, we are waiting to hear from the dealer. We will see. If we get it, we will put it behind Ma and Daddy. Oh, speaking of Howard, he had a crappy day yesterday. The big combine broke and he did not have the part, so he went to get the little combine to finsih what he was doing and in moving it, ran over where the state is doing some road work and broke the rear axle from under it. He was stuck in the middle of the road for 2 hours and then the SHP showed up and he asked if the state would pay for the damage, the trooper responded with do you see the asphalt over there, you did that and they will make you pay for that. He said ok. My guess is insurance will be contacted next. We will see. Josh and Ma are on face book, Allyna is in the floor playing with Barbie, Nick has gone to the beach on a call, Daddy is fire fighting. Granny Frances has been moved back to skilled nursing. Keep praying. Oh yea, add to your prayer list Tori, she goes to our church and had to have surgery yesterday. BE GOOD or BE GOOD at it. LYMI

Today was very hot here. Ma and I worked this morning and then went shopping for a bit, then came home. Needless to say, the pool needed my attention. You guessed it, the bees. About 40 million on the bottom. Sucked them up in the vac. Dumb creatures. Then Allayna and Keri came over, so we all went swimming. Nick dunked Allayna and she was not too happy. Later we had a chicken fight. Allayna on my shoulders and Keri on Josh's. Needless to say, Allayna won every round. Then, Allayna was playing with Nick and accidently hit him in the nose, and well, it started to bleed. Will teach him to dunk her. I have come into the house due to a headache. Josh, Keri and Nick are still in the pool. They decided to order food from Parker's Pizza. The only place that will deliver out here. Let's see what the delivery guy thinks when he shows up and they are in the pool. Gabby is at her Mom's but Josh says she is coming over tomorrow. We will play in the pool again. Until then... LYMI!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Koltlyn! Man to be 5 and have no worries. Nick just left to take another call. Have a washcloth stuck in the drain of the bathtub and Nick says he is too big to get under the house to fix it. Josh sure as the hell will not go under there due to the threat of snake and I am not going under there due the threat of snakes and spiders. So, we wait until Saturday when Henry can get under there to fix it. It drains, just very slowly. I am so glad that today is Thursday and this week is almost gone. It really sucks going back to work after time off. Howard has started picking wheat. What happened to spring. I am now on facebook. All this social networking will wear you out. Josh just pulled in, maybe he will give me back my parking place. I am sick of parking by the side of the house. Shows how lazy I am, I do not like the 10 steps that was added to my walk in the morning. I barely get up on time as it is, do not add 5 seconds to my mornings. Oh, for those of you who do not know, I am not a moring person and you want to know the crazy part, I have to be a work at 7:00. What was I thinking. Josh has a headlight out on the 97 Ford. Guess I should go tell him. LYMI

Let me see, not much going on in Ammon. Ma and I went by the hospital tonight to visit Larry. He is doing much better and will go home in the morning. Nick's Granny has been moved back to skilled nursing. Keep praying. Also add to your list, my friend Michelle's husband. He is also in the hospital. Man, when it rains it pours. Howard is farming somewhere. I know that Josh has been here today, the jerk took my parking place. Not sure what everyone else is up too. Nick just got home from a call. Business is steady. I hated to see our week at the beach end but there will always be next year. Busy day at work and I am tired. Gotta run. LYMI

My first day back at work was not as bad as I thought it would be. Same old same old. Always some drama somewhere but it like with children, pick your battles. Nick was not busy at all today, but we did get his business cards, which is a great relief to me, as I do not have to print any more for a long while. Seems that everyone is back to the same old stuff. Life just keeps going. Hope that you all are having a good week! LYMI

Ari and Avalon watch as Josh plays tug boat for the barge. Rooster abandoned ship, Keri and Nick are along for the ride.

Nick Keri Joshua Allayna enjoying the PARTY BARGE!!

Allayna laying out like me in my chair that she stole. Wow, I never give up my chair. She should feel honored!!

Josh and Avalon went boogie boarding.

Nick Josh and Keri went on a crab hunt. Nasty little creatures.

Allayna the beach babe waiting on us to get ready to go to the beach!

Nick, Joe, and Chris headed out for a day of fishing

Nick's trailer, no where near full

More to come, stay tuned!!

It has been a very busy day. I took all of the floats out and washed them down and packed them back up for next year. All of the chairs have been washed and put away. I still have to get to my suitcase but that will await. Allayna and Gabby both went back to daycare today. Ma and I cleaned out the pool. Still have the damn bees but they seem to go away when you are in there moving the water around. Anyone with ideas to get rid of them, let me know. I am sick of them. Now, Nick and I are headed to work on an A/C unit at his Granny Doris's and then to drop off something as his mom and dad's. The dogs are very glad for us to be home and things getting back to normal. Daddy drove in the driveway this morning but did not talk to any of us. Guess he thinks we are still gone. He will find us all soon enough. Josh is back to farming and Keri is at home chilling today. Back to work in the morning. I do not want to go back to real life. UGHHH!! Oh well. Just another day in Ammon. Oh yea, the fire department made the Bladen Journal with the pancake breakfast, sorry did not cut my vacation short for that. LYMI!!

Our last day at the beach and we woke up and it is cold. Oh, today is also my 1 year anniversary. Can you believe it. We have had a wonderful time. Already talking about next year. I am sure that Ginny is ready for me to come home and get my bad boys. Although, I think that she gave them a bath last night. GO Ginny. Nick, Karen, Denise, Steve and I are just chilling on this chilly morning. Keri and Allayna are still sleeping. Josh has gone to help with the pancake breakfast at the fire dept. Who knows where Howard is. Let's just see what the day be holds. LYMI

We have had nothing but wonderful weather. This is just a few pics.

We made it to the beach and have enjoyed our first full day down here. Just wanted everyone to know. See ya all soon!