Waterpark Fun!

After a beautiful ride from the farm down Hwy 70 we made it to the "waterpark"!

Riley is helping Bubba get started.

Just look at how much fun they were having.

Teamwork!

LOOK at that farmers tan!
My soccer boys

Snack time...
He was soooo tired!
Well after 3 long hours playing their lil hearts out, we loaded up and met Zach, Abby and Baby Landon at O'Charley's for dinner. Then another beautiful ride into the sunset!

So we are leaving on Friday morning for Hurley, VA for Craig's high school reunion and to visit Mamaw and Papaw Hurley! So I'll have more pictures to post once we get back home. Then it is only 22 days till we head to the beach and 45 days till I fly to LA for my cruise with the girls!

We will be having a HUGE 4 family yard sale at my brother's house, email me for directions, on Friday August 8 and Saturday August 9 from 9-?. I will have tons of baby boy clothes and shoes and all my maternity clothes, all still in great condition, somehow the whole tub was misplaced in the building but we found it this past weekend. Brandy will have lots of baby girl clothes, a lot of barely worn outfits and some that have never been worn. Plus the other typical yard sale stuff! If you are interested in looking at any of the stuff prior to the yard sale just let me know.

A visit to the farm.

Well it had been a while since had been to the farm to check things out. We knew that it was getting time to harvest the beans so we hopped in the Jeep and drove over.


Yeap, their getting ready to harvest.
Imagine a 100 acres of green beans, well here it is.
My adventurer's, notice Riley is leading Daddy and Hayden.

Riley said he was climbing the tree....so we let him believe it.


I LOVE this pic!

So when we left the farm we headed to the "waterpark" in Knoxville. I am going to post those pics in another post!

Just another night at the Hurley house!

Well here is a few pictures of a typical night at our house!

Hayden thinks that I have to carry him if he isn't getting ALL my attention!

Riley decided that since his 4-wheeler was dead that he should tow it himself to the front! It's a hair thing!For some reason I was the victim.....
and Kristin has decided to throw in a few puches...thanks!
Of course, we can't forget Daddy!
Need I say more?

WARNING! Mother's Bragging Moment!

So this morning a lady from TEIS came out to the house to do a developmental evaluation on Hayden. Since I am concerned with his speech, they have to perform that whole evaluation they can't just do one area. This is a program offered by the State of Tennessee to all children who do or may have developmental delays, regardless of financial status. Since this program is offered by the State, our insurance required them to evaluate Hayden before we do private speech therapy. For the simply fact that if the State deems that he is delayed then they will pay 100%, which means our insurance would not have to pay. So she came this morning to do his evaluation, and guess what....he scored on the charts as high as a 4 1/2 year old would and he is only 2 1/2. He is very intelligent on all his motor skills. YAY!!! Well, while she was here and doing all the tests on Hayden, Riley wanted to join in, so she evaluated him, just for fun....and guess what, he tested as high as a 7 year old and he just turned 4! She kept on telling me how amazed she was at both of them!!!!!! Well needless to say Hayden doesn't qualify for the State program, which I knew from the beginning but finally we can get into a private dr. Hayden's speech is getting way better since the tubes but Momma is still worried and don't want him to be behind, but after today's evaluation I'm not worried! Congratulations Riley and Hayden, my smart lil boys!

Well another exciting moment in the Hurley house, Riley starts Parents Day Out! We get to meet with his new teacher and tour his school next Thursday morning.

Riley will also be signing up for AYSO soccer on August 12!

This weekend we will be attending Craig's high school reunion, but before we leave for Virginia on Friday I am going to try to post some new pics.

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Riley did it!

I know that almost every parent faces it, and as a hairdresser I see it a lot, but I stress to my kids "Momma is the only person who cuts your hair". Well, Riley decided that today he was going to cut his hair. Yes, while I was at the Dr's office with Hayden this afternoon I received the pix text.......I was stunned! I know that luckily we do have boys and it isn't as tragic as having a little girl mess up her hair. It was still heart shattering. Not only did Riley butcher up his hair, but he decided that Skyler needed hers trimmed too. Thank heavens that he only "trimmed her".....just a small spot right above her ear, which can be hidden very well. When I made it back to the van, I called Momma and she told me the story. I asked to speak to Riley, he actually got on the phone, so I asked him what he had been doing, his response was "nothing, Momma!". I ask him again, and stressed the fact that he wasn't doing anything, so he said "Well Momma, I was cutting my new paper and I hit a BIG bump, and can you believe that my scissors jumped right out of my hand and cut mine and Skyler's hair, and then jumped back into my fingers". That is word for word what he told me....I was more amazed with the story he told me than the fact of him actually cutting their hair! He later told me that he didn't want to look like a girl anymore, since Uncle RC calls him a girl all the time. Which we all know how Uncle RC is, he is always aggravating us. Well, all I have to say is that I have handled it very well, on the other hand, I don't know how Dad will react! I told him briefly on the phone earlier and he wasn't happy! Well, his exact words were.."Why did you let him do that and it so close to us leaving"..well first of all I didn't LET him do it and second of all he is referring to his High School reunion August 1 & 2. LOL.....I still haven't cut it, still trying to figure out my choices, if I actually pull the hair from the left side it covers it really well, so I think that I will just trim his front and wait a couple of weeks for it to grow back out! More pictures will follow when I decide on what I am going to do!

Family Photos!

So last Wednesday we headed out to Lindsay and Brian's beautiful farm to attempt family pictures. Well, now I remember why we don't have more family pictures. That afternoon about 3:30 when I called Mom to check on the boys, she told me that Hayden still had not had a nap, which is very unusual for him. He usually takes about a 3 hour nap around 1. So I told her to make him lay down. We should have know then, it wasn't going to be good. So when I got to Mom & Dad's to pick the boys up, Hayden was asleep so I brought them home and put Hayden back to bed to finish some of his nap. We let him sleep as long as we could then we got him up and put them in the tub, which I thought might make it easier. Well, guess what, he was still cranky! So we got them bathed, lotion on, hair brushed and dressed. So we headed down. About 1/2 way there we looked back and Riley was asleep. That should have been our clue, because my boys are very irritable when they get woke up from their naps. But we went on to Lindsay's , we were being very bold!!! When we got there, they were both amazed with all the new cool stuff they could play with, mowers, gators, tractors, cows, and horsesThey were in heaven until we tried to make them pose for pics.

Now you can get the picture! Well needless to say, Lindsay was still able to get some really good pictures of all 4 of us! Here are a few that I just love!








Here are a few that I laugh at when I look at them, mainly the boys faces!



Thanks again Lindsay for dealing with the boys!