weekend recap...

i had my nephew thursday eve while we waited for jaden at his jiu-jitsu training.....bryan & the girls played on the side strip of grass - duck-duck-goose, simon says, rip leaves off the bush ~lol~ they were good kids

(taken with my cell)

my cheesers....i'm mostly posting these pics to show u the naked lilies that surprised us this year (they're also my new header pic)....in researching them today, i found out they're also called surprise lilies....and i know why....our neighbor & i have been trying to figure out where these came from....there used to b lots of leaves growing there - no blooms....almost like tulip leaves - it turns out the leaves of these lilies come up, then die....then weeks later, the flowers emerge on their own....too cool! weirdest part is, i don't remember these from last year - obviously, they were planted loooong before we lived there (we've been her 3+ years & the house sat vacant for years before us) - glad they're still making an appearance! :0)

aren't they gorgeous? they smell great too!


the prettiest lilies of all....look at them accessorizing! my BFF, misty, sent them some necklaces along with my bday present & that started the ball rolling....next thing i know, the girls are wanting to change out their earrings (they literally have had the same "safe" hoops in for 2+ years), pulling out bracelets & rings, etc.....too fun!

jaden said "ma, let me take ur picture".....so this is my "before" shot - badly needing my hair did ;0)

and "after" :0) i'm a brunette again - much better!
and look at those rolling WVa hills - not me, the mountains! ~lol~

i hung out with jaden in his tent friday night.....he invited me in to "watch the spaceships" fly overhead....i spotted a flying dragon too ;0)

saturday, we hit our fav park....i love shots of the kids running/riding away.....where are that kids' shoes?! ~lol~

cutest monkey, i've ever seen!

corinn made a friend - and taught her to ride her scooter

and invited her fishing - while she played with the worms :0)

gabby's such a daredevil!

we stayed until dark

and had to check out the water before leaving

on sunday, we spotted this beautiful butterfly on our way into church

after church, we headed over to nana's house to play.....only one more week before the big move, so we wanted to help out with clearing some more of those yummy veggies out of their garden ;0)

look at those brown eyes! (and now sporting mama's dangly earrings! ~lol~)

helping nana pick corn

and shuck it

mmmmm - can't get any better than this!
we had the shucked corn for dinner that night - mmmmm, good!
she also gave us some more cucumbers, squash & peppers that she had already picked....i can't wait to have a garden of our own one day!

gabby always enjoys walking nana's dog, buddy

and he loves the attention.....she's so good at scratching ;0)

jaden & one of his dragons (this one is Basilik) just swang & hung out

then we headed over to my sister's....someone gave them a trampoline & the kids could not wait to try it out!

once home, there were earthworms to find (for our turtle, socks).....well, the girls looked for worms, while jaden dug to china ~lol~ seriously - that's what he says he's doing

after that, came baths, dinner and bedtime for 3 WORN OUT kiddos!

hope u had a great weekend too! :0)