My Guy Graduates...Ahhh Bittersweet!

Why does it seem like just yesterday he was crawling into my lap to snuggle and watch cartoons with me?? How come it feels like I just blinked my eyes and he went from an adorable little chubby baby to the handsome young man that stands before me today??

My heart is fighting this battle between being proud of who he is becoming and sad because it's all happening too fast. 8th grade graduation, girlfriends, talking about how he can't wait to turn 15 so he can get a job and save for his first car, and making plans for college as well as back up plans for just in case the MLB don't take him has this mommas head spinning! I just want to put this into slow motion because I feel like I am missing it all! 

Words can not express how proud I am of this kid! He really is a great kid with a good head on his shoulders. He is witty and smart and funny! He has amazing taste in music (that he gets from his mother) and is the best big brother anyone could ask for. He only complains a little and is usually first to jump up and help out. He has dreams and ambitions and determination and as much as it kills me to see him growing up I know he is on the right path. I know he is going to be successful and happy in whatever he chooses to do in his adult life.

Congratulations Colten, on completing this chapter of your life and moving on to bigger and better ones. Your father and I could not be any more proud of you and consider it a privilege to be your parents! I love you with all of my heart Boo and I can't wait to see what the future and God has in store for you!

So proud of our boy!!

Cousins :)

Proud grandparents!!

Best friends for life!....(just missing Hondro) I love these boys!

Hello Summer!!!!

I can NOT believe it is summer time already!! Seriously, where have the last 6 months gone? It seems like they have flown by in a blur.

With the hopes of keeping my sanity I am looking for stuff to keep the kids busy. Next week kicks off VBS at our church and that will keep us all occupied but for now I am struggling. I don't think it would be so hard if they were closer in age and all enjoyed the same things however at 14, 10, 5, and 1.5 its a challenge. As I mentioned in a the last post, any suggestions are welcome. 

Today we decided that it was a good day for slip and slide. Daddy just mowed the lawn and it was calling our name. The kids had a blast and I was able to sit in the grass and snap some of these pictures.

 

Katie was a pro and had to show the boys how it was done! She also discovered that she can practice sliding easy enough on here and that was enough to make me laugh! 

Caden, my born water dog, didn't get the concept that you had to run and slide. He sort of ran and flopped! Even so, he got the job done. He even stopped at the end a few times to sun bathe. Haha

It took Waylon a little bit to warm up to the water. For some reason he is hesitant around water but once he gets wet he loves it! 

"You expect me to get on that thing??!!"

Colten opted out of the water day to work out. He says, "I have to keep my endurance up for baseball!" He would eat, sleep, and breathe baseball if he could! I was able to snap a quick photo before he yelled at me! :-) 

They had a fun day and my plan worked amazingly. Waylon is down for a nap and the others are chilling out watching Life of Pi. All is calm in the Tipton household and this, my friends, is a rarity that I am relishing in!!  

An Uneventfully Eventful Weekend

I don't know why I bother planning stuff out. It just seems like I am creating more work for myself.

I go through what NEEDS to be done and what I WANT to get done and I make lists for each. Then I make a list on how I plan to implement these tasks and put them in order based on priority. I will then delegate (I do this part best hehe) who needs to do what or be where and when. I try to plan a schedule and of course that requires another list or two. Somewhere in all this planning mess I lose a list so I have to redo it which, in turn, means I find MORE stuff to add and other things to do and it's a vicious circle!!!! Do you see what I mean? All of this hard work for what?!?

I had our weekend planned out. I had everything figured, refigured and properly planned and ya wanna know what? Maybe 25% of it got done.... and that's being generous. Such a waste of time but it makes me feel better so ill continue to do it.

So what did we end up doing this weekend? A whole lot of nothing! Which for us mean it was semi-busy.

I took Waylon to the dr on Friday and he got a shot in his leg of antibiotics. The oral ones were making him have tummy issues and it was just no good. He was very angry at the nurse who administered the injection. When she came to check on him after the precautionary 10 min wait period she rubbed his leg and he grabbed her hand and pushed it away! Haha This boy can give some nasty looks I swear! She laughed at him and said he was adorable. He responded with an icy cold smile that seemed to say "touch me again and I'll show you just how adorable I can be, crazy woman!!"

After that we came home and waited for daddy to get here so he could get some sympathy. He went from happy to fake crying with in seconds of daddy walking in the door. He ran to Randy and did his fake cry and then pointed at me like he was telling on me for subjecting him to such horrible treatment. It was comical.

We grabbed sissy from school and the other kids from memaws and headed to Walmart. It was SUPPOSED to be a quick trip in and out but ended up getting prolonged cause daddy had to help some people get into their car. They locked the keys in. Randy ended up calling Jerrod who brought more tools and then mom and dad swung by and before we knew it we had us a family reunion in Walmart parking lot. Yep, we are from AJ! :-)

When we finally got home we made a pallet in the floor and watched Hop. Such a cute movie.

Saturday Colten had batting practice. We were ALL supposed to go but slept in so grandma came and took him. I was supposed to clean and study but only managed to get dishes done. No studying!! (SHOCKER!) The kids helped dad in the yard. They are trying to get it ready for Easter.

The last couple of weeks have been uber stressful for Randy and I so we decided to have a couple hours of "our" time. We went and got a quick bite and then met Jason at Harkins and watched Olympus Has Fallen. It was a really good movie.

Today... What did we do today? Oh yeah. We took Waylon to get his first ever haircut! I know, I was sad too. Bye bye baby curls! :'( We took him to Great Clips and the lady did a horrible job! I seriously mean horrible! I wanted to cry. Thank goodness Auntie Aubrey was able to fix it up for him. We had to bribe him with the horses to keep him still but it worked and looks much better. ***

The rest of the afternoon was uneventful. We came home and just hung out. I FINALLY started studying... I have a midterm exam for my A&P class tomorrow! (Have I mentioned how much I hate this class?) I know I have had a week to study but um... well what can I say I am a procrastinator! And the sickness that has plagued my house for the last two weeks didn't help any!

I guess I better get off here and get some sleep so I can get up early and study. Wish me luck! :-)

***Here are a couple of pics of Waylon first haircut!