Lake Rim Park

Me and the girls went to the park today for a picnic. I snapped a few pics while we were there. We stopped at Subway and got us a sandwich to eat. All the tables were full, so we cranked up the AC and dined in style!

Our Donnie

I am so lucky to have such a great man as the father of my children. Here's a walk down memory lane with Donnie...from baby to daddy.
This is Donnie when he was 2 years old...isn't he cute????

And this is him when he was a Senior in high school....those sideburns are hot!

This is the day Rylee was born...I don't have any digital ones of the day Mar was born...but he was just as proud!

This is what Donnie and Ry do. They sleep. A lot.
This is the day before Donnie left on this last deployment. We were in downtown Fayetteville running some errands and took a break for lunch. Ry loves her daddy.
This was right before Donnie left on his first deployment to Iraq in 2004. Mar was 3 months old. I've never seen Donnie so upset as he was telling her goodbye.

Donnie and Mar in Rogersville, Tn in 2005.

Him and Mar sleep a lot too :)

Mar and Donnie at the Easter Egg Hunt at Fort Hood

Mar and Donnie dancing. He's such a cute dad :)

Did I mention they sleep a lot???

This was taken a few weeks before this last deployment.

They love their daddy

This was when we first moved to NC.

Rylee loving her dad after we picked him up at the airport

I didn't tell them why we were at the airport...just that we were looking at planes. They saw him and it was a mad dash to get to him.

We love going to the beach!

Donnie is quite the chef. Here he is teaching the girls how to roll the cookie dough into a perfect ball.

Donnie took Ry fishing while Mar was in school

Teaching the girls how to swim...'cause we all know their mom wont.

At the aquarium in Gatlinburg

The Halloween Trunk or Treat at the church in Killeen, TX. Mar was obviously excited to be there

Zzzzzzzz..............

Donnie and Ry when she was 3 days old

My 2 weeks

My mom, sister, and 2 nieces came to North Carolina for 2 weeks. It was SO much fun! We went to the beach, played in downtown Fayetteville, went to Tennessee, ate tons of delicious food...and chilled out. I can't believe it went by so fast. I can't wait till they come back! And next time....everybody needs to come (I'm talking to you Tracy and Ashlee!)

This is us at the beach. We are allowed to look like total flea bags because it was early, and heck, we were at the beach!

Mom and the girls eating ice cream at a cute shop in Jonesboro, TN. It's the oldest city in Tennessee....the houses there are older than the state of Utah for crying out loud!

Kassie being a babe in downtown Fayetteville

This was at the Childrens Museum in Fayetteville. Mar was sentencing Kassie for pulling her pig tail. The Jury was obviously a deciding factor in the sentence.

Here we are posing with a beautiful vine of Kudzo. It's common here in the south...but pretty crazy to you western people.
My mom facing off with a crab at the Aquarium of the Smokies. I think she won.

The girls at the aquarium

In the shark tunnel

Mom, Lynnzie, and Kellie at the aquarium

For the WHOLE story, by a MUCH better story teller...go here: http://lynnzieandroscoe.blogspot.com/

Time For a Hair Cut

Hey! So yesterday I decided that the girls needed their hair cut. Rylee's hasn't really ever been cut, and Mar's hasn't been cut for a while, so I had a valid excuse. I would have done it anyway because I was really bored.

We went to Wal-Mart. Mar just got hers trimmed but Rylee got a good chunk cut off. I think it looks so cute!

For Love Of Country They Accepted Death

It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.

This video is 10 minutes long. Considering you have a 3 day weekend for Memorial Day, you should be able to fit this in somewhere.

Sneak Peek: 'Glee'

For Lynnzie