New Beginnings

Lillee at FUMC Art Camp - loved it...just the right thing for her!

There have been lots of new things going on around here....beginning with the iPhone. I'm still learning and it is a really cool phone. My phone died and I used the old flip phone for the day. It was pure bliss. Very simple talking and texting. I called Scott to tell him things were great and I enjoyed that annoying ring tone but I was too late. This iPhone is fun if you know how to work all things Mac, which is why I have it I think. My IT guy is Mac obsessed! If I hear Mac Book Air again I'll scream. All of these pics are from the iPhone. I read a blog where they did an iPhone "dump" and put all pics from the past month up. Pretty cool concept as this is usually the only camera I have with me these days.

Starting with this picture!!! I had five kids in the house and we were all upstairs. I was packing bags to go to the pool and had thrown in this bag of chips. A few minutes later I noticed Ben had disappeared. It got very quiet upstairs but I could smell something coming from Lillee's room. I found him in Lillee's shower with the door closed with this bag of chips and a present for me in his pants! I texted this picture to Scott and he thought this was Baxter! I guess the poor guy was just looking for a quiet spot to eat his chips.
Some great friends decided to throw a fun birthday gathering for me. Very sweet and much appreciated. The kids had a great time as did I!

Lots of my parents friends came by while we were there. They brought vegetables, chicken and dumplings and offered to cut the grass. What great friends! We were able to go to one friend's home to visit their garden. We came home with a cooler overflowing with yummy goodness.

blackberries

purple hull crowder peas (Baxter loved shelling these)

can you spot a hot baby in the tomato patch?

I'm not sure if you can see this but it's asparagus! I've never seen asparagus growing in a garden! Very cool.

My dad's back went out right after he got home from visiting our house. He literally couldn't walk/sleep/eat/work. He has been to the doctor and had two epidural injections. I wanted to drive down to help but my mom convinced me to wait and bring the kiddos when he was able to hang out with them and play lots of Go Fish! I'm glad we waited even though I felt sad I wasn't anymore of a help. The kids and I were making daily trips to the post office to mail packages. I hope he recognizes the work in getting A)the contents of the package, B)making kids sit to color pics, C)the long lines at the post office with kids hanging on the velvet ropes! We enjoyed it and know it brought some happiness to his day. He just went to the doctor for his second epidural while we were there and was cleared to mow the grass (without bumps) for 15 mins at the time. Ben really enjoyed watching him. He couldn't figure out why Papa couldn't pick him up but he loved snuggling with him!
The first night we were there my mom took all three kids to her Vacation Bible School. I took full advantage of two quiet hours and went to the best TJ Maxx ever! I started texting Scott pics for his new office. He was so slow to respond I ended up with a lamp for our bedroom and some kitchen towels. Now I still have a reason to go to Forsyth Liquidators for him!
So proud of my two big kids who wanted to ride all of the big water slides at Summer Waves! We did not ride the ones that go straight down but these were pretty big! Lillee was not scared at all. It took some convincing to get Bax to go. I'm sure Ben would have gone willingly had he been able.

Oh, and one more new endeavor.....

I JOINED FACEBOOK!!!

Oh my! I'm not sure what I've done. It can clearly become an obsession. I am Jenn Key. I'm not really sure why I'm not Jennifer Key or Jennifer Causey Key but I'm just happy I have a profile picture that it took me 4 hours to figure out! Happy FB'ing