Scrapper Media Day

Today was Scrapper Media Day. 

Roy with his Scrapper kids!  HA!

Rylee, Brittany, Zach, Brooke and Brady

Daniel with Brooke and Brady.  Daniel is working for Immanuel Baptist Church as their youth director so he came out to support his IBC Youth!  .....and the family!

Brooke and Rylee

Brittany, Brady and Brooke

Maggie Worthington and Rylee

GO SCRAPPERS!

Summer Time

We love visiting the Snow Cone place in Mineral Springs.  One day, Rylee was so excited to see Karson there!  They go to Nana's together during the school year and have become buddies.  She's ready to go back full time and see hime every day!  I'm ready, too!  HA!

And who can go through summer and not love some good cold watermelon!  We certainly do!

Chad visited Hawaii this summer and brought Rylee the cutest ukelele back.  She has been performing with it!

The Wii Remote makes a perfect microphone!

Gettin jiggy with it!

Ready, Set, Go!

This is what has consumed my time lately......

I'm so ready for Day ONE! 

Sunday Sweets

Sunday, Jeremy and Natalia were in from California so our families mixed and mingled at Western Sizzlin in Nashville.  Joe and Kim from Maumelle, Cathey and Mike from Nashville, Vicki, Lauren, Ricky and Trip from Mena and of course, all of the Aylett clan, minus Marcia, Justin, and Chad. 

Rylee enjoyed playing with Trip - Lauren's little boy!

And, Rylee enjoyed the ice cream.........

And......anyone who knows my Grandmother knows that she loves her some sweets!  When we were all growing up, it was always a joke that you don't ever lay down any of your candy bar, or dessert unless you are finished with it!  Momo was NOTORIOUS for coming behind you and scooping up your leftovers.  We all learned the hard way that if you run off to play thinking you were gonna come back and finish up your goodies, you were sadly mistaken! 

Well, fastforward about 30 years......and Momo is STILL at it! Rylee Grace is starting to learn.....

You think she's not paying attention......

Then she spies it.......

.....and moves in for the kill.......

You just have to get far far away! 

We love Momo!

Pinterest

Pinterest is my new addiction.....I. Love. It.  It's a bookmarking site but with visual thumbnails.....and it's all organized into little interest boards that you can categorize.  I have boards for my house, school, clothes, dreams, Rylee Grace, vacations.....I think that's all.  And, you can follow boards of interest, like Southern Living is my favorite for dreaming!  Check out my Pinterest page by clicking on the red "P" in the side bar! 

Saturday with Sissy

Saturday, we started out early to Hope to watch Zach play All Star Baseball.  He had played the night before and lost, but we were not able to go because of swimming lessons that we had already scheduled prior to scheduling baseball tournaments.  The game started at 10:00.  Luckily it was very cloudy and pretty breezy - a nice morning for a little baseball.  Unfortunately, the ballgame did not go in his favor.  They lost their second game, and were out of the tournament.  Zach played really well, though, and has really improved since last year! 

In the top picture, you can see the teams lined up receiving their medals.  The 2nd picture, immediately above, is zoomed in on #5, who would rather receive the top place trophy!  Maybe next year!

We ate lunch and ran by the lumber yard to pick up some plywood that I needed for a project at school.  (More on that in another post).  Then we headed home.  Brittany had told Rylee that she would come swim with her that afternoon, so we all headed home and Rylee started asking when "Sissy" was coming.  I told her to give it a little while and she would call.  Well, by 3:00, Miss Rylee had waited as long as she could and she just had to call! 

Rylee and I met Brittany at the Country Club and she came home with us, while Zach swam with a friend.  Rylee and Roy were in Heaven on Earth, and I was too, because what makes them happy makes me happy! 

We swam, grilled burgers, Brittany practiced her driving skills with her daddy, and we swam some more!  The only problem was that Rylee told me that she didn't want me coming outside with them becuase I would talk to her Sissy too much.  In other words, I was taking her time away from her Sissy Time!  So I stayed inside and let Roy, Rylee and Brittany swim.  They had a ball.  Brittany did lots of cheer stunts with Rylee, and Rylee loved every minute of it! 

Roy wanted an updated picture with "his girls" before we had to take Brittany home.  She stayed till about 9:00 and then we ran her home. 

Miss Rylee had such a good time!  .............playing with Sissy is very tiring!

Little Fish

Rylee has been swimming really good this summer!  It seems like it just "clicked" for her.....or it could be the fact that we have taught swimming lessons to over 50 kids this summer!  Can you say "worn out"?  But it financed our vacation, so I won't complain! 

Here's Rylee showing off her skills in the water!

This Little Piggie....

I had a pedicure last week while Rylee was at Mom's. When she came home, she was not happy that I had gone without her! So, I promised I would take on Wednesday since I didnt have any workshops or meetings that particular day. She loved it!

She sat in my lap because she was a lite intimidated by the big chair on the platform!

But she loved the finished product- hot pink with zebra stripes! Very girlie and not what her daddy has in mind for his little ball player. I have news for him.....she may be girlie-girlie, but she also has a competitive, athletic streak about her too! I think it will be a happy medium!

Silly Girl

Miss Rylee is quite the singer!  She loves to carry her ipod around with her and play her music while singing along!  She loves America's Got Talent when the singers come on.....she loves Dancing with the Stars.....she loves The Fresh Beat Band on NickJr......she loves anything that has to do with music. 

On this particular night, she was sitting in my lap belting out Taylor Swift's "Mean".  So I thought I would pull out my phone and document the occasion.  WELL......Miss Priss is a performer!  She saw herself in that phone and she started putting on a show.  I laughed so hard at her laughing at herself.  I love her so much!

It's HOT!

It has been REALLY hot here!  We have been trying to stay cool by swimming in the pool, but even the water in the pool is hot! 

Yesterday, Rylee and I had to run to Texarkana.  We were walking in Target and she said, "Mommy, who makes it hot outside?"  I said, "Well, I guess God does, since God made the world."  She thinks for a minute and says, "Well, can we call him and ask him to make it cooler?" 

Oh, how I wish it was that simple!

Summer Vacation

I have SOOOO neglected my blog!  It's just so easy to upload my pictures to Facebook, but I know I will regret not have my thoughts down, especially when Rylee gets older!  She is growing up way too fast and is such a little hoot!  She says stuff all the time that cracks us up and I think - gosh, I need to write that down.  So.....I'm gonna try to be better about blogging, just so I can have the documentation in the future!

Our summer has been busy and I can't believe we are almost ready to go back to school!  I've had a little change in jobs, so it's been a busy summer trying to move my stuff into my new classroom, going to workshops, giving swimming lessons, vacationing and hanging out with family! 

I accepted a job teaching 1st Grade at Nashville Primary School at the end of last school year.  It was such a bittersweet move for me, but I know it's one that I will be happy about!  I'm already excited about my new teacher buddies - they have all been so nice and welcoming.  I will definitely miss my CD Franks family, though.  I know God puts people in your lives for a reason and they were such a special part of my life!  I will always remember them and love them like family!!! 

Roy, Rylee and I went to Dallas last week before Roy started back to work.  He had some girls playing AAU basketball in Frisco, Texas and I had to buy some new clothes for starting the school year.  Rylee has been asking to go stay in a motel and since we don't take her often enough, we decided it was time to take her places.  So.....we loaded up and made our treck to Dallas. 

Miss Rylee is all wrapped up and ready for the road trip! 

Our navigator.....don't ya love that face?!

 She gave up her blanket and replaced it with her Bible......not sure if that was a sign of the Navigator, or if it was just a good read!

Our first trip was to the RainForest Cafe in the Grapevine Mills Mall in Grapevine, Texas.  Needless to say, it was not a hit!  It was dark.  It was loud.  It was INTENSE!  Rylee cried and covered her ears the entire time!  I ended up asking for a box and our ticket and we left!  She says she never wants to go back there again.  I believe her!

The next morning, we headed up to Frisco, Texas to watch some of his basketball girls playing AAU ball.  It was a really nice facility!  They had about 11 games going on at one time.  Roy elbowed me during the game and point to the court next to us.  There she sat....Pat Summit.  I LOVE me some Pat Summit!  She is so no-nonsense and I would love to shake her hand and get a picture and an autograph.  This is about the 3rd time we have been at the same event as her and all three times I have left without a picture or an autograph.  Roy actually said - now, don't bother her - she's working.  Really?  I do have a LITTLE sense about me!  My momma would have bugged her, though.  Maybe I'll get to that stage one day!

After the game, our next mission was to get Miss Rylee a feather in her hair.  She has been asking for one and I have been putting it off thinking she would forget about it.  Well, she kept asking so we told her we would get one in Dallas.  I found a hair salon across from the Basketball arena.  I walked in and asked if they could put a feather in her hair and how much it would cost.  The nice lady said, the only color I have is pink and it will be five dollars.  I said - FIVE dollars?  She looked at me crazy and said, yes ma'am.  I said, SOLD.  I finally explained to her that we were on vacation and our small town charged quite a bit more to have them put in and it all made sense to her!  Rylee was so excited!

Next, we headed to Fort Worth to the Stockyards.  It was HOT!  but I'm glad we went. Here is a picture of Rylee and I waiting for Roy to park the car.....

......and here is Roy with us.....forcing a smile because he just paid $6.00 to park in the parking lot!  HA!!!!

We watched the cows come thru town.......

......and tried on cowboy hats!

Then headed out to the Dallas World Aquarium......

Rylee is a little nervous about entering into the place......she is picking her fingernails.....I think she was having flashbacks of the Rainforest Cafe!   However, she quickly became accustomed to the atmosphere and was sad when we had to leave! 

She even tried to hand-feed a bird!  But it wouldn't ever come get her blueberry!  Bummer!

That night, we ate at Joe's Crab Shack.  Rylee really enjoyed watching the employees dance to the loud songs!  Her daddy and I enjoyed the good food!!!!

As we were leaving, Roy spit in the water and the fish all came to the top.  Rylee thought that was so neat, so what-do-ya-know......Miss Priss had to try it out!  Yep, she's spitting!  Her daddy loved it!

We also spent quite a bit of time in my favorite shopping place - Sam Moon!  I bought some cute accessories to go with my cute outfits I bought at the Grapevine Mills Mall! 

We headed out the next morning for Arkansas!  We had a really good time!

Almost home......she was such a good little travel buddy!  I can't wait for our next trip!

Rylee could not WAIT to get home to see Bec-Bec and of course, Colin, who was at BecBec's for a little vacation time!

Yee Haw!

Daniel has learned to play the banjo!  One Sunday, after lunch he performed for us.......and John and Rylee entertained us!

Snow Day.....s!

We decided Saturday afternoon that we better go to the deer camp and get the four-wheeler with all the talk of snow coming on Sunday! So Roy, Rylee and I loaded up and headed out. Rylee loved helping her daddy get the four-wheeler loaded up on the truck......

and looking at the cows and horses.....she even got a little brave and wanted to pet one of the horses......her momma stayed in the truck!

On Sunday morning, we went to Sunday School and anticipated leaving after Sunday School because we were a little nervous about the weather. (South Arkansas isn't used to snow and icy roads!) God had other plans when the people scheduled to keep Extended SEssion during church didn't show up.....so we stayed with the 8 kiddos who were there patiently awaiting their parents' return from church! During church, we went out to the door to check the weather and the kids were THRILLED to see the snow falling at quite a rapid pace! Below are Banks Ray, Rylee, Wesley Jungerman and Mercy Hagler.

After getting home and getting a much needed nap, we went out to play.......and of course, we had to make snow ice cream!

......and made a snowman.......

......and we played some more.........

.......and rode the 4-wheeler.........

.....and watched the birds.........

......and warmed by the fire........

......and we can't wait to have more snow to do it all over again!!!!!!