proud momma...

monday morning @ 8:40am a host of family braved the early morning and came to our wonderful school week kickoff assembly to watch our little mandolin player. his class was in charge of the assembly and he got to play along with their rise and shine song. he was a natural...even picked out his own outfit :) had to sport the cowboy vest and big team ropin' belt buckle to play that instrument.

ok, later that evening the boys had scouts. this picture makes me laugh because i pray it is no indication of the future for lane. he looks like a frat boy. he LOVES these boys and so badly wants to be one of the gang! good thing that is mom's diet d.p. that he LOVES to steal as soon as i start to drink one :)

so, while the big boys were all gone...my sweet wyatt was snoozin' away for his evening nap and i got busy with my clipboard order. yes! this picture is a little busy, but they are so fun! a friend of mine is opening a teacher supply store in owasso http://www.owassoclassroomcorner.com/ on fall break weekend and i am well on my way to completing her clipboard order :) 2 dozen and some card packs!!! i was so excited to be asked and to be a part of such an exciting time in her life as well!!

praise the Lord for my family, friends, and opportunities! we are so blessed!!

absolute rush...

it is funny what us mommies of the world will get excited about. this goes way beyond just mommies!! i don't know too many people who wouldn't be excited about this. my neighbor was so anxious to tell me something the other day and so excited that i was excited. she even said that her heart was racing when she found out how wonderful this thing was. drum roll please..............

online grocery shopping

i am in a new world! it is going to change my life! i am writing right now because i have an extra minute due to the lack of grocery store chaos i would usually go through on a typical trip. i want to shout it from the rooftops!!! for a minuscule $5 fee, you too can experience heaven. i could not sleep last night. i had too much to do and not enough hours in the day. when i get like this, i must get up and just do what i need to do. after laundry sorting and housewide trash collecting, i decide to give the online experience a try. i found everything i needed and actually had time to look at some things i had been wanting to try. i planned out recipes, shopped bargains, and even chose thinly sliced ham from the deli for sandwiches. all in the comfort of my jammies with no monkeys hanging from the cart, shelves, displays or ramming the cart into my heels or other peoples' toes. i chose a 4:00pm pick up time, called them after collecting all children after school and literally drove up into the drive-thru...got out...opened my back hatch...and out they came through the sliding doors. "Mrs. Farley?" and that very moment is when i knew what my neighbor was talking about...my heart leaped! YES!! i AM mrs. farley...the luckiest, smartest, most resourceful woman alive. no dodging the fruit snack and cookie aisle. no crying to ride the horse that i never remember to keep a quarter for. no making the two big boys a list of their own to play 'i spy' all the way through the store which usually turns into a fight over who won. no more pushing the baby in one cart while trying to guide my oldest with a second cart too full for him to turn corners with while the middle one is wanting to know when we will ever make it to the cookie lady at the bake-a-wee...heaven! i am hooked!

watch if you love to laugh...

my boys love each other so much!! the two oldest have so much fun trying to make wyatt laugh and at the same time seem to try to irritate each other to the point of tears. i guess i remember doing the same thing with my siblings. memories in the making!!!