New family "pets"

It is very hot here and we have a ton of flies that keep coming into the house. I've constantly got a fly swatter in my hand trying to kill them. Preslie informed me the other day that I needed to quit killing them because they are her and Chase's pets. I did kill one the other day and Preslie got all upset. I had to inform her that it wasn't hers. Now, Chase's "pet" lives in our van so I won't kill it. I've had tried for the life of me to get it out and it's not happening.

Birthday present!!!!

I purchase Rylie's b-day present today. I know what most of you are going to say, her b-day isn't until November. But, this was a special b-day present. I logged on to ticketmaster today and purchased 2 tickets (her and I) to see Miley Cyrus in concert in October in Little Rock. Cody and I are keeping this hush, hush until the actual day of the concert. I'm so excited, because I know this will make her so happy. I did get up in the nosebleed section, but I really wasn't spending a ton of money on these tickets and I also didn't want to get floor and then her not see a thing.

If you talk to Rylie before October.....shhhhhhhhhh. We really want this to be a great surprise.

Good News? Bad News?

I'm still not sure which one this qualifies as, good news or bad news. We were on vacation earlier in the week in Branson. On our way back to our parking space (after a long day) at Silver Dollar City, Cody's phone started to ring. He checked his voicemail once we were in the car and it was the Air Force recruiter. According to him, they have disqualified Cody from active duty permanently. Which means, he doesn't ever have to go to active duty. This also means that Air Force will not pay for his CRNA school. In a way, this is good news but bad news at the same time. We have to search (we, meaning Cody) for the student loans and scholarships to pay for this school. Plus, we need to get enough to live off of during school. Now, at the same time it also means that once Cody graduates he can start making the big bucks. I think the Air Force was going to give him $64k/year but he can sign on at a local hospital for close to $200k/year.

Please pray that everything works out the way God wants it too.

We had a grand time on vacation. We got there Monday afternoon and spent a few hours at the waterpark at the hotel. The kids had a blast. Tuesday we woke up early and made the trip to Silver Dollar City. It didn't start getting busy there until around 3 pm, which is when we decided we had had enough. The twins couldn't get on too many rides, Preslie was scared of a water raft ride and they were both hot and tired. Rylie had fun. She got Cody on a few rides. Her favorite was the PowderKeg rollercoaster. I think it started out around 65mph. Cody said she had a death grip on the bars but toward the end had the biggest grin on her face. Wednesday we were off to the Outlet malls and we made a trip north to the Bass Pro Shop. I was a little disappointed but they did have almost everything under construction. Yuck. Then we headed back home Thursday morning, after and attempt to hit the outlet mall again.

It feels great to be back home. I loved being on vacation but it always seem more work. Chase and Preslie were totally off, so they were hard to deal with.

Toby was so glad to be home, although he did have a nice break from Preslie at nana's house. Of course, he gave us quite the scare right before we left for our trip. I gave him his rabies shot that morning. One minute he was fine and then the next he went limp with a glazed look in his eyes. I thought there for a little bit we were about ready to lose him. Scared me so bad but I couldn't let Preslie see that. Cody got his hind end elevated and then he seemed to start doing better. We put a call into the vet and they said it was probably just a shock but to keep an eye on him.

Tommy had the house to himself, but I think he was glad to have us back. We got a ton of lovings this morning.

I need to get pictures uploaded onto the computer and then I'll post them. We didn't take a bunch, because we were too busy having fun. But, I got a few.