It's That Time of Year Again

It's time for the NC State Fair.  We LOVE the state fair.  We went with some

of our favorite people in the whole world and had a blast.  Parker keeps asking

if we can go again lasterday.  I just love it when she says "lasterday".  So here

are our pics from the state fair that we went to lasterday:))

 

Merry Grace and Ally

Paige and Parker

Ian and Charles Allen with the fish Charlesy won.

Emmy on the bungie jump.

Ally, Parker, Ian, Charles Allen and Merry Grace rode this ride and Emmy and Elise

wanted nothing to do with it.

Emmy and Elise

 

We were all tired by now.  Can't wait til next year.



End of Summer

We went down for one last beach trip of the summer in September and can I just say it had to be the most beautiful day ever at Topsail Island.  My sweet friend Jenny went with us to take some family pictures and she did a wonderful job.  The sky was blue, the sun was shinning,

the dolpins were swimming, and the ocean was warm.  It was perfection.  Here are some

pictures taken from the day.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I miss summer already.

 

 

 

 

 

Ahhh, We Love Summer

We have had a blast this summer.  Going to the pool with our

friends has been the best way to spend it.  Not to mention

beach trips and flag football games for the boy.  It's almost over and I'm that

makes me sad.  I wish we had more slow, lazy summer days ahead of us.  But I can't think of a better way to end the summer than with Fall.  So here are just of few of the pics I took this summer.

 Ally learned how to swim this summer.  Only I wish she could swim as well as she thinks she can.  I think out of all of my kids she enjoys the water the most.

 Here Parker and her cousin Paige are enjoying snacking by the pool.  Always a favorite.

 Emmy and Elise spend a lot of time in the middle of the pool. I would wonder what they are doing, but I'm sure it's lots of girl talk and being super silly.

Parkey and her cousin Merry Grace are too cute.

 And of course the boy had a blast.  We can't wait until we can do it again next year.

Happy 4th of July

I have been so busy running the kiddos everywhere this summer and having a blast that I haven't had time to blog about any thing we have done.  We are working hard on our ABC's of summer and have almost completed them all.  It's a  good thing too because my kids go back to school August 1st.  Can you believe that?  That should be illegal.  But anyway, here is a few pics from our July 4th activities.  Have I ever mentioned that July 4th is my second favorite holiday, after Halloween of course.  I know, totally weird.

The kiddos spent the night with their grandma and she made them chocolate and biscuits for breakfast.  Their fave.  I didn't grow up eating it, but I must admit it is really good.

We like to go to the airport in Mt. Olive to watch the fireworks.  They have really good ones and the best part is it is super easy to get in and out of.  There's lots of grass for the kids to play on before the fireworks  begin.

Her shirt says "red, white, and cute", so true.

Getting ready for the fireworks.

Charlie and Parkey

Ms. Linda and Ally

Aunt Kristie, (Jaxxon), and Ally

Ally and Grandma

 Before the fireworks started the kiddos worked on perfecting their cartwheels.

Emmy

Kyleigh and Emmy

Charles-Allen

 Once the fireworks began it was all ooohs and ahhhs....

Charles Allen, Marleigh, Summer

Apparently watching fireworks is harder work than it looks.  The kids were all asleep before we even got out of Mt. Olive.  I can't wait till next year.

This is such a great country we live in.

May Days

May was a busy, busy month at the Barnett household we had Scotty Fever some kinda bad.

We went to his American Idol homecoming concert in Garner.  It was so dang hot, I tell ya.

Pratically everyone we knew was there.  This is Emmy's favorite teacher, Ms. Boone.  She just happens to be a big fan of Scotty too.  She was  his 2nd grade teacher and Scotty went to elementary school at Timber Drive which is also where Emmy and Charles Allen go to school.

Here she is with her sweet cousins Kyleigh and Marleigh.  They've had a blast going to the viewing parties together.

As always it wouldn't be a party without Elise and Ian, well at least not for Emmy and Charlesy.

Bugga had a blast. Ms. Boone was telling me that she thought I had the sweetest kids and she was so excited to see that there were two more coming to Timber.  I'm not sure she's ready for this one.

They played with each other and with friends.

 The boy played ball...a lot.

We spent a lot of time outside, by the fire....

roasting marshmellows and hotdogs.

And we added to our family when our cat had kittens. Life is good:)