Great week...crazy week! Amanda, Brendon and Morgan (Gavin was at G-ma's) came over last Fri.and Sat. This was much needed time for us girls. I thank God EVERYDAY for blessing me with my best friend. There is truly nothing like it. We've been friends since Aug. of 1987-ALMOST 20 years. How crazy is that? Now our daughters are learning a bit about female bonding and we took a couple of pics. Didn't turn out great, but they're just such cuties!!!
Elijah's first day of school. (Anyone notice the very large Ohio State flag in the front? Yeah, not my decorating choice, but oh well.... ) He is loving 2nd grade and adjusting well to VERY early mornings. He doesn't seem to like his teacher as well as last year, but Miss VK will be a hard act to follow!
Pics of Emmy's first day of school. Well, sort of. On her real first day (Wed.) my alarm went off at 7:25. AAAHH!! It was set for 5:25. Yeah, serious panic. Needless to say I threw on some clothes and jumped in the car to go to work. Jason and I two-wayed the whole way there about what to do with her hair, the skirt that was too big, where were her new tennis shoes???? It was crazy and not picture worthy. I was feeling pretty awful about the whole thing, but a couple days later it just seems so US! These pictures are from Friday morning. As you can tell we leave at 7:15 and it's still pretty dark. I also took some of just her outside her new school. She is loving kindergarten and has more self-confidence than I know what to do with. Once again she was upset that I was bringing her into school...."Drop me off, Mom!"
What is this pitiful picture you ask? Our precious little puppy has a broken leg. Last night we had a great night out at Mom and Dad's with Josh and Shelly and the kids. They were all (yes all 5 of them..) riding bikes and Elijah swerved to miss Piper. Didn't work. The yelping and crying was more than my little heart could handle and I started bawling. Later my mom and sister said, "Gosh, I guess she wasn't kidding. She really does love that dog!" We waited it out last night to make sure it was really broken; LONG NIGHT!! I finally took him to Vet ER at 7:30 this morning to see 2 clean breaks on the X-Ray. My poor puppy... Really, he's just too cute.
All in all, we're loving the new schedule and finding it's a real positive for our marriage and family. Surprise, surprise, we love routine! (Really, this is a new adventure for us spontaneous Grates...) Have a great week all you bloggers!
15 comments:
What beautiful grandchildren I have!! Glad to hear the year has started off well, I am so sorry to hear about poor little Piper!! He is just so pitiful looking. We miss you all not being here this weekend! But must say it! GO BUCKS!! :
Love you all,
Mom Grate
Woo Whoo! I made the Blog!! Nope the picture doesn't do either of them justice, you're right! BUT they are STILL WAY ADORABLE, if I do say so myself! Good Genes? Hee hee Morgan had so much fun with Emmy:)
Ok! the other pics...So cute "first day" pics and that dog is so pitiful, I don't even know what to say! At least he's ready for the Ohio State Games with his cast color choice:) Amanda
Great pictures!! Elijah and Piper look pretty pitiful. I would be crying to if anything happened to my dog...dogs. It doesn't take long to get attached to them. Even though sometimes you want to kill them, you always love them. Huh, maybe kind of like having kids, although I wouldn't know :) Hopefully I'll see you all at the end of the month.
By the way! It was JUNE of 1987!!!:)
While my heart truly breaks for your injured puppy, I couldn't help but flash back to "So I Married an Axe Murderer" and the line "We have a piper down! I repeat, a piper is down!" Is that bad? I hope he heals quickly. How long does he have to wear the cast?
Ohmigosh Melissa. I didn't remember that until you said it. Jason is gonna laugh his fool head off. We quote that dumb movie all the time.
Poor Piper!!! That just breaks my heart. I would have been hysterical. Well, the kids are just too darn cute. I miss them so much. Can't wait to visit here in a few weeks. Tell them Aunt Kelley loves them. Love you and J too! :)
The "So I married an Axe Murder" comment is HIlaruious! I love, love that movie and am seriously laughing so hard, I can barely breathe let alone type! LOVE IT!
GO BUCKS! Just give us the dang title now, why play all these foolish games?????
i keep forgetting to tell you i sit by this spunky chick in choir who reminds me of you! she's got short blond hair (used to be you) and gorgeous blue eyes/ smile, just like ms. thang. i sit with the altos (for now, so weird!) and she's got a beltin' voice --- are you guys sisters or what?? plus she CRACKS me up.
dude, could j's hair get any whiter?? did he dip his head in a bucket of clorox??
love you guys!
j
Holly-
Loving these pictures and your stories! Sounds like things are hopping!
-Michelle
The kids are just so cute! :-) I still have yet to reenact Jake's first day because I didn't get any good ones of him. And now that I am scrapbooking I MUST have the proper lay out. :-)
Your kiddos are cuter than puppies. I'm glad you're settling in well!
your family is beautiful!!!
Holly
The girls look so much like you and Amanda...it's unreal! Beautiful!!
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