Happy 4th of July!!

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY FROM THE COLQUETT'S!

We had an absolutely wonderful weekend. I LOVE long weekends. Especially long ones that involve Kyle. Friday night the girls and I went to the grocery store and the boys stayed home and did yard work. When we got home and got groceries unloaded, the kiddos got a bath and Heidi wanted to stay with Papa and Nana. Well Heidi and I took off to their house and stayed for about an hour.... and by that point she had changed her mind, so back home she came with me.

Karter Man is doing great at potty training. He tee tee'd in the potty all evening tonight. He even wore undies to my dads to feed the pups and back here... so a total of about 1 1/2 hours without messing them up. So proud of him! It's so different training him than it was Heidi.

Kyle sent me these pictures of Karter Friday while we were at dads. He said Karter said, "Night Night Daddy" and crawled in the recliner and crashed.

Karter and Heidi spent most of Saturday at my dad and Yana's house hanging out. They left to go on a Mission Trip to Kentucky yesterday, so we wanted to spend time with them before they left.

While the kids were there, it gave me some time to do some much needed cleaning. My house needs a REALLY good scrubbing. I keep it "straight" and "clean" most of the time, but sometimes you just need a good ole fashion cleaning... like the base boards haven't been cleaned in a while.... I think it's about time for that :)!

Anyway.... Saturday evening our friends Whitney, Jonathan, and their precious little girl Emmie Kate came over and we grilled chicken. The food wasn't that great. Not sure what happened *L*! But the chicken didn't marinate as well as it did before. But I know one thing.... the dessert was fantabulous :)!!! Banana Pudding and Strawberry Cake.

Here are some pictures of Soph and EK: (They are right at 4 months and like a week apart. Sophie is the end of June and EK is the first of Nov)

Emmie Kate was all about the passenger seat and the radio :)!

After church Sunday, we came home.... got on our swim gear.... got the left over food... and off to Papa's we went!

The kiddos and I being silly at Papa and Nana's :)

I have to tell this story.... on our way to church there was a man bush hogging (Robert Bailey) across from County Line Grocery. Coming home from church, we saw 2 cop cars and a rescue squad over where he was bush hogging and it is a sight I will never get rid of. He was laying flat on his back and a paramedic was on top of him doing CPR while the others were getting the bed out of the Ambulance. I can still see his face, his nose, his head going up and down..... death was right there before us. Mr Bailey ended up passing away. I have never witnessed anything like that before. Ever! Please pray for that family.

Anyway.... Sunday night was ROUGH ROUGH ROUGH in the Colquett house. Kman didn't sleep a wink hardly. His ear was bothering him really bad. I gave him Tylenol, he threw that up... I gave him ear drops, he screamed bloody murder. He and I finally got snuggled on the couch about 3:30 or so and he got good and asleep by about 4:30.... Sophie woke up about 6 ish because she leaked out.... Kman woke up about 6:30 and well... the story goes..... *L*! So we were pretty tired yesterday.

We had a HUGE 4th of July party at Kyle's parents house.... it was very relaxing.

MeMe bought these super cute chairs for the kids. They absolutely love them! Of course I had to get their patriotic picture in them :)!! And as you can tell it is near 'bout impossible to get a good picture of all 3 of them.

I also had to get a picture of Heidi's Patriotic toes and then flops (Heidi, Karter, Heidi). Karter had to get a picture of his toes when he saw Bug was getting 2 of hers. His need a little manicuring according to the picture *L*!

We started hanging out by the pool fairly early. As you can tell the kids were already tired..... I had to get a video of H And K... "fussin".... Heidi wants him close to her and aggravating her, but she doesn't at the same time.

My Chilren's :)

Heidi Leigh in her appropriate attire for July 4th!

Sophie is fascinated by the pine straw... she LOVES playing in it.

Karter Man, Hank, and Heidi had a good time playing. They kept pretending like each other were the sharks.

Sophie took a really good nap.... about 3 hours long probably and Karter took one right after her.

So the big kids enjoyed her pool while she was napping.

I had to get this Candid Shot. Spot got in the water :)!! I think the kids enjoyed him playing with them.

Hank, Heidi, Bubba (Walker) and D-Daut (Daulton) played Chicken.

Babee and Soph :) Yep Soph has on a different swimsuit. Her other one was leaving a mark on her chest and we were afraid it was too tight.

Blondie did NOT want her hat on.....

My sweet Baby.....

Cousin Shelly Kate chilled with Soph... and I had to take a picture of everyone in the pool.

Jamie, Abby, Aunt Mandy, and Justin just chillin'.....

Heidi had to have her Diva Moment.... she fell and scratched her ankle and leg.... and it bummed her out for a little while.

Daulton and Walker wrestling:

I think this is where Soph was eating anything that dropped on the floor. She is a garbage gut!! She ate all sorts of stuff yesterday and she LOVES watermelon. I thought this was a great picture of MeMe and Shelly Kate:

This Baby Girl sure did enjoy swimming with her KyKy.

If you look close you can see her pearly white shining on bottom.....

She is so close to walking it's not even funny. She stands up without holding on to anything all the time. So it's literally a matter of days before she's taking off.....

Miley Grace and Spot:

Soph loved this Dragon... we joke because Amanda & Lindsay gave Heidi this dragon I think for her 1st birthday... and anyway it has been the best float ever. It like Will not die!! It stays blown up... jumping on, slid around, etc.... and it is 4 years old!!

The Boyington's also came over and they helped us start a new 4th of July tradition... it's called "Uncle Sam's Beard"... and you take ready whip and just put beards on each other. The kids loved doing it... especially to kyKy.

MeMe and Soph:

After everyone left, we just hung out in the carport....

Soph has on Heidi's tank top *L*!

Kyle had to play with the Sparklers :)

After a little while, Kyle and I went and kidnapped Amanda... the kids sure enjoyed her company.

She is so much fun!!

Sparkler time... and yes that is Amanda holding Karter's head *L*!

Are these not some absolutely gorgeous faces?? I thought their upclose profile was beautiful.

Last night we all piled in the car and headed to the lake to watch the fireworks. Sophie's hair was sticking straight up.... so you know Mrs Don't Go Anywhere Without Her Camera had to take a picture....

The kids were so excited about the fireworks....

Kyle's supporting his country *L*!

Now Sophie is.... all of our children actually really enjoyed the show...

When we got home, Kyle did the bottle rockets and the kids finished the sparklers.

So as you can tell we had a really good day yesterday. So has been asleep since about 830, but a helicopter came over the house really low so of course it was really loud and scared her. That's the only thing we can think of anyway.... so she's actually in my arms as I am typing this.

Here are some old pictures I found in my phone that Heidi took and thought I'd share:

Anyway..... It's 10:49 and I am super sleepy.... Kyro is snoozing away.... so I think i will join the party!! If Soph will allow if haha....

It's a Pretty Good Ole Life :)

Today was a very busy day at work... tomorrow will be even crazier!! The first & third of the month and holiday AND Friday all mixed together... YIKES!!!!

This evening was GREAT! Kyle worked in Andalusia today, so he got home pretty early and was able to go mow his Grandaddy's grass. Mom got the kiddos and then they got Tyler and headed to Jody's house to swim. We had a big birthday dinner for Mom's birthday. Her birthday is Saturday, but they are going on a Captain Anderson Dinner Cruise, so I won't be able to see her. We had grilled ribs, sausage, porkchops, corn on the cob, YUMMY potatoes, rolls, and salad. For dessert we had homemade peach ice cream.

Anyway.... here are some pictures of Sophie the other night "riding" the rope swing :

As soon as Kyle got home from his Grandad's (which wasn't long after I got home), we went to Jody's. Karter was so proud of his hair.... "KyKy" hair. Daycare got it to stay standing and he LOVED it :)!

Heidi does soooo well swimming under water.


Sophie Girl:

My handsome little man....

Is this picture not perfect timing? I love it!! It looks like they are walking on water.

Heidi getting ready to jump off. I was so proud of her!

Ole Dad-A-Roo doing some flips....

After supper we just all sat around a talked for a while.... Soph was getting SOOOO Sleepy :)!! Heidi and Karter wanted to spend the night with KyKy and Babee... well they came to get their clothes and the little guy didn't want to go :)!! He is going through an attachment issue phase. Heidi Leigh was ready to go *L*!!

Soph fell asleep probably 45 seconds after we started the car tonight and headed home. She was one tired little 1 year old.

I don't know if I have mentioned it on here, but for some reason I have really wanted a Lemon Tree. My oh so sweet Mother In Law bought me a Meyer Lemon Tree today. I need to find me a cute pot and stuff to put it in and replant it. AND when I get finish blogging I have to go google how to take care of it. But I am so very excited :)!!

Anyway.... very much looking forward to the long 4th weekend. Maybe a little R & R. Big plans Monday.... grilling and hanging out by the pool and Saturday evening some friends are coming over.

Life is really good.... oh and something for you to just think about.... Kyle and I were talking tonight about families. Let me start with the other Sunday in Sunday School I was telling them I thought there was a big difference in a house and a home. It doesn't matter how big or small your house is.... if it's not a home it doesn't matter. I know people that live in huge houses... that we very much need, but they have absolutely no love in it.... not a home. So anyway... we went by a house and we both know they have 2 kids. To me, you can go by a house and just by the outside of it you can tell a lot of things. You can tell whether their life is boring, interesting, exciting, if the kids play outside, etc.... this house is just dull and boring on the outside... and the grass was slightly tall... well that tells me that the kids do not play outside much... and since there were no toys outside I could easily tell they weren't out their much. You come by our house, our blinds are usually open and you most always see a kid or two running around out there *L*! Plus there are toys EVERYWHERE!! You might agree???? or not????

Great Evenings

We didn't go to church last night because Kyle had been showing signs of the virus & so did Karter. I tell ya...... Mr Virus needs to leave Opp!! He is no longer welcome :)!

As you all know, Tuesday night it came a good storm....... so we had to play inside. Our kids are so used to playing outside that they don't know much to do inside. Karter did manage to dump the basket of toys in the living room out.....so the "newness" of those kept them occupied for a while. Our grass is so pretty and green now because of all the rain and it actually needs mowing again.

Tuesday night my brother stayed all evening. The kiddos really enjoyed that. We played and played outside..... I had several issues with cooking that night *L* so I finally picked up the phone and ordered the family roasted chicken from Bentons :)!

Here are some pics from Tuesday:

*L* Heidi is all about posing....... notice that leg all bent haha.



Kyle cut some limbs down that were in the way of the rope swing.....

Sweet Sophie....

I was fixing H's necklaces. She wears 2 now..... One of them she had to have from Maurice's & I honestly thought it'd be a waste of money, but she has definitely proved me wrong.

I was thinking this could get interesting..... *L*!

Soph is so close to walking it's not even funny. She'll stand up in the middle of wherever she is... last night was on MeMe's new lounge chair.... and you know that's not very sturdy, but she stood up like it was nothing... (not holding on to anything that is).

Last night we played outside.... and if you ever come by our house and notice my naked son.... please don't call DHR *L*!! We have been working on potty training and he does pretty good.... but when we are outside, we let him go naked and he'll tell us he has to tee-tee, he'll stop, grab hold, aim.... and well... FIRE!! *L*!

Matching Girls.....

My 3 wonderful blessings :)

They got soooo dirty..... just good old fashion outside playing :)

BAAHAA.... another Heidi pose....

There has not been a day that has gone by that Kyro and the kids have missed riding the dirt mike (or motor bike as H said) since it has been here.

Karter is so funny.... he'll get in one of their "cars" and tell us BYE, if you ask him where he's going, he'll always say, "WalMart"!!!

Then later on last night, my dad and Yana came over with Sadie and 4 of her precious chocolate pups. It was sooooo cute watching Josh, Sade, and the 5 pups. Jaycee missed her Momma... she was following her everywhere (or missed the milk as Papa said). But it was the cutest thing. I didn't take any pictures because I knew it was dark and they wouldn't show up very well.

Anyway.... here are some Little Tiny videos for you to enjoy :)!!!!