First day of school

Yesterday was Timmy's first day of Kindergarten. 

Khara sent us the picture and said she and Timmy both did fine! 

He's growing up too fast! He's suppose to still be too little to ride on the bus!!! I'm glad he's excited about school though. 

The Earthquake

I sort of had a strange experience this afternoon. 

Mom went to meet A. Diana this afternoon because A. Diana's husband (U. Wayne) is a dentist and Kaitlyn needs 4 teeth pulled (for braces - and from experience, I say it's totally worth it!). So anyway, Mom, Kaitlyn, and Karissa all went. So it was just me and Kaleb and Katrina at home. 

I was sitting here at my desk working on my transcription reports. My laptop isn't all the way up against the wall because my battery stick out about an inch behind it and there's also a little space between my desk and the wall. But then both my laptop screen and desk started bumping the wall. My book shelf (which doesn't touch the wall either) was also shaking. Usually when our drier runs, things all over our house shake... a little... not like it was this afternoon. And it sounded like Katrina was running through the house or pounding on the wall downstairs or something. 

So I went downstairs and the drier wasn't running, so I was like "Katrina, what are you doing?" 

She and Kaleb came out of the office with great big eyes, and they were like "We're not doing anything. What's going on?". 

At that point, I thought possibly there was something wrong with the addition. So we walked down behind the house to take a look, and didn't see anything that would make the house shake like it did. So I told the kids to stay out of the addition for a little while to see if it would happen again, and I called mom. I told her something weird happened and was telling her about it when the phone cut off. I figured her phone died and that she'd call me back when she got it plugged in. But she didn't call back and I couldn't get a hold of her. Her phone either went into voice mail or rang busy. So I waited a while and then called Dad... but his phone rang busy too, but sometimes he is in an area with minimal signal, so I didn't connect anything. 

Later, Ashley called. She was asked, "Are you guys okay?" And thinking it was just a normal "whatcha-doin" call, I said "Fine. How 'bout you?"! Then she told me they just had an earthquake there in Virginia. Ya, everything connected real fast then!! I was like "Oh my goodness! Are you serious? Our house just shook!" She was like, ya. They had to evacuate the building and they were evacuating airports and stuff in her area. She people were standing in doorways and pictures frames started falling off the wall! 

Ashley asked where mom was I had been thinking, "She's in VA in her phone cut off! I hope nothing happened!" But Ashley said the phone service was down... which is why I couldn't get a hold of mom or dad. 

Later mom called, and Kaitlyn asked "Hey, what did you need?"
I didn't even answer. I was just like "You mean you didn't feel it?"

"Feel what?". 

"There was an earthquake."

"What?!?!"

"You didn't feel it?"

"No! Are you serious!"

Well... you get the picture!!! :) 

Then I got a couple calls. Mrs. Cathy (from our church) called and asked if we felt it. She said her daughter (Elizabeth) was next door and felt it but Mrs. Cathy said she didn't feel it. 

Then our neighbor called to see if we were alright. She said she thought one of her big poodles was leaning against her desk scratching it's ears, but when she looked around, all the dogs were asleep.. .then she her blood sugar had probably gotten low until her husband text to see if she was alright. 

Kent texted mom to see if everything was alright. He was worried cause he couldn't a hold of Ashley, but the phones were out for a good while. Dad told us at supper that Kent had texted Dad just saying "Hey. Everybody ok?" Dad said he didn't even connect the earthquake ( which he had a little about) with Kent's question. He just answered saying every body's fine, been busy! 

Then mom talked to Khara this evening (this was Timmy's first day of kindergarten btw!). She said she got to work and everyone was kinda chattering, but she didn't think anything of it. Then Tim text her asking if she had called to check on her family. She was like "no, why?". But he never answered (phone service went out). Then mom texted her to see if everything was okay there and she answer "yup, yup, ok."!!! Then she was talking to somebody at work and was like my husband asked if I checked on my family then my family was checking on me. She still didn't what was going on until somebody said we had an earthquake. Then she like, well that could be the reason!!!

So it's been a pretty eventful day! 

And to put a cherry on top (for me at least), I only have 5 reports left in my next to last module!!!! 

Simply gorgeous

Just try to look at these pictures without smiling!!

Her smile is incredibly infectious!!! 

Plus... She is amazingly beautiful!! ... As anyone can see :)

My beautiful, beautiful Ava...

Berry Lovely indeed!!!!

Just look at that hair!

*Deep sigh* Wow. What a sweatie!!!!

Goodbye Grandma

Grandma Wilda Fitzwater

May 2, 1931 - July 30, 2011

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Memories of Grandma Fitzwater: 

-Tea parties she would fix us girls, with Coke, red hots, and marshmallows (and other miscellaneous things). 

-Playing dolls in her basement and getting our doll clothes fixed by an expert :)

-Sleepovers with cousins in Grandma's basement. 

-Hot chocolate with marshmallow cream and toast with either cinnamon and sugar or peanut butter for breakfast--- after the sleepover :)

-Birthdays at Grandma and Granddaddy's house. 

-Riding home with Grandma and Granddaddy after church and having root beer floats when we got home.

-Watching Five Mile Creek movies at Grandma's house on New Year's Eve (though I don't remember which year).

-Picking grocery bags full of acorns up from in front of Grandma's house (just for fun). 

<-Catching butterflies for Grandma, which she would pin onto her curtains in the kitchen. 

-Picking bluet flowers for Grandma... She would put them in a little cup beside her sink in the kitchen. >

I love you, Grandma.

Two blinks ago...

I found these videos on my camera the other day, and I was so surprised!! I mean, I knew Timmy and Ava have grown up a lot, but after watching these videos I saw just how much they had changed!! 

I also saw a whole lot that was still the same, too! They're both still as cute as anything; Timmy's face hasn't changed drastically and Ava still has that beautiful dark brown hair!!

So this is Ava... playing peek-a-boo with Kaitlyn on my bed.

And this is Timmy playing silly putty with Kaleb in the living room.

Brings back so many cute, happy, funny memories!!