We love OUR Daddy Daryle!!!! He works so hard to take care of us!
Daryle's first FISH in 10 years-(it might be even longer than that!)Then he lets it go.....and they say us women don't make any sense.... 
We took the boat out for Father's day weekend. Had a great day of swimming and fishing..... Not too many fish bites (but the one we let go),,,,,,(still don't get that one....), we stopped to swim lots of times. It was a great day!
Well, you end up having lots of pictures when you can't get on your computer for almost a month! So, here's just a quick wrap up of our month! Almost everything is coming to an end, yea!! Baseball ended-thank goodness, girl scouts is basically over-right on!! 14 days left of school-I can handle that! Boy Scouts is year-round but, hey thats once a week! I am looking forward to some down time and more time doing fun things with the kids & hubby.
Hello Blogger world! Us McLaughlin people are still here....we got a lovely VIRUS on our computer.We got it off but, everytime we got on-line, we would get ANOTHER one! So, after checking into it and wondering if it would be worth it to get it fixed or just get a new computer?!?!? Daryle has been wanting a new computer so, we went for it and yippeee! Here I am again. Although, now I have to figure out how to save all my pictures on here again. Thankfully, I already had 99% of my pictures on CD's that I also had on my computer. When we first got the VIRUS I had just saved all my pictures from, Easter, Mother's day, Daryles' birthday on the computer-I had not saved them to disc yet. Let me tell you the stress, time, & TEARS I went through to try to get those pictures off my computer. 305 pictures! I don't think I have cried that much in a long time. Luckily my husband understands my picture obsession and was very patient with me. Love that guy! It took hours but, we got them all but, 16 picures off the computer. I will always save my pictures to disc now along with saving them on my computer because you just never know!
Kids are doing well,,,,,,couple weeks left of school....we are finishing up our last year of year-round school. It is such a bummer that they are going back to traditional but, I guess we just gotta deal with it. Basball will be over this weekend! THANK YOU! We are ready.....we have been dealing with baseball since January! Tyler's team lost its play-off spot last week so, now the girls are just finishing up!
RAIDER is doing well...he is going in for his doggie VASECTOMY-(don't know if I spelled that right!)next Tuesday! He weighed 36lbs at his last check-up. He is getting so BIG! He is a lot of fun when he is not biting someone or chewing up a beloved toy!
We have been working on our hall way-(well Daryle has been but, I have been very supportive!) We painted-(yes I did help paint) and put up all new doors. He even made me a closet door for the Linens. It was 2 cupboards before and just looked OLD. So, now it looks so much better....I will have to take some pictures-although now that I think about it, I didn't take any befores. oh well.......
Ooh, and the biggest NEWS of all.....After 12 years I am employed again! Yep! I got a JOB! I am a YARD duty at the kids school. I get paid $12 a shift-(I know BIG BUCKS-no whammies! hehe-just kidding) So, I guess you could say I am not there for the money! My main reason for doing it is to have an "in" in the school. I think I already am well known around there but, now if I request a teacher, I should get the teacher I want. Plus, it is a great way to get to know the kids-all the little darlings, see which ones are the kids you want your kids to hang around with and which ones to keep away from. And let me tell you, there are a lot of hellions! There are some punks! Boys & Girls.....
Well, my quick re-cap turned into a novel......I will hopefully POST some new pics SOON!
My MAN is 34! Yea! He & I are the same age again for 6 months! We celebrated with a nice steak dinner for him, lots of fun gifts from the $1 store and I surprised him with season tickets to the RAIDERS! He got very spoiled is all I can say! We had a small crowd over to help us celebrate the big day for him....I love you BABE! Here's to many more birthday's together. It's amazing to think we celebrated his 17th birthday together and now, here we are 17 years later celebrating his 34th! Gosh, we are getting OLD!
I wonder what he is wishing for?!?!?! Better make it a good one babe!!! hehe............... LOVE YOU!
I love to be a Mother, Mom, Mama, Mommy-seems like I get called all of them! We had a nice Mother's day-we started off with Brunch with my Mom. It was yummy as always and the kids always have fun playing in the Golf carts afterwards. Later in the afternoon, we went to Chris & Lisa's house for a nice BBQ. We had all the MOMS there and my kids got to go swimming in the pool. They were in hog heaven.
As my kids are getting older, I love being a mom even more....I love to be with them and to make memories with my family. I wish I could slow them down from growing up-its just happening way to FAST! I'm just trying to enjoy everything, I can with them and not miss a thing!
Just some random pictures from the month. Tyler's first scout Court of Honor. When your Boy moves up in rank-the Mom gets a pin. It is very special. I have a ribbon with all my pins on it. It is getting quite heavy! And there is still a lot more room to go! We are so proud of our boy!
My 3 baseball stars! Getting ready for the games of the day-this only lasted about another 15 mins before it started pouring rain on us! The rest of the games got cancelled for the day so, we went, got donuts and did nothing for the rest of the day!
RAIDER-he's a growing! At his last check-up he weighed 26lbs. He had an allergic reaction to his shots-so, we had to rush him back up to the vet so, he could get another shot to stop the reaction! This dog! Now, he has to have a shot before his shot so, he doesn't have another reaction. We sure do adore him though! Except when he chews holes in things-(like my screen door.) I think he thought I was going to kill him that day-he ran from me everytime I walked near the door.
The kids bulit a fort. Can you see 3 heads in there? They are all in there....I was surprised they were in there, it was hot that day! They come up with some creative things! I love it when they play together so well.
Natalie with her "newborn". Our Brownie troop went to Bulid a Bear with the money they earned from cookie sales. We figured this was Natalie's 7th trip there~ Pretty lucky girl I'd say! Every time we have gone though, it is like the first time again for her. She loves it! It is so cute to help them pick out things and Natalie had such a hard time picking her animal, she actually broke into tears! The stress of a 9 year old!
My cousin, Marcia, tagged me to do this and I needed a few days to think so, this was really hard but, I came up with a few things some of you may or may not know!
1. I am addicted to Ebay! At first I thought ebay was just a big online garage sale but, then once I figured out NO it wasn't~ that there is actually talented people on ebay who make great scrapbooking things, dresses, handmade items, I was hooked!
2. I need to have my coffee in the morning-(I know, bad thing!) but, I do....there have been a few times that we have ran out of coffee in the house and I didn't know what I was going to do! ugh! I was really addicted to Starbucks a few years ago but, once I had joined Weight watchers (way back when)....and realized how many calories I was drinking, it really helped my addiction to going there everyday! Sometimes twice a day! Shhh,,don't tell Daryle!
3. I hate having my shoes on in the house! I kick them off as soon as I get home. You will either find me barefoot or socks and sometimes maybe slippers!
4. I am like Marcia and hate to be tickled. Daryle will think its funny every once in awhile and I just want to hurt him! :o) When I was little my Dad would hold me down and tickle me, lick me in the eye or give me a whisker kiss. Why do these Pickup men think this is so funny!
5. I would of had a 4th baby if I could of. It was recommeded to me that I not have another baby after Lindsey because of my 3 c-sections and all the scar tissue I had. I told Daryle we could get a 2nd opinion but, after much talk and a lot of tears(on my part.), we were happy & blessed with the 3 beautiful souls we had. (I would of loved to have had another boy!) We decided to cut (Daryle's) plumbing off about 2 years ago.I was really sad at first-it was such a weird feeling but, it is so nice now to not have to worry about it- I highly recommend it when your baby making days are over!
I guess I came up with a few more than 5......
6. I call myself a "scrapbook collector!" I love to scrapbook but, don't have much time with everything else but, I keep buying things like I scrapbook everyday. My front closet and bedroom closet are full of scrapbook supplies, stickers, paper etc....
7. I recently got nominated for a PTA position at school.They called me and asked if I would accept and of course me and my mouth said, "yes" I will be corresponding secretary-I don't even know if I spelled that right?!?!?
8. I love going out for Sushi! I know, it sounded gross to me too, the first time I was invited to go out for sushi-I actually ate dinner before I left because I thought I would be starving! Now, it is my favorite meal to go out for....although its expensive so, we can't go out for it too often!
9. I don't like to be made fun of-I can handle teasing as long as it is mutual and I am not the prime target. I don't care to be picked on. I don't mind it as long as the person doing
it can take it, as well. If you're going to dish it, you'd better be able to take it. I know a few people like this!
10. I am trying to think, if I can think of one more to make it an even # of things. ooh, I always wished that I would of had blue eyes. Anything but, brown. I think its pretty neat now that both my girls have big beautiful eyes, that I always had wanted. Natalie has blue and Lindsey's are green! I would trade with either one of them!
O.k. Lisa,,,,,your turn.....I tag you next! You too.....Malinda! I know Marcia already tagged you but, I thought I would do it again so, you'd better get moving! Tell us some things about yourself that we may not know!
My kids were so excited to color Easter eggs this year! They did a great job and it didn't take us very long to color about 60 eggs. I didn't realize I had bought so many eggs! oops! Guess we will be having egg sandwiches and scrambled eggs for awhile! We went to see the Easter bunny at the mall the other day after school and he wasn't there, wasn't there, so, we waited, waited, waited and Tyler looks up at me and says, "you know, you're really lucky, I will still do this!" I said, "I know, I am~thank you!" My boy is growing up but, still so sweet and innocent! If he does know about the Easter bunny(which I really think he does!) He plays it up really well. Which I really appreciate for his sisters-espically Lindsey. Needless to say, we never saw the Easter bunny! They said he might be another hour-he was at lunch!
We colored about 60 eggs! We color even the "non-boiled" ones since, Daryle & I are the only ones that will eat the boiled ones. Tyler didn't really want to wear the bunny ears but, he is such a good boy, he put them on for me! I told him the pictures were just for me! hehe......
AFTER! We have entered into the world of ORTHODONTICS!~(I hope I spelled that right?!?!?!) Natie got her 1st phase of braces on Wednesday! And she was so excited. I guess they have proven if you start them younger and get the teeth where they are supposed to be before the other adult teeth come in, you have less chance of problems later on~I don't know! Daryle thinks they are just out to make more money off of people! Anyways, she could end up having these on for a 12-18 months and then she could end up needing a 2nd set when she is older. Her poor little teeth have been so sore! She was having a heck of a time eating a soft pretzel the other day and I told her she was going to have a hard time eating for a few days and she says~"But, I love to eat!!" That's my girl! I felt so bad for her...I can still remember how those braces feel.
BEFORE! She was so excited yet, really nervous going in. She didn't feel like eating breakfast but, I told her she needed too!
We have added to our family-yet again! Yes, I know~I think we are nuts too!!! We named him "Raider" and he is 8 weeks old. He is so adorable but, quite the winer! I guess that fits him well with his name! hehe.....It's been along time since we have had a puppy and you forget how they like to chew on everything. There have been a few tears in the house already with bitten noses and him getting ahold of things he is not supposed to have. Yesterday, he thought it would be fun to chew on my glade plug-in!
I just thought this was cute to show off his cute little body... Natalie thought his "belly button" was so cute! I told her that was not his belly button!
The girls put him to bed! He didn't seem to mind!
Today is the opening ceremonies and games for baseball. All 3 kids are going to be playing this season! People think we are NUTS to have all 3 playing but, I think it will be just fine. We are so lucky to have such a beautiful ball field where all 3 will play at. Tyler is missing from the pictures today because he had his first Boy Scout outing(camp out!) this weekend! It worked out great because he didn't even have a game today! We will see how it goes having 6 games a week plus practices! I will probably be so sick of baseball by the end of the season. But, I do love to watch them play and have fun~so, it is all worth it!
Opening day is always such a BIG event! We got there 1/2 hour early before we were supposed too because the parking is always terrible. They will only let you park on the one side of the street! Its crazy! You have cars parked everywhere they are not supposed to be and then you have 3-4 policemen there saying they are going to start writing tickets. I don't know where they expect all these people to park! Insane-they really need to bulid us a parking lot!
I thought this was a neat picture...Natalie is playing on a Machine pitch team so, she is playing pitcher right now~she is just standing next to the machine as the ball gets thrown to the hitter...she did a great job! She is trying so hard! I am so proud of her!
Lindsey playing in the dirt in between hitters~getting a little bit bored. And then when the ball does finally come her way-her and about 5 others all dive and fight for it.
Are baseball players supposed to be this CUTE??!?!?
Good hit Lindsey! Run, Lindzer, Run!
Lindsey decided she wanted "Lindzer" put on her shirt. The coach said they could have first names, last names or a nickname on their shirt. Uncle Chris gave her the "Lindzer" nickname so, that is what she picked! I think it fits her perfectly!
Well, this weeks weather has been really, really nice. It's crazy! The kids had been bugging me for days to play in the hose or in the sprinklers so, I finally caved in and let them! The temp. was probably in the low 80's. Of course, it felt much warmer, just because we are not used to it yet. They had a great time "cooling off" in the nice warm sun!
We went Ice Skating with our Brownie troop this week! It was fun-(I didn't ice skate!) So, it was fun watching them. We went last year too and they loved it so much they wanted to go again! The girls were so proud when they would fall! I think they are going to have some bruised booties! Natalie so proud to have fallen again!
Lindsey did so good! She fell quite a few times but, got right back up and kept going! One of the times when she fell, someone got her hand with their ice skate! OUCH! The brothers thought a better use for the "walkers" was to sit on them in the middle of the ice arena!
Hey,,,anyone got some MILK?? This what happens when you say YES or SURE you can store all the EXTRA girl scout cookies your garage for the month! I was delivered almost 300 cases of cookies and each case has 12 boxes inside! That is a lot of cookies! I am called the cookie cupboard for the area. When troops run out of cookies they come to our "cupboard" to get more. I have had another delivery of cookies since this order came. I didn't think I would run out of cookies but, I was! I was almost out of mints! So, this week I got another 195 cases! Thank goodness the cookie sale will be over in 2 weeks!
It's been kind of funny though as far as the weather,, keeping the cookies safe!. For a few days we couldn't open the garage because it was raining and the cookies are all the way to the edge and they were getting wet. And then this weekend we had to keep the garage shut again so, this time they didn't melt. Daryle has taken his garage being temporary out of service rather well. I had checked with him before I had ever said yes,, that I would do this. And then leading up to it he just complained, complained, complained! ugh! I told him, he was the one who said it was o.k. so, he needed to stop! I swear men complain just as much or MORE than women,, although they never think so.
Aren't these the 2 cutest cookies you have ever seen??? This was our attempt to deliver cookies one day. We made it to about 2 driveways and it started POURING rain on us. Needless to say, the umbrella was used to keep the cookies dry....Natalie has done really good at selling with the help of her mom, dad and a few friends! Her goal was 600 and I think she might actually make it. Possibly....she is going to be really, really close. She's at about 565 right now. That is crazy~I can't believe we have sold that many cookies! I kept telling her this is her year because next year Lindsey will be selling too!
Every year I have always wanted to do these pictures at JCPenney's and I have always missed it! Well-finally, I asked at the right time and they were doing them again. I figured this was my last chance! As it was, I had to bribe Tyler and Lindsey with a Happy Meal if they wouldn't complain too much! I thought they turned out pretty cute and the torture didn't last too long~I think they may of even had fun! 
Natalie didn't complain at all! I think she is going to a picture girl like me! She never minds being in front of the camera. 
Handsome Tyler! He is such a good sport for his mom!
I thought this was so cute of Lindsey looking in the mirror.
Say CHEESE!
