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Saw this movie on Mother's Day. It is a GREAT movie. I highly recommend it!!!!!

Mother's Day 2008

I got to sleep in late!! Well not really Audrey came in a 6:15am to tell Happy Mother's Day. But then she left and I fell back to sleep. I got up at 8. I went downstairs and the had a present for me. They had already sent me flowers. Audrey made me a sweet picture and a letter. Will made me a card and a magnolia out of clay. Next was my big present. I got an i-pod touch. It is cool. I haven't really done anything with it yet because Mark took it and started playing with it. I am going to download books on tape so I can listen to them while I work out.

My presents.
After opening my presents Audrey had made bunny rabbits and recruited Will in helping her put on a puppet show for me.
Audrey and I waiting to eat. We had already gone shopping. Gosh, my breasts are huge.
Will is checking the time. The Easter Bunny brought him a watch with a timer. So he times everything we do now.
We are just chilling. At least it was a pretty day.

Copelands Cheesecake Bistro

For Mother's Day I wanted to go to Copeland's Cheesecake Bistro. Mark called to make reservations and they were not taking reservations. They told him he would be able to get in. So we drive all the way over there. When we get there, there was a one and half hour wait. I told Mark we could go somewhere else he told me no this is what you want. So we went shopping to waste time. One hour and forty five minutes later we were seated. Our waitress comes and takes our order. I was starving and so were the kids so I ordered a loaf of bread. 30 minutes later and still nothing. The kids have finished there drinks and still no food and no waitress. Finally a different waitress brings us our bread then 5 minutes later another waitress brings us our food. Audrey didn't get her entire order and her food was cool. My food was really cold. So I get our waitress and tell her. Instead of her taking care of it she gets the manager. He told me he would get me another plate. While waiting for my plate Audrey's shrimp come and they are small burnt pieces of rubber. I told the manager I was not going to pay for this so he took that back as well. He then brought more shrimp which were still over cooked but Audrey ate them. She even committed that they were a little tough. You know that is bad when a six year old says that. So finally my food arrives. I cut into my crab cake and it oozes. It was not cooked all the way. Actually I would say at all. I have never had a crab cake do that. So I told my waitress and she said well its free the manager took it off and I told her I did not care that it was not cooked. So she took my plate then came back and asked us if we wanted dessert. She was the worst waitress I have ever had and that was the worst experience at a restaurant. Needless to say we did not get dessert. Instead we went to a movie so I could have popcorn.

Field Day

You know school is almost over when you have Field Day. We all had our shirts on and were ready to compete. Well not Mark and I but the kids were.

Happy field day family.

Audrey and Will pose with flat Stanley

Will is running fast holding the milk jugs filled with sand.

Some of Will's class poses for the pic.

Alex, Robert and Will

Audrey refused to sit out.

She competed in every race she could.

This one was a little difficult.

Audrey and her teacher pose.

A little snack to tied them over.

Will and I pose for the camera. My shirt supported his class and Marks supported Audrey's. It was cut short because of storms that had moved in but at least they got to do some of the events.

Splash Day

After leaving Mark in charge of the tree removal I met Mandy and the kids at the pool. She had picked up the kids while i watched over the tree business. Today was splash day, this is the first day of the pool being open and sign up for summer swim team. So we signed up and the kids swam. Audrey got her cast off but now has a air splint on. So we took it off so she could swim. I personally think the water is to cold but the kids loved it. I only took one picture.

And here it is.

Trees

This spring it became a sad day when realized two of our oaks were dead. We started getting bids to have them cut down. We didn't really pursue any because it was sad. Mark even decided his friend and him were going to cut it down themselves and not hit the band house or the well or the fence or anything else. As much as I love and believe in my husband this is one project I just don't trust in leave in his hands. Today these men stopped by and gave me a bid. They were working in the neighborhood. The bid sounded great and before I could say yes one was up in my tree.

Here is what the trees looked liked. The man just climbed up the tree and started. I was so amazed.
If you look really hard you can see him up in the tree.
He is strapped in and hooked to the tree so he won't fall.

And here comes a limb.

This one they decided to use the truck to manipulate where the tree piece would fall.

This is the after view. The men broke their saws and said they needed bigger something I don't know I only half listen I think. They said they would be back Monday.


Now this is why our tree died. There are canals with big black ants. There must be hundreds of them.

This tree was hollowed out.

Now this tree is still alive but as you can see has some problems. My camera's battery died so I couldn't get a close up. Maybe I will get one tomorrow but if any one has any idea how to save this oak and some of our others that look like they have this problem please let me know.

Wood Pecker

We are hanging out and all of a sudden here a knocking noise ( what we could here over the oil rigs drilling) and guess what we found.

It looks like a pterodactyl from here but it is a wood pecker.

Here a close up. We actually had two but the other one flew off. I have it on the highest zoom I could get.

It was hard getting in a position where the light would be right. I think I captured it better here. I love living with wildlife. As long as the wildlife stays outside.