2 WORDS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE THAT I ABSOLUTELY HATE

SCIENCE FAIR

Well we did more than procrastinate at our house this year...in fact Carson decided to start his project 2 days before it was due. We all kept putting it off and putting it off and then boom it hit us right in the face. My brother Reiley gave us this idea and we just put it into action. Thanks Reiley, the idea is always the hardest part. So to answer the question " Where is the best place to store popcorn-to get more out of the bag for your money"?...the freezer. I know weird. Lesson learned--Procrastination is never a good idea.....example below of why :)
So of course Dave got called out leaving me to help Carson. I'm really not smart when it comes to school stuff. I don't mind admitting that because I'm just not. So I was more stressed than Carson. You can tell by my kitchen how life just got ignored those two days. Yep, there it is folks...to all of you who tell me I have a clean house, well these clearly state the truth...it's definitely not always clean.

Tara Oaks Sock Hop

So to get ready for the Sock Hop I showed my girls a Before & After picture of Olivia Newton John on "Grease" and told them to choose what 50's style they wanted to dress up as....No suprise Ryleigh chose the BEFORE and Cara the AFTER.

Cara with her best buddy Tyler Collier. She just adores him. They're inseperable!! That's what happens when you grow up right across the street from eachother and spend every single (not kidding) day together.
Cara and Ryleigh showing us what they've got. This dance was so cute. The P.E. teachers taught all of the kids the "Bunny Hop", "The Shimmy", and they also had a hula hoop contest.

So to all of you who are always commenting on how often my girls have to dress up, YES....it's almost weekly. It gets a little insane at times. However this one was way fun.

Kindergarten Nursery Rhyme Day
Ryleigh chose to be "Little Bo Peep" on Nursery Rhyme day. She cracks us up, she is so serious, she doesn't even crack a smile when she's performing. I was in Utah with my Mom while she was having surgery so this was all on Dave's shoulders. From the looks of it he did a great job. Sometimes all of this kindergarten stuff tends to be a little much, but once we're there we always enjoy it. (video below)

~ Ballin' around~
This is Carson's second season playing with the Collierville United Methodist Church. He's been with this same group of boys and had these same coaches for two years now. They have a great sense of teamwork. This is the one and only sport where I have seen Carson telling his coach he needs a timeout. That boy runs and runs until he's red in the face and can't give anymore. We've really seen him improve on his talent the past two years. Unfortunately the season here doesn't last long. Baseball and Football are a religion down South and basketball tends to get over looked. So for now it's shootin hoops in the driveway :)

Tubby Time

PHEW!!!!~finally done with Christmas pictures. I took way too many, but it's so hard not to capture all of the memories. Grandma Shauna loves buying clothes for her granddaughters....Most of our eyes light up when we walk into Nordstroms or Banana Republic, but hers light up when she walks into any Children's clothing store. Natalie and I love it!!! Aren't they beauties!!!!