A Step Back in Time...

My girls are just beautiful.... We had a back in the day celebration at church this past Sunday, where we celebrated the 1940's. I think my girls look like they stepped right of a  movie from that time period. I stopped by my grandmother's house today to show her the pictures, and the crazy thing is, she has a picture of her and her sister together that look just like Allicyn and Mallory!  I just can't get over how pretty they are...and how grown they look!

End of the 2011 School Year

Well...the end of the year and so much has happened. Let's see, Mallory made JR High Cheerleader! Allicyn made FFA Chapter President! Kacie Graduated Sam Houston State University! Oh wow, God has been so Good to my family, where do I begin? Those are just the highlights....Along the way, Cody graduated High School, everybody moved on with their lives and it seems I got a few more wrinkles! It just seems that things go crazy, then one day you look back and realize things have gone exactley as they should have...everyone is doing exactly what they should be doing! Mallory is going to Cheer practice every week, Allie is working hard to prove she can be the best FFA Chapter President Colmesneil has seen ( I know she can!), and Kacie is looking for a job... Rodney is fighting fires in this terrible drought (however, overtime is good!) and I'm baking lots of cakes. It seems that somewhere, in the middle of crazy, you seem to find normal. How crazy is that? I remember my grandmother saying that idle handle hands are for getting into trouble...well, you don't have to worry about that with the Monk family I can assure you! Oh, and did I mention that we got our new pigs in yesterday for our County Fair. So, as if we didn't have enough to do, we now have two baby pigs to take care of! Am I Crazy or what? The crazy thing is, writing this blog with NO FOLLOWERS! How funny is that...it really doesn't matter how wild or wonderful our family is - no one will ever know!

We've been experimenting with the camera! Mallory's & Allicyn have been taking pictures of me...and of course I've been taking picture's of them.

I'm so excited...I just took Kacie's SR pictures! I mean her College SR pictures. Her dad and I are so very proud of all of her accomplishments. And, as you can tell in her pictures, she's absolutely beautiful. But then again, all of my girls are!

Spring!

Spring has sprung with our family! Oh my goodness...Allie is going in about 50 different directions (all of which she is driving herself!) and Mallory and I are getting ready for the Dogwood Pageant this weekend! Mallory will be dancing and twirling..I on the other hand will be just twirling...It's a week away and I'm already loosing sleep! Then there's Softball! If I can just keep Allie from running into poles, and hurting herself I think we'll be Ok... Mallory hasn't played her first real game yet. I don't know when that'll be...AND now she's decided to try out for cheerleader....the baby has been jumping all over the house. It's a wonder all of the pictures haven't fallen off of the walls! She's super excited about it though. So much is happening right here at the end of school...that's right - I said it- the end of school. There is only 2 months left. Then I will have a junior and a 7th grader...and I will be lonely....Ok...enough tears. Enjoy the pictures of spring with my family! Until next time.....

Tyler County Fair Pictures

My Beautiful Girls at the Fair. They don't understand why their dad and I are having a hard time with the growing up thing! Allie thinks she's grown and should be allowed to drive all over the world! and Mallory just thinks she's grown!

Well, I was unemployed and now I'm not! I should've known I couldn't stay still long. I don't even know what I was thinking! I'm now the part-time church secretary for our church. Too funny! Who'd thought I'd be the "Church Lady"!!! So anyway... now I work at the church, teach twirling on Monday nights, and still cook for people. Who said unemployed??? What was I thinking?
My goal was to spend more time at home...well, I'm home just long enough to change clothes for my next job.
Anyway, I'm just thankful I'm able to get to go, as Rodney always says, keep the road hot - I guess! The girls and I have been really busy with the Fair...Allicyn won Grand Champion with her Pie & Cookies and Mallory won Rerserve Grand Champion with her Pie & Cookies. Funny thing is that when I turned their entries in, I got the pies mixed up and so Allicyn's pie was actually Mallory's and Visa Vera! So, I'm still trying to decide who gets the blue ribbon! Too funny. We didn't do so hot with the chickens....I think we left the winners at home! Allicyn said all she cared about was beating her "ex-boyfriend" - which she did! Yea for her! Mallory said she just didn't want to get last place - which she didn't! Yea for her! I said I wanted them to make the sale - which we didn't! Not so yea for me!!!
So anyway... I'll post some pictures soon. And maybe since I've retired, I'll be more faithful to my blog! Ha ha that is soo funny!

Well, today is my official first day of "unemployment"! I don't really know what to do with myself... I know that I have tons of projects to complete, but right now I'm overwhelmed. We'll see how it goes.
The kids only have 3 day of school left and then it's off to the lake... I don't know who's more ready, them or me. We've been so busy just trying to finish this year... I am beginning to wonder if it's every going to end.
Oh, well, it appears that I'll be updating my blog more often now; of course in between projects! Until the next time here is a few pictures of what we've been up to... Field day & Allicyn at her Ag Banquet (she made the position of Treasurer)... Busy, Busy, Busy!