Emma's 8th birthday party

Yes, I am a little behind in posting this. To be honest, I tried to post it right after her party, but the pictures wouldn't load. Emma turned 8 on April 26, and she has begged for a few years to have her party at the skating rink. This year we gave it and allowed her to have it there. She had a great time with all her friends!!

 Daddy helping lace up Emma's skates.

 Sibling love!!

 Yes, he tries to skates (but playing video games is his favorite thing to do!!)

 Kamryn, Emma, Ainslee, and Alex

 Emma blowing out the candles on her peace sign tie-dyed cupcakes.

Me and my baby boy!!

Summer Ball

Well, since I haven't updated lately, I thought I might do that tonight. Both our ball games (Emma and Mac both played at 5:30) were cancelled due to rain, it is kinda fitting that I blog about ball. This is Emma's last year in the 8U league. She'll move up next year. She is hitting off the pitching machine and playing pitcher. She is loving it. Randall is her coach along with one of my besties, Jennifer Bates. 

 Emma batting.

This is Mac's first year to EVER play. I love to watch him and his team. During the very first game, the very first ball was hit and the entire team dog piled on the pitcher's mound. It was very comical. He has come a long way and is enjoying baseball.

 Mac ready to catch the ball.

Mac and his best friend, Jackson. So glad they are on the same team!!

Coffee Sugar Scrub

For the last few weeks, I've been trying to blog-hop to find things to do with the kids while we are at home during the summer. This morning, Emma and I made coffee sugar scrub to give to a few of my friends. I got the idea from Seven Clown Circus. Emma had a great time helping me. We didn't decorate up the jars, but we can do that next time. All in all, Emma and I had a great time with the quick activity this morning. My picture won't load correctly on here, but you can go here to see it.

Summer Time

Ok, since summer time is offically here in the Martin household, I am once again going to try to get in the swing of blogging...yes, again!! I am going to try to post some of the DIY things I am going to try and some of the activities that I am doing with the kids...hope it all works out like I want!!

Spring Break, 2012

Ok, to be honest, I have been horrible at taking pictures this week!! The ones I have taken are on my phone and I haven't transferred them over yet! However, with spring break winding down, I decided I would update what our week has been like!

Monday: We did very little. I did work on cleaning house. I also had physical therapy.

Tuesday: More cleaning. We went through the kids' closets, toys, clothes, etc. and got rid of things they didn't need anymore. Now I'm trying to decide if I want to list some of the things on FB on a local sale site, or if I want to have a garage sale. The kids also spent the night at the Kirker's house. Randall worked until 8:00 that night, so I got some Momma time.

Wednesday:The kids played at the Kirker's until after I had physical therapy. Randall and I went to Wal-Mart to get what he needed for his fishing trip.

Thursday: We didn't do much at all. I did rent movies (Footloose for me and Smurfs for the kids).

Friday: We headed to Augusta around lunch time to go fishing with Daddy.

Physical Therapy

I am officially "weaning" from the boot, and I started PT last week...my orders say 3 times a week for 6 weeks. All I can say after today is this is going to be a LONG 6 weeks. Last week,I went once, and it wasn't too bad. Today, however, I am pretty sore. I rode a stationary bike for 10 minutes and did lots of range of motion exercises today. My favorite exercise (the one I even catch myself doing at home while I am sitting down) is writing abc's and other words with my foot. It actually feels good!! Hopefully the next 6 weeks will pass quickly.

On another note, it's spring break at the Martin house! I am so glad for downtime. Today, the kids and I slept until 8:30. We then got up and got around because I had an appointment for the van at 10:00 for a recall part. After that, we ran by McDonald's to pick up lunch then came home until time to pick Grandma up from work at 2:30. I am hoping tomorrow is a lot of sitting around the house!!

DIY bulletin board

I have had a bulletin board that I had previously used in my classroom. I had brought it home several years ago, and it's been in my closet since then. Last week I decided I would give it a make-over so it would match Emma's room. While looking in my closet for supplies, I came across a scarf I bought at JCPenney's after Christmas for $2.47. I also found remnants of a ribbon with beads that I had used to jazz up the lamp in her room. I decided that I would take my supplies that I found and recover the board.

Materials I used

The finished product

Hanging on the wall

Latest Ankle Update

Well, obviously I have gone back to work. I can tell because it's been a little over 2 weeks since I blogged last! I went back to the doctor last week. I am not longer on crutches (yay!!). I still have to wear my boot. I can start weaning from it in 2 weeks. Next week I have to start physical therapy twice a week for 4 weeks. I go back to see the doctor in April. I am so glad this ordeal is winding down!!

Tomorrow, my parents, Randall, and I are heading to Little Rock for the Zac Brown Band concert!! I can't wait. Momma and I both bought the guys tickets for Christmas! I know we will have a great time! I will post pics later!!

One of My Favorite...

new blogs is Tip Junkie. I am always trying to find new things I can make at home, and I want to remember this post so I can make sugar scrubs.

Daddy/Daughter Banquet

Tonight Mac and I are hanging out at home with Bella while Randall and Emma are at church. They are attending the first Daddy/Daughter banquet. Emma has been so excited because Miss Arkansas is going to be there. As a matter of fact, she has already called me and told me she had her picture made! We also ordered her a cute little wrist coursage to match her dress. She loved dressing up (in her flower girl dress from last week) and have a date night with her Daddy! I know they will have a great time!

Mac and his birthday flowers at church

For the past few years, Randall and I have gotten flowers for church to honor Mac and Emma for their birthdays. This year, I decided to do a little something different. I decided to order silk arrangements so I could take them home and use them. A friend of mine, Kristy, made Mac's arrangement this year. I also included the board I had ordered him from One Bright Hour, as well as two stuffed animals (the dog and duck) that he got while he was in the NICU. The dog was bigger than him at that time.

Becca's Wedding Part 2- At the Church

The Bride and her attendants


Emma and Izzy


The beautiful bride


Memaw and Izzy


My handsome Mac


Pretty Girl!!


The back of Emma's dress


The front of Emma's dress

Becca's Wedding Part 1- hair appointments

Last weekend we traveled to Helena for the wedding of my cousin, Becca, to her fiance, Jason. Becca had asked Emma to be a flower girl, so Emma was all excited. We had to travel 2 hours on Friday (Mac's b-day), me with a broken ankle, but everything went well. We had the rehearsal and dinner on Friday night at the church, then all the girls had appointments to get their hair done on Saturday morning. I do have to say I was not pleased with how Emma's hair turned out (neither was Becca...she had them re-do it 3 times). Really- the lady was trying to curl Emma's hair with a straightening iron. Anyway, all the girls had their hair done and we headed to the church for the ceremony. Here are a few pics from the hair salon.


Becca and Mac


Mac playing Leapster Explorer


Kristie and Izzy


Emma getting her hair done

5 Years Ago Today

I don't know if I will have time to post tomorrow, so I thought I would post about this today. 5 years ago today I was waiting to see if my son would be delivered via emergency c-section within the next 24 hours. Needless to say, the next morning, my family (exluding me...I was too sick)got to meet this little man...



On February 3, 2007, at 9:21 a.m., Mac Patton Martin was born at 28 weeks gestation. He weighed 2 pounds, 8 ozs., and was 15 1/2 inches long. Happy 5th birthday, Mac!! We love you!!

Clipboards

I am posting this on here mainly because I want to have the link available when I really have time/want to start working on these. Over on Tip Junkie, there was a post on 25 ways to utilize clipboards. Eventually I want to try some of these!!