9

Happy Birthday to the Girl, who has stood the test of time, and made it to Nine. May she test our patience and grow our love to ten.

New mode of transportation

Sadly We had to replace our beloved Explorer due to complications of the engine. She had valve damage, and now we have found an older Chevy Trailblazer to replace the hole in our hearts.
But on the bright side this particular model is a seven passenger design, so we win one against the other losses.
Our Thanksgiving this year was different, one, because Heath was actually home, and two because Laurel, Nick, the Jules visited from back home. Our attempt at being tour guide was easily accomplished with our new passenger capability. It was lots of fun.

_____Just a LITTLE Update on us.____

June 15th, 2010

How Accurate Is It?

So I finally got to go to the range to test out my Storm Carbine. I had heard that it was really accurate and precise, but I wanted to see it for myself. So I went to zero in my red dot scope, and notice how close a group the three shots are on the first target to the right. This was only at fifteen yards but it was the only range I could get to at the time. The three shots can be covered by a quarter. Thats from a triple tap, with Winchester target ammunition. I set my red dot scope to these two sets of three, and then practiced on the bullseye. For the record, this looks like fairly good shooting but I personally am not this good a shooter. This was all the gun's fault.


To the right, is after my first attempt to zero my scope and fire thirty rounds through it. Needless to say those thirty rounds were near right on top of each other. I corrected the scope and I think I could hit just about whatever I wanted to with it at close ranges. (Its not true, but in my world it is.)

THE COUCH

This is several years old, but it' still funny.

Its Soccer Time!

So soccer season is here again. And the boy and the girl has their own teams. Both have been getting so much better, and each have had a turn at goalie. The Girl did awesome, blocking 1 goal. The Boy didn't get to block during his quarter because the ball never made it to their side of the field. I told him that in that case it is OK to be bored as a goalie. But he still sulked after.

However the past two games they are getter so we are really happy.

School has started!

So school started yesterday, and with it came a lot of crappy things. I forgot to take pictures because it was pouring rain. Hunter catches his bus around 7:25 and Alexis catches hers at 7:35. So I literally run back to the house and grab Alexis and run her down to the bus stop because she was still eating breakfast when I took Hunter. I forgot to pack her lunch last night. So I had to find two dollars to send with her for lunch. And yesterday was not one of my best days. Now the house is quiet and I am supposed to be cleaning not playing around on the computer. This is life. Hunter is very excited about school, Alexis told me her teacher was mean. I smiled to myself. She's not excited anymore because she realizes that she has to do a lot of work in third grade. She had homework yesterday. I was hoping we could wait a few days before that started, but oh well. I will post pictures later.

10

HOLY FRIGGING CRAP !
Its been 10 years!

not too much going on around here.

We haven't updated our blog lately because we just have everyday things going on. School still doesn't start for another few weeks, so we are trying to do one lasts for the next couple of weeks. We've registered the kids for soccer on Saturday. I had to give a talk on Patience on Sunday which as we all know is a fun topic on which to have to give a talk. We had dinner last week with a family that has moved into our ward recently. We had a great time getting to know them better. We've been told that the realty company we rent through is selling our townhouse so we will have to start looking for another place to live very soon. We are thinkning about buying but still not sure. I went to a baby shower for a couple of friends about two weeks ago and laughed so hard I was crying. It was great!! Some of us made complete fools of ourselves. There's even a video to prove it. The kids are getting restless about school starting soon. Especially Alexis. We have tried to make her new school a very exciting event. I do have one funny story though. Hunter came up to me one afternoon and asked me why I had bought a pumpkin. I said What are you talking about? I didn't buy a pumpkin, so he picks up an orange bell pepper that was sitting on the counter and says a pumpkin. I tried so hard not to laugh but when I showed it to Heath, I told him that I didn't buy bell peppers, I was buying different colored pumpkins. He got a chuckle out of that. We've gotten a lot of rain lately. Nice storms have been coming through. I'll post some pictures later.

Finished Masterpiece

Here's the finished product. I finally sat down and just finished it since beginning the idea last year. The first is a photo of the drawing that I did in high school and got a B on the project because it was unfinished.

I took photos of the Scruggs home at Cowpens Battlefield and then extrapolated the photos in my head to draw the angle I got. It became more of a project than I could finish and since Mom kept the original all these years, it bothered me when I saw it that I couldn't complete it. Now through the miracle of modern technology I have finished my masterpiece. The background is a field at Yorktown VA battleground.

History Note: the colonials first gained the momentum of the war at cowpens and followed through to the end and final victory at Yorktown, so i hid some symbolism in it by the selection of the subjects.

I also attempted to do it with color originally, but here's a draft.

pics of summer adventures

Just more pictures of our summer adventures.

summer adventures

So lets see, Hunter has now lost both bottom front teeth. Both kids are enjoying swimming lessons, and I've been trying to keep them as busy as possible. It makes night time that much easier. Heath has officially started his new job. My justh younger sister Krystal is graduating Clemson this Saturday. I had hoped to attend but plans are not working that way. So we've been to the Children's museum, Towne Point Park, the zoo and a few other fun things. Both kids are excited to start school again, but they have a month to go yet. Yeah for us! Hunter is learning the hard lesson of the value of a dollar. Alexis is learning that anything you really want is worth waiting for. I have a feeling these lessons will be repeated often. Hunter earneds some money from the tooth fairy and is dying to spend it. Hunter got his new first big boy bike two weekends ago. Alexis wants one right now, but we can only afford to buy one at a time. So she will have to wait until the middle to end of August. She has a few chores to help earn her bike. We did ok for the first couple of days and now she forgets more easily. We almost have all of the school supplies on their lists. Yeah me. I might get to go away for a day all by myself. Yeah me again! I'm sure Heath wil be posting the next one, as I am sure that he will have an adventure with them. HEHEHE! Alexis finally has a definite diagnosis. She has PDD_NOS or ASD. Pervasive Developemental Disorder-NON Origin specific or Autism Spectrum Disorder. She has definite characteristics of autism but she's not autistic. They are however treated the same. I'm learning all kinds of information. If you have any I would love for you to share.