Cool Pictures

Well, anyone who lives in Oklahoma knows we have had our fair share of rain and thunderstorms. Here are a couple pictures of the girls with the beautiful thunderheads in the background. A couple of our plants too.

The many faces of Jillian

We have always said that our girls have great expressions. We aren't really sure where they get it, yea right! The other night at the ballpark, Jillian was bored so I took a few pictures of her acting out all of her emotions. Just so you know, that's her dirty (cotton candy)face, silly face, happy face, and mad face. Pretty funny!

Take me out to the Ballgame

Our church got 50 free tickets to the local ballpark. If you say "free family fun", you can almost guarantee that the Kumor family will be there. One of Abby's good friends, Madison was there and she played with her for most of the evening. The big hit was the fireworks at the end. Oh, and of course we won!!! Thanks, Brenda for the free tickets!

What is in your hair now?

Steve got a remote controlled helicopter from his boss at work from some conference that they went to. He and my dad played with it last weekend and Steve has been playing with it ever since. The other night, Jillian started laughing and said "Mom, look what's in my hair now". I was thinking peanut butter, gum, leftover dinner, you know...the usual! Jillian is always getting things in her hair, that is why I always pull it up unless we are home. This was a first for "things in Jillian's hair"!

Spa Day

OK, with all of this lovely rain....THE KIDS ARE DRIVING ME CRAZY!!!! So Leann and I took them to the mall today and I let the girls get their nails painted. They had so much fun. I loved the color that they picked out and wanted to buy it, but of course it was a holiday color and they don't make it anymore. It was called Star-ring the Rockettes. Jillian got her toes done and Abby had her fingernails done. Can you tell that Jillian was TOTALLY in to the pampering part of the experience? Having girls is so much fun!!!

Backtracking

I know that I shouldn;t go back, but these pictures were just too cute. They were among the ones that I "found" today. One day in May, Cindy was watching the Sawyer kids, and I was watching the Dean girls, so we decided to meet at the park and let the kids play and have a picnic. Leann ended up meeting us there too, and we had a great time. Here are just a few of the cute pictures that I took.

Found pictures!!!!!

I finally found all the pictures from Abby's birthday, Easter, a visit from my cousins, and the Sonshine School program. Aren't you excited? I know I am. My cousins came and visited us in April and we took them to the Arts Festival. Here are some pictures of that, and some from the other events. I'll have Steve update the photo gallery when he gets time! That's all for now!

Water Balloons!

We had Julianna over to play with us on Sunday afternoon. The 3 girls had a blast filling up water ballons and making them squirt or throwing them down on the driveway and having them pop. Steve's fingers were so sore from tying all the balloons! It started getting overcast and cold, so the girls came inside, cleaned up, ate a snack and watched some TV before going back to church. They can't wait for Julianna to come over again!

Curb Appeal

Steve's new project lately has been to work on our curb appeal. We went to Edmond Rock and bought some new rock, moved some plants around and took a few of our neighbors left over plants. If you have seen our neighbors yard, you know he has some to spare! :) I say we, but really I just went with Steve to pick up the rock and helped him unload it. Last weekend Steve and his dad went and bought all the soil to build up the flower beds and help move the water away from the house. Then he made a new flowerbed around the mailbox. I have to say that I'm pretty impressed, our yard looks really good! Thanks honey!

Six Flags

We went to Six Flags last weekend. We had made reservations a few weeks before, but had decided not to go when we found our plumbing problem. We never got around to canceling the reservations, and since we didn't have to pay for our plumbing disaster, we decided to use our reservations. Actually, we took Abby out to eat last Friday for her perfect report card and saw a discount on the McDonalds cup and it sparked our memory! The whole weekend Abby kept saying "boy, this was a great idea I had". We just laughed. Poor Jillian wanted to ride all the big roller coasters and I know she got sick of us saying, you are not tall enough. Abby is getting more brave, she actually rode a wooden roller coaster named the Judge Roy Scream. She did really good and only screamed (not as loud as Papa), but she did not cry. She didn't want to ride it again, but said that she liked it. They have added alot of kid rides next to the big rides at the park. It was great for us. 2 of us would ride the kiddy rides with the kids while the other 2 rode. There were hardly any lines so we could walk right up to the cue line. We bought discount tickets before we went and left them on the kitchen counter. I was upset at first then we realized that an out of area season pass was actually cheaper. It was a crazy fast weekend, but we had a BLAST! It was nice to get away and just what the doctor ordered!

OUCH!!!

Abby learned how to ride her bike without training wheels in April. She picked it up in 1 day and has been going strong ever since. We realized that she is getting too big for her 12" bike, and took her to Walmart to pick out a new one. she picked out a 16" Groovy girl bike, and Jilly got her old one. Steve was about ready to buy Jillian an new bike too, because like me, he is the younger sibling and the recipiant of all the hand me downs. I informed him that we will not be buying another 12" bike when we have a perfectly good one at home. We purchased a new bell to go on the old bike and told Jillian it wasn't sissy's old bike, it was Her New bike. All she saw was the new bell and was VERY happy! All that to say that last week Abby was ridding her new bike without her helmet on (I was sick on the couch and didn't know, Steve was outside working on the yard while watching them), and she fell face first off of her bike. She scratched up her nose and got a BIG goose egg on her forehead. It remided me of the time she fell off the kitchen chair and got a big bump, then the next week (when her sister was born) she had 2 black eyes. Hopfully we won't get the black eyes this time. We now wear our helmet EVERYTIME, even if Mom is not outside! :)

End of the Year Party

It was my last final duty as a Homeroom Mom. We had a luau them, played "Hot Coconut", played with goop (very cool,cornstarch and water), made sand art and ate fruit kabobs with fruit dip. The kids had an awesome time and so did we. The weather didn't cooperate and we had to have the party inside, but it was fun! Tony and Cecily were here for the Memorial weekend, and so Cecily went with me to Abby's party. She was a big help! Here is the only picture I took while Tony and Cecily were here, aren't they cute?

Teacher Appreciation Week

I'm the Homeroom Mom for Abby's Kindergarten class, and in May we had a Teacher Appreciation week. I thought I did a pretty good job. On Monday, we gave her a memory book. I had all the kids send a picture and a letter to the teacher telling her what they liked about her or Kindergarten. I was sad that 7 students didn't send anything, so I went up to school and had them each write and note, and I took their picture. I just couldn't not have their picture in the book. I was glad I did it, becuase she showed the book to the class and they were all excited that their picture and note was in there. I also made an apron for her which I had all the kids sign and then I embroidered their names on it and attached a ribbon. What was I thinking! I thought 20 names wouldn't take me long, but I was glad I gave myself more than a week to get it done. Then all of the Kindergarten classes went togther and purchased a tree and a plaque to be planted in honor of the teachers. My friend Kendra and I spent Thursday night planting it all by ourselves! We are crazy, but we had a lot of fun. It's been a while since I have laughed that hard!

Swamp?

I have no pictures for this entry, because I didn't take any. Most of you know the person that lives next to us is a landscape architect. He has built a MASSIVE garden/ flower bed in his front yard. So, when our yard was not draining properly, we attributed it to the fact that he lined his garden on our side with rocks and the yard would not properly drain. He decided to put in a french drain between our yards, and we wen't and bought some rock to help spruce up our curb appeal. Needless to say, Steve and Jason (neighbor) started digging the hole for the french drain and it kept filling up with water. After digging a few holes around our house and flower bed, we realized that a "drainage problem" was the least of our concerns. We were losing water from underneath our house at a rate of 20 gallons per hour, and that was with all of the water turned off!! We called a plumber and he said that they would have to come out and find out where it was coming from and to just turn it off at the manifold in Jillian's closet in the meantime. So, everytime we needed water or had to flush the toilet we had to turn the water on and off at the manifold. Long story short, we called the builder and he took care of the cost of all the repairs including replacing the drywall that got cut out. Now all of our cold water has been re-routed thru the attic. All the pipes were insulated and put underneath the insulation in our attic, and since we live in Oklahoma, I'm not too worried. The sad thing is, is that our bills are on averaging, and after looking back at the bills, this had been going on since February and we just didn't notice becuase our bills didn't change. Can't wait to see what the new averaging will be! UGGHH! Oh the benefits of owning your own home!

Behind

Yes, I know I'm behind. I have alot of good excuses, but I'm sure you don't want to hear them. Wait a minute, you read this blog, of course you want to hear them!! I can't find all of the pictures that we have taken since I last blogged, so here is the low down of the "missing pictures" section of my life. Abby tured 6 years old, that's right, my BABY is 6!! I know I have pics of her birthday, just can't find the folder. She had a party at the bowling alley with 6 of her friends, and had a great time. On her actual birthday we took her to Garfield's to eat 9her choice) and to see the movie "Meet the Robinsons". I know more happened in April, but I just can't think! So...now we're up to May, my how time flies! In May we had the end of the year program for Sonshine School (again, can't find the picture folder). Both of the girls did great! Abby amazed us when she was able to sing songs in different languages, and Jillian sang the ABC song and did sign language to go along with it. She still does the sign language with her hands every chance she gets. The evening was hectic for me as a teacher, but who am I kidding, it always is! This year a child in Jillian's class threw up in the room where we were all waiting to go on. Usually I would have joined him, but I didn't hear him throw up, just saw Cindy scrambling to help him, so I jumped up and moved the rest of her class to another side of the room (to get my kid away from the sick kid :)),and helped her clean up the mess while Dana took care of the kid. What a mess! This is my last year to teach Sonshine School. I was officially done May 17th. It is really nice. I filled my plate a little too full this year. I do medical coding from home and will change to a part time status with the company and I'm really looking forward to it. I can do it from home and I'm learning how to do the facility side as well as the professional side of coding. Call me crazy, but I really love it. My boss is great and very understanding, and always there to help me no matter what the problem. The girls are taking the summer off from Sonshine School as well. This is my last summer to have them before they both start school. Jillian will be going to Pre-K in the fall and Abby will be in 1st Grade. It's hard to belive she will be in school all day everyday! Jillian will go to Sonshine School in the fall, 1/2 days. Well, that's all for April thru the beginning of May. For the rest of May and the beginning of June, see the next blog. I'll have Steve find the pictures to go along with this post and have him put them in the photo gallery. Thanks for reading!