OMC!!!!!!!!

Today was OMC!! It is extremely complicated to explain, so I am not going to try to put it into words. Here are a few pictures I was able to capture!

The calm before the storm!!! - with yellow in the back!

Green Team!

Red Team!! 

Blue Team!!

Natalie and Allyson completing a task!! 

Dillon and Daniel completing a task!

Mrs. Danielle helping Hannah and Erin complete a task!

Corryn and her yellow leader!

Allyson getting help on a task! 

Mrs. Danielle trading shoes with Allison for a task! 

Mattie Paige pausing for a picture!

Andrew Cole darting across the field trying to beat the clock!

Sammy reading her next task! 

Owen and Daniel working together on a task!

Anna getting her next task! 

ORGANIZED MASS CHAOS

The "No Fly Zone"

Allison and Erin working together!

Natalie completing a task for Mrs. Danielle!

Allyson and Natalie trading shoes for their last task!!

This was my first OMC, and it was soooooo much fun!! We bought the game, so we will be figuring out how to use it soon!!! 

Centri- Kid Day 3

Tuesday was all about the girls, so if you're a mother of a boy- sorry. All I have is girly pictures today!!

Some of the girls gave their babies back today- they decided mothering was NOT for them. Others are still sticking it out. Some, like Allyson Cole, decided she didn't like her baby, so she got a new one : ) These babies have been a trip!!

Here are a few pictures from our free time. We went to girly time, where they braid hair, paint faces, and paint nails. The girls really like this! Then we went to the coffee shop and played a few lawn games!!

Natalie getting a web put into her hair!!

Some of the Parkway girls at girly time. 

Erin getting her nails painted!

Natalie getting her face painted! 

Playing the karate chop game in front of Jazzmine's.

Hanging out during "hang time."

Erin enjoying a smoothie! 

I am going to post a separate blog for OMC in a little while! 

Bon Appetit! 

Centri- Kid Day 2

We have had a day of funnies!!! 

For starters, we have 3 Allison's (spelled in different ways) and 1 Allye. Things can get a little confusing fast!!

Allison Hendry is my cousin and she has 2 older sisters. Her oldest is at Governor's School in Columbus for the month, and the middle sister is at Centri- fuge in North Carolina this week. So, I asked her today what does she think her mother is doing without her, Jess and Sarah, and she replied, "I don't know, but I am having fun. She has Ace (their 1 yr. old dog) and she likes him more than us, so she is fine." You can tell she isn't getting homesick!!!

Some of the funnies will be explained in some of our pictures!!

Morning Celebration!! 

You can barely tell they only had 2 hours of sleep last night...

The Party day 2- Anna and Natalie! 

The boys having a blast! 

New best friends- Allison H and Hannah!!! 

Dillon and Daniel or Deodorant and Donut 

Andrew Cole being "gangster" as he says. 

Corryn and Allyson Cole at the Party

Tonight Owen was picked to play a game on stage!

and so did Erin!! 

They had to compete against each other- I think the girls won!!

Congrats moms- you are now grandmothers!!! 

All of the girls that chose babysitting 101 has a babydoll they get to carry around all week and take care of. These two will be reported to child abuse before then, though! Caylee decided she was going to teach her child to walk today--- by dragging him on the ground. Allye misplaced her child, then found him when she sat on him. Poor kids. I have heard them all say that being a mother was HARD work- and these babies do not even use the bathroom and cry! 

Corryn also has a baby, but she takes better care of hers- 

well at least what i have witnessed.

Allyson and Allye after tonight's events

Corryn and Sami after worship this evening.

We have another BUSY day tomorrow. I will try to post more pictures then, but I have a major assignment due every night this week starting tomorrow, so I will have to wait until after I submit my homework!! 

Enjoy! 

Centri- Kid Day 1

We arrived all safe and sound at MC yesterday!! The kids were all pumped up until they saw the hill they had to carry their luggage up : )

We have had so much fun so far and look forward to a wonderful rest of the week!!

Here are the girls ready for dinner and opening celebration!! 

Some of the girls pumped up during opening celebration!

The boys pumped up during opening celebration!!

Having fun at "The Party"

More fun at "The Party"

Andrew, Owen, and Dillon at "The Party"

Andrew Cole was chosen to go on stage and play a game. 

I think he may have won!! 

Andrew playing the game at "The Party"

Playing a name game at church group devotion!

More name game..... His name is Clint, and he is going on a trip. 

On that trip, he is going to bring a Chesnut, cessnut, cesly, but not a Cessna.... 

His name is Andrew, and he is going on a trip. 

On that trip, he is going to bring the alphabet. 

The kids are at track times right now. I think they all got what they wanted, and they are super excited! We have hang time at 3:45, and I think they decided they wanted to hit the pool! Then we will go to dinner, OMC, The Party, Worship, and Church Devotion! 

I am personally hoping some of the girls decide to sleep tonight!! They were all tooooooo excited about today to sleep last night!! I will try to post pictures from today sometime tonight after lights out!! 

Bowling Fun : )

Summertime is officially here, and to celebrate that, we went bowling! This was Parkway's first children's event of the summer. We had a lot of fun! On Wednesday, the younger kids went bowling. They really surprised me with their bowling talents. On Thursday, the older kids went. We had 18 kids show up Thursday, so I was really excited. I was able to capture a few pictures  from Wednesday, but my camera died after one picture on Thursday.

This Thursday, we are going to the Museum of Natural Science in Jackson. I am really excited.

Next week will be a busy one! I am leaving on Sunday with the 3rd through 6th graders to go to Centri- Kid at Mississippi College in Clinton. We are very ready to go!!! The same week, the pre-K through 2nd graders will have Day Camp at the church. We have a lot of fun planned for Day Camp, so if you have a preker through 2nd grade student, sign them up! It only cost $25!!! It's a Monday through Thursday camp and it's from 9-12 in the youth center!!You can call the Parkway office to register for camp!

I think that is all of the updates I have for now, so here are a few pictures from our bowling trip! Enjoy!

Some of the bowling observing their friends bowling on Wednesday!

Landon picking out his bowling ball!!

Marlee posing for a picture in between bowls!

The sole picture from Thursday.. Too bad my boys were trying to be cool and not look at the camera.

A General Update and LSU

I haven't had much time lately to blog, so I am going to give everyone a general update.

School... I have one more day at WCES until August!! This is bittersweet. The kids last day was last Friday, so it has been a peaceful week. However, I miss some of them so much! Luckily, Woodville isn't so big, so I have seen almost all of them since last Friday. I will be going to watch my boys play a little basketball tomorrow, so I will get to see a lot of them then!! This week has been a little slow... we get the week to pack up, fill out papers, etc. Since I already had most of that done, I have been using my time to get a jump start on homework... which brings me to .....

Grad School.... I officially started Monday, and I already have the "i am sick of school" attitude. I sure hope that changed soon, because I have 18 more months of school!
I take the GRE on Tuesday, and I am a lot nervous!

Church.... We are all set for Centri- Kid, and I am super excited to get there! I have a lot of work to do next week to nail things down for the summer, so I will be busy, busy, busy!!

American Idol - My pick won!! I have loved LEE since day one, and was super excited that he is this year's idol!!!

LSU......... Well if you follow LSU baseball, you will know that this hasn't been all we wanted it to be... They barely, and I mean BARELY, got into the SEC tourney (thank you Kentucky for losing that game, btw.). When I saw the announcement of who we would be playing first, I will admit, I became a little saddened. I think LSU is ranked last in the SEC tourney and we were going to have to play the #1 ranked team - Florida... Yesterday, I had a good feeling all day about the game. I got home, turned the radio to 98.1, and got myself ready to hear Jim Hawthorn announce the game. LSU was guest, and their first at bat flew by. Then Ranaudo took the mound and sat down the first three. It was then that I knew we would win! Our next at bat set the pace for the game.. We scored 5, and gained the momentum needed to win the game. The game was still going on when idol started, so I was running back and forth to the radio during commercials listening, watching 360 on my computer, and checking twitter on my phone every couple of seconds. It came down to a nail bitter, but LSU pulled it out and put Florida is the losers bracket!! I hope this LSU team is here to stay, and claim the SEC championship for the 3rd time in a row!!!