Last Friday Kadence graduated from preschool!
These two will be heading to kindergarten in the fall!
The boys and I went while Travis stayed home and mowed and tended to the garden.
After her program Kellie had a meal at their house so we all went.
Around 9pm my parents left to head home and Pierce wanted to go with them.
He ran out after them and they told him exactly what I told him..."No, we are leaving soon too!"
That was the last we saw Pierce for a while!
I started packing up our stuff to go home and telling my boys to get their things too.
I realized I hadn't seen Pierce for a while so looked around for him.
I didn't see him.
After a few rounds outside and yelling inside I asked if anyone else had seen him.
Nope...no one had!
By this time we had everyone looking for him...Kellie, Chad, Kahne, Kadence, Cash, Ron, Joyce, Kellie's neighbors and the neighbors kids.
I tried to remain calm knowing he was probably okay but after 25 minutes the bad thoughts started creeping in my head.
I overheard Kahne asking another neighbor "Have you seen my cousin Pierce... he was wearing a black Under Armour Iron Man shirt!!!"
And I instantly thought...this will be the description we will tell the police!
I was a shaking disaster...
thinking someone took him....
thinking at what point do we call the cops...
thinking I'm going to have to call Travis and tell him I lost our son...
All the while hearing 15 people yelling "PIERCE.....PIERCE....PIEEEEERCE!!" in the background of my thoughts!
Kellie's neighbor asked if there was history of Pierce hiding from us...
I said no because he has never done that!
As I was getting to my breaking point (full on meltdown) I hear Kahne scream... "THERE HE IS!!!"
We were all outside in the dark and Kahne spotted him through the sliding glass door crying behind their couch inside!
I didn't know whether to hug him or kill him!!!
I was BEYOND thankful he was safe...but I was BEYOND pissed he ignored all of us yelling his name!
Turns out he was mad he couldn't go with Grandma and Grandpa!
We had quite the chat and heart to heart and he truly understood what he did and the severity of it!
At one point he said "I already know I'm a terrible person!"
Talk about breaking my heart!
After explaining he's not a terrible person, he was crying, I was crying...and we just hugged and hugged! He even ran back inside on his own terms to give Kellie another hug, to tell everyone he was sorry and to give Kahne another hug!
{I'm a sobbing mess writing this 7 days later!}
He's safe and that's all that matters!
We'll chalk this up to a life lesson and hope it never happens again!!
Okay....moving on!
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The weather is warming up and it's been nice to get outside!
After church on Sunday we decided to pack a picnic lunch and head to Lake Iowa for the day.
The boys had fun on the beach and walking in water!
I LOVE this picture!
Humor me a little Pierce and act like you like him!
This was the car ride home...success!
For anyone who truly knows me knows I'm not an outdoorsy person...and I hate bugs, especially bees!
Well all day there were the huge black jacket bumble bees every where!
I turned around and all I could hear was their buzzing... I swear they were after me!
I'm not the calmest person when encountering bees...
...some may say I'm a spaz!
This might have been the first time the boys have seen me act in such a manner;)
At one point Pierce and I went to the restrooms...which were outside...
He walked into the boys and I opened the door to the girls and a big hairy black spider fell right in front of me!
I screamed...and scared the shit out of Pierce...not to mention almost peeing my pants!
I scared Pierce so much he refused to use the bathroom...OOPS!
And Travis and Cash heard me from the van!!
Later that night I was at the grocery store and saw our neighbor who said "I hear you had a bad day at Lake Iowa?! Cash said you got stung by a big black bee!"
I just laughed and told her the story!
So maybe I'm a little crazy and run around screaming when I see a bee... if my boys think I got stung then I'll let them think that...
BAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
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The boys have found a new quiet place....
...I guarantee it won't be their quiet place for long!
It's been a long week with 11 hour work days, baseball starting, hair appointments, spray tans, trying to keep the boys in their room all night (I gave up Tuesday and Wednesday night!), and just life in general!
This is what my house looks like at 6:30am!
{The little guy comes a little after 7}.
Latest craving....watermelon!
I have no shame in admitting I've pretty much eaten a whole watermelon this week!
And let the games begin!
Both boys play the same nights, sometimes the same times, sometimes different towns!
Travis coaches Pierce's team and helps coach Cash's team!
I got all three of my boys in a picture on the bottom right!
On Wednesday Cash had his last day of preschool!
He's ready for kindergarten!!
What happened to his baby face?! :(
The backpack and shoes lasted all year but both are on their last leg!
When he started in August he was a size 5 in clothes and now I'm buying him 6/7!
He's a whole head taller than most kids in his class!
Today Pierce finished up 1st grade!!
He's also changed from the beginning of the year!
He's on his third pair of shoes and second backpack!
Pierce is a lot harder on things than his brother!!
Today he is sporting the cranky, tired look!
Their father had them at the fire station until after 9:30 last night...
...and then we had some pretty big storms roll through a couple times through the night so we were all up...
...then they heard me wake up at 5:50am so both were up for the day!
Luckily it's an early out for Pierce...
...and luckily I love Diet Pepsi!
Hello summer...I think...
I'm excited for the baby to arrive...but I'm still mentally preparing myself for summer and having bigger mouths to feed and bigger opinions to face!
