Memories that will last

Farm cat and Duke enjoy a little quiet time!

Kisses for Daddy!

Give Daddy a kiss!

Sweet Kady Boo posing for the camera!

Swimming in the porch pool...naked of course!

Scuba Mickey Mouse likes to join the kids in the pool too!

Now this is what we call a good time in the country!

Nothing like a dip in the wash tub!

And yes they both fit in the wash tub!

Bosch Super Heroes

There he is!

Where's Trey?

Bat Girl

Superheroes do take bathes!!

Mommy give me the camera!

Superboy and Supergirl!

Feeding time for Dewey and Decimal

Dewey is very aggressive and so we decided to feed him in the empty cooler...worked pretty well!

The kids LOVE every minute of the excitement!
He is about to strike!

The worst part of it all is thawing the frozen mice...YUCK!!! It has to be done and this is the best way to do it! Don't worry I clean the skillet several times and sterilize it. If you know me, you know how much of a clean freak I am.

Lately I have been feeding live mice because they are much easier.

And by the way, Decimal passed away Labor Day weekend.

RIP Decimal

Luke and Hannah's Wedding with Trey as the Ring Bearer

He did such a wonderful job!
If we only knew what he was thinking as he stands up there bored to tears...or is he?

Do you think he has any idea whats going on?

Here comes the bride!!!

Patiently waiting with Daddy for his cue to walk down the aisle.

He did a WONDERFUL job! The flower girl made it half way down the aisle and then took off to her grandparents!

Sweet Trey!

Everyone is waiting on the beautiful bride!

Passing time as we wait for the wedding to begin

Posing for the camera or is he trying to impress the flower girl! They had a great time playing together!

Prissy little Bess!

Swimming at Grandma Bosch's

Thomas throwing Andrew!
Thomas playing around!

Trey and Andrew hanging out on the steps!

My little snorkeling man!

Our fearless little Bessie!

A Day Fishing on the Farm

Sydney's BIG fish!!!!

Somehow Will got stuck wearing Trey's baseball hat!

Bess and Daddy take the jeep for a spin around the property.

Peaceful!

Anna is TRYING to take the fish off the hook to toss him back...and she did it!!!

Everyone is enjoying a relaxing day by the pond...too bad the fish we are catching are only for fun.

Trey loves his new watergun...and he loves getting everyone wet!

Sydney caught the biggest fish all day!

Chris was nice enough to catch the crickets we were using for bait.

Birthday Cruise on the Carnival Fantasy

The bag lady in Cozumel! We had fun bargaining with the locals!

A balloon hat at Senor Frogs is alway in fashion!

Fun times!

The Catamaran tour took us to beach.

We took a Catamaran/Snorkeling Shore Excursion and this was a view of the boat on our way back.

This is my bestie resting, relaxing, and reading in the sun trying to catch some rays...and she did!

Ice Carving demonstration on deck...pretty cool!!!

I think this might have been about the time the "Hairy Chest Contest" was going on...thats why everyone is gathered around deck. But then again there was ALWAYS someone or something to watch or laugh at so this could have just been another Carnival moment!

Where we chose to sit each day included a great view of the back of the boat!

Beach chair after beach chair after beach chair and remember there is no saving...yea right!

Finally a little time to sit down and share....

School started for students August 10th. I LOVE the Library!! I am so excited and motivated yet overwhelmed and even a little discouraged at the same time. As always I feel my program is the most important and therefore I put forth 100%. I had orientation all week and I am so happy for it to finally be over with. I think the kids are pretty excited about the library and the changes I have made but I know they are excited about Dewey & Decimal. Dewey and Decimal are the corn snakes which I have so bravely adopted as our library friends. What was I thinking? Well honestly I was thinking about the kids. I want to get them in the library and this sounded like the perfect way to do it. I have always wanted a classroom pet and well now I have 2...wait a minute can you really call snakes pets...I don't think so. Mrs. Morning Moulden donated them to me...frankly she was thrilled to get them out of her house. I took them to school Monday after feeding them Sunday night. It was a long week and tonight was a long night dealing with them. I brought them home in order to clean out their habitat(aquarium) and feed them. Dewey has been doing great but Decimal has not been looking so good. Tonight I took Decimal out for a quick bath in hopes of helping him shed his skin...it worked. We then fed him 2 mice...frozen/thawed/heated mice. WOW...I thought snakes were pretty low maintenance but let me tell you we (the entire family...dogs and cats too) we on the porch trying to feed, bath, clean up these slimy critters for several hours. In fact I know I was out there for 2 hours. Not real sure how long the snakes are going to be my library pets but then again we all know how much I would hate to let the students down. I will be posting pictures of this snake feeding/cleaning adventure in the morning. I know you all can't wait!
Enough about me...Richard and the kids are doing GREAT! Savannah is still the best nanny ever and Richard and I still enjoy each and every day watching them grow. Trey is super smart and Bess is super sassy!
I have to say lately they are both into superman and batman so keep your eyes out for those funny and super cute pictures. Well it sure is late and I have lots to do in the morning.
I hope this journal entry finds everyone well and I hope to hear from you all soon.
Much love,
Hollis and family

Update...

So I was checking out a friends blog the other day and well I decided I need to journal more so, here goes....
Well summer flew by. I finished up my library media internship and I now have a job at Floyd Middle Magnet School in Montgomery. I am super excited! So far everything is going great! The kids are still having fun at home in Hardaway with Miss Savannah. We LOVE her! She is such a blessing.
Trey is into sports. He loves soccer, football, and baseball. He is such a big boy with such grown up things to say. Its hard to believe we were worried about him not talking when he was a one year old.
Bess is into EVERYTHING and she is so very Sassy! She is giving looks these days and believe it or not she will even roll her eyes. As for talking, she does that when she wants. Most of the time she is quick to tell you no and say thank you.
Richard is still working for MLC as well as everyone else in need of landscaping or irrigation work. Thank goodness he is the best husband and father and therefore these jobs do not interfere with family time.
With all of our happy news we also have a little sad news. On July 19th my grandmother, Bobby Cranford, peacefully passed away. This has been and still is hard for me to accept however I know she is much happier in heaven and she is not in pain.
All that said, our family is full of laughs and enjoying each day!
I will be attaching many pictures as soon as I get a little time to reformat them and upload. Please stay tuned for super cute pictures of my little rugrats!!