Scott's 4 yr check-up

Scott continues to be square.... He has always (well, for a while anyway) measured the same in width and height. He is 42.5 inches tall and 42 lbs which puts him in the 90th percentile for weight and height. Poor little man had to get 4 shots and a finger stick today but he was so very brave and I was so proud of him!

Since I was writing this, I thought I would write a few of the things Scott has said lately.

• He says "mine" instead of "my." ex: "Are we going to mine house?"

• At dinner he asked Poppi (who is a little bald on top) "Poppi, why are your brains coming out of your head?" and the followed up by asking Poppi about the freckles on his head in this way: "Poppi, why do you have ant bites on your brains?" Poppi was such a good sport about it and laughed along with the rest of us! :)

• He loves, loves cement trucks and dump trucks and wants to drive a dump truck when he grows up.

• He loves to cut grass and is determined that Mr. Charles (who cuts our yard) is his father because Scott (in his words) "is a grass-cutter and so is Mr. Charles. That's why." (Mr. Charles lets Scott ride on his tractor while cutting our yard and so Scott LOVES him!)

• He follows up just about everything with "that's why".... even if it needs no explanation.

• He is obsessed with washing machines. He gets so excited when we wash clothes!!! Seriously.

• He calls Brooke "Bwookie" and it's so cute! He is certainly picking up a country accent. He calls Baywood "Baywowood" and down is "dayuwn." His favorite color is blue and he pronounces yellow as "lellow." He's a mommy's boy and all rough and tumble. The faster, the better! He's a dare-devil and he melts my heart. :)

Trip to Mimi and Poppi's

Brooke and Scott with Mimi and Poppi
The Family
making homemade pizza
playing mini-golf
our little cowgirl
and cowboy...
swimming in Greer's Ferry Lake
Tyler and me enjoying the beautiful scenery

at the Red Apple Inn in Heber Springs with Sue and Gene

• We had a wonderful vacation in Arkansas! Thanks Mimi and Poppi for such a great time. We stayed so busy doing so many extra-fun things!!! I put a few pics up, but they don't begin to capture all of the adventures that we had. We went bowling, horseback riding, toured the Mountain Valley Spring Water plant, went to the children's museum, the water park, the "rock" store, took a boat ride on the lake, ate a fabulous restaurants and I could go on and on! Tyler was able to visit Heber Springs and he took us along for the ride. He spent a lot of time there while growing up. His Mimi lived in Heber Springs and he has so many fond memories of that place. The lake is absolutely beautiful!!! While there, we visited with Sue and Gene....2 special friends who showed us a wonderful time as well. Thanks to all of you!!! We love you!

SEC coaches....too funny!

i saw this on another blog that i was visiting and could not help but post it. we are on the countdown to fall and football and i just can't wait!!!

WAR EAGLE!!!!!

nothing new here....

fireworks at the harkabus home

i love this picture! stephanie took this one, too. she is becoming my new photographer for candid family moments! :) she gets more pics than i do...

i took the kiddos back to the dr for their "re-check" and they are all better! i am so thankful for that, especially since we are headed to mimi and poppi's house on saturday. the kids are so excited and can't wait for all of the fun adventures that they will have in arkansas! can't wait to see you mimi and poppi!!! :)

our bathroom is still in the process of being re-done. i'll be glad when it is completed! other than that, there is just not much else to say. oh....brooke did lose one of her top teeth the other night. so, she has 3 teeth missing at the current time. i love this stage! it's just so cute.... i'll get a picture of her soon and post it so you can see miss snaggletooth.

hope that you all continue to have a good week! thanks for checking in on our lives through our blog. i hope you enjoy reading it as much as i enjoy updating it!!!

emmie's dress

my mom (gramma) made this dress and bonnet for emmie. you can't see it in the pictures, but there are little pearls smocked into the dress and bonnet. i just think it's gorgeous and had to brag on mom a little! of course, sweet emmie makes it all the more beautiful! :)

our house under construction

our bathroom while ceilings were being scraped and remudded, painted, etc

our bedroom....which is now a different color with smooth ceilings...
our family room....
our bedroom at the current moment....what's wrong with this picture???
our bathroom being re-tiled...
well, we have been doing some remodeling lately and i thought i would share a few photos with you. the pics of the house with the plastic wrap everywhere were taken a few months ago and those rooms are now back to normal. i'm not sure how long it has been since we started this whole process, but we are almost done!!! the only thing being remodeled now is the bathroom. everything is finished except for the bathroom and it should be completed next week. YIPPEE!!!!!!

brooke swimming

this is a pic that stephanie took of brooke....i love it!!!