Picture, Voicemail and Daylilies

Here is a picture Wesley drew for me today. You can't see it all because my scanner didn't do right, but it is of him and Mikayla. He wrote their names at the top then wrote "i luve you Momiey MisFalr kele." (Literal interpretation 'I love you, Mommy, Mrs. Fowler, Kellie') He hasn't clicked yet that he and I have the same last name and it is spelled the same. ha! It is a precious picture to me and I will definitely cherish this.

This afternoon after church we went to Mom and Dad's for lunch. After lunch Daddy was trying to figure out his new cell phone. He had gotten one of those ear pieces and was trying to get the thing to work with his voice on calling a number. He was also setting up his voice mail. (Which made us THRILLED because we had been on him for so long with his other one...) Anyway, we got the LARGEST laughs over him trying to say his voice mail message. I finally wrote out what he would say so he wouldn't mess up, but then I told him to work on his expression (It was the teacher in me... hee hee). He finally got it and we were so proud. It really was a fun afternoon. I worked with him a while to get the voice dialing thing right. We think we figured it out. I love figuring those kinds of things out. Daddy just cracks me up with stuff like that. :) I wonder what Wesley and Mikayla will be teaching me like that one day??? ha!!

We think Wesley may have Poison Ivy or Oak on his face. It appeared yesterday and I freaked because some stuff has been going around school. When Steve saw it he felt it was just the Poison Ivy. (He has had it several times so he should know!) We have put some stuff for that on it today and it is looking better. Oh the joys....

My cousin came over this afternoon to show us where we could put the daylilies she had given us. I am SO excited about how they are going to look. You KNOW I'll be taking some pictures of them. She said they would bloom some this year but next year they will really be pretty. Now we just have to plant them. Of course, with me and my BLACK thumb, I will let Steve handle most of the planting but I'll try to get out there and help him. I wish I knew more and understood plants better, but it is not there yet. Hopefully one day I'll become brilliant in that. All I know is that I love taking pictures of them....could that count?????? hee hee

Speaking of pictures of flowers...here is our flowering plum in the front yard. I have a few 'versions' of this tree that I'll save for different times. I love how these turned out. I like the shadowing against the bark. I also love how blue the sky was on that day.

Well, it is time to start another rat race of a week. We have Achievement testing at school and I do marbleizing (art thing with paper and paints) in the afternoons. I enjoy having a different kind of week but it can be exhausting, too. Thankfully I have a lot of parents who are able to come and help me. They love it, too, so that is neat.

I guess I need to get going and get things ready for tomorrow. I am excited because tonight on the Food Channel they are having that series of who will be the next Food Network Chef person. (Can't remember the exact name....lol) Anyway, Steve and I got addicted to that last Sunday. Iron Chef will come back on after this. Anyway, it is a great show and I can't wait to see which person will be "kicked off" tonight! ha!!