Summer Blooms

Some things actually love the summer heat (not me)....there are some pretty blooms around the yard....

Going to the Rodeo....

We're heading to the Mesquite Rodeo tonight...babysitter's coming & momma & daddy get a night out! Whoop! I thought I'd post my husband, in his younger years, riding a bull in the Athens, Tx Rodeo...many years ago! I was only 6 when he was riding this bull! LOL! So I figured I would post a picture of me when I was little....with my cat, Samantha. The two pictures hang together in our house....I think it's funny because they are so opposite, but fit our individual personalities to a "T". He's the bull riding type. I'm the sit around & love on a cat type. I miss having a cat; our boys are allergic :(

God Willing.....

....Tomorrow will be better than today. God Willing.....

Wordless Wednesday....Busy Bee

The Years Do Fly.....

These pictures have been hanging in my dining room for years now...yes, years & yet it seems like yesterday I was driving the boys to the bluebonnet fields for photographs....So, I was getting a little watery eyed thinking about how quickly the years go by & thought I'd share them with you. I think they were 6 in these pictures. They still had all their baby teeth...so I'm pretty sure that's correct....See, the years go by & I forget things like the age they were in pictures. I need to be more like my mom & pencil the details on the backs of all of my framed photos!

Peek-A-Boo!

Peek.

A.

Boo!

Hoping & Praying.....

Hoping and praying the beaches will be open & the water will be clean enough for us to enjoy our annual beach trip the end of August! So...I was thinking of the last two years there....hoping to add some new memories this year. Cannot believe our boys will be turning 10 during our trip. 10!

First "Tea Party"....

Grampie....My Dad

Grandmama...My Mom

"What's in here?"

Cooking for all of us.

Her first "Party" with dolls.

It was really a cookout party, but it was with a table and dolls & there was cooking and drinks, so I'm calling it her first "Tea Party". It is the first time she's shown any desire to play with dolls in a very long time....she's just never been a "doll lover". My mom had been shopping and bought her a new table & chairs along with a little BBQ Pit that talks (too cute)....we had a fun afternoon at the Grandparents' house. She pulled out her old baby dolls that she's kept forever ( The larger doll was her baby when she was little. ) The boys had a surprise too....Mom had bought them 4 new Lego Sets...they were busy all day! :) So glad we don't live in Alabama anymore....it was just too far. I love day trips to the grandparents' house!

Legos

We've Got Legos!

Yes We Do! We've Got Legos....

How about you?!?

Play-Doh

I've got Play-Doh!

Yes, I do!

I've got Play-Doh!

How about you?

I've got more! I've got more!

Rain Rain Go Away....

Pitter, Patter....

It's raining cats & dogs...pitter patter, pitter patter....

Poor Bella girl...she loves it outside...this rain is depressing her! ;)

Help! My kids are turning into ninjas, or emperors, or something....

Yikes! I'm scared!

Oh, thank goodness, it's just my boy!

Well, it has been raining cats and dogs, as they say, off & on for the past several days. Even the animals are tired of it...I did manage to mow in between downpours yesterday. Caleigh & I enjoyed our walk after the rains today. B & B are so good to entertain themselves, but even they got a little cabin fever this afternoon stuck inside with the rain. Maybe we can have a fun outing tomorrow after I get a haircut in the morning. Blake's tummy has been off today...I'm praying it's just something he ate or a combination of things he ate, or the plum episode and not a bug!

Dollar Tree Fun & Randomness....

This boy cracks me up.

Glo Sticks Rule!

....Hmmm...not too sure what's up with the black blanket?!

The 3 Amigos.
Well, they actually said they were pirates.

Music.

"Do Not Wake" the sleeping dog.

The Sole Survivor....I'm not a good snail mommy...they all died. :(

What the boys had for lunch....

What I had for lunch.
I did cave & have a yummy ham & cheese with tomato sandwich a minute ago tho! MMMM!

We ran a few errands today & made a quick trip into the Dollar Tree. The kids always find something they just have to have! Makes for a fun afternoon.....

The other pictures are just some random ones from today....finally picked up my camera after a 2 day hiatus.

Rained again. Ugh! My grass is so high! May have to mow it wet.

One week down with Jillian & her 30-day Shred Program. She's tough!