Sickness and Cemeteries

Hey, I bet my day was more exciting than yours. First I had to take a sick boy home from school then we went and wandered around a cemetery for about an hour looking for a headstone of someone I don't know for someone I don't know. I really didn't mind doing it but I just started thinking while we were there that most normal mothers don't take their children to cemeteries for afternoon field trips! Oh well.

As I was downloading the pictures tonight I stumbled across this one from a while back. I'm so proud.

What the Olympics SHOULD be

I'm sad tonight since my parents are leaving tomorrow for home so I needed something to cheer me up and I found this on the internet. He has more routines but I think the bars are the best followed by the beam. Enjoy a chuckle or two.

Prayer Request

We found out yesterday that our maintenance man from school was in a motorcycle accident on his way home. He apparently landed on his head and wasn't wearing a helmet. Please pray for Teddy Calloway. He needs lots of prayers right now. Teddy is more than just our maintenance man. All the children dearly love him and he is a good friend.

AAAUUUGGGGHHHH! School starts in 7 days and my list of 125 things to do before August 25 still has 76 things not crossed off!!!

Book Club

Every blog I read seems to recommend the latest and greatest book out there to enlighten or entertain us. I like to think that this means I have smart friends (and relatives). I love reading and am always looking for a great new author. (Of course with school starting soon, we'll see how much time I have to read!)

Let me join in on the "Book Recommendation" club. I just finished the following book and it was wonderful. It's full of love with some scary parts and lots of drama. Enjoy and let me know what you think!

My week

I am one child short this week. Ally is at church camp in New Mexico! So while we are fighting 107 degrees, she is having to wear a jacket in the evenings. So not fair. This is the longest she's ever been away from home and I'm having a hard time.

My other child is going to day camp at the school. Today was "wet" day. When I went to pick him this afternoon, this is what greeted me....



Apparently it was also "slime" day. At least he had fun.

SHOES!!

I had to show everyone what I just found at Target. They are having a HUGE sale. These shoes were $3 each pair!! So cute. Lots of toys are also clearanced!

Lunch anyone?

There is a new chinese buffet down the street that we decided to try yesterday. Very good food with lots of choices. But then I came across this....



For those of you who can't tell, it is a crawdad and yes, people actually eat these nasty looking things. Don't ask me why a Louisiana dish was on a Chinese buffet but it was. And it was staring at me. All 75 of them sitting there. Staring. Eeewwww. So, being me, I put one of the little critters on my plate and he shared our dining experience with us. (Okay, he had to stay under a napkin the whole time since he was grossing us out.) Then he went on a field trip to our house. I had a whole "Crawdad Tours Texas" blog planned but our kitten found him first and gnawed off his claw. After that it just seemed best to throw the little guy away. Again, just let me say "Eeeewww!"

If It's Not Nailed Down, Out It Goes!!

So what have I been doing the last few weeks? I'm glad you asked. For some reason I got the cleaning/tossing bug. If we haven't looked at something in the last 3 months it either got thrown away or donated. (for an excellent example of the donating, please see Sharla's very sparkely blog). But I may have gotten a bit carried away. This is now my house....



We have also been dealing with domestic problems. My big fluffy kitty has been moping around the house and not eating very well. Since it was time for his shots anyway, I took him to the vet today.



Needless to say, he wasn't happy with me. But on a happy note, he is fine. Apparently he is still just mad that the kitten is still in his house. I may have shocked him out of his funk since today after we got home he actually slept on his chair at the end of my bed (hasn't done that in days). So to keep him from getting lonely, I napped too.

Newest Family Member

I'd like you to meet Maggie, our newest daughter. She is 11 weeks old. Very cute and very much a lap cat (which is what we wanted since the other kitty is definitely NOT).

I was going to write this incredible blog about our "Super Saturday Family Fun Day" last weekend, complete with pictures and a moving poem about the joys of family....but...I can't find the cable to connect my camera to the computer so I had to make due with this.



I think this pretty well sums it up.

Blake told me yesterday that I should get rid of my blog since I don't seem to do anything with it anymore. Hello....it's summer. I'm not suppose to be doing anything. We have basically been lazy bums for the last few weeks (with a few hours of work thrown in). Since we are not going on vacation this year, I decided that our summer theme was going to be "Summermoviepolusa". The kids and I have already seen Kungfu Panda and are waiting until next week to see Wall-E. And we are going to try to go the the dollar movies ALOT! Hey, cheap entertainment and free air conditioning. Not a bad deal.

Have you ever been wasting time on the computer and find yourself at very odd sites with no idea how you got there? That happened to me today. I found myself reliving my childhood with lots of 70's references. No idea how that came about but the kids just laughed and laughed at the stuff we used to watch and do. So for those of you who used to wear plaid pants and can only sing the constitution's preamble thanks to School House Rock, may I present the following...

This means nothing but I laughed when I saw it. Although I do see this in my future at some point.

Blech. What a week. I finally got my house back in order. Of course now I can tell that I need to vacuum and dust. Hey maybe the thieves made that mess too! See, we are still smiling and going on.

I found this guy for sale in a catalog at work and his picture sits at my computer. I thought he sums up things pretty well.

Birthdays, Baseball and Musicals!

Happy birthday to my boy! If you can't tell, the cake is a pokemon ball. Just don't look too closely. I have been so busy at work that I didn't get to make the cake until Saturday night. So it was decorated fairly quickly.
He got to draw what he wanted his cake to look like and of course he choice something from Pokemon. See what you poor families with all girls are missing! The joys of Pokemon! We will be having his birthday party in a few weeks. We couldn't schedule anything until the baseball schedule came out.


Yes, we are spending every Saturday watching little boys play baseball. Blake is coaching his team this year so we get too watch all the boys in the family play. (and Blake has only hit my son twice with a pitch!)

Alyssa had her school's musical this last week. They did a play called "Donkey Tales" that told three stories from the bible about donkeys. It was very good. She had one of the speaking parts so they were off to the side for most of the play.
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Of course when she went to the center of the stage for her solo, other kids blocked my view. I can't tell you how many tapes we have of half her face during a solo! I always seem to sit in the wrong spot. They performed on Thursday night and then did it again on Friday afternoon. All the kids in the play signed the other student's programs after each show. Even Andrew ran around getting all the "stars" autographs

This entry is dedicated to my husband of almost 17 years. This is now his favorite song EVER!!

Yesterday Alyssa and some of her classmates were asked to perform parts of the school's new musical at a church function. So we headed off to the little town of Cleburne for the afternoon. The church was having a "Cowboy Cookout" at a ranch that grows Christmas trees. They had singing groups performing, hayrides, a maze and playareas for the kids, plus cooking around the campfire. Andrew liked the maze and "shooting" area. Alyssa and her friends seemed to like the sack race best. (By the way, Alyssa and crew did a great job performing!) It was really a pretty fun way to spend an afternoon. It almost makes you want to live in a small Texas town, way out from everything. Almost.




By the way, Andrew has lost some teeth. (and the last front top tooth is VERY loose)

Do you realize that two weeks ago we were here? Raise your hand if you are ready to go back!

Today's quote

Raising children is like being pecked to death by chickens.

YEAH!!!

I am so hooked on this show! Hello. My name is Michelle and I am a Dexter addict. I got my first fix during a Showtime preview. I would count the hours until my Dexter would come to my tv. I have been going through serious withdrawl since the preview ended but now I am saved because my show is now on CBS! True, it is a tad morbid, a smidge dark but I still like it! It is starting at the beginning of the series and I came in at the end of the last season but I think I can manage. Now, if you will excuse me, my Dexter is calling to me.