Summertime...

Summertime and it's awesome. I'm really enjoying every minute of this summer with my children. Maybe because this is a our last summer before everyone is off to school and then eventually I'll be off working some where... who knows, but it's great. We haven't really done anything more than go for walks, play in the rain (which we get daily for three or four weeks now, probably longer), go to the lake and hang out. It's wonderful. We stay up late, and sleep in, it's vacation, every day, all day! :)

I was going to try to start with the firs day of Summer vacation, which would have been Trevor's last day of school, or the day after, but I don't really feel like it... I have a million and six things to do in the house and make dinner and all that... so I just thought that if I started with today then that would be a good place to start and I would continue on from here...

This morning we all ate some breakfast, hung out and then headed to Wally World for some pictures... got there picked our pics, and waited our hour... then we waited another hour... then finally we realized that our pictures just weren't going to come. We had some conversations with people... some were very friendly and helpful, others not so much... but in the end it all worked out bc Venus from Wal-Mart Photo called and my pictures are ready and... are you ready... they are FREE!! 215 photos FREE!! woo hoo!! Maybe because I was totally cool with Venus, and didn't jump on her about all this... after all there was no reason to be nasty with her... it wasn't her fault at all... it was FUJI... although I am very happy with my prints prior to this... today sucked. We waisted like 3 hrs in Wally World! ugh. BUT the day does have more of a happy ending than that... we rushed home, grabbed some waters, cheese sticks and some crackers, threw our suits on and grabbed some towels and headed to the lake... it was raining some, but nothing that was going to keep us home... not after being in Wally World for 3 hours!!
The kids played and I tried to clean up the beach some for Bryan, and then weeded the flower beds for him... while we were there something caught my eye... it was three houses down... a big pine tree... and in the big pine tree were TWO Bald Eagles! They were amazing! They were HUGE!!! They were close enough to see, but too far for great pics. UGH! but we saw them. And I did try to take some pics... so that is good. We also got to see them fly out over the lake... they are so beautiful and majestic. It was so amazing. The kids got a kick out of it too. They were really good for me in Wal-Mart today so I'm glad they got to do something fun and relaxing and see something awesome! :)

Well we are home now, the girls are in the bath... not enough water today I guess, and T-bone is riding his new bike... we got him a new one on Saturday when we went to make a HUGE payment on our CRUISE!! it's getting closer!! :)

I'm working on dinner and really tired. But if I don't get up now, two things will happen, one, dinner will burn, two we'll all be hungry! lol

ttfn

Happy Friday... again!

So, it has been a week since I have last posted anything! I was doing good for a little while and posting every day, or every other. BUT things have been or at least seem to be soooooo busy lately around here. We are always doing something, or going some where, or have to get something done. I have not been one one whole day this past week. Which isn't a big thing, but it isn't necessarily the norm around here. I'd like a few lazy days of doing much of nothing but hanging out and playing. :) We did that today. We went to the White Lake beach... the fireman's beach and hung out. After, of course, doing a few things around the house. And yet, there is still a few more things to be done still... BUT I'm sure they will wait until tomorrow or the next day... or maybe even Monday. We have a busy weekend planned too, and it starts tonight, with a trip to Middletown. Yippee! I am, although the yippee was sarcastic, looking forward to going. I would be more excited it if were just Bryan and I. Although, I love my kids and don't mind taking them. It is a lot of work to take them any where and, AND, to keep them all smiling and happy!! They are all napping now, our trip to the lake (or as some of us {BROOKE} call it the "pool") has worn them out and they all went right down for me, no questions asked. They all had a little bath and got all cleaned up and the sand out of all the little (horrible) places likes to hide on your body... and off to la la land!! :) Mommy is enjoying this quiet time! I should be doing some laundry, getting ready to go to Middletown... but nope here I sit. lol I found out the other night that I do have some faithful followers ( Marie, Audrey, and Tanya... I may even have more... ) so I'm trying to update this with some info and most important some pictures!! I have some pics from yesterday, we went swimming yesterday at the lake too, but the girls were in the buff and Trev in just his underwear... so I'm going to save those pics for when the kids are older and I can use them as blackmail... just kidding. But, I'm not going to post them today, because they need to be chosen very carefully so that no one is "exposed" on the world wide web!! We do not want that happening!!

BUT, speaking of pictures and being exposed... we ~ the kids and myself ~ are going to be in the Times Herald Record some time this weekend. This very nice lady, named Michelle, who works for the Times, took a bunch of pictures of us today playing around in the water and all that... and she said they will be in this weekend some time. We'll see. I'm going to get three copies and save them for the kids scrapbooks!! :) I know, I know I'm a complete genius to think of that. I know.

There are a lot more pictures, I took 501! Just today. Just at the lake. I know, I know... again. I'm a genius!!! lol. It may seem a little bit excessive for me to take 501 pictures of my kids at the lake today, and we were only there for a little over 2 hours... BUT it will be the only "today" we will have. When today is over, I will still have all those moments captured... and I mean ALL those moments!! Just kidding. I didn't take pictures the entire time, only in the beginning and then a few here and there, and here... that was all. This is also the reason that I have a digital camera... no more developing fee... although I am going to take these some where, some time, and have them printed. Not all 501 of them, but a lot of them. I LOVE LOVE LOVE photographs!! Can't get enough of them!

So, anyway, I gotta get going... so I will post some more pictures this weekend... or maybe not... but we'll see.

Friday night... Middletown

Saturday... Bryan is on-call for work, and he has to go to Larry's, NICK'S Bday party at 1pm

Sunday.... Bryan going to Priscilla's house to finish trim, then paintball, then the Wayne County Fair!!!

Of course there will be pics from most of these things... well the bday party for Nick and the fair!!! :) I'll be back... keep checking in!!!