Finally . . .

We went.  We saw.  We LOVED!

 I had several other pictures of our trip to the movies, but, for the life of me, can't seem to find them.

So, what else have we been doing?

No much.

But here are a couple pictures of the dogs!

 And a flower design that I practiced on Daisy's cake.

(Dawn made the cake and I added the flower)

 And our attempt at face painting, a great way to kill a rainy afternoon.

 I found a how to video on You Tube for a dinosaur.

Logan was happy with it, so it's all good!

We are busy getting ready for our trip to Oregon so probably no posts till we get up there.

I can't wait to get to cooler weather!

9 days and counting . . .

 

So Chloe will be done with book 7 just in time to see the final installment on the big screen.

Since the whole family will be going, we won't be going to the midnight showing.  But we'll all be there, bright and early Saturday morning, eager for our day of family bonding with all our Hogwart friends.

Most boring post EVER!

SO.... we've been laying low the past week or so.  It's been WONDERFUL!

Unfortunately, the down side to that is that we really have no exciting photos to share.

Craig and I celebrated our 15th wedding anniversary with a nice dinner out and a movie.  

But, alas, no pictures.

We had a little BBQ with several friends and had a blast.  But again, no pictures.

Since we are in the middle of a horrible drought, we will have no neighborhood fireworks show. 

  Which, means...yep, no pictures.   

So what can I show you?

Well we did get some rain....A lot of rain in a little amount of time to be exact. 

  It's been far too long since we've had a rain storm like this.  

And we did get to the movies today with Gary and Dad to see Transformers 3.   It was pretty good.  But, if you ask me, I'd say those darn Autobots took WAY too long to kick some Decepticon butt.   The movie would have been much better if it were about 1/2 an hour shorter.... But that's just my 2 cents.

 Logan liked it.

And I was working with our three delinquents on their obedience skills.   

Sitting for this picture was about as far as we got.

But I like to think we've made progress...

And we went to Splashtown...again.

So that's it.   

We'll be winding up this 4th of July sitting on the couch, watching Rocky III and eating ice cream.

Which, honestly, sounds fantastic!

Night!

Old Friends

The only thing better than making new friends . . .. 

Is reconnecting with old ones.

Jodie and I met 17 years ago, in the October new hire class at AirTouch Cellular. Jodie was there to help me plan my wedding and even made the 400 mile journey to Lake Tahoe to  help celebrate with Craig and I.

We hadn't seen each other in 12 years, since the day she moved to Arkansas to begin a new adventure.    Seeing her again was just like old times, with the addition of some adorable boys and a husband I finally had the pleasure of meeting.

Seeing Jodie made me realize that, a true friend will be just as special to you, whether you've seen her 12 minutes or 12 years ago.

Love ya Jodie.

And we will definitely be heading your way soon for a visit!

My Summer Project

 I saw one of these and just had to try to make one.  I ran right out and bought some thongs (YES, where I come from, we call them thongs!)  and a few embellishments and got right to work.

 Logan's teacher had one of these on her back fence by her pool.  

Which really is where it should be.

But I loved it so much I had to put it on our front door.

It says Beach Bum Hideaway

I can't wait til Craig gets home to see it.

He is gonna LOVE it!  

(did you catch the heavy sarcasm in that?)

But...no matter... I love it.

When it falls apart, Chloe will have 6 new pair of thongs to wear!  

Now that's recycling!

Our down time

So we finally got a little down time, here's what we've been doing.

Made a cake for our friends movie party.

Eating LOTS of shaved ice.

 

Celebrated Craig's birthday with a date night with our friends Paula and Hector at Benihana.

 

(and yes, I did eat all of his birthday ice cream)

 Saving birds that fly into our house.  This little guy came flying in after we got home from Benihana's. You know it's hot out when the birds don't even want to stay outside!

Curled Chloe's hair.

Lisa, Ally, I finally got those curlformers.  They worked great until the humidity got to her. 

But she loved it so I have no doubt we'll be using them again soon.

And going to Splashtown A LOT!

Peace out!

San Antonio

Craig left for San Antonio for a work conference on Wednesday.  Thursday he called me and said I'd better bring the kids since they had their own little water park there at the hotel.  So Friday morning we packed up the mini van and high tailed it to the JW Marriott for a mini vacation courtesy of Integrity Title.

The place was incredible.  Could easily give The Disney Grand Hotel a run for their money.

The kids loved that we had our own little balcony.

But that was nothing compared to their pool.

They had four water slides that could rival our local Splashtown.  With life guards catching you at the end and litterally walking your tube over to the stairs for an easy exit.  Each time asking how your trip was and if there was anything they could do to make your stay nicer.

 And, honestly, other than handing me a Smirnoff Ice to enjoy on my way down the slide...

I couldn't think of a thing!

The kids loved the stairwell.  

Being use to Holdiay Inn Express' they'd never seen one this fancy.

After swimming most of the day (all while Daddy was hard at work in his fancy meetings and his fancy dinners) we walked around the property and took some pictures!

(I found this cool 'movie grain' mode on my camera and tried it out)

Then we were invited to join the S'mores campfire on the East lawn and, like, we would really pass that up.

So we headed over and were  handed a stick already loaded with marshmallows.  All the kids had to do was roast them, then they took them back and the staff stacked the s'mores and handed them back with a napkin and a glass a water. 

Yep, it was pretty cool!

After we got back to the room, Chloe just had to use their robe.

We can't wait till Craig's next conference!

America's next top model

Beauty beyond words