Happy Fourth of July!!

I hope that you all are enjoying a wonderful 4th with your families! Last night I met my sister and mom at a neighborhood park to watch the fireworks at the Wold Golf Village. The kids had a blast playing on the playground while waiting for the show to begin. Mom brought a TON of glow in the dark bracelets for the kids to play with. Little did we know how helpful they would be!



As the evening ticked away and the night sky grew dark; we found it was next to impossible to see the kids playing out on the field. Even with them standing right next to us! But thanks to the other worldly glow of the glow sticks, we were able to find them pretty easily!!! See for yourselves!:

The fireworks were- eh. Nothing exciting, but the kiddies loved them. That's all that matters, right? Saturday is the REAL celebration anyway! It's Alexis' 7th birthday!! Woo-woo-woo! We are having a family party for her tomorrow and a second party on Tuesday for her friends. It's going to be a Karaoke Party! No, I WILL NOT be singing! I'll tell you all about that later!

Until then, be good and God bless!

Growing up...

I was made very aware this weekend of the fact that all the little people in my life are growing up- FAST! It's a sad fact that makes me both proud and a little nostalgic for the days when they were all little! Alexis has been an avid gardener since the time she could toddle out to the garden with her PaPa. She loves to grow tomatoes, datil peppers, carrots, and strawberries. She's now purchased a ridiculous number of Lady Bugs to help protect her precious produce from the ravages of other buggies.

Cora delighted in watching them swarm all over in their plastic container. "Dem Sissy's budggies!" She's talking so much! And once again I will say that she is too adorable. Sunday she found a pair of tongs and went around pretending that she was "Bob"- one of Alexis' hermit crabs and pinching everyone with her "claw"! "My Bob! MY Bob!" Which translates into, "I'm Bob! I'm Bob!" She refers to herself as "My Tora!" when you ask her who she is, and when you ask how old she is she replies, "My two!" Oh, and now you can ask her WHAT she is and she says, "My a durl. Deucie hims a boy!"

Deuce is growing up as well, and loosing that "little baby" look every day. He has one of the sweetest smiles I've ever seen! Man, oh man! Is he EVER a momma's boy. My sister has her work cut out for herself!

I took Alexis to see her bestest friend Celine in her very first dance recital. Lexie has been in dance for years now, so she was so excited to see Celine in her first! "Beans" as she is sometimes called did wonderful!!! She was so cute and all the other girls were watching HER to remember their dance steps. She took this dance stuff SERIOUSLY! And then on Friday her mom took her to get her hair cut for the summer. May I present...The new Summery Celine.....

She LIVES!!!!!!

Contrary to popular opinion; I am indeed still kicking. In fact I've been pretty darn busy! I realized today that it has been close to a month since the last time I posted. I miss not blabbering on and on about me and my ridiculously exciting life, and I know how much you've missed reading about it all! Actually, I have missed writing, but with school wrapping up and schedules changing... I have had a hard time working in a new time to blog. I usually blog when there's a lull in school or during breaks. Since that's over for right now I'm going to have to set aside a new time to blog.







As I write this I am sitting poolside, overlooking as the munchkins take their daily dip in the swimmin' hole. It is a stunningly beautiful day here! The sun is shining in all it's glory, while the wind gently brushes the heat away. I could sit out here all day! (I promise I won't blog that long, though! Ha! Ha!) I know, I have such a hard life. I think I'll just take a moment to catch you all up on a few things...











Like I mentioned; SCHOOL'S OUT FOR SUMMER! Not forever, just for the summer. We've already had to beat down the boredom beast! We had to compile an "I'm Bored" list. This list is clearly displayed for all to see, and when someone declares "I'm bored!" they are referred to said list, where they choose an activity to do. Everything from playing a board game to swimming are on this list. We add to it as we think of other things to do. Believe it or not, it really has worked! At first we had to remind them to consult the list when they declared their boredom, but after a few times they started doing it on their own. Several times the kids have even gone to the list themselves to find something to occupy their time. I think we can officially call the "I'm bored!" list a success!











Lots has been going on, on the family front. Somethings I'm not quite ready to blog about. Please keep my sister and her family in your prayers, they could use them right now. Both Alexis and Celine have their dance recitals coming up soon! This will be Celine's first, Alexis is an old pro at them, this being her fourth- I think! Cora is talking up a storm! She surprises me every time I see her! Both she and Deuce had their first hair cuts recently. Deuce looks like a little man! I'll share some of the pictures I took of them this weekend.






























Well, I think that will be all for now. I promise to blog again soon!

Be good and God bless!

Deuce is ONE!!!!

It is hard to believe that my precious little nephew is ONE YEAR OLD today! He is getting so big! As much fun as it is to say, "Deuce is ONE!"; it will be even MORE fun to be able to say, "Deuce is TWO!" You know, since "Deuce" means "two"? OK kinda corny, but he is a "junior"; named after his Daddy- so that makes him the Deuce. That's what his Daddy says, at least.

He has learned so much in his short year. For instance, he has mastered crawling, and is now quite the pro at walking! He has grown a number of teeth, and is now eating solid "grown up" foods with them! He's just begun trading stocks on Wall Street, and we have high hopes of him making his first million before his second birthday. OH, and he has a sure-fire way of breaking any fall or tumble with his forehead! We're even considering hiring him out to other toddlers for instructional purposes. He's just that good at it! My what a little person can learn in the span of just a year!

This Sunday we had a little pre-birthday celebration for the little guy. Later we will have a proper party to mark this special milestone. Katie was thinking of a "Farm" theme. Actually, in our family people don't really get a birth"day"; it's usually more like a birth"week" or sometimes a birth"month". Deuce is no different. Seeing as he and his sister's birthdays are only 2 weeks apart they get a giant joint birthday party. But to mark today Katie was going get him a cake and let him practice blowing out candles. He wasn't too good at it on his first attempt. He sure liked the way the candle sparkled, though! Deuce's daddy instructed his mommy that if she DID get a cake today, that it needed to be chocolate. Why? "No sissy yellow cake with fluffy icing for my boy! And absolutely NO girly sprinkles on the top!", I believe those were his words. Well, as you can see from the picture above, we already did the "sissy" cake, so I guess he could stand one that was a little more macho. Is there such a thing a a macho cake? If there is, Chris will find it! It'll probably be camouflaged- then my hope would be that Deuce could find it to blow out the candles!

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HAPPY FIRST BIRTHDAY, CHRISTOPHER DOUGLAS!

You are very loved and very blessed!

And WE are blessed to have you in our lives! Have a wonderful day, all of you!




God bless and be good!