Tuesday, August 6, 2013

Takin' A Break from the Grind!

Kailey and Justin have been working for me tons this summer over at the house.  After a week of the hardest most exhausting and messy work of tearing out all of the floors and grinding them back to smooth I decided we all needed a break from working and gave everyone the day off and an invite to join us on the boat.  Kristie came as a little treat for me! That day was such a treat for all of us!


Drewby Love.  I adore this boy!


 silly kids

 my cute guy

 messin' around

 pure joy

 I really make the DUMBEST faces while wakeboarding!
 Hasn't happened since my gymnast days on the uneven parallel bars!
 Love the friendship these two have developed.  
Happiness

A Visit from Nan

Most of my best memories from this summer have happened at the lake.  These are pictures from a quick trip out to the lake when Nan came to visit a few weeks ago.  I love that lady with all of my heart, and I love that all of my family feels the same way!









Busy Brynne

As busy as we have been with projects at the house, I've been desperately trying not to make my kids feel like they've been gyped out of a fun summer
At the end of June we were lucky enough to have my niece Emily come visit us for almost 2 weeks. It was awesome because it kept Brynne happy and occupied.  One of the highlights of the visit were seeing Despicable Me 2.  Brynne had begged to see it on opening day and had been counting down to it for weeks.  
The show was adorable and so funny! I think Jeff and I enjoyed it just as much as the girls did!
I also loved watching how much fun these cute cousins have to together!
Wes and Kailey took them to Wild Water one day and they had a blast, but Brynne has decided she doesn't want to go back until she is 48" because of their new rule that you must be that tall to go on the rides regardless of how great a swimmer you are.
They loved taking turns sleeoing at our house and at my moms and spent lots of time swimming.  Emily even feels comfortable swimming in the deep end now!
After Emily left Brynne had a sleep over with Reagan.  They loved making brownies and having Jeff squirt ridiculous amounts of whipped cream into their mouths.
We also had a fun visit from Tara and her kids. 
One day we had a big storm pass through just minutes after Brynne and Ashlyn had gotten into the pool.  They didn't care how wet it was outside.  They just swam and swam.
We are down to the last two weeks of summer before school starts and I hope these are the moments Brynne remembers more than all the dusty hours working on the house!

Saturday, August 3, 2013

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

This girl right here had the sweetest idea when she found out a friend was having her first girl after all boys.
She sent out a message to a bunch of us inviting us to come decorate the outside of our friends house in anything pink!
We were giggling like a bunch of 13 year old girls as we parked around the corner and then made our way over to their house
She asked me to bring my camera to take pictures but my battery died on my good camera and all I had was my iPhone.
I was having such a hard time getting the pictures to focus in the dark so I had to keep retaking the same one.
All the flashing finally caught the attention of her husband and he came walking up to the front door. We all scrambled across the street, flip flops loudly slapping the pavement and all of us feeling our age.
All except the two Susies and Erin who somehow lost her phone on thier front lawn! 
We were cracking up as they crouched behind cars and garbage cans and waited until after our friend came out with her husband to see our decorating skills.
Finally the coast was clear and we were able to text the phone so that it would light up on the grass and was found.  
It's been years since I have done anything for TPing other than occasionally driving and I forgot how fun it is!  We thought our secret was safe when we left that night, but somehow our friend found out exactly who had been there. Oh well, at least it means I can share our fun night on here!  

Lovely Ladies

 Lovely
Little
 Ladies
Lipsycing
 Lake
 Loving
 Lounging
Laughing 
 Leaping
Looking
 Leaving