Smores!

No summer is complete without eating plenty of smores and grilled peaches with ice cream. Yum!

Young vs. Old

My brother, Tom, and his family visited last weekend. We a fun day hanging out in the pool. The dads, Blake and Tom, started roughhousing with the kids and a battle began... I think the kids won because the dads were so tired after awhile that they just gave up.

99 Things...

I saw this on another blog and thought it looked fun!

Here are the rules: Bold the things you’ve done and post on your blog!
1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band-does school band count?!!!)
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyworld
8. Climbed a mountain Does a ski lift count?!!! LOL!
9. Held a praying tarantula
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Tower of London
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child--Two kids, actually...
16. Had food poisoning--I thought I was going to die.
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train.--Shanghia to Beijing--What a blast!
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill – It’s called a mental health day!
24. Built a snow fort- I grew up in South Dakota
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Ran a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run Does t-ball count?
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors England and Ireland
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied.
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke!
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies-Won Most Sold award in my troop two years in a row
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving (and never will...)
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy.
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Tianamon Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone-Collarbone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Kissed a stranger at midnight on New Year’s Eve
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating Fish
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life.
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Given birth to a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee

The Chick-fil-A cow really does exist!!!

And I thought he was just a myth.

When the cow started walking towards us, Jack Henry screamed in terror. JH was not impressed and tried to stay as far away as possible.

Wordless Wednesday

Celebrating the embrace of God

On Saturday evening, we baptized Jon Henry. Friends and family came together to celebrate. We had a celebration afterwards at our house. What a wonderful evening! We are very blessed.


Katie Beth and my nephew Michael were the godparents.


My parents with my sister Theresa and my brother Tom.

Warning!

Goofy, lovable, old man on the loose at Target!



The girls and I spent a few days with my dad this week. My mom was out of town for meetings, and my dad was a little "under the weather." So, we hung out with him. We ate, played, shopped, and watched movies. (For you Jane Austen fans, I highly recommend the movie "Becoming Jane" starring Anne Hathaway.)

Look what we found!

Maggie was playing in the backyard the other day and found a bird's nest. How exciting! It is on a lower branch, so I am tall enough to peek in and lift the girls up.

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Pool Time

We finally had a hot, sunny day in our part of the world on a day off. We enjoyed an afternoon in the pool.








Maggie
Katie Beth
Isabella


Jack Henry

She's Back!

Katie Beth is home! We were all so happy to have her home again. We all missed her so much! It's funny how a family is not complete when one family member is gone. The girls and I (plus Jack Henry) picked her up from camp. To celebrate, we ate at Pops! This is a really cool restaurant right outside of Oklahoma City with a huge lit-up soda bottle in the front. They serve great food and have hundreds of different kinds of old-fashioned sodas.

Sisters Up to No Good...

Yikes! Look what happened to Jack Henry when his sisters got a hold of him.

I found two packages of unopened Baby Gap PJ's from Maggie and Isabella's room. Well, I couldn't let these great pajamas go to waste... So, Jack Henry is now wearing them. He doesn't mind the pink because he is secure in his masculinity. Isabella added the pink bow. With three girls, I have a huge drawer full of bows that are never used anymore. They shouldn't go to waste either, should they?

Shhhhh......more fun

Yes, we have been having more fun without Katie Beth. The girls and I, plus the little man, went to McDonald's for breakfast--something we hardly ever do. This was Jack Henry's first visit to Mickey D's in America. He loved playing on the playground with the girls.