What I Wore Wednesday

So Lindsey over at the Pleated Poppy has been doing this thing. And she's all cute and her outfits are all cute. And then Lisa over at It's the Little Things did it, and she's way cute and has the way cute outfits and all. So I started thinking that it would be SO much fun if I joined in the fun. Expecially since, on most day's I never change out of my p.j.'s or walking outfit. But that's just the way I roll, so enjoy.


This is what I put on after my shower this morning, thinking I'd wear it all day, but I felt a little 'hawaiian vacation' and all, so I changed.


I put this on, because, let's face it, I was trying to pull off an uber cute outfit for this post alone! But all I did was go to the Farmer's Market, where I sweated like a pig and wished I was on a 'hawaiian vacation'.


And this is what I have on now, cuz it's more me. Apron and all.

Look Out Here It Comes....

So when I'm at a loss as to what to blog about, I just go to my camera. I get all the weird pics, and believe me, there are plenty of them, and I use them as blog fodder....


Take this for instance. Whenever I download my pics I find ALL SORTS of odd pictures of my offspring. Makes for a good time and a loaded down computer.


On a different note, Dave has entered the lovely teenager-ness. He's still my shnoogy bear, but he's got this, 'I'm so bored, please entertain me', kind of attitude.


Take this day for instance, Dave found a turtle to torture. It kept him busy for a whole afternoon. This is Winston, trying to get the turtle to come out and play. I finally put a stop to it when I caught him playing shuffle board with the poor shy-guy.


Spring came and the neighborhood looked a lot different from the front porch. Very green here.


This rose bush is my favorite, except when it got over grown and tried to attack me while going in the back door. NOT a good day. Sweetie pruned it for me, no more thorns in my hair.


The back deck is such a good place for a good peaceful sit. One particular evening it was Ladies Nite here, we sat out on the deck, it was my night to give my testimony. Half way through we got cold and had to go get blankets, we sat like old grandma's under our blankets and laughed into the evening. Very precious night.


I had no idea these were here, but on this one day, I decided to walk ALL THE WAY around the house and found these. Beautiful!


This is my favorite room in the house, the sunroom. Ahhhhhhhhhh, the peace.


In May, Calvin and I got to go to Washington DC with our homeschool co-op. We had SUCH a great time.


Calvin and I in front of Mt. Vernon. So pretty. The house, not us.


Calvi and I in Union Station. So big.


Me and my friend Courtenay. On the top of the double decker bus. We almost lost our lives that day, by too many low laying branches. DC needed to work on their tree trimming.


Mr. James got us into the Capital building on our last day. A totally cool day.


Here we are, the whole co-op group. Precious people.


When Sweetie took Dave to California, I took Calvin out on a date. Outback Steakhouse, the boy got the biggest steak, and ate the whole thing. Very impressive.


I can't believe I didn't take a picture of the HUGE hydrangea bushes that we have in front of the house. They bloomed in late May/early June and were GORGEOUS!!! This is just ONE of the many bouquets that I made with them.


We went bowling one day, as a family. When it gets too hot, we go bowling. These are Sweetie's legs. I'm a total sucker for his legs. See those shoes, he used to wear bowling shoes for regular shoes. He can totally rock the bowling shoes.


My boy, Calvi, bowling.


My baby, Dave, bowling.


Me and my crazy boys. Why do they act like such goof balls.


And me and my Sweetie, oh my, how I love this guy.


Have I mentioned before that my Dave is just, 'so cool'.


One of my favorite friends adopted twins from Russia this past winter, here we are at the pool. My big toe was quite entertaining. And they are very much in my heart.


Just a couple weeks ago, Sweetie took me to California, just the two of us. Here we are at the Padre game. Good times.

Wow, quite a little scrap book this turned into!

Sorry It's Been So Long, The Sequel

mahahahaha, I know I'm just SOOOOoooooo funny!


See we're all here. Including Mr. Football head in the back seat.

Just thought I'd give you a little teaser. I'm back and I'll share more tomorrow. Thanks for being SO patient.

Sorry It's Been So Long

It's just me and the Davester around here right now. Cuz Sweetie and the Calv are in Israel for 12 days. The goobers.



See Sweetie? We miss him.



See Calvin? We miss him too. See his mustache?



Can you see it now? He calls himself the Spaniard. He's funny. He also said that my Potato Salad that I made for Easter had too many potatoes in it. He's hilarious. I miss the Spaniard.



Here are some pictures from the past month or so...


I snapped this picture, this is what Dave does when Sweetie gets home from work. Precious. I do this to, but it doesn't work the same, I don't understand why.


Remember this photo?

Yep, not much has changed.


The guys went on the Men's Retreat with our church. This is Dave about 4 hours before they needed to leave. He was VERY ready, and yes, they played golf, and yes, Dave smoked 'em.



This is a normal scene in the sun room every morning. I thought they were so cute with their dueling laptops.




I got to go to California to see my family, stayed for a week. Had so much precious fun. The first day, was tea at Grandma's house. It was a little yucky, but we got through it, as long as Marcie didn't look directly at the Deviled Eggs, and I pretended that the Tuna Salad was really Chicken Salad.



Staying at my parents house is so much fun when I go to California. Memories EVERYWHERE! I found this in their driveway... Do you see the little hand prints? First of all, that's my foot. (I know, cute shoes, that's not the point.) The big hand print is my niece Mallory, she was like 5, she's about to turn 17. The middle hand print is my Calvi, he was 2. TWO PEOPLE! But see the wee-one, that precious little-itty-bitty hand...that would be the Dave's hand...he was like 1 month old. ONE. MONTH. OLD. {{sigh}}



This is the stepping stone in the back yard garden. Again, that's MY foot. (Enough about the shoes, people, yes, they are VERY comfortable too!) But the big foot is my niece's foot. The middle foot is the Calvi's little two year old foot, such a cute foot. And the wee-one, yep, that would be the Davester foot. I could stick the hole thing in my mouth, and often did. I don't do that anymore, they aren't as tasty as they used to be. {{sigh}}



We went to Mexico one day. Got to see the places my Daddy has worked. The orphanage, the deaf school. My Daddy, he's such a servant. It was a very special day. This is Marcie's girl, she cried when we left.



Daddy also took us shooting one day. Yep, this is Marcie all loaded and ready to go. Be afraid, be very afraid.



This is my Mama. She's an excellent marksman, you SO would NOT want to break into her house. We call her Annie Oakley. Don't let the classy exterior fool you, she'd totally take you out.



Lancie helping my niece Mallory be brave while she shot. She shoots like her Auntie. She shoots the dirt in the mountain, makes me so proud.



And this is my Daddy, the man behind all the fun!



And this is Me and My Sister. Not the best picture, but I don't care. I love my sister. She's a hoot. She even re-made her guest room for me to come and stay with her. And got me my own little box of See's Candy and handpicked all my favorites. Perfection.


There were so many other fun things about the trip...a day out with Sara, the mostest-funnest time at Jay's sister's house seeing all the family, Daddy making me his french toast, eating Rubio's fish tacos & churro, laying on my mama's bed and talking with her, mexican food (REAL mexican food) with my Auntie Joyce & Uncle Don, visiting our renters and doing a walk through of our house, they are so sweet, playing spoons with the family and getting a 'little' loud....and so much much more.


Oh, and I can't leave this photo out....Dave (and Jay) entered in the Awana Grand Prix at church. They built this car themselves. See those lego heads...that would be them. Sweetie had gotten a little frustrated the night before (since he remembered at 9pm that the race was the following morning and they were NO WHERE near being done with the car)...when it came time for Dave to pick out the lego heads, he kept trying to find the one with the grumpy face 'to be Dad'...nice. They won the reward 2nd place for design, I think it was Jay's face that sealed the deal.


That's pretty much it...until I get some goofy photos of my two big men covered in Dead Sea Mud and a photo of the remains of the fish that Sweetie ate by the Sea of Galilee.

Me and my Dave, just a couple more days. We're keeping ourselves comforted with lots of fun and a few Sonic drinks!