Back to reality....

We got home last night at about midnight. As usual vacation was awesome. We just enjoyed the sunshine, sand and the not schedule! Of course it never rains when we are in Perdido, until this year...we had one day that was almost a total wash out, but only one and then the sun was out the rest of the time! It is so much easier to leave on Saturday morning if the rain is falling then, but no luck yesterday, the sun was shining and the surf was beautiful, so of course I cried when it was time to go, yes i really did. I love the ocean, the sound, the smell, the salt, the sand, all of it. I love that we just relax, I love that no one has to be anywhere or do anything specific. I don't know if I would tire of it if I was there all the time, but i would be willing to give it a try and see how I felt, Ha!
Anyways now i have to unpack and put everything away and go to the store, Yuck! Taylor leaves for camp in the am so I have to get him packed for that...and then we have to go back to work. On the happy side, i have great pictures to scrap!! I have got to get my all about me page loaded onto the consideryourselfchallenged website and also get my next page done for that. Well i hear my suitcase calling me and I guess i should listen! I will post some pics from the beach tonight!

Been a few weeks since I'v e posted. We have been busy enjoying the summer and no schedule! We are packing up today to head to the beach for a week bright and early in the morning!! This is my favorite week of the year, i love vacation and i LOVE the beach! This year the Durr's are going with us. They are good friends and we always have a good time together, their son Brandon, who is Tucker's best friend, has never been to the ocean. Can't wait to enjoy this first with him.

The boys new "thing" is these air soft guns. They shoot little plastic bb's out of them...they shoot them at each other. Currently in my backyard their are four boys having a war. Not for me, but they seem to be enjoying it.

The Scrapbook Generation Design Team has officially got the blog up and going. It is going to be so fun. Check it out http://www.consideryourselfchallenged.blogspot.com/. The first challenge will go up Saturday.

Have a great week and don't forget to check out the new blog!

What a day!!

Just s few shots of the fun from the day, prior to the rain! The boys all caught really good fish. Tucker's weighed in at a little over 3lbs. Tucker also lost a really good one at the boat or so the story goes...anyways it was fun to see them get reved up about the fish.

Day at the lake....

maybe maybe not. We are waiting out the rain to see if we can head down. We may put it off till Sunday. It's no fun to play in the water if your getting rained on, plus no sun! If we don't go sown I think we will drive to Grove and watch the Bass Master weigh in, not my idea of a great time, but what do you do when you live in a house full of fishermen? They love to wach the big guys weigh in and they like to see all the boats with the sponsors wraps. (think NASCAR, on the lake)

Hope everyone has a great Sturday no matter what you're doing!

Thanks for riding with us!! Thanks Katie for hanging back with me, when I know you could have ridden faster. It meant so much to us that you guys were there.

I DID IT LAST TIME....

if i never heard this response again when I asked the boys to do something it would be too soon. Today it was the response i got when i asked them to vacuum their room. You have to understand, these two don't have to do much...they have to feed their pets, they have to make their beds, occasionally i trow an extra chore or two their way, but not much. Back to this morning, it was a battle to see whidh one would actually have to do the job. Finally i said," don't do it, i don't know what i was thinking asking you to work on your summer vacation!" They both looked at me and shrugged and didn't vacuum the floor. Fast forward to dinner tonight, I made Gregg and I dinner and we sat down to eat, (enter Tucker) "what's for dinner?" my response, and I am still smiling over this one, "I made dinner last night!" he just looked at me, shocked, mortified that i had not prepared his meal! It only gets better, Taylor started looking for his favorite pair of shorts a few minutes ago that he wanted to wear to the gym in the morning...he asked,"mom did you wash my shorts?" My response, "I did it last time!" I could make this work for me! Yes, i will go back to cooking for them and doing their laundry, but for a few days it will be fun to say, I DID IT LAST TIME!

The girls on the Scrapbook Generation design team are going to start a blog of challenges. It's going to be really cool. Can't wait! The first challenge will be an all about me page, fun!

It's going to be a wonderful weekend, HOT! I will probably even get in the lake this weekend. The boys have all been in already, but it has to be pretty warm for me to jump in. I think we are planning to spend the whole day playing on the water Saturday! taylor wants to get the kneeboard out for the first time this year. It's always fun to spend the day playing, and hanging out with friends, can't wait!

What a good feeling....

it was to ride on Saturday! We got to the golf course, where the ride took out of, at about 7 am, it wasn't hot yet! We weren't scheduled to leave until 9 am but part of our team was riding the 62 mile course and they left at 7:45 and we wanted to see them off! Joe, Marcia, Jeff, Wendy and Zane all headed out on the 62 miler. Gregg,myself, the boys, Katie, Scott, Jerry, and Tiffany all did the 15 mile. That was more than enough for me and Tucker. It was fun, but we were done by the time we got back, I think the rest of our group could have gone the 30 miles, but they stuck with us! All in all our team raised alittle over $5000. I am so proud and can't wait to double it next year! Every 21 seconds someone is diagnosed with diabetes, more women die each year of diabetic complications than from breast cancer...we ride because we want a cure! I hope that in my lifetime that a cure is found.