Headed to the Lake ....

to camp for the weekend! Yes it is going to be hot, but we will be in the water most of the time. The boys are both taking friends. The suburban is loaded the groceries are bought and packed all that is left to do is fill the coolers and we are out of here. The water should be perfect for playing this weekend. We haven't tubed or kneeboarded all summer, the weather hasn't been exactly cooperating. I know we will all come home sunkissed and tired, but i wouldn't want it any other way.

On a totally different note check go check out Consideryourselfchallenged the new challenge is up. It is an ad inspiration. The Design Team Lo's are up and are really great! You have until the 14th, i think to post your LO'S.

It is almost time for school to start, I can't hardly believe it! We bought school supplies last weekend. Open house, orientation is Monday night for Taylor at the middle school. I can't believe I have a middle schooler, I am not old enough to have a child in 7th grade, am i? Oh well!!

have a great weekend.

Just a few of my favorites....

from vacation. of course i took around a zillion pictures while we were gone, but just wanted to share some of my favs! Last year we did family pictures in white t-shirts and I loved them, but this year i wanted to do something a little more us, so i made tye dye before we left, i really like them, i haven't picked out my favorite of the whole family yet, but i really like this one of all of us looking out at the water. tucker loved the boogie board, the waves were perfect on Monday and Tuesday, they really carried the boys all the way to the shore! FUN!! Too bad Gregg didn't have his sunglasses off in the pic of the two of us, i like it anyways. I will post more pictures later. I am definately going through beach withdrawl. the weather here is great though, we have the house open and it feels good to have the air off. Have a great day!

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.