Recap

The week flew by.

Campbell got sicky sick last Monday night. Poor baby. She was in barf-ville, thus, we were all in barf-ville. No sleep for us on Monday night.

She still felt rotten on Tuesday and missed her drill team camp. 

You know a girl is feeling lousy when she doesn't want to d.a.n.c.e.

Thankfully, she was as good as new on Wednesday. I headed to Kerrville to pick up Conleigh. The other mom whose daughter was there and I rode together. It was a great visit and a good time to get to know her better. I was also glad she was driving. :)

We arrived right on time. Girls were very happy. I was so happy they had a good time. After worship, singing, and goodbyes to their counselors and new friends, we headed out.

Within an hour of being home, Conleigh declared boredom! 

C: "It's so boring here - not being at camp."

Mom: "I am so glad you are home."

C: "Mom, I totally could have stayed longer, like a whole week or two. 

Mom, I'm growing up."

Thursday we got to see Campbell Shake it Up with the Westwood Sun Dancers. She was a few steps behind the whole time, but she looked cute and was acting big. 

The kids all went to Acrotex for camp on Friday. I sat and worked for five hours straight, and I have a lot more to do.  The Summer of Learning where we watch videos and take tests over our product content and technology ends this Friday. I gotta get movin'. Then, next week we have conference calls where we get called on and have to demo on the spot. Eek. I'm already dreading it.

We had nothing on our weekend calendar which is ah-mazing!  Grace & Katie came & spent the night on Friday. It was pouring rain. All the kids went out to the trampoline and got beyond soaked. After pizza, lots of silliness ensued.

Conleigh & Katie during the fashion show.

Henry & Alex in the wild, wild west.

I was super duper tired on Friday night and fell asleep in bed before all the kids. Sweet Peter took care of getting everyone in their place.

Saturday morning we went to Krispy Kreme.

The below picture doesn't do justice to the hilarity of this picture.  The grils were getting snapped, and Alex tried to photo bomb, but he jumped and fell through the gate into the serving side of the KK counter. You can barely see him on the left. It was super funny.

After church today, Alex and I took a bike ride. We rode through the neighborhood and took a few breathing breaks. People zoom through out hood, up and down the hills. I was panting after one hill.  We had a good time, and biked up to Subway and ate lunch together.

This afternoon Peter took the kids to Main Event so they could rock climb. I stayed here and worked. Then, the rains came and we all settled in to watch Edward Scissorhands.

Once again, the children couldn't resist the rain, and put on their bathing suits and enjoyed a few raindrops.  It was lightning and thundering though, so that adventure was shortlived.

Conleigh & Alex are jumping from the loud clap of thunder. Campbell is busy collecting roly-polys.

And, that's a wrap!

Convo with Alex

Alex: "Mom, do you miss Conleigh?"

Mom: "Yes. I do. I really miss her."

Alex: "I can't believe you miss her. You just dropped her off yesterday."

Mom:  "Do you miss her?"

Alex: "No! I'm happy!"

A Few Words & A Few Pictures

We took Conleigh to Mt. Wesley in Kerrville yesterday.

She was very excited. I was surprised when there were only 20 kids registered.

I really hope she is having fun. I couldn't sleep last night. She was on my mind.

She has a friend from church there with her and the girls were excited to choose 

their beds and get settled.

Conleigh & Alex chose beds near the door. There are 15 girls in the cabin.

We walked around the camp before check-in. 

Alex & Campbell stayed in Austin with friends. The day was a lot longer than I anticipated, so I was happy they were not on the long ride to and from Kerrville.

On our way back, we detoured to Luckenbach.  Peter and I had never been there, and it was not out of the way at all. We both liked it. Totally laid back, with people playing guitars, a small shop, bar, and carnival food.  We had a beer and got on the road again.

Today Campbell started her drill team camp and then her friend Keira came home with us. They played and then we went to gymnastics.  Alex had soccer this morning, so I got some work knocked out.  This evening we had a glorious storm. A real thunderstorm.  I can feel the grass, trees and flowers smiling.

Our swim team banquet was this evening.  We are proud of all our kids for their hard work on Sharks this year. They got medals this year instead of trophies. I like it.

Campbell wasn't feeling too well, so she said she could only lie down and have her legs crunched up for the picture. You can see the bowl...just in case.

goodnight

Weekend News

 Birthday party at the skating rink!  Nash celebrated his 7th today, and our family was there to help ring it in!

Campbell and her new friend Sadie.

Conleigh won the skating races for 10 and under girls today. She and Emma enjoyed skating.

It was wonderful to not have anywhere to be this morning. Peter bought a lot of mulch and got busy mulching our front yard.  I washed clothes and the kids played on the trampoline.  After lunch, we headed for the birthday party of the weekend.  This evening we ate at Torchy's with the Schultz's.  

Tomorrow we head to Kerrville to take Conleigh to her first overnight camp. She's a little nervous. I hope it is a great start to many years of summer camp.

Independence Day Mantle

 Happy 4th of July!

I like to decorate my mantel.  Honestly though, before I set up this patriotic display, there were still Easter decorations on it.

 Per ususal, I got most of the decorations at Goodwill.  I saw this big tin star there back in June. It had some hideous paint job on it. I wish I had thought to take a picture of the before. Anyway, for the $4.99 price tag, I knew I could make it work. What better than my favorite Cherry Red spray paint (Krylon) to make it pop for the 4th of July.

I found this free printable on a blog. God Bless America...land that I love.  I wish I had bookmarked where I found it, so I could give credit where credit is due. I had it printed at Walgreen's and framed it. The big American flag is something that was passed on to Peter. It was his grandfather's and has flown over the White House. It is really, really big and usually is in a closet. I thought I'd put it out for the holiday.  Inside the jar, is some random red,white & blue fabric. 

Finally, here is my home-made bunting. I had everything here and if you don't look too closely, it looks alright. I had some burlap, so I eyed it and cut out the above shape. Then I took my favorite Cherry Red spray paint and sprayed some of the pieces. I had some blue paint that I just sponged onto the other pieces. We had some white yarn, Elmer's glue, and waa-laah! Bunting!

Our family plans to spend the afternoon at our swimming pool and then see some fireworks!

Happy 4th! God Bless America!

Random phone photos from the week

First step to braces.  Expander going in mid-July.

Breaking ice to get the toys out.

Campbell has some serious tools. Don't mess with her!

Ice cream cookie sandwiches with Daddy's homemade ice cream.

Skating!

 

Campbell doing the limbo.

Derby girl! We love skating!

Our neighbor Cameron hung out with us this week after VBS.

The girls were reading the Guiness Book of World Records before our our outing to the pool today.

The boys chillin' on Animal Jam and the other Guinness Book.

Alex with his new Flat cap.

How many steps can I jump?

Comment Challenge

I'm joining Jenna's Journey Commenting Challenge.    She is a couple of days into the festivities, so I'll just summarize the topics that have already been covered.

My husband and I have lived in Austin for over 13 years already. I have worked as a sales rep for a large publisher for over 15 years and he is a sales manager for a large food distributor. We laugh because Austin has so many technology oriented folks here and neither of us are in that industry.

We love our family of three children and stay busy with their activities. Right now we are in the heat (pun intended) of swim team.  Between practicing and Saturday morning swim meets, June is pretty much of a wipe out on all other fronts.

We like to travel and already made a trip to Destin, Florida this summer with my family. Later in the summer, we'll try to escape the Texas heat as we go to Idaho for a week.  Between vacations, we'll be trying anything and everthing to keep cool while we live on the sun in Texas this summer.