Friday, July 2, 2010

june 24

i had a great workout at the gym...
my dad came to visit the babes and they had loads of fun and laughs. praying they have a close relationship...
we got to eat cucumbers, fresh from the garden, with our dinner tonight...YUMMO!

june 23

bene daye woke up with a GREAT attitude and our day started out wonderfully...
solved the ant problem (i hope!) by scrubbing the house top to bottom...
got a long, hot, uniterrupted shower and shaved BOTH legs...
had a great quiet time...
went to scotty's for the MOPS transitional dinner...another great night!

june 22

sarah came over to bring dinner swap and we got to sit at the kitchen table and talk. i am thankful for good conversation with sweet friends in the middle of my busy, loud, chaotic days with the babes...
had a hard afternoon with bene daye, BUT i am thankful for the lessons that I learn in the midst of disciplining her...
had a beautiful night with demetrius.

june 21

took the kids to play at fisher park and then went on a nature walk...
got great time with bene daye while levi napped. we did art, read books and ate dumplings for lunch ~ her favorite...
later we cut up the watermelon, ate homemade nachos and set up the sprinkler so the babes could celebrate the first day of summer...
i love, absolutely LOVE, the sound of their squeals and laughter when they are loving life...
right before bed, bene daye and i had a little more girl time ~ drinking hot chocolate, eating chocolate cookies and reading uncle remus tales, while demetrius and levi raced cars...
i love our sweet babes.

june 20

father's day!!!
celebrated demetrius as soon as he woke up this morning. i had a military tag made for him with the children's names and birth dates on it and the babes gave him a sesame street shirt. he LOVED the necklace...
was pleasantly surprised to see the carvers and grandparents at church again...
made demetrius a strawberry cake and headed out to hester park for musep to see songs of water. the weather was beautiful and breezy.

june 19

cut sprigs of spearamint from the garden, made chocolate muffins for breakfast and headed back to chartreuse this morning for the grand opening...
this afternoon, bene daye abd i went shopping for her summer clothes and found some great deals!

june 18

heather called this morning and we met at barber park's new spray ground. LOADS OF FUN ~ we will defintely be there all summer! tonight, the carver's came and kept the children while demetrius and i went to the dedication of chartreuse, paula's new shop...
spent most of the night flirting with my husband and talking it up with melissa and rachel...
awesome night!