Future Mr. and Mrs.?

My friend Shannon and I joke about setting these two up and at the wedding, displaying this picture on their wedding table..ha!

Yesterday was a pretty decent day and we had a play date and Toby came over for a swim. Today is going to be sunny too and I would imagine more pool time.

I am looking forward to a 3 day weekend coming up ( July 4th) seems like July 4th marks the half way point till summer is over and school starts again.

That alone is bitter sweet.

Enjoy your day

Laura

Rainy Day

Today was kind of a blah rainy day, so we went to the library this am and loaded up a fresh batch of books, did a little painting, watched a few videos and kind of hung out.

To me, this has been a weird spring/ summer. It's been raining a lot and seems more fall-ish than summer...but I will take this over 16" of snow and -40 anyday.

I found a couple rainy day projects to do with the kids on the internet for the future rainy days...... sometimes it's nice though so theres an excuse to just sit home and kick back. :) So grab the kids, a blanket, a good book, pop some pop corn and have a tickle fight under the covers if you wish.......

Here's hoping tomorrow is sunny..... the pool is calling

Laura

Father's Day, a trip to Grandpa's farm and some new loot

Yesterday, we went up tho Brad's parent's for Father's day. The kids had a blast there. ( Brandon and Jayden are at their Dad's for part of their summer visitation till next Sunday) We gathered together, and as usual, ate a lot of yummy food. When we were there, Brad's Mom gave me a old toy box ( its all wooden and beat up looking like I like it) and it was also filled with Brad's toys from when he was a kid...so we brought that home as well...the only down side to this is I'm having a panic attack over the extra toys cluttering the house and it's sending me into a cleaning and organizing frenzy...... But at least the kids are happy.

Abby also got a tub of hand-me-downs from her cousins and in the tub was some very cute little costumes for her to play with.....this was one of them. She loves it ( thanks Aunt Angie ) It's like Christmas time around here.

I hope all you Dad's had a great Father's Day. :) Now, if you will excuse me. I need to go de-hoard some more

Laura

A morning hike.....

We took a morning hike this am.....we went with a friend of ours and her kids.....love getting out in nature......bugs and all :)

Good Morning

Nope. Didn't make these pancakes today.....cereal and milk here folks. But I do love me a good pancake. The pancake pictured is a a homemade from scratch recipe I made from a cookbook my cousion June gave me. I love family and Church cookbooks....

Ok so anyway, I laid in bed last night thinking about my new Blog and my first post. I always second guess myself.....constantly......." Did I sound stupid?" "How many spelling errors were there?" ( And I just saw you can do a spell check on here so I will DEF be using that) " Will anyone read my blog?" ( I see I already have 3 followers thanks guys :) " IS the layout ok?" "Did I remember to stick the load of clothes in the dryer?"

I think practice makes perfect. I had a few people tell me they hated their Blogs when they first started. I have so many ideas buzzin in my head. I have a friend Ivy ( I am trying to figure out how to post her as one of my favorite blogs I follow on my page) anyway, she has the most amazing blog.....and she's an amazing photographer...IF I can get her "tag" on here....You should go check out her blog. Actually a lot of my friends have neat blogs and I need to tag them all.

Anyway ( do I say anyway a lot?) It is a beautiful morning here and I may go out and sit on my front porch and drink my coffee and watch all the cars, joggers, and runners go by) Enjoy your day......take a hike, read outside on a blanket, blow bubbles, run barefoot in the grass.. :)

See you again soon

Laura

Here we go

Ok... so here I am....starting a blog....I have no clue what I am doing...I think I have actually attempted this a couple times and just gave up. Ok so, the purpose of a blog I guess is to basically just rattle off things that come to your head or talk about your daily struggles, or share wonderful news with friends and family.

First of all..all that know me, know that I cannot spell or use correct grammer to save my life. I also have ADD...so most of my blog posts will be all over the board..... " today we made cookies, played in the yard, read books oh look theres a little birdie sitting on the deck...... oh and we watched Franklin in the Dark and then blew bubbles and then...did I remember to thaw meat for dinner tonight?" that's how I think all the time.....

I love a clean home.....is my home clean? hell no. That wont happen till my kids are long gone from the house..... I enjoy baking, beer tasting, running, and photography... I recieved a new camera for Christmas from my husband and am still learing.

So anyway, this first post is cheesey , I know. It will get better. I will share photos, my favorite things, and my thoughts and happenings with you.....

Well I better go. I have my 2 year old grabbing my arm and my 4 year old screaming at me....(enter xanax)

Laura