God Bless America, Land that I love

Stand beside Her and guide Her

Through the night with the Light from above

 From the mountains to the prairies

To the oceans white with foam 

God bless America

 My home sweet home 

GOD BLESS AMERICA

 My Home Sweet Home



Have a Happy 4th!



When Ty raids the suitcase:

Ty:  "'Wook! I'm Cate!!!"

The "Girl Date"-

Thursday the girls and I headed to Memphis for our "date night."

Too excited to smile (or so Halle claimed):

Much better:

 Ty stayed at the gym with JD (believe me, he was thrilled.)

 First, they got to pick a restaurant.  Olive Garden was their mutual choice. 

 Then for the fun-

The play was adorable- the cast was all High Schoolers and under (mostly elementary-aged), and for my "Annie"-loving girls, it was beyond perfect. 

Except it wasn't very long.

When it was over, Cate just sat in her seat with her arms crossed.  When I asked what was wrong she said, "That. Play. Was. SHORT."  But she brightened up and chattered on and on when I asked about her favorite parts.  :)

Little stuff.

These are the moments I'm afraid are slipping away:

The everyday stuff that we rush through.

The little things that I thought (when Halle was a baby) that I would remember forever. 

I like moving on- it's fun when each kid learns something new or needs little less from me.

But I hope I remember how little they were.  And goofy.  And fun.

 Because it's going by so quickly. 

(Halle- 2 months):

Life this week:

The new preschool corner is functioning:

Cousin Jake is staying with us and going to one JD's camps (in blue):

 We're spending as much time as possible in the pool: 

Flips!:

We're halfway through this crazy week and, as Halle said this morning, "The fun is about to start!"  We've got a special night planned tomorrow night (just girls) and then GranGran and Pepa are coming, and then we're heading out of town again! 

(Maybe there is a good reason it feels like the summer is flying by...)

Fishes

It's like we have two totally different girls in the swimming pool now.  For the past two weeks (since we came back from Louisville) they have been swimming like fishes and neither one wears floaties anymore (very often, anyway)!  It's crazy.  Today they were both begging me to throw them.  I love it.

This video is the first night we went swimming with our *new* kids.  :)

Sometimes I dream that he is me...

  "I'm like CORBIN!"  -Ty
(BMC player)

I thought it was hilarious awhile back when I asked someone if they remembered those glass Gatorade bottles with the skinny necks.  The girl looked at me like I had grown two heads.  For real- 30 is old...