Sports camp

Allie, Zach, and Garrett braved the heat for sports camp last week (It was above 100 deg one day).

This is about the most pitiful attempt we could muster at getting a first day picture.

They golfed, swam, and played tennis (in theory I guess!)

Katie and I pretty much camped out at the pool while they did their stuff with Mary, David, and Colson.  It was such a fun week!

One day we noticed there was not much tennis going on among the five year olds.  I'm afraid Garrett just dragged the ball hopper around the court.

And then we swam some more.  

We wore these cuties out!  They all crashed very easily at night which gave Katie and me free time to catch up which rarely happens. Love you sis and thanks for coming!   Mandy you are COMING next year!  We will send them all maybe:)  I am ever thankful for all my sisters..the one I grew up with and the ones I grow with all year long.  

GOING going

It is unbelievable to me that summer is almost half way over!  

We have had so much fun spending time with our families in June.  It just happen to fall this way, but in the month of June, we have spent every week with cousins or grand parents.

Love this girl!  Abby loves loves her cousins.  I don't ever see her is the problem because if she's not playing with one, she's playing with another.

How's was that cake Cols?

Last weekend we walked in a "Race to Remember."  There was a huge turnout of families walking or running to remember their little ones.

Reese's family!  You are loved and remembered much.

I think Allie wasn't planning on running, because she drank a big ole coke the first mile.  Jason took off pushing the boys, and Allie decided she'd tag along.  I told her she couldn't stop because she'd be alone.

They finished somewhere in the 40 minute range (her first 5k).  To hear Jason's rendition of the story was hysterical.  I don't know if I felt more sorry for Allie or Jason!  (Allie who couldn't stop or Jason who had to hear her screaming, "I CAN'T DO IT!" for two more miles."  

What a great weekend!  Katie and the boys came here the rest of this week for sports camp.

That's a whole another post:)

But it gets a huge thumbs up!

Birthday

We had a great time celebrating hub's birthday.  Bunny and Pappy drove down for a little birthday dinner.  We left to go out of town the next day, so I'm just now posting.

A fun night!

Hubs had a work conference in Washington DC.  So we visited the other White House.  

We walked for miles and miles trying to get it all in.  This is from the Korean War memorial.  

The Holocaust Museum was the most impressive to me. 

Good to get away! 

Talk about a random post!  Mary finally wiggled that other top tooth out. Love the snaggle tooth look!

My minion

"David would you like to be my minion?  That means you get to do everything I say."

"YES!"

He's 40!

Happy birthday to you!!!

David woke up after nap and saw the cake and said, "my birthday?"  I said, "No, it's daddy's!"  He replied, "Oh, Happy birthday to you daddy!"  He was very sweet an excited.

Garrett wanted one of the black balloons, and said, "Daddy can keep the 40, because I am definitely not 40." 

Raw oysters are right up there at the top of his happy list. 

So that's what we did:)

You are wise beyond 40.  You are a man of great integrity and respect, and if I were to call 40 people who know you well or not so well, they would say the same.  Your words carry great weight because you choose them carefully.  There are no hasty decisions made by you, and I can trust fully that you have exhausted every pro and con to be considered.  You are kind, and love well with your quiet encouragement.  

We love you!!!  

On the lake

The kids and I spent the weekend at the lake with my parents.

David LOVES Pappoo.  

Because Pappoo let him drive.  

You don't get that "I'm so excited" look from Mary too often.  About to jump! (even though the water was freezing!)

How do you get brother to jump?

You don't.  You just drag him in when he's not paying attention. 

He wasn't too mad. 

We packed it in last week.  Drove all over Arkansas, but that's was summer is for!

Granddad's garden

We spent last week visiting my parents and grandparents.   

My Granddad is 85.  This was a great visit, and both were doing very well!  He LOVES to show the kids his garden and to teach them all about it.  He has a composting pile, and the whole bit.  

This was David's first visit.  Garrett had told him he could eat cucumbers right out of the ground.  The cucs were not ready, and David was not too impressed by flowers.

The picked a bunch of beans.  

They snapped them, and we ate them for lunch. YUM.  Memaw makes the best green beans.

My kids are so blessed.  They have no idea the treasure it is to have great grandparents to play with!  

They celebrated 64 YEARS of marriage this week.

LOVE !