is it winter yet??

Cuz my little girl is LOVING her new winter coat!!

end of summer day!!!

and you wanna know what i did today to celebrate?
nothing.
didn't leave the house.
didn't hit the park.
or the pool.

hello end of summer. still mighty glad you are here. kisses.

summer's over

to the zoo. then bowling for the evening. then off to the "beach" the next morning. all the while with Shane looking for cars on e-bay...."but mom, it's only $17,892.00. plus shipping. from croastia." I don't know if i spelt that right, but certainly you get the point.

ahhhhhh------summer's over and all the big kids will be back at school. give me back my parks. maybe I'll actually GET a chair at the pool. Fall decorations are out at old time pottery. tomorrow, I will make shane chocolate chip cookies to have when he comes home from his first day of school. ahhhhh.....the end of summer. so long.

By the way, that was my first time letting adyson outside in a two-peice. i figured i better, cuz i still have two she hasn't worn yet. only one person commented on her "belly".

nearly a month---again.

But this time, I'm OK with it.


4th of july, trip to FL, finished painting a wall.


thats the re-cap of my July.


Now you understand why there have not been many posts.


A few photos:

Goodbye Dora

Yes, it is true. I can no longer be called Dora. The other night I went out with Dave for some chicken wings and switched to a purse (Dave gets embarassed when it is just he & I and i carry a backpack. Imagine??). The next day I said, hmmmm......let me see how this will go. And we all have suvived the last few days.


I have always carried a very small bag. Some women refer to them as wallets. Small wallets. So, off i went today to my favorite store, ROSS to buy a handbag. It's been years and i really didn't know what I was looking for. So, of the 10 I had on my arm that I had to narrow down from, it was easy enough to go, uummmmm, these three are under $100.00!!!!! I'll choose from them.

What's that? it does look fabulous. large enough for the three of us yet still lightweight. Yes, it was a good choice. What? You're not talking about the purse anylonger? Oh that car? well, Yes, that was my other purchase today. Ain't she a beauty? I can't wait to drive to Florida!!! Can't wait. I think I might sleep in there tonight. i can put cotton in my new handbag so I can have a pillow.

petting farm

She's showing Riley the one she chose to take home with us.
Adyson loved her some donkey.

nothing

nothing new. it's still hot. adyson's still adorable.

that's all.

Dave & Lara

Happy anniversaray to us.

And happy father's day to the best daddy around.

I love Dave.

getting ready

Adyson - let little girl pick out clothes, chase her all over house trying to dress her, give up, trap her in bathroom and keep entertained while getting hair out of face. Clean up-go back to trying to get her dressed. Total average time spent = one hour.

Riley - put on t-shirt & shorts. Total average time spent = 45 seconds.

Hot. Unbearably Hot.

We have already reached the days of "It's so hot I don't even want to go outside." I'm thinking that I might need a bigger pool. There is only about another 180 days of this unbelievable heat before we get to start thinking about winter. It's too early for that now, huh??

Shane's Birthday

Yesterday was Shane's birthday. 17 years old. I can't believe it! I don't believe it. Hold on, let me go look at his birth certificate. Yup, it was 17 years ago. WOW! Where has the time gone?

We all love Sha-Sha. Shaneo. Smoocheyhead.

Over one month

Seems this month, making just one post was very difficult. So I will do a quick summary of the past month.

1 - I took the kids strawberry picking. Adyson had a fabulous time and filled her basket in like 10 minutes flat. Riley does not like to get his hands dirty and picked about 13 strawberries.

2 - Shane now works at Dariy Queen and has learned that when you work over 16 hours per week, you get paid more. So, I think he likes it.

3 - I am a certified aerobics instructor!! Woo-Hoo!! Who wants to take a STEP class??

4 - We are doing fabulous on potty training. Well, I might even go so far as to say we are trained, because accidents are inevitable. We still - and I think will always - carry our potty in the back of the car.

5 - Schools out. Pros & cons there. Do you have any idea how much a 17 year old boy eats when he is home all day? And he does not make the healthiest of choices. Anyway, good & bad-I'm neutral on it and at this point don't think I would oppose year round schooling. Well, maybe just a month off-not the whole summer.

6 - Oh--Scott's birthday. The big FOUR - O is old news to him now.

7 - Mother's Day. I am Mom to three of the best kids in the world. Love my munchkins!!

8 - I am now certified in CPR.

9 - Shane got his first IRS tax refund check. He is saving for a new car. He wants a Mustang real bad. Apparently they are all the rage.

10-Took the kids to the Cahaba Lily River for a day of fun - and yes, all I thought about the entire time was snakes, but we did not run across any. Lucky for them becuase I would have screamed and ran to the car & bolted and been home for a few hours before I realized I had abandoned my kids. Very bad - I know, but it would have been a peacful ride home.

11-Memorial Day has come & gone. There is no better combination in the world than Bar-B-Que and beer. Well, maybe peanut butter & chocolate. Ice cream & sprinkles. bubbles & baths. Well, you get the point.

12-Max got sick. Nothing to report about, it just never happens. My puppy is healthy as an ox. (is that the right saying??) Anyway, I think he lost like 5 pounds-and you all know he can't afford it!!

13 - This weekend we are finalizing vacation plans. No, I mean it. We've been throwing things around for a month now. So much to do, and shane has a bag of Doritos waiting at my brothers house.

14 - Riley loves spiderman & superman. Adyson loves her Mommy and her puppy. Some things just never change.

15 - MNO-was another great one. We had a scavenger hunt. I have come to learn that I am too old for a scavenger hunt. No, I take that back, I am too old for a hand-stand. Gave me quite the headache.

16 - Dave had about 6 days off this month. A few of you may realize just how HUGE that is. I don't think he has had 6 days off in the past 12 months combined. It really is all good, but the same thing applies here as did in #5. Not a healthy choice EVER.

17 - Qucikly here with some random facts: This is the first time in my life that I have not worried about painting my fingernails. I have ALWAYS had a manicure. Now, I find that they just don't stay as nice as long as they used to and it's almost not worth it. I wish it were. I Love tomatos. I eat about one per day. I just found a casserole recipe in southern living and ate about the whole thing last night. It was FABULOUS. I hate onions. The only thing on my i-pod is the Bodystep release I have to learn (which I should be doing right now). Finally-the last time i talked to my sister was--well, i can't remember, lets just say around our birthdays (in january) and i think i'll call her today.

I could go on about the random facts, but really - I had a hard enough time recalling the past month.