NGM and CTP

Please resume posting.....our blogging circle has become much too quiet lately and your postings always completely crack me up. Please.....

Day 23: This magic moment

Today's picture is the magic moment of

my wonderful hubby coming home from work!!! :) :)

Oh, Wendi.......

Well, Southern Belle, you missed our very important "Solicitation for the Board Break" meeting this evening! If I remember correctly, Eaglescout/Jimmy volunteered you for this duty. Don't worry, I'll share some of my places with you if you want to be solicitous...... :) :) :) In other news, I signed up to teach a WOY Karate Kid class on Thursday, August 7, at 6:OO. Are you interested in helping me out, pretty please???

Here are the pics you requested of the school after SC and I got finished with it on Sunday afternoon:

We've missed you up here and we're looking forward to your return! Drive safely!!

Day 22: Splish Splash

Today's picture is, again, made possible by Camron. He is my artist, my creative one. When we re-did our family room a year and a half ago, we needed some new artwork for above the tv. Since Cam had provided us with decor in other rooms, we decided to see if we could commission another of his paintings. On a rather cold, winter day, the garage was turned into an art studio, and Cam had a blast splash painting the canvases that we had painted to match the trim. (By the way, the inside of my garage is now splash painted in spots as well :)

Days 20 & 21: Sparkle and Spiral

Yesterday's word was "sparkle". Although I didn't post it, I did take the picture. My neighbor put up a "white trash pool" (as he calls it) and all of the kids spent yesterday jumping and swimming and just hanging out in it. Here's Cam making all of the water droplets "sparkle" in the sunshine with his amazing jump.

Today's word is "spiral" and I have to give a huge shout out to Cam and all of his puppies for letting me use them for my picture. After I got home from taekwondo this evening, I limpingly placed some of his puppies in a spiral while trying to balance a bag of ice on my toe. I'm sure I looked way cool. Anyway, when I called Cam up to look at my masterpiece he said, "I hope you know that I'm not putting all of those away!"

Day 19: Relief

This is my illegitimate, adopted, half-
brother, Buck. We pretty much always had a dog (or two) while we were growing up. And, basically, all of them have been a little odd. My dad brought Buck home without my mom's knowledge. When she came home from work one evening, there we all were, playing with a puppy. She thought it was ours (mine & Big S's). See, my sister had recently gotten married and moved out, and when she did, her dog, who up until this point had always lived at my parents' house with my sister, moved with her. I guess my dad was feeling lonely without a faithful companion to work out in the yard with, so, against my warnings that I "really don't think Mom wants another dog", he got one. How did I know my mom wasn't up for another dog....she told me. Not that she has anything against dogs, she just figured that now that all of the kids were out of the house, it would be one less responsibility to think about. Needless to say, she was a bit shocked when she found out it was HER dog and not mine. Although, Mom, if you're reading this, you have to admit that you had, at this point, brought home a few kittens without Dad's knowledge....what goes around, comes around :) Anyway, now we all love Buck and his menagerie of stuffed animals that he knows by name. I'm sure you're wondering why he's my "relief" picture. Well, today my parents went to Ohio to visit my sister and, since they were going to be gone most of the day, asked if we would drive over and let the dog out while they were gone. Needless to say, Buck felt much RELIEF when he was allowed to go outside during our visit this afternoon! See....doesn't he look relieved???

Day 18: Priorities

One of my main priorities in life is named Ryan. One of the others is named Camron. Starting in August, another priority I will have is teaching those first two priorities. So.....here we have a picture of most, but not all, of the boys' school books for the upcoming year!