Happy Father's Day Paw- Paw and PopPops!

bedtime prayers by LE

Dear Jesus,
Thank you for this day.
Thank you for Mommy, Daddy, Landry and Bella.
Help Mommy feel better (did not know I was sick, but ok).
Help Mommy to live Happily Ever After.
Amen.

Does this mean we watch too much Disney?

VACATION

VACATION, ALL I EVER WANTED....(dating myself) The girls and I are on vacation, vacation from housework and chores. We are visiting family and will be stopping in on friends all week. (Mrs. Petty, if you still read we will be popping in one evening, but cannot find your #, Belinda, you too, but I can call you). I cannot wait to see so many people that weekend time limits ever allow me to stop and see. I have already taken an access of 100 photos, but I have no cord to upload the photos, so I will be signing off and vacationing from blogging this week as well. Look for lots of photos next week including me playing horseshoes (we'll see how good photos of me actually turned out). Enjoy your week!!

my super reader

LE and I are stamping (Bell is napping). We have been making cards for birthdays. She had been stamping "her" which is a little boy and girl set. She asked me where Bell's stamp was. "I did not know I had a Bell stamp" was my reply. She walked over to my 7 foot tall stamp tower and replied "how am I going to find Bell in all this mess? This is a really big problem and a really big problem needs the super readers. CALLING ALL SUPER READERS!" - PBS, 9:00 a.m.

I did it~

I did it, I finished my class tonight!! I read all of the New Testament twice in 5 months, memorized scripture out the wazoo, took my final exam tonight, which I feel fairly confident I aced and I am done!! I really enjoyed the class, but man I am so glad to have another helping off my plate!! My sweet friend, who I came to know in the class was (one of the 4) valedictorian, yeah Susan Jones!! I highly recommend taking this class if you are capable, you will learn the Bible like never before!

an elementary teacher's kind of joke

From my mom...too cute
My five-year old students are learning to read.
Yesterday one of them pointed at a picture in a zoo book and said,
'Look at this! It's a frickin' elephant!'
I took a deep breath, then asked...'What did you call it?'
'It's a frickin' elephant! It says so on the picture!'
And so it does...

' A f r i c a n Elephant '

weekend at the grandparents

The girls recently spent the weekend at their grandparents, Gigi and PopPop's (Ben's parents) and Mimi and PawPaw's(my parents). LE found Gigi's lipstick one day and put her "make-up on". I had been waiting for this day and I am kind of sad I was not there to see it, but glad I did not have to clean it off! Bell is having fun driving the big car on the back porch.

eating my words

OK, I am eating my words on the RRPD. Today, when I came home from the gym my neighbor greeted me in the yard and said someone had been in the backyard while I was gone. So, I called the landlord to see if she had anyone here, nope. So, called Ben to ask him, nope, but he informs me he found a small metal piece in the car (after yesterday's post) that turned out to be part of our ignition/starter thing-a-ma-jig. So, the person was not just crashing in our car, they tried to steal it. So, after the person being in the backyard and possibly someone trying to steal the Civic, I called them, the RRPD. The officer could not get any finger prints off of the Civic, Ben had used it. And, he could not explain the circling helicopter as he was not working Friday night. And there was no reason for anyone to be in our backyard b/c all of the meters are on the side of the house in the front yard/ Needless to say, I have no desire to be home alone today!! Want to hang out at the outlet mall, anyone?

weird feeling

This morning when Ben went to the car, it was obvious someone had been in the car over the weekend. We parked it on the street b/c of all our company for the weekend. The seat was reclined all of the way back and there were beer bottle caps in the floor board. Remember Friday's post? Helicopter buzzing the neighborhood for hours - so we are thinking the fugitive could have been hiding in our car!!!!
Oh yeah, and I do not think RRPD is crazy any more!!

weekend full of fun

This past weekend was full of fun! When the girls woke up Saturday a.m., Bryan and Susan were sleeping on the living room floor with Violet. They came into town so Susan could do my card class on Sat. They are celebrating their 0ne year anniversary this weekend. Daddy and Uncle Bryan took the girls to the park while Susan and I were crafty with other friends from RR. Then, Mimi and Paw-Paw surprised the girls on their way home from Dallas and took us to Fuddruckers for lunch. Then, Mommy and Daddy went to Volente Beach for our friend's renewal of their vows. We had BBQ and cruised the lake and docked on an island for a 4 hour-tour. That evening Mimi and Paw-Paw had to leave and LE's Sunday School teacher came to play with the girls until we got home. After church Sunday we tried the Cotton Patch in G'town and sat on the patio for an early lunch. Afterwards we surprised the girls again and went to our fave summer destination - the Sprinkler Park. LE took a little longer this year getting comfortable, but Bell jumped right in. By the end of our afternoon they both were LOVING it! Then, home for a long nap - till 7:30 p.m. to be exact, so movies for dinner and a 10:00 bed time for all!!