Samuel and Caleb have "Blue Angels" paraphernalia on their walls after our trip this summer.  Samuel and I were looking at the posters and I asked, "Do you know what a real angel is?" "Yep" he said, with all the sureness in the world.  "They're the ones that help the babies come out!" I bet…

Twice this month we headed out to the lake for "beach days" with friends.  Both days were scorchers – 104-108 degrees and the sand burned our feet.  But the water was relaxing and the chance to get out of the house was welcomed.  LAKE LEWISVILLE on Aug 8th The only pictures I took were with a…

Tonight I spent about 2 hours working on importing everything from Typepad over to a new URL address for my blog at blogspot.  I was fed up with wanting to make my blog "cuter" and more personal, and having to figure out all of the confusing codes that Typepad uses.  Although I have now learned…

Dinner out with our "sushi buddies" is always fun – especially when you get to sit out on the patio because it's the only day all summer where the clouds have emerged and it rains (just a little).  Then when they all learned that I had never had haagen-dazs ice cream (that I can remember)…

I sat across the table from them to have lunch today, and this is what I saw. They had finished their lunch, were sucking on Popsicles and reading the comics in a Boys Life magazine. I wanted to capture it because this, for me, epitomizes summer…relaxed and easy…all together.

Our friends, the Frederickson's, invited us up for a day at their lake house on Saturday.  It was such a relaxing day – to get out of town, spend time with the kids and friends, out on the water and on the boat.  We really enjoyed our time and our hosts…such a great family!  Some…

We threw a surprise 40th birthday party for our sweet friend, Phoebe Hall, on Thurs night.  And since she is the gourmet queen and LOVES good food, we went all out – salmon and beef tenderloin, fingerling potatoes, III Forks cream corn, salad, appetizers, homemade rolls and dessert.  She was surprised!  The tables and flowers…

  Caleb's birthday was on the same day that we left for our vacation, so we celebrated with a family party on the Sunday before with a tie-dye cake and presents.  He was excited to have Nana & Pops, Uncle Mike & Aunt Liv and baby Reid join us.  Mike got him a cross-bow with…

We woke up early and went to church in Gulf Breeze, FL.  We saw our friend's the Garcia's from home (we ran into them at the grocery store too).  I enjoyed sitting by Derek in Sunday School and hearing the stories of women who had endured Hurricane Rita in Relief Society.  The boys marveled at…

We left on Fri evening and headed for Monroe, LA for a pitstop and night's stay.  Nothing to see there though so we headed out the next morning for Mobile, AL.  I had heard that the USS Alabama was a fun place to see…and it did NOT disappoint.  What a fun thing for my boys! …