Thursday, July 26, 2007

Winding the week down...




On one hand I am so glad that it is Thursday, on another it makes me sad. My dear hubby will be leaving at 4 am tomorrow am with 13 youth from our church, Pastor, and another youth leader to Orlando Fl for 7 days for the Youth Gathering. I am so proud of him and the work that he does, but from a selfish perspective, I sure will miss him! This week will end many of our summer activities. Dennis has played Men's church League Softball, and Tay has been playing soccer. These activities are a wonderful way of spending our summer, but can't hardly believe they are winding down, and soon we will be looking at school supplies. Here is a LO that I completed this week and posted at scrapbookdoodle.com...

Sunday, July 22, 2007

Family Fun Night....




Last Friday night our family rerteated from the every day hustle and bustle to a favorite flower garden/park. We pulled together a few sandwiches, drinks, etc..a blanket, a book for each of us, and relaxed under a ginormous(this word was just recently added to the dictionary!) shade tree. The park is situated on the banks of the Mississippi, which always provides MANY photo opportunities for me! Tay even tried his hand at some floral shots, while Dennis and Josh read quietly while sprawled out on the blanket! Tay and I eventually found ourselves on a swing along the path, while Tay read a few pages of the 4th Harry Potter book to me! I have never read the books, but my whole family has, and insisted on joining the other 1,996 individuals at Barnes and Noble at midnight for the release of the final Harry book. I pleaded with them to save a couple of bucks and we would get up and 8am and get it from my favorite.....Target. They kept telling me that wasn't the point. So, I surrendered, and joined them to get this last final book. We arrived at 11pm, and had the book in our hands at 1:15am. Josh thought he would pull and all nighter and read, but the counting sheep took over soon after. He has started and is at roughly page 300 out of 700 some pages. He has been threatened to not ruin it for the others! I couldnt resist having the camera in hand....

I challenge you to be spontaneous, and do something both comfortable, and uncharacteristic with your family! It is truly worth all the shared smiles!