What about Wendy?

Just a few things about me that you may not know:

**I am NOT a morning person!!!
**I recently decided that I like coffee.
**I love to watch the same movies over and over if there is nothing else worth **watching. My latest: The Holiday
My favorites: Father of the Bride 1 & 2, Sweet Home Alabama, The Notebook
**I love to walk to the mailbox to get the mail.
**I like to mow the yard (ipod+alone time = :))
**I want to travel all over the world.
**I like to cook new things.
**Pajamas should match---everything should match!!
**Simple is better.
**Pedicures are heavenly.
**I sing and dance all the time.
**I am no longer afraid of flying.
**I love for my house to be clean and it drives me crazy that it is not.
**I love to watch TV while I eat.
**I love tulips.
**I have traveled as far north as Canada, as far west as California, as far east as D.C.,and as far south as Brazil.
**I love completing a To-Do list.
**I love a bargain and ebaying.

Ok, that's just a few. How many of you are brave enough to respond with a list of your own???

What a Weekend!

Our weekend started off with a date for Mom. I had the pleasure of going to the movies with three gorgeous guys!! Yes, I even liked Wall-E. It was lots better than I thought it would be. We ended the evening with a grocery shopping trip coming home with all of the "extras" that these guys think are necessity.
We got the dead grass mowed on Saturday morning and made sure Jewell was cool enough in this scorching heat. We picked up Lulu at Grandma's house and made a little trip to the watermelon patch. We had to bring home a watermelon for each boy;)Then we took a couple of watermelons swimming with us at Meme's house.

All is Well!!!

All is well here. Thad finally got off and safely arrived at his location up north. He is busy testing today. Assuming he passes the test, he will be ready to spray tomorrow. It seems that he has no cell phone service where he is so don't be mad at him if he doesn't return your calls. And..after I got his phone all ready for this trip;)

The kids and I have been keeping busy by cleaning this week. I am trying to get a little more organized before school starts. We are enjoying our last weeks of summer vacation.

That's all for now.

Do you have your six pack yet?

This is the conversation that I am listening to while we put on sunscreen. My oldest is asking his 10yr old friend this question.

Bren: "Do you have your six pack yet?"
Friend: No, what's that?
Bren: Ya know. These muscles in your stomach.
Friend: No, I don't have one yet.
Bren: Well, this (pointing to his six pack) is how you get a date.

After a little investigating, I found out that Aunt Jen has taught my child this important rule to getting a date.

Thanks Jen! ;)

And He's Off....

Well, not yet but tomorrow he will be. We are busy tying up loose ends with things here at the house and with the airplane. I even got Thad a new SIM card for his phone so as of now, he has NO excuse for not calling you back;)
Thought you guys would be interested in this post. I had a request to see some of the art on Thad's helmet so here goes:










a Flying Tiger of course. This is on both sides.











This is the patch that the American pilots wore in WWII to let the Chinese know that they were volunteer American pilots fighting for the Chinese. I guess you'll have to google it to find out exactly what it says.










And last but not least....Redneck Aviator on the front. What else would he choose??



Sorry that I didn't get the helmet in full but the mirrored visor kept getting me in my pjs. So this is it. Pray for him as he is away and flying all day, every day.

God is so Good!!!!

Need I say more???

A Little Holiday

We had the opportunity to get out of town for a long weekend, so we headed North. We went to a fabulous 4th of July celebration hosted by a local church. There were kid games galore,concerts and fireworks. We took a break from the celebration to visit a nearby cave. Since I haven't quite learned how to use my camera, this is the only shot that turned out! I mean, how many times do I get the opportunty to use the night vision feature?? Anyway, the kids loved the cave after they realized that daddy was bluffing about cavemen attacking us:)
And... the blue stuff all over Lauren was a cotton candy sucker! Can you tell that it was yummy?

Double Digits for Brendan!!

Can you believe my firstborn is ten???!!! I wanted to do the whole picture thing starting from when he was a baby but I am not that handy with our scanner yet. Maybe I can do that sometime in the future. We celebrated his birthday for two days. He loved that. We took him to the gocart/laser tag place on Tuesday. We all had a good time. Then we had his cousins for a sleepover. We started the morning with our now, traditional Happy Birthday cinnamon roll-complete with candle and song
























Harrison, Bonnie, Ethan, Aaron, and Brendan baked the cake. Then Ethan and Brendan did the decorating.















Our finished product---a Happy 10th for Brendan.















This is Lauren washing the dishes. I guess it was her day for clean up duty.