Weekend Happenings

This weekend started out with a little:


Then on to some of this:


AG did her best to stay cool:

Lucius got a prize in his 'happy meal' that he was very proud of:

Then we did a little more of this:

While Pops, Daddy, and Uncle B worked on this:

Nana and the kids stayed cool and refreshed:

Finally we headed to the pool to cool off: (I only had to jump in the pool twice to 'rescue Lucius. He decided that he thought he knew how to swim....and really he doesn't.....sunk like a brick!)

Very full weekend. Now I'm ready for a break this week. :-)

Vacation Week :: Better late than never.

***This has been sitting in my edit folder about two weeks now, but I still wanted to share with you.***


Our vacation this year was a trip to our lake house at Compass Lake. Beside the five of us, my mom, dad, and youngest brother were also there with us. The kids loved playing in the water. My favorite part of spending time at the lake is either sitting on the swing watching the sun set, or playing a game of canasta.



At the first of the week, both kids were a little timid in the water. My dad, Tom and I all worked with both kids to make them more comfortable. Neither have had swimming lessons, so we kept life jackets on them most of the time. By the end of the week, Lucius would put his life jacket on and would run and jump off the dock in water over his head! Maggie would jump too, but only to her Mommy, Daddy, or Pops!

Abbie Grace spent most of her time inside with Nana, but there were a couple of times that we had her out on the porch while Tom was working.



By dinner time, the kids would be so worn out! That's the great thing about being in the water all day...Lucius and Maggie were in bed early every night! A couple of times, Maggie didn't even make it to bed before she was asleep!!!



Lucius asks just about every other day when will we be going back. I feel the same way. I do wish that we were able to go at a moments notice, but life is just so busy! We do have a couple of weekends planned in July though and I am counting the days...along with Lucius.

A Great Giveaway

My friend Hilary @ the OtherMama is hosting a great giveaway. Check out her site for the details Here.

May's Moments

I seriously neglected my public this past month. I am sure those of you that juggle kids and work (caring for your kids during the day counts too) are aware that it can be extremely time consuming, stressful, and tiring. We had several thing happen in the month of may that i wanted to share, buy didn't even get a chance to pull pictures off the camera. Therefore, I will pick the high lights and give you a VERY quick explanation.

(May 6th)

The beginning of the month AG was a month old, now she is two. (above and below)

(June 6th)

(May 9th)

The kids had their cousin Cate over to play outside in the baby pool.

(May 15th)

I participated in my first Relay for Life this year. Tom and I joined our church team to walk. However, it rained all evening and we were not able to even walk one lap.

(May 17th)

Lucius's soccer season came to an end with the awarding of trophies
( in the rain so games were canceled once again.)

(May 18th)

On the morning of the 18th, AG headed off to daycare for her first day. I had to head back to work after six weeks maternity leave. Tom and I also celebrated our 7th wedding anniversary.

(May 29th)

We arrived at the lake for our first visit of the summer. We were there for an entire week, but more on that on the next post.