Timberrrrrrrrrr!!!

Josh had his first official sleepover at a friend's house. He was so excited. We had a little countdown during the week and every morning at breakfast he would ask how many days until the sleepover at Harrison's. Needless to say by the time I dropped him off on Friday night he was pretty hyper and I was glad to hand him off.

Honestly...Saturday was blur. It started with the bridal shower and ended with a near drowning. I thought the shower went well. I was exhausted by the end of it and just wanted to get everyone out of my house. Is that bad?

Lauren had fun "entertaining" everyone with her smiles and silliness.



However, as soon as I ushered the last guests out the front door my son was being dropped off. We chit-chatted with Harrison's family for awhile and then they headed off back to their truck. Thirty seconds later they came back to the front door because their truck wouldn't start.

My dreams of grocery shopping, taking a nap and cutting down our huge, dying evergreen tree were smashed.

And that clean house...yeah, that was destroyed by four active children.

Dustin and Heath worked for about four hours on his truck. Meanwhile, I played hostess and worked like "McGuyver" in the kitchen to create a spread for the kids out of rotten apples and hard-boiled eggs. I TOLD YOU I NEEDED TO GO GROCERY SHOPPING!!

I was beaten down by the time Dustin's aunt called and said she was in town with another cousin and her children. They invited us to come and swim at the hotel for the evening. I figured what the hell...the rest of the day had been shot. At least the kids would have fun.

And they did...except for Lauren. She did NOT know what to think about the water. She kept staring at it like it was going to jump up and attack her.




The only time she had any fun was when she ate pizza. And even then she kept her eye on the pool.



The boys had a blast.





Then poor Josh. In the commotion of people arriving to the pool area we lost sight of him for less than 30 seconds. In that time he jumped in the pool and couldn't reach the bottom. Dustin had handed Lauren to me because he couldn't see Josh anymore and by the time he stood up a good Samaritan had jumped in and pulled him out.

He was terrified and we were just as upset. We all learned a very good lesson. We ended up going home after that and thanked God for that woman. We went right out yesterday and bought him a swimsuit with a life vest built in.

Then yesterday was filled with all the tasks we had hoped to complete on Saturday afternoon.

Grocery shopping...check.

Nap...check.

Cut down nasty evergreen tree...check.




The kids and I made sun tea and played outside while the boys worked. It was so beautiful outside and we certainly made the most of it!




Josh finally learned how to pump his legs while swinging!!! Man...what a big day for all of us!!!



And "homegirl" took her car out for a spin (she did not care for her hat).



I'm telling you that with all these signs of summer I am getting pretty excited! We even grilled out last night and tonight I'm making BLT's for supper. Does it get any more "summery" than that?!?!?




Have a great week!!