PANTS

This week I have been on the search for pants. Pants for my Logan. Pants that are not too tight or too big, not too long or not too short and I have decided that they do not EXIST!!!! I have looked EVERYWHERE!!!! You name it, we checked it and tried some pants on. HELP!!!! My next attempt will be to order three sizes from Land's end and hope for the best. ( they have plus sizs with the shorter length...) She might have to go to school in leggings for the next few months until she evens out in size. AAAAAHHHHH!!!!! And to top it all off, it really does not help when you factor in her opinion on clothes. She could not be much pickier. I can only hope Coop does not go through the same phase and if so, it is with the same size PANTS!

Couple Days off

I know it seems I have taken a couple days off form blogging but I have been having to share the computer with my three older children. They have gotten attached to Webkinz so any chance they get, they want to use mommy's computer. What that means is, any down time in the house....they are in front of the screen instead of me. Hopefully, we will be getting them their own computer soon so I do not have to share OR I might have to wait until school starts to get a chance to have some time for myself. Anyway, we are headed out for our second beach trip on Saturday, return a week later and then in one week SCHOOL STARTS!!!!!! YEAH!!!!!! Can you sense the excitement in my typing?????? And right before that, we have our race and get a night or two off. How sad is it that I have to be willing to run 13.1 miles in order to get a night off! Well, they have emerged from cleaning their room so you know what that means, if mommy wants peace, Webkinz we are bound.......

Quiet Time

I had a minute of down time. 3 watching a video and i waking from a nap. We went to the gym, pool, lunch out...... I TRIED my BEST to tucker them all out so each one would chill for awhile. I did have enough quiet to take a shower and empty the dishwasher. YEAH FOR ME!!! Oops, spoke too soon, the wild man has been awaken.....gotta go.....

Make me Smile

This picture makes me smile. I do not know why, but it does. It shows my family in a nutshell, six pairs of tennis shoes.... lined up on the steps, waiting for their owners to slip them on and take of for the next great adventure life brings along. We are ready to go!

An Odd Sort of Happy

Yesterday it was decided that Barrett is going to have a tendon transfer surgery done on his left leg in September. We made the choice to do this so as to hopefully eliminate the brace he wears everyday. However, it sounds odd to say that you are happy that your child is going to go through surgery. He has been wearing a brace of some sort for 6 1/2 years and he is done. He is tired of explaining to others what it is and why he wears it. SO, we met with the orthopedic surgeon and he recommended this procedure. It will involve a one night stay in the hospital and 6 weeks of a cast. He will then wear his brace for six months and THEN, in the words of the doctor, "HE WILL BE ABLE TO KICK THAT BRACE TO THE CURB!" Yeah! We are very excited for him and nervous and apprehensive and everything all mulled into one but mostly excited at the thought that he will no longer have to be a little different. It is difficult thought to make the decision for your child the have surgery, elective or not, but we have made the best decision for him. SO, be thinking about us on September 23rd as we embark on this next adventure and hope that doctor is right! If he is, next summer Barrett should be BRACE FREE!!!!!!!

Fresh Start

We have all had those days. The kind that you just want to scratch from your memory the moment it is over. Well, I had not only a day like that but a week last week like that. Things were not jiving in any way, shape, or form. Kids were fighting, Chad and I were fighting, the dog was misbehaving, traffic was terrible, you get the picture. Something had to give. So, come Saturday afternoon, Chad and I had a discussion.... and we decided to forget every part of this past week. EVERY PART!!!! Start fresh on Sunday...
SO, Daddy day was awesome and come this morning, our week looks much better all around. It is really a wonderful feeling to have someone in your life that brings such passion and emotion from you and also allows you to simply forget and start over.
I hope everyone has the chance once and awhile......
Stop, think, breath, and start over.....
It sure is an amazingly freeing opportunity.

ABCD day

So we had ABCD day take four yesterday. That is, Anything But Church Daddy Day episode 4. We ventured to Natural Bridge and the Virginia Safari park. I would have to say I was pretty impressed with both of the places, especially Natural bridge. Then, the most fun part was driving back home via Lexington and we got to visit our old stomping grounds.....VMI and Sweet Things for a milkshake. We were also able to talk about old times and bring up memories from long ago. All in all, the best way to spend a Sunday, with the 5 people I love the most! Thanks Daddy!!!!