Dinner concoctions

Last Friday Carson and Reese wanted to make their own dinner. I am all for independence plus I was more than willing to let them do it so I would have two less plates to fix. They asked if there were any limits and I said "No" since it is summer and our fridge was pretty bare. Well, Carson loves sandwiches and I think she put everything we had in the fridge on her roll- meat, cream cheese, pickle, onion, lettuce etc. She said it was good and made herself another one. Any one who knows Reese knows exactly what she went for- Chocolate and Peanut butter. She made faux burgers out of vanilla wafers and peanut butter and of course a chocolate ice cream dream with fudge topping and cool whip! So healthy I know! 

Camper of the week

Reese and Carson went to soccer camp this week and Reese won the award for "Camper of the Week". The coaches were impressed with her hustle and tenacity (chip off the old block-if I do say so myself!) and the fact that she was able to play so well against kids 2 & 3 years older than her. Carson was a bit miffed that she was not awarded for her fine skills as well but she seems to have gotten over it-we hope!

16 years ago!!!!

July 10, 1993

Yes we are old! Today is our 16th wedding anniversary. We have had a very busy 16 years. We have had 11 moves, 5 houses bought/sold, 6 kids, 2 dogs (not many but the girls are hoping to add to this number), countless gray hairs, numerous wrinkles and a few extra pounds on one of us but I won't mention names since we all know who they belong to! Overall, the past 16 years have been good and we hope to have many more enjoying our many blessings!

4th of July

We had a very quiet 4th. we just hung around the house and went to the pool. No fireworks unless you count all the ones that our neighbors lit well into the night! Parker was not at all happy with all the noise and had to cuddle up in bed with us to calm his nerves.

Basket Boat

Brett and Whit in their "boat". Don't all kids love to do this at some point in their lives! Of course, they love for mom to zoom them around the house in it which is a bit hard on the old back and not so great for the wood floors. Plus it makes the dog go crazy so we have to limit our trips around the house.

Flip-Flops

Whit loves to "wear" everyone's flip-flops. He hasn't quite figured out how to get his toes in the right spot but he tries so hard. He usually ends up tripping and falling over because he has his foot in sideways. I guess he will figure it out one of these days.

Brownies

Brett & Whit helped me make Brownies. Boy do they love the batter! I don't know why I even bother to bake them because they would prefer to just eat them straight from the mixing bowl.