Funday Monday

The breeze picked up and my heart melted when I saw my kids holding hands walking through the grass. It was a peaceful moment, and I was glad to catch it on camera!

A Rainy Morning & A Sunny Afternoon

Today was a fun morning of indoor games...

Layla and Hayden built a fort.


We bowled with blocks and a basket ball.

STRIKE!!!

And then in the afternoon when the clouds cleared MeMaw came for a visit.

We had a fabulous Saturday :)

I LOVE a great deal!

I just bought a ton of stuff at Half Price Books.

I got all this for $57.00! Can I get a Yeehaw!?!

Layla picked out several (5) books, and she even picked out one for her brother Manny's Book of Tools. It is the cutest book...the tools are movable. She got several cartridges and coordinating books for her My First Leap Pad...they were $6.00. REally? I found some dry erase markers for one of her coloring activities. Bingo!! She will probably leave the lids off and they will dry out, so for $1.98 you can't go wrong. I got several CD's on clearance...ok wait for it...$2.00 a piece!! And then the whole reason we went was for the book Siblings Without Rivalry. I also got another book that looked interesting and I read about it at Amazon. It is called How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk. I love parenting books. I rarely make time to read, but GOSH I wish I could. I love fiction books too. I would love to finish the Twilight series, but gee...no time. I have a stack of magazines I need to read also.

The parenting books alone on Amazon would have been $20.00. So yay me!

Anyway, I hope you all had a good afternoon!

I did and it is only gonna get better because Gary is coming home from a 4 day business trip. Another Yeehaw!!

And sorry for the hugely long paragraph. I am having spacing issues lately. I'm frustrated about it. No matter how many times I press enter to break up my words...when I publish it doesn't space the way I want. ARGHHHH!!

wordless wednesday

strawberries

I posted yesterday about being ready for the fall season. I am, but I will miss the spring and summer fruits. My kids LOVE fruit. Strawberries, blueberries, cantaloupe, watermelon and grapes are just a few that we eat EVERYDAY!

So, I don't want to rush things/time, but around the end of July I am about done with the heat that Texas serves us in the summertime. We probably still have a few months to go. But in winter don't you get sick of the cold? I wish I did, but we don't get enough cold weather here. Anticipation...it keeps us going and looking ahead!!

Anyway back to the fruit and kiddos...Hayden is my good eater, he will eat ANYthing. Layla was the same way when she was his age. I know that I can always get her to eat fruit, even if she is not hungry. She is so particular on some days. Tonight I was thinking she wouldn't eat...I made grilled salmon and baked sweet potatoes. She asked for seconds, and Hayden wouldn't eat the salmon. Hmmmm...I give up!

Anyway, I will enjoy the rest of the fruit supply in my grocery store while it lasts.

Are you ready for some football?

We LOVE football season!!

I am so excited about the cooler weather and fun fall Sundays filled with NFL football games.

But yes it is only July...training camp is a day or two away, and yes Layla is wearing a sweatshirt. She wanted to go outside with it on, It is approximately 101 degrees outside in Texas.

Silly girl! And boy...really?!? A football in your mouth?!?
and a shirt full of drool...silly teeth :)