7-13-09 to 7-16-09 Mon to Thurs

7-16 Thursday: Thank goodness for Craig's List. I found this captain's bed for Josh with a matching desk for only $150. Brand new the bed alone is over $700. He loves it and so do his brothers. They each want one for their rooms too. Guess I'll keep watching Craig's list for another good deal.

7-15 Wednesday: We got the lattice up and worked the vines through it. Nice shade and a little different look for not a lot of money!

7-14 Tuesday: I had salad from the garden. Fresh lettuce, cucumber, and finally a ripe tomato. It was delicious.

7-13 Monday: I put those boys to work staining that lattice. Builds character!!!

7-9-09 to 7-12-09 Thurs to Sun

7-12 Sunday: A nice day at the lake. This is the first time Jaydon has swam in the lake. He's always been a little scared to get in with his life jacket. Now he is jumping off the boat and really having a good time.

7-11 Saturday: 6 pieces of cedar lattice to stain and put on top of the pergola for shade and to support the vines.

7-10 Friday: After a long week of swimming lessons and playing hard, this is what Friday morning looked like. The boys cuddled up on the couch watching some toons.

7-9 Thurs: They begged me to have a sleep over in Josh's room. This is what it looked like the next morning.

Cooling off in the lake

Lake time

7-6-09 to 7-8-09 Monday to Wednesday

Monday: All 3 boys started swimming lessons today. We were so busy last summer, they didn't get a chance to take lessons. So they might be a little behind but they're kids. They catch on quickly and enjoy going to the pool everyday. This is Jaydon's first crack at lessons and he seems to be enjoying them.

Tuesday: So while the kids are in lessons, I have 25 minutes of me time. I catch up on a little reading and get motivated again.

Wednesday: Jaydon is relaxing a lot more today and trusting his teacher. Of course he is having a hard time listening, it's just too tempting to swim around when he's supposed to be sitting on the step.

7-5-09

Not even home for 24 hours from Yellowstone and Corey hooked the boat to the camper and took it for a trial run. We are pulling it all to Big Mac in August and he wanted to make sure it was the right length and the pick-up could handle it. Looks like we are good to go.

July 4th

Paul's stash of fireworks. Think we'll have enough??? We shot off fireworks until midnight and he still had a box left.