Looking Forward To

spending time with my boys
camping at Johnson Shut Ins
my Tuesday night Bible Study
hanging with my prayer group
4th of July with my family
fireworks
reading a book
hugs from my son
stalking my friends on facebook
walking the dogs at the Humane Society
long summer (which is already going to fast)
cooler weather
sleeping late
BBQ with new friends
holding hands with my sweetie

Already enjoyed this summer:

Hanging with my sisters
70th birthday party
graduation parties
walking on the beach
Navy Air Museum
reading
sleeping late
playing with Star
camping with The Boys
Camp Ne-O-Tez
BBQ Pork Steaks
fires in the firepit in the backyard
watching the stars at Ne-O-Tez
catching lightening bugs

What we've been up too

We've spent the last week or so being quite busy. We started out last week heading down to Camp Ne-O-Tez to work. It was K-2nd grade kiddos. They were so good and we had a great time. Here is some of the kids during the shaving cream fight.

Vicki and David came into town. Marsha, Vicki and I spent 2 days hanging out. We spent one day at the Botanical Gardens. It was fun.

Then it was off to Sean's college graduation party. Had a little rain but not too bad. Turned out to be a good day.

Here's me and my sisters with our Daddy. We each gave him a new lawn chair for Father's Day. A week early since Vicki was here.

Jeff's still in Paramedic School, I'm still working about 3 days a week and Shayne is enjoying his summer off. Have big plans in a couple weeks to camp at Johnson's Shut Ins. Very excited about that!! More later.

a little bit of our weekend

CONGRATS ANTHONY!! Our nephew graduated from St. Louis University High School. He was 12th in his class of over 250 students. He is headed to Loyola in Chicago in the fall. Way to go Anth!! Friday night I went to Florissant Church of Christ for their musical. It was an awesome performance! Can't wait to see what they do next year now!! Awesome show about Esther!

Sunday we headed to Camp Ne-O-Tez for PreCamp session. It's only until Tuesday but they pack a ton of activities in for those kiddos. They have a blast and are wiped out by the end. Jeff and I were too....we slept late this morning and took naps this afternoon!!

Ready to "start" the week now. My sister Vicki is in town and us sisters will be hanging out for a few days. Always fun!!

Bittersweet

My baby finished 7th grade today. It's so hard to believe that he is that old. 13 now. His voice is changing, he's a tad bit taller than me now and creeping up on his Dad. It seems like we were just praying for God to send us a bundle of joy and now he's so big I can't even hold him. The sweet part about him is that he still "wants" his Momma. He'll still hug me, let me tuck him in at night and tell me that he loves me. Now my prayers are for him to grow up to be a mighty man of God. I pray that we are giving him a strong foundation and a faith that will carry him through as an adult. He amazes me so often. Things that he'll say that just sound so grown up or just "wow" me. He sees things differently than I do but I love to see how he sees. He really makes me think a lot.

So, now we will enjoy the summer. He says he's not an 8th grader til next school year starts. I love you Shayne and am very proud of you!!

Roger's 70th Birthday Surprise!

Jeff's sister Robin planned a 70th bday party for Roger. It was at Helen Fitzgerald's Pub where she works. He thought he was helping her put together the dance floor. But no, we all yelled, "Hullo" when he came in. That was one of his favorite sayings followed by DUH!! He says he was surprised. He sure had a good time, we all did!! Here he comes with his cart ready to go to work!!

Roger and Marge with the grandkids. Nick and Steve in the back are there "adopted" grandsons and Sean is missing b/c he is on a cruise. (Poor Sean!!)

Blowing out the candles before we dug into this awesome cake...strawberries in the middle, YUMMY!

Roger, Jeff and Shayne. Great 3 generation picture. I think Shayne will be surpassing them both in height very soon!!

Roger and his kids (minus Jason) with his Momma, Grandma Horton.

It was great seeing lots of friends and family. I think Roger enjoyed his special Day!! Happy Birthday Roger!!

$7400.00

Almost to our destination of Dauphin Island, AL we had an accident. Rear ended while we were turning into a Hardee's restaraunt. Luckily we weren't severely injured. Some back and neck soreness that seems to be getting better everyday. Found out today that the damage was $7400.00 YIKES!! Thank God that the other guys insurance is covering everything. Now we're driving a Kia Sorento for a few weeks. Trying to be patient. Pray that the insurance company will be able to transport our car back and we won't have to drive back down to Mobile, AL to pick it up. That's what we're hoping for.

We headed to Spring Hill College in Mobile, AL this weekend. Our weekend didn't start out great, more on that later but ended perfectly. Our nephew Sean graduated from college (which is really not possible, he was just born). We proud of you Sean!! Here we are with the handsome graduate!

The graduate with is family on the deck of the house in Dauphin Island. Great place to go to btw if you enjoy the beach and don't need to do a lot of shopping or sight seeing. It's a 6 mile island with white sandy beaches.

Sunset on the beach. Later that night we stood on the beach and watched a beautiful sky full of stars. I actually saw a shooting star. We were messing with the poor crabs on the beach at night. Shayne spent every moment available in the water. Toward the end of the weekend though tar balls were washing up of the beach from the oil spill (they used some chemical on them to solidify the oil). But we already miss the beach and can't wait to go back. We ended our trip in Pensacola at the Naval Air Museum...more on that later. Happy to be home.