Go! Fight! Win!

Last week we had our 2nd annual Cheerleading Camp week. Grace had a ton of fun. It is still funny seeing her cheer for my old high school's biggest rival. But, Grace loves that she is a Bobcat.

Daddy is not the least bit upset that the biggest thing she struggles with cheering is being able to shake her behind!
This year they had a huge group of girls and they took a picture for our local newspaper. Those of you who are our neighbors keep an eye out in the paper.

This is the same little girl that will argue to the death that she is not a "girlie girl."

On Thursday night, Grace's squad dressed up like Hula Girls. I think our little baby girl was the only one with no tummy showing.

They had a blast last week. The highlight of my week was the fact that two of Grace's "Big Cheerleaders" were acutally toddlers at the childcare center I worked at before I got married. I really don't feel old until something like that comes up. It is just a good reminder as to how fast these years are going to fly by.

Go Bobcats!

Are you kidding me?

I was having a conversation the other day with my cousin who has a son the same age as Grace about learning bible verses and this is the story that she told me.

Her son was learning a bible verse for bible school and she asked him to say it slowly so that she could learn it along with him. He looked at her and said, "Mommy don't you know that one?" When she replied no, he said, "I thought you knew all the verses in the bible!"

This led me to ask Grace how many bible verses that she thought I knew and then she replied, "All of them." I told her she was crazy! ; ) I only started really to learn the bible about six years ago and even then I only know a tiny tiny portion.

It is amazing at the pedestal she has me on when she is given evidence every minute of my sin!

A New Toy

This past weekend my Sweetie bought me a new toy because my old one broke. I am very excited that I have this beautiful (way too expensive) toy to cool my food. I am just praying that this one will last longer than the previous one (it only lasted 5 1/2 years).

Enjoy the tour!

It is a Kenmore Elite, Stainless Steel, French door, with a bottom freezer

The inside is huge. The water is in the little spout on the left hand side. To much room to fill up ever so quickly.

I love the bottom freezer. It is not quite as big as my side by side but it is big enough to hold ice cream from Marble Slab!

My Absence

I know I have been gone for quite a while. I have been in mourning. That is all I can say. So I suppose that an explanation should be given. When I went on my very first Mommy trip at the end of May (to NC to a homeschooling book fair) I received a very troubling phone call from my children. Here is your hint:

Before I left for NC, Chris and I had a random conversation about loaning our crib to a friend that was going to have twins. I had already offered it to her, but also knew that she would not need it for some time. When we talked about taking the crib down I said, "You're going to have to do it sometime when I am not here because I just can't stand to take him out of it."

Apparently Chris took me a little too seriously. When my children called me in NC, Blake said, "I seep big boy bed." I immediately asked for Chris!

Why you may ask is this such a big deal? HE IS MY BABY, HELLO!!!! I planned on him sleeping in that crib until he at least went to middle school. You know nurse until he is 5, diapers until 7 or 8, and crib until 11! How else can I keep him my baby?

One way to remember that he is still a baby is multiple times a night we find him like this:

Sound asleep with his giggy, I mean blanket. I think I need another infant in this house! Just don't tell Chris!

Now that my grieving is finished I will try to begin catching you up on our summer: bible school, swimming, cheerleading camp, OUR 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY (WOOHOO), and all the other fun stuff. Hold me accountable, b/c you know that this blog is my only responsibility in life!