Another Hot, Stormy Weekend

Well, I missed Friday. But - that was partly because I was at work until after 4:00 a.m. Ugh! But I wanted to have things caught up before being out for 6 days - as I am sure there will be plenty waiting when I return.

Sounds like the kids were wired last night for Matthew. They went to the pool in the afternoon - which for some reason in the summer means that counts as a bath.

Matthew was very nice and let me sleep in this morning. Slept until after noon. Feel a little icky but hopefully will bounce back shortly.

Grandma and Papa Jack were over bright and early to put a new canvas on the Tree House. Layne says she helped (hope that is true).

Had all kinds of helpers in the kitchen for dinner - Matthew made bacon, Jacob made scrambled eggs, Layne made pancakes, Mom did gravy and hash browns and biscuits - and we all tried to find special jobs for Joshua. It was yummy. We are trying to eat what is at the house as we leave Wednesday for the beach.

One of the fun things we did this summer was I got to go to Aunt Melanie's the week of June 14 with all 3 kids and we did fun things in East Tennessee (I know, hard to imagine fun in East Tennessee).

We went to Dollywood and Joshua loved all the rides. He rode the little pigs - and waved every time he went around to the woman in the booth.



And he rode the bumble bee with Mitchell after trying to figure out the abundance of seat belts.


And a little along the lines of Rain Main - he was a very good driver.


And it was very, serious business. He just KNEW he was actually driving the car.



I am slowly going through the pictures that Melanie has copied on disc for me. Hopefully I will find some of the other kids soon.