Les Turns the Big 4-0!

My sweet hubby had a big birthday this weekend! To celebrate the big milestone he has played a lot of golf!! On Friday (which was his actual birthday) we got together w/a few friends from our neighborhood and had a happy hour. On Saturday we met another group of Les' friends (friends from grad school and friends from the bachelor days) at Waterloo Icehouse. They have a playground and picnic tables in the back of the restaurant/bar....so they kids played while the adults visited and got caught up. Everyone had a nice time....but it was brutally HOT! We didn't let the heat keep us from having a good weekend though....and I think Les had a pretty good birthday weekend....the cake was very rich and chocolate....he had three days of golf...and got to hang out with all of his buddies and see friends he had not seen in a while! Happy Birthday to You...cha,cha,cha....chinese chicken in the kitchen!

Great Family Days!

As you know we don't have the kids in the month of July...which means I walk around with "poop in my pants" most of the month! We DID have them this weekend though...and had a wonderful weekend. We spent the weekend just having lots of family time. We took the kids to the IMAX theatre at the Bob Bullock Museum on Saturday. We watched 3-D film called Dolphins & Whales. Cannon wasn't too sure about the whales coming towards him, while Neely was reaching her hands out and trying to touch them. After the movie we went down to Shady Grove...which is the quintessential "Keep Austin Weird" place. Neely named the waitress at the table next to us "Strawberry Shortcake"....she had bright pink hair! The patrons are odd and the waitstaff is even stranger....but it is a great Austin place with delicious Queso Catfish....and who can pass up Queso Catfish? :)

It was a great weekend....and after not having the kids for 7 days and knowing that I would have to give them up for 2 more weeks made me appreciate it that much more! I asked Les the other night if he thinks that the kids have figured out that they pretty much get anything they ask for in the month of July :)...it's true! I miss them so much and just wanted to share our wonderful weekend with you.....as Cannon & Neely would say "Mama...this is a great family day"...yep...it was!

Tessy McBessy

I got sad news yesterday that my Mom had to put our family dog, Tess, to sleep. She was a sweet girl and had a good life. She started out w/me in Austin in 1997. After Brent moved to Austin Tess migrated to his room....and became his girl. When Brent graduated from SWT (now Texas State) and moved to Arlington I gave Tess new tags w/Brent's number on them. A few years later she found her final home w/Mama and Daddy out at Lake Tyler. She was a sweet dog that was always ready to take a ride in the boat. So, here's to Tessy...you had a good life girl....and you kept a lot of people company in their time of need! Thanks for all the good times!!

Neelyisms

Yesterday while I was running I was trying to think of something "news worthy" to post. Since the kids are gone to their Dad's it is a little quiet around the house. You probably don't care about what I had for dinner last night or what time I went to bed.....so.....I thought I would share some "Neelyisms" with you.

If you have been around Neely....or around me (like my poor co-workers who probably get sick of hear how cute I think my kids are) then you have probably heard about the funny things my 4-year old says. She's pretty funny and clever....and I'm not biased at all :).

One of my all time favorite Neelyisms is this......She had come home from daycare to find a big box laying in the living room floor. She put her hands on her hips and said "Mommy, what is this in the world?".......I usually don't correct her on things like this....because they are just so darn cute!

Neely still hasn't wrapped her little head around anything, nothing, today, tomorrow and yesterday. If you ask her what she is doing (when she is upstairs and up to "no good") she says "anything"....which means nothing. Then she follows anything with....don't come up here. That is when I know I better see what is going on.

When we go to bed on Sunday nights she always asks if she is going to school today. I have learned to say yes to this! Otherwise there are many questions to follow....if I were to say tomorrow.....b/c in Neely's mind tomorrow will be today.....and she is right :). Wrap your head around that!

Before Cannon and Neely left for their Dad's I gave each of them a stuffed gorilla to take with them. Immediately Neely called her gorilla "Gorilla De Vil"..........made sense to me!

I guess you all are wondering if I have any Cannonisms. Well, there are a few out there....but he doesn't spout out his little gems left and right like Neely does.

This is getting a little long....but I do have to say one more thing! My Mom is a "blog pusher" and she can no longer deny it! My sister in Louisiana now has a blog as well.....and it was created within 24 hours of me creating mine! SO....either my Mom is a blog pusher or maybe my sister is just trying to be cool like me :)....I think it is a little of both!

Hope you all have a wonderful and safe 4th of July!

First Blog.....Here you go Mama!

Well, my Mom has been sending me links to other blogs. Then she calls me and asks me if I saw the blogs.....then she said she was going to start her own blog....I took it as a BIG hint! So, here it goes! The kids just left today to spend a month with their Dad :(....so....I have plenty of time on my hands to do this. We'll see how it goes....................

As you can see, we have already had a fun summer! Cannon graduated from Kindergarten at the beginning of June....and we took off to Hilton Head, South Carolina 2 days later! We had an absolutely wonderful week at the beach. We went w/two other families....and all stayed in one fabulous house! 6 adults and 6 kids (all 6 and under).....sounds hairy...I know...but they were so good! We had a blast and will definitely be going back!