Weekend Fun

Guess what I did this weekend? Here's a hint:

Yes, we worked hard in our yard getting it all beautiful- we planted flowers, re-mulched, re-pinestrawed, and edged it. I think I actually like planting flowers- even in the heat. I'm the one who does it (with help from little buddy). Saturday we ended up having a last-minute party. We had invited one couple over, which turned to two, which turned to three, and finally we ended up with 10 adults and five children over here cooking out and watching football.

On another note- this is what I saw when I went to the breakfast table this morning:
Apparently Daddy helped our little frog lover put on one of Marky's old halloween costumes. She is still wearing it two hours later. Not sure we're getting her out of it. I may have to add a pink bow on top!

Cute

I saw this movie last night and it was SO cute! It's a sweet little romance movie that makes you smile.

You go girl!

Brilliant Choice! Oh how irritated Obama's campaign must be right now- she's beautiful, articulate, profamily, firmly prolife, has attacked corruption in her OWN party, comes from the true middle class, has actual experience being an executive, her husband's a union worker, her son is going to fight in Iraq, her baby has Downs syndrome, she hunts and fishes, and comes from the last American frontier in Alaska where she has had to govern a state surrounded by foreign countries. Oh- it's too perfect! What can you criticize? Experience? Obama can't really make that an issue since he himself has none. She's clearly not bought and paid for by big oil (she's fought them) or the republican party. That the old war dog McCain teamed with the beautiful "barracuda" as they call her is riveting. Even James Dobson, the staunch anti-McCain spokesman, has said he could pull the lever now that McCain has proven he is on the right side of life issues. I can't WAIT to watch the RNC in Minnesota!

"Seepy" Julia

Julia's favorite thing to do is say she is "seepy" and get under covers either on the couch or in mommy's bed. It is such a sweet time when they give you two-year-old talk. Her favorite all-time lullaby is "you are my sunshine". I have a large repertoire of songs b/c my mom and grandmother sang TONS of songs to me- but she ONLY wants "sunshine". Tonight I sang it 8 times as I rocked her. Every time I started a new song she'd say "one mo time...sunshine...again...pease". How can I resist? Then we pray (she knows the Lord's prayer) and then I have to get her entire crew of animals (three lambs, one "sweet froggy", and "titty tat") and her sippy cup. Then we turn on her wave sound machine and her bird projector thing. It's a big ordeal- but she sleeps like a log when she's got her perfect combo. I love you little baby girl and hope you are "seeping" very well tonight.
P.S. this pic was taken at the beach- she slept in a pack-n-play in our walk-in-closet (we kept the door open!)

Just some thoughts....

1. I love the movie Stardust. We rented it for the second time last night- and I still love it.

2. We started officially homeschooling today- and it was wonderful. Marc has told everyone tonight about his "homework" he did with mommy today. We did math, reading, handwriting, logic, and literature. I discovered he will do most anything for a sticker.

3. I think we are coming close to naming baby 3. We've got the first name- just gotta get that middle one sorted out.

4. Did anyone catch Peggy Noonan's article in the Wall Street Journal last week explaining why Obama's numbers are dropping? It's because Americans are starting to pay attention. She talked specifically about how important the debate at Rick Warren's church was. McCain was to-the-point and said life begins at conception. Obama seemed at best scattered and dodgy. Basically Noonan thinks Obama can't keep preaching "hope" without any REAL plan. If he doesn't lay out some sort of REAL specific action that he will take- he's going to lose some folks. And...since we didn't expect much from McCain in the first place- we are all happily surprised when he comes to ready to play- and almost seems like an old-time conservative. Read the awesome article here: http://online.wsj.com/article/declarations.html

We're back!!!

We are back from the beach! We went to St. George Island and had the best time. It was your cliche American vacation. We played in the sand and ocean all day, swam in the pool in the afternoons, found sea shells, and ate big yummy dinners. At night the grown ups watched movies, worked puzzles, played poker, played trivial pursuit, played the Wii (I'm not a video game fan- but playing sports on the Wii is fun stuff). Marky learned to boogie board and the water in the ocean was PERFECT. Here we are at a big steak dinner prepared by grandpa (to the right)- the other folks are my sister-in-law and her husband and son- her baby girl was already in bed. Here's Marc with his mom and sister. Aren't they a pretty family?
Julia loved her cousin Noah and tackled him any time he sat still. She's a tough cookie.
Marky would have stayed at the beach all day every day if we had let him. This pic was taken one night after dinner when we went out looking for crabs. He insisted on taking off his shirt and running in the water.
Grandpa also brought us metal detectors to find treasures- here is Marc using one while Julia uses her shovel to imitate daddy. She walked right beside him the whole time.

At the beach

In case you are wondering if I've abandoned my blog- just wanted you to know we are at the beach soaking in some rays! We got here Saturday and will leave on Saturday. This is the first time Marc set up his work lap top so I could get on here really quickly and say hi. Thanks for the comments on baby 3. Wish I had some pics to put up here. We're down here with Marc's parents and sister and her family. We are staying in a fancy house and Grandpa bought everyone a Wii. It is so addictive- we've bowled, played tennis and baseball at night- even the kids can play. Good times!