Stayin' alive in the i-net world...

I now have a blog AND a Facebook page- go figure, I *must* be SOMEbody important, especially with that much presence in cyberspace.

But it means I have to "update" them- and I'm not so good at that. We have a SSLLOOOWW computer, which half the time barely ALLOWS me into cyberspace. And finding the time? Right now it's easy...but in three weeks...don't EVEN MAKE ME THINK ABOUT what's getting ready to start back up. Ugh. I want to move to where it's summer all the time...do they have school in Tahiti???

Anyway...no promises. But I do have some Disney photos for you!

Enjoy.

Please pray...

Tricia had CF. She was supposed to get new lungs, then found out that she was pregnant. She and her husband Nate greeted their daughter Gywneth at 23 weeks when Tricia's lungs could give no more, and Tricia fought an uphill battle as she waited for and finally received new lungs. (Gywneth is doing well).

Now Tricia is fighting a new battle- cancer, in the lungs. It happens 10% of the time with transplants, and the newest issue is that she didn't respond to the traditional treatment- the tumors grew and multiplied. So they are getting ready to do heavy duty chemo.

Please pray for these believers...they desire your strength and faith as you turn to the Lord.

We won, we won!

Actually, ME won...TWO American Girl dolls, Kit and Ruthie!!!

We entered a drawing at B&N about a month ago while we were browsing the store (American Girl gives dolls away at B&N stores when new movies or dolls come out)- we saw the two dolls, thought "wow, that would be cool to win, TWO dolls!", filled out the form and put it into the box. Done. The boys even kissed the form for good luck- they reminded me of that today...

Today we get a phone call from B&N from the Public Relations department- I thought about a recent purchase I had made. WRONG! She proceeds to tell me that she's in charge of the American Girl doll drawing...and I yell, "WE WON????" and she says YES! I yell to ME and then SHE starts yelling (the woman on the phone was laughing)- we were SO EXCITED!!! TWO DOLLS! Worth about $200!

So we went to pick them up right away (we got there about 15 minutes after she called) and ME played with them all afternoon. Tonight they sleep in the elaborately plush doll bunks, courtesy of Ms. Margaret...the best doll sleeping arrangements in the house! Next week we go to Atlanta with some of our bestest girlfriends to the American Girl doll store to celebrate ME and her friends S and A's birthdays- we can't wait to take the dolls, it's going to be so fun!

Can you tell that I'm as excited as she is??? :o) If they had had AG dolls when I was a little girl, I'd have been a HUGE fan!

"We're off to see..."

First hint...


Here, we'll point it out to you...

"...the Wonderful World of..."

Summer tastes SO good...

So I found an easy recipe for Key Lime pie in the Real Simple magazine...and it's AWEsome! Sublime is still AWESOME, but this is a great duplicate at the cost of about $5 a pie instead of TWENTY!!! I recommend, though, that you freeze it overnight and KEEP it in the freezer. And the recipe can really make two pies- just get two pie crusts; 2 cans of sweetened condensed milk; a PINT of heavy whipping cream; and a 12 ou limeade (which was all the store had).

BTW- don't read the nutrition information...it'll just spoil it...*smiles*...besides, it's SUMMER!

D and I are going to be making more of these pies!


J likes nectarines, but not when they get mushy. So today we chopped up the nectarines and added strawberries and blueberries...yum! He and ME both ate a bowl for dinner. I took a picture because...well...it looked so summer-y...

Summer food is SO good...do you have a favorite?

Lovin' summer...

Memorial Day at Aunt Linda and Uncle Leroy's...the neighbors have horses that the girls love to visit and feed apples...





And Aunt Linda and Uncle Leroy have a golf cart that the boys like to go crazy on...




Our first beach trip of the year was on the last day of school...




Happy Birthday, Tommy and Mr. Ed!




We all went to church camp the first week of June...these are photos from the talent show...


My nephew doing karate moves...impressive!



J playing guitar...wow, he was AWEsome!



ME and friends sang a song they wrote about camp...too cute!



ME and friends in our cabin...

We also joined the pool this year, and we've spent at least five days a week there...






So that's what we've been up to...more to come!

My three children...

...are truly goofballs. But I love them!

They were hanging out on the trampoline one day after school, just laying there talking and laughing together. I snuck up on them and took a few photos, trying to *capture* the moment. It's difficult to get pictures of them at this age.

And these are what I got. You should see the REST of the photos...(sigh)...