2012 Blue Jeans Week 30

And the countdown begins--2 weeks and 2 days until school starts, but who's counting? (um, me!)  We still have had unbelievable heat here.  It doesn't look like it is letting up anytime soon, and I so wish it would.  Miss A has started practice for high school cross country.  Miss O is busy working on smoothie recipes for her cookbook.  Miss E has a school music drumming circle camp this week, and Mr J is having fun commentating on the Olympics, "oh, that dive was just horrendous!" (exact quote from my 7 year old)  Too much fun!  Here are some shots from our week. . .

Sunday:  The past few weeks on Sunday evening we have enjoyed watching an episode of Anne of Green Gables.  What a classic, and having them in VHS is very classic (i.e. old).  I was worried our VCR wouldn't work to show them, but thankfully it did.  I may have to put these my Christmas list this year to get in DVD.  Good stuff.

Monday:  We got a fun care package from Ben's parents today.  Getting packages in the mail is always way fun!  Thank you Grandpa and Grandma!

Tuesday:  Miss E is getting glasses!  I suspected as much when she came home from school the last day and said, "Mom, I had a hard time seeing the board today."  The eye Dr confirmed my suspicions, and today she picked out these cute frames.  They will be ready to go by school time, and the good thing is she is excited about her glasses--yeah!  She looks cute in them.

Wednesday:  Hit Wal-mart today.  The school lists were out, and Mr J was very meticulously checking his list as we got all his school supplies. 

Thursday:  Today was my mom's 60th birthday.  All the family got together and compiled a list of "60 reasons why we love Nana!"  It wasn't hard to come up with that many, she is awesome!  Love you Mom!  Happy Birthday!

Friday:  My kids go through craft stages.  This summer they have been the friendship bracelets and then colored duck tape projects.  Miss O can make anything out of duck tape, and they have the coolest colors to make things in now.  Duck tape wallets have been her projects lately.  These are just a few she has made.

Saturday:  Every 3 months our family is in charge of cleaning our church building.  Today was our day.  Miss O and Mr J work hard on making the doors and windows nice and clean.  They are good workers.

Thanks for visiting and hope you all have a great week!!

Blue Jeans Week 40

Fall is well upon us.  Parts of Halloween costumes are all over my house.  Candy corn fills the candy jar, and life is good.  Here is our week. . .

Sunday:  A sweet moment of family love.  We were singing some songs tonight, and they were nicely sharing a book.  And then about 10 minutes later they were fighting over it (didn't get a picture of that), but we will take what we can get :)

Monday:  Miss E is in an African drumming circle group at school.  She loves it.  Miss A and Miss O were also in the same group during elementary.  They performed on the town square tonight.  They did a great job.

Tuesday:  A restaurant about 30 minutes away does a "talk show" some evenings.  They interviewed my dad and talked about his art.  It was fun to see. 

Wednesday:  The kids get out of school early each Wednesday, and with that extra playtime Miss E and Mr J decided they were going to be explorers today.  They drew a map that Mr J has on his clipboard, filled backpacks with supplies (crackers, blankets, gloves) and Miss E grabbed her walking stick and they explored the yard for hours.  Too fun!  Love kids' imaginations!

Thursday:  Had my parents over to celebrate my Dad and Ben's birthdays.  Love having them close.

Friday:  Today was Ben's birthday.  His cake was a coconut cream pie--so yum and his favorite.  Happy Birthday sweetie!  Sure love you!!!

Saturday:  As mentioned in an earlier post, this was the end of the season, put the lawnmower away day.  Mowed the lawn for the last time, then Ben changed the oil, got it ready for winter, etc, but there was still gas in it, so Mr J and Miss E had lots of fun driving the lawnmower all around going about 1.5 mph to run the gas out.  Good-bye lawnmower!!!  See you in the spring!

Hope you all have had a good week and that you have a spooky Halloween!!!  I think we will have a private investigator, Amelia Earhart, either a dinosaur or Darth Vader, and a just plain teenager at our house Monday night.  Stay tuned to find out. . . :)

Happy 60th Birthday Dad/Grandpa!

Wishing a very happy birthday to my amazing dad, who is also an amazing Grandpa! We love you!