summertime memories....

As summer approaches, I got to thinking about all the summers growing up....so many wonderful memories......slip-and-slide in the backyard, family cookouts that always ending with a game of baseball, homemade butterfinger ice cream, conchas lake, little league baseball, swimming pool, riding bikes all over Earth....oh I could go on and on. But, what I remember most is the laughter and love that we had growing up. I wouldn't trade my growing up experiences for a million, gazillion, trillion dollars! I have two wonderful parents and two goofy brothers to thank for such great memories....

mowing the grass with my daddy....


me, Bruce, dad, Curt...


swimming pool in the backyard...


Curt learning to ski...daddy would always put his skies on for him...spoiled!

'nice boo-ful day outside'

the most precious story every....

Last weekend, I got the joy of having my aunt and her family come to stay with us. She and her husband have two precious boys (ages 2.5 and 10 months). We had a wonderful, fun filled weekend. We read books, played golf, baseball, sidewalk chalk, etc. When the 2.5 year old woke up on Monday morning, I got to go in to get him out of bed. As soon as I walked in there, he was already standing up. When I told him good morning, he told me that 'it's a nice boo-ful day outside!' And it was! We opened the curtains so we could see the nice boo-ful day outside! Wouldn't it be nice to wake up every morning and say....'it's a nice boo-ful day outside'!

moving furniture

God is moving furniture again tonight. Why am I so scared of the noise it makes when He moves all that furniture around? I mean seriously, I think sometimes, He gets a little rumbioucious (sp?) and slams down that heavy furniture. There's no need for that. My flowers and new grass are just loving this rain though. The smell of fresh rain....ahhhh....such a sweet smell. But seriously, get some help God....don't move that furniture all by yourself....or just scoot it across the floor....I don't mind rumbling!

Thank you, Lord, for this beautiful rain and thunder!