one of my favorite people

My Aunt Caryl (in the middle) was here from Georgia last week. She is one of my favorite people to be around! I wish we could see each other more often!!

can you see me????

My brother and his wife we went to Las Vegas for a wedding. I watched their two boys for a few days. Ben is 8 and Nicholas is 3. Nicholas wanted to wear a helmet while he is riding his bike! He could see where he was going through the holes!!!

goodbye swing set

It was time to say goodbye to the swing set. It was orignally my niece's, and my brother gave it to us a few years ago. It is over 20 years old! It is still in pretty good shape....it does have few bumps and bruises. We moved it across the street to our neighbors. We are so glad it has found a happy home with two little girls!

It sure is nice to have a flat bed truck in the family!

New home.......the kids kept running around........

MVP

Our MVP.....Grant loves playing baseball.........his dream it to become a pro, and play for the Saint Louis Cardinals.....we just keep letting him dream... he needs to gain a little weight before that happens!

The game last night was nail biting.......we were ahead, and then behind, and then ahead again......then we lost 14-13!!

How does your garden grow?

It's that time of year to plant our garden! This year we hope to have plenty of lettuce, onions, peppers, and carrots........it took Jim a couple of hours to get everything leveled....then my 3 year old nephew Nicholas kept running through the dirt!



Nicholas.........ready to do some serious gardening!

He worked up a sweat....time for a beverage!

New York City!!!!

My trip to New York City was the BEST! It was exactly how I imagined it. The people, horns honking, tall buldings, food vendors! I could go back ever month....if I was rich......wanted to look for an apartment....oops....I have a husband and kids at home! We took the subways, walked for miles, and miles...still have the blisters to proove it!

Here is my friend Vancy and me on our way to the big city! My first train ride.


New York City night life....the city that never sleeps. My kinds of town!

Here is a view from our hotel.

Our carriage ride in Central Park.....our driver was SO CUTE!

My friend Vancy is a Tory Burch junkie......she wanted some flip flops and every store was sold out. We finally found the Tory Burch store in So-Ho. I am happy to report she got her flip flops!

These are some of our packages. I had the best time of my life......I was sad to leave, but would love to visit again....next time we are hiring a driver! My feet hurt so bad it has taken me a week to recuperate!!!

I returned home on Mothers Day. It was nice to see my husband and kids....get back into our routine....and back into the real world!

Goals?????

As I am laying on the sofa watching Property Virgin, Jim asks me out of the blue......What are your goals?.......excuse me, we have been married 19 years, and we have never discussed our goals!! Of course I say......to make it through the day.....he says "NO, what are your long term goals for the house......hehe.....I say..."Well.....the kitchen and the bathroom".......we live in an old house, and it is small for five people, but we are too old to move....so we stay in our little house in a neighborhood that we love.....sometimes loves........he wants to add 5 feet to the back of our house.......let me tell you, I love my husband and he is very handy, but he has troubles completing projects...I would rather not have a blue tarp on the back of our home for the next ten years. He says "the kitchen is the hub of the home".....I say....."not our home".....I don't like to cook, or bake. We eat dinner and get out of the kitchen as fast as we can!!!!

THEN the real story comes out....he just found out that the company he works for has put his department on the selling block.......oh GREAT.....just what I needed to hear......he tells me not to worry......ME WORRY........it's what I do best........so now we wait........business as usual...........guess we need to come up with some new goals..........