I AM DANCING IN THE RAIN...

For the past few days now the weather has been pretty depressing. Don't get me wrong, we need the rain and I like the rain but when you have four children & a DOG inside the house it gets a bit crazy. So this afternoon we sent everybody outside to play. I had talked to my neighbor Marlene on Friday about maybe grilling out with her family since they were in town- but did not think about the forecast. But God was good to us. He kept the rain away until after we were done with dinner and started cleaning up. It was nice.

While Terry was preparing the grill/food Josiah was playing in the puddle of water that ALWAYS accumulates on the driveway when it rains. He had a blast. I took his socks off first and rolled his pants up but that didn't last too long so I decided to go ahead and take all his clothes off and let him go crazy in his diaper. He had so much fun. Oh, to be that young again. (do I sound old or what?) My kids LOVE Mr. Tony and Mrs. Marlene. They have a blast with them. We hope to have dinner with them more often- especially now that the weather is getting warmer. Mr. Tony started pushing Josiah on Riley's bike. Josiah of course loved it.

So when Riley wanted to get back on her bike, I had to be the bad guy and take him off. He did not like it. Luckily Mr. Tony was sitting right next to me and I handed him right over to him and this is the sad look we got from him (Josiah that is-not Tony although he looks pretty sad too.):
Thanks guys for coming over and having dinner with us. It was fun:) I hope everyone has a wonderful week.

Thank you everyone!

I just wanted to thank everyone for a great day I had yesterday.Yes, it was my birthday. I celebrated my 36th birthday. I can't believe it. We had a good time though. Joel was invited to a sleep over on Friday night at a friends house so he was not there on Saturday morning. Jesse was invited to a birthday party on Saturday morning so we all went over there. We all had a blast. It was a cowboy birthday. They went on a hay ride and had "cowboy games". Really cool stuff. I forgot to take my camera but Sarah took lots of pictures so if she sends them to me I will post them.

While we were at the party, Joel called me to wish me a happy birthday. I have to say, that just made my day:) After the party we went home and Opa & Oma were waiting for us on the drive way. They brought a cake and a card with some money for me:) I hope to buy something nice with it. There are lots of things I "want". I might buy me a nice office chair for my desk down stairs. But we will see.

After nap we were invited to have dinner at our friends Jody and Melia. That was really nice too. We hung out for a while and Terry helped Jody put up a ceiling fan. He did a great job:) While we were there Terry gave me my birthday present. He did good! He got me the Cricut Design Studio. I am so excited. For those of you who don't know what a "cricut" is...check out www.cricut.com It is great for scrapbooking/card making/paper crafts. I have had a lot of fun with it.

So, thanks again for all the phone calls and messages on facebook. I felt very loved and I had a wonderful day.

Fieldtrip with the Rogers' Day Care

One of our neighbors in our cul de sac is a truck driver. And on Monday afternoon he came home with his big truck. So I knew that the boys would just LOVE to see the inside of the truck. So while the kids were playing in the back yard, I went over to his house and asked if I could bring the "Rogers' Daycare" over for a field trip in his truck and can you believe it, he said Yes!
They had so much fun-especially when Mr. Tony let them honk the BIG horn. Oh my, that is loud. They also got to lay in the back of the truck where his bed is. It is amazing how big it is back there. Josiah on the other hand just liked sitting at the wheel.

Thanks Mr. Tony for letting them look inside your truck. I have to tell you, Terry was dissapointed he missed it. Now he really wants to go on a field trip too!!!

Happy (early) Birthday (to myself)

Ok, so I know that my birthday is still a week away but my very nice neighbor-Tammy "kidnapped" me this afternoon. She would not tell me where she was taking me. Terry stayed home with the kids and Lilli while we went off. I had a bit of an idea because right before we left she told me "oh, by the way- you might want to wear flip flops". Yes, I got my very first pedicure EVER and also a manicure (which I guess I have had done back in high school). I have to tell you- I was a bit worried about the pedicure because I DO NOT like people to touch my feet. But I have to tell you- it was WONDERFUL!!! It was so nice to be pampered. She took me to this place called Hair Visions Salon & Spa. It is in Irmo-120 Hunter Village Dr. I guess they have a website: http://www.hairvisions-salon.com/ I definitely recommend them. It is a beautiful place. They have ALL kinds of stuff there that you can get done. Facials; Masks; Peels; Facial waxing's; "other" waxing's; Treatment for hands. Really cool stuff. I would come back (if I had money). But that will probably be a while. We will see.

Thanks Tammy for this wonderful gift. I thank you for it and your friendship. God was kind to the both of us (I hope) when he made us neighbors.

Thanks:)

Water Fun.

It seems like I have been away from home all morning long so when Josiah and I got home this afternoon I needed to take Nellie to the back yard to do her "business" and let her run around so she can get some energy out. Well, while we were out there I thought it would be kind of fun to turn the water on and see what Nellie would do. Well, only because I got her from a good friend of ours I believe she is a labrador but you would never had thought she was if you saw her in the yard today. She did not want anything to do with that water. She kept running away from it. I am planning to get her a little "kiddy" pool pretty soon and see how she likes that. I am pretty sure she will "grow" to like it. On the other hand, Josiah had a BLAST! He grabbed the hose and had fun spraying himself. It was fun to see:) He did get pretty cold after a while and we went in for a nice warm bath. We had fun though:) I am looking forward to seeing how he will do in Mrs. Flo's pool this year:) We are hoping to maybe go next week for the first time. I can't wait and the kids can't either. I made the mistake to tell them that Mr. Joe and Mrs. Flo's pool is open and they have been asking all week long. I told them that we will plan to go next week sometime. When we do, I will take pictures and post them.

Joining the team

Can you believe it, I have 3 boys all with ear infections. Poor Josiah and Jesse have been fighting them for the past month now or so and I guess Joel was feeling left out so on Monday night he joined the team. So I had to take Joel to the doctor yesterday and Yes there it was again-another ear infection. I am pretty tired of driving back and forth to the doctor every week. I am hoping once we are done with this round of medicine we are DONE!

"Riley...don't even think about joining this team, you hear me"?

Happy (early) Birthday, Aunt Merry...

...we love you!! We actually celebrated it about a week early. Aunt Merry came over to our house to give Riley her birthday present(s) because she was not able to come for her actual birthday. So while she was here we wanted to do something fun- so we decided to go to Saluda Shoals in the morning and walk around on the trails and let the kids play on the playground. We had a lot of fun but can I tell you "I believe summer has started". It was so HOT! I could not believe it. They did actually have the sprinklers on for the kids to run around in but we could not do that because we were going to go to Olive Garden for lunch. We did walk the nature trail and that was a lot of fun.

So after the park we took Merry to Olive Garden. It was SO good. We had a lot of fun. Of course Terry went ahead and told our Waiter that it was Merry's birthday so they sang Happy Birthday to her and gave her a cake. It was a lot of fun. The kids thought it was great :)