I have been trying to keep the kids busy this summer. Here is a glimpse of what we’ve been up to.
posing for the camera
spending time with cousins
swim lessons
more swim lessons
splash park
more time with cousins
spending time with friends
eating popsicles
Fun at the zoo
more zoo fun
horseback riding
visiting Grandpa & posing for the camera
free lunches
even more swim lessons
posing again for the camera
blowing bubbles
child labor
swimming with friends
and yes, more posing!!!
I want to wish my Sister Deanna a Happy Birthday!! Although she was not looking forward to this one especially (I won’t disclose the number, just that it starts with the 4th number and ends in a 0). She is the best sister and friend that anyone could ever ask for. I have always admired her many strengths and talents. She is an amazing woman and I am sooooooooo glad that she is my sister. I truly am blessed. Thanks for everything Deanna, I love you!!
Happy 40th (oops!)
The kids and I decided that it was time for Marc to have a bike to ride since everyone else in the family has one. So, Friday morning, we went and picked one out. We suprised him on Saturday morning after we went to IHOP for breakfast. Marc was excited that he could go on bike rides now with the kids and ride his new bike instead of my cruiser. Here are some pics of Marc and the kids Saturday morning on their first ride. They went around the block and then decided to ride up to Pima park. They had a fun time. We feel so blessed to have a Daddy like Marc. He really does love playing with his children. I love that about him!
I had a Navy Blue shirt that I loved and have had for some time. It went the way of the dodo and I thought, “I’ll just go and pick one up this weekend at Target”. To my surprise that was not the case. Target, Walmart (I bought clothes there once), Kohl’s, didn’t have a Navy Blue button down long sleeve shirt with pocket. What? Maybe they’re just out of stock right now, right? Nope, even a check online revealed one place that has them and their primary business was mail order dress shirts. When you actually get to ordering it tells you, “this item is out-of-stock.” My mother-in-law, thanks Gaye, gave me a gift card to Steinmart and I thought, well we just might be able to find one there…and…no dice. They had many nice colored shirts, but no NBBDLSSwP. Polos, polos, and more polos of navy blue, even pockets, but not button down collared shirts.
Next step? Department stores. First of all, Target normally fills my every need when it comes to clothes (excluding suits), but a department store? In fact, Ginger was able to find and bought a NBBDLSS w/o pocket at Target, but it just isn’t the same. I resigned myself to go to Dillard’s, I even hate to type it, and voila a NAVY BLUE BUTTON DOWN LONG SLEEVE SHIRT with POCKET and it was on the clearance rack, $13 too! On the clearance rack, though? What’s with that? Is even conservative dressware dying? Professionals really want to look like they’re going clubbing? By that I mean, many of the nice colored shirts they had there and elsewhere had no pocket and other funky designs on them that said, $30K millionare, not professional.
Mind you, there are dress shirts galore, white of which I have plenty and Kohl’s (Mervyn’s when it was around) will fill that need quite nicely, light blue as well, light brown khaki if you will, isn’t a problem either. It’s just with Navy Blue.
They even have this color
Now I need to replace my dark green dress shirt that is on its last legs and from the looks of it, I may not be able to find one. I suspect there are more men like me, but fashion is dominated by women’s clothing so I’m sure nobody cares.
Audrey had her first piano recital on Friday. She did a great job. We are so proud of her and the progress she’s made over the last year and a half. She played two songs and did it well! We love you Audrey!
