It is one hot summer.

The old saying it is too hot to do anything.. True. It is too hot to even swim in the afternoons. 110 degrees everyday is miserable. We are praying for rain! The kids and I have been up early, napping in the afternoon and staying up later. It seems to "cool" down at night to a cool 90-95 degrees.. Did I just say cool?! It is even too hot to take pictures. WE have had a good summer though, the first week I worked VBS at FP.. both kids went and it was great fun. Then I pawned Wyatt off on Nini who works the FBC VBS so he was there the next week. He loved it, I was a little worried two weeks in a row, but they put on an incredible program. (EJ was too young) She did do princess camp at Ballet studio.. she enjoyed it, but did not exactly follow the rules the teacher said. It was more like, "Well, how did EJ do today?" Teacher..." Well, not as good as yesterday." and they said that everyday! One thing about her is if you do not set the rules and enforce them early, she will walk all over you. I think this was a very soft spoken teacher who was very sweet, but EJ needs a little bit of fear (and a good spanking sometimes!) She has more personality and is hysterical, but very strong willed. Have no idea where she gets that from. :)
We have had a great month catching up with old friends.. Lala and I see each other but the boys who were inseparable at birth to 3, have not been able to play as much with different schools, schedules.. which is pathetic bc she lives less than a 1/2 mile away. So we have been making up for lost time and fortunately we are blessed with little hunters... they have killed everything in the back yard and hunted anything they could find. Sammy, EJ and Lizzy are not near as disturbing and play well.. usually inside where it is cool! :)
I need to get the camera back out.... we have had a lot of fun avoiding the heat. Hard to believe we are 1/2 thru June and I have no pictures for this month!

Memorial Day

Sweet Pam and EJ
Outside the CAF
Missing Man formation, they played taps afterwards and it is always so emotional.


I actually made the kids sit and listen to the speech, it was hot.. they were tired of sitting.. but I do feel it is important even at a young age to show some respect and one day remember why they had to sit and listen. Zach was sweating buckets and I made him sit too:)
All my boys.. are they not handsome?!
Devil Dog is the new airplane they are trying to restore and keep flying.. very similar the Fifi campaign..

Daddy's Girl

Thank you to all of those who have served and died for our freedom. A freedom I know I take for granted. I hear of those people who are oppressed, cannot make their own decisions, forced to live in conditions we consider unbearable, forced to worship a certain religion, and I realize the older I get just how blessed we are. I know we do not live in a perfect country, but we live in a free country that so many have fought for. I am so appreciative. I never really understood the importance of Memorial Day and Vets Day until I got older, I use to just think of it as a another school holiday. I know look at my Dad, who served in Vietnam, differently.. he has always been a hero.. but now to more than just me. He is someone I am so proud of, someone I respect even more for the selfless act of fighting for our country. Along with my Peepa (WW2), Zach's granddaddy, friends, cousins, and so many I cannot even begin to thank.
This year we celebrated at teh CAF, it was great. It was hot, but what is not hot in West Texas these days! The kids love the CAF, so it was fun for them to see all the airplanes, they had games, clowns, all sorts of stuff for the family.