School Days....School Days...

....good old fashioned rule days.....

....started at our house today.

Reading....

...and writing...

...and 'rithmatic.....

...was a great way to start the year.
Ky's official day back is tomorrow!
Here we go!!!

Notre Dame Trip

This sign says it all!

That's where we were this week-end....

....enjoying a few baseball games....

...and a few sights.

We went to the College Football Hall of Fame....

....but we didn't go inside the museum...

....because this cafe was next door...

...and we were hungry for lunch and for chocolate!
It was a fun family get-a-way!

Happy 4th Of July

We celebrated inside the nice cool house....and....

...out in the sweltering 100 degree heat.....

...watching Ky play in a baseball tournament.  Luckily, we only had one game today.

We did our best to stay cool....and this is Moe's way of slowly drinking from his water bottle...

...a little bit at a time goes a long way!

This baseball park had a wonderful forest of trees behind homeplate....

...but the park right next to the diamond was in full sun....and there wasn't much of a breeze.

But, we kept ourselves entertained.  Rocky discovered that if he hit this sign, a few hornets would come out and fly around.
Notice Coco in the background....she carried her swimsuit around all day just waiting for the game to get over so she could go to the pool!

And, we did make it to the pool as soon as we got home from the game.

Happy Birthday, America!

Back to Back Cakes

Grandma and Grandpa brought TWO cakes along when they came to visit this week-end....one for Ky's belated 16th birthday....

 ....and one for Rocky's birthday on Saturday.  Thanks for helping us celebrate!
It was sure a SWEET week-end!

Happy Birthday, Rocky!

It was time to light 14 candles today!

And, we got to light them on Grandma Jo's homemade chocolate cake....a special request by Rocky.

Then...it was time to blow...

...and blow....

...and blow again!

I guess those candles I quickly grabbed at Wal-mart were labeled "magic re-light" and I didn't notice as I was only looking for the right color.  Whoops.  He finally got them blown out, though!

Another traditional morning birthday golf date!

Happy 14th Birthday!
It was a fun day!
I LOVE celebrating birthdays....because I LOVE remembering the day each of my children were born!
The best memories ever!

Dear Yardzilla....

Do you like our pretty stripes on our front yard!??  I was hoping that people who drive by would think that it adds character!
All one color?  That would be too boring!

But, I am finding that I am getting tired of this color....

....and, that I am partial to a nice, deep, dark green!
Any thoughts or help?
Yes, watering would be a great remedy.  The only water it gets is from the rain.  But, why do we get these dry spots in ROWS? 

Very distinctive rows!

Love,
Your Non-Green Thumb Friend,
Sara

Pool Play

This "pool play" is alot cooler....

...than the "pool play" where Ky has to play baseball in the hot sun to make it to the last day of the tournament!

And this pool play...

...is right down the street...

....courtesy of our neighbors....

....who love it when we use their pool.

This week, Coco learned to swim...

.....with her water wings!

We are thankful for such generous neighbors!