Has it Really Been A Month?????

I'm such a bad blogger! I can't believe it's been a month since I've posted anything! What an eventful month we have had. Where to start???
Let's see...the kids finished up preschool and have been keeping me busy, busy, busy this summer already! We are spending lots of time at the pool with our friends. As a matter of fact, Aubrey swam all on her own today, with a swimmie, but still...without mommy. I'm so proud of her. Brendan took swimming lessons for a week and I really think it traumatized him. The swimming instructor would sing "Ring Around the Rosie" and then dunk the kids under the water at the end. You cannot sing that song ANYWHERE without that kid yelling, "I don't want to go under! I don't want to go under!!" Bless his heart. He is swimming in the pool with his swimmie and will put his face under water when asked, but that's about it. He is using his arm surprisingly well in the water and I really am proud of his progress. The funny thing is that that little booger is so NOSEY! He uses that swimmie to get him all over the pool and he's waddled his way into every group of kids, teens, or grown ups in the pool. He's such a mess.

I've gotten really bad about taking pictures lately. I need to get better. I don't know that I have any recent pics, but I'll certainly post some if I find them. I went to Hilton Head, SC for a girls weekend, no husbands, no kids. Just Emily, Staci, Sandy and I and it was so nice. I didn't take a single picture!! What was I thinking? I have a really nice camera, but I think I need a little point and shoot.

Last week Brendan attended his first Vacation Bible School. He thought he was going to preschool. He made lots of cute projects and learned some really cute songs about Jesus. Unfortunately, the only one he sings around here is "The Chicken Dance Song." Great!!

Monday, we went with our friends to the Atlanta Zoo...again, no pictures. Five moms and 11 kids...yes, 11 kids! It was SO INCREDIBLY HOT!!! We had fun, though. The kids loved seeing all of the animals. There is a parakeet exhibit where you can go in with a small stick of food and they fly right up to you and eat. They LOVED that and I can't wait to go back and do it again. Aubrey was really, really, really cranky at the zoo Monday. She cried pretty much all day. When she wasn't crying, she was screaming at me. That part of the trip wasn't fun. Tuesday, we decided to go spend the entire day at the pool. Again, she was so grumpy. When we got home, she fell asleep on the couch at 4:30. By 8:00 she was not awake and when I checked on her, she was running a fever. I tried to give her some Motrin, which she LOVES, and she wouldn't take it. She said her throat hurt. I picked her up and got her undressed and low and behold....a rash all over her body. Then it dawned on me what I was looking at. Russell had it before when we were dating...SCARLET FEVER!!! Off to the ER we go. Penny went with me. There they confirmed my suspicions and she's now on the mend with the help of antibiotics.

I've been babysitting my best friend Penny's 6 year old twin girls this summer for her. She went back to work full time so she is in need of someone to watch them. We have LOVED having them here. Every time we get in the car now, Aubrey asks, "Are we going to pick up Reese and Ayden." I love those girls with all my heart. It's going to be a great summer having them around.

Russell and I are in the process of building the kids their swingset. It's quite a chore, but they are going to love it. I'll post pic when we are all finished.

I'd better get off of here for now.

Until next post...