Nana's Birthday

Monday was Nana's birthday, so we invited Nana and Pappaw to come to our house for supper. Again, Savannah got to make a cake and decorate it. We served "gas station" hamburgers. There is a local gas station that has a wonderful grill inside...not to be confused with the OTHER gas station restaurant!!! We had such a nice visit. The burgers were good and Savannah's cake was yummy!

Septic Woes

Last week John and I were talking of plans about what our next vacation will be. We really want to take the kids to Disney World again. We have been seeing flights for $85 dollars roundtrip to Orlando and so we have been keeping that at the back of our minds. Well, that trip went POOF this week when we had to have our septic system worked on.....$1000 later, we have 3 pumped tanks and a new water pump!!!! Ahhhh the JOYS of home ownership!!!
This is not a pretty site to see out the window!

Grandpa and Bee's Visit

Grandpa and Bee came to visit and to see HONK! last weekend. Since Grandpa's birthday is coming up, Savannah made him a cake and decorated it! They seemed to enjoy the show and the kids really loved having them here even though their visit was short, it was action packed! They will not be able to attend Reagan's family party, so they brought her gift with them. She has LOVED her new Cedarmont Kids DVDs, and funny thing is that ALL of the kids have enjoyed watching them. I catch the others walking around the house singing those songs! I love it!

The HONK! Performances

Whitney and Savannah did such a great job in all 4 performances. It was a long week of rehearsals (5-10PM) but the girls NEVER complained and were real troopers! I have pictures of the weekend but for now, here are some pictures from dress rehearsals last Wednesday night.

Look Where My John Took Me Today

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I had a doctor's appointment this morning, so John invited me to go out for lunch with him on my way back from Ft. Worth. We have been wanting to try out this place for a long time, and it just never seems to work out....well, we WILL be going back! It was wonderful!!!!!



Very strange to be eating 5-star food in a convenience store. For my blog lurker local friends: this would be worth a drive out to Watauga to experience. You won't be disappointed!
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HONK!

Whitney and Savannah have been rehearsing for HONK! these past two weeks. Performances start on Thursday night. Yesterday, Whitney got to go the church where she will be performing to do a preview of the show for the church members. I took pictures of the kids warming up and going over their choreography. The play is the story of the Ugly Duckling. Whitney is one of the sibling duckings. They looked cute in their ducky get-up. Whitney adores the teenagers that are performing with them. I have not watched any of the practices, so it was neat to see them do one of the songs. We have a long week ahead of us. Savannah is doing technical stuff for the show and working backstage. The girls have to be at rehearsal from 5-10 PM each night this week!!!!

Burger's Lake

Yesterday after lunch we surprised the kids with a trip out to Burger's Lake. Blayne and Reagan and I had gone before school was out with some friends. Blayne had told the girls all about it and they have wanted to go! They were so excited. When we got there, they were even more excited seeing all of the fun and different things to do. As we walked up, they did a safety check which required EVERYONE to get out of the lake and do a group check. A four-year-old was missing.....it was a bit scary....but they found her rather quickly. There are lots of lifeguards on site and they are super attentive. It was a day for me of remembering that you can't judge a book by its cover! Most of the lifeguards had very long hair, lots of tattoos, and would smoke when the were on break, but they were very kind and respectful and helpful! There were all kinds of people there from all walks of life, but we enjoyed interacting with them. I wore regular mascara (not waterproof) so you know what that looked like after two seconds in the water! My girls were telling me that I has mascara on my face and I tried to get it off (blindly) and I couldn't! This very nice tattooed and pierce young mom came over and said "here, let me help you!" and she dipped her hands in the water and washed my face off. Let me tell you that would NOT be happening over here where I live! We had a fun-filled family day, and sweet Reagan could barely walk and talk when we got home. She was POOPED! Everyone slept in this morning...including John (oops!) Two more weeks of summer and poof!!!!! it is gone!***One detail that I can't believe that I forgot to tell. I got stung by a wasp while we were there on my forearm. I had to go to First Aid to get the stinger removed. The lifeguard was so nice and took a long time with the tweezers trying to get thing out of there. It hurt sooo badly! My arm is red today as a reminder....oh, and the first time Whitney went on the trapeze swing and dropped into the water, she came up with a bloody nose!!! So we spent some more time in First Aid! For those of you that have not been there in a while...they have added tube slides and more diving boards. It was really fun for my kids because you don't have many opportunities anymore to jump off of high dives or slide down slides that are probably against modern day regulations because of the slopes!!!! fun times!