My Meme!

Okay, Okay, I was going to do this eventually, but was avoiding it because I am not that interesting.

My friends Lisa and Amy both tagged me so I guess I will do it now.

I copied and pasted the rules you wrote Amy because they sounded good and I am not creative enough to create my own.

The rules of the game get posted at the beginning. Each player answers the questions about themselves. At the end of the post, the player then tags people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know they’ve been tagged and asking them to read your blog. Let the person who tagged you know when you’ve posted your answers.

What was I doing 10 years ago?
I really can't remember, but I think I have something. It was the summer before my student teaching and I was going to be graduating from Kennesaw that fall too or winter. Anyway, it was in December. I was living at home with my parents still. (sorry not that interesting yet)

What are the five things on my to do list today?
I hate to make to do lists, but I really should
1. Clean and organize Ben's room
2. Do more laundry
3. Organize Ben's old clothes and put them away
4. Clean downstairs
5. take a shower (pretty bad that has to go on a to do list) you stay at home moms understand what I mean

Snacks I enjoy:
cereal
any kind of fruit
ice cream
For a snacker I sure am having a hard time thinking of snacks

Places I have lived:
Atlanta
Chamblee
Woodstock
Alpharetta
Roswell

Jobs I have had:
Chick-Fil-A
An after school program
5th grade teacher
Mom

People I want to know more about:
Gina (even though I know everything about you)
Jennifer
Audrey
Stacey
Tag, you're it!

July 4th Fun!

I hope everyone had a safe and wonderful 4th of July. We went down to Dunwoody to catch the end of their parade and attend the festival. We caught a little bit of the end of the parade and then walked around to see what the festival had, but there was really just food. They did have a military band playing that sounded nice. It was extremely hot so my mom, Ben and I went into the Walgreens there and I bought some water and fed Ben. I think the heat got to Jake or just the excitement because he was pretty quiet the whole time.

We then left and went to eat lunch at the Varsity in Alpharetta. My dad got a Varsity hat for Ben to wear. He also ate some french fries and really enjoyed them. We were going to drive up to the mountains where it is a little cooler, but decided not to do that and just went back to our house for naps. Later in the evening we went to my parents' house to have dinner and some cheesecake. We then went outside when it got dark and shot fireworks. It was so much fun! Jake didn't like the ones that made sounds, but liked looking at the different colors. We could also see some bigger ones from my parents' front porch. It was a hot, fun, exciting day. I even took some video of the fireworks down below.

This french fry sure is tasty


You like my hat? If you notice some red and green coloring on Ben's outfit, he had some of our snowcones at the festival earlier. He loved it!

WOW! Look at those awesome fireworks!

Watching the end of the parade

Ben with his flag. Ben is wearing Jake's first fourth of July onesie.

Earlier in the evening, Jake and Ben got to play a little in the pool. It was Ben's first time and he loved it. Jake would only squat at first and then sat down later.

I don't know if Ben liked the pool better or chewing on the toys in the pool.

Swinging on my parents' front porch.

Lee relaxing

Looking patriotic with Papa

Mimi bought these flags that light up for Jake and Ben, but you can't really see the light up part in this picture. We were shooting fireworks, so that explains the not so happy look on Jake's face.

What a long day!

Happy Birthday Gina!

We celebrated my best friend Gina's birthday this weekend with a Luau party at our house. We had some great food, friends and some delicious ice cream cake. We love ice cream cake so we have it at every birthday. I think all the kids had a really good time. Jack, Emma, Jake, and Austin played outside by throwing ice cubes everywhere and chased each other around inside. They were hilarious! Happy birthday again Gina and we hope you had a great one!

Me, Gina, and Laura

We even decked out the umbrella out back.

Jake drinking from his Hawaiian cup. I bought all the kids a little Hawaiian cup for the party.

We had some yummy food and cute Luau decorations

Nice tacky Hawaiian shirts Bobby and Lee

Laura holding Ben

Rob and Travis chatting outside on the deck.

Ben will make you jump jump

I took a picture of Ben eating a biter biscuit in his Bumbo. I bought a tray for it last week so he loves hitting the tray with his biscuit and hand. They are the messiest things to eat, but he loves chewing on them. If you click on the picture, you can see just how messy they are by looking at his face. Ben turned 10 months yesterday. It is hard to believe we will be celebrating his 1st birthday in just two months.


Here is a little video of Ben enjoying his jumperoo this weekend. He had so much fun jumping and laughing that I had to video it.

My son, the photographer

Jake has a toy camera he loves to play with. My aunt gave it to him for his 2nd birthday. He always faces it towards his face and says he is taking a picture of us. So yesterday, he picked up my camera once again facing it the wrong way and says he is taking a picture of me. All the sudden I heard a "click". I got the camera away from him and the above picture is what I found.

Toys, Toys, Toys: Help?!!

Please help! I am drowning in toys. What do you moms do with all the toys? Jake still plays with some, but has outgrown most of them. Ben will have plenty to play with if I get rid of a quarter of them. The funny thing is, most the toys were not purchased by us. They were birthday, holiday, and of gifts from grandparents. Our poor living room has turned into a toy store and looks horrible. Anyone want to come over and do some shopping?

More toys

Even more toys

Getting together with friends at the park

Today, Jake, Ben and I met my friends from elementary and high school. Kendra and I have been friends since 5th grade and Jeanette lived right down the street from me growing up. Kristie and Jeanette were best friends and Kendra and I were, then we all became good friends in high school. We were always together. It is hard to get us all together, but we finally did it! We met at this park in Woodstock named JJ Biello. If you live near there, you should definitely go. There was a really big playground for little ones and one for bigger kids. There are picnic tables under a big pavilion where we sat and caught up while we ate lunch. The bigger kids (or the girls) watched the little ones on the playground while we had some adult conversation. It is so funny that Kendra and Kristie's oldest are 14 and Jeanette and my oldest are 1 1/2 and 2. Anyway, it was a hot, but very fun day! Thanks ladies. Maybe next time we can go swimming in Kristie's pool as soon as she gets that pool house built and cabana boy to bring us drinks. :)

Jeanette holding Tanner, her twins Cole and Hunter eating lunch and Jake eating some watermelon.

Jake swinging

Here is Kendra's oldest Lauren holding Ben. She is 14 years old.

Here is Jeanette's youngest Tanner

Here are almost all the kids. There are 11 between the four of us. Ben and Tanner were taking naps. Kendra and Kristie have 3 girls each, Jeanette has 3 boys, 2 are twins and I have two boys.