Mini Make Over

Hello friends! Hope you are having a great day! We are! It's just really hot and we have been grocery shopping and running errands.

I blogged last month about wanting to make over my kitchen. It was SO drab! Ugh! And the floor was so....1980's! The before picture of our floor.
Adam has been working HARD laying our new tile(it's the stick down kind that feels like real tile) and it looks so beautiful! I really LOVE it!
AND...we got a new-ish dining room table. Our friend across the street got a new table and chairs for her house and was selling this for $200.00!! Can you believe that?! It is a glass top table and 5 chairs! I absolutely LOVE it too! Finally our kitchen is starting to feel like it's entered the 21st century. ;)

We also took Anderson's baby bed down(since he's not using it) he's sleeps with us. Adam put up his table that my daddy and Mimi gave him for Christmas and he really likes it! It's just his size.
Only 3 weeks until Disney! Hooray! We are all so excited, maybe me more than anybody! Ha! :)

Splash!

Hello friends!
We have been to Hawaiian Falls today(our local waterpark) and have had the BEST time!! Anderson LOVES the water fountains that squirt up from the concrete. And see this big bucket every 2 minutes it dumps a lot of water on all the kiddos. FUN, FUN!!
Anderson and I were trying to find a good victim to drop the bucket of water on their head! Ha!Waterslide-Wheeeeeeee!!I seriously CANNOT stop laughing...it looks like Adam is at a nudist colony and I've blurred out the bottom half! Ha!

We're looking forward to a great weekend! Hope you have one too! :)

A Lollipop and Flowers

Hello friends!

Anderson had his re check for his infected ears this morning at the doctor. They were all clear, but our dr. was on vacation. Anderson was NOT sure about this new guy. First of all, he was a male and he has never had a male pediatrician. Then, he asked me if Anderson's eyes were cross eyed! Ummm....no! That was very odd.

To top it off, they were OUT of lollipops. That is how I get Anderson to be so enthusiastic about the doctor's office. Uh, okay...so we stopped by the store.Then, I made up some elaborate story to tell Anderson about how his real doctor was in Disney World on vacation and she called me and told me she was sorry she wasn't there AND that she didn't have any lollipops. But, she wanted us to stop by this store and buy one from her! Ha! Anderson LOVED that idea!The area was a little scary though! Ha!!This made for a happy little boy!And he wanted to share with his momma!! Love this boy!!

I wanted to post a picture for my mom, so she could see how nice our calladiums look. I heart calladiums, I think they are so pretty!One last thing, Anderson gave the frog a kiss!

Pump It Up!

Hello friends!

Can I just say that we are EXHAUSTED! We have been hanging out with our sweet neighbors across the street. The lady( who is near my age) and she has 2 kids, a 6 year old girl and a 3 year old little boy. We have already had a FULL week!

On Monday, we went to the park in 102 degree weather(not the smartest idea, I've ever had). Yesterday, we all went here and had a blast and got sunburned(again). And today, we headed over to Pump it Up, which is a play gym for kids and all that's in there are inflatable jump houses. It's really fun and exhausting if you're out of shape, like I am. I seriously felt like I was in the Army bootcamp and I would SOOO have been thrown out of the army by now if that were the case! ha!

Anderson had a blast and kept saying "Momma, play" and I would. I'm pretty sure I'm gonna be so sore tomorrow...so sad!! ;)

Lessons I learned from Pump it Up:
1. You are not 10 years old anymore, seriously...my body is 32 and feels it! Eeekk.
2. Even though you WERE a teacher, you cannot boss other people's kids around...I just love how some of the moms just sit there and text and are oblivious to what their kids are doing.
3. I am glad that Anderson is not one of those really rough little boys( he's not a pansy by any means)...but seriously calm down kids, you don't have to take out everybody around you because you are wrestling!
4. Do NOT wear full make up and black capri pants when going here. I don't have to explain...you get the picture!

Hopefully I will get a camera soon. My momma's camera that I borrowed quit working too. Maybe I am too hard on cameras??:)

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Summer Time's A Comin'!

Hello friends! Actually it feels like Summer time is already here! We are having a MAJOR heatwave in Texas! It is 102 today!

I LOVE Summer! It has always been my most favorite season. I love the warm weather, and in the past was a teacher and loved it for obvious reasons.
Here are the top five reasons I heart Summer:

1. Not much make up, no shoes(mostly flip flops) and pretty painted toes. I don't have the money to be paying anybody to paint my toes any more, but I do a pretty good job. And my favorite flip flops are yellow box. They Rock!!!

2. Going to the park and feeding the ducks. In fact, we did that today with our across the street neighbors and we just about MELTED, it was SO HOT! Not to mention, the geese chased us and I screamed and ran. I know...not cool boy-mom behavior, but they were vicious!

3. Summer movies. My favorite Summer movies are 1. Summer Rental(remember that one with John Candy??) 2. Vacation(who doesn't love Chevy Chase movies...and that song always gets stuck in your head...Holiday Roooooaaaaadddd!)

4. Swimming.(This is an old picture of Anderson when he was 1) Seriously, I think Anderson and I could swim everyday if we could. He LOVES the water and so do I. We are getting a season pass here.

5. And my VERY favorite...the BEACH! I miss the beach so much since we are land locked up here near Oklahoma. I miss Panama City Beach to be more exact. Thomas Doughnuts, The Strip, and Miracle Strip(I hated they tore that down...we have some great memories there;)

Read It

Hello friends! We have just spent exactly 30 minutes in the Barnes and Nobles children's section and have LOVED every minute of it! We read so many great children books. When it was time to leave, I "tried" to load Anderson back into his stroller, but he held on (tight) to the nearest pole and screamed "boooookkkkk". I swear the people in there thought I was abusing him. We managed to get all the way to the front of the store, and we saw a cat book on sale. So, we have our 150th book now:) Yikes...Now, the cat book is his newest obsession. He even insisted on sleeping with it. And how do you say no to something that brings him so much joy. I mean, it's a book, it will make him smarter;) In fact, as he was going to sleep, he said "I love you, read it?" Ha, this kid knows how to get me to cooperate!!

All of this book talk, has really got me thinking that if I had a million dollars(like if we won the lottery or something) that I would seriously want to open a children's book store.Like a really, really quaint one. One that had so much whimsy and felt magical every time you brought your children. I would definitely love to own a book store like that.

I kind of have it pictured in my mind. Remember this movie "You've got Mail"? Meg Ryan had the BEST children's book store EVER...remember it? Shop Around the Corner.That store makes me really happy. I hate when in the movie,she has to close her shop cause the big corporate giant Fox Books moves into the neighborhood. The only thing that makes it better is when she and Tom Hanks get together at the end of the movie.

Ohh.....(sigh) I really LOVE that movie. I think I'm gonna try and find it tonight.

Hope you have a great weekend!

Still Here

Hello friends! We are still here, just have been really BUSY! Adam's parents have been here and we were in San Antonio for the weekend and I am just now getting caught up.We had a great weekend. I really think we should buy a house in San Antonio, as much as we go...hehe:) We had such a delightful time on the Riverwalk and even rode one of the tour boats down the river. I have to say that it was extremely HOT and at one point, I thought we were going to melt into a puddle!We saw a couple getting married and I told them congratulations. Anderson kept telling everybody congratulations the rest of the day! ha!

We stopped by one of our favorite places the Mexican Market. You truly feel as if you are in Mexico, not the scary, gang infested Mexico...but Mexico City.
They have the MOST BEAUTIFUL china I have ever seen!! It is handmade in Mexico and is blue and white and I just LOVED it!! I wish I had taken a picture of it.
Sunday morning, we went to an AWESOME little restaurant (The Guenther House) that is actually a flour mill. They have the BEST pancakes ever!! And the prettiest yards ever!! Great for little boys, who love to run away from their momma's!Do you love botanical gardens like we do? I think in every city we have visited, we always go to the botanical gardens there. San Antonio's is my favorite of them all. I love the different types of flowers. They have a little pond that has some ducks that are really fun to chase! The last thing on Sunday was go to the Missions. These were Catholic churches that the Spanish set up in San Antonio(because Texas was once Mexico) when the were trying to bring religion to Mexico. These missions were built in 1760 and are still functioning Catholic churches today. They are the MOST beautiful things I have ever seen!