Thursday, July 31, 2008

POOL junkies

Long - long story but Mom and Dad got a pool and we LOVE it. The girl's & I are pool junkies to say the least! Cassidy was still leary of the water when it was ready to have swimmers and Brooke was wearing floaties and a ring and little by little they have become braver and braver! Mom had a grand idea to try goggles mask! OH MY!!!! What a HUGE HUGE difference! Cassidy has been diving under for rings and sticks and she has learned how to do a head stand and somersault. She is doing so well and we (Grandpa & Grandma included) are VERY proud of what she is learing to do. Tonight she did three in a row and I was able to catch it on my underwater camera, which I'm in LOVE with!! It takes these amazing pictures and the video's. Ahhhhhhh I'm IN LOVE!! Brooke is still wearing her wings and ring and she does wear the goggle mask and goes under some but she'll get there. She is more of a pool floater rather than the go go diver jumper Cassidy has become. I did get a video of Brooke swimming to me with her face in the water. Did I mention that I LOVE this new camera???? Thanks............you know who you are!!! I LOVE YOU!!!!!!

Thursday, July 24, 2008

Happy Anniversary

My mom and dad have been married twenty one years today!! I love them both very much and cannot imagine how my life would be without them! They have taught me so much over the years and I may have a slight bias but they are the best!!

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

4TH of JULY

Mom & Dad had a cookout for the 4th and it was a great great time!! They should have those parties once a month!! Here are some pictures before the baseball, kickball, crouquet and swimming started!!

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V A C A T I O N

We decided since Shawn is off for a week due to shut down at the factories she should take a little vacation so Tuesday Amanda & I looked around on the internet and Wednesday Shawn the girl's & I were headed to Sandusky. We stayed at Castaway Bay which is a hotel and waterpark just minutes from Cedar Point. So we swam and went down the slides and they had a wave pool that the kid's just LOVED. It was fun and the best part was TGI Friday's was attached the the hotel so we went and had supper which it is my #1 place to eat!! I was HAPPY HAPPY!! It was a great day and Thursday we woke up early and it was raining and I do mean raining. So after breakfast we went and walked around the mall and after we did that the sky was clearing to we headed out to ride rides!! That is just what we did too!! It was a great day!! Overcast and cool!! WONDERFUL!!!!!!!!!!!! After our drive home Shawn helped me get a few things ready to go to my mom & dad's the next day for the 4th! We got to bed after two AGAIN!!!!

A visit to the COUNTRYSIDE!


I have not seen my friend Vickielynne in over a year now so when she called and asked us to meet up with her and a some friends about and hour and a half away I jumped at the chance. She always has such and good time and makes me laugh my butt off and she did not disappoint! We drove down Monday after going to the drive in the night before because VL wasn't sure what was going on!! So anyways we headed out kinda late in the morning and when we got there she greeted us all with big hugs and HELLO!!!!!! In no time we were in the boat and out on the lake. There were three lakes that connected and Cassidy & Brooke took turns driving the boat and they LOVED it!! It was a chilly but sunny day and after cruising the lakes we headed back to land and went swimming back at the pool and VL had the bright idea we should have a few drinks. Well cherry vodka and red bull go down smooth but they hit you like a rock. After I had asked VL will these take me down she kept telling me no no!! She's a liar by the way!! I drank a few glasses which I haven't drank in FOREVER. So I went down the slide and when I hit the water I could barely get back to the top!! SO I quit drinking right then. We had dinner and rode out in the woods in the "gators" and sat by the fire. We got home about two in the morning and we crashed. We had a good time!!

Fun Fun Fun

So we have been go go go for well over a week now. Myself & the girl's had a sleepover night with the Sink's girl's!! It was a great time, although Cassidy & Brooke have NEVER and I do mean NEVER heard a siren other that the tornado sirens we have out here in no man's land and in the big ol' city where the Sink's live there is a fire siren that goes when it needs to no matter morning, noon or night and I'll be darned that when they all laied down to go to sleep that thing went off and Cassidy was a freaking, Brooke tagged along as well (monkey see monkey do)!! I told them it was fine and that they do it there if someone needs help yatta yatta. Well she woke me up "several" times in the night and would say mommy are you there and I'd say YES CASSIDY and back to sleep she'd go. Well guess what went off again at seven thirty in the morning?? Yep that dang siren. UGH!! So up and adam they were and hearts beating 100 miles an hour. Is that healthy to have your heart working so hard at such a young age?! I could barely drag my butt around and I felt so sick. Thank goodness my dearest bestest friend had a GRAND plan already. So after she made everyone breakfast we packed all the kid's up and sent them to Vacation Bible School (which Kennedy & Emmy had already been going to) and sent them off. We no sooner drove through to get a tea at McDonald's and went into the dollar store and looked for a garage sale that was ABSENT and we had to pick the girl's back up!! Shouldn't VBS be an all day thing?? LOL Just Kidding we do LOVE them!! So we picked them up and headed back down here to Ohio and went swimming at Amanda's dad's after lunch. It was CHILLY to say the least but still fun!! After Amanda dropped us back off at home the girl's & I laied down and slept for over three hours!! I haven't been that tired in...YEARS!! The Sink's wore our butt's out!! Thanks ladies!! I can't wait for the next sleepover!!