Archives for 2007

Happy Labor Day

September 3, 2007 by Amy Leave a Comment

Is that the right thing to say on Labor Day? Happy Labor Day? It works I guess.

‘Member last night I said I was going to catch up on some sleep? That was around 9:30? I went to sleep right after that and didn’t wake up until 11:15 today!!! Woah, I haven’t slept that long probably in, well, 5 years. Needless to say, I didn’t get the house cleaned this morning as planned.

We went and got the girls and had lunch at his mom and dad’s house. Emma stayed over there to play with S and Lexi came home with us. I was cleaning up and Scott was supposed to sit with Lexi in the recliner to put her to sleep for a nap but this is how I found him after coming out of the bedroom:

Scott asleep with two of Lexi’s blankies but no Lexi. Thanks, babe.

This is what I was working on in the bedroom this afternoon…

My closet looked like it had thrown up. I hadn’t put away any clothes fom the trip, my shoes were out, clean clothes were mixed in there I never put up before we left, my dry cleaning was still hanging, some clothes on hangers had fallen off, etc. But this is after I finished:

So Mom and Dad and Heather came over for dinner and swimming. Turns out the water was pretty cold and dirty though and only Lexi really ended up swimming. I think we’re closing it up for the summer tomorrow. Scott has his surgery on Wednesday and the girls start preschool tomorrow so it seems like a good time.

So I think that catches us up. Let me just say another note on this past weekend though. This weekend we really did have a great time. J&J were SO easy going and pretty much catered to anything we wanted to do and really it seemed to match up with what they wanted to do. And ya’ll, I don’t think the four of us have felt like a family more than this weekend. I felt it with me, Emma and Scott when we lived in Columbia. That “we’re on our own now” kind of feeling but since Lexi was born, we haven’t really had that. But this weekend was a first. It felt so great. I really felt like we were a family. I don’t know if I can explain that in any other way but just wanted to say it felt great and we will definitely be doing more vacations/outings without family in the future.

Beach Pictures

September 3, 2007 by Amy Leave a Comment

“The Sting” This is my right leg at it’s worse, probably 5 minutes into it. Ouch.

The only picture of the four of us for the weekend, taken at Alligator Adventure

Probably my fav from the weekend

This was their first sighting of the beach. Love this.

We’re back…

September 2, 2007 by Amy Leave a Comment

Ok, failed to finish out the updates through the weekend, but we’re back. Leg is fine. I’ll post pictures tomorrow.

We ended up going to Alligator Adventure, to dinner at a GREAT local seafood place and then to putt-putt Saturday night.

This morning we went back to the beach, ate in, went shopping and then headed home. Girls are gone to Mom’s to stay the night. We’re headed to be to catch up on sleep!

The Beach – Day 2 – The Morning

September 1, 2007 by Amy Leave a Comment

Let’s start off with some EXCITING news. I got stung by a jellyfish. Twice. Yep. And it hurts. I am still feeling the sting hours later. I was standing in knee high water or so holding Lexi up (thank goodness) and felt like electric suckers had attached to my leg. I started to run out of the water and got it on the other leg. A lifeguard was on duty and sprayed some vinegar on it. The welts came up within 5 or 10 minutes. Probably baseball size on each leg. Sort of felt like someone had put a hot pan on each leg and I was just badly burned. So yeah, that’s the big news for the day I guess.

The girls were up early this morning. We were on the beach by about 9. The girls had a blast on the beach digging in the sand. Lexi did have to go to the water several times to get cleaned off and eventually ended up taking her bathing suit off and left her in her swimmie diaper because she didn’t like the attached skirt since it kept getting dirty when she’d sit down. We stayed until 12 or so and then headed for the pool/hot tub again. We were upstairs for lunch by 1 and now just hanging out while everyone gets ready.

I think we’re going to head out to the Alligator Adventure, go out to dinner and maybe some shopping or something.

Voice Lessons

August 31, 2007 by Amy Leave a Comment

That’s the simplest way to put St and my meeting today. We basically went through about 10 songs we sing and took time on each one to figure out my key. It seems to range from C-G. Most of the ones he sang were in A, mostly too high for me. Which now makes perfect sense.

So now I have to relearn all these songs and practice, practice, practice.

The Beach – Day 1

August 31, 2007 by Amy Leave a Comment

We left the house about 3 today and got here right before 7. The kids were great on the way down with Lexi sleeping for over an hour and the DVD keeping them busy in between. We headed straight for the sand when we got here. I opted no swimsuits for the evening but took the opportunity for pictures. I think I got some really cute ones. But Scott forgot the cord for the camera so unless we buy one here, they’ll have to wait. I did snap a few to my flickr account though.

So I gave Lexi a big speech about the sand. Making sure she knew she’d get her feet dirty and it was ok and we’d wash them when we were done playing. We left our shoes at the walkway and she didn’t even want to stand on the sandy wood but I plopped her down in some soft sand and you could see her little toes curling trying to feel it out. She liked it. And they spent the next 30 minutes or so playing on the beach. You couldn’t wipe the smile off my face. THAT was heaven on earth. Being with just the four of us with no one even in hearing distance. No deadlines or judgements or schedules or work or laundry. Just us. J&J were about 3 hours behind us so we went back and cleaned the sand off and changed into our suits and got in the pool and hot tub. It was the girls’ first times in it and they both loved it. The water wasn’t nearly as hot as some of them I’ve been in. But it was great. Emma’s comment at one point was “This is perfect.” I agree.

The girls spent the rest of the evening playing, waiting up for J&J to get here. I just put them to bed a little bit ago. Hopefully they’ll sleep in a good bit. I could use the rest. I’m really excited for tomorrow and it looks like we’re staying until Sunday for now. Yay!

Changing themes

August 30, 2007 by Amy Leave a Comment

I think I finally found a new one I like and it may not be a safe thing to do the night before I leave out of town but I’ll be converting tonight.

*Update: wow, that wasn’t that bad. An hour later I’m back with all my sidebars and everything. Going on a hunt now to replace the pictures in the header. Liked the idea, maybe just not those particular photos. Wish me luck.

*Second update: k, uh, that’s not happenin. Those images at the top are actually 3 images where the tree in the foreground is one image and then the green trees in the background are actually repeating images…one color and one in black and white. Not as easy as swapping out pictures apparently.

Beach trip

August 30, 2007 by Amy Leave a Comment

So I’m out tomorrow. We’re leaving around 2 I think and will be back either Saturday night or Sunday afternoon depending on how the girls do. If it’s a nightmare and they hate the beach (Lexi wouldn’t step on the sand last year), we’ll go ahead and come back, otherwise we’ll stay. In fact, we may just stay just ’cause we can and we’re not going with family and finally get some time just the four of us. Well, technically we’re going with J&J and his parents. There are two condos and we’ll be staying in one with J&J and his parents in the other. J&J are very easy going and fun to be around and Emma and Lexi LOVE them so I suspect it will be a great weekend.