Hair cut, silly Daddy, and beautiful girls

Not sure what the lip was all about...

The new do...

N wearing her beautiful outfit from Grammy!

Michael being silly while trying on his new shirt. He forgot to unbutton it first.

More pictures coming soon!

Coming soon...

Photos of girls in beautiful dresses along with other gifts from their Grammy!!!

Also, photos of my new haircut!

Procrastionaters Unite...Tomorrow

“No unwelcome tasks become any the less unwelcome by putting them off till tomorrow. It is only when they are behind us and done, that we begin to find that there is a sweetness to be tasted afterwards, and that the remembrance of unwelcome duties unhesitatingly done is welcome and pleasent. Accomplished, they are full of blessing, and there is a smile on their faces as they leave us. Undone, they stand threatening and disturbing our tranquility, and hindering our communion with God. If there be lying before you any bit of work from which you shrink, go straight up to it, and do it at once. The only way to get rid of it is to do it.” — Alexander MacLaren (1826-1910) Scottish Preacher

Tuck & Roll

Ever see those video game commercials where the kid is dropping his grandma off somewhere? He flies around a corner, the door flies open, and he says, "Tuck and roll, Grandma. Tuck and roll!"

That was me yesterday.

Well, not really the falling out of a moving vehicle part.

N's friend was at the park with us yesterday. He looked like he was getting ready to take off running, so I asked if he was ready. He nodded yes and off we ran. That kid is FAST! But that is another topic. Right now we are talking about me... :D

The sand did not provide too much traction, but it was not terribly bad to run in. However, when I got to a small rise, my knee did not straighten. Instead it continued to bend, my foot began to slip, and I saw the ground coming up fast.

My hands went out. I performed a roll that would rival some that Captain James T. Krik performed.

Not only did I roll, I got back up. Put my hands up in victory and brushed off the sand. Which unfortunately got everywhere!

what do they know?

STUDIES SHOW THAT SUGAR
IS ADDICTIVE

Amazing isn't it? I could have told them this. I used to eat sugar directly from the sugar bowl. I tried to be pretty sneaky about it, but I may have gotten in trouble a few times.

I would sneak cookies out of the cookie jar. The squirrel jar was much more difficult because the lid didn't go back on as quietly as the other jar.

I got in trouble for walking down to the Jiffy Mart to buy candy after school. If only my mom had driven past a few minutes later. I would have been on the correct side of the school and she would not have known that I'd done anything wrong. Of course, if I coughed wrong in my hometown, my mom somehow knew...

A half gallon of ice cream lasted 2 days at the most when I was pregnant with N.

I make pumpkin bread simply for the 3 cups of sugar that go into it. But I'm eating a vegetable, right?

I eat most of the birthday cake in the few days after a birthday.

Sweet tea? A gallon a day.

And today, after reading the story about the study on sugar, I offered to take a cake so my friend would not just throw it away. We were cleaning out the church refrigerator so we could fill it up with food for our Kid'z Night Out tomorrow. On a side note... why on earth would anyone spell "kid's" with a 'z'? I have seen 'kidz', but never 'kid'z'. I think night was spelled correctly though. So we aren't having a "Kid'z Nite Out." GRRRR!!! And to think it was a woman older than me who decided to spell it that way.

So, my name is Julie and I am addicted to sugar.

Did I mention rain?

If you take a look at the pictures in my last post...That is what my yard & driveway look like right now after 2 days of fairly steady rain. It is nice to have the weather guy get the forecast right. Then again, 100% chance of rain is like saying it's a bit chilly in Antarctica.

Rain, rain go away!

(Just to let you know...I did several posts today, so keep scrolling to read all of them!)

Need I say more?? The 1st two are out my back door & the 2nd two are out the window on the garage door. Which was also filling with water. The water only came in far enough to barely touch the back wheel of the motorcycle.

The flowers we thought had died...

...are ALIVE!!!

A little bit of history. Michael & N bought me a flowering plant because they wanted me to have flowers that lasted for more than a few days. Very sweet idea, however, I felt bad because I knew I probably would have killed the plant in the length of time it takes cut flowers to die.

Sure enough a few days later, Michael remarked that it looked as though the plant was dying. I gave it some water with the slim hope of keeping it alive a few more days. After a few rounds of that, the plant looked as though it was truly dead. In a last attempt to save the plant, I stuck it in the ground right out our back door. Throughout the summer, the plant was mowed along with the grass and other weeds. Much to my surprise, I called the girls to come inside one day recently and looked down to see this...

Girls

Tackled! N came home from school & A attacked her! It is so sweet to see my girls loving on each other. And love each other they do. Just today, I caught the girls hugging again after N came home & A woke up from her nap.

Who could resist such a face??

Back in my favorite picture tree.... This time I put both girls up there and they just had fun. Lots of laughter and a few terrified moments getting N out of the tree. She was wearing flip flops & shorts. We finally decided to have her grab me around the neck & take a piggy back ride out of the tree.

I realized I had not gotten any pictures of the girls up recently, so I hope you have enjoyed. And now... Daddy & his girls! (Look at those muscles!!)

overheard

from A:

"Thank you for my Daddy & my N. Thank you that we go to church. Thank you that Daddy practicing. [unintelligible speaking while yawning]"

I love that A will pray anywhere and at anytime. Because her next words were...

"Mommy, I went poopy...."