Like Mom... Like Dad

Kids love to imitate... and they are quite the little sponges. Holt dug one of my old sport watches out the other day. After I put it on he says, "I go run like mommy"! And then he took off sprinting around the house, pumping those little arms. Mind you, I have stopped running until September. I refuse to die in this heat wave.

And he loves to "draw like daddy"! So fun. His freelance drawing is getting so much better and is beginning to become distinguishable. Holt, not Russ!! :)

30th Fun

Russ is 30!! Whoop whoop!! We celebrated his birthday with great friends, yummy food, dancing, and music. Oh, it was grand! Lots of pics attached, but necessary to catch the fun. My top 3 words to celebrate each photo!!

30 Sucks Box

Table Of Cavities

Fun With Friends
Kiss From Pastor
Blowing Out Candles
Lovin' Miss Lynelle

Old School Nintendo

Super Mario Champs
Two-Steppin' Crazies
Girls Always Rule
Mini Boys Breakdancing

30th Hangover

I have a hangover this morning. It consists of pizza, cokes, strawberry cake, ice cream, sugar cookies, cake pops, skittles, and gummy worms. Gross!! And it was all shared by great friends for Russ's 30th Birthday!! What a fun evening.

I am exhausted. I will upload pictures later. He-Man showed up, but only as a picture on the mantle. Who else was there you ask... Pac-man, Super Mario and his gang, Zelda, and Mike Tyson and all the homeboys trying to punch him out. AND the boys, as a joint effort, saved the princess in Mario 1. What a proud moment. And DJ Hester cranked the tunes all night. I knew I loved my pastor!!

More to follow!!

Downtown Pics

We took this summer's pics in a neighboring city's downtown. Wait, it's not a city and I hope it doesn't become one in the near future. This town is dated, chic, and country... and I want to move there. And they have the coolest, countriest restaurants; live music every Thursday evening; and a hip new water park. Anything else y'all want to know? I'm writing a travel review for them.

Back to the pics. Here's a sneak peek at our fun. If you are on our "A-list" (ahem, rents and sibs), these are not the ones you will be getting. We saved the best for print. Hey, the merchandise wasn't too friendly that day!! And it was HOT and by the time we were done, M had a sweat line on her head from her headband. Now that's HOT!! Enjoy...






*Oh, and I have to add this tid-bit. Russ takes our pictures; he does a fantastic job of rapid-fire shooting the kids, cleaning them up, and then dressing them back up. Hey, the price is right. Anyways, EVERY stinkin' photo shoot we have done with the kids, Russ has managed to take a pic of my be-hind. This has got to stop. I'm not kidding y'all; there's a pic of my back side in EVERY single folder of photo shoots. Aren't you glad I spared you the proof!!

Woods

I also ran across these. Oh, this has been fun. These select pics are from our trip to Beavers Bend in Oklahoma. We ventured there in January. January? Where in the world has the year gone. Oh, how I long for sweat shirts and jeans. Please come back to me.

Anyways, this place is great. Full of beautiful log cabins and not much to do. But there is a pizza hut in the nearest town. So all was right in the world, at least on this trip. And I told Russ that if he wanted to "do away with me" he could have done so and no one would have ever known. Creepy!! Well, now that we're all smiles now, enjoy the pretty woods of SE Oklahoma.