Ramblings....

Today has been pretty hectic-Todd left for work at 12:00 to attend a retirement party. Savannah has been kind of fussy, the kids have been cooped up inside (it's been kinda rainy), and we had church tonight, which is always loads of fun getting everyone fed and dressed alone. I can handle it, I've done it many times, but it is much nicer when you have help. So we rush around getting ready and make it to church. I figured I was going to be in the nursery, so I ask some friends if the bigger kids can sit with them and head back with the boys and Savannah. I did end up being in the nursery, but I got to hear some of the service, and the kids were good...so it wasn't too bad.

After church, we headed to Sonic-we saw on a commercial it was going to be free root beer float night from 8 'til midnight. We made it there at 8:20. It was busy, but we enjoyed our FREE root beer float! At Sonic there was this car pulled beside us, with an older couple-they had their 2 dogs with them. That didn't bother me so much, they were in the car, at first. Then at some point I look over and they are feeding their dogs the ice cream off of the straw...it was a little much for me. I like dogs and all, but that's a little nasty. I wish they would have gotten theirs to go! :-)

During the chaos of trying to get ready for church and all, Seth had gone into the girls' room and got this play diaper bag Sarah has for one of her babies. He took all of the stuff out of it-Sarah noticed he had it and was trying to get her things back into it. Naturally, he starts screaming...she says he won't give it back, then she says to him, "what kind of a brat are you?" It was so funny...how many different kinds of brats are there? "=) She is a mess.

We had a nice day with Todd today.(I started this yesterday-Wed) We went out for lunch-mainly to have something to do...it's rainy here again today. The kids have been pretty good; now the little ones are resting.

I'm going to include a picture of Savannah...maybe two. She's getting so big! Sorry it's so small....I have to buy my own cord to my camera...ugh!

Look at that sweet little grin. :-)

My two birthday boys in the pool. (Spencer's is Sunday) Having a good time.

Shelby is leaving for camp on Monday-it's hard to believe it's already that time again! She's had her suitcase out for 2 days-I finally put a little bit of clothes in it today to appease her. We still can't get over the fact we are now sending a child to the same camp Todd and I went to as kids, worked at as teens/early 20's, and where we met. We spent the first couple years of our marriage there working as well. We have such good memories of the times we spent there-we are glad our kids have the opportunity to go. I hope Shelby won't be too homesick. I'll never forget last year-we went to get her on Thursday night-she was supposed to come home Friday morning. She didn't know we were coming and we kind of slipped in unnoticed (as inconspicuous as you can be w/several little kids) ha ha-but she didn't see us. When she did see us, she ran over as fast as she could and had the biggest grin on her face. She hugged me, and when she pulled back, I looked at her face and her little eyes were full of tears. I kind of had the same feeling...I was glad she got to go, but there's something about your kids being gone. It was sweet. She's all excited to go. The other night she was talking about camp and how many weeks she was going to go-I didn't say anything, I just let her talk...thinking yeah right. I guess she got to thinking about being away from home, 'cause then she kind of casually asked if we could come up on Wednesday night for the service. It was so funny. :-)

Hope everyone is having a good week.