Summer Fun

Last Sunday evening Allen turned on our sprinkler system to make sure all of the heads were working properly. The kids decided to cool off & have some fun. I asked Madison why they were using their ring floats & she replied, "just in case it floods we will not drown". Too cute!

We went swimming last weekend while Allen was off & the kids had so much fun. As always, they wanted to be thrown in over & over. Trey goes under & comes back up with eyes & mouth wide open & smiling. I took him to the ENT Wednesday for a check-up from having tubes put in & everything looks good. The ear infection he got 4 days after getting his 3rd set of tubes has cleared up. Since Trey likes to go under so much, the ENT gave me drops to use after swimming for the rest of the summer to help prevent another ear infection. Praying they work.

Here's a funny picture of Tyler from last week. He & Madison went through my jewelry & Tyler thought he was soooo cool with my jewelry all over him. I told him his daddy would not like this & he said "I love it!" Better keep my eye on that boy. :)

July 4th

We had a great 4th of July. We slept in late then went swimming with Marsha & Joey. I tried using ear plugs on Trey, since he has another ear infection, but he didn't like them. He loves to jump in & go under, which he is not supposed to do. Oh well.

Allen throwing Trey in...he loved it!
Allen put ribs on the grill to slow cook while we were swimming & boy were they good! After swimming we stopped by the house for a quick bite to eat before going to see the fireworks. Marsha's mom joined us & we had ribs, fresh corn from the garden, baked beans, mac & cheese (for the kids), brownies and homemade ice cream.

On our way to see the fireworks!
After eating we went to Marsha's dad's house in Montevallo to watch the American Village fireworks. (His property backs up to the American Village property.) He put together a hay ride for us to ride out to the field where we could see the fireworks & the kids loved it. The kids also enjoyed seeing his horses, cows & donkeys.

Madison enjoyed petting the horses

Trey, not so sure about the horses

So curious

After a long day & no naps the kids passed out as soon as we got home. We had to wake them up at 10:30 Sunday morning! They were absolutley exhausted.

Beautiful Sunset

I stole this picture from a fellow church member & wanted to share. It was taken last night at the fireworks show at our church. Beautiful!

3rd Time's A Charm, I Hope

Trey had his 3rd set of tubes put in this morning. Everything went well. They came for him at 6:45 & he was back to me by 7:00. He never fussed. He crawled up into Allen's lap & tried to go back to sleep. We left at 7:30 & were home by 8:00. I put him straight to bed & he slept until 1:30. Wow! I checked on him a couple of times to make sure he was breathing & he was just fine. Madison slept from about 11:00 until almost 2:00. I slept for all of an hour, even with the phones turned off. I guess the kids were exhausted from such a busy weekend. After naps, they both played so good together the rest of the night.

Waiting to go home...

Our weekend

Allen took Friday off so we took the kids to Chuck E Cheese. Fun. Trey & Madison both love that place so my sister gave the kids gift cards for their birhtday's so we used those. That place will drive you crazy but the kids love it. Friday afternoon we met Allen's parents in Cullman & the kids went home with them for the weekend. Yeah! They had so much fun. My in-laws took them swimming Saturday then they all went to dinner with my parents. Madison told me that she forgot to miss me because she was having so much fun. We picked them up Sunday afternoon. While they were gone we decided to clean out the area of the basement where Allen keeps his tools & stuff. When we moved, we just dumped it & never went through it to organize it. It was impossible to find anything. I wish I had thought to take a before picture. Allen made a workbench with a piece of pegboard on the back so that he can hang his tools, nails, etc. & be able to find it easily. We found a very nice shelving unit at Lowe's on sale for $40, half off. Yippee! It feels so good to have it organized now.

Working on the base

Base done, now for the top

working on the top part

the finished product
Sunday night we went tailgating at the church & then watched fireworks. The children's department's theme was a luau.

the girls love watermelon

The Alabaster Fire Department came in time for fireworks, just in case, and Trey loved looking at & sitting in the fire truck.

me & Marsha

some of the fireworks from church

I will post more pics to the kids' website later tonight.

My friend...

Got to give a shout out to Marsha. Today is her 32nd birthday. Happy Birthday to one of the best friend's I've ever had! Can't wait to celelebrate. Lots of love!

Urgent Prayer Request

Allen has a friend, Dan, whose wife, Lillian, really needs our prayers. She was recently diagnosed & treated for colon cancer. The colon cancer is gone but now it has spread to her brain. She has been receiving radiation for 1 week & has 2 more weeks to go. The prognosis is not good. She is around 30 years old & they have a son that will be 2 in July. Her dad just died last year from cancer. Please lift this family up in your prayers. Please pray that the radiation treatments work. The doctors will know more about her prognosis in 2 weeks when the radiation treatments are finished. I'll keep you updated as I know more.