Happy Birthday to Mommy!

Well, here is the token "Birthday Picture." Wow! I am 32. What's funny to me is that I remember my parents being in their thirties. The majority of childhood memories have my parents at my age. It's just a wierd thought to me. I think I still put my parents in this age category. You know - "my parent's age."

I guess Cody and Aimee will have my generation tagged with the same line. When they are teenagers, they will say, "Those people are old, like my parent's age." As adults with their own families they will probably say, "Those people aren't that old. They are probably about my parent's age." And I'm not sure what people say in the next part of life. Maybe I will ask my mom.

Hmm... anyway, age is a funny thought.

One more funny thing - Cody is starting to grasp the idea of age and growing up. Every picture we look at in books or magazines he's been asking me how old the kids are. He wants to know what he is going to do at each age. Walking into church on Sunday, Cody saw a couple of kids who were about ten, and was very impressed with them. He told me they were probably 18.

Units! Units! Units!

For those of you out there who think teachers don't work in the summer, you are so WRONG! I am even commuting - that is major for me. There are perks to working in Pollock.

I have a day and a half left in the six unit class that I am taking this summer. It's actually been a positive experience. I'm not saying I am going to be sad to see it end, but I am walking away with some usable ideas.

Hmmm... I need to wait until that's over before I blog something creative a fun, but I feel the need to write myself an excuse for not keeping this thing up to date.

That's all for now.

I love my church!

4th of July was great! The church hosted a community BBQ complete with bounce houses and homemade ice-cream. It really was fun! We spent the evening with friends who are interested in coming to church and aren't sure what to make of Christians.

I was so proud of my church. It wasn't embarrassing or wierd. We just had fun! There was a bounce house and bounce structured water slide for the kids. There was a bounce structured jousting pit for the teenagers and livelier adults - great entertainment to watch. Every kid had their face painted. I felt bad for the two ladies who signed up for that job. They were a hit and had cold dinners with napkins over them sitting to the side while I enjoyed dessert.

The weather was perfect, and my kids made it all the way until fireworks at 10pm without behavior problems. We could see the fireworks from the church property, so we lined up lawn chairs in a dirt field and ooo'd and ahhhh'd at the show. Aimee was asleep in her carseat by the time we left the church parking lot. She even slept through us scrubbing the facepaint off her little cheek. Cody talked all about the fireworks and bounce house today. Best of all, our friends are coming to church tomorrow.

Howdy!

I had high hopes of putting together a really cool slide show of all the Texas pictures, but it seems the simple step by step instructions are a little bit complicated for me. I don't have the patience for computer work. It either works easily the first time or I move on with a new plan. Today's new plan is to post a couple pictures and save the slide shows for a night when CSI is a rerun and the kids go to bed early.

Here are a couple pictures from the Iles side of the trip. I couldn't resist showing the big Pawpaw and Cody water war.

Love to you all! Becky