I realize I've been a little lax in the blogging department. All my clients have been calling, Will wraps up school TODAY, we're getting ready for VBS at church (and I got sucked back in) and Scott's been busy at work. Sorry. Sorry. Sorry.Who's ready for summer? I can't heaaaarrrr yyyyyooooouuuu...WE ARE!!!!!!!! Here's to 77 glorious days of summer.TOP TEN: BEST THINGS ABOUT SUMMER1. The smell of sunscreen2. The slip 'n slide3. Ice cold watermelon4. Grilling out and letting the ...

Last night, I took the boys with me to Mass. They're finally at the age where you can take them and hear about half of the homily as opposed to bringing the whole family and spending the entire hour in the back, wondering if you're at church or the supermarket.Anyway, at the Mass we had a visiting priest, a Paulist Father, in town for our Parish Mission. He was a funny one, and the boys thought his jokes were hilarious. ...

Oh my, it's been a while. Sorry for the delay in getting these posted.We had a great time last weekend. Saturday, I got to spend a little one-on-one time with my brother which has been rare these days. I really enjoyed it...thanks for the good conversation and laughs Daniel! Sunday, we headed to Uncle Daniel and Aunt Amanda's neighborhood pool and met Nana and Papa. The kids came home exhausted. It was an exceptional day. And, the fun didn't end ...

Clearly, some of you will enjoy this post more than others, but as we celebrate Clare Bear's 11-month mark today (WOW) I thought it was appropriate to share why I'm the crazy mom who nurses her kids to their first birthday :-)THINGS I LOVE ABOUT NURSING1. I apologize if this first one sounds a bit narcissistic, but there's just something quite gratifying about being the one person in the world who can give your baby just what she needs.2. 2am ...

Will got the 20 questions hand-held game for his birthday. It's been a source of a lot of laughs around here. I almost stumped it with "Texas A&M University", but after 24 questions, it guessed "university." Pretty close, considering it asks questions in which you answer, "yes", "no", "sometimes", "unknown".Our latest round of laughs was blog worthy, so I'll share the story with you. Saturday afternoon, Will busts out the game and a fight immediately ensues between him and John ...

Today was a big day...the last day of Mother's Day Out!! John Paul and Anna-Laura crack me up, and each other, too. The kids sang some songs, but mostly they just waved at their parents and picked their noses. I mean, not MINE, but other people's kids. Mine don't do that. Anyhoo, it was cute, as usual. This is our fifth "graduation" and they don't seem to come any slower. Every year I look up and think, "Where the heck ...