i want the originals

okay, orla, i want the originals. a nice tribute to the bama possee. http://www.vobster.blogspot.com/

Summer is here

Forget spring, we are in summer mode here. At this rate we'll be swimming by April.

Thanks, Kyle, for your awesome handywork. I brought home the parts, then Kyle purchased some lumber and went to town.

PS were sandboxes invented by mothers? the kids LOVE them but dang if sand doesn't get everywhere.

The Optimist Club

Check out my sister's latest creation. Homemade, buttercream-topped hostess cupcakes, dipped in chocolate and filled with some kind of yumminess.


These cupcakes, and the below pictures of her creations, are reason # 376, 377, and 378 why she is the perfect wife.

In fact, she is the inpiration behind my new club: the optimist club.

There is so much right in the world. My kids, my husband, the unlimited potential of human goodness. Being sick for 9 months really turns a light on life when you start to feel good.

Anyway, my club is free and you are all welcome to join. I nominate karin as honorary vice-president. Maybe we can talk her into bringing refreshments.

Tips for vacationing with kids

Tips for vacationing with kids below. But first a few more photos for the grandparents. Here is tybee island . . .

. . . . a horse/carriage tour through savannah.



kate playing chicken with the waves
girls gearing up for their bike ride

kate riding the stick-together bike.

checking out the tractors at peach county

kate chasing ella chasing a goose near some pecan orchards . . .

TIPS for vacationing with kids:

• 1. only plan one thing a day that you want to accomplish. the rest is gravy.

2. do not do anything that requires an attention span of over 1 hour.

3. do not plan on eating anywhere fancy. keeping kids polite in a resturant after a long day is not vacationing, it's rocket science.

4. always get a hotel with an indoor pool.

5. watch out for kids in the backseat trying to hit babies in the middle seat with pistachios: "Ten points if you get it in the mouth; five if you hit him in the head; one if you make it in the carseat."

And i guess just try to enjoy every minute cause they grow up so dang fast.

The video says it all

Savannah here we come!

Kyle and I are tree people. We love trees. We collect them in our memories and are excited to see some hanging moss in savannah this weekend. Pics coming soon . . .

My dad is a rock star

Dash was supposed to be blessed today. But it snowed in sunny alabama and church was cancelled! frankly, i couldn't have been more excited if santa himself popped through the chimney. We really needed a day to recharge.

Then my dad called and said it was meant to be. He is flying to texas, picking up my sister and driving to bama so he can help bless dash in April. That is just the kind of rock star he is. Dug goes big or goes home. And to illustrate, I have attached a picture of his new stackers for your blogging pleasure.














Has anyone seen Kate? I can't find her.