Sorry for the lack of updates lately. I just haven’t had much to post about. We were super busy in July, but August seems to be slower and honestly I’m getting bored and I think Luke is too. I am ready for school to start for him. We have had fun days here and there playing with friends and hanging out with grandparents. Plus, it is just SOOOO hot outside, and we are running out of things to do inside.

So anyway, since I can’t think of much to post about; I decided to copy Shauna and post using this idea from The Simple Woman’s Daybook:

Outside my window...the sun has set and it is finally mildly pleasant outside. We just got in from playing outside.
I am thinking...I really need to order Luke’s backpack, lunchbox and nap mat for preschool.
I am thankful…that I am a stay at home mom and I’m not getting a classroom ready right now in between long days of staff development learning about “rhetoric” and “differentiation” and other stuff like that.
I am wearing...brown and pink pajama pants and a pink t-shirt. I put on my comfy clothes after church to take a nap and never changed out of them.
I am creating...a blog entry.
I am going...to bed pretty soon after we put Luke to bed.
I am reading...Love Life for Every Married Couple. I am doing a book study with the other ladies in my Sunday School class. It is a good book and talks about staying in love with your spouse.
I am hoping...we will have a baby in 2010.
I am hearing…a Thomas video on the television and Luke playing at his Thomas table.
Two of my favorite things...this verse and this song. I love “mainstream” artists (like U2 and Mat Kearney) that sing about Jesus.
A few plans for the rest of the week: see the Olsons! Lukie B has been missing Lily Bug.
Here is picture thought I am sharing...a few pictures from playing in the backyard this evening.

I know this is riveting stuff people. But a mundane update is better than no update, right??

A Few Recent Pictures

Here are a few pictures from last week. I took some pictures at Nana and Augie’s house. Augie had just gotten home after flying in from Houston and didn’t even make it inside before Luke started hounding him to swing him. Augie lovingly obliged Luke and Lily.

Happy Birthday to Ammy!

Luke sang "Happy Birthday" for his Ammy (aka Grammy and Sharon) earlier today and I just couldn't resist sharing it with everyone else too. Happy Birthday Sharon/Ammy! We love you very much!!

I don't have much to update. Lukie B is spending the night at Nana and Augie's house so that Mark and I could do some much needed organizing in the house. I finally cleaned out our medicine cabinet and we went through Luke's toys and weeded out as many as we could. Tomorrow morning the plan is to tackle two of our closets. Fun times!!

Mark and I did have fun date night tonight. We ate at Texas Roadhouse, read magazines at Barnes & Noble (one of my favorite things to do--and it is impossible with a toddler), and saw a really cute movie--"Away We Go." I really enjoyed it and definitely recommend it.



My Grandmother forwarded this commercial to me earlier this week and Luke has been obsessed with watching it. We watch it over and over again and he runs around pretending he is on roller skates. We saw some roller skates at Target and he wanted them SO bad--but I'm not sure we're quite ready for roller skates.

We had a wonderful 4th of July at Ammy and PawPaw’s house.  Jim and Sharon hosted more than 80 people at their house on the 4th!! Can you believe that?  It was so much fun and the food was wonderful.  We had a great time catching up with friends and watching Luke play with all of his little friends too.  In fact, I was having so much fun that I didn’t take a single picture.  I wish I had taken some—but Sharon and Shauna took some with their cameras so I will have to get some from them.  We especially enjoyed spending Lily’s 2nd birthday with her. 

I haven’t been good about taking pictures lately.  I took a few today while Luke and Lily played in the backyard.  Maggie (Mark’s aunt) completely restored this tricycle that Mark and David used to ride when they were little.  Luke and Lily had a good time playing with it today.  You can see Luke’s latest boo-boo in the picture.  A couple of weekends ago, he jumped off the chair and hit the corner of the wall.  It bled quite about and we debated whether to go in for stitches but opted not to go.  It seems to be healing fine.  The purple stuff is the Mederma that we are putting on religiously in hopes that it doesn’t leave too bad of a scar. 

On Tuesday, I took Luke to a movie theater for the first time ever.  There is a free kid’s movie every Tuesday during the summer and we decided to try it out.  They were showing the Veggie Tales movie about pirates.  I bought Luke the little kid’s meal of popcorn, sprite, and skittles.  He had a great time eating his popcorn and once he was done with that—he was ready to go! :)  We made it through about 25 minutes of the movie.  I wish they would show Toy Story or Finding Nemo.  I know he would love to see one of those movies on the big screen.  I think I will take him again because it is a fun little FREE outing.