Hi Ya'll

I know I haven't posted a lot lately. its been busy. The kids have swim lessons at 9:30 it takes away from my computer time. Then the by the time we get back its their turn for the computer.

Katie's week 2 blog challenge is to post a self portrait. I gotta figure out how to work the timer on my camera to do this one. Hopefully I can get this challenge finished.

I finished my Scrapbook Playground 30 day challenge at the last minute. I was loading them to the computer at 10:00pm.

Here are a few of my favorite pages.









The boys swim lessons are going great. They didn't want to go at first but they are seeming to enjoy them now.

We got a nice pouring rain last night. Super for the garden. Of course Seth and Michael had spent time watering the garden yesterday afternoon.

I hope the rain didn't mess with the pool water its almost clear again. at least the pool was covered this time.

Michael put some coolant in the a/c on the car he said it is super cool now. I will have to try it out today its been mid 90's here for the last week.

I hope you enjoy reading..

I gotta catch up my other comptuer stuff before we have to leave for swim lessons..

Have a great day!!

Hot Sunday!

Wow its hot!!

We got up and went to church this morning.. Then had Mexican for lunch. Hit Walmart then we came home.

Michael is working on the yard its 96 or so.. I worked on the pool I vacumed it and put chemicals in it.. Its getting better.. at least we can swim in the pool now.

I got my 30 day challenge finished at the last minute..

Not much else going on today.

Is it Friday? sure doesnt seem like it..

The holiday in the middle of the week is weird. Although, Michael worked on the 4th.. He didn't get home till after 6:00 a little over 12 hour day. We got the cookout in while it rained. Michael stood outside under the umbrella. It quit raining so we did out fireworks.. I got some decent shots of them. It took a bit to get the camera adjusted. I will post those later if I have time.

The boys swim lessons are going well I'm very pleased. Just the two of them with one instructor. Seth got to be by himself yesterday. Mckay had a youth trip so I let him skip. And he said he his mom isn't cool.

They are here working on the culvert this morning. They said it would take an hour and it seems that they are about finished. I sat in my window taking picture.. now Michael can see what they did to fix the culvert. It nice having super zoom on my camera..

The boys watched for awhile too. Nothing like being stuck at home and not being able to get out of the drive.

Today I want to finish my 30-challenge album.. I hope I have enough pages.. I got some more.. But I think I'm going to need one page. So I might have to beg someone for one. I hate to buy a pack for one and never use the others.

I haven't been out for a run in a week. Still letting a blister heal.. its not too pretty. Hopefully soon I can get out and run!

Laters!!

Everyone have a great weekend!!!

Sunday pictures..

Sunday we got up a little later and decided to take another little trip. So we went west this time. Up a lot of interstate with construction. ick!

We made it finally to Metropolis,IL to see Superman. It was raining a tiny bit, but not enough to miss out on pictures..













There is a state park there too. Home of Fort Massac.. A replica of a 1802 American Fort. They had a reenactment that day.. We were to late to see that though.. But got to walk thur the buildings at the fort.. We watched a short video of the history of the fort it was interesting. Lewis and Clark stopped here on their travels.


This is a picture from the front.. this is what you would see if you landed on the river.. like the pioneers would see..



This is the lookout tower..


Barracks were the troops or vistors would stay.. depending on the era..




Michael climbed to the top of the lookout tower. This is a picture of him at the middle window..

We got to see the Ohio river.. It is much wider at Metropolis than it is at home.




We then stopped in Paducah, KY across the river basically on the way home and had dinner at Olive Garden..Then we altered the route home. So not as much construction. Hit several back roads.. then picked up the kiddos from my parents..

Pictures from Saturday..

We left here Saturday morning about 9:00am..

We drove up 231 and around all the back roads to get to Nashville, IN.. hence the scenic route. It was a beautiful day. The last part of the road winded in and out of the State Park. Tiny roads and large cliffs. beautiful scenery.
Michael got several phones calls from work while we were traveling.. and a lot of times no signal for his phone. He finally got enough signal to take care of business.







We got to see the covered bridges in the area.. I thought about Jeanne and her bridge phobia..



Here is a nature rock bridge we saw while hiking near the lake. Jeanne would you cross this?

We finally got there and went to the State park first. paid $7 to get in to the park. We checked out the campgrounds. Looks like a great place to take the kids to camp. We got out of the car and did a little bit of hiking around this lake.








Can you see the dragon fly in this picture?


Rocks by the lake make great/funny pictures..


Then we went to Nashville downtown and did alot of walking and shopping. Had Dinner/ Lunch at a great restaurant. We got to eat outside on the patio. It wasn't a super hot day so it was really nice.


This is a picture of one of the shops..



I liked this pciture of the flags.. this was outside near the place we had dinner


This is a church downtown.



We had ice cream then walked some more, We didn't do the carriage ride though.
I did find a scrap/stamp store and got some things. I saw bunch of things in person that I have only seen online.
We went home the interstate. Saw some great fireworks in the sky..

Got home about 11:00pm..

Tuesday teasers..

Ok Katie and others asking.. weekend details to come later.. I want to post the pic to go with the stories.. It will be much better.

The boys started their swim lessons today.. I paid a lot.. Mckay jumped right in.. Seth sat on the side of the pool for the first 10 minutes or so.. They didn't want to take these lessons.. they already know how to swim they tell me..

They moved them up a group so they were excited about that.. Plus they got to jump in at the deeper end.. maybe 8ft.. they have never repeat never been in water that deep. The boys tell me I need to take lessons too.. Mckay will miss Thursday cause of a youth trip..

One things is great its just the 2 of them in their group.. and its a guy teaching them.. Glad they enjoyed themselves.

Weekend stuff. Michael and I ended up going to Nashville, IN on Saturday then drove home and then went to Metropolis. IL on Sunday. I have lots of pic to share.

I did find a scrap/stamp store in Nashville and got some goodies.

We checked out the state park in Nashville too.. Will be a great place to camp. Maybe some of the Indy gals would like to go too!! hehe

I have lots of pictures.. I need to get those loaded. But I have been waiting for the computer.. Summer time I have to share.

good thing Mckay has a laptop now and Internet access.. so I only have to share with Seth.. hehe

So I promise to get those pictures loaded and share this week..

Katies Challenge for bloggers

Katie has started a challenge for bloggers..

The first challenge is to blog about your life.

Easy enough one for me that is what I usually do.

Michael and I made a view short trips this weekend. I will post about that later and post some pictures If I have time. The laundry is piling way up cause I didn't do much housework while the boys where gone last week.

We picked the boys up last night and they spent the evening telling us about their trip.

Just got a call from my friend April she is coming over Thursday.. yay!! should be fun!

I know this is a short post.. I will add more later!

Enough for today.. I gotta get Laundry started.. ugh!