Band Playing

Friday night Mark and his brother Kim played a gig at a local restaurant. It was pretty cool because they played outdoor and had lightening in the back ground.

Mark plays the guitar and keyboard and sings. Kim plays the drums.

Mark having a good time singing me a song.


This my sister-in-law Helene and me. Yes it is official I am blond again.

This is my good friend Nikki and I . I think her arms needed to be a little longer.

Mark and I cuddle during his break. And Nikki went camera crazy.

Nikki and her beau Derek. Derek was pissed because LSU baseball team had just lost. Nikki made him feel better by sitting in his lap. It was a good night. And now I am very tired.

Garden

This year we planted a small garden. We have tomato's, squash, cantaloupe, jalapeno peppers, Tabasco peppers, cucumbers and onions.

Audrey noticed these peppers on the plant.

And she picked them. I think they could have stayed on a little longer.

Now my squash is starting to take over. I didn't realize they got that big.

Tomato's doing well. Mark finally staked them so they are even doing better now.

We will see how everything produces. This is a test garden. Matter of fact where I put it Mark and his brother want to build a deck.

Slug

Sometimes in the morning I go to Bentley's food bowl outside and there looks like there are snot trails all over his food. Well what is left of it. I know they are snail trails but Will likes snot trails better. Anyway in the middle of the afternoon I went to give Bentley some fresh water and....

Look what I find having lunch. He is huge!!!

He is so big that I could see the food he was eating moving and disappearing.

I just like taking those close up pictures.

I am not sure to be grossed out or intrigued. I went to get the kids but he was gone when I got back to show them. He also moves pretty fast.

Catch Up

-Fathers Day we just grilled and hung around the house. Mark got Croc flip flops, a grill, something for his hose (you have to see it).
-Will went to camp for the first time. He stayed 5 days. The first night I got a call from the camp nurse and the first thing she says after she introduces herself on the phone is "Don't worry I don't think his cheek needs stitches." So of course my heart drops, then she proceeds to tell me his permanent front tooth is really loose. So do I go at 10:30 at night, NO! I let Audrey have a slumber party so we had 7 little girls running around the house. Mark went out of town so he wouldn't be around so much estrogen. Even if it comes in little packages it can be pretty hard. Back to Will. I picked him up Friday and noticed his tooth was still loose and his other front tooth was chipped. So I got an appointment with the dentist within an hour. The dentist said it may take up to 3 years for it to fully tighten and for his other tooth she sanded it down so it wasn't pointy. Thank goodness for big teeth.
-Audrey's slumber party went great. They were all really good, especially since we stayed at the pool til 7:45 pm. So that was almost 3 hours of swimming for them.

After I washed all of their hair we decorated cupcakes.

Audrey was getting fancy with hers as Peyton is already eating.

Sarah and Emma also enjoying.

And here they all slept and me on the couch. No, I did not sleep much. One coughed all night, another had to go potty and then had an accident, another talked in her sleep, and on and on and on. I think I got a full 2 hours.

Everyone ready for swim team except Gracie. Her mom picked her up for the 8 o'clock practice we all barely made the 9 o'clock. And that is where there mom's picked them up.

- Swim meet Wednesday. Audrey was slow on her freestyle for some reason she refused to use her arms halfway across the pool. She was a lot faster on the backstroke and knocked off 4 seconds.
- My friend Laura turned 40. My sister in-law and I went to her party for a little while.

Kung Fu Panda

After the swim meet Mark and the kids and I met friends at the movies. A total of 30 plus friends. Mark was getting flustered because kids where getting up and down walking in front of us to get things from parents and so on. I told this is how it always is when we bring all these kids to the movies. Needless to say it didn't bother me.
Anyway the movie was really good. I wasn't sure how it would be but it was funny and had some humor for all age groups. Jack Black was the perfect choice for the Panda. I say see it.

3rd Summer league swim meet

Today was the third meet of the summer. We got there at 7:20 am and left at 1:20 pm. The kids did really well again.

Audrey has been practicing and practicing on her diving. She is getting better but we need to work on her diving out instead of down.

Will was our biggest shocker of the day. He swam so well last week that he moved up a heat in his event (50 freestyle). That means he was going against faster swimmers. I told him up front that so he wouldn't feel bad if he didn't come in first. He was also the only 9 year old in that heat. He looked at me and said I can beat them. I told him I believed he could but they had faster times. Well he beat them. He improved his time by another 6 plus seconds. I could not believe it. He got out and said I told you I could beat them. Boy was I a proud mom.

Next Audrey did the back stroke. She actually looked like she wanted to win. I am not sure what place she came in but she did swim better.

Will's backstroke wasn't as good this time. He still did well and was with faster swimmers this time since he did so well last time. He just had trouble with one of his arms. He wasn't bringing it completely back. But I was still proud. His last event was a 100 freestyle relay. He swam good on that one as well.

Sex and the City

I absolutely loved this movie. I saw every show when it was on HBO. When I heard the movie was coming out I was so excited. Some of the fashion was great and some odd just like the TV show. Shoes incredible as usual. Now I am sad that I won't be able to see what happens next in their lives next week. I recommend this movie.