These are a few of my favorite things....

My delightful husband brought me two of my favorite breakfast items this morning... A decaf Carmel Macchiato and a muffin... Just thought I would share a pic with you! He does little things like this and it makes me feel loved!

My deep thought of the day... I bet the war in Iraq would be over if muffins and Macchiato's were shared among enemies. Life changing stuff that Starbucks is....

Tara tagged me.. so here they are!!

Tara's tag requires the taggees to post the last 5 pictures from their camera. So, here are mine!


Here is Hannah and Maddie after they were rolling down the hill at Sea World. We were waiting for Maddie's Daddy (my brother-in-law Jamie)to start his music set.. and they were bored, so rolling was answer.



Todd was laughing hysterically at the Cirque de La Mer clowns!



Hannah was very sad because her ice cream was taking too long to get there!!




My beautiful sister, Amy... have you heard she is totally my B. F. F. She bought my kiddos their tickets so they could have a wonderful time. Thanks nerd!!



This is what we were watching. I have seen the dolphin show about a billion times, and that Dolly the Dolphin still amazes me everytime. Look at her jumping!! I don't know how they do that!


Anyway, there you go. :)

A new amendment... maybe I should go into politics!!

Ok.... since no one other than Tara has commented about the book club... I am just going to pick the only book she and I agreed upon. Here it is... "Paula Deen. It ain't all about the cooking." by Paula Deen. I think this will be a very interesting read. She talks about her first marriage, her vices, her Christian walk, and her agoraphobia!! I think it will be really fun to discuss. :)

Because everyone's summers are sooo crazy, I am going to extend the time frame until the end of summer. So that will give everyone a few months to read it, and in September, I will post the date for a get together! :) Ok??

Get to reading folks!!

So they say it's your birthday....

I have very conflicting feelings about birthdays. On one hand, I want that day to be as special as it can be for the birthday person. Yet, on the other hand, it means that said person is another year older, and hopefully wiser, and closer to leaving my house, which is bittersweet.

My son turned 8 on Sunday. I know it is not the biggest birthday, nor the most celebrated, but each time one of my children ages... I get a little pang in my heart. I want to freeze each moment in time because I have been told that I will blink and he will be off to college and on his own. I can get misty just thinking about it. However, I can push all of that aside because I want my kiddos to know that the day they were born was a life changing event for our family, full of love and wonder and hope. This is why birthdays are recognized in our home.

Here are a few 8 year old pictures of my wonderful bubba! He had a blast hanging out at the park with family and friends. But, his favorite moment was playing laser tag with his dad (and uncle and cousins and aunties) and pretending he was shooting aliens. Every boys dream!! :)

Happy Birthday Todd Jonathan. You are everything I could ever ask for in a son. :)

This is where I have to be...

Thanks Tara for finding the coolest blog quizzes for all of us to take. I will just have to tell my husband where I need to go this summer!! :)

You Should Spend Your Summer in Europe

You're in to almost all forms of culture - art, music, architecture, food... And spending a summer at the beach sounds pretty darn boring to you. So head off to Europe, where you can have your tiramisu (and even eat it on the beach!)

Where Should You Spend Your Summer?