Great new Casting Crowns song

"Slow Fade"

I want those seats!

I was watching the US Women's Soccer during the Olympics this morning and a United Airlines commercial came on. This is what it was about.

United First® Suite reclines 180 degrees, into a lie-flat bed

Access to United First International Lounge or United Red Carpet Club^SM on day of departure

Priority boarding

Priority baggage handling

Five-course meal with complimentary selection of award-winning wines

Personal video screen with nine channels, plus individual videotape player and choice of 14 feature film titles

Audio channels and noise-reducing headsets

Personal phone with fax/email access and laptop power source

Amenity kits with select travel items

Crazy huh? Check out more information here if you're interested.

My Big Girl

I just sent my firstborn on the bus heading into the scary world of public school.

walking up the street to the bus stop
me and my big girl
Daddy & the girls
hangin' with the big kids; look how small she is....
getting on the bus

Updates

Ok, I haven't blogged in awhile so I'm just gonna post a bunch of pictures right now and try and get back into blogging at some point.

Pardon the red eyes, I don't have time to work on that right now

Friend's Birthday Party

Our friend, Kalpana, was having a birthday party for her son, Kaneya, at the playground a few weeks ago. It was a lot of fun... and soooo hot. Here are just some random pics from that event.
Kaneya, the birthday boy - cutie

dinosaur cupcakes

Ava Ava sneezing - ha!

Wayne, Ava's dad

My girls (btw, they dressed alike on their own)

Haircuts

I decided I was really sick of Maddy's hair having knots so we went and chopped it off. She wanted to have it cut as short as Kenzie's so I was all for it. With her starting kindergarten soon, I thought it was a good time for it too. I love it and I'm so glad we did it.

And yes, yes I know... they look so much more alike.
We get the twins comment even more now.

2 Crafty Mamas

Today, as a lot of you probably know, was 'Dress like a cow, get a free meal' day at Chik-fil-A. Casey & I made our kids' cow costumes all by ourselves.

We painted the cow markings on white t-shirts. We printed out ears and tails and attached them to pipe cleaners. We had bells that we strung onto pipe cleaners and around their necks for cowbells. We also traced Chik-fil-A's logo to the back of the shirts. Casey has more patience - and more need for perfection :) so she colored her logo in.

We took pictures of all the kids together with Casey's camera at her house before we went and as soon as I get those I will post them. For now, here are some that I took with my camera phone while at Chik-fil-A and that I took of M & K with my camera when we got home.

Check 'em out:

Kenzie Kenzie's back
Maddy Maddy's back
the 2 girls
Casey's colored in logo on the back of Kailey's shirt. So much better.

Dollar Tree = Incentive

So I am really get tired of having to sleep in one position all night night long, in my own bed, because on one side of me there's a 4 year old and on the other, a 5 year old. They start out in their own bed, not a problem at all. But then around 1, 2, 3 or 4 a.m. one or both of them crawl into bed with me. Maddy is not very restful sleeper at all & no matter how much I try and move her back the side of the bed she still migrates right up to me.

So last night when I got home from work (we had a 1st birthday party for the consignment store & worked from 2-9) I went up to kiss them goodnight - because they heard the garage door and were banging on their bedroom window trying to get my attention. I told them that they really needed to stay in their bed all night and if they did we would go to the Dollar Store after VBS and they can pick out whatever they wanted. It worked! M came in at one point (1 a.m. or something) and asked if it was time to get up - HA! Then she asked if I could come tuck her in. After that, I didn't hear a peep!

Night One - SUCCESS!

M - a Kit Kat bar
K - a flower pen

Kenzie-ism

Today was the first day of Vacation Bible School (VBS). It's such a great thing: they go outside, they get wet, they learn songs, they do all sorts of activities.

Kenzie: "Mom, today when I was doing my crap..."
Me & Maddy: laughing uncontrollably
Kenzie: "What?"

she meant craft

Freckles.... more and more every day!

I'm pretty sure I've had freckles all my life but this is getting out of control. I am being taken over by the little brown dots! HELP ME!

Brick O Cheese

Just had to post a picture of this 2 pound brick of cheese that the Lane Family has been eating. This is probably the 3rd block of cheese in the same number of weeks. Lanes like cheese!

this is Kenzie's hand used as comparison

Laziest Puppy Ever

Dakota is the dog that we were sitting for a few days. She is so sweet, she's cute, but man is she one lazy dog. These pictures pretty much portray what she did the whole weekend she was with us. (FYI, I believe she's only like 2 or 3 years old)

Tigger & Friends

Today's episode is about... POO(H) STICKS

I WANT TO GET AWAY!

Great day with my girls

Yesterday the girls and I had a really fun day. In the morning we went to a movie (free movies in the summer at the movie theater up the street) to see "Everyone's Hero." It was really cute. They were so good. Then we went to our pool with my friend Casey and her 2 kids, Kailey and Caleb, for a couple hours. Then we went to the gym (they have great childcare and play area for the kids). After that I took the girls to McDonald's so we could get a cheap dinner and they could play a little more. Needless to say, they sleep really well last night - as did I! I was so tired I could only stay awake for the 1st half of the NBA Finals - GO Celtics!

Here's some pics from the McD's Play Place... (they're from my phone so the quality isn't that good)