Humor

I know that my past few post have been few & far between.

This post is for my Munchkin - and his sense of humor!

I asked him what this was about and all he could do was laugh!!! huh? Maybe I am becoming that older generation that doesn't understand those dern young whippersnappers......? NO!!!! I ABSOLUTELY REFUSE TO GROW OLD!

(now to figure out what this means.... if anything?)

Today at work...

Just another wonderfully interesting day at work!

The things I see...

The things I do...

Gotta love the things that people have to ship from one place to another!

End of summer...

I know that I haven't posted much on this blog recently. It seems as if time is just flying by. Just the other day, school was letting out, I was travelling to see my family, the 4th of July weekend was in full swing... it seemed as if the whole summer lay ahead of us. At that time - it did! Alas, now summer is drawing to an end and school is about to be back in session. I am going to my Munchkins school tonight for "Meet the Teachers" night and classes begin on Monday (much to his dismay). I guess that this was a decent summer overall.

I know I said that I would post more pics after I visited my family on vacation, but being the slacker that I am - I still haven't gotten around to it. Until now!! We really did have a great time visiting my family!

As a short narrative to the pictures - here is our vacation in a nutshell:

We got on the road early for the LONG (12 hour) drive, but my Munchkin brought along his distraction - which helped pass the time (for him anyways). We got to our destination and I got to meet my new niece for the first time! Such a cutie!!! We took my Grandmother out for an early breakfast one morning so she got a chance to be with both of her GREAT-Grandkids at the same time! Then we made another short trip up to the cabin where we went for walks and fed the fish in the pond. We got to play with Papa's toy too!! We finally got all of the cousins together for the first time since the baby was born. I had such a good time. I just wished that we all lived closer together and could do this more often.

That was the vacation part of the summer (one week in June).

July was spent at home. My Munchkin got to spend time with his friends and goof off just like kids are supposed to. I worked as usual. I would love to have summers and holidays off again like I did as a child.

August was spent (so far) pretty much the same way. Not much happening this month.

Now it is time for back to school, and fall. Here, though, our "Fall" doesn't mean cooler temperatures until mid-October usually.

The after that - comes winter and the new baby!!!! We are working on getting ready for that!

and that's all - for now...

just because...

I know, I know - it's been a while since I've posted anything new... so here goes!



Last week just happened to be my birthday - I am just a few more years from turning "over the hill" - a thing which my Munchkin keeps reminding me of. I received the usual cards and things. Not a big to-do about it. My favorite part was probably my "cake" - which my neighbor baked for me. She tells me that she thinks of us as her other kids!

Gotta love Cherry Cheesecake!

I could have eaten the whole thing myself. I could just chalk that one up to being pregnant! BUT - I decided to be nice and share!

Happy 4th!

I had the honor of being stationed in Washington, D.C. for a couple of years. I fondly remember watching the Fourth of July fireworks display from the roof of our building across the river. i would consider these to be the best seats in the house! The shows were definitely something I will always remember.

Remember what the day celebrates - our freedom.

Please remember those who help protect this freedom!

Wildflower Walks

I am back from my vacation! I had a wonderful time visiting my family. The trip there is a long one - but worth it. I just wish I was able to do it more often. I am starting slow with my posts upon my return to real life.

When I was visiting my parents at their cabin, we went on several walks. I took some pictures of some flowers and other nature-type things!

(just to see how they would turn out)

The flowers remind me of when I was little and we used to visit my Grandparents at their cabin just a few miles up the road. There were so many wild flowers that my sisters and I would go on walks and come home with "bouquets" for our mom and grandma. Our grandma had several old perfume bottles that we would use for vases. We would put our arrangements on the table outside usually. This is just one of the many wonderful memories I have about the cabin that I can (sorta) relive with these new nature walks.

I just wish I had a little perfume bottle!

*** More vacation posts to come!

VACATION

Wonderful to finally be able to get a break from this heat around here lately. Going to visit family in a MUCH hotter place for a few days - and then family in a much COOLER place! Will be gone for about a week! Will definitely have pics to post when we return!!!

No More Teachers, No More Books...!!!!

This past friday was the last day of school for my Munchkin.

He was glad that the year is over.

They had an awards ceremony at the school in which he received several awards. He received a Presidential Achievement Award,

commendations on all 3 TAKS tests,

and other individual class achievements awards. We are so proud of him!!

After the ceremony, we went to lunch and ran into his girlfriend and her mom at the restaurant. We decided to take the two of them to a movie as a reward (plus it was a movie we all wanted to see). We went to the 3-D version of Up. Very cute movie - but very sad in some places (for me, at least).

Now - it's summertime - what to do, what to do!!!! I think that is the thing I miss most about being in school - SUMMER VACATION!!!

Oh - to be young again!!!