A REALLY GREAT WEEKEND.

and so, we went to my mom's place at the ozarks this weekend. and it was lovely.

 

it worked out that dave had a sound job down there and could join our water festivities. and barb + melissa and kids were down that weekend too, so we did some shuttling and a good time was had by all.

 

we also celebrated dave, hallie and henry's birthdays with an apple pie and lots of pool time. henry is obsessed with the pool and toodle-ing (it's a word - look it up) around in the duck boat. he could have "swam" around in the pool all day.

 

btw - swimming for henry means going up and down the steps, and then having me "swim" him around the pool. i'll take it!

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

also, the sound job was for pam tillis and lorri morgan at a local winery. and who knew, but they rocked my world. and so did the fireworks show afterwards. amazing!

 

the end.

VACATION: THE LAKE, PART 4

oh my gravy.

 

i'm going to combine my remaining pictures.

 

so, so many.

 

we always go to the dogpatch, arcade and go-karting. it can get stressful with a sleepy baby, but this year was just perfect. it wasn't too hot and i didn't get in a huge wreck on the go-karts. win.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 we also celebrated hallie, vinnie and henry's birthday (poor maggie!) and the fourth of july. the fireworks were INSANE this year, and we were able to enjoy them from the comfort of our screened-in porch. fabulous.

 

 

 

 so there you go! i didn't want to leave. i kept pushing back our departure date. and i already want to go back.

 

the end.

 

VACATION: THE LAKE, PART 3

LAKE TIME

 

my favorite.

 

i love tubing. hallie loves tubing...in a perfectly straight line minimal, gentle waves. i spend the majority of the time talking about HOW MUCH FUN we are having and to ENJOY IT, WHEEEE! sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.

 

so much fun.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VACATION: THE LAKE, PART 2

we always get in a great routine when we're at the lake. sleep in, late breakfast, tube/jetski, pool, lunch, nap (henry)/school work (me)/chillout (kids), more pool/lake, supper, pool, bed.

 

perfection.

 

henry did great in the pool and hallie is a little fish.

 

i'm not sure how to split the pictures up, so i'm just going to wing it.

 

prepare for lots and lots of pictures.

 

POOL TIME:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VACATION: LAKE OF THE OZARKS, PART 1

here we go again.

 

yes, another week of vacation.

 

one week apart.

 

we always go to the lake the first week of july to celebrate the fourth and hallie and vinnie's birthdays with my mom.

 

and it is always awesome. i get to sleep in, cook absolutely nothing and spend my time in the pool and the lake. this year was no exception.

 

except that i had to fit in my school work too. which i was able to do while i sunned myself on "big mama." it was pretty awesome.

 

the kids always play so well together and henry is just along for the ride.