catching up...

finally some time to play catch up on my blog

right now the children are being somewhat quiet and have been banned from my bedroom

where the computer is...

they are not at all happy about this, but sometimes a girl needs some space.

summer has been swinging in full gear and the triple digit temps are here to prove it...

i think it topped out at 113 yesterday

while it was scorching hot outside...we took the kids inside to do some of this...

a little family bowling day

i not only brought my own shoes...but i brought a pretty decent bowling game with me...

i left quite proud of my 138 score

those are my blue bowling shoes below...mr c hates them and thinks that they categorize me into some sort of nerd club for having my own shoes...but i am not sticking my feet into shoes that who knows how many people have worn...socks or not!

lets see...what else have we been up to:

we spend many days in the week at the pool...

this pool has been our saving grace...i don't know how i managed to buy one of the only homes in phoenix without one...

sister and i meet here and let the kids run free while we sit poolside sunning our bodies and sipping on homemade strawberry lemonades...

the days are just exhausting i tell you...

just exhausting

this is the reason why all of the ladies were sucking in their tummies the other day at the pool...me included.
hello mr sunbather




i feel like summer is going by too fast so the kids and i sat down and made a big list of everything we wanted to do before they go back to school in august.
some of the ideas are fun and easy like water fights and family flag football and then some are a little heavier...like a trip to the beach and a weekend stay at a local resort
{those might have actually been my ideas and not the kids}
in any case...i'm not ready for summer to move on so fast

we have also been to 5 movies

taken the kids out for chinese and to a sushi bar

we have shopped

we have had play dates with friends and sleepovers with family

i have somehow gotten hooked on all of this twilight business after i protested it for so long

{team edward}

i have organized 2 pantrys and kitchen drawers

cleaned out my closet

had 2 really great dates with mr c

celebrated my nephews 10th birthday

we have watched mr c play softball every sunday night

we have bbq'ed and eaten corn on the cob from local farms

the tooth fairy has visited our home twice already

it really has been so nice so far...

looking forward to next month when i turn 35 and we head to the beach...

i love celebrating my birthday...

and were doing it at the beach again this year.

we will also have mr c kids here with us for the month...

if i could just teach my kids the value of sleeping in during summer and not fighting every other minute then we might be very close to perfect around here.