Tonsillectomy

So, tomorrow at 6:30 am, Kevin and I will go the surgery center, and the same doctor who puts tubes in Josie's ears will remove Kevin's tonsils.


No one is particularly looking forward to this.  Kevin has been told a hundred times how horrible the pain will be, so he is focusing on the advantages of not having a sore throat all the time.  


Anyway, if anyone has any awesome ideas for things to eat or ways to ease pain or tips for a speedy recovery....send them our way!!

Family Fun at the Blueberry Farm

I've known about the Hillcrest Blueberry Farm for a few years, but we've never been blueberry picking before.  Saturday we loaded up the family and headed about 25 minutes south of Shreveport.  The girls each got their own bucket to fill with 1.5 pounds of blueberries and we were off.  Of course it was hot, but tis the season.  We tromped all over those blueberry fields looking for the ripest, biggest blueberries we could find.  It didn't take long to fill our buckets--especially since Josie couldn't be bothered to stop for a potty break.  I don't even remember the last time Josie had an accident, but in the middle of our picking I looked over at Josie and caught her mid accident.  I asked her why she didn't wait until we get go to a potty, and she calmly said, "Because my bucket isn't full yet."  Luckily we changed clothes and went about our bucket filling business.  When we were done we went inside to cool of with blueberry lemonade.  The best part?  Our family fun activity only cost us the price of the berries--$10.  The other best part--the blueberry pancakes we made for breakfast this morning.  Today is Father's Day....hope all the dads have a great day!  Especially husband who does SO much to take care of us....Love you babe!! 

(close enough to) Wordless Wednesday--Caldwell Zoo

photo credit to Candy, for all pics!

Memorial Day Weekend

Photo credit to Dani for the 2 pics of Josie

Well, May was a  dismal blogging month for me--sorry about that faithful readers...both of you.  I will try to get better.  I've got a few things working against me....number one-that pesky job and number two-my camera card is full and until I get around to printing some of those pics, I am depending on the cameras of others.  


Anyway,  this weekend was fun--fun with ladies and fun with the family!  Saturday morning Josie and I went to School Age Jack's tball game--in which he was clearly the star.  Followed that up with a pedicure to get ready for my girls night out.  The ladies and I dined at Cheesecake Bistro, saw SATC 2, and went out for cocktails after.  Sunday was spent with the family mostly around the house and we grilled for dinner.  Monday we went to Grandma's house in the morning to splash around in the water and ride bikes (these are the only pictures from others cameras that I'm missing to photo document the weekend, and I'll add them when I get them).  Then we met with friends at the park, and ended the night with a small family cookout.  Just some all American fun for the weekend...huge shout out to every soldier our country has ever had that enabled us to have a fun weekend!  This means you, Brother John!

Whew....

We have been busy.  My delay in blogging is mainly due to my pesky job.  I was in Dallas for a week and Kevin and the kids came over to hang out for the weekend.  Other than that, we have been doing lots of yard work and family stuff.  I still love my job, Mothers Day was good, Kevin's birthday is next week, Josie has a new best friend at her new school, and Liv is a month and a half away from wrapping up second grade. That is all we have going on.  I'll do better about pictures and blogging (hopefully).  

Wordless Wednesday (Dolphins, Pirates and Rides--Oh My!)

So, not totally wordless...these pictures are from the aquarium, the pirate ship cruise, a jellyfish we caught, Margaritaville, and a carnival thing that is at a huge outdoor mall. 

Grandma Goes To Florida

We were all glad to have Grandma along for our vacation!  Here are some of our favorite pictures with Grandma in Florida...Coming soon we'll have blogs about the aquarium, the Pirate Ship, and more!! Grandma on the Pirate Ship Cruise

Grandma and her 'angels'

Liv and Grandma wearing balloon hats at Margaritaville

All of the girls playing in the waves

Picture DayOn the road...Grandma and the girlsGrandma is great at catching!

On the Ferris Wheel

  Shout out to Liv for helping me with this post!