Uncle Jeff...

we miss you already. Uncle Jeff is leaving Florida to return to his roots in good ole Kansas. We wish you the best of luck and can't wait for you to come visit us.

Love, us

Summer Days

...are my favorite!!! We've had such an enjoyable week so far with lots of "kids and their friends time" which equates to mommy time too. Here's a recap of our days....

Friday: Playdate at our house with friends: Tristan, Bryce, Aaron, Alyson, Anya, and Hailey. Wild boys jumping in the pool.


Yummy lunch and fruit salad...

Monday: Weekly trip to Publix for grocery shopping. Bryce insisted on trying the new cereal straws that you drink milk with. We bought some, rushed home and tried them out even before the bags were unloaded bc someone had ants in their pants. Soon after drinking milk with them (which took 5 minutes of straight drinking bc Bryce claims the cereal straw was "too tight") and one bite later, Bryce exclaims, "Mommy, these taste like poop!" So, needless to say, they were NOT a big hit in the Turner household. And by the way, new fun around here for the month has been anything that contains the word "poop" in it.

Tuesday: Not pictured, but definitely worth mentioning...my workday to do paperwork for Sheer. The kids went to SeaWorld for the entire day (from 7:00 am - 12:30 am) with my sister and her fiance. I think my sister seriously needs to have her head examined for wanting to travel through SeaWorld with 4 kids in this 100 degree weather for 17.5 hours. She's a better woman than I am. And yes, it took me that long to do paperwork...okay, not really, but it sure was fun to have the day to myself.

Wednesday: Stay at home day and irritate mom until finally she got some sense knocked into her and took these 2 children outside. Bubbles were a hit this day. This made me smile.

I really do want her hair...

Thursday: Rainy afternoon. Laying on my bed watching Nemo for the 1000th time. Hailey's new favorite...good thing bc I was getting sick of Aristocats and Cinderella every morning.

Friday: Playdate at Christy's house with Tristan, Anya, Aaron, Alyson, Bryce, Hailey, and Will. We thought we'd try a water balloon toss...well, see what luck we had. I think they threw and broke all of the balloons in 2 minutes flat. So much for a game....but there was much fun.

Next is dressing like Superman...nothing like good blackmail.


After a long nap, we topped the day off with some neighborhood friends at our house. These kids swam from 5:30pm-9:30pm with only one break to devour 40 chicken nuggets. Needless to say, everyone is pooped out and sleeping...I'm tired!

Missed

My mother-in-law, Shelia, is deeply missed. She was here visiting for the last week and I already miss her terribly. Yup, I love her and her company. Now how many daughter-in-laws can say that after a whole week? By gosh, who else can give me fabulous conversation, a break from the kids (really long ones too), a fun night on the town at Sheer (and she is a blast), completed laundry (washed AND folded), dishwasher emptied and loaded, beds made, a morning of sleeping in, a night out to dinner at no cost to us, and a grandmother my kids adore? I pinky swear I didn't make her do this stuff...she's just that good. Gramma Shelia...we miss you! Thanks for visiting us!!!


Here she is with the Miss...(Hailey thinks Gramma is her new toy).

Bryce "surfin" it up while Gramma cheerleads

Happy Birthday to Gramma

Fun times at dinner with Gramma's cake

These two miss her terribly

Happy Belated 4th

Although I'm a bit late with the photos, we had a great time with family, friends and fireworks.


Family (just for the record, Hailey's hair was done by her friend, Taylor)

Friends

And smoke...and fireworks.

What a nice low-key (much needed) day!

Something to think about...

My family and I have been going through some pretty tough times lately, as I'm sure everyone is. And last night as I was doing my usual clean up around the house before bed, I read something that was meant just for me at that moment. It made me feel better so I decided to share it with you.
"If you and everyone you know (or don't know) were to throw all of your problems in a pile for everyone to see...you'd take yours back."

Fun in numbers...

Oh yes, count them...12 kids under the age of 5. This is what happens when teachers get together to catch up with one another. I think we can start a class (or two) here. Although, it's much easier to tame kids when they're not your own.
Overall the day went smoothly...
only 1 minor injury from falling off of a stool, only 6/12 of them cried at some point, only a handful of "he took my..." whinings, only one disastrous playroom (sorry Annie), only 20 minutes of pool time due to the hurricane (almost) that ventured our way as soon as we were all covered in sunscreen, swimmie diapers, floatie toys, etc..., only 15 great minutes of much needed adult conversation as we shoved the kids off our laps and told them to get lost, and only one more week until we get to do it all again. I'm so excited...I miss these girls...and their kids.



High maintenance miss...crying because she's getting splashed...tragic, I tell you...just tragic.

Weekend fun!

Just some weekend fun with Gramma.


Love this pic...and the fact that they let me take it.




Oh yes...she will take you down.

Favorite Pasttime

Remember Hopscotch? I didn't think I did until I found myself creating the board with chalk and throwing rocks to jump over. If I remember correctly, I think back in the day we used bean bags??? Anyhow...my kids thought it was the best fun ever...that is until mean Mommy rained on their parade and limited the number of rocks being used. Oh and yes, that is our miss with her nightgown on (Tinkerbell might I add) in mid afternoon. We have found yet another obsession in our house...nightgowns during the day, more specifically princess ones...wonder how long this will last...can't wait, but I'm sure I have no choice.