B-boo and I were working on her final essay for her health today, when the Talented One started printing.
We waited.
And we waited.
Finally, she spoke up.
"What are you printing? A tree?"
Ya just gotta love her.
Charlie’s Angels
I was going over my pictures from the Fourth of July. I noticed a recurring theme.
2007
2008
2010
And then, there are the open mouth pictures. What's up with that?
I wonder if the next generation will turn into the crazy teens, too!
I hope everyone else had a great 4th, too!
I love food, friends, family, and fireworks!
It just doesn't get any better!
Life
Life has certainly been busy this past week! However, a blog is in order because I promised the Twin, so here goes!
For those of you who don't know, the Twin is the Talented One's best friend. They bowl together every Saturday morning.They've been friends for years. The Twin is like one of my own and has even been mistaken for mine. His mom is a very special friend to me. 🙂
Anyway, Saturday he came home with us after bowling to help the Talented One babysit, only hubby's meeting fell through, so it didn't happen. And the Talented One crashed fell asleep on him. That left him with two choices: watch Nacho Libre with the Smart One and hubby, or go with B-boo and I to her dance car wash fundraiser. He went with us…and spent three hours as the only guy washing cars/trucks for a girls dance team! That's just the kind of friend that he is.
And a funny one at that. Some of those trucks were big…and being short not very tall, we had to be smarter than the vehicle. We laughed as we told him to climb up on the tires and he looked at us as if we were crazy. And we applauded when he finally made it up. 🙂 And washed those windshields.
And after all was said and done, we headed back to his house, to find his poor mom standing outside with a sick little girl and a ton of wet towels. I asked her, "Are those all from vomit?"
Nope. They were from trying to dry the house out after a pipe burst and flooded it.
More water for the Twin? Perhaps.
And on Sunday morning at church, he came up to me laughing. Someone had asked him if he was the Talented One. Nope.
"Oh, well, are you a Vivas?"
Yah, we think so!
For other blogs on the Twin, see below:
Teens are Fun, too!
Ah…a normal Monday where we get up early and head to VBS. Ok, not really a normal Monday, but not a bad day if I do say so myself!
I ended up in the kitchen serving food to the leaders as they came in for break. It was a nice twist for me. Several years ago, I taught VBS, then moved to a Director position, then took a break for a year, then taught a mom's class, took another year off…and this year, the kitchen.
And I liked it. Because not only did I get thank you's all day long, I got to meet every leader involved with Vacation Bible School this year! I've been at the church for 19 years now. It is no longer the small church where everyone knew each other. I met so many new people today!
After, I headed home with a van full of kids for lunch. Got rid of them for a couple of hours (they know I love them) and took care of my nephew. Finally, a friend came over to cut our hair while we chatted and made dinner.
And the Drama Queen lost a tooth; after much drama, of course!
And the dogs had to be bathed, because they got into the grill and are full of grease. White poodles; black grease. Yuck!
And THEN….we headed over to Sally's for some new stuff for the new hairstyles; and the cashier comments about my four teens..and then I tell her I have three more kids at home. Priceless look on her face!
And FINALLY, we headed over to take the Twin home. As we are driving down the freeway, B-boo notices the top to the jeep is not clamped on, so she is trying to hold it down until we can pull over. Try driving a a jeep as a short person with another person leaning over you trying to keep the top down! We finally pull over into a CVS and set the Twins to work on it. Nope.
B-boo finally tells them to unhook the back and then hook the front, and then hook the back. It works. So we grab some drinks and candy and take the Twin home.
Yup, that's what Mondays are all about for us.Now you know why I look forward to them so much.
Games
I love it when I don't look forward to a week, and then, all of a sudden, God gives me little things to help make it so much nicer.
Like unexpected quiet times.
Unexpected moments with my children.
Unexpected moments with friends.
Last night we had a pre-celebration for the Talented One's birthday. One of my dear friends spends every Wednesday with us. B-boo and I used to go to her house every Wednesday while the little ones were at AWANA. Then I got sick. So she started coming to my house instead. The best things ever…because my whole family just loves her visits!
Last night, she brought brownies and ice cream…and marinara sauce. We invited some of my son's friends over and we had spaghetti and dessert. The Good-Looking one came over, too, so it made for such a nice evening! We spent the evening laughing and playing Mexican train. I was exhausted, but it was fun.
That's the kind of unexpected moments that I like...Just for the Joy of It!
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