Capitalism at it's Finest

In this land of the free and home of the brave it's important that we exercise our rights to capitalism. So, Logan and I made the most of it today. I had a garage sale (which, while I did well, I still have so much stuff left that I may have another one in a couple of weeks) and Logan had a lemonade stand. Now, being the sentimental fool that he is, when he saw that I was selling his old bike he was rather upset. Keep in mind, he got a brand new one for his birthday in April. Well, he said it would make him feel better if he could have the money from the sale. Sucker that I am, agreed to his demands. His bike sold before too long and even the profits of the sale didn't make him feel too much better. He told me that he was upset about selling the bike because he was planning on saving it for his children. Aah! Now I understand!

Bye, bye 16 years worth of teacher stuff! Well, not all of it.

We closed up shop around 1:00 because typical Louisiana weather rolled the clouds, thunder, and lightning in. Of course, once again, it skirted us completely. Our profits for the day were fairly good and his freshly squeezed lemonade was a hit! He even had some people come back and buy more! Next time his lemonade stand is open, I'll make sure I announce it here.

What a little entrepreneur!

Dark Skies

Today as I was leaving Wal-Mart I had to take a picture of the sky. Anyone who knows me well enough knows that I LOVE stormy weather! Unfortunately, it always seems to move north of us here in Prairieville.

History in the Making

So, this morning I was walking through the house toward the kitchen and I caught sight of the rarely seen. I had to turn around in my tracks and get the camera lest the moment would pass before I could blink my eyes. Here is what I saw:

Now, to the ordinary eye this appears to be normal. However, there are 3 abnormal aspects to it. First, they are actually playing together. Secondly, they are actually playing together and not arguing. Finally, they are playing nicely together and they are confining it to the kitchen table and not strewing their stuff all over the house.

Now, just so you don't think I'm Supermom and start feeling bad about yourself, this lasted about 5 minutes longer. See, I told you I had to hurry and get my camera before the moment passed.

Nick and Submerge

Well, Nick left the house Friday morning at 5:45 to head off to his first junior high/high school church camp. He said that he hardly slept at all because he was so anxious to leave. He's probably not missing us at all.

He must not have been awake yet, cause his eyes are closed in the picture...AGAIN!

I thought I'd also give you an update on our patio. The brick has now all been layed (lain, laid, whatever). Now we have to cut the brick to fill in the edges, fill the cracks with sand, then mortar around the edges to seal it all in. THEN... we can start on the landscaping!

This was taken before the rest of the brick was put down.

Hard as Nails

This morning on Good Morning America there was a segment on an approach to youth ministry by a guy named Justin Fatica who is the pastor of Hard as Nails youth ministry. At first, it seemed rather radical, a little over the top, but after hearing Justin talk he actually made it clear that one of the clips was not as it appeared by the media (he was talking about a girl on stage and calling her fat), but it was, in fact, a skit used to present a lesson. Check out the article on the GMA webpage and tell me what you think. You can also view some videos on youtube.

http://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/FaithMatters/story?id=4013475&page=1

Fun at Camp!

Well, Logan made it back from camp. He had a blast! He talked about "the blob", the zip line, boys in his cabin making "noises" with their armpits keeping him awake at night, you know, normal guy stuff. Thanks to Cindy, I have a few pictures to post. The boy could stay in the water and be happy.

Logan standing in line at the pool's diving board.

During one of the chapel services. Logan is the one in the white shirt with the camo do-rag.

First Day of Camp

Well, today is a bag of mixed emotions for me. I sent my baby off to camp for the first time ever. Yeah, I know he's 9 and it's about time, but still, he's my baby. I'm a little sad because he'll be away till Sunday, but I know he's gonna have a great time. It helps that he'll be in the cabin with someone we know, and that my good bud, Cindy, will be there to be a comfort to him if he needs it. Oh well, I guess we have to let them grow up, right?

That's him on the second row, with the white shirt.

Cindy is going to take pictures for me, so when he gets home I'll have to add some here. On a good note, I got home and Nick had started on mowing the grass! He has the whole front yard done, so that is a big help to his Dad on this Father's Day weekend.

Happy Friday the 13th!!

Back to Reality

You know that song that goes, "Back to life, Back to reality..." Yeah well, that's how it is! I so very much did not want to come home. Usually after about a week of vacation I'm ready to get home and get back to normalcy. Yeah, not so much this time. I wanted to call a moving company and just have them come pack up my stuff and send it to me. We had a blast! We went to a luau (where Lance was called on stage to hula, HILARIOUS!), visited the Arizona Memorial, climbed Diamondhead, went snorkeling at Hanauma Bay ( I couldn't hang), went to Pali Lookout (where King Kamehameha attacked to take over the island of Oahu in his quest to rule all of the islands), took Lance and the boys by the house where I used to live and by the high school where I attended, and LOTS more! Here are a few pics:

This is the inside of Diamondhead Crater taken from the top.

This is the house where I used to live. It has a gorgeous view!

This is the view.

Hanauma Bay where we/they snorkeled.

Last but not least, Lance doing the hula. Hey!! What's he looking at?!