Family Gun Evening

On Monday night, we took the fam out for a rough, tough and manly night (with a dash of lady) of gun shooting! After getting a little practice out in the range during Cuzin's Kamp we found that all of us enjoyed it and it was something in common that we can do together.

We each shot 10 shots with Matt's Mr. baby glock .40 from about 15 yards away. I have to say it had quite a kick! The hardest thing was not to anticipate the shot as you slowwwwwwwwwly squeeze that trigger.

No surprises that Matt smoked us all! We decided to grade our scores on the "bell curve" which gave us amateurs a fighting chance.

This won't be the last Family Gun Evening!

Happy Flowers

Isn't it great when you have happy flowers?

I have happy flowers......

I spent the majority of my Saturday last week weeding my flower gardens in my yard. I swear that I used up about 1000 calories that day, at least it felt like it! ....something must have been wrong with that darn scale....i think. =)

Its such an accomplishment when you finish weeding your garden. You feel like you are "complete" as a person. I find myself many times during the day just going outside to look at the garden.

Here are a few pictures of the results....




My Lavender is out of control beautiful! It's just about to bloom. This plant started as such a tiny little plant and it's pretty much taken over the whole front of my flower garden. I did trim it a bit so you could still see my rock path, but I don't have the heart to really whack it!

I love watching the birds take a bath! ....we have quite a few visitors, in the happy flowers.

Clover on YOUTUBE

Matt took Clover flying for her third time on Saturday. This time he caught the whole thing on video. Surprisingly she seems to handle it all in stride. You've gotta watch this video if not to see the wonder of a flying dog, but just to listen to the clever (not Clover) words of the music!



You can read alllllllllll about his flying adventure: http://mattsbigadventure.blogspot.com/2008/06/hang-doggin.html

Ouch-eeeeeeee

Landon had an unfortunate run-in with a bike handle bar today! It hit him right in the rib cage. He will be feeling this one in the morning.....oucheeeeee!!!!


Don't you love the "I've been at scout camp all week" fingernails? =)

Fourty and Fabulous....

I have the sweetest long distance best friends that anyone could ask for! I can't remember how long we've known each other...as it seems that they've always been a part of my life! I love them dearly.

We all meet through our work and get together yearly (and daily emails) at our national conferences. Some of us have gone in different directions as far as work, but we all still feel it's important to keep in contact. We are hoping for a reunion soon!

I just received the funnest care package from them for my birthday, so I have to share. On the front of the envelope it said "Fourty and Fabulous!"




The Cutest Card!



The fun wrapped packages!

Here's what was inside..................


FUN Stationary Cards!



The coolest Pottery that Donna found at Cape Cod! That's going on my desk at work.


The most Fabulous Necklace! My sisterchicks know me too well!

Here we are together. This picture was taken at the Field of Dreams field near Dubuque, Iowa. Juli (from Hawaii), Donna (from Massachusetts), me and Linda (from Indiana). That was sure a fun trip!


Thank you girls, your the best!

Jiggly Legs in 25

Ok, so I'm on this burning calories kick.

Today I rode my bike to work. It took 25 minutes. Much quicker than the 50 minutes it took me to walk on Tuesday.

This is my actual bike!

However, the leg burn was much more intense, which resulted in that "jiggly leg" feeling. There is two blocks of steep hill that must be conquered. I made it by walking my bike up those two blocks. =) I did ride the rest. So I know that I can cut my time in half once I can ride up that hill!

I'm sure I must have looked like a middle-aged out of shape women (I'm not going to say old) that just didn't have enough "umph" to make it up the hill. I just smiled as the college students passed me by. I did wear my helmet! So I'm sure that was pretty.

I think I do need to invest in a new bike seat tho......I must say, the one that I have currently is not very comfortable on a tush my size!

It's a different animal for me to ride my bike to work. I've driven all these years..almost 10! I'm a little out of my comfort zone. I like to be clean and smelling good when I get to work, not sweaty and everything else that goes with being sweaty. Hopefully it will get easier with time. I really want to continue to do this.

I have a feeling the ride home is going to a piece of CAKE!

yummmmmmm...cake.....

Mr. Green

Since Landon and Matt are away at scout camp. Tanner, Josh and I decided it would be fun to get out for the night...so we went to see "The Incredible Hulk". I wasn't so sure going in that I would like the movie, but I actually really enjoyed it! It had an interesting story line. I definitely liked this HULK!

I remember watching the old HULK series on T.V. when I was young which starred Lou Firrigno. Remember this guy?

This morning as I was getting ready for work, I heard on the radio they were giving away movie tickets to "Get Smart", the new Steve Carroll movie. As a family we've really enjoy the recent movies he has been in...... So I said what the heck and gave it a try.

I won two tickets!!

Pepsi has rented out the whole theatre and is doing a special showing early tomorrow at 9am! I wont be able to go because of work, so will send Tanner and Joshua to enjoy the show!

That's a fun start to the day! eh???