HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY MOM TODAY. :)

Truckers Chapel?? Only in the south. GIRLS NIGHT is every Wednesday, Love the girls out here- so much fun. And last is the Missionary Zone Conf. We got asked to buy, cook and serve lunch to the whole zone, we had a great time, it was a good opportunity. :)

We are having so much fun and miss you all so much. Hope you all had a happy Fouth of July. We didn't even watch or light ONE firework...is that lame? ok I know it is, but we had fun hanging out with our friends and watching movies. We have played TONS of tennis lately and the office has had some intense dodgeball games. Remember---if you can dodge a wrench you can dodge a ball. Our big news is that on JULY 5th Taylor CRAWLED for the first time and now he is unstoppable. It took him ONE day to master it. I can't believe how mobile he is now. YIKES! His favorite thing to crawl around the house after is his beach ball. Everyone here is in LOVE with Taylor....he has so many friends. We hardly hold him at church because he gets passed around his buddies. This last week James and I went on a date w/ some friends to Medieval Times, we had a great time. PS. Since I started writting this blog I have gotten up 4x to move Taylor from playing with things he shouldn't. He keeps me on my toes. What else.... we got an XBOX 360 and I got the game Dance Dance Revolution and I'm having a BLAST playing it, talk about a CARDIO workout, it's HARD! Hope all is well. Miss you all very much and for those of you that have NOT heard the news, I will not be coming home in July. I am flying home Sept. 1st, long story short the whole massage school thing FELL through, I'm pretty distraut over it, but that is life so - the good news is we get to stay with James. Always a +. See you in September. Keep in touch.

Summer Reading Thingy List

ANYONE CAN JOIN- it'll be fun, click here for more info on the SUMMER READING THINGY: http://inksplasher.blogspot.com/2007/06/welcome-to-summer-reading-thing.html

Great Idea! I brought out a hand full of books I wanted to read this summer...but have not been able to fully committ. This is a great way to pull me away from the pool and dive my nose into my books. I have made my list and intend fully to get through them all this summer and maybe even before school starts up for me. Possible I'd like to add another book on down the road-we'll see how far I get. Baby Steps! My list is:

"The Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands" by Dr. Laura Schlessinger

http://www.amazon.com/Proper-Care-Feeding-Husbands/dp/0060520620/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/102-7354892-8668126?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1182520621&sr=8-1

"I dont know how she does it" by Allison Pearson

http://www.amazon.com/Dont-Know-How-She-Does/dp/0375713751/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/102-7354892-8668126?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1182520692&sr=1-1

"You: on a Diet" by Michael F Roizen MD & Mehmet C. Oz MD

http://www.amazon.com/You-Owners-Manual-Waist-Management/dp/0743292545/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/102-7354892-8668126?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1182520817&sr=1-1

"Supernanny" by Jo Frost

http://www.amazon.com/Supernanny-Jo-Frost/dp/0340895160/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/102-7354892-8668126?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1182520860&sr=1-1

Happy Reading!

HAVE YOU GONE PLATINUM?

TAYLOR IS WELL ON HIS WAY! (in his daddy's extra work gear)

Coke Factory, BBQ's and More

We went to the Coke factory as a family. It was fun. We tasted different pop from all different countries. EVERYTHING from Europe was SO SICK. South America I was not a fan of either. The best was Africa and of course NORTH AMERICA- Nothing beats good ol' coke and BARGS root beer! Taylor was concerned when we met the coke polar bear but we all had a great time, and learn a lot of useless info on Coca Cola.

We have had a lot of BBQ's with lots of good food. I am always in charge of coordinating but it's hard to please all 45 people or so , so I've decided to hand over those duties.

We are having a great time. Out of 24 salesman James is #4 so he is doing a great job. He was the top seller last week and won $50 so he bought me Dance Dance Revolution online for his new XBOX. I'm so excited, now I finally will "work out" at home. If you've never played-u should try it, it's so funny. Taylor is ALMOST crawling AHHH! He gets all the way around the room and loves to do it. His favorite things are taking walks in the stroller, playing at the pool and watching other kids do cannon balls, playing with his beach ball and being held by mom. He is in a major "Mama's boy" stage...hopefully it will pass. I do LOVE Him but don't LOVE holding him all the time. He is blabbing all the time and I love to hear him "talk".

James and I celebrated our 5 year anniversary...can't believe how time flies and we paid a total of $300 to see Spider Man III, It was GREAT but not worth $300. I say that because long story short: the day before Costco charged me $300 for new tires, realized it was the wrong size and wouldn't credit my debit back-only gave me cash. That night we went to Spiderman I left my wallet there, realized it the next day, went back it was there (ALL OF IT ) except a little over $300 that was in my wallet in cash. I AM SICK OVER THIS...but keep telling myself "hopefully they needed it more then you". Anyways...gotta keep truckin' We miss and love you all very much.

New Pics from the ATL

Taylor loved his red balloon from the Geranium Festival.
James and I at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Sites- we went to the home he grew up in, the grave site and church and there was a real sweet spirit there on those grounds.
The 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners of our Platinum Tennis Tourn. I ran. James and I were 4th place- no prizes for 4th place. :*( :*( :*(
Taylor with his Uncle Ali learning to play football early- it's important!