Friday, July 31, 2009

A little music....

Because I'm technology challenged this morning - here's a link to Rodney Atkins' "America". I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLqbV-lj-6k
Have a super weekend!

Monday, July 27, 2009

July recap - photos

4th of July weekend Sara Evans
An afternoon at Arlington

St. Louis

1st pitch of All Star Game

I wasn't angry, it's just a bad picture!


The kids "playing"






I'll post more game pictures soon.

Friday, July 24, 2009

Kudos!!!

While I do not like the Chicago White Sox - I would like to say "Congrats" to Mark Buehrle for pitching a perfect game yesterday - only the 18th pitcher to do so in Major League history. That is an amazing accomplishment and one that I hope he will be very proud of for the rest of his life.

Congrats and well done!

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

July stuff

Sorry - no pictures yet but I can recap anyway...

We had a nice 4th of July weekend. I was actually off for 3 WHOLE DAYS!!!!!! We went to Ribfest - had some of the most delicious ribs we've EVER had. We saw Sara Evans in concert - terrific show! We went to the fireworks in our town on the 4th after waiting out the rain during the day and having to find jackets to wear that night. I can't remember the last time we had to wear jeans and coats to watch the fireworks.

The following weekend was my work's summer conference. We had a nice time and I am grateful again for the company I work for!!!! We spent an afternoon at the horse races - probably after going once, I can safely say that that is enough. We relaxed most of the day on Saturday then we had an evening of food, spirits and dancing. It was nice to catch up with co-workers in other offices and visit outside of work. Thanks, mom & dad for watching the kids!

The four of us trekked to St. Louis last week for the All Star Game. Ok - I went to the game and DH & the kiddos played in St. L. They went to the zoo (FABULOUS!) and found a cool (also HUGE) pizza place that had gokarts, mini golf and bowling. They were there for almost 4 hours and had a ball! The game was in a word - AMAZING! I am sure it is a once in a lifetime experience and I loved it. The NL lost - again - but it was so cool to be there. (I will detail that in another post)

This past weekend was a birthday party for our friends' children. It was a gorgeous day and we did a lot of visiting again. Wow - we have been quite social lately....

The weather has been unseasonably cool - not that I'm complaining!!!! It's just unlike July in the Midwest.

Other than work drama (don't get me started...) - things have been good and (hopefully) will slow down a little until school gets closer. Hope all is well with all of you!

Thanks for stopping by - watch for recap photos soon.

Saturday, July 18, 2009

Hop to it!

This adorable little guy was busy hopping and running around while I was shooting my brother's engagement pics on Friday evening.

Friday, July 17, 2009

WHOA!

I haven't truly updated this thing in a while.

I will try to get our July events (thus far) posted here this weekend - hopefully with some pictures.

Stay tuned...

GO CUBS!

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Batter Up!


Batter Up!
Originally uploaded by scrapperjen1
Pre-game at a Tennessee Smokies game

Tuesday, July 07, 2009

Eerie!


Eerie!
Originally uploaded by scrapperjen1
A fog covered Clingman's Dome in the Great Smoky Mountains. Needless to say, we didn't see much from up there....

Friday, July 03, 2009