Summer's in full swing!

Well, the kids had a blast at Pops and Grandma's last week in Mayfield. The highlights include fishing, bumper cars, movies, Chuck E. Cheese, Speedway racing, putt-putt golf, picnics, bowling, shopping for toys, Indiana Jones cereal and Kung Fu Panda cereal for breakfast everday and lots of icecream! Boy, were they ever depressed those first couple of days back home....nothing but healthy food, chores and bedtime curfews around here!!

Here's the whole gang on one of their many ice-cream outings....



Kevin and I had a great week, too. Besides eating out way too much and sleeping in way too late, we did get a few projects done around the house that had been on the "to-do" list for way too long! My big project was refinishing our kitchen table and chairs. They were in bad shape, but I didn't want to get rid of the set since they belonged to my grandparents and have a lot of sentimental value. So, with a lot of elbow grease and sweat and even a few tears of frustration, they are looking better than ever! Here's a couple of before and after pictures:

FINALLy got this project finished just in time for the whole gang to come over and grill out at our house tonight. My sister-in-law, Cynthia, and her 3 kids are in town this week, and my mom just arrived today from Atlanta. So all of them, plus Jonathan/Shawna and their boys were here for dinner and a very dangerous display of pyrotechnics in the backyard (Kevin and the boys made a run to the fireworks tent down the road for a little early Independence Day celebration) My picnic table will never be the same....but I'm not about to start refinishing that. I'm ready to take a good long break from any more "projects!"


Tuesday night the whole crew headed out to Dave & Busters, which is basically a giant Chuck E. Cheese for the more mature (HAH!) crowd. Most of us went bowling (though it was a little too tame for some of the older kids) Here are some pics of us at the lanes...

Eli keeping score












Rosie & Sophie with
cousin Aubrey






Me, Shawna & Cynthia trying not to break a sweat....




Kevin with Silas (Shawna's oldest boy)















Most everyone is headed out to Atlanta tomorrow, so the house will be quiet again. Mom is taking all four of our kids to Atlanta for a week, while Kevin & I take a short weekend trip to Louisville for some wedding festivites for one of my cousins and a little anniversary getaway for us since tomorrow is our SIXTEENTH anniversary! Amazing! Time flies when you're having fun, and my sweet, selfless, and wise-cracking hubby of 16 years still manages to make everyday fun. Sorry for the sap..........but he is pretty great and I feel very blessed.