106 Degrees.....One Hot Cat

Does this need any explanation?? It IS HOT!

Everyone is Dripping....

Do you hear it? The constant drip, drip, drip...no it is not a leaky faucet, but all of us SWEATING! I am SO ready for fall! And yes, I am whining, I live in Washington! The temperate state...not too cold, not too hot. But it IS too hot!

High School Graduate...part 2

Sami graduated with honors (a 3.5 or higher) and was a WASL achiever...this means that she passed the state mandated testing that graduates MUST pass in order to graduated, the first time she took the test. We are very, very proud of her...she is now college bound!

A High School Graduate

I am still not proficient at adding pictures to my posts....so I'll do the best I can to share this most wonderous event with everyone. The top picture is of the impromptu manicure and pedicure that Sami and I gave her before her Graduation Party. They are our school colors of Navy & Silver! Then the next pix is of her with the cake we bought. We had family and friends over to grandma's house to celebrate the completion of her high school education.

Prom Princess 2009

Well we lived through getting ready for our last prom. Sam has been preparing for weeks now for this event and at this moment she is dancing the night away. We always start formal dance preparation the same way...shopping for the dress. It has to be perfect, and she always knows when it is the "one". We found it right away this year, however we shopped for days afterwards to be sure. Then come the shoes, the nails, the hair...Isn't she beautiful?

More Spring Break fun!

Sam decided she didn't want to weed...so I gave her the chore of cleaning the inside. She said

she'd clean the whole house and she did! She took pictures so she'd have proof of her hard work. She kept saying - I did the whole thing! She did a great job - this is what our kitchen looks like (occasionally, at least!)

I have a pad of paper on my refrigerator that has a list on it that young son here wrote. It is a list of chores and the title of it is "Mean Lady's Chores". Well during spring break for one day we did some work...this is my son weeding and turning over our garden so we can plant this year. I put these pics on here backwards...the top pic is when he finished!