Mt Bonnell with Daddy

Josh took the kids to Mt Bonnell one evening, actually he took Superman and Scarlett. It got pretty chilly so Daddy let Scarlett borrow his t-shirt....

Bubble fun

Oh bubbles, Target has this new brand that all you have to do is squeeze the bottle and the wand shoots up and you blow, so theres supposedly no messy bubble juice hands...yeah right. I couldn't even use this thing w/o getting bubble juice all over me. I think the funnest thing for James was pouring the bubbles out and spreading his hands in it on the dirty asphalt. oh well when it came time to wash his hands all I had to do was add water, I mean the soap was already there. (Scarlett was napping otherwise, we'd have much more bubble juice on the ground)

This is for you, Dave!!

This is extreme glee on his face. After his haircut a few weeks ago, James realized that his hair could do this....We have a very dear friend who's hair also spikes up, no where near the extreme of this. But as soon as James saw himself like this, he immediately recognized on his own that he looked like Dave. And he was so happy about that. So here you go Dave, you are cool with your spiked hair and James wants to be like you.

doh

Today we went to the park, Josh took a sick day from work, he was sick all weekend and had some residual yuckiness today. The kids had a blast, I on the other hand had just bent over to pick James up so we could leave, stood up and walked right into a tree. Nailed me right in the head. My first reaction was, what was that and why didn't I see it? What a moron. I like to embarrass myself often, this seems to be happening more and more lately.

Emergency Room take 2

Monday we headed into the ER to make sure James' foot was ok after he took a monster leap off a step. After 2 hours and an X-ray, he's good, just a stressed Planter Fascia and calf muscle. So with a little limping he'll get along.
Wednesday we headed to the ER again after James pulled something down off the bookshelf and it landed on his lip. After 3.5 hours, 3 stitches and 2 popsicles(1 for Scarlett of course) We've got one very tough boy. He amazes me at how tough he is, and resilient. Thank God.

Did that really just happen?

About a month ago, our family went to a different church, that was 1, starting later than our regular church service, since we had overslept that morning 2, closer to our house and 3, we're always driving by it and wondering what it would be like to go.

Upon arriving, I'm keenly aware that I am one of the only women there that is not wearing a dress, does not have hair past her shoulders, and wears makeup. I mention this to my husband, who was somewhat unaware, because as we're walking in, he's keenly aware that he is one of the only males that is not wearing a suit and tie, even young boys are wearing suit and ties??
We take our kids to Sunday school. And as I'm walking to attend the service, I'm wondering if I'm going to return to a freshly shorn James head.(yikes) And Scarlett wearing a dress too.

Now please don't get me wrong, I love a man in a 3 piece suit and ladies in dresses, I'm not in any way making fun. I'm sure that they were having enough fun looking at me feeling quite uncomfortable not fitting in.

Worship was interesting, hymns, which I LOVE!

The sermon lasted well over an hour and a half....causing us to lose interest several times. during one point in the service, the pastor has asked us to open our bibles to Hebrews something or other, well we forgot our bibles. G-R-E-A-T! A woman sitting next to Josh leans over and says, "Here, you can borrow mine, I've got an extra one....do you know where Hebrews is?"
Does my husband know where Hebrews is?
Does my husband know where Hebrews is?
(voices in head) Lady if you only knew, my husband could educate you a little on where Hebrews is, why it was written, when it was written, who it was written for, and even where it was written.
He calmly takes the bible from her and we both try to suppress our giggles!

We speak to a few people, grab our kiddos and hightail it outta there. Mentioning something about a time warp and amazing that a church like that is here in South Austin.

You know those info cards they give you at those churches? Well I filled one out. Not thinking that there would be any follow up on it. Well, people, they follow-up.

This morning while Scarlett was napping, Josh had taken James to the guitar store, and I was still in my ugly robe, when I heard a knock on our door. I open it and lo and behold, Its the worship leader from that very same church and his young daughter.(in Sunday best of course, which must be Saturday best also). Just stopping by to say hello, and telling of some changes going on at the church presently. I thanked him for stopping by, said goodbye, shut the door, went to the bathroom and saw this.....


What a riot!