Fall Soccer Begins

 

 

 

 

Back to School!

A Day at the Zoo!

Back in June, I bought a "playcation" package that consisted of 4 tickets each to the Greenville Drive, the Greenville Zoo, The Children's Museum of Greenville and one of the waterparks in Greenville. Well, we went to the ball park the first night I bought the tickets, but the summer has gotten away from us and now I am scrambling to use these tickets before they expire on September 2. So, this past Monday, after waking up to a blue sky, I woke up the kids and told them we were heading to the zoo. They were excited, and I was too. I love going to the zoo. We brought a picnic lunch and ate it at the park just outside the zoo, which happened to have some of the coolest playground equipment I think I have ever seen. Here's some pictures of the day (missing Luis who had to work)

 

 

 

 

Summer fun

Well, summer is almost gone, and the kids start school in less than two weeks. It has flown by for all of us! The kids have enjoyed playing with our new neighbors, whose family of 8 consists of 5 boys and a little girl Lily's age named Kendra. Our house has become the neighborhood hangout, partly because we don't let our kids go wandering the neighborhood, and partly because we have a basketball net and soccer field. It will be a tough transition to early bedtimes!

Here's some pictures!

The Gift

Disclaimer: The following is something that could stir up jealousy in housewives around the globe, or seriously challenge your status as a husband, such as the case may be. Consider yourself forewarned. Read AT YOUR OWN RISK.



Most of you know that I have been married to my sweet Luis for almost 17 years. He is a hardworking, motivated, adventurous kind of guy. Mechanically inclined, he can fix just about anything. He's handsome, in great shape, and loves me and our children to death. He is devoted to God, volunteers in our church, and spends his free time studying to improve himself.  But all of these wonderful characteristics just fade into the background when I wake up each morning to the gift he leaves me before he goes to work. Every morning, without fail, he places it on the kitchen counter, ensuring that I won't miss it.  I know, most women would just love if their husband's remembered a gift on their birthday or anniversary, but a gift every day?!? Unheard of in most circles. I know, I know...I am a blessed woman. Try to contain your envy, hold back that bitter jealousy. And whatever you do, please don't let your jealousy turn on your loved ones who have failed to bestow such generosity upon you.

What, you may ask, could my husband me giving me EVERY MORNING that would cause me to stop everything and make a blog entry on the subject? Well, I thought you just might ask, and since words can not adequately describe it, I thought a picture just might be able to do it justice.

 



 Are you as speechless as I am each day? Yea, I thought you might be. Well, in case you can not figure out what this is, it is the used coffee filter, complete with used coffee grounds from the coffee pot. Isn't that something! And I think what strikes me the most about my daily gift is the ironic location in which Luis places it each and every day. Here, let me show you...

 

 

Can you see what I mean?!? Just moving this gift 12 inches, and I might never find it! He's so strategic and careful to place it exactly where he knows I will find it problem free. So, there you have it. My daily gift from my sweet husband. Sorry ladies, he's taken. Don't be a hater.

 

On a side note, for those of you who are not fluent in the original language of this post, I have attached a link to help you decipher some or all of what I just wrote. Click here for that resource.