Christian Family Reunion

Poor little Savannah, I think she's kind of got an upset stomach. I'll spare the details, but it's not very fun! Hopefully she gets over it quickly, kids are usually pretty resilient. Last night of swimming lessons tonight for the summer. Can't believe summer is already winding down. They just go by way to quickly, don't they?

So a few weeks ago was the Christian Family Reunion. There's always a lot of people and this year there was a lot of great food and a fun bouncy house for the kids to play in. This is the first time I've gone in a few years - for some reason they kept sending the invite to Scott & Amanda, so I refused to go until they got it right, lol, well this year they got it right. A difference this year was a kids raffle. Each kid got a ticket, and 5 kids got money. Savannah got to pick the $20 prize, and Ella won! Unfortunately we didn't get to stay long because it was the same weekend as the Festival, but next year they've moved weekends so that shouldn't be a problem.

St. Dennis Festival

Another weekend coming to a close. Anyone do anything fun? Monday mornings always suck it seems.... and today was no exception to the rule. Direct TV called this morning say we owe $52 for a PPV from 2.5 years ago. WTF. Can they really charge for something so long ago? That doesn't seem right at all. What would have happened if we got a PPV every couple of months, there is no way we could afford a couple hundred dollar bill. Our bills were automatically paid so it's not something I kept that close of an eye on. Needless to say I'm ticked off about the whole situation, I cussed the guy out and he still he still had the guts to say that he hoped we could be customers again someday, um.... no way!

So it's been 2 weeks but I still wanted to write about the St. Dennis Festival. It's the annual festival that we do every summer, it's the church where we got married and both kids were baptized in. It's always a lot of fun. Lots to eat, drink, and games to play! Connor went to the treasure chest way to many times! And we played a ton of pop toss and filled our fridge up with Gatorade. Buddy & Connor both got their face painted and all of kids got balloon animals (none which lasted very long, lol - oh well!). It was a really fun weekend like always and now we get to count down until next year's festival!

One Breath Away

So the Festival is this weekend (St. Dennis Festival), should be a lot of fun! I think this is the first !year where Connor really remembers what it's all about, so he's super excited. I made some chocolate chip zucchini muffins for the sweet tooth booth and we're going to try and find some stuff for the treasure chest (but since we waited until the last minute, I'm not sure if we will have time). Also can't wait until Sunday to pay my $5 to get a whole bag of books!

So recently I finished reading One Breath Away by Heather Gudenkauf. This is the third book she's written, and I've read all of her books now. This particular one just came out at the end of June and as soon as I could I put myself on the waiting list at the library. I was excited to read her new book and I was not disappointed. Her writing always draws me in and I always finish her books very quickly. With having children, this book definitely brings to mind my worst nightmare of sending my children to school. Thankfully all turns well with very little injury to anyone in the story. I can honestly say, for once, I did not guess who the villain was and was surprised at the end of the story. If you've read her other books and enjoyed them, definitely pick up her newest one! Now is the wait until she writes another one! I'm sure I'll read that one right away too!

Pass The Corn Please

Savannah is in the process of falling asleep on my bed, and Scott & Connor are over at the neighbors to see him for his birthday. The weekend is more than half over already.......this morning Scott & Connor picked up the Moore's and headed to the Christian Family Reunion. Savannah & I went over to JcPenney's to use up my coupons that expired today. Retail price = $116.02, I paid $7.28! Yes I know, I'm awesome, lol!

So this weekend is the annual St. Dennis Festival, and with that means LOTS of corn! And can I say, I don't think I've ever had such awesome corn. It's absolutely perfect this year! Most years its almost a little underdone, but with the hot weather & the rain we've had this year I knew it was going to be amazing, and I was right! I'm not going to eat nearly as many pieces as last year though (reason #1 - last year I was preggo, reason #2 - don't have as much $$ this year), but I have had 3 pieces so far this weekend and will probably have another piece or two tomorrow. Savannah loved the corn too and played with it for quit a while (on 2 different occasions). If you haven't had a chance to get out there and get some, make sure you do tomorrow, the money they make is for a good cause!

Salvation in Death

So St. Dennis Festival weekend is officially under way! We went up for about an hour and a half tonight. We probably could have stayed a little bit longer, but since none of the little kid games were opened tonight, there wasn't much more we could do other than pop toss, eat, and have Connor play on the play ground. We'll be going up tomorrow after Scott & Connor get back from the Christian family reunion.

So Wednesday night I finished reading Salvation in Death by J.D. Robb (Nora Roberts). I've read several in the series, and there are still a ton to go. I really enjoy the series. It's based in the future and follows Eve Dallas into solving murder mysteries. This particular one is based upon a priest who gets murder in the middle of a funeral. But the priest is not who he seems to be and from that questions arise on who he is, why is he posing as a priest, where did the real priest go, who killed the priest? The best part of these books is that it really makes you think but it also solves all of your questions by the end of the book. I hate books (at least mystery murder ones) that seem to drop things from the ending and it leaves your questions unanswered. Now I'm going to read another Danielle Steel book.