Where is cooler weather????

The last couple of weeks have been a little crazy.

Disclaimer:  This post has a LOT of pictures of the two girls.

Let's start with last week.

Monday Lorelai had a make up swimming lesson.

(Please forgive the quality of the pictures - they were taken

with my phone)

Lorelai and Ms. Erin

 Kick, kick, kick

She was not a real happy camper but she always did whatever

she was asked to do.  She might be crying while she was

doing it, but she did do it.

Tuesday Dan had his second eye surgery.  Both of the surgeries have

gone well and he no longer has to wear glasses at all - well, 

he does need very low magnification glasses to read.

In fact, we just went to WalMart and got the lowest magnification

they had.  So far, they have worked out well.

Wednesday was a "normal" day with the girls.

Playing in the family room.

Yo dude, what's up???

Too cute!

The little one is growing so darn fast!

Thursday, I had my eye appointment, so the girls were

picked up early.

The doctor's appointment went well.

The good news is I don't have cataracts therefore I don't need

surgery - but I do need much stronger glasses.  I should

be getting the new ones this coming week.

Now, maybe I'll be able to read for longer than 15 minutes

without my eyes burning and tearing up.

Friday was Lorelai's final swimming lesson.

Not wrapped around Ms. Erin's neck -

just leaning over her arm.

She actually did much better.  I don't know if she knew it was

her last lesson, but she didn't cry as much and seemed to

actually enjoy being in the water for the first time.

She still can't "swim" (she only had a week of lessons and those were not five days in a row), but she can "bob" under the water and

then grab the side and "monkey crawl" to the stairs.

She still needs more time to really get it, but

this was a beginning. Plus, she is only two.

We'll continue to work with her and

hopefully, next year, she will be able to

do more than just one week.

This week we have been back on our "normal" schedule.

We spent a lot of mornings outside in the pool.

It is just so hot we can't be outside in the afternoon.

(The temperatures have been 100 degrees or more every single day!)

My sweet, silly girl pouring water on her head.

Then there is my little

doodlebug.

Look at those baby blues!

These two keep us hopping all week,

but they have also stolen our hearts.

And nap time is sooooo nice!!!

HaHaHa!

I am so looking forward to some cooler weather - and I'm 

hoping that will happen in about six weeks.  We should start to

have temperatures in the 80's in September.

There is a sure sign that cooler temperatures are not THAT

far away.

 Next Sunday we'll be looking at some football.

Okay, it's only the Hall of Fame game - but it's a beginning.

The following Thursday is our first Thursday Night Football

broadcast - and yes, it's just pre-season - but it IS football.

That also should mean cooler weather is on the way.

We can only hope, right??

Hope all is going well with you that read this.

Have a super week!

Hugs to all!!!!

Will I Ever get my voice back?

I think you can tell from the title of this post

that I still do not have a voice.

While some may think that this should not be a hardship

have never lived with my husband.  Since he is hard of hearing,

and I can't talk loud, we are having a very hard time communicating.

I can't NOT talk - we do keep two little ones during the

week - and that requires talking - quite a lot!

I feel so much better - just don't have a voice.

Oh well, I may have to just get used to

not having a voice.

We'll manage - somehow.

A new, big milestone was reached last week.  On Wednesday I 
received my first SOCIAL SECURITY check!
So, yep, it's official - I'm OLD!!!! lol!
I don't mind - it's about time I starting getting
back a little bit of what I paid in for all those years.
(I started working when I was 14 years old - so,
I had worked almost my whole like.  Or at least, it sure
seems liked it sometimes!)

Here are a couple of pictures of

Dan playing with the girls.

They love for their "P" to get down

on the floor and play with them.

Such fun!

It seems like the last few pictures I have taken

of Lorelai she has something on her face.

This one is no exception. LOL!

This time Oreo cookies!

I haven't shared any pictures of the

pups in a while - so

this is one I took of Jessie Saturday morning

as she was waiting for Dan to feed

her some donut.

Last week was Lorelai's swim lessons - at least it was for

three days.  We got rained out on Thursday and Friday -

so, we go back today and Friday (those are the only

days the instructor as open - that we don't have

something already planned).

I didn't take any pictures - hopefully I will be able

to do that today - but we really did not have

a good time.

Monday was fine - but Tuesday and Wednesday she spent

the entire lesson screaming her head off.  She did what the

instructor told her to do - but she was crying the entire time.

So hard for this Nana not to jump in and take her -

but I was a good Nana.

We will see how today goes.

This week will be a little strange.

Tomorrow Dan has his second eye surgery - so we won't have the

girls.  It should be a quiet day around here - maybe I will be able to

get the house cleaned while Dan sleeps.

We'll have the girls back on Wednesday  then a half day on Thursday

as I have my eye appointment.

Friday we will be back with the girls and Lorelai will have her last

swimming lesson.

I leave you with the first video that I have every shared on the

blog.

This is my little Ada-bear doing here

"Inch Worm" move.

Hope you enjoy!

Hope you all have a great week!

Well,well, well

I sure do wish I could say that I was finally

"well, well, well", but I'm afraid that I can't.  I can say

that I am feeling better, but I don't have a voice.

(Dan doesn't think that is such a bad thing - LOL!)

The weather around here has been HOT, HOT, HOT!!!

We have had temps above 100 degrees every day for well over a week.

It has been so hot that I really don't like to let the girls go out

and play for long - just too hot!

One day Dan did get in the pool with Lorelai.

So fun!

Friday I finally took the plunge and got my hair cut.

I had been trying to convince myself to get

a pixie - and Friday I did it!!!

This is my first attempt at a "selfie".  I took it right after

I got home from having it cut -

she didn't wash or dry it so it's a little "wild".

It looked better the next day after I blow dried it.

Friday night we met some people from church to

watch the fireworks instead of going out on the lake to see them.

(It was nice to be with friends, but we sure didn't get to see much

of the fireworks.)

Saturday morning we went out to get in my car to go out for breakfast 

and had a dead battery.

So, instead we loaded into the truck, went to breakfast and then we went 

 into town and bought a new one -

$100 for a battery.

Yuck!!!

We did go by the dealership, and they would have "given"

us a battery under warranty.  So, why did we buy one

instead?  Well, they would have 

pro-rated how much time is left on the 

warranty.  Anyway, Dan said that it would 

cost us more so - over to WalMart to get

the battery!

Oh well, it's in and the car is fine now.

Sometimes we think about getting rid of my car and

getting a different truck (a four door) and just have the 

one vehicle.  I don't know if it would be better or not.

Just seems like MOST of the time we are always together - so

having two cars seems to be a waste.

Something to think about.

Gotta leave you with a couple of pictures of the

girls - they are both growing SO fast!

First, how about sweet little

Adalyn

(or Ada-bear, or doodle bug!)

She is ALMOST crawling, but she can get

anywhere in the house by doing

the "belly flop", as I call it.

She gets up on all fours and then just

flops forward.

She is pretty fast too!

We really have to watch out now -

never know where she is going to be!

LOL!

Yesterday on a friends dock.

Such a big girl!!!!

Then, sweet Lorelai.

A little peanut butter on her face here -

but still 

such a beauty!

Also on the dock yesterday.

This one loves to ride in the boat -

her daddy took her for a ride in our little

Bass Tracker and then she

rode home with us across the lake

 before the

afternoon rain storm hit.

(She slept all the way across the lake)

Well, this week should be busy -

we have swimming lessons for Lorelai

every day at 2.

They are private lessons and

we are hoping that 

she does well with them.

 I'll try and take some pictures of

her lessons.

Next week Dan has his second eye surgery

and I have my eye appointment.

(I'm hoping I don't have to do what Dan has had to do,

but I guess time will tell.)

Well, I hope you all had a great weekend

and have a great week ahead.

Talk to you later!!