the dog days of summer

i think toby was hoping we would add water to the pool instead of balls. he is one silly dog.
that's all i know.

fire pit fun

last night daniel decided he wanted to roast some marshmallows since we didn't get a chance to last weekend on our camping trip because we got rained out. he made a beautiful fire and he, marc, and i sat around it and roasted a few morsels of ooey gooey goodness. THEN........it got a little crazy.....

we started talking about all the things we might could roast over the fire so daniel disappeared into the house. he came back out with a jalapeno from the garden stuffed with cheddar cheese. he roasted it and it smelled delicious. THEN............marc disappeared into the house and came back out with...............a pickle. he roasted it and ate it. i tried a bite. there's nothing like a hot pickle. THEN...............i sent marc to the store to get some sausage links and canned biscuits. we roasted pigs in a blanket over an open fire. they were scrumptious.

then our neighbors came over to join the party so we stopped acting "weird" and put on our civilized faces. yeah, right. :-)

any suggestions on what to roast next?

that's all i know.

catch up

well, it's been way too long since i've blogged. so let me do a little catching up here. we went to the beach for the weekend the beginning of this month and the kids had a blast. morgan is at the wonderful age where she is aware of so much and understands what's going on. she made sand castles with marc and they played in the water a lot. samuel ate a bunch of sand and played with all the big shells we could find. in this picture below samuel had all the fun he could handle and decided he needed a little nap in the sun. what i wouldn't have done to catch a few zzzzz's under the warm sunshine...
here is the newest member of our house. his name is charlie and he's the cutest, sweetest guinea pig you've ever seen. he's about 4 months old and has the silkiest hair! morgan just loves him to death.

here is morgan reading a book to charlie. she has to do this every evening "so charlie won't be sad" as she puts it.

here's maggie scoping out charlie's house. she really wants to play with charlie but i don't see that happening. charlie is very tolerant of the dogs and he makes his happy noises even when they're around.

as some of you know i've been training for a half marathon in savannah, georgia in november. but, that goal has been tossed out the window. the picture below is what i see when i look down at my feet. somehow i have managed to fracture a bone in my right foot so my running days are over. i did have a boot on my left foot too (yes, at the same time) because it was killing me from the strain of over compensating for my right foot being fractured but that boot was causing more problems than good. i have to wear this awkward boot on my foot for the next 3 weeks then go back for the doc to check it. hopefully it will be healed and i won't be confined to the boot anymore. i do have to say though my foot is hurting worse now than it was so i don't know what that means.

i had several other pictures i tried loading but my camera and blogspot wouldn't cooperate so i'll just have to blog them later. not much going on around here except guinea pigs, beach trips, and broken feet. hmm, that actually sounds like a lot. time to go prop my foot up, watch a little tv, and pet charlie for a while. he loves to just sit in my lap and chill. he really is a great little pet!

that's all i know.

my new ride!!!!

it just kind of happened - saturday i got a new car! woot! if any car has been my dream car it's this one! yes, i've had 2 other mustangs in the past but this one by far is my favorite!!!! let me know if you want to ride - i'll come pick you up and we'll go cruisin'!

pool fun!

oops!

when this moment happens and I tried so hard to be careful.... all I could do was say, "oops."

Marc's Aunt Teresa

This afternoon Marc's Aunt Teresa McClellan died suddenly and left the whole family in a state of shock. Please say a prayer for all her family and friends who lost a wonderful person today.