12 Years and counting...

12 years ago, I made the 2nd best decision of my life. I married my best friend. I married the love of my life. I married the one. I married Kevin.

We've had ups. We've had downs. We've had highs. We've had lows. And I love him more today than I did 12 years ago.

Tonight, we're dining at PF Changs, followed by...well...I don't know-we just talked about dinner. Hopefully a walk along the waterfront, or a game of bowling at the ally, or a movie. We're long overdue for a date night.

Thank you, Kev, for loving me. For putting up with me. For cleaning the kitchen after I mess it all up. For putting the girls to bed at night. For fixing anything and everything I break. For being the head and spiritual leader of our family. For working hard, so I can be home with the girls. For taking care of me. For being you. I love you. always.

What we're doing tomorrow!

We're celebrating National Doughnut Day! Krispy Kreme is giving away free donuts. Check your local store for more information. I'm having trouble deciding when to go... breakfast, lunch, snack in the afternoon???

She said "yellow"

Last week, McKenna said "yellow". For the last four years, she has always said "lellow." It was a bittersweeet moment. She's growing up, fast. We were watching Disney one night and a Jonas Brother commercial came on. I asked her if she thought they were cute. To which, she replied, "Mom, they're handsome."

We've got a long road ahead of us...

Summer structure

When I read Sally's post last week, I thought to myself, "I'm just ready to be done with structure, and just relax." So...we're 3 days in... and I need a plan. Here's our daily routine for the remainder of the summer. Most of this is what we normally do already. Sometimes, it's easier to stick to when you see it in print.

Avery and McKenna joined the library's summer reading program, so we'll make weekly trips to the library to get books. I also plan on using this site a lot in the next few months.

7:30-9:30-somewhere in this time frame, I wake up, wake Presley up and feed her, make sure Avery and McKenna are up. Beds are made and breakfast is served. Brush teeth and Bible time
9:30-11-I put Presley down for a nap. This will be independent play time. One can be on the computer, one can play dollhouse, color, read, etc...In a perfect world, this would be when I work out, shower, actually put make-up on...
11-12-I wake Presley up, feed her. The girls can play together, hopefully outside, while we wait for Kevin to come home for lunch.

noon-lunch

1-2-playtime-
2-Presley goes down for a nap. Independent play time, same as in the morning.
3-the girls (and me) play together, board games, group activities, or Little House on the Prairie
4-5-Presley usually wakes up sometime during this hour, I feed her, then get ready for supper. The girls usually play with Presley, or outside.
5:30-Kevin gets home. The real fun starts! Supper, family time, showers and
8:30-bedtime for Avery and McKenna
9-bedtime for Presley
9:01-I'm usually ready to collapse by this time. Now that Conan is on earlier, I'll try to stay up to watch. I like him.

MPM-Tuesday edition

It's grill week at the Osborn abode.  Only Kevin didn't know it.  We ran out of propane Sunday night at the end of cooking.  After a trip to Dillons, we're set for the week. 
Sunday-chicken on a stick, broccoli salad, hashbrown casserole
Monday-taco salad, fruit (no propane)
Tuesday-Hamburgers, salad, garlic potatoes
Wednesday-grilled pork chops, rice, sugar snap peas
Thursday-cooking party-Kevin asked if we were going to eat that night, I told him I'd figure out something...still workin' on figuring it out
Friday-whatever we had Tuesday night
Saturday-chicken, salad, rice w/ broccoli

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Thoughtfull words

This video of Ed Young really convicted me this morning.  I don't consider myself to use bad language, but there are things I've said that I wouldn't let my girls get away with saying.  This spoke to me more as a parent, since I'm not a leader in the church anymore.  I think it's relevant to all believers.  Spend the next 3 minutes watching this...

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Summer's here

Man, it's been a crazy 2 weeks. Good thing we're done with school, b/c I don't know how we could fit it in at this point.

• We are in the middle of redecorating our basement. Got new TV, console, and some picture frames. We painted the basement. Desperately looking for 2 end tables with character...and a good price. Kevin and I are having the typical husband/wife miscommunication struggle about budget...nothing big, though. Always interesting, however. We're trying to do this with cash, which, in my opinion, always complicates things :)
  
• We made a quick trip to Liberal for Memorial Day.
  
• Avery went to Abilene for VBS.
  
• The rest of us went to Abilene for my Dad's birthday.
  
• Had an ultrasound on my neck this morning. One of the procedures that has become routine in my life as a cancer patient. Everything was fine, though. I'm off the hook 'til December.
  
• Last weekend, we spent 3 hours at Old navy, getting 14 pairs of flip flops for $1 each. While we were there, I found some cute dresses for the girls. I decided to wait until they were on sale, which is this week. We went there today, and they didn't have Avery's size, of course. Came back home and ordered her dress online. Because I had to pay for shipping, I didn't end up saving any money, ugh...
• I spent way too much money at the store yesterday. I went to Walmart, Dillons at NewMarket, Aldi, and Dillons at Central and Maize. Today, I realized that I only have 2 diapers left...sigh...
• This should be a slow week for us. Kevin is working hard on his dissertation. We're trying to accommodate him. I need to clean the school room and make it more into a play room. And we need to seriously baby-proof this house. Presley is crawling everywhere now and our house is full of outlets just waiting for little fingers.
  
• The whole Dr. Tiller thing has been weighing on my mind and heart today. I have some thoughts. I may post them later.
• Our neighbors, and friends sold their house after just one day on the market. They got 4 offers, 2 were above the asking price. I'm so happy for them, but very sad, too. They are wonderful neighbors and their daughter is a great friend and playmate to Avery and McKenna. We'll miss them-

Summer came with a bang. Our temp is reading 98 degrees. I see a trip to the outside pool at the Y in our near future!