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1. Last night the kids and I took Daddy to Toy Story 3 for his birthday. I have decided that you have not truly experienced the movie theatre until you have watched Toy Story 3 with Camden. He got every joke and his gut-busting chuckle had the whole room rolling more than once. (You know the one.) Add to that the fact that he narrated the entire thing as we went...I wish we could have captured it on video. It was hysterical! I ADORE his passion for laughing and all things funny. What a clown.

2. Jude got a little scared during parts of the movie, so he crawled into my lap and cuddled in while Camden and Gwyneth held on to either of my hands. One of those perfect Mama moments that you never forget.

3. Adah stayed with Grami. She was a dream. Went to bed perfectly. Then we woke her up to take her home. And awake she stayed until 1:00am. She was ready to party.

4. My brother is getting married!!! We couldn't love you more, Serina! The big day is set for August 12th, a Thursday. And I am so excited to have the honor of being a bridesmaid.

5. Speaking of, she surprised each of us bridesmaids with an entire month of tanning for the special day. Silly girl. We're supposed to be spoiling her! Told you she's awesome...

6. Gwyneth has been asked to be the flower girl. You have no idea what this means to her. Weddings are among the most magical of events in her book. She's convinced it's her wedding. And even asked if she can still live with us when it's over...

7. FYI; Mondays are "kids eat free" night at Pizza Hut. I think the deal is, you get 2 free personal pans for every large you order. We fed the whole family for like $12...(a fraction of what the movie cost!) and had the 2 personal pans as leftovers.

8. We're booked every day/night this week! Tonight; dinner at Amber and Levi's to get some stuff prepped for VBS. Tomorrow morning is the VBS workday at the church. Tomorrow afternoon I'm at my mom's. We're getting together with Serina and her mom to get this wedding under way! Lyle will be at music practice. Thursday is dinner with my grandparents for Lyle's birthday. We haven't been up there in over a month! Friday may actually be free...this week! And Saturday I have 2 showers to choose between.

9. Next week is VBS! My kids are beyond excited! This will be Jude and Gwyneth's first year going. I get to get up early every day, get Adah ready, and head off to Holly's Day Care to pick up a carload of munchkins. That means Lyle gets to get all the kids ready by himself. We're in charge of crafts and will have Adah with us. Pray that it works out! She'll be missing all her morning naps, which could be disastrous. Then, I cart all the munchkins back to Day Care. It's gonna be some long days for me, but that's nothing compared to what others are going to be putting into this. I am so grateful that there are those who are so committed to sharing God with my kids!

10. Lyle and I are planning a trip to the Oregon coast with the kids for our anniversary. YaY! Hopefully it works out. We have a lot of other things to spend $$$ on this summer, we may not have any left by then. We thought about leaving the kids behind, but it just seems so wrong. They're a part of us, afterall, and they would love it so much! We only have so much time with them as it is. It'll be our first vacation since having a family!