Tall

Four teenage boys spent the night over here last night ... great kids, love them like my own ... but it sure is harder to find a place for everyone to sleep in our small house when all the guests are over six feet tall!!!!

DVR

Ummmm... WHO in my house DVR'd the Hooters International Beauty Pageant?!!!!  ....  Brandon?!! Dylan?!!

Drive

(2014) Yep. Bran's my son. He likes to drive barefoot, windows down, country music playing.

Bible Humor

(2015) A few weeks ago in "Mom's VBS," we learned about Joseph.  Lily and I happened to get this drink at the store last week and we said instead of Joseph's Coat, we got Joseph's Coke!  Hahaaaa!  A little Bible humor there for ya!

Twinge

(2017) It's funny how certain things you don't expect can give you that twinge of sadness as a mom.  Today I picked up Bran's records from the pediatricians office to take to our regular family doctor. (At 19, he didn't relish going to the pediatricians office anymore in the Pooh Bear rooms! Go figure?! Hahahaa!)  It was a huge envelope of every appointment he'd had since his first visit at one week old.  I know it's crazy, but it made me get all teary-eyed on the way home.  It's hard to believe the years have passed so quickly.  How did he grow up that fast?  Just made me a little sad. I still remember those first visits like it was yesterday. It goes by in a blink of an eye.  Everyone TELLS you that, but when you're in the thick of it,you don't believe it.  But, believe me, it truly does.

Boys

(2011) The boys were gone all week and they joined us today up in the mountains.  After about ten minutes of their loud wrestling and goofing around and shouting, Lily Claire ran up to me and asked "Mommy, can we put the boys away now?"

High Heels

(2012) Lily Claire is a definitely her mother's daughter (as if we didn't already know that!).  She was clomping around the house in these pink, plastic Cinderella high heel shoes and said,"Mom, these shoes really hurt!"  "Take them off," I said.  She looked shocked and said, "No!  They are cute high heels!"  Guess we all must suffer for beauty!

Fixation

You know your OCD fixation with vacuuming is out of control when your daughter is lying in bed at night going to sleep and says,"I don't like sleepovers at night because I miss the sound of your voice and the Roomba running." 😂😂

Citizen’s Arrest

(2014) We bought a special promo cup for Brandon at RaceTrac that you can refill through August 1st for free every time you are there.  Today he drove past there and went in to fill his cup and leave.  Some older man (another customer) chased him out of the store screaming, "Hey!  Hey!  You didn't pay for that drink!!!  Come back and pay!!!"  Bran turned around and said, "It's a promo cup you can refill for free."  The guy said, "Oh." and went back in the store.  Guess it was a Mango Slushie Citizen's Arrest of some sort!  Sheesh!

Racing

Got tickled today at Walmart observing a teenage worker who was moving so slowly that I was concerned if she even had a pulse!  When we encountered her again in the store, I noticed her t-shirt said "Rushing Toward Success." It's going to be a long, long journey at that pace!!! Hahahaaaa!!!

Snake

Not so good surprise under the recycle bin outside this morning!  Has one yellow stripe below its head. What kind is it?  I can never remember all the helpful rhymes to know if it's a bad snake .. With my luck It's probably "yellow stripe on its head will kill you dead" or "Find under a recycle taker and you'll meet your Maker" or something else ominous!!

Fried Rice

(2015) We ordered shrimp fried rice for supper tonight and I told Lily that she had to eat the rice, not just the shrimp (as she usually does).  When I came to get her plate later, the shrimp was gone, and here's what she had done with the rice!  She is soooo my child!!!

Faulty

(2013) The faulty brain waves of sixteen year old boys, as evidenced by my conversation with Bran in the truck tonight ...
Me:  We're going to have a Fourth of July party at our house.
Bran:  When?

Beef Jerky

(2013) Brandon Taylor made me laugh out loud today at Walmart!  He was begging me to buy him some $6 bag of Beef Jerky and I happened to spot a $1 bag of "Great Value" brand Beef Jerky instead. (FYI, I almost ALWAYS buy store brands.)  "Mom!" he groaned with disdain, "That is probably made from giraffe meat."  .... We bought the $6 bag to be safe.  Hahahahahaha!!!!!

Dad

One of life's simple pleasures. ... Calling my dad late each evening just to chat, talk about the weather or what we had for supper, check in on Mom, and laugh about a bunch of goofy stuff!  One of the best parts of my day. ❤️