Saturday, July 21, 2007

the sendoff



well, we sent off Jason's brother, Brian, last night. It was really hard to say goodbye (for now), but also heartwarming to see the support for their unit. What a perfect way to see them off, through a street lined with people, holding flags, banners, and signs to wish them well. Many of the people family members and loved ones giving one more wave, and others who were just fellow Americans there to show support for the troops. And isn't that what we owe to these men, leaving behind their children, spouses, and other family members and loved ones to do a job that so few choose to do for so many?

Tuesday, July 17, 2007

feel good on my feet

ok, so I am not really a shoe person. Well, my husband thinks I am, but to the degree of some women I know, who have shoes that match outfits by color, I really am not. I have no red, green, or yellow pumps to go with some dress or skirt. I hardly have any pumps, actually, as I live more for comfort.

but everyone should have a good pair of dress shoes, I think I've been told, and since I have an occassion coming up to wear them, I've been searching high and low. I have bad feet though, which makes buying dress shoes painful, literally. My arches are high and dress shoes genereally have no support....so it's been a process.

I think I've bought about 4 pair, give or take, and have returned all of them after walking around on the carpet in my bedroom for a bit to see how they are. Or I found something really cute online, but who can really buy shoes online, so back they've gone.
But it ended recently, when I visited reliable, standby, go to when you can't find anything, anywhere else, Von Maur. They have good shoes.

I also found a pair of flip flops in the process that I bought simply because they are comfortable and have arch support. I didn't need them at all, but they're comfortable and I've worn them nearly every day since. You can see both below!!





Sunday, July 15, 2007

dancin' the night away

we enjoyed the festivities at a friends wedding reception last week. it was a great time to see some old friends, and it was a blast to see a new side of our kids that doesn't come out often.
Abby was saying that she wanted to go home and go to sleep, then we went into the bathroom, came out and she heard some fun music playing in the hallway. she put her arms up and started "raising the roof," and danced for an hour and a half!
some of their favorite dancing songs were, "stayin' alive, grease lightning, i like to move it," and Abby's favorite, "who let the dogs out."



Thursday, July 12, 2007

pedal Matthew, pedal!!


He did it! Matthew's riding on two wheels!
It's really so much more about guts than ability, don't you think? In our experience it has been.
But he did it, and we're so excited for him. It's all he wants to do now; ride his bike. He has yet to master turning, so it's sort of consuming him for now. But he'll get it, I'm sure.
Two other close friends of mine son's have also started riding without training wheels recently; the little brothers are growing up!! So here's to our two-wheelin' little guys, way to go!!