Ladybugs & Stinkbugs

Our trip took a lot longer than we expected because of some bad weather and traffic, so by the time we got there, it was night. It didn't matter to me, though - I wanted to get to the beach! Since we were starving, we got Pappa Johns, and took it to the beach to eat it! We TRIED to get in the water, but it was coooooold, so we just relaxed and listened to the waves.



Don't know how well you can see, but this is the beach at night!

The next day we got up early and made it to the beach around 9:30am. We didn't leave til almost 5! It was wonderful, and very relaxing, though I did get a little sunburned. It was worth it, though!

The view from "our spot"

My crocheting work in the car


Mobile sky-line

Jeremy & I celebrated our 10th annivesary in Navarre, FL last weekend. We had an amazing time - we got four days of all-grown-up conversation (except, of course, for talking with the kids on the phone, and getting an abundance of text messages from my 8-year-old). It was very relaxing, and, though we were very glad to get home to babies, it was a wonderful, perfect vacation.

Here are some photos of all the places we ate!
(More pictures to come)

Mesquite Charlies:

An interesting post on economics and prices from a blogger friend of mine. I'll try to post links when he updates the series.

My Favorite Thoughts From Thomas Sowell’s “Basic Economics” (Part 1)

Hi all!

I just posted a LOT of videos! I don't usually put that much up at once, but Jeremy & I are leaving tomorrow for Florida!! Our ten-year anniversary is tomorrow, and we are going to have four, kid-free days on the beach! Since I wanted to get all of these videos up before we left, I just put all of them up! I hope you enjoy them - we have been having a lot of fun with our kiddos lately.

Also, a shout-out to my friend Hillary in WA who just had her baby!! Congratulations - can't wait to see pictures!

Our church had a cheer clinic tonight at church, and Annie went. She was soooo excited, so the next few posts will be of videos from it.

...and Jeremy doing mean things.

 
 
 
 

An economics professor at a local college made a statement that he had never failed a single student before,
but had once failed an entire class.

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That class had insisted that Obama's socialism worked and that no one would be poor and no one would be rich, a great equalizer.


The professor then said, "OK,
we will have an experiment in this class on Obama's plan".


All grades would be averaged and everyone would receive the same grade so no one would fail and no one would receive an A.


After the first test, the grades were averaged and everyone got a B.
The students who studied hard were upset and the students who studied little were happy.


As the second test rolled around, the students who studied little had studied even less and the ones who studied hard decided they wanted a free ride too so they studied little.
The second test average was a D!
No one was happy.


When the 3rd test rolled around, the average was an F.

The scores never increased as bickering,
blame and name-calling all resulted in hard feelings and no one would study for the benefit of anyone else.


All failed, to their great surprise, and the professor told them that socialism would also ultimately fail because when the reward is great, the effort to succeed is great but when government takes all the reward away, no one will try or want to succeed.


Could not be any simpler than that.

Can you tell Jake loves the pool? Videos coming later.

 
 

You can't tell very well, but we gave the boys mohawks the other day. Andrew ALWAYS wants a mohawk, so I tried to help him - and then made him hold still for one minute to take a picture (which is evidently torture to a 4 yo boy).

Aren't they sweeties?

Evidently we know how to climb now. I looked around from folding clothes, and this is what I saw.


Oooooh - what does THIS ONE do?





Maybe if I push two at once...?

He has always enjoyed running off with my mouse (the only downside to having a wireless mouse, I suppose), so I'm not at all surprised to see him trying to work the computer.

Why am I posting about nothing?