'twas the night before school...

and all through the house,
not a creature was stirring,
not even...
the air conditioner!
well, it's finally happened. the upstairs air has gone out again. actually it has been a year, so i guess that's pretty good. last year it took from april to august for the goons from our home warranty to fix the problem. needless to say, we've discontinued our home warranty service & i've had a nice little chat with a poor customer service rep who was unfortunate enough to call me one day! i was very polite to him, but suggested they contract out for reputable companies who actually know how to fix something they claim to. so bright & early tomorrow morning i will be calling someone who knows what they're doing!

now on to something else...
*school starts tomorrow---boo and/or yay!
i am very much a summer lover, but am a little glad school is starting.
i'm telling myself that i'm really going to be organized and scheduled this year (are you proud of me, danielle?) in fact, i already have my weekly cleaning schedule completed. come tomorrow, that carpet is going to be so clean!
*i am so behind in blogs posts--i still have vacation pictures to post! i am going to try to be better about posting more too. as if anyone cares--ha!

the following is a few pictures of the last week:

look at that cute, sleepy baby with the awesome bedhead!
we kept sadie last saturday-tuesday while mike & danielle went on a much needed relaxation getaway. i didn't take too many pictures because i was too busy playing with sadie, but we had a ball. she is so hysterical!
i've never heard a 19 month old talk as much as she does.
two funny things she said that cracked me up:
*we picked my mom up in the car to go somewhere and sadie said:
"nana...so good to see you!"
*i had been trying to teach her what god's son's name is and asked her as i was changing her diaper. she said:
"jesus. (pause) yay jesus. hooray jesus!" oh my goodness--i died laughing!

i love this picture of her and mckinlee--so sweet!

she, however, did not want her picture taken with zizi!

right before we left to come home.

then thursday, one of my best friends and her daughter came to visit and craft with us.
we showed them how to make fabric flowers...

and they showed mckinlee how to knit using the knifty knitter!

olivia & bethenie working away

mck & olivia showing some of things they made.
mckinlee caught on so quickly and has already made 2 hats and is working on another one!

me & bethenie

we had so much fun--we even went to eat at my favorite vietnamese place pho mac!
the day just wasn't long enough!
(we must do it again soon girls!)

until next time...stay cool (literally)