He's Back!

Yesterday was the best day of my entire summer! USS Forrest Sherman returned home--and boy am I glad it did. I feel like I can finally relax a little. It was a hot and somewhat humid day. Inspite of the uncomfortable weather, I had a great time. I can't say as much for my kids who all got sunburned and complained about the heat for over an hour before we actually got to see Shawn. Oh well, at least I know what not to do at the next homecoming.

Here are a couple of pictures. I regret that I have no pictures of him coming off the ship. But the first one is of the tugboat pushing/pulling the ship to the pier, and the second is one of Shawn on the ship. He's the one waving.

Alex was way too hot. I ended up removing his pants and socks and shoes to get him to cool down. He wasn't too happy to be out there.

Nora is happier than she has been all summer! She must've said 'Daddy' 500 times during the drive home yesterday. Today, she isn't feeling well (too much sun probably), so they took a little nap together.

I LOVE having my Prince Charming home! (And I don't mind the extra help, either )

Many faces of Little Al

This is the 'attack-dog' of the house. He keeps us safe with his heavy-breathing squinched up face!
This is what he does when you say "Alex, where's your tongue"

Sometimes he sticks it out and drools, and sometimes he tries to catch it. It's usually too quick for him.

Motivated

Not too long ago, I was reading Bethany's (my cuz's cute wife) blog, and was inspired by this post. I'm not a terrific seamstress, though I come from a long line of spectacular homemakers/seamstresses. So, I decided to give the button up shirt-dress a whirl. I took a trip to the nearby thrift store to look for girly men's shirts. I found a few (that I had a really hard time picturing on a man) and got to work. I have finished 2.



I even made a matching hairbow with this one. I never make a matching anything. This is a big day for me--finishing a dress, making a matching bow. My handsome hubby would be proud!

Thanks Bethany! Perhaps someday, we can team up and make a multi-million dollar dress-designing business......

I hope this works...

Because I have never tried to upload a video before. It isn't great...I mean, the lighting was bad. But the baby is cute.

Yeah, I know their cute!

I love the way he looks like his face is about to pop!

This is our family acrobat. She spends a lot of time on her head :)

Showing off his new Thomas pj's.

This was a 'war of the singing cards'. One card sang the chicken song, the other sings yummy, yummy, yummy I've got love in my tummy....(I don't actually know the title of it)

I didn't take the time to edit any of these so they will fill up your screen if you click on them.