JULY!?!?!

How can that be!? Summer's half over already! I know you are anxiously awaiting pictures of the Bush Wedding, but today is busy with laundry, covering my baby with kisses, and packing for our suprise weekend trip! I"m so excited! Gary's been putting in an annoyingly insane amount of unpaid hours at work so to make it up to us he came home Monday with the idea of making this weekend a little bit of a family vacation. I'm still so much in shock I'm having a hard time motivating myself to pack! It promises to be fun though, and we'll get to see the Kelloggs for Faith's birthday party. We're so blessed to get to spend her special day with her!

Esther is crawling all over the place now. She seems to preferr army crawling but it depends on what outfit she's wearing I've had to move around some furniture and find the baby gate! Grace is totally potty trained at home now. It's probably time to start letting her wear underpants out and about but I'm waiting just a few more days, for my own sanity. :) She was having a hard time with not being allowed to get up from bed to go when she needed to so I've put her in *gasp* pull ups. We'll test it out this weekend at home and on our little trip and see how she does. She's so independant! If she'd tell me when she needs to go, I wouldn't worry about it but usually I ask her if she needs to go only to find out she's already gone twice herself. She doesn't even ask for her M&M rewards anymore! My baby girl is growing up too fast! I'm thankful I didn't push her a year ago though. :) Tyler still has a love/hate relationship with learning. He's improving greatly on his reading and writing skills. His comprehension and retention are astounding. I suspect he'll be a student like his daddy- everything will come fairly easy and he'll only do what he absolutely has to do to get by. :) Mommy will just have to accept that's how he was made!

Praying everyone has a happy and safe Fourth of July weekend.

Be smart.

Be safe.

Remember freedom is not free.