THE COVER-UP

To end up our fun filled stay-ca, HH decided we needed to take the boys to a water park.

HH decided.

The mere mention of the words "water" and "park" together, well, I'm out.

But as we moms and dads do, I sucked it up and joined along.

I would be a liar if I told you I had a really great attitude about it that morning.

To tell you the truth I had to pray hard before I ever set my feet on the ground.

Two things were causing me worry.

First, me in a swim suit, having to take off my cover-up.

My really cute cover-up, with embellishments at the neck, and a cute little tie thingy.

My cover-up that did just that, covered-up all the junk we had been eating for a week (and then some).

Second, MC 2.

You read the blog.

You know how he is.

The thought of keeping up with him at a water park was not my idea of fun.

I totally did not buy it when HH (who has visited this particular water park before) said,

It won't be a big deal. All you have to do is sit there and watch him.

Obviously a man who does not stay home with MC 2.

You don't just sit and watch him do anything.

Alas, the MC's were so excited that I just put on my big girl swim bottoms and got over it.

Imagine my sheer delight and Thank You Jesus when I discovered that I did not have to remove my tunic!

You have never seen a woman so happy!

MC 2? Well, he was pretty brave.

I must give props to HH, for he did an excellent job of including little man in all he could.

It actually turned out to be a very nice day.

If we don't include the fact that by noon our feet felt like we were walking on hot coals.

The boys and I had flip flops we could wear.

HH was Shoeless Joe.

So, if you were there, and if you happened to see a grown man sitting in the splash pad with his feet over the spouts, you now know why.

We thoroughly enjoyed our day and have made plans to return next summer.

Vacation 20-10 is in the books.

AHHH...MORE WALL MOUNTS....

at least in HH eyes.
The next day we loaded up the men children and headed to the zoo.
Seems we decided that our pores could use a follow up cleansing.
The men children love the snake house.
The men children's mama is not a fan.
I mean, honestly, they put you in a room full of venomous animals and turn off the lights.
Really?
Who thought that was a good idea?
We saw all the big boys and the little vermin.
Shared nachos and chili cheese fries by the giraffes.
Saw some crazy rhinos.
Then we traded one zoo for another as we headed to the local Chuck E. Cheese.
At least it was air conditioned (Hallelujah!).
(For the record, when you try to use your GPS to find said restaurant, always good to remember that it is Chuck E. and not Chuckie. Someone would have gotten us lost....)
I never can tell who loves it more, HH or the men children.
HH and MC 1 are all the about the tickets.
MC 2 is all about hitting every game like it was a slot machine.
He could care less about the tickets, until it is time to go.
Keeping with our zoo themed day, we then headed over to the mall in this fine city.
HH's plan, not mine.
Our mission....to find a suitable (aka HH approved and not looking like my mama) swim suit cover-up for the next day.
That is right peeps, swim suits....
Gives me chills as well.
Have a great day!

GATORS

Tuesday we loaded up and headed to a gator park, because, well, every little boy loves him some gators. They also had a petting zoo.
I don't know why I forget this, but I am reminded every time we go somewhere with exotic animals, that I should leave HH at home.
He just walks around commenting on how nice they would look on his wall, or how he already has it on his wall, or as he vocalized when we approached the ostrich,
"Man, now that is some good eating".
Needless to say the people there moved on quickly.
After lunch, and a trip to Bass Pro, HH decides it is a good time to go fishing.
As if we weren't sweating enough.
So fishing we did.
Which I was okay with until the water moccasin climbed out of the tree and into the water right next to my babies.
12 hours and 30 buckets of sweat later we returned home.
I would show you pictures but someone is being a tad bit difficult when asked to upload.
Round 2 tomorrow;)

THE DOCTORS ARE IN...

Monday was my quarterly doctor's appointment and MC 1's dentist appointment.
I was up first.
So was my weight.
Dr. B walks in, looks at the chart, and then so nonchalantly says,
"So, have you been watching what you eating?"
To which I replied,
"You already know the answer to that Doc. You saw the chart. Why do you ask questions that you already know the answer to?"
And started calling him Clarice.
He had nothing after that.
Not really.
He had plenty after that.
And I never uttered Clarice.
Then we rushed to the dentist, after a stop by the donut store, which probably contributes to both our issues.
MC 1 seems to have an affiliation for silver teeth.
We garnered another one last week.
Now you are asking yourself, where was MC 2 during all this?
HH bravely took him to work with him.
MC 2 was so proud.
He was telling people all weekend, "I'm going to work with my daddy."
Then we came home and crashed because it was like 200+ degrees outside, and contrary to my theory, sweating in the car does not cause you to lose weight.
Tomorrow - GATORS!

DOUBT

This brings tears to my eyes, out of anger and saddness.

MY BIRTHDAY

I had a birthday last week. Honestly, I am okay with it. The number does not freak me out. What does is the fact that I remember my mama at this age. Plus the fact that some of my classmates graduated high school nearly 20 years ago. I just don't know how they did that because I am confident I graduated only a few short months ago.

My body is not in the shape it used to be, but praise God neither is my heart.

Although it is harder to see the written word with these physical eyes, the Lord has sharpened my spiritual eyes to look deeper at myself. To look past others bravado (good or bad) and see them as He does.

It has been a year of fine tuning, which, at times, has been hard. Felt like I was regressing. But I believe He was just getting to the bottom of it all.

I would like to take this time to thank ANONYMOUS for the pizza rolls he jacked from a certain place as my birthday gift. They were not wasted on me:)

Hope you guys have a great weekend!

Last week HH had the chance to go deep sea fishing. Being the good wife that I am *cough cough* I said he could go (Really it was my birthday weekend so he did ask if it was okay. How do you say no to a chance of a lifetime?). I was good with it until Friday morning when I woke up with the theme music from Gilligan's Island playing in my head. Not to mention the vast number of survival shows I have been subjected to have only increased my awareness of how quickly things can go bad.
And I did not marry Bear Grylls.
And The Professor was not on board.
They did survive though. HH caught sharks and something else. He also caught a bit of sea sickness, which resulted in copious amounts of heckling from his fellow fishermen. No pics to prove anything, so we will have to take him at his word on the size of said sharks.
The MC's and I headed to my mama's house because I take any chance I can to go to my mama's house. Friday night we had the obligatory birthday dinner. Saturday, Grandpa took the boys "into town" while mom and I did farm work. Saturday afternoon we rode the club car around to check the fences. The most exciting thing was Molly the dog came near to having a heat stroke. My mom and dad have a large pencil box full of dogs and few of them very sharp. Molly would be one of the duller ones (sorry sister). We spent close to 45 minutes hosing her down and babysitting her. Sunday we all parted ways and went to our respective churches.
So there is the weekend for you. Gilligan did discover later this week he forgot to sunscreen one ear. Can we say ouch?
So there is your weekend wrap up.
Hope yours was awesome as well!