My Time + Guy Time

Last weekend I had the house all to myself for 3 full days.  I was super busy all weekend, so I really did not have time to put my feet up, drink coffee and read books.  I had to shoot a senior on Friday and a golf scramble on Saturday.  Scrapbooking and dinner with some dear friends, Stephanie and Andrea on Friday as well.  Saturday my Indy friends Mark and Lori and their boys were in town for soccer and took me to dinner at a quaint Newburgh restaurant on the river.  Sunday a double shift at the connection center at church and lots of photo editing and grass cutting.  

The guys left on Thursday afternoon after school.  They headed to Northern Michigan to for the annual Minniear Morel Mushroom Hunting Weekend.  Two friends went along, Carlos and Bo.

They were a little early, season wise.  They found plenty of mushrooms, however, they were the blacks and not the yellows that they prefer.  But guy time was fun and they all had a great time.

Here are some photos of them packing up and heading out.

Weekend Wrap-up

Friends+Football+Carwash+Thrifting+Boating= A very busy weekend!

Over the past weekend the Jones and Co came to visit.  Katie arrived Thursday to watch Logan play some football.

One of the random shots I love

Some of the players showing off for the camera

You see the ball Logan, now tackle him!

AWESOME play of the game....See my kid, #60, on the left....

See the tackle on the right...

What you don't see is the ball popping out of his hands and Logan diving onto it...

Fumble Recovery!  Way to go Logan!  He's the one on the ground clutching the ball for dear life. :)

The teams, coaches and ref's look to see if Logan has possession....

He does.  His teammates give him pats on the back.  Well done!

Walking off the field with the biggest grin ever, mouth guard and all.

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Friday Katie and I went antiquing.  Did not find much.  But had fun looking.

As usual we tried on Vintage hats.

Friday night we headed on down to Kentucky to our friend Stephanie's house.  She made us some dinner, ok so we ate her leftovers, and then we made some cute cards.  She's a great Stampin' Up rep.  You can see her stampin' site here.

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Saturday was Castle Carwash Fundraiser Day.

The day started out gray, but ended up sunny.

The freshmen had the first shift.

This is Logan's buddy.  Not sure who had more soap on them, Nathaniel or the cars!

Logan in action.  He hates when I take his picture, so he avoids me and I sneak in a few shots.

Just one of the photos I took and it's one of my favorites!

Later that day we made our rounds to the Thrift stores and a few garage sales.

I bought this set of dishes for $4! (6 plates, 6 bowls....one of the bowls was in the dishwasher)

Other great buys not pictured:  A Hollister sweater for Evan for $2.50 and a sled for .50 so my kids won't have to use the trash can lids again this winter.  

Also some clothes for the niece and nephew for .25 and .50 each piece.  What a bargain!

Later in the day on Saturday, Katie's sister, brother and brother's finance came down to go boating with us.

Here is Isaiah showing everyone how to use the rope swing.

(all these images taken with my cell phone)

Convincing Lita to jump.

Cool sunflare along the beach

Dennis, Joe, Alisha, Lita, Katie and Logan

Sunset cruise

Sisters Lita and Katie on the sunset cruise.  The sun was turning everything yellow.

Katie and Jodie on the sunset cruise

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Sunday we all went to church and then out to Lunch.

After lunch we all headed down to Isaiah's football game.

I had to work in the concession stand, so I did not get to take any pictures that day.

Maybe Katie has some?  Katie??

Thanks for sharing our weekend wrap up with us.

Did you have a fun filled weekend?

Tell me what you did.

A little of this and a little of that

Summer time is Busy time.

Here's a little bit of what we've been up to lately.

The last week of June we enjoyed our trip to Ohio boating with family and friends.

I had a good time scrapbooking with 17 scrappin' friends last weekend in St. Louis.

Isaiah and I had great birthdays.
Evan's friends Harley and Hailey baked me a birthday cake.

I taught a Photography class to 3rd, 4th and 5th graders at church all last week.
Isaiah was my helper.

This is a photo one of my students took of me.

Isaiah had his birthday party over the weekend.
It started with water wars....

Then moved inside to the ice cream sundae bar....

Next was present time.....

And finally the boys dug into their goodie bags and modeled their "Billy Bob" rotten teeth for me.

We had a big storm today and a branch fell and snapped my Dwarf Japanese Maple tree in half.

The branch that took out the JM tree

My poor tree is not a pile of branches on the ground now.

The storm knocked over a tree out back.

My Purple Cone Flowers are in bloom.

My Crepe Myrtle is in bloom.

Thanks for popping in for a visit.
Is your summer as busy as ours?