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outside on the concrete

As our summer ends, we have to get used to a new schedule, new routine, new habits...
We now have a cat. She's amazing horribly awesome.
Andrew starts Pre-K at home. With me. Wish me luck.
New school for the hub. New campus. New co-workers.
{Lord, please let this transition be a happy one & beneficial for him!}
And we will have a successful football team that the hub will be a part of.
Closer and further apart from family. We shall survive!!!

Prim is a goodbad, cat...She can be sweet, but she can also be a little turd.
She'll lick and cuddle with you and then attack you with her sharp little teeth and claws in a matter of seconds. She's lethal and cute. Perfect combination. Jonah loves it, as you can see. 

Houston is awfully sunny. And rainy. And muggy. 
We just get used to the conditions and use cloudy days and shade to our advantage. 
My mother drove 5 hours just to come visit us---she seldom does that---and I was uber grateful.
The kids had a blast because they actually had somewhere to ride their ripstick, you hardly have any concrete living in the coutnry...My kids were in heaven just because they were here. 
We have this rock {who knows where it came from}and it's a perfect shape for Jonah to kick...
I think he thought it was a soccer ball...
...and we busted out the rollerskates too...
This is Dawna, the babysitter.
Jonah got a lot of Moomie lovin'
and when Daddy came home from work, he got out his toy too. 
We had plenty of pink lemonade breaks.
And cheesy grins with lightsaber swords
I hope this new school year will be a great one. I hope that we learn this area and reap of its benefits like playdates, gymnastics, swimming, parks, library and all that good stuff a community should provide.
I just wish I could find my little niche in the art community.... 

roller rink fun

You guys know how much I love to skate, right?
 On Friday night, we went out to our 'home-town' roller skating rink. 
Just us sisters.
My sister's friend is in the town's roller derby team, and invited us over to watch them practice and skate with them--and so on we went. 
 We opted for the clunky, old school skates. 

 Caren and me...looking less than our best for a Friday night -- gasp!
 AND ONTO THE FLOOR!!!
 Our sister Dawna enjoyed skating with us since she's usually with kids her age. She didn't like being pushed though...
Me being the daredevil that I am, brought the camera onto the floor.
Yeah, I'm pretty confident about my skatin' skillz...so I wasn't afraid of falling.
They thought I was nuts. 
However, it didn't make for very non-blurry pictures and I'm quite embarrassed to put them on here.
I'm focusing on good times though, and I'm sure some of you might not mind the blurriness...although it might be a pitiful photography portfolio for someone trying to impress an audience :( 
Sometimes you just gotta take one for the team.
We had a blast that night. I didn't realize we had just had a girl's night out until we got home, and it just felt good. We hadn't had one just us three since I can't remember?
 Pretty soon the badass roller derby chicks started practicing their moves.
Dawna loves hand and facial gestures...

I remember asking my sister to sling me on a turn, and she did...
And then she totally fell and rolled.
Skating backwards and pretty much laughing my head off, this is what I get for being on Manual Focus!!!
Dammit!
Still--I remember the awesomeness of that turn.
 She still manages to get back up and skate her pretty face off...
Round and round we go, 'til we get blisters on our toes... 
 Then the lights went out and wished my hubs was there to slow-skate to...
 It was so 70's and I wasn't even born in that decade. 
And then we limbo'ed...
ain't she beautimous?
Here's my take on the limbo challenge:
 Speed skate goodness! Wish I could join a team!
 Sister love (check the creeper in the background) after we skated our toes off.

Photo Instagram'ed with the iPad2


Videos from that night: