Say hello to our little friend....Manny

Daddy came home the other day...and Manny hanging out on his car.  So, he put him in our flower pot next to our door and there he has stayed.  Not sure what will happen when the weather changes.

Tea time Tuesday

Because everyone should have a tea party....just because.

Jigs and Pies

Because no summer is complete without a 

little jig and a blackberry pie.

Our oldest is involved in Irish dancing and with that come performances (not just competitions).  She goes out into the community and do performances to get the word out about the school.  It is the Central Kentucky's only accredited School of Irish dance. We are proud of her and all the accomplishments she has made and will make. 

And all summers are not complete with out a few pies.  We headed over to the local orchard to pick some yummy blackberries...and had to make a pie out of them.  Each girl got to make there own pie and had some super fun doing it.  They all enjoyed making them...and had even more fun eating them.

Getting healthy update

I am now going on my third month on working to get healthy.  I have had some struggles but I am sticking with it.  I have had to adjust something to accommodate my lifestyle but for the most part things are going well. I need to remind myself, getting healthy is not in a pill or some magic diet shake....it is in changing your lifestyle...it is changing what you put in your body.  Purium does have a shake but it is not a "diet" shake..it is a whole food shake.  It is filled with amazing ingredients that are not in many "diet" drink/shakes out there on the market. I have changed up the way I thing, which includes a cleanse and things are going much better.

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Mini Vaca

Our mini vacation consisted of taking a three hour drive to Mammoth Cave. We stopped off at Lincoln's birthplace and got to check out his pad. The girls picked up fantastic head attire...which turned into blocking the wind in the car since the AC did not work.

We then headed over to Mammoth Cave National Park, and the girls enjoyed it so much. 

We even got the meet a little friend.

Got to check out some of the cave and it was super cold down there.

This is what happens when a 7 year old gets a hold of a camera.

We got to hang out with Yogi and a few other fantastic Reece's Rainbow friends. 

And after many hours of fun we headed home.  With in 10mins this is what the back seat looked like.

Just to let everyone know

I wanted to let everyone know.  Because of security reasons, I have temporally disabled our Facebook page. I do not have the ability to monitor traffic.  I am still receiving troll mail/comments and have chosen to close it.  I wish I had the ability to make it so in order to see what I posted you had to like the page, but this is not an option and because of that I feel I need to close it for now.  No worries, I am still going to post here on the blog. Thank you for continuing to read this blog.

Happy 4th of July

We dont always celebrate holidays, just not a big deal in our family (we usually only do something for Easter, Thanksgiving, and Christmas).  But this year, the 4th meant a little more.  We are not usually all together with deployments and all, so just being together was a new thing.  It also was the first 4th of July for our new US citizen and it made it worth celebrating.

We had bacon wrapped hot dogs...yes, you read that correctly...bacon wrapped.

Cooked on our new fire pit that the hubby put together (we had to make changes at the end but it still worked).

She got to enjoy her first smore...and let me just tell you...she really enjoyed it.

She enjoyed it so much..and it showed from ear to ear (and maybe in some hair)

So, from our family to your...may you have a wonderful 4th of July.

Always remember....

Freedom is not Free