During the garage sale I saw the cutest thing! Adler giving Crosby a ride around the yard on her bike. Crosby was holding on for dear life!!! Just to let you all know... we survived the sale and made almost $400 in the process! Not too shabby! We went on to have a great 4th that i will post later tonight because right now we are busybusy cleaning house and dealing with the aftermath of the garbage sale!!!!

Garage Sale Mania!!!

Well we're rockin and rollin!! We've already made a couple of hundred so far so I would say it is all worth the blood, sweat and...oh no tears yet. YAY!!! And Heath says that if somebody doesn't buy the hide-a-bed we are going to have some sweet lawn furniture cause he IS NOT taking it back up to the attic!! heeheeheehee!

Holy Crap- Literally!!

So we decided that our annual garage sale will take place this Friday and Saturday morning (we had it last year 4th of July weekend and had an amazing turn out), so in order to do that our house is trashed while we go through all of our stuff. It is such a long process and I just get so exhausted so easily these days---UGH!!! So I am going to bed now (and scrapbooking all day tomorrow!!) so this is the way I am leaving my living room tonight! I hate it and I KNOW that it makes Heath absolutely crazy but I can do NO MORE tonight!

Relaxing!!!

As all know by now, this is our first summer seriously dedicated to playing softball. It was a decision we made as a family and I do not regret it a bit--now when Crosby starts playing I may be singing a different tune!!!! :) But needless to say the five, actually six!, of us have done a lot of happy sacrificing of our summer so far for the Big Girls. However, we just get going and going so fast that we forget how to CHILL sometimes!! Heath and the girls are happy as clams at the ballpark (even on non-game days!), well this momma needs her rest and relaxation- INDOORS!! I have always been a Summer Lovin Girl and could live outside and in the pool but right now---air conditioning is my BFF!!! I just get soooo hot and sweaty and the heat ZAPS my energy. So after yesterday's game my Kara Girl treated me to one of our FAVORITE inside activities!! Pedicures!! KG and I have been getting pedi's together pretty regularly for almost 10 years now!!! (Back in the day when we were single and a little poorer we would sit on my back porch, drinking a few beers, and giving each other spa pedicures from this really great kit I bought from the salon... almost as good as the real thing!! She also used to wax my eyebrows in the bank drive thru but that is another story for another time!!! ...back to yesterday... KG called around and found out that the nail salon in Wellington's Wal-Mart (the apparent home of the 40 minute pedicure!!) was open on Sunday so off we went for some much needed TLC. Our toes are looking great today but I think we will be sticking to one of our usual salons for next month!! I think a pedi should last AT LEAST an hour!!! It was a WONDERFUL treat though and I want to say thankyouthankyouthankyou to MY Kara Girl... one of the best friends a girl could have!!!

Another summer indoor activity has been DVRing new shows! One day I caught the reality show about Tori Spelling and her life now. Back in the day I was a HUGE 90210 fan, and even though Donna Martin was probably my LEAST favorite character, I found myself quickly addicted to her new show!! Her little family is surprisingly down-to-earth and I love the interaction between her and her SUPER cute husband Dean McDermott. So in true Danelle fashion, when I find something I really like I can't get enough!!!--hello Twilight!!, I headed out to find her first book sTori Telling. I started it on Saturday morning and plan on finishing it today (kara girl-I will put it in your mailbox tonight)! It is a quick and easy read and I recommend both the book and the show for a fun summer treat, especially if you were a Dylan, Kelli, Brandon, and Brenda fan back in the day!!!

This is what I have lined up next:

...I don't know much about it other than it I saw it listed in my Glamour magazine as a can't miss summer read---that's all i needed to hear!! I will let you know how it goes. What is everyone else reading this summer???? I am always looking for a great book!! OH, I almost forgot the MOST IMPORTANT PART!!! Saturday afternoon while I was reading in bed, baby girl started moving around quite a bit. I have always described her movements as a goldfish swimming around in my tummy with a few occasional big kicks, but this time was dIfFeReNt!! She was going to town and you could see and feel it from the OUTSIDE!!! I was soo excited my eyes started to get teary. Since we got to see her in the sonogram I am picturing her as a baby now and less of the fuzzy blob from our first sono!! She is moving constantly now and if I would take a few minutes to lay and relax I am sure Heath and the girls would be able to feel her too!! I told Heath that this is baby's way of telling me she likes to relax and take naps with me!!! :)

Our Eventful Saturday SO Far...

Mah is leaving tomorrow to go home to Brazil so the girls spent some time with her this morning. Then....

We took the girls plus Adalinn to the movies to see UP! We thought it was SUPER cute--even though we thought it was 3D so that was a little bummer--guess that is not happenin at our theater. It cost us $60 to take for the movies and snacks! HOLY COW!! I think we well let Grammy take them to the next one :)

Oh, and during the movie I heard this little snore and I looked over at Heath and said "Are you sleeping?????" "just for a second" he said... at this was the 2pm matinee... have I mentioned his nickname Narcolepsy Man???? He could fall asleep anytime anywhere!!
And of course as luck and good timing would have it ;) as we were getting out of the car at home---here came the ice cream truck! I must be a push over mom cause I just can't say no to the ice cream truck! Maybe it was because Landon and I grew up living outside of town and the ice cream man never came by our house {sniff :)} So I went to get my camera and wallet and saw the sweetest scene of the girls standing patiently on the corner waving to the ice cream guy!

A summer Saturday doesn't get much better than this!! I think we will cookout now while the girls swim....ah how can you NOT JUST LOVE SUMMER???!!!!???