Update from Team Clean-up

Okay, guys. It has been a rough day to say the least. Fastest rain I think I've ever seen in my life. It's still lightly raining off and on, but the water is now away from my house, thankfully. In it's climax, the storm brought 2 inches in less than 12 minutes and over 15 inches total in the Friendswood area. And that's just what the news said. The Reynolds blood in me says that it was at least twice that amount at my house. I was so busy cleaning it all up that I *may* have forgotten to feed my kids for an extended period of time. All kidding aside, it was very scary. I did, indeed, kill our little shop-vac. I probably overworked it, but managed to get around 30 gallons of water out of my house before it died. Our neighbor, Mike, was outside in the rain digging a trench between our houses and I really think that helped tremendously. All of our rooms across the back of the house were subjected to the rain waters today. I've gone from too-busy-to-be-emotional, to overly-frustrated to borderline-hysterical over it now. Chris (who was supposed to be enjoying a "de-stress yourself" weekend with his dad and brother) is now on his way home. Calls to our insurance have been made. I'm dirty and exhausted. Will update soon...

rain,rain go away

So it has been raining really hard today. There is water in my house and a leak in my roof. Oh. And I just burned up the motor in the wet/dry vac. Did I mention Chris is out of town this weekend? Hopefully this works as I am posting from my phone. Pray that our water damage is not too bad.

Spring Break Field Trip

Several weeks ago (I know, sorry...), we had Spring Break. One of our fun "adventures" - as Caleb calls them - was going to the Houston Livestock Show with Nana. Caleb was so very excited that he sat down and prepared a checklist the night before. He did this ALL BY HIMSELF - spelling and all. And, yes, we took the list with us and he checked them off at the conclusion of the day. Too cute.

For those of you that have problems reading phonetically, here's the translation:
What I am going to
do with Nana.
I am going to the rodeo.
Ride horse.
Have a war.
Pet a chicken.
Milk a cow.
Drink lemonade.

For the record, we did it all. Okay, so it wasn't a REAL cow that he milked, but it worked for check-list purposes. And, yes, he DID pet a chicken...with one finger through the fencing on the coop. Oh, and the war??? Yeah, Nana obliged and had a pretend one back at our house...ah, life with boys. Enjoy the pics.

The sweetest gift ever

A gift for Sarah...

I made this frame for Sarah and Steve and gave it to her at her first Bridal Shower. I was inspired by something I had seen that another scrapbooking friend had made. I really like how this turned out - it measures 9x14 and was truly meant to hold three "floating" 4x6 pictures. Unfortunately, this is the only picture that I remembered to take of it...and it's not the best...you can see my sad craft desk through the glass. Today, I found a few more of the frames and am thinking of making some to sell (maybe I'll finally start an Etsy shop...). So, the question is...would you buy? How much?



PS - Sarah, do you think you could take a better picture for me and email it?

Can you believe these cuties are MINE???

My life right now...

I'm swamped...and the date circled on the calendar next week reminds me that I'm getting old. I apologize to you all (and when I say "you all", I AM talking to all seven of you reading this - Hi, Mom!). My life consists mostly of laundry, work, making my ten-thousandth invitation this year, and shuffling kids to various activities. Let's face it, I'm a working mom and I've been a little busy. I really do have pictures and stories to share...I will get around to them sometime. But, for now, it's time to pick up the children from day care and head out to t-ball practice...given it doesn't start raining.