Clothes for warm weather?

It was over 80 degrees this weekend, and what did Payton want to wear?

Shoes for Bear

On the way to Sandy's this morning, the little miss and I have this conversation.

"Mama, do you think my shoes are cool?"

"Yes, I love them."

"Mama, do you think I could share my shoes?"

"Sure, who do you want to share your shoes with?"

"I want to share them with Bear. He doesn't have any shoes?"

"Oh really?"

"Mama, I don't have enough shoes for Bear. He needs 18 shoes because he has a lot of feet. I need some monies for the shoes."

Here's a picture of the shoes she wants to share. Do you think Bear will like them?

The Cost of Life

Our weekend was a fun, busy, and expensive one. I felt so frustrated by the cost of things this weekend, mostly gas. We spent $72 to fill up the Kia, and $40 to fill up the Civic. It just seems criminal that we pay this much money to drive out cars. I told Jon that when gas hits $4 a gallon we aren't driving anywhere! This is just crazy. After spending the money to fill up the cars, we then move into spending money at the following places: Costco, Trader Joe's, Safeway, Stride Right (shoes for her) and Target. I pride myself on how we shop (always buying things on sale) and we very rarely purchase frivolous things. It's amazing to me how much one can spend on food, diapers for two, and just small household items. The gas and the food are just killing us! It really upsets me that people have to work so hard just to provide their families with basic necessities. So... in answer to those of you that asked about the weekend, there you go! I know so many of you understand where we are coming from. Hope you all had a great and CHEAP weekend.

Our little artist

She calls these her "beautiful pictures". Thank goodness Sandy has an endless supply of paper!

For Sunday

Happy Anniversary, Liz and Juan. We love you so very much! I bet you wish you were on a warm tropical island now.....

Also, Happy Birthday Matt P. You are a wonderful guy, and we are lucky to know you. We hope that you enjoy your day.

Security

We are getting an alarm system put into the house. We were excited, now it's a disaster. Let's just say Jon's missed two days of work, he's been on the phone for countless hours... and the police have been dispatched to our house.... twice. (Of course, without us setting off the alarm off). We received a letter from the Elk Grove Police department saying that you get two free false alarm calls a year. After that, you are charged- and it's not cheap. Can you even guess how much? Starts at $200............. and we've already used our free calls in three days.

Sweet Sam

He's growing so quickly! His sister hasn't been that into the camera lately, so we have a bunch of the ever changing little boy.