Drew gets buzz cut

Mitch gave Drew a buzz cut last night. Now they really look like twins.

potato creek/camping

We went camping over the week of the july 4th. And we survived. A friend loaned us his big tent you could fit two queen sized air mattress in it and still have room for clothes. We had a good time playing games, swimming, riding bikes, chasing Drew, and eating. The weather was great not too hot. We are thinking of making it an annual event. Here are some pics.

Ode to running

I decided I needed to write about my new love/hate relationship with running.

I get up each morning at 5:30 am.
Getting out of bed isn't hard starting the run is.
How to cross the highway without being hit by a car is my first task.
Running down Timothy without getting a tick, stepping on a dead animal or getting chased by a dog is next.
Can you see where the hate comes in......
Then there is the personal trainer in my head sounding an awful lot like Karla tells me just a little bit more.
The love comes in because this is the best shape I have been in a long time ,buying new clothes that fit and only needing to lose 5 more pounds to hit my goal.
Who knows maybe a 5k is in my future...............
So now my ode is done and I am going to bed so I can get up and RUN!

Another Hooton in Heaven

I don't mean just yet but tonight as we are driving in the car out of Martins parking lot, Brianna says, mommy mommy God lives in my heart. I said did you ask God to come into your heart. She responds yes. After a few minutes roll by she says, God had to move my food around to make room! After I laughed, I told her that God living in your heart means wanting to serve him and follow his rules and she said yes she wanted to do that. Later I asked her what made her think about all that she said I don't know I just did. God's timing is strange sometimes but there is nothing like having your child tell you that asked Jesus into their heart with no prompting from you.
Our summer memory verse is the Matt. 5:3-10 or the beatitudes. Join is in memorizing this verses this summer!

Ohio Weekend

We enjoyed a weekend with my sisters and brother-in-laws. of course did some shopping, eating, celebrating Brooke and Isaac's b-days, the boys went to a movie tavern and talked about it all weekend, finished the playset and went to the fountain.

Pic 1 Brianna doing a musical number at the fountains.

Pic 2 Drew and Bri taking a spin in Brooke's new car.

Flying First Class

Let me reaccount my experience in first class for those of you who may never get the chance too or for me because I will probably never do it again.
1. You get to board the plane first
2. You are offered a drink first thing.
3. Lots of leg room and only two people per side.
4. You are offered another drink and snack (pretzels and mixed nuts no peanuts :)
5. You are offered a hot lunch complete with dessert.
6. You share the bathroom with only 20-30 people.
7. You get to get off the plane first.

Hope you enjoyed the experience with me.

Tornado in our backyard!

Many of you may have heard about the tornado that hit New Carlisle, State Road 2 on Monday.
We were all playing outside and noticed really black clouds moving, it started to lightening so we went inside. Did we go the basement no! Mitch went out to get the dog and as he walked into the basement the wind picked up the trampoline and tossed it across the yard. It then skipped over the field and hit the neighbors and took out their barn. I guess we learned two things, one mother nature does some strange things and two go to the basement!!