Girls Weekend - May 2010

Hello from Scottsdale!

Another fantastic, fantastic weekend. It can be summed up like this: lounging by the pool, eating, talking, laughing, eating, shopping, lounging, eating, dancing and eating. I'm already ready to do it again. I just love these ladies.

I'll apologize in advance for all the pictures. Steph collects all our pictures and combines them into one album on Picasa. There were over 200, so just be glad I'm not posting them all. ;)

We stayed at the Doubletree this time. I really liked this hotel.

June took a ton of great pictures, including shots of the flora and fauna around here. There was something about it that made me see things with new eyes and appreciate the unique beauty that can be found here.









This is the view from our balcony.

I spent a grand total of 18 hours by the pool. I do not understand why I didn't get more color. LOL.

Actually, I was so paranoid about getting burned like I did last time that I used practically a whole bottle of sunblock and hid in the shade from time to time to top it off. Maybe next time I'll get it right and manage to just get a nice tan like a normal person. (FYI, I read an entire book over the weekend too - The Girl Who Chased the Moon. I really liked it!)

We all really wanted Steph to model these crazy pants. She's such a good sport!

Who's the man?

Steph looks like a movie star!

My favorite group picture.

Lynn's classic pose!

Cute!

Our new friends. (Okay, okay. Polly's new friends.)




Okay, you gotta zoom in for this one. This is a picture of what Polly used to look like. The first time I saw this (on one of our trips long ago) I could not believe it was the same person. I gotta say though, Polly may have changed her hair to black but that sweet smile has stayed the same and truly shows the girl within. She's such a sweetheart.



Can you find the hidden tattoo?




Shake your groove thang!

You go girl!

Get on down June!

Rock on Jack!

Until next time girls...

A few random things

(I haven't taken near as many pictures as I'd thought! Anyway...)

Uncle Freddie came to visit again. I sure do enjoy seeing him. I wish Aunt Moira could've come too but she's still a working gal.

My boys are quite enamored with their cousin's ROTC uniform. John is now informing me he wants to join the Army or the Marines or be a Navy Seal. I'm selfishly hoping he grows out of that.

My sis and her hubby have done a little redecorating and I especially love how they displayed his guitar collection on the wall. And yes, he does play them. :)

The pack meeting:

It's nearly impossible to keep those shirts tucked in. Almost as bad as trying to keep shoes on their feet.



The Spring Sing:

John is in the front row, middle.


Are you noticing a trend with the shirts? You can't tell in Ben's picture below, but I assure you. His shirt is untucked too...

Ben's little face is right, smack dab in the middle.



Christopher, shockingly, was being a little goof ball and messing around instead of smiling for his mother. Fortunately, my camera went off during the split second that made him look like he was smiling.

"My Principal's a Pirate!"

Alright, that's all for now. There will be more coming...

Catching Up

I'm back! Well, kinda. I make no promises about the frequency of posts from here on out. I still want to keep a record of certain things but life is a little different now. A bit busy. (By "bit" I mean "a lot".) I think things will settle down eventually though. In the meantime, I am fully enjoying nights like tonight.

We got home shortly after 3 pm.

The kids have their homework done and have been playing outside.

I have no appointments, no meetings, no pressing matters, no nothing.

Well, not nothing exactly. There's plenty I could be doing. Plenty. But nothing that has to be done right this second. Or even tonight. Oh, it's a luxury. And I've been enjoying it. It's been nice to have a night that just feels normal.

So, I'm going to see if I can get some personal blogging done. I've managed to kinda, sorta, somewhat keep up with the America Jane posting. But this little CookZoo blog is so neglected I was worried I'd forget my password to sign on.

Rather than one big post, I'll do a few shorter ones. They may be nothing but pictures and perhaps a few captions, but they'll be here. I'll schedule them out too so I don't bombard you all at once.

Lastly, I just want to thank everyone who's been so, so, so supportive over the past few months. I hope you know what a difference it has made. We've been very blessed. The Lord is truly watching out for us.

Love to you all,

Donna