Rain, rain go away...

The rain has been coming down HARD for several hours now! We made it to the park just before it started coming down and Lincoln got to slide a few times before it did.

It got so dark so fast outside. It was great napping weather! And Lincoln took advantage of that for sure! He slept for 2 solid hours on the couch. I managed to snap a picture of him snoozing hard!

So sweet and so peaceful!

Springtime in the middle of July...

The weather has been amazing the last two days, definitely hasn't felt like summertime in Memphis! Ash, Lincoln and I went to the Botanic Gardens for a few hours to enjoy the breeze! It was our first time on the grounds! I've been there before at night for a few functions and never new how big the gardens were ...had I realized it we would have been before now! Shame on me!

It was just wonderful! We spent all our time in the Japanese Tranquility Garden feeding the geese, swan, coy fish and the turtles. Lincoln loved it! The fish were so big and so aggressive that they were literally jumping over each other to get a bite. I thought it would freak him out because it kind of did me, but he just laughed and thought it was hilarious!


We had such a great time walking around the gardens and can't wait to go back and walk the entire place and see everything! The new Kids Backyard project is going to be great once its done! Can't wait for that too!!

Here are some of the TONS of pictures that I took yesterday! Enjoy...

Some ME enjoyment...

Reading! Ahhh! What a great way to relax. I never liked to read until I was in my early to mid-twenties! I had despised it growing up and never did much reading other than Cliff notes (you know the little summary books to cheat your way through summer reading in school)! But in my 20's I found it to be so relaxing and started reading a good bit. I always seem drawn to books like the love stories of Nicholas Sparks to the chick-type-books by Jennifer Weiner and Emily Giffin. But I think I have found my New.All.Time.Favorite.Author (if you read her books, the periods will make sense) ...Jen Lancaster!

Nadeen introduced me to her books, starting with the first Bitter Is The New Black. I haven't been able to put her down ...I'm now on my third of her books and I only started reading them a few weeks ago. I don't get much time to sit down and read, but I've been reading them any free moment that I can! She's is HILARIOUS! So, if you are looking for some good reading ...check out her series of memoirs! You will not believe that this is all one persons LIFE!

Bitter Is The New Black ~ Bright Lights, Big Ass ~ Such a Pretty Fat ~ Pretty in Plaid

Aah Yah!

Ash was putting together my new computer desk and it came with a thousand pieces of Styrofoam ...and well, this is what happened...


Lincoln inspires to be just like his cousins ...and that means Karate, too! :)

Gone fishin'

Lincoln and I went to the Children's Museum today. I'm not sure why we haven't been more often, but we haven't been there in probably over a year. He had a great time. We looked at everything and played in all the areas, but his favorite was BY FAR the fish and fishing poles! He spotted the fish and fishing poles when we walked in and I pretty much had to pry him away to look at everything else! We even went back to the fish to play some more before we left! We will definitely be going back more often! I will enjoy going more when school starts back for the bigger kids, there were kids everywhere, it was insane!

Family, food and fireless-poppers...

We had a great 4th of July! We grilled out with Sedo to celebrate. Aamo Iymon and Amto Samia made dinner for all of us (which was yummy). Amto Seema was off work and got to join us as well! Ammo Abu Sultan is still in town so he was also there to enjoy the night. We had a great time!

(Yes, that is me barely making it into the picture ...my timer is broken on my camera, so it only allows me 2 seconds and it was quite a leap to my spot ...ha)

After dinner, Lincoln and Ash went outside to throw poppers and shoot confetti poppers! We decided firecrackers might not have been a good idea so we opted for the fireless ones! They were perfect because Lincoln could partake in the fun without getting hurt! He had a blast! He loved throwing the snap-pops at Sedo and Abu Sultan's feet. They would die laughing and that tickled Lincoln. He also got a kick out of laying out a hand full in front of the door and then calling me to come outside ...and of course I would step on them and cause them to pop! I didn't fall for it once, or twice ...but three times! He thought it was hilarious!




It was really nice to relax and enjoy the evening with family! Hope everyone had a safe and happy holiday!

Loving the summer sun and sprinkler...

Just another summer day enjoying the sun and the sprinkler...

Up...

"Hey, Mr. Fredrickson..."


Today my good friend, Lori, and I took Lincoln to see the movie Up that is out! She had already taken her students to see it a few weeks ago and said Lincoln would really enjoy it, so we all went! He LOVED it! We had a blast! He sat through the entire movie without needing to get up or taking a nap. He sat so quietly and ate his popcorn! I was so proud of him!

It was such a sweet little movie, sad at moments, but such a good story. We will definitely have to add that one to our collection!