camera ordered.

the new camera was ordered last night (finally!! the site was down the night before). we upgraded from the last camera - although i'm fairly sure this one isn't waterproof either:)

tomorrow is the last real day of school (next week is finals). i can't believe the school year is already over! we have a busy summer coming up but one that should be REALLY fun - think lots of days by/in the pool at the in-laws!

rylea is getting excited about going to "camp" at nanny & vanpa's (my parent's) the week of the cruise. she loves playing with the other puppies although we're not sure if they enjoy playing with her - she's kind of high maintenance :)

maybe we'll go swimming this afternoon...

memorial day weekend.

still no pictures BUT the camera will be ordered tonight!!

we had a great weekend! saturday, we took the waverunner out on clear lake. it was stinkin' fun!! i told james to take care of it - we might become waverunner parents when he is done with it :). then we had dinner at one of my favourite local seafood places under the kemah bridge - outriggers. anytime anyone wants some good seafood & wants something a little different, we'll take you there - it's so yummy & so relaxing!

sunday, we went to katy for lunch & then mum and i headed out to shop a little. we ended up at the new outlet mall in cy-fair. it was great (just like the one in round rock) & the coach store was having GREAT sales! i'm not sure how i got out of there without getting anything but mum got a super cute summer purse for 50% off!!

monday, there were errands to be run (not going to the grocery store in 2 weeks will do that to you!) and then we were big bums :) sounds like a great weekend to me!!

loooong weekend.

still no camera but i have picked one out (it's just a matter of deciding where i'm going to get it from - too many coupon options!) so expect pictures when i get it :)

i can't tell you how excited i am about this 3 day weekend!! we're going to see the new indiana jones movie this afternoon (not so much excited about that but maybe it will be good?!?!). james, my "little brother", is coming into town (he is stationed in corpus christi & is in flight school for the navy so he doesn't get to leave there very often). we're not sure when he'll get here because he hasn't seen his schedule yet. no definite plans but it should involve lots of fun in the water. he just bought brian's aunt's waverunner so we will probably be out on the lake testing it out :).

only 8 more school days left with kiddos & then 1 "turn in everything" day at the end!!! getting sooooo close!!

we leave for our cruise 2 weeks from sunday (but who's counting??? :))

tummy bug & still no camera.

i spent saturday holed up at home with a tummy bug i got from my hubby. it was absolutely miserable - i was nauseous, my body ached, & i got shooting pains in my stomach. it was also the day of ashley's baby shower so i didn't get to go :( i was sad!
yesterday, i woke up feeling much better but i was having to convince my stomach that eating was ok. slowly but surely, we're getting back to "normal" but what a waste of a weekend!!
sorry no pictures (although i don't know what i would post pictures of - you definitely didn't want to see me on saturday:)) hopefully we'll fix the camera problem soon - we'll need one for the cruise :)

busted camera.

my sweet hubby is going to build a website for me for my invitation/scrapbook/whatever "business" & wanted to take pictures of the scrapbook i just finished for someone (can't say who - it's a surprise :)) before i give it to them. last night, he got the whole "photoshoot" set up to just to have my camera give out (well not really give out but it puts random stripes across the pictures so not ideal either:( ).
it's a really good camera & i love it but i should not be surprised it has finally started acting up. when we went to visit james in pensacola a few months ago, we took rylea to the beach. of course i took my camera with me so i could get pictures of the family. when i reached down to pick up rylea's toy in the ocean, the camera fell out of my pocket and took a little dip. when it dried out completely a few days later, it worked fine. strange thing is that the next time we were near salt water (visiting james in corpus), my camera wouldn't turn on. we thought it was just "allergic" to salt water but apparently it was more broken than we thought. sooooo, guess it's time to start looking for a replacement. next time, we'll try to remember that cameras don't like the water too much :)

here are some pics from the "camera-busting" pensacola trip...

rylea playing on the beach.

new job.

i found out on friday that i got the TIS (technology integration specialist) job at clear brook hs (still in the same district). i'm REALLY excited about trying out something new & as an added bonus, i get to work directly with one of my friends, kim (we're busy planning our office as i speak :)). it's going to be hard leaving lake (the high school i am at now) & everyone here but this was a job i couldn't pass up. thank you to everyone who was praying for me!! 0:)

counting down the days & a pooped puppy.

the weekend started off with a VERY pooped puppy. we took her to doggie daycare (laugh all you want, when you have a dog with this much energy, it is a godsend!!) on friday because we were going to be out friday night for a friend's surprise party. brian got off of work a little early so he picked her up & this is what i came home to...

it's hard work entertaining everyone at doggie daycare.

saturday, we spent a lazy morning (well sort of, i have started making scrapbooks on the side & was working on that part of the morning) at home before heading to galveston with some friends. rylea got to go to the restaurant with us (the spot on the seawall) where she was really good & made lots of new friends. then we walked across the street where she had a blast jumping in the waves, chasing her ball, & digging in the sand. it was kind of busy so we didn't stay long but next time we will go down the beach a little ways so she can play longer.
when we got home, she crashed & snuggled with her daddy all night long while mummy worked on the scrapbooks.

pooped puppy.

sunday, we had brian's parents, grandparents, aunt, uncle, and cousins as well as my parents over for a mother's day/brian's birthday (he's 26!!!) lunch/supper. rylea's nanny & vanpa (my parents) brought over my yellow lab, peaches, and my brother's mutt, baley. rylea had fun playing in the backyard with them. unfortunately, i didn't take any pictures but they were stinkin' cute sitting, three in a row, under the shade of the fence. rylea can't wait to have a 4-legged sibling of her own!!! :)

what a weekend.

every year, brian goes to the entire brewers/astros series with a friend of his from work who is from wisconsin. this year, i decided to go on friday & sunday. we had fun sweeping the brewers - sorry ryan!
this was on friday afternoon before we went to the astros game...

apparently brian & rylea had a hard day...

on saturday, brian & i had a soccer game in the morning and our normal cheering section was there (rylea:)). we were tired & hot after the game so we headed over to brian's parents house to swim - rylea is trying to convince her daddy that she needs a big pool!

our little swimmer...

queen of the jungle...