"Oh, I gotta go, my damn weiner kids are listening..."

Summer is in full swing and I'm once again responsible for my own children. I have to remember to feed them in the middle of the day and you would not realize how many more dishes that generates. I was ready to switch to paper plates but then I remembered I'm all about saving the environment. We've been having a good time though and we're getting into a routine. I'm really lucky in that the girls like to play together and they have two neighbor friends they hang out with. So like today, I've seen them for about 10 minutes. I've been doing wifey things like vacuuming and thinking about what to prepare for dinner. I'm back into cooking and trying new recipes which I like. We're eating a lot healthier and simpler. I love summer!
Speaking of ruining the environment
I'm sure you've all see the commercial for the Kleenex Hand Towel. I find it offensive. Their claim is that you get all germy and sick from sharing the same hand towel in your home. In the commercial, they demonstrate this by showing a family using a white, washcloth size towel for an entire family to wipe their hands on. Yep, that will look gross after, like, THE FIRST PERSON USES IT! They then show the family using the Kleenex Hand Towel which are just paper towels that are dispensed from a plastic container that hangs on your wall. It's ingenious because you A) have to refill it and B) it preys on America's fear of GERMS. If you buy and use this, you're basically saying "screw you" to the earth.

Things I'm glad we purchased
Before I started working full-time we were just making it financially. This was fine but it meant we didn't have a lot of money for extras. Our yard in Santaquin was done by us on a very limited budget. We didn't have automatic sprinklers, which wasn't fun at all. When we moved into this house I made Ryan promise me we'd have them and he was on board also since he was usually the one moving hose to water. What I'm getting at, besides how awesome automatic sprinklers are, is that two incomes can be fun. It makes me happy to be contributing financially. With our extra funds we purchased a lovely fence. Now I'm free to get freaky in the backyard. Naked croquet anyone? ;)
What kid doesn't like a pile of dirt?

Now I don't have to see the Natural Light cans littered in the neighbor's back yard.

Another thing I'm glad we purchased is our trampoline. We didn't just buy the cheap Walmart one and it has proven it's worth. This week we had a wicked wind storm and our tramp was blown over. The thing has to weigh 300lbs but 80 mile/hour winds will do that. The net poles were completely bent and I was worried we wouldn't be able to bend them back so they'd be usable again. Ryan and I worked on them for a bit and then a friend came over and saw we needed help. A few minutes later, the neighbors were over with proper tools and helped us fix the metal poles. Tramp is now back up and functioning. We have certainly got our monies worth out of this purchase. The kids use it at least once a day and I have been known to join them showing off my spectacular front flip.

Lucy
We didn't purchase Lucy but she costs us money so I'm counting it. I like our cat and the kids, especially Hanna, love it. The cat eats this love up! It could care less about Ryan and I but follows those kids around the house like a dog. When they go to bed at night, it sits outside their doors and cries. She has her obnoxious cat habits but for a cat found in a tire, I'd say she is working out really well.
I find a lot of these pictures on Photo Booth. Should I be concerned?