hazy lazy crazy days...

Summer has hit here in Georgia, and it's been wonderful!! It's been a bit hotter and more humid than I'm used to, but that's totally ok. :o) (about the hot-ness- one day, I took a bag of gummy worms to the pool, I opened it up after being there for an hour, and the entire bag had melted!!! You know it's hot when your gummy worms melt.) We've just been spending our days at the pool, keepin' cool, makin' friends, and splashing the day away. :o)

They boys love the pool and their momma loves the pool, so it's pretty much been a match made in heaven.

And as if going to the pool every day wasn't already a dream come true for me, my dear friend Bridget introduced us to "frigid frog", which is a little trailer right around the corner from us that sells New Orleans style Snow Cones. This snow cone trailer is just so sweet. It's out in the Georgia country, on a dirt lot, and it just really feels like "the south" to me. :o)

So, my days pretty much look like this:

I wake up early to do bible study and prayer
boys wake up around 9
eat breakfast and do family bible study
Brody goes down for morning nap while Jasper watches his show and I work out
eat lunch
go to pool
swim
swim
swim
take a short break and eat gummy worms
swim
swim
swim
go to Frigid Frog and eat snow cones
come home and take short afternoon naps
eat dinner with a friend
come home
boys crash and go straight to bed
I wait up for Andrew to come home from school
hang out with Andrew and eat popcorn (the best part of my day, by far)
go to bed, asleep before my head hits the pillow

the only sad thing about summer is that Andrew's summer semester is a killer. Mondays and Wednesdays, he leaves at 7:30 am and gets back at midnight. Tuesdays and Thursdays, he leaves at 9 am and gets back at 9 pm. Fridays, he's just gone in the mornings. But when he's home, he is really slammed with homework. I miss him a lot, but it's only for a short time and his dream is my dream. I tell Andrew many times that i'm his biggest cheerleader and for him to do whatever it takes to make his dreams come true and to not worry about anything on the home front. I think that's why the pool has been such a blessing to me, it's helped fill the long days. :o) Also, the Lord is so good to give me my in-laws (built-in friends right above my head) and lots of great friends down here who are quite active in getting together. Even though Andrew's gone a lot, I never feel lonely or isolated and I don't take that for granted. I'm very thankful!

Here are a few pics from the pool and snow cones this week :o)
Mom Meade came with us one day, and Bridget and baby Jackson came with us one day, too!