Catching Up

It has been an incredibly busy last few weeks for our family. Nothing too out of the ordinary, but very busy! We have both individually traveled to Las Vegas, AJ for fun, me for work, gone on a beach vacation with the Berry clan, I caught a terrible upper respiratory bug, and later a GI bug, and Drew also caught a GI bug...his much worse. There is nothing fun about little children throwing up, and nothing more pittiful than a two year old who knows it's about to happen, and saddly, pleadingly, looks into my eyes and wimpers "my tummy hurt." Throw into that the daily demands of keeping the family going, laundry, cleaning house, taking care of the kids, oh, and not to mention work (because everything that goes on at home really doesn't count as "work", right?) Oh, and did I mention that while AJ was traveling this week, the kids decided to have a "parmasean cheese" fight! It looked like it had snowed in the kitchen, and 3 days later, I am still cleaning it up! They took an entire bottle of grated parm cheese, and poured it out. They then decided it would be fun to rub it into Drew's hair and all over Marley!!! Great idea, right?

Here are some pix from our beach trip...the boys being silly while putting up with ANOTHER photoshoot from mom. I can't help it, I love beach pix. Also, some good blackmail for when Jackson grows up...Jack in a Hannah Montana wig!! One day, this photo might be worth something! :)

Davis has been his usual hysterical self. He just makes me laugh! He talks so emphatically, and uses his hands a lot. I feel he will be a public speaker or a sales person of sorts when he grows up, but no matter what, definately persuasive. He also will suprise us by being very thoughtful every now and then. The other day, Jackson was telling a story about when he was born, and Davis wasn't. Davis said " well fine, but when that happened, I was with God." I responded with "really? when was that?" Davis replied "well, you know, before kids are in their mommy's tummies, they grow in their heart, and God lives in everyone's heart, so I was with God. I liked hanging out with God." So sweet. I guess he was right! I asked him who taught him that, and he said no one, it was just one of those things he knew. I know that there are more silly and sweet things that they have said, but I can't remember now, so more on that later.

Lastly, I have just taken on a big undertaking. A dear friend of mine's mother was just diagnosed with Breast Cancer. It is stage III, and she has already undergone a masectomy. She is taking it like a champ and is in great spirits. I on the other hand have always wanted to participate in the AVON Breast Cancer walk. This walk is a LONG walk! It is a 2 day, 39 mile walk around Charlotte. It will take place in October, so I have some time to train. There are many reasons why I am doing the walk (which commits me to raising $1800 for Breast Cancer treatments and research). My mom participated in the walk a few years ago, when it was 60 miles, and shared what an amazing experience it was. Before I heard about my friend's mom, I had been thinking about registering. Now I realize that I need to do it, it is her mother who is going through chemo and surgery, but it could just as easily be my mother, or sister, or grandmother. I have learned that every 3 minutes, another person is diagnosed with Breast Cancer. I can't do a lot to help her, but I can walk for the cause. It's a long walk, but I will suck it up and walk, because it's for a cause that I believe in, and it's something that may one day impact me or my family directly.