nothing weekend....

....it was just a nothing weekend....nothing to do, nothing to complete, no where to be, no commitments.....this are a rare occasion for our household.....we enjoyed it....

saturday we set up shop in the backyard...... relaxing by the *pool*....nice, very nice....oh, let me back up.....first thing that morning i noticed we were out of milk ~ surprise, surprise, surprise ~ so grant & i left the other two sleepy heads in slumberland and took off to publix.....right across the street from our publix is a new found treasure, diamond in the rough, bliss-in-a-box bakery known as magic muffins.....i can't believe it has taken me a year to try this place...un.be.live.able!! sausage & cheese biscuits that are like huge sausage balls, muffins of every variety, biscuits of every variety ~ even strawberry, muffin tops, scones, etc.etc.etc.... yum-o!!!

ok, now where were we?!?!.....ah, yes....the *pool*.....the kids could care less - there is a body of water to splash in! we also layed out the slip-n-slide & a sprinkler.....steamy august fun!

after waterplay & lunch, brett & grant headed off for a little "man-time".....uab was having a scrimmage so they went to stand in the heat & sweat unbelievably....i mean, watch the boys and get feel for this year of blazer football...audrey and i headed back to publix...let's not even discuss how many times i end-up in there during the week....and then to find her some monkey bar buddies....huh? what was that i said!?! yes, now that we are in big school and have recess & p.e. everyday we MUST have little britches to cover our panties when we wear dresses & skirts....and seeing as my priss-pot daughter is not giving up wearing girly stuff anytime soon, we stocked up!

sunday brought about another nice day.....starting with a great service at church....we headed home for a little lunch and yardwork.....it couldn't be all fun and games ~ well, for brett that is :) we took advantage of our new membership to mcwane (thanks again ma!) and let the kids play for a while.....they have a new exhibit, shark/ray touch-tank....pretty cool.....though the little dudes are still a bit skidish and wouldn't get too close for us to touch.....

we headed over to the freshwater fishy friends next.....grant was soooo tickled & kept squealing, he is quite the clown! i must admit though......some of those fish are ugggg..ly!!

a bit more exploring around the center......i tell you what, in 90 degree august heat, this is a great way to spend an afternoon!! the kids loved fixin' up the car....

now the kids are asleep, lunches are packed, clothes layed out and we are about to start another crazy week! first full week of kindergarten, our 8th wedding anniversary, first day of gymnastics, middle-school football scrimmage, mimi & pops and me on-call.....whew!....let the fun of the reality of our lives begin!!!