Lake Days 2012

These past few weeks have flown by and most of the days have been spent at the lake.  We have taken "going to the lake" to a whole new level by spending two out of the past three weeks there and most of the weekends. We do a lot of gardening, floating, and hanging about with each other.  Harper has learned to float on her own, has rode on the tube and jet ski, plunged down the water slide, and ran around with friends & family.  Liv LOVES to garden and could spend hours walking through it and picking weeds (mostly:)  She loves to swim in the lake, play with her aunts and uncles, and mimick everything her sissy does.  I love watching my kids enjoy the outdoors, floating in the lake, the peacefulness of gardening, and hanging out with family & friends until the wee hours of the morning.  It seems as though we have been busy this summer but most of that "busyness"is in fact relaxing and fun. I am truly grateful for the lake house and all the people we get to spend time with each time we go.  Blessed we are!

60 years...

This year Lateaf and I celebrated 1 year of marriage.  This year my grandparents celebrated 60 years together.  WHOA!  What a celebration.  All the Dorsey Family (minus Jordan who is in Virginia in the military) came to the lake and celebrated.  We played outdoor games, ate great food, and listened to my grandmother's "program."  She had the majority of us in tears as we listened to her share their life story.  It's always a great time to be together as a family.  Here's to another year together!

1 year...

Tomorrow marks one year that Lateaf and I wed.  It has been an amazing past year of unconditional love, lots of livin, and happiness.  To me, he is the same guy I fell in love with years ago when I lived in California, so being married just makes it legal that I love him and committ to being together forever.  He picks me up on those oh so tough days, makes me laugh out loud, grounds me when I am unbalanced, and is an amazing father to our children.  We are definately a work in progress, as we will always be, but I can't imagine my journies in this world without him by my side.  Cheers to another year with my King;)

favorite time of day..

This is my absolute favorite time of the day...this right here is nature at one of it's finest moments.

Spontaneous Monday...

I must start out first by saying I love having Mondays off.  I have been working Tue.-Friday 10 hours for awhile now and I love having Mondays with my kids.  The other weekdays tend to be long and rough with little interaction with them but I need the extra day to be a mom.  I was finding that M-F time with my kids was always transition periods like leaving for work and winding down for bed.  Now I get a whole day to do whatever we so choose and I dig it.  This particular Monday a couple Mondays ago, I decided to pack the kids up and head to Lincoln to spend the day with Aunt Kate.  We ate lunch, fed ducks, and patio chatted while the girls napped.  The kids and I then headed to Mom 2 (Cindy) & Frank's house to hang with them for the evening.  It was a great day...yay for spontaneous Mondays!