Well, I still haven't gotten my ticket to Germany. I tried to get on the same flight as my sister, Julia so that I could help with her baby (he'll be 1), but the tickets were like $3500! Ug. that's what I get for waiting so long. So now my sister Liz and I are trying to get our flights together. She's in Nebraska and I'm in Arkansas so we'll have to figure out how to work that. We're supposed to try to get the tickets tonight after she's had a chance to talk to her hubby about it. I'm SO excited about the trip, but also nervous. First of all I HATE flying, so flying over the ocean for 9+ hours doesn't sit to well with me. Plus, I've never left the kids for this long before (a week to 10 days). They'll be with their dad so it's not like it's that big of a deal...but I'm a worrier, and I'll miss them.

It's been HOT here. Yesterday I think it was 94 degrees in the shade. You know, I don't really mind the heat, but the humidity is awful. Out in Colorado it would get this hot, but it didn't feel bad at all because the air was so dry. Here, it's so humid that the air is thick. You start sweating as soon as you go outside.

Our garden is doing good! At least, I think it's doing good for a first attempt! :D Tonight for dinner I'm going to pick some of our squash and grill it. We've got corn, okra, green beans, squash, tomatoes, green peppers, onions and watermelon. I can see the green peppers and tomatoes already, although they are not ripe yet...and some squash is ready. YUM!

Had to take the pup to the vet yesterday. I thought that he had fleas real bad...his skin is raw and red and he has been scratching a lot. I've tried two different types of flea medication on him and just though it wasn't working for some reason. Turns out he has skin mites. Oh my goodness. I wish it HAD been fleas...at least that would have been easy to take care of! So now he's on antibiotics for 2 weeks, medicated baths twice a week for like 6 weeks and an oral medication for 6 to 8 weeks. Oh man...I can hardly remember to take my own medicine much less give that much to a dog! I'm going to have to write out a schedule on our calender or something to keep track of it...

For Memorial day we drove down to Brett's grandma's house (Memaw). She lives way out in the country. The kids loved it. One of Brett's aunts brought a few puppies that she was trying to wean and Zadie was in LOVE with them! She spent hours playing with those 3 pups out in the yard. Here are a few pics from the weekend.

Papaw gave the kids rides through the creek (don't worry, I made him go slow)...


The kids...on top of the mountain where Brett and I got engaged.