ending summer.

school starts here this week.

well, not for anyone in my house,

but the area schools.

justin starts next week and emily will start

on the first.

with school coming,

justin did a little project

that was very much needed.

cleaning the gutters.

we can't grow plants in our yard, 

but our gutters had a full abundance of them!

haha.

found 11 locust skins on our outdoor toy.

11.

ewww.

emily took this one of me and aiden.

we used the timer here.

aiden didn't want to push the button.

he just got a toy story 3 camera

(we've been searching the end caps for one forever!)

and he wanted to use it instead. :)

so everyone is well aware of how much i hate the heat.

and how much i love it when it rains.

well, when it rains,

it pours.

(the rain made it nicely through all of our

clean gutters. haha.)

***OH, BEFORE I FORGET....

we went to church yesterday at westlink.

we really liked it.

my sister attends there and we have lots

of other friends that do, as well.

one of the families that we know there

i grew up with at antioch(in the '80's).

the mom teaches at the preschool and she told

me that she snuck a peek at the class list yesterday

and emily's name was on it!!!

my mom watched her girls when they were little,

so i really wanted her to watch my little one.

i'm hoping the list doesn't change

(sometimes they do changes at the last minute)

between now and the 24th!!

so i hit target after church,

enjoying the day's high temp of 80,

and when i checked out,

it was pouring.

i stood in the building waiting for 5 minutes to see if it'd

chill out,

but of course it wasn't going to.

and since i was at target,

it wasn't a light shopping day.

oh, no.

when i made it home,

this is what i looked like.

justin laughed.

my poor birkenstock's drowned.

the kids were excited about my wet purchases,

though.

justin was, too.

his calculator for school was listed at $128.

i bought it at target for $80.99.

so thrilled!

we had to get rid of our futon a while back,

so we've had no seating in the basement.

the kids now have their own chairs.

target had them $10 off their original price,

waiting for the college kids.

i love dorm stuff.

these chairs are awesome.

i love the color.

i even snagged the last two.

:)

i promise aiden was excited,

but he had just woken up from nap. :)