Lunch date...

Noelle and I had lunch today with Aunt Becky. We went to Tipp City, had lunch at Harrison's (which I love) and then hit a few of the shops. We took Noelle to the toy store first, thinking she could get something and be satisfied, but she pulled an Uncle Jeff and was ready to go home and play with her stuff! (Ha,ha Jeff!) The best store by far was the Gallery (I'm not sure of the full name), but it's in a really old hotel and each room focuses on a local artist. There was pottery galore! It was neat. It was great to see Aunt Becky, she's so easy to get along with and it was like we see her everyday! I took my camera, but forgot to take a picture. Maybe next time.
Good night all.....

Sunday in the park...

Sunday we packed a lunch and headed to the park. Here are a few photos. The last photo is a the same park, 4 years ago when we moved to Troy. Look how everybody has changed (except for Glenn - he's got that eternal youth, no weight gain thing going on - grrrrrr!!)

Ahhh, summer is not over yet!

Noelle and I got the kids off to school (btw Diana, Maddie missed the bus again - I swear it's a haunted bus that comes at ungodly hours for a 3rd grader) and we decided to go to the pool today. It was so nice! Hardly anyone was there and the water was great for a 90 degree plus day. I felt a tad bit guilty about the kids being stuck in school - but I got over it after a large Diet Coke and a dip in the pool!
Glenn was checking out my blog and said "the love of my life" picture was really gay, so I change it to the lead singer of the band we saw the other night. That'll teach him to mess with me and my blog!!!

School days and Mom's too old....

First day of school! Wow! The kids were raring to go - seriously! Caleb and Hannah caught the bus at 640am. Maddie and I were getting ready and heard the bus coming down the street - needless to say we missed that bus. I guess the 830a bus has been replaced by a 815am bus. Noelle was upset she wasn't going to school yet, so we ran errands after we dropped Maddie off at school and Noelle picked out a new "My Little Pony"- bribery in it's finest at the LaCombe household! I hope the kids had a great day - it's a hot one. Heat index of 96 degrees.

Now for my "too old" moment. Three friends and I went to see Nickelback and a couple of other bands last night in Cincinnati - the band was great, but I decided I am WAY TOO old to see a rock concert! After about the 10th "F" word, I thought "okay, that's not even funny anymore" and then about 1030pm, we all started looking at out watches, thinking "We really need to get to bed." So, we got home at 130a and I finally went to sleep at 2am and I got up with Hannah and Caleb at 6am. So, this is my official resignation. No more rock concerts! It's sad when you chose sleep over rock 'n roll, but it's got to be done!! =)

Hope all is well. A special hello to Jeff, who broke his collar bone over the weekend in a bike accident. He has surgery today and we hope everything went well!

The countdown continues.....

Only 1 week until school starts. Which Mom hasn't bought school supplies yet? - that would be me. I'll probably begin that adventure on Friday!
Here are some photos from the pool - where we spend 75% of the summer. We don't have any champion swimmers (Diana!), but we do have professional snack bar attendees!






Hope all is well. More later...

We're off to see the wizard....

I know that title was pretty lame, but we actually did go see the Wizard of Oz at LaComedia (a dinner theater south of Dayton). For one that doesn't enjoy anything theatre or musical, I though it was great. The kids enjoyed it too - they were mesmerized during the entire show. Here are a few photos of our off,off,off,off Broadway experience.

Hannah and Caleb wouldn't get any photos taken with the actors - they are way too cool for that stuff! Caleb couldn't understand why people pay money to go out and get "all dressed up" - he had on a polo shirt/khaki shorts - and that was too dressed up for him. It was pretty comical!

Today, we were going to go canoeing, but the river was too low and yesterday people had to get out their canoes and push themselves down river. Sounded like too much work, so we opted for a art show in Kettering at Lincoln Park (great park by the way) and then to get some frickin' chicken from Frickers.

It was a good family weekend. I have a BIG headache right now and Glenn has the bottle of rum out. Isn't that how all family weekends end?

Hope all is well. Love to all.

Heat wave....

Jeez, it's hot!! We did go to the pool yesterday and actually we stayed pretty cool and had a good pool day. Our pool days are numbered - only 14 days until school starts! Caleb's football was cancelled last night and may be all week due to heat - hopefully so, I see no need for little kids to practice football in 100 degree weather.

Maddie did have gymnastics last night and guess who remembered their camera? Yea. Finally, pictures of Madeline!

Noelle (no that's not Nicole Richie driving) and our little neighbor girl, Maya, played "vacation" and drove my van for me while I cleaned it out. I guess they don't mind being out in the heat. I couldn't get them out of the car!

Today is jammed packed with dentist and orthodontists appointments- it's going to be great (sarcasm)!

Hope all is well with everyone! More later...

Garage sale

Seems like we did pretty good on our garage sale. We sold some big ticket items - remainder of our hardwood flooring, furniture, an electric guitar a couple of kids, etc...so that helps bring in some money. People crack me up at garage sales. I had a Talbot's kids sweater marked for $1.00 and the lady wanted me to take less - I said no. Of course, she probably has 12 million dollars in her checking and I don't! Frugal I am not. So, the garage sale is over. Now we just need to get rid of everything in the garage. I have a couple of places to donate to. We may be able to even get a car in the garage!
Hannah is in Columbus for the weekend with a friend that just moved from Troy to Columbus. She left Friday morning and we are picking her up sometime tomorrow. Caleb had football all week, he seems to enjoy it, even though it was extremely hot this week. Maddie and Noelle are doing good - they had a lemonade stand on Friday and made a couple of dollars. Bad mom forgot to take a photo!
Only 3 weeks until school starts! I don't think I'm ready for the madness and getting up before 6am. This week we have a doctor's appt. for Caleb (11 yr old check-up) and Maddie and Noe have dentist appts. Hopefully, we can get a few pool days in too!
Hope all is well. More later......Julie