All About the Argyles

Tonight we went to our gym's member appreciation night. It was a LUAU. The chef made a yummy dinner there was a face painting... snow cones... a bounce house, which Brady LOVED! Outside by the pool there was swimming and the Chick-Fil-A cow was there passing out goodies to the kids... and the finale was a show from authentic polynesian dancers. It was wholesome family fun for all.

Happy Birthday to my "Mr. Knightley", my Prince Charming, the love of my life! I never knew what unconditional love REALLY felt like until I met/fell for/married this man. He is my best friend, my counselor, my example, the yin to my yang, the best father a mother could hope for to our children. He GETS me. I love you dearly, Beej!

I forgot to tag someone else...(duh!) Brianne H., Bethanne., Chesney, Alexis, and Danielle.

I got tagged with "The Five" The Five, ten years ago… 1. I had 2 kids and was so overwhelmed that I thought I would never have anymore. 2. I was living in our first home in Carrollton. It was 1700 square feet and so stinkin' cute. It was sooo easy to keep clean. 3. I was YW President and making some of the best friends of my life with the girls I had (Lynsi, Boots, Sharon, Lauralee, Molly, Amanda, Jaimee, Megan...shall I go on?). 4. I was a crossing gaurd working an hour a day and making 400 bucks a month to sit in the car and listen to the radio. Best job ever! 5. I was graduating from UNT with an education degree. Five things on today’s “to do” list… 1. Make meal plans/grocery list for the week. 2. piano practice (for kids). 3. Some "action items" for calling. 4. Write some thank you notes. 5. schedule visiting teaching. Five snacks I enjoy 1. anything with chocolate 2. granola bars 3. diet coke 4. popcorn 5. skinny cow dip bars (hello, only 80 calories!) Five...

SO, Who are your favorites? The GIRLS... CHELSIE COURTNEY KATEE And, the GUYS JOSHUA MARK TWITCH VOTE IN THE COMMENT SECTION NOW!

One of my favorite LDS Self-help authors is Merrilee Boyack. I have heard her speak twice and met her and she is a WONDERFUL woman with some humorous, profound insight. She just came out with a new book that I can't wait to get - I have ordered it- but I wanted to share an excerpt beecause it speaks so much to some of the posts I hear from myself and my fellow bloggers. Read on: From "Toss the Guilt, Catch the Joy" If I were to ask you to describe the Perfect Woman, you'd have quick ­answers: Clearly, she is a size six. No question about that. She has been married a long time to a really important man. He's the stake president. And she's the stake Relief Society president. And they have eight ­kids--­four boys and four ­girls--­evenly spaced. And she homeschools them all. Yeah, and they all play musical instruments--­beautifully. And she's a, a, . . . a neurosurgeon, and she works out of her home, only part-­time. She has her family history done back to th...

One more post about swim team - mostly for my family-because they wanted an update. Coach "T" told us at the awards ceremony tonight that Reagan was the 8th best backstroker in the city (just under 2500 total swimmers!) for her age group. WOW! Next step, the OLYMPICS 2024??? The girls with their coach, Tammy. All 4 kids with both coaches Coach "T" and Tammy. McKinley filled in as an alternate and won two ribbons also. Tanner competed with his relay team and they won 7th and 15th place. As an aside: Don't feel bad for Jensen that she wasn't a part of ALLSTARS. She was so happy to be able to sit in the stands and cheer on her siblings. She realized that she liked all the long distance running the coaches were having her do as part of the conditioning and she has decided to go out for the cross country team at Middle School. Expect some running posts in the Fall!