All About the Argyles

Here was my project today. I have been looking for an oversized picture for our entryway for awhile now and found this. What d'ya think?

And.... they're off.....

These are pictures of Jensen and two of her buddies at HIGH SCHOOL ORIENTATION! In exactly 7 days I will have a high schooler! I can't believe how fast time has flown....

This has not been a summer of extravagant vacations. Its been a summer of simple pleasures, probably my favorite thus far. Which is kind of , well, ironic. How many dads get a chance to spend an entire summer home with all the kids??? We have made some great lemonade out of the lemons life handed us over the last five months. I had everyone brainstorm their favorite memories and compiled a list because I wanted to be able to remember it. Sonic "happy hours" - (slushes are 1/2 price) The Frank Buck Zoo the Rough Riders baseball game Purple Vanilla milkshakes at the "Purple Cow" $1 flip flops at Old Navy watching episodes of CAKE BOSS and REBA building bears for $30 fishing in the pond playing "train", "uno", and "Scrabble" on Sundays singing "Boom, Boom, Pow" at the top of our lungs in the car ( a cleaned up version, of course!) seeing UP! (the movie) Family Home Evening with the J. Sallaways and T. Sallaways Pool Ball with th...

Yay! We finally came to a resolution on Friday! Brent is free to go to work and we are happy with the end result. He came home about 1pm on Friday and immediately was on the phone the rest of the day with prospective employers and "head hunters". Things are looking better already.

Well today is the day. I am going into it with ZERO expectations, that way I won't be disappointed if things don't go well. It is such a disconcerting feeling to have your fate and future completely out of your own hands and in the control of a completely neutral third party. Here is what I have learned leading up to this fateful day: 1. Save! Save! Save! We are sooo glad we are savers! We would have never been able to afford to fight this battle (or keep a roof over our heads) if we hadn't been savers. 2. It's never a bad idea to have the business card of a good labor attorney in your rolodex. I'm just sayin'... 3. There is a silver lining to EVERYTHING , you just have to look for it. For instance, Brent was the only dad able to attend ALL the swim meets for the season. 4. Family trials make stronger families . 5. It feels GOOD to "let go and let God". 6. Prayer is even more powerful than I thought. 7. Oh yeah, that whole " turning the other c...

I know this is completely un-interesting for all of you but I really need to document swim team season for my kids so here goes. We had a great year! Tanner gets his events number, heat, and lane assignments from "Coach T", the best swim team coach ever! Tanner and his all-star-placing freestyle and medley relay team. Reagan shows her events at All Stars. (Freestyle relay, individual backstroke, and medley relay) Kiki swam the freestyle relay and the medley relay. Kiki with her biggest fan. Reagan in "the zone" before a race. Jensen and Tanner with Maddison swim team buddies I need to give a little shout out to our swimming friends, the Fergusons. Swim team would not have been the same without them but unfortunately, I must not have had my camera out at the meets they came too. They had to miss a few at the beginning of the season so I don't have any pics with them but we love you Katie and Jenna!