Weekend O' Fun part 1

This past weekend I hade such a good time with my family. We went to my parent's house and went here: http://www.sweetdreamsday.com/ This was our second year going and we had a fantastic time again! This time we participated in some of the contests including:
The Little Debbie look-alike contest

The Cherry pie eating contest:

We also had fun doing arts and crafts

Playing games

Climbing the Rock wall

The Sweet Dreams festival did not disappoint us this year. The only bad thing was I forgot to put on sunscreen and got a horrible sunburn

This was the worst sunburn I've gotten in a long time, but it was worth it!

Womanifesto Challenge

MAN-I-FES-TO
NOUN \,\ˌma-nə-ˈfes-(ˌ)tō\ a written statement declaring publicly the intentions, motives, or views of its issuer


WO·MAN·I·FES·TO
NOUN \ˌWO-MA-NƏ-ˈFES-(ˌ)TŌ\

A written statement declaring publicly the intentions, motives, and views of its female author. May include themes of empowerment, independence, self love, consciousness, affirmation, and individual acceptance; your positive beliefs about yourself. Created to give self-described definition in regards to the innate beauty inside of every woman. Yes, even you.

Thanks to Rachele from http://www.nearsightedowl.com/ I found out about Jes' Womanifesto Challenege, http://www.themilitantbaker.com/2012/07/new-link-upthe-womanifesto-challenge.html I love this so very much! It is something I need right about now. Here is mine:


My Womanifesto:


I am Christina.
I love my family unabashedly
I let my Mama Bear out when it is necessary
I am beautiful, all of me
I am stronger than you think, even stronger than I think
I am creative and artistic
I am proud of me

I will trust humanity more
I will keep growing
I will learn more from life
I will accept myself, flaws and all
I will believe compliments
I will fight my depression, no matter how dirty it fights me
I will live in the moment

I believe that love carries us through life
I believe in giving and getting hugs and kisses, daily
I believe in God and Rock-N-Roll
I believe in fun and being silly
I believe my value is not based on my weight, finances, or status in society
I believe I am an amazing woman
I believe in myself.

Argh! My Babies are getting too big!

This weekend was a busy one around here. My oldest daughter decided she wanted to raise some money so she had a bake sale at a local convience store. I left pretty much everything in her charge. She got permission from the store owner, helped me bake a shit ton of goodies, and sold her little heart out! I am so proud of my girlie!

So sweet right?
As for my oldest baby, he went to PROM!!!!!! I can't believe it! He looked so amazing and his girlfriend was stunning!

What a surreal experience it is to have your kid go to prom. The rented tux, the corsage, the fancy dinner, etc... For my own prom I went with some guy from work and had a blast with my BFF. I can't wait to hear all about it. I don't know all the details yet because at 10:30 a.m. my son is still out! He went to an after party at a friends' house and I pick him up in about an hour.

The Riva'

Our family trip to the river was awesome! We walked around and explored and played and climbed and ran and just had general fun!

Watching the river flow...

Posing in front of some ruins

Found some slate and iron scraps (don't worry we don't take anything home)

I have such a great looking bunch!

The Last Day! (Sort-of)

Today is my last day of work! At least until September. I work at a local university so I am off for the summer. It works out well for me to be off those months. With the spawn in summer I am running around constantly. They all go to camps and visit the grandparents individually and we go to Busch Gardens, the beach, and local spots. The kids are already begging me to take them to the Riva' so we can climb on the rocks. We'll have to wait for the stinking water to go down a lot until we can do that.



On a side note, we are getting a dumptruck load of dirt delivered on Wednesday! When we moved into this house, 2 years ago, there was an above ground pool here. I got rid of it immediately. I did not want to deal with the upkeep, repair, and my kids are very adventerous. So we have had a big hole in yard. We lovingly refer to it as the sand pit. When it rains it makes a nice disgusting pond, perfect for mosquito breeding. So finally we are getting topsoil! I plan on putting my garden there. I can't wait to not have that hole there!