Practicing to be Hugh Heffner???

Bryant had his first "real" sleepover last night.

His friend, Lucas, came over to play and spent the night.

I surprised the boys by telling them I was going to take them swimming at the local outdoor pool.

The boys went to get ready.

Imagine my surprise when they came out wearing super tight bathrobes over their swimsuits!

What makes the whole thing even funnier is that the bathrobes were from when Bryant was 2 years old. When they fit right, they are supposed to go down to the ankles... of course on 7 year old boys they go to their waists!

Well the boys didn't care.

They thought they were the mack daddy's... the studs... the Hugh Hefner's of the pool.

Where do they get the attitude?

They were cracking me up.

Are these a 7 year old's version of gang signs or what?

Eventually they stopped hamming it up...

(although parents were just loving them and totally encouraging them).

Once they got in the pool, the boys went down this slide at least 100 times in 2 hours.

When we were done swimming the boys wanted to go to the park.

Let me tell you... there are not many kids in bathrobes at the park.

We looked very ???? ... special????

The boys may not know who Hugh Hefner is...

But they certainly have his game down.

Every girl in the park was chasing them.

I'm sure there will be more to tell... as sleep-over day #2 is just beginning.

What kind of mischief will these two find next?

I may have flunked my first test ever!

These 3 pictures totally describe me...

Why am I stressed?

Well, today I took my certification test for teaching. It's one of those tests that you can't really study for (much like an SAT)...

The Praxis (certification) test consisted of several content area exams: reading, writing, mathematics, science, geography, social studies and economics.

To put it bluntly... IT SUCKED.

I was hoping to leave the 4 hour experience with a feeling of "Oh, I think I did great"... rather I (and most other people who took the test) left feeling stressed about whether or not I even passed.

I have to wait 3... that's right 3... weeks until I'll know how I did.

In the meantime I would appreciate your prayers and positive thoughts.

Football Camp for Zac and Bryant

It was 102 degrees today and Zac and Bryant went to football camp.

Bryant was a camper... Zac was a coach.

We had to be up early... 6:15 a.m.

I know that doesn't sound early to most people... but since school's been out and we're all off for the summer, we've been sleeping in until 10:00 a.m. or later.

Bryant was crabby. He did NOT want his picture taken.

Luckily Bryant found his buddy Kade and that made him happier!

(Kade is the little guy that Bryant thinks is his cousin because our cousins in Alabama are brown... and Kade is brown... thus in Bryant's mind, he must be related to us! They are so cute. They always greet each other by saying "Hi Cousin"...)

Zac did a great job coaching.

He was teaching some skills to the defensive line players.

I lost Bryant's group among the 250 other players at camp so I don't have any pictures of him.

But he had a great time... even with it being so hot.

So, instead I'll close with a picture of me... melting :)

Hopefully I melted some pounds away!

(PS: I'm going to make a concerted effort to start blogging regularly again. So check back more often.)