This has been a pretty interesting week, to say the least...alot going on both good and bad! The girls started off the week by giving me no personal space of mine own, such a kind, kind gift! This is them RIGHT next to mommy while she does her hair!
Monday night Bella had her second Blast Ball game of the season, which was alot of fun...James only had to chase her out of the outfield once and only once did I have to chase her as she ran totally OFF the field! It's all good...we did get some pretty good video of her batting as a lefty.
Tuesday seemed to start out a pretty good day, until I come back into the living room with Bella talking all about "bugs"...to find my tile covered in small little ant-looking creatures. I was totally horrified, especially since I was expecting Kelli and her boys to come over! But, Kelli being the trooper that she is Ü helped me squish bugs, figure out that yes, they ARE termites, and finally figure out that they were dropping from the ceiling. On suggestion of my exterminator, Million-dollar Phil...we taped up the cracks in the ceiling to back them up. That night, someone came out and assessed the situation, measured the house and wrote up a bid for us....we scheduled for Phil to come and do the treatment for Thursday.
Wednesday was a pretty laid-back day...I got alot of yard work done:
I'm trying to clear away all the brush from around my now blue semi-clear pool (yay for no more green pond thanks to James' hard work!) so that I can landscape and get some cool stuff going on there. I had entertained the idea of hiring a landscaper, but then the termites decided to make their entrance and eat my money! But it is slow going, tedious yard work...hopefully I can find a tiller or something to help it along!
Thursday Phil came and drilled about 8 holes in my floor, down into the foundation...and then in the ground all the way around the house, too. The concrete holes are a bit unappealing, but I'll take a bit of cracked tiles and holes over termites any day. Phil actually told me that people get really upset w/ these tiny holes....I guess I understand...wait, no I don't.
And a picture of the taped ceiling/wall/overhang for kicks, looks quite ghetto-fabulous.
Thursday night was supposed to be Bella's second Blast Ball game this week, but we get to the ball fields and it's deserted...so the girls got lucky and we all got ice cream from Sonic!
Aube makes this hilarious scrunched-up-nose face, which I can never seem to catch...and Bella wanted to show off her cute 'funny' face, too!
TGIF...Friday finally came! And we had a nice treat of Jenny and the boyz coming over to play. They gave us several photo opportunities...but this one was the most hilarious! The little musical genius' were going to town!
I guess the week isn't over...but hopefully Saturday will be enjoyable....James has some great plans to play capture the squirrel tomorrow! **Crossing fingers**
I have a butterfly tree in my back yard. One of the bigger trees seems to be quite the butterfly magnet these days. I love to lay back in the pool and watch them fly back and forth. They are friendly little bugs, too...attaching themselves to your shirt and taking a ride around the yard.
I stood by the tree for awhile, trying to get the perfect picture...and in the meantime got about 100 mosquito bites, urgh. I counted maybe 10-15 butterflies, all Monarch species (I think). And then, as I put my camera away, this HUGE, beautiful, bright orange one comes flying out of the limbs of the tree....oh it was so pretty. 
