WHIZZING BY.....

Suffice to say, our summer is whizzing by a little too fast for any of us to catch our breath. It seems like every single day we are going some where, exploring some thing, having some one over or visiting some place and it is never ending.

We have been doing so much in the past two weeks I have to lump it all together for the sake of my own sanity just to remember how fast my kids are growing up.

In the past few weeks both Tommy and I have noticed a huge change in Jax. He is taking responsibility for almost everything (even when he is not doing something wrong, he claims it, so Justice won't get into trouble), Brinkley is still our little spit fire but working hard at "owning it" as I remind her regularly to do, and Justice, well, Justice is our big baby and I can't help that I do just that..... baby him.

So, needless to say, in the past few weeks we have had tons of swimming time, unbelievably good dentist visits, an incredible tooth fairy visit, four days (which we learned quickly was one too many days) of cousin time at our house, girl time at the nail spa, girl time photo shoots, park fun, crossfitting in the park fun, too many nights of saying good-bye to daddy, Daddy's day breakfasts and dinners, random play time outside and finally, Pudgie learning how to cook shrimp and vegetables with, "real fire," as he calls it.

We are learning to enjoy every second of our summer because as my Pudgie man keeps saying, everyday, "THIS IS THE BEST DAY EVER!!! EVAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!"

And I have to agree!


I HAVE TO ADD... I OWE JAX A HUGE THANK YOU. THE PREVIOUS POST ABOUT HIM LEAVING OUR FREEZER DOOR OPEN WAS A BLESSING IN DISGUISE. ONCE I HAD CLEANED IT AND SANITIZED IT WITH HIM, I LEFT THE DOOR SHUT FOR 5 DAYS, WITHOUT OPENING IT, JUST TO MAKE SURE IT WAS COLD ENOUGH TO START RE-PURCHASING FOOD. JAX IMMEDIATELY NOTICED THE ALARM WOULD NOT GO OFF, EVEN AFTER THE 5 DAYS. NOW REMEMBER, TOMMY AND I WERE NEVER REALLY MAD ABOUT THE WHOLE THING, JUST MORE OR LESS FRUSTRATED AT THE FACT THAT WE KEEP TELLING OUR KIDS TO STAY OUT OF THE FREEZER UNLESS WE KNOW THEY ARE GETTING IN THERE....

ANYWAY, I CALLED OUT A SERVICE TECH WHO DIAGNOSED A LEAK AND BREAK IN THE COMPRESSOR. I COULD NOT FIND MY RECEIPT TO SAVE MY LIFE, THAT IS, UNTIL I WAS ACTUALLY ON THE PHONE WITH THE WARRANTY COMPANY WHO VERIFIED THAT I HAD A 4 YEAR WARRANTY ON THIS BABY AND... THAT IS THE BIG AND THEY WOULD BE REIMBURSING ME FOR MY DESTROYED FOOD. AFTER THE SECOND TECH CAME OUT, HE EXPLAINED THAT THE REPAIR COSTS WILL MOST LIKELY EXCEED 75% OF THE VALUE OF THE FREEZER SO I WILL ALSO BE GETTING A NEW FREEZER! THANK YOU JAX. YOU ARE THE BEST!