Leaping Lizards

Sam is trying to convince us 

that he needs this ...

The neighbor kids'

mama lizard is having babies

She has been guarding her 5 eggs

like a good mama should

Well, she did a good job 

and they are starting to hatch

{under the watchful eye of a lot of kiddos}

  {the lone egg left to hatch}

How cool is that!?!

i love that they get to witness this slice of life actually happening

right before their eyes

{I mean, I have never got to see lizard eggs hatch}

Brad and I keep telling Sam "no."

we don't want to take care of a lizard

BUT ...

they are soooo cute

I might help Sam try to convince Brad

tonight!






Update: Brad wasn't too hard to convince

eat.sleep.play.

Thursday's reality, 2:00 pm:

Sam and Dawson still asleep, after staying up alllll night

cups and a bowl for late night snacking
lego cars in the window sill
video game paraphernalia
empty cookie package

TV and lights still on
fruit roll up trash

Ahhh ... Summer!

Makin' Waves

This is one of our favorite parts of 

summer

... swimming with the boys ...

 Plenty of:

laughing

splashing

jumping

dunking
racing

Oh so much noise

and i love every. single. minute.

Peyton was doing his own thing today

He doesn't want in on 

who can make the biggest splash

and

he doesn't want to see 
who can swim the fastest to the end of the pool


He is into his new snorkeling gear ...
{he cracked me up all day long}

We are trying to
keep it cool by the pool

Walking on Sunshine

This is my view of our evening walk.

Kosmo, Sadie and Jack

Sam on the ripstick

Even in this heat

{it's still like 85}

all three dogs cannot wait to
 get their leashes on

and

Sam always wants to come with us too

and that ...

makes my heart happy!

Now Playing ...

What else can you do when it's 100 degrees outside?

catch another movie

We got invited to see Captain America

with Kevin and Kim

Wow, what a treat!

Kim works for AMC and we got in for FREE

I didn't know anything about

Captain America

I didn't know what his powers were 

or what his story was

It was pretty good and I surprisingly liked it


{although I am in desperate need for a girly movie}


I'm a little excited about seeing all of these
Super Hero movies
come together next year in
 The Avengers

I don't think Kevin will be asking us me to go to another movie
it drove him crazy that I talked in the movie
{i was just trying to explain parts to Sam}


I guess I really need to stop that!

Food Fight

Okay, here we go again!

I am done wearing this fat suit

I have been wearing it entirely too long

I think I've been lazy

I know I have been lazy

I'm done

I so want to be done
I am not supposed to be overweight

I want to wear cute clothes

I want to feel good

I want to be pretty

I want to be healthier

so, we are competing in the

Kansas City  Slimdown Challenge

through Cerner Health

We are Team Gravity

{we don't like the name either}

we are:

Sheri Bowers

Brad Bowers

Kevin Sheets

Lana Mulligan

We all weighed in today

the competition starts tomorrow

and ends October 5th


The top prize is awesome
and though we may not win first place
{I secretly think we really will win}


 if we meet our own goals
we will definitely be winners




Together we will do this!!

Full of Hot Air

I have been saying for the past three years

that I want to go to the Hot Air Balloon Fest in Colorado

it is Labor Day weekend every year

and looks 

amazing

we still have not been

Well guess what I found ...

The Great Midwest 

Hot Air Balloon Festival

here in Kansas City

well actually in Olathe

but still

{not eight hours away}

I called my mom and said

pack up John and go get Grandma

we gotta go

it's been soooo hot

but maybe if we went in the evening???

still so hot

we found a shady spot

planted our chairs and waited

 and waited

{the FAA kept holding it off because it was too windy}

and finally... 

There was an older lady sitting behind us

that pulled me and Brad aside to tell us how special

she thought it was that we were spending time with our parents

she actually started to cry as she told me how important

the memories and the time spent are.

She said that she

 had lost her husband

and both of her parents within three years and

it made her remember of all the things they did together.

She told me that it was a good example to my son
and to please always cherish my family

and keep creating memories

oh, if she only knew

just how much I do know

{sniff}

I seriously think that Sam loved 
the corn on the cob
more than the hot air balloons!
weird kid

so massive and so beautiful
 and so worth the wait!
- and the heat -

He had a second ear of corn
on the way out to the car


this crazy kid of mine