Phew...it's been busy around here. Hopefully things will start slowing down after this weekend...but I doubt it.

Dad leaves to go back to California tomorrow. He'll be right in L.A. for the next three months. He's been home for over a month now, so we've all really gotten used to him being around. Lauren loves her "Pawww" and I think she's going to be really sad when he leaves. She's gotten in the habit of going outside with him all the time when he goes out to smoke. I don't think he's coming home after his next contract, so it could be six months before we see him again!

We spent last weekend at Jen's brother's house (who also happens to be the owner of the company Donald works for) swimming in his pool since he was out of town. We had a great time! The pool has a really shallow area (like six inches deep) that Lauren could play in without too much interruption from us, so she really liked that. Plus there were two waterslides - one for big people and one that was just her size! We all had a great time. We're going back tomorrow night for one more swim before he gets home from vacation.

Dad going down the slide.

Gosh it's hot here. It went from being pleasant to hotter than hell in a week. Now, I like it warm, but when you walk outside and literally bake, it's too much. Our electric bill is going to be crazy next month from running air all the time.

Oh yeah, and for today's excitement, we had three lizards in the house tonight. THREE. The first one I saw right about the front door. Donald tried to get in a cup, but ended up knocking it down, and Sammie mauled it. He got the tail off and then the poor thing ran behind the filing cabinet and we couldn't find it. Later, I saw Sammie staring intently at the wall, and there was another one! This one had a tail, so we knew it wasn't the first one. Donald managed to get that one outside in one piece. THEN - I went outside to get some soda out of my car, and came back in, and there was a third one on the ceiling by the front door! Sammie had a good time with that one, too. Ugh! I don't know where they are coming from. We've never had a problem with the darn things before (of course we didn't live in this house last summer, so who knows). Maybe they're hiding in the door frame? Yuck!