At long last, another post. I've been just a BIT busy this summer, people!

So here I am again. Miss me? I know you did, you don't have to say it.

It's been a crazy fun summer with the girls here. I love having my family complete. Please remind me of that the next time I am literally ripping my hair out just to hear something other than the bedlam of 4 kids chasing each other around the house, jumping on furniture, and fighting over flashlights. Or whatever. That was just an example. :)

I'm TOTALLY kidding. Granted, the noise level has risen to just below the sound I imagine a 747 would make landing in our living room, but at least it's happy noise. (most of the time). The kids are having a blast with each other.

We've evolved, our campouts have gotten more high tech. Last week, Glynn made a Wal-Mart run with the girls for groceries and a backyard water toy of some sort. He came back with 4 individual pup tents, complete with backpack, sleeping bag, compass, and flashlight. Each individualized to child per character. Brady's has Lightning McQueen, Maddie's has Disney Princesses, and the girls both chose (big surprise!) Hannah Montana. So now instead of us all crowding on the couch or air mattresses, we have tents pitched throughout our upstairs. It's really cute.

Last weekend, the girls decided that they wanted to sleep OUTSIDE in their tents, and "really" camp out. Dubiously, I agreed, with absolute certainty that they couldn't make it all night. I even went so far as to offer them $25.00 EACH if they could make it all night outside. Then I made sure to tell them the story about the man with the hook for the hand. (I seriously thought Sarah's eyes were gonna pop out of her head). The result? Sarah, poking her little blonde head out of the indoor staircase, saying, "Jodie, I'm not gonna do it. I'm sleeping on my bed." Bless her little pea-pickin' heart. She made it outside for a couple of hours before she got too scared and came inside.

Surprisingly, ANNIE stayed outside all night. ANNIE! That is not the one I expected to make it. Those girls have traded places lately, with Annie being the more adventurous one and Sarah being uncharastically cautious lately. Annie's explanation for this role reversal? "Yeah, I kinda got to her (Sarah)". I never laughed so hard as when she told us that.

Even out of the lake in their shoe! Sarah wants to go so slow and Annie puts up with higher speeds! I remember last summer when Sarah was getting thrown out of the shoe and Annie was the one holding on for dear life, almost crying when we went "too fast" aka 8 mph.

It's just interesting to watch them grow and change so much. One thing will NEVER change, though. Sarah will always be a bull in a china shop and Annie will always be working an angle somehow. I have a feeling it will lead to a life of Sarah being some sort of artist (where she can make a mess for a living and call it "abstract art") and Annie having a career in law.

Maddie and Brady are really having a lot of fun with their big sisters and just LOVE spending time with them. It's so cute. They trail along behind them, wanting to be just like them. Their little mini-me's.

So off I go from work today to get the house ready for yet another Spencer family campout. I wonder if I'll ever see my living room floor again.......