FuN TiMeS!!!

The fun started with Zach's last choir concert of the year. It was a "Pop Show"; meaning the songs were familiar songs from the radio. It was a two hour concert, but it was really, really good. Zach's choir, the boys choir, sang "Sweet Caroline" "Hey There Delilah, 1,2,3,4" and "Walk the Line" There were several solos and even dance moves! It was great! We are so happy Zach is in the school choir!
Drew's fun was our elementary schools annual track and field day! Drew participated in the discus throw, the 100 Meter dash and the 400x2 relay race.

Here is Drew preparing to throw the discus...

Drew got 3rd place in the 100 yard dash and 1st place in the 400x2 Relay!! YES!!!

Zach missed the morning at Jr. High to come support his brother at Track and Field. And he helped me navigate through the people to find Drew at his events!

Way to Go my Rankin boys!! I love you! ♥

17th with the family

We celebrated our 17th anniversary low~key this year. We just had a family day. It was fun celebrating with the boys. They thought it was neat that we have been married 17 years...

We went to lunch at one of our favorites...and it did not disappoint! We even had enough leftover to eat for dinner! (Thankgoodness, because eating here has gotten extremely expensive!!!)

After lunch we walked over to Barnes and Noble and

to shop! (my new favorite store!)
Then we went to see the new "Pirates of the Caribbean" movie in 3-D.

We spent time talking about the blessings God has given us these past 17 years (mainly Zach and Drew), laughed about good times and probably spent the same amount of money had we gone to a spa for the day! Ha! A great day celebrating life and love!! ♥

17 Years ♥

May 21, 1994 ♥

Girls Night Out

Tonight was our Sunday School fellowship. The girls got together to get Pedi's and the boys met to play pool and hang out at someones house with a big game room.

It was lots of fun with lots of yummy food and sweet fellowship...not to mention cute toes!

Getting Ready for Summer!!!

We have been busyyyyyy around here, getting ready for summer! Our pool needed some TLC!!
We wanted, wait, NEEDED to repaint and decided to put a new border of tile along the top too. Our old tile was sooooooo dated!! And of course, we were going to do all the work ourselves. (too keep costs down...)

So Dan got busy!! I was soooooo impressed when he drained the pool!!! I told Dan how awesome he was and his response was "It is easy to tear something down, the hard part is building it back up". I thought those were VERY wise words!!

At first we thought we would just drain the pool, rinse it with acid and repaint...but then Dan started getting all this advice about how he needed to SAND the pool first to remove the old paint. BUMMER! He got a few quotes on "sandblasting and refinishing the pool" and needless to say, Dan rented the sandblaster and did it HIMSELF!! I never in a million years thought I would have my husband in the backyard SANDBLASTING! It was quite the sight!!! Many times I thought we were "in over our heads" with this project....but with A LOT of hard work from Dan, the project is finished and we are enjoying the benefits~ THANK YOU hunny! ♥♥♥

We've also been working on the yard. THAT is still a work in progress!! (but nothing a little water won't help!!) ☺

Dan's sister cleaned out a storage area and let us have some wicker furniture she had stored. It needed some paint and new cushions and I was up for the task!! After countless spray paint bottles, we have some "almost" new furniture to sit on and enjoy the pool. THANK YOU TIA and EDDY!!!!!
We are officially READY FOR SUMMER!!!

This is BEFORE. See the old tile?