New swimsuit bottoms

I ordered some swimsuit bottoms from Athleta, and they came yesterday. They fit perfect, and I love them! If you are in need of a new swimsuit (or just bottoms), I would encourage you to act now while they're on sale. This style is awesome. I took a picture of me in them, but as you might imagine, it's very hard to take a picture of that area of yourself by yourself. So if it looks like I'm standing weird, it's because I am.

Monster Bus

We were over at Jordan Landing, buying me an mp3 player, and we saw this really cool monster bus in one of the store parking lots. They were offering rides inside for $5 a person. At first that seemed a little bit much, but it was for March of Dimes, so we figured why not? We kind of thought the bus would just go around in a big circle in the roped off area of the parking lot.

Boy, were we wrong. When the driver told us to buckle up and hold onto the railing in front of us, we thought he was going a bit overboard, but then we soon found out why. It was like a roller coaster ride. Troy and I were sure that the bus was going to roll, but I guess those big tires aren't just for looks. It was so much fun, although I was afraid that I was going to re-visit my dinner. Luckily the ride ended before that happened.

Cheese!

The Boys

featuring Kevin's feet

Kaitlyn wanted in on the action.

Swimsuits!

I found a website with really cute swimsuits : athleta.com. But what I loved most was the swim shorts. They have a swim brief inside, so you can wear these without having to wear shorts over your swimsuit. And they're not like the boyshort swimsuit bottoms that always like to ride up. I'm thinking of getting one, but I'm having a hard time deciding. These are my options (you can click on the picture for a bigger view).

Option 1: Option 2:
Option 3:
Option 4:
Option 5:
Option 6:
Option 7:

Option 8 (This one would probably just be the two pieces on the left, and if I was feeling extra rich, I'd also buy the bottoms on the right, and have two bottoms to go with the top):

Gardening

The weather was beautiful outside today, the sky was overcast, so it wasn't hot at all, and I was able to get a bunch of gardening in. I have these red things growing in my "flower garden", and I wonder if they're the same as the plant Kevin pulled out last year. Anybody know? (Picture of plant is at the end of this post) Here's the half of my front area that I'm not embarrassed about. It could use more flowers and stuff, but for right now, I'm just happy that it's not full of weeds. I'm thinking of putting window boxes in the front. I'm not sure if it would look good or not.Here's Troy's half. I don't know what his problem is.
Here's the plant Kevin pulled out last year. Is it the same as the ones above? I can't tell yet.

School!

Kevin started Kindergarten today. I can't believe how fast time is flying by. He's not big enough to be in school already! Since I hadn't taken a picture of Kaitlyn already, here she is. She started 6th grade this year. She started last week, though.
Ethan didn't want to be left out. He went over and stood by the door, so I figured I better take a picture of him too. He just had breakfast, which means milk all over the pajamas.

Good things

I've discovered two new authors recently. It's funny, because they are pretty much opposite in style, but I love them both. First is Karen Kingsbury. I don't know exactly how you'd classify her books. Probably just general fiction, but I really think they're geared more toward women. There's a little bit of romance in them, but they aren't romance novels, really. She is an excellent author, though, and she has a way of writing that makes her books really interesting, even when there is not a whole lot going on in the books.

The second author is Ted Dekker. I've only read one of his books so far, Saint, but it's pretty darn good. It's hard to put down, and I've stayed up way too late for two nights reading it. I would classify his books as suspense/thriller.

In other news, Babylon A.D. comes out August 29th. Go visit my movie blog to see the official trailer. I've been waiting a long time for this one to come to theaters!