Making Memories

We had a fun night together. I call it a "family date". We went miniature golfing for the first time--for the girls. Josh and I spent many a free-date night at this particular place. That was one of the perks to the summer job we had in HS and college. The biggest perk of all in that job...it's where we found each other and love =). Pretty awesome if you ask me.
It was tons of fun and a private golf experience since we were the ONLY people on the course the ENTIRE time.
We stumbled upon a new store today while making a return at Banana Republic. It's an artsy-ish store. I called a real-life Etsy store. Everything in it is handmade by local artists. It has jewelry, furniture, hairbows, art, pottery etc... Apparently, they just opened today. I bought a cool handmade cocktail ring and a pretty bracelet.
Other than fun with my 3 sweeties, it doesn't feel like summer and we HAVEN'T been swimming (aside from at our hotel in Chicago).
Also, on a different note...I enjoy reading blogs. There are so many stories/needs out there. Well, the blog that I have most recently been reading A LOT (which fortunately wasn't linked here), has been exposed as a FAKE HOAX!! There is even a Chicago Trib article about it tomorrow morning (it's online tonight). The answers are definitely not in the article, but anyways...it is what it is. On that line, I have decided to spend much LESS of my time on blog readings and more time enjoying my girls and Josh. In that spirit, I have deleted my buttons on my blog, but have left my list as it was before.
People can choose to portray whatever type of persona they choose and sometimes its easy to get caught up in that false portrayal. Of course, ideally it would be nice if people would be who they really are, but I can't control that one. I can only control what I do and my own blog.
No worries, there is plenty for me to do--we have the porch project, work, a house to clean, a garden to tend to, girls to love on, a kitty to feed, a husband to spend time with, grocery shopping, and exercise (what's that?)
Aliyah has thoroughly enjoyed VBS this week and loved making a tie-dyed shirt. Keirah is still going strong in her PT 101. We got some brand new panties today and she was even more excited. Aliyah's tooth is looking more and more crooked by the day, but it's been like 2 weeks since we knew it was loose and it's still there. I'm sure it will just come out in her food or something.
Off to watch "New In Town" to finish off date night--the kids are sleeping now.