Soooooo...what's going on in your world?

It's been a while since I've really had anything blog worthy going on.

Actually, that translates into "Whit's out of school and I have nothing to gripe and complain about anymore."

Just kidding.

Let's see. What have we been up to?

Well, early in June we went to Whit's longest-running best friend Jackson's birthday party. Whit and Jackson have been best buds since they were just 2 or 3 months old {if you can have a 'best bud' at three months old, then Jackson would've been it, for sure}. They were born just weeks apart and, at the time, Laurin and I didn't know each other at all. They both stayed with Sissa from the time they were born until they turned 3. Who would've known that six years in, the boys would still be best buds and their mommas would be tight too?!? Crazy!

Here they are, just as silly and weird as ever!



And, I must say, Jackson had THE COOLEST birthday cake I've possibly ever laid eyes on. Jackson is currently into lizards and his mom, being the super cool mom that she is, got him the cake of all cakes to make his little heart happy. I love "A Color of His Own" by Leo Leonni. And, props to Spartan Bakery for piling on the cuteness.


ADORABLE!

Moving on.

Billy and I went to a wedding in NC with some high school friends and had the best time. It was so nice to get away and have whole conversations (without interruption) for 9 (yes, 9) hours straight! Plus, we got to dress up (major bonus!! I love dressing up)...




Olivia was taking the picture for us and you can't tell, but in the first picture, Billy is bent over beside me, shaking his rump for the camera. Olivia was laughing quite hysterically.

Before hitting the hard part of this post, I'll let you in on a Theo secret.

We've been eating tons of ice cream lately.




I shouldn't really say "we." I don't really care for ice cream much. But the kids do! They love it. We've definitely had our share over the past few weeks.

Now onto the hard part.

Tragedy struck the Theo household shortly after the birthday party. We lost a family member on June 10th. It sent me spiraling into a deep depression from which I thought I might not be able to return.

It was bad.

It was horrible.

It might possibly one of the worst losses I've ever experienced.

We knew it was coming. We've known for FOUR YEARS that the day was coming. I just didn't think it would be as heart-wrenching as it was. I really didn't think it was possible to love something quite so much.



That's right.

My heart van.

It's gone.

I'm devastated. Really.

It was leased and it was time. I've been preparing myself for quite some time now. But, when I tell you I lost it for two days, I'm SO! NOT! KIDDING!

I cried. CRIED!! Cried a steady stream of wet, salty tears for TWO HOURS after we left the Honda dealership. Then I continued to cry on and off for the rest of the day. My husband was worried. My kids were worried. Heck, even I was worried. I seriously thought I might not recover from the pits of despair at which I was residing. I was ready to have a nice talk with Mr. McProzac.

But, I came around. After Whit mentioned {a couple of times} that I was crying "like a big ol' baby," I decided it was time to pull myself up and move on with my Camry-driving life.

I inherited Billy's car. It's not bad. It's just not me. Call me crazy, but a tinted down, spoiler sportin', ghetto fabulous Camry just doesn't scream "LEIGH" like my van did.

Now, before you go judging me, thinking I'm all high-falutin' and cocky and maybe I should be thankful that I even have a car, well, I am.

I am ABSOLUTELY, POSITIVELY, thankful to have the car that I have.

I'm thankful that it's tinted down so that no one can see me driving it.

I'm thankful that I can easily reach my children's legs when they are aggravating the tee total snot out of each other and me.

I'm thankful that I can turn the music up one notch and the whole interior of the car sounds like a concert in action.

I'm thankful that I can park in the garage and let the door down without worrying that I'm going to take out the entire tailgate of the car.

I'm thankful that I get daily back massages from Olivia's feet grinding and thumping into the back of my driver's seat.

I'm thankful that I can park in parking spaces with ONE shot. Never again will I have to back up and pull forward 14 times to make sure I'm in.

And, I'm also thankful that at the end of the next four years I don't have to be accountable for ANYTHING that gets spilled, poured, sneezed, dropped, puked, pooped or exploded in the car. {Whew, what a relief that is}.

So, there. I'm thankful, okay?

Let's not tear down, people. Let's build up. How's that sound?

Just don't ask me about the van anytime within the next six months and I should be okay.

I still shed a tear here and there. Especially when Whit reminds me of how nice our van was. Or, how easy the doors were. Or, how convenient all that stuff on the steering wheel was. Or how clean mommy's car was compared to daddy's.

See, now I've upset myself again. Sheesh.

I'll be back later with more Theo happenings.

Oh, but one more thing...

The Theo kids had a lesson in laundry one afternoon. While I was folding clothes I decided to do a full-on tutorial for folding {practical living, right??). After the tutorial, I left them alone with a big pile of their clothes to practice with. I was really so proud of myself and of them until I walked back in the room to find this...




Peace out.