...high high high five...

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...high 5 baby...

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...high 5, wut wut...

ummm.... how come I have been into adding gangsta' lingo to my Friday High 5s?

Who knows.

But I like it!

Its Cray Cray!!

But lets start out our highlights of the week with a

"HOLLA"
to one of my best friends, Nancy, and her husband Rudwan.

If you haven't read my past couple of posts,

Rudwan was illegally arrested July 3rd, in Sudan, for peacefully protesting

for

FREEDOM, Women's equality, democracy.

He was arrested on false charges, tortured, beaten unconscious and detained for over 40 days.

And he is now free!!

And will be home in a week or so!!

Thankful he gets to come home, to be with  his wife, and be here for the birth of his daughter next month!

(Can I tell you how thankful I am for America, and am reminded to not take our country foregranted.)



1.  RUDWAN IS FREE!
And headed home.
And I will be at the airport in a week or so.
Bawling my eyes out.
When this guy's plane hits the ground in the USA!



2.  My nephew's wedding - and good times with my family whom I love!
3.  I got my plane tickets set for the next wedding, in TEXAS!  (excited for big hair!)
4.  My littlest guy got the tummy bug, but this made the list because it only lasted like 1/2 a day!
5.  Wedge sandals.  These are the highest shoes I've had in my life.  And I love them.

THANK FOR READING!

OUT!

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...high five, yo...

Its almost the weekend!

And what a weekend.

Off to Seattle for WEDDING #1.

This is my nephews wedding, and I am not in this one.

Though my oldest son is bearing the rings!!

(His tux is so cute!)

So before the travel/packing/craziness begins...

I GOTTA

GET MY

HIGH 5s IN,

YO!

1.  goofy time with goofy girls!  never get enough!
2.  old friends, for over 30 years *gasp*
3.  reese's pieces, my arch enemy lately
4.  sleeping in!  i got to twice this week!  (once was not on purpose, but what-evs!)
5.  trying on bridesmaid dresses... NOT!

And that is all she wrote!

Now off to pack and plan and primp and play!!

(for hundreds of other High 5s and to link up your own,

check out Lauren's site at from my grey desk!)

HIGH FIVE, BABY!!

Highlights for this week??

Too many to count.

And yes, they all have to do with my kiddos!

They all have birthdays this month,

so I am "kid focused" even more than usual!!

1.  We went to a local swim park.
So fun.
Plus love the look of...errrr...
confidence
on my oldest kiddos face on his 1st trip to the slide!

2.  Moments.
Loving capturing moments with my 3 boys.

3.  Cousins!
Growing up I had my brother and sister
but all our cousins were a lot older or a lot younger.
Love that my boys have a pile of cousins their age!

4.  ADVENTURES!
My boys are up for anything.
Climbing dunes was our latest adventures,
on the Oregon Coast.
So fun.

5.  HUGS.
I asked my oldest what we should get the other brothers for their b-days.
He said, "Warm hugs?"
I said... "Perfect!!"

All right - well, that is my high 5s from this week!
Check out Lauren's blog to see 100s of other people highlights.
HIGH FIVE, BABY!!

...Friday High 5...

I love to find blogs I love to read.  People whom I feel like we'd be friends if we ever met (kinda feel like we are anyway!) 

I feel that way about Lauren, and her blog From My Grey Desk.  She is fun!  And one fun thing she does is a Friday High 5 - five things from the week that she's thankful for or were fun or whatever. 

Fun idea, yes??!!  And good way to keep my heart thankful. 

So with no further adu (how do you spell adu?) here are my High 5s from this week......

1.  My husband.  I am just thankful for him.  He really is my best friend. He is silly.  He works hard.  And my favorite thing is seeing the guy wrestling my 3 sons when he gets home.  Boy do they get wild!!

This is my handsome hubby, right after he won the Sumo Wrestling competition at his work!  Ha!

2.  Cadbury eggs.  I'm thankful I had willpower to stop eating them for a couple days, and I am thankful my hubby surprised me with another bag of them!!  Even though that means I am eating way too many of them again!!!

These are heaven!

3.  Dinners!  I am not a cook.  And I was pretty anti-cooking most of my life.  But with my 3 little guys I have decided to try to cook.  Healthy, organic, and low-carb when possible!  And this week I made something every night.  Yay!



Quick and easy combined with healthy!  That's my goal for dinners!



4.  RUNNING!  I love to run.  And running keeps me sain.  For real.  When I am tense and grumpy my husband will say....  ummm, should you go for a run, honey?  Ha!  He knows me!  Due to the boys, a friend of mine and I usually run EARLY (way too early) in the mornings so I can get home before my husband has to go to work.  She's been injured so I have only been able to run weekends lately...  but I am thankful for the weekend runs!!!!!!

I love to run!!

5.  I am thankful for this blog!  And for trying something new, have a creative outlet, and seeing whats this like!  (And thankful for Lauren and this idea for High 5s.  I like it!!!!)

All right - have a super weekend all!!!!!!