What's Up Todd Squad?

It's been a while since I've blogged. Not really sure what happened except I could never seem to get my thoughts together to sit and write or I was too busy to even think about blogging.

During the past week, our family had many things on our plate that we've had to deal with. I'm not going to share the details because there are things about my life that I like to keep private (especially off the web). God knows our situation and even in the midst of the bad, we saw good. We are very thankful for that. God blesses us every single day and it's important that we always take a moment to appreciate that. Look around you and see that there is life happening. That in itself is truly a blessing from our creator!

We were away for July 4th celebrating with our family in Ft. Lauderdale. We had such an awesome time. My parents had a barbecue at their house and I saw a cousin of mine that I haven't seen in about 15 years. It was so nice to talk with her. It was wonderful being surrounded by family like that. There were aunts and cousins from both of my parents' sides of the family. Greg's parents also joined us for the barbecue and we were so thrilled. It was fantabulous!!! Here are some pictures...

The next day we celebrated our godson's first birthday. It rained but we were still able to have a good time. It didn't rain all day so the kids were able to do slip n' slide, water guns and sprinklers. They had so much fun! Arjay slept through it all. Still it was a great time together and another awesome cookout. I'll share a few pictures... After getting back from Ft. Lauderdale, we had to deal with the "bad" that I mentioned earlier. It is still being resolved and we are trusting God to take care of it just like He has done so many times before. A few days later something really good happened. I will share about this soon but for now I don't want to jinx it.

So on to more of what's been going on with Todd Squad. Our daughter spent last week at princess dance camp. She spent a whole week (I dropped her off each day for a few hours) doing ballet and tap dancing. She loved it so much and had so much fun. The last day they had a recital (a very small performance). It was so cute to watch. She was in "princess" heaven and of course being that she's so girly girl she enjoyed every minute of being a ballerina.

Our son had a cold a few weeks back and couldn't get rid of a cough so I took him to see the doctor. It turns out he has a post-nasal drip and he's now on antibiotics and it will last for 2 weeks. Hopefully he will be all better soon.

Besides that, my husband and I were able to go on a "date " yesterday. We saw a movie and went to a restaurant called "Fuego"Brazilian Steakhouse (Churrascaria). It was pretty good and they gave good portions of meat and sides. The best part is we spent under $25 for both our meals, and we even had dessert. No kidding, the price was pretty unbelievable to us. We would definitely go back again.

Greg's parents also visited last night. They were actually just spending the night. They were traveling back home from Gainesville. It was a short visit and the kids were really sad to see them leave this morning. They left right before church so getting ready for church was a bit tough with the kids. We did it though and got to church right on time. Church was awesome too. The choir was sensational. They sang really great. The message was very good and we were blessed by it.

I hope we will have an awesome week this coming week.