Not quite canvasable – but cute anyway ;-)
Taken with the wireless remote (which Mallory is “hiding”) under a sky that had too much sun (that is why I like cloudy days for pictures).
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Why I blog
I’ve thought about this a lot the last couple of days – as I blog from vacation – that it might be ridiculous to take time away from my great family and the great weather and the great views and great fun to put all this stuff on my silly family blog. And I’ve been trying to figure out why I want to spend this time documenting these memories.
After writing a huge post explaining and justifying, I realized I don’t have to defend myself. So I deleted it.
I blog for me.
I blog for us and our kids.
I am probably the …
I Dee Yit!!!
Today was my turn to yell “I DEE YIT!” again ;-)
Rick wanted to water-ski, and seeing as how my dad is leaving tomorrow (and taking his boat with him), today was the last day we had access to a driver so ski Rick did.
He started on the dock and made a loop and then dropped a ski and made another loop. The kids were both yelling and cheering and it was fun.
Rick asked if I was going to go. I tried to say “oh no…that’s OK. it’s too cold…yada blada”.
Then my dad reminded me that Emily hadn’t been able to …
It’s OK – I’m a professional.
We had a long overdue Hens Night Out* last night for Stacie’s belated birthday. After chips and salsa and some margaritas downtown, we got the obligatory SUPER CUTE group shots (and mini-group shots). But I won’t share the picture of my thigh where Mello gave me a big fat bruise for some reason.
After dinner we walked over to Kilwins to get some ice cream. I told the Hens to to stop so I could take our picture – and then I turned on my camera’s self-timer and set it up on my purse (which doesn’t make a great tripod, by …
A day of nothing
Today is a rare day. We have exactly one scheduled thing on the agenda (Mallory has a much hyped playdate with four friends from school…thank you Miss Christine for offering to host this epic PLAYDATE!).
But other than that – we got nothing. We have ribs ready to go for dinner, I’m hoping to get the firepit from my dad so we can do s’mores, and the kids are giving me the best gift of all – naps at the same time – WAHOO!!
But here is what we’ve done so far today. I don’t have a picture of me in here …
Just me & my boy.
We did a super fun (secret) photo session of the kids yesterday evening.
Afterwards, Carson let Rick take a picture of us.
I might get this blown up like 5’ x 6’.
Because that’s how much I love this picture.
Won’t you be my neighbor
Who wouldn’t love living in a neighborhood like ours, with neighbors that text you at 8.30p asking “Are your kids asleep? Want to come have a beer on the deck?”
Um, OK!
But I do have to share this picture, because I can…sometimes we live in the Dexter trailer park, like when the aforementioned neighbors put all their deck furniture out in the yard and start grilling on the grass. How embarrassing! Luckily they had their deck stripped and put back together before they invited us for beers.
It’s getting HOT in here
After an insanely brutal winter, and an unbelievably long spring, and entirely too much rain, it seems like maybe – FINALLY – summer is almost upon us.
The forecast Tuesday called for a high of 63 and a chance of rain.
When we got home from work/school, it was gorgeous and sunny and in the EIGHTIES!
So I did what any good mom would do – I grabbed the hose, my camera, a beer and a lawnchair and let my kids play in our ghetto baby pool.
Girls on the Run
So.
Me in running clothes. Who’d a thunk?
Remember back in March when I talked about doing my 30-day Shred challenge with my neighbor? Well, that ended on March 30, and then my friend Jen (or “Biggie” to Carson & Mallory) talked Rick & me into doing the Warrior Dash – which is a 3-ish mile race through an insane obstacle course (think running through swamps, and over junkyard cars). Not real sure about that minor lapse in judgment, but we’ll have fun.
I decided to try to start the Couch to 5K program again so that I wouldn’t embarrass myself in the …