Sam Meets the Dresser

This morning Sam decided to get up close and personal with Owen's dresser. They had a little confrontation. The dresser won.

Happy Mother's Day to Me!!!

Brad has always been so thoughtful especially when it comes to gift giving and holidays. He has given me pedicures when I was too pregnant to reach my own feet. He has given me ballroom dance lessons only because I said it sounded like fun. He has made countless phone calls to my mom from the store just to be sure he finds the right size. For Mother's Day this year, he gave me a really cute wallet which held tickets to Monday nights' John Mayer & Colbie Caillat concert. (What a fantastic hubby I have!) They were both amazing live. John Mayer covered Free Fallin' by Tom Petty. WOW! One of my new favorites!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wJ-VPqFzy0

I would post pictures but I forgot my little camera and I can't figure out how to transfer pictures from my cell phone!

A strange thing happened to us at the concert. We realized we are getting old! There were drunk underage kids in front of us, a girl with them who had taken something "special" and balled her eyes out for at least an hour, & a girl who refused to sit down the ENTIRE night regardless of the harassment from the guys behind us. Brad and I sat there thinking, 'Are we really this old or are people getting crazier?'

Thanks for the great date Bradler! There is no one I'd rather feel old with! I love ya!

The Gateway

We Made It To Alaska (Also Known as the Gateway!)

Monday was our monthly play date with some of my oldest friends and their kids. (I have known Sarah since seventh grade and Becki since early elementary school.) We decided to hop on Front Runner and head downtown to splash in the fountain at the Gateway. The kids and I had not yet taken a ride on either Trax or Front Runner so I wasn't sure what to expect. The day was so much fun and Owen has asked to go back on the train every time we have been in the car since.

We barely made the train on time. Sarah made a mad dash from the parking lot and thus began a series of jumping from the train to our Trax connection, having at least one stroller and its' little riders or my backpack being shut in the impatient doors of the train at every stop. I wish now that I would have taken a picture of the three of us with our five children ages four and under trying to board. I'm sure we were a sight to behold! Thank heavens for a kind stranger who helped us carry the strollers up the stairs on Trax! When we made it downtown, Owen was so excited to finally have "made it to Alaska!" Once at the Gateway, we picked up our Happy Meals, and let the kids loose at the fountain. The older kids, Owen and Meg, had a blast running through the water. (Owen now says that Meg is his girlfriend!) The little ones, Parker, Paige, and Sam, splashed around the edges for a bit but were equally impressed with Sarah's double stroller. Sam decided to start out the day by looking down one of the holes and was promptly sprayed in the face. Needless to say he wasn't thrilled and didn't really want much to do with the fountain after that. Owen, however, was fearless. We had a great time and got back on the train to go home. We were so busy talking that Sarah and I didn't notice that the doors on Front Runner do not open on their own and we missed our stop! We went to Farmington, got off with Becki, and headed back to our stop in Woods Cross, laughing the whole way. It was a mistake we would have made in high school and probably laughed just the same. It's great to know that five kids and ten years later, we are the same crazy girls deep down somewhere. Thanks for the great day girls!

Blogging Sabbatical

We're back from our unintentional blogging sabbatical. After finally making the decision to go private, I had not taken the time to go through with it until now. So here is what we have done in the meantime...

We planted our garden...

And learned what happens when you "whack" a tomato plant with a shovel...

We made strawberry jam...

We learned to swim (or at least got a little better this year)...

We cooled off from the heat....

And felt the sand in our toes...

We watched a home town parade and are still eating the taffy...

We lit a "$20 dollar bill on fire" (that is what Brad calls fireworks :)....

And went to another Bees game....
And we had a good time with family and friends.
That's the condensed version and hopefully I'll be able to stay caught up on my posting for the rest of the summer.

Here are a few funny Owenisms from the past few weeks...

Me: I'm not grumpy.
Owen: You are grumpy Mommy and that's a lie.

Saying his prayers "And bless that Mason's Grandma will go home so I can play with him today."

Throwing a penny in a fountain "I wish that Sam's diapers weren't so stinky."

Telling Owen that Trevor's Grandma is Grandma Green, "Tomorrow will she be Grandma Pink?"

I still have a few more things to catch up on for the month and a couple of tags to do so I may even post a few more times this week. At least I got a pretty good start today.