Memorial Day 2010

Had some good ol' fashioned Memorial Day fun with friends today. Bar-b-que'n it up with burgers and dogs on the grill and then games that make you laugh out loud! Great day! Too bad I didn't get more pictures! Here's one I did get:

I just hope Mac is confident enough in his masculinity (later on in life) that he's not too embarrassed when I show this picture of him sitting at a Dora table and drinking from a Care Bears sippy cup... Ah, the joys of living with girls! :D

Handsome Guys!

Here are 2 of the best looking guys I know! ;)

Also, not a bad place to eat sub sandwiches! If I could only remember the name of the place. :)

A Yard-Work/ Fix-it Kind Of Day.

Yay! Now that the city irrigation has been turned on, we can turn on our sprinklers! And now that we've turned on the sprinklers (for the first time since living here), we can see what needs to be repaired! Unfortunately, I didn't think to get any pictures of the mess that occurred last evening... but we were completely surprised by what we found outside!! A LAKE!! It was a fairly small lake, truth be told, but I'm pretty sure that this body of water in our backyard could've been classified as a lake, nonetheless. :)

Well, thankfully we have friends who know how to deal with such outdoor plumbing catastrophes! Thank the Lord for Brian. He came to our rescue and instructed/ supervised Brent on what to do. And one trip to Lowe's and a less-than-$5 part later, the job was completed! Now our lawn shall be a fabulous grassy green color come the warmer months. :)

All of that hard plumbing work was apparently too much for Mac. He decided to come inside and take a snooze:

After all the yard work and snoozing, it was time to "fix" the truck with daddy:

And, once again, thanks to Brian, they fixed what could've been a huge ordeal at a mechanic's shop for minimal dollars! I think it was a $10 part this time to fix a turn signal with attitude. Stubborn thing! :)

Now, on to the front yard! We've got these huge, awful weeds growing rather quickly -as weeds tend to do- right next to the house! Brent went ahead and pulled one out today... OH MY WORD... talk about the hugest weedy-root-system EVER!! That small little section he managed to grab hold of was just about the size of his forearm!! Oh dear. I see a lot of weed killer in our future!

At The Park.

Headed down to the park this evening just for a change of pace. The weather was nice, so off we went. There's lots of things to explore and fun stuff to do. Swings. Slides. Jungle gyms. Even ducks! (We tried to feed them but tons of other folks had the same idea, and they weren't hungry.) Oh. And here's my rant for the day: Where do people get the idea that it's okay to leave plastic bread bags on the ground after they're done feeding those ducks the stale old bread that's inside?!?!? Have we, as a human race, really not gotten any smarter when it comes to disposing of our refuse? REALLY?!?! Wow. I am seriously appalled and embarrassed by this city. Ok. Rant concluded. Now for pictures... of which there are several... so I'll put a couple here now, but click on this link to view the rest.

Cute Boy.

Just one more photo from today:

Nap Time.

Today I decided that Mac should try and take a nap in his own bed. I figured he's never gonna learn to sleep there if we don't transition somehow... so, he picked out a pillow that he likes and crawled up into bed to sleep. Ahhhh. Now I can shut his door and get some things done around the house that need to be done. Let's hope this trend lasts. :)

Dancin'...

I really hope this video goes thru... it's hilarious! Mac is so silly - I have NO idea where he gets that. ;D

And... a cute, random picture:

Caught red-handed with dad's phone. :)

Backyard Fun & Friends

I watched a couple of cuties today. My friend, Steph's, kiddos. Mac LOVES hangin' out with them! A nice change of pace and some good peer interaction. I've already posted the pics on Facebook so I'll just leave a link to take another look and one uber-cute photo!

Chillin' In The Backyard.

Quite a nice day for relaxin' outside. To view more pics of today, click here.

Bed Conversion

Well. We're thinking it's time. Time to change out the "crib" bars for the "toddler bed" bars. Mac's not sleeping in his crib anyway... so what's the harm, right? We're not getting much sleep and, really, we're willing to try anything to get him into his own bed at night. All night. So this is the night. We changed the bars and... he's asleep! For now. Quick! Let's take a picture of him sleeping in his own bed! And then hit the hay ourselves! Well, the thought was nice. It was probably only a couple hours before he was up and headed to our bed. *sigh* Nice try everyone. I guess we'll give it another go again tomorrow...

Carl's Jr.

Had a little picnic next to the Carl's Jr. drive-thru today. Kinda fun... but a little bit weird. Folks would stare at us as they would pull into the drive-thru lane... I'm sure they were wondering what the heck we were doing there. Hm. Oh well. We just didn't feel like eating inside since it was such a nice day outside.

Mother's Day 2010

Went to one of my favorite places for lunch today: Chapala. My sister and her kiddos were able to join us and it was quite entertaining to watch Mac interact with his cousins. He would copy what they were doing... so I got a series of cute and funny photos of him. So sweet!

(It's taking forever for pictures to upload to my blog so I will try and add them here for you to view.)

Rack-Oh.

It was quite the task, but we (and when I say "we" I really mean "Brent") got the spice/ jell-o/ cracker rack mounted on our pantry door today. I guess I did help a little bit. I may have turned one screw... but I mostly kept Mac outta daddy's way. ;D You wouldn't think it, but those doors are a stinker to get screws into! Anyway... the finished product:

Random.

A few pics and a video from today:

Mac's learning how to drive. :)

Playin' with dirt.

Henry decided to join us outside for a little bit.

Some weird-lookin' moth/butterfly thing.

Our friend's kiddos invading Mac's room. :)

James & Chrysti weren't able to join us during our Open House so we invited them over tonight. Had a good time visiting with them.

James & his oldest boy, Caleb, working on a snake puzzle.

Dinner Of Champions

Nothing like Doritos and Diet Pepsi for a pre-dinner snack!

Aunt Jodi's Birthday!

Well, Jodi's birthday is today. So, since we had lots of leftovers from our Open House yesterday, we invited Jodi and kids over for dinner and ice cream! We had a good time visiting and being goofy. :)

Jacob didn't want to be in the picture. Party pooper. :) Mac filled in for him. Also, Jessica's friend Lindsey was here.

Mac & Dad

Just a couple pics from today:

Open House!

Well, this was Open House day for us. Thought it would be fun to have people over to see our new place and where we're located now. We planned for a lot more people! We had leftovers comin' out the wazoo!! It was, however, a nice quiet and relaxing time with a few friends... who thought it would be fun to be silly and pose for a couple pictures. It was only disappointing in that more of Brent's co-workers weren't able to make it. We really wanted to tell them "Thank you" for helping us move into this place. Oh well. Maybe next time. There were also a couple of family members who came a little later to visit. All in all, a good day. Plus, now my house is clean for a few days. :)

Makin' Messes

Seems to be one of Mac's favorite things to do. He's just so curious. If it pulls out of a box or unrolls or is easily "dumpable" Mac is bound to figure it out. And then mommy gets to have fun cleaning up. Of course, if that's the case, I gotta get a couple of pics of the messy guy in action... or at least a pic or two of the mess itself. This one happened to not be so bad... but there are more to come. I'm sure of it.