There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.
~Albert Einstein~

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Fourth of July (was two days ago but I'm trying!)

So, I'm behind as usual but we had a pretty fun Fourth of July.  Every year, my sister's husband's company "hosts" a softball game that Brendan plays in.  It's a bunch of middle-aged guys and now some of the younger generation has joined in to put them to shame.  ;)  The game has very interesting rules...the most interesting is that the game isn't over unless my brother-in-law's team is winning.  I'm fine with this when Brendan is on his team but this year he wasn't so it's not a good rule.  :) 

The boys liked watching the game and playing with their cousins (mainly Alli the dog).  They got to go run around the bases when the game was over.  I forgot my camera so all of these pictures were taken with my phone.  :(  I see other people's pics taken with IPhones all the time and they look so much better than mine do???
After the game, there's always a "cook out"....I use that term lightly b/c it's catered by a local BBQ place.  This year it was exceptionally nice b/c they had it at "The Deck" which is behind a building that my brother-in-law built.  The building has offices/retail places on the first floor and apartments on the second floor so I think he built this area for the "kids" (college students) that live there.  It's super nice and has a little wading pool that the kids had lots of fun in.




I didn't get any good pictures of Brady for some reason.  He was too busy having fun I guess.  Here they area all together in their 4th of July shirts....they actually volunteered for this picture?!?!
And here's the aftermath......three zonked boys.  They passed out!!!



Also - I'm now two days late participating in Jenna's Commenting Challenge so I gots lots of commentin' to do!!!  I found some great blogs last year during the challenge and I'm sure I'll find some more this year!!!  Fun stuff!

Sunday, May 29, 2011

Easton-isms

Easton is so cute these days.  He has quite the personality and talks CONSTANTLY!  Since he's just over 2 years old, most people probably can't understand him - especially since he seems to have is own language.  But, I wanted to make a note of some of his Easton-isms so I can remember them a few years from now when he speaks with perfect English.  Ha!  He really likes to annunicate everything and pronounce it very loudly complete with some crazy facial expressions.  That's probably what makes it so cute!  Unlike Brady, none of his Easton-isms sound like cuss words at this point so that's a blessing!  ;)
  • Geenking = drinking
  • Wee Rex = T Rex
  • Manimals = animals
  • Tata (with a short a....like in cat) = Zachy
  • Beady = Brady (Zachy pronounces it the same way)
  • War-EE-Os = Oreos
  • Nemonade = lemonade
  • Papa - Grandma/Grandpa
  • Guy-et-ball = basketball
  • Aunt Mimi = Aunt Amy
  • Wee Wee = Lightning McQueen
  • Gaga = Hot Dog/Corn Dog
  • Ping Ping = Penguin
He also likes to say, "what's that sound?" all the time.  And, just recently, he says, "why?" ALL THE TIME.  Any time we ask him to do something, that's his response.  And if you say his name, he says "what?" in this funny little way.  And his answer to every question is now "because."  Uggh!  It's cute but it'll get old I'm sure!


Thursday, April 28, 2011

Double Rainbow

I had never seen a double rainbow..........until tonight!  I've never seen so many rainbows in one day!  It was amazing!!! 

Sunday, April 24, 2011

Poor Easter Bunny

This went about as well as I expected.  Actually, it went better than expected because only one of the three boys cried!!!  Success!!!

Happy Easter!!!

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Wordless Wednesday

Warning - Crayola's color bubbles are basically paint in bubble form!!!  :)