What We've Been Doing

Can I just say....I'm exhausted.  For the past week, we've been working on our little project every single day.  In the heat.  Sometimes all day long.  But it was worth it.  Blake and I only argued twice and the kids were a BIG help. :)  I call that a success.  Here it is in pictures.

Delivery day.  Yup, he's wearing a Dora helmet.

Four boxes at 160 lbs each.  And that was just the wooden parts.

One of our "helpers".

Weather conditions.

More help.

He did this all on his own.  He's come so far.

Kinley took this picture and it makes me smile.

Another pic by Kinley.  Blake's face says it all.

We thought this was the half way point.  Not even close.

A little closer to half.....

Monkey bars are up and the monkeys are swinging!

I think the swings are the favorite.

The slide was the very last thing to go on.

DONE!

Swings, glider, rock wall, and crow's nest with telescope.

Monkey bars, picnic table (my favorite part), slide, and play house.

Color Me Rad

My mom and I ran in the Color Me Rad 5k last Saturday and wow.  That was some wild, crazy fun!  Throughout the 3.1 miles Color Me Rad volunteers either squirt you with colored liquid or throw colored corn starch at you.  We ended up walking most of it because I wasn't feeling good and my mom's hip had really been hurting her and I was making sure she was being safe.  It was fun just walking and watching everyone.  There were tutus and even a speedo.  Awesomesauce.

All white and clean.

So many people.

And there's speedo man.

After the first round of color.  Green!

Then purple.

My favorite picture of the day.

Craziness.

Finished product.

I love hanging with my mom. :)

Tuesday Tidbits

Even though I took a little vacation from blogging I still kept up with some of the funny things and important days that happened with the kids.  Here we go...

Me pointing to Blake:  Who's that, Griffin?

Griffin:  Daddy!

Me pointing to Kinley:  Who's that, Griffin?

Griffin:  Tse Tse!

Me pointing to myself:  Who am I, Griffin?

Griffin:  Momma!

Me pointing to Griffin:  What's your name?

Griffin:  ME!!!

Griffin told me that he loved me, unprompted, on June 3, 2012.  And he's told me multiple times every day since.  Sweetest sound I've ever heard.  We've come so far.

Anybody ever play the kids game Sequence?  It's for kids three years and up and we have played it with Kinley a few time when we've let her stay up after Griffin has gone to bed.  She loves it and can actually focus and finish the game.  A game (the way we play it) lasts 30-45 minutes.  Pretty impressive for Kinley considering the kiddo has a real problem focusing. :) Anyway, we decided to let Griffin play with us.  After watching Kinley take her first turn he understood and knew exactly what to do and sat and played a 45 minute game.  He knew to choose a card, place his chip on the correct animal, then draw a new card and place it in front of him.  FOR 45 MINUTES!!!  He's 2!  I was impressed.  But he shows me every day what a smart kid he is.

Lord have mercy, Kinley is obsessed with her best friend, Gavin.  He came over to play one day and for two weeks after all I heard was

I want my Gavin.

I want to see him!

Griffin calls all dinosaurs "saurous".

I can't remember who sneezed but it was adorable when Griffin said, "Bless you."

Griffin was throwing one of his classic fits and Kinley said, "Um, momma.  Griffin not happy."

Ya think?

When Griffin hears something he says, "Noise sound?!"

Not sure why he started combining those two words but it's pretty funny.

Griffin can count to 10 and can say most of his ABCs.  He also can say most of the days of the week and the months of the year.  But everything is blue. :)

Kinley to Griffin:  Griffin, I love you so much.

This might be my favorite...We took the kids to the new Disney movie, Brave.  Great movie!  It was also Griffin's first movie in a theater and he was perfect.  There are some scary scenes in the movie that involve a bear.  The first time the bear came on the screen and was acting scary and mean Griffin said, "Scary monkey going to eat you!"  HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!  Love that kid!

I have written down that July 5 was Griffin's first nose bleed but now I realize that's not true. A couple months ago he was throwing a fit (surprise surprise) and he slammed his face into the floor.  When I picked him up one little trickle of blood came out of his nose.  Last week he was playing with a friend of mine on the trampoline and he ran into her elbow.  Major blood!  She felt horrible but he was fine and we all laughed.  He's a boy!  It won't be the last time.

4th of July!

It was a great day.  A couple pictures to prove it...

P.S. If you get the chance to watch the new Disney movie Brave, GO!  We saw it today and LOVED it!  And it was Griffin's first theater movie and he was perfect! 

Finally Back

I actually have an excuse for not blogging for over a month.  A certain little boy ripped off about 20 keys from my laptop keyboard several months ago, and we finally realized we had an extended warranty and could actually get it fixed.  For FREE!  Best Buy sent it off, got it fixed, got it back, realized the screen was broke, sent it back, got it fixed, and now I have it.  Yay.

Fun fact:  We bought this laptop (well known brand) about 2 years ago and it's currently worth $60.  Yup.  We checked.  Thought we might want to trade it in for a nicer one.  Won't be doing that.  I won't tell you how much we paid for it. :)

Anyway, I'm finally back.  And I've decided to not try to catch you up.  Too much has happened.  Last day of school for Kinley, last soccer game, wedding shower for my brother and sister-in-law, Father's Day, last minute road trip to Dallas, first Trader Joe's experience (that might be worth revisiting ;), backyard pool time, my brother's wedding (WOW!), and the list goes on. 

I'll be posting a ton of pictures because those are the most important part but just know that you missed a lot! :)

Speaking of pictures, here are favorites from today.