Sprinkler Fun

Yesterday I thought we might go up Poudre Canyon to picnic rock so we could play in the river, throw some rocks and have a picnic; then our plans changed. In running a couple errands before leaving town I had to check the truck engine light for the second time in two weeks, took it to a place that our oil changing place recommended to get an estimate on what's wrong, blah blah blah (it's all fixed now, thanks to Meineke who were not the ones to do the estimate!). So anyway, they brought the boys and I home while they kept the truck for a few hours to check it and then brought it back home for me. So, since I already had lunched packed we turned on our sprinkler hose and ran through that instead. After getting wet we ate our lunch out under a tree in our greenbelt out back. I had to hold Carter to get him to get wet, he liked sitting in the chair better. Brendan and I had fun running through though and he's great with his jumps!

Baseball Game, sorry no pics

Hi everyone,

Well, Dave had gotten tickets to the Rockies game for yesterday so we went for the first time in two years and had fun. Brendan was really good and actually watched more of the game than he ever has in the past and Carter was a little cranky since it was during naptime and only got a short nap on the way down but I did manage to get him to watch a little bit and get excited when the Rocks got two homeruns and still lost. About half way through, I was very dissappointed to learn when I tried to take some pictures of the boys all decked out in their Rockies outfits that I had not recharged any of my camera batteries like I had thought. Some are charged and the rest are charging as I write this. So maybe what I'll do is take some pics after I clean those clothes and then post them, because they are just such cute little guys in their Rockies clothes.

Tag!

I found this on someone else's blog and decided to play along.

ME AND MY HUBBY

How long have you been together? 10 years this last 11th of July, married for 6 years this last 4th of July(day we met)

How long did you date? 4 years before our wedding

How old is he? only 8 days older than me, 29

Who eats more? him, unless it's chocolate, then me

Who said "I love you" first? He did

Who is taller? he is by 4 inches

Who is smarter? I like to say he definitely has more academic smarts and I have more household/street smarts

Who does the laundry? I do mine and our kids, he does his own

Who does the dishes? mostly Dave, sometimes me

Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? When looking at the bed, he does

Who pays the bills? me

Who mows the lawn? the landscaper that our HOA hired to do it for the condos we live in, but when we get a house he definitely will

Who cooks dinner? mostly me, occasionally Dave

Who is more stubborn? Definitely me

Who kissed who first? He kissed me first.

Who asked who out? Dave asked me

Who proposed? He did, but I had a feeling

Who is more sensitive? me

Who has more siblings? me, we were both raised only children but I have two great brothers and a beautiful sister whom I share my dad with

What were you doing 10 years ago? In July 1998 I was nearing the end of massage school and just started dating Dave!

Five things on my to do list

1. Clean house before Sunday

2. Pack to go on a short trip soon

3. Get in touch with some friends

4. Go to yoga 3, hopefully 4 times this week.

5. Get gas in truck

Things I would do if I was suddenly made a billionaire

1. Share some with parents

2. Save for boys College

3. Buy a house

4. Take my family on our first week long vacation together, and one for just Dave and I too

5. Save, Save, Save

Three of my bad habits

1. Being impatient with my boys

2. Jumping to blame Brendan most of the time Carter screams

3. Not keeping in good touch with everyone I would like to

Five places I have lived

1. Fort Collins

2. Pueblo

That's it, I have moved a lot but have done it in Ft. Collins

Five jobs I have had

1. Scorekeeper

2. Baskin Robbins

3. Bank Teller

4. Massage Therapist

5. Mom

Things people don't know about me

1. Even though I'm 29, I'm still shy around people at first that I don't know, but if they talk to me and I feel comfortable with them then I open up fairly easily and we get to know each other better.

2. I was on Judge Joe about 8/9 years ago, long story.

Okay, I tag anyone who reads this! Just copy and paste, change your answers and post it to your blog. If you don't have a blog just copy and paste it to your email, change the answers and send it to me. You're it! Go

Late fireworks at Grandma and Grandpa's house

We finally got to light our little stash of fireworks I bought on the 4th and since we can't do it at our condos we went to Grandma and Grandpa's house. We tried to do this just over a week ago but then we had to come home early because Brendan's ear started hurting real bad but he was all better the next morning. Today was such a nice day and I wanted to use them before July is over so we did it, had some fun and took some pics of them and of Grandma and Grandpa which are on the side of the page.

Sleeping Arrangements

So, a couple of you know that about two months or so ago I moved Carter into Brendan's room to share so that I could have a massage room again. Well, that did not work out too well. Most nights were fine but we realized that Brendan is not quite ready to be sleeping in the same room with anyone. If Brendan woke up first most of the time he would also wake up Carter, even though we kept telling him to just quietly go downstairs and play without turning his main light on. And if Brendan actually slept good, Carter would be the one to wake up too early, therefor also waking brother. So since nobody (Mommy and Daddy included) was getting all the sleep they needed and I don't currently have enough clients to keep a room set up I switched them back a few days ago. Ever since then my boys are doing better, especially Carter. Brendan, hopefully only for the time being is a morning person, if he ever sleeps in when he gets older you will not hear me complain. Unless of course something changes when I get older and I wake up early without an alarm and can't get back to sleep, then I'll just go bother him! =) But if I'm nice and I don't bother him I know that someday if he has kids they'll do the same thing he did, it would certainly be in their genes. I truly believe we all have the loved ones and people in our lives that we do because they can teach us what we need to learn most and even though I have become a lot more patient in some areas of my life, I know that I have a lot more to learn and my kids are teaching me more about patience than I ever cared to know.

Our Holiday Weekend

Here are some pictures from the 4th and our mini vaca to South Dakota for John and Elise's wedding BBQ. We ended up trying a place in Custer, SD for an early dinner after we visited the Flintstones. Cattleman's on Mount Rushmore Rd had very good food! So if you're passing through Custer that's our recommendation. Have a great week everyone!



Dave and the boys sitting in Fred's car. (We got to ride in another one at the playground)


Boys with Fred


Off to the jail for brother


Riding on the Flintstones train

Newlyweds Elise and John with Dave and I

Shannon enjoying 3D fireworks!

Brendan too

And Carter

Here comes the frisbee!

Lys and Dave, Happy Anniversary!

Happy 4th! And we're off!

Well we hope everyone had a fun fourth of July! We had more fun once we got to the park and I wasn't thinking about packing for our trip to South Dakota for John's (longtime friend of Dave's) wedding reception. And now that I have almost all our things packed I thought I'd put a little post up since I haven't in awhile and then I'll add pictures of today and the next couple days when we get back and tell you how our mini vacation went! Now I'm very excited and really exhausted so I'm getting to bed so I can function well tomorrow. Happy Holiday weekend to you all. We love you! Be safe!