Vacation at Seneca Lake, NY

Zac got to tube with his cousins Brett and Alex
Aunt Kim helped him fish
Hector Falls was literally two cottages away from ours!
Grandpa, Grandma Pam and Grandma Gail all came down to visit us for a day while we were at the lake.
Stephanie and I at the campfire
Zac enjoying his smore!
Zac LOVED his friends Lauren and Cassandra!
Zac and I in front of the falls


Zac jumping off the end of the dock!

Visiting in NY and 4th of July

Watching our own fireworks




Me shooting clay pigeons in the backyard. For those of you who don't know I grew up in the country!


All the kids going for a wagon ride on Grandpa's tractor - including David

It never got above 80 degrees for the two weeks that we were in NY! A very refreshing change from the 110 degrees that we will return to in TX!

Words of wisdom from a 4 yr. old

I was making dinner tonight and Zac was sitting at the kitchen table playing with some of his cars. I asked him to move the cars because I was getting ready to put dinner on the table. This pretty much happens every night so it was no surprise to him. He was quick to give me attitude though and a nasty face. I told him not to look at me that way. The conversation then went like this:

Zac: "You don't look at me that way!"

Me: "Zac, I am the parent and you are not allowed to talk to me that way."

Zac: "When I'm as big as you, I'll be the parent then!"

Me: "Yup, and then you can ask your kids to take their cars off the table."

Zac: "That's if I grow any!"

I just thought it was so funny - his take on the way that children happen - the parents grow them! Pretty insightful actually!

Always somethin goin on!

We took the boys out for hibachi tonight. It was Tyler's first time and he wasn't a fan of the flaming volcano but neither was Zac at that age! Zac loved it. He used chopsticks to eat the whole meal!

Tyler LOVES edemame!!!
Yes, that is a DVD player in front of Tyler. We will do anything to be able to eat in a restaurant right now!

The boys at the neighbors pool


Tyler had a double ear infection and a ruptured ear drum this week. His ear tubes had fallen out in only two months and he is scheduled to have them put back in on Wednesday. Then he fell yesterday (AGAIN) and caught his eye on the low window sill in our kitchen. Poor kid is more than accident prone! I finally put some bumpers on those things today! Don't know why I didn't think of that sooner!

All about staying cool!

It's starting to get HOT here in Texas but at least there are plenty of ways to cool off!

Memorial Day weekend 2009

We spent some time in the water this weekend! The boys loved every minute of it! We played in the pool here at home and the community pool. I'm actually scared that Tyler may be even more of a fish than Zac was!

Today we went up to Lake Ray Roberts with the Laura and the Apligians. Tyler didn't hold still the entire time - except for when he was eating!
He pulled his chair right down into the water. Maybe he didn't like sitting directly in the sand with the waves pushing sand into his diaper?

Entertainment for boys

This is what the boys did to entertain themselves at lunch time the other day. I find it funny that even at this age, noises like this make them laugh. Such a boy thing!

Mother's Day

I had a great Mother's day! Tom made breakfast for all of us and I got to go to my class at the gym on Sunday mornings. They all got me a spa package at a local spa that I like. All the mom's know what a rare treat that is! We went to lunch at Panera Bread and then Tom made fondue for dinner! All three of the boys wanted to help out...

Tyler: the boy LOVES cheese!

Laura came up too - as if we didn't have enough cheese in Paris! You can never have too much right?
Even Jake wanted in on the action!

The best part of Mother's Day though was that Zac and Tyler actually played TOGETHER in the kitchen while we were making dinner. We thought this was some quirk of fate but then... they played together in the backyard after we finished dinner as well! It was so nice for us to sit down and chat while they played! I hope this is moving in the direction of older children...

Girls Weekend in Paris!

We all had an AWESOME time on the trip - definitely a once in a lifetime experience!

This first pic is on our flight over to Paris and I can't NOT share it! This guy actually wore a helmet only during take off and landing!

Champagne toast at the top of the Eiffel tower
These are our empty bottles from late at night in the hotel room after everything was closed!