Thursday, July 22, 2010

Summertime!!

Today it's raining so I figured it was a good day to blog! We have had such beautiful weather lately, we are spending lots of time outside. The kids have been getting lots of use out of the slip 'n slide!!
Even Marty likes it...
On Tuesday, Jeff's parents took Megs and Gabby camping overnight to a campground fairly close to home. The girls we SO excited to go. They each had packed a backpack with toys and books they want to take along. Grandma picked them up about 10am and they headed out!!
They played at the beach that day and the girls tell us they had a water fight with Grandma and Papa...so cute!! Megan had requested the meals for the camping trip. They had sandwiches for lunch, burgers for dinner and french toast for breakfast...sounds like a lot of carbohydrates to me!!
Beautiful girl!!
We talked to girls just before they went to bed that night and they were having such a fun time. But, I guess they didn't fall asleep until about 9pm that night!! Needless to say, they were tired the next day. Thank you, thank you, thank you to Grandma and Papa for investing in the lives of our kids(and in us) we are SO blessed!!
Since, we only had Marty for the night we thought we would go out on a date!! I can't believe how easy it was to only have 1 child!! We went to Red Robin for dinner and then I got an ice cream cone and we headed downtown to walk around in the sunshine...it was wonderful!! Marty had a great time too, having all our attention:)
I love when he squats like this!!
When we got home, Jeff went for a run with his friend and then they jumped in the creek to cool off!! Jeff is still running about 3 times a week...he usually does 8-10 km's. I'm trying to convince him to do some races, but he doesn't seem to interested. Jeff has been working at the Yacht Club for the last few days and yesterday it was really hot, so after work, some of the guys went in the lake for a swim. It is so nice living close to a beautiful lake!!
When Eric and Traci were here about a month ago, they took some family pictures for us. We are very fortunate to have great photographers in the family. I can't seem to get the other ones to come up...but this one is my favorite!!
I have one more little story to tell! Last week one night we had put the kids to bed and then Jeff and I went on the deck and played a game. After about half an hour we heard someone crying inside. I went inside and heard Gabby crying downstairs. I went downstairs to send her back to her room and I walked around the corner and saw her...her face and arms were covered in blood!! I freaked out a little and brought her upstairs to get Jeff's help. She wouldn't tell us what happened, we asked her if she fell and she said no, bumped into something and she said no. I cleaned her up and we saw the blood was coming from her lip. It looked like 4 distinct cuts. Well, Jeff went inside to see if he could find something out and he said the house looked like a murder scene...blood in the ensuite, down the hallway, on the walls, etc.!! I guess Gabby had gone in the ensuite to go pee and she found my razor and was shaving her mustache...just like daddy!! What a girl:)
I think that's all I have to update today!! Hope you have a great weekend.

4 comments:

Lindsay said...

that picture your friends took is absolutely beautiful. funny story about Gabby (only because she wasn't seriously hurt)! :)
I love that Megs has a bikini :)

Traci said...

Squatty Marty. Or Squattin' Martin! What an adorable boy. I love it when he squats like that too. Poor gabby! I can't believe she cut herself with your razor! Looks like lots of summer fun going on! Miss you all!

Kirsten said...

That story about Gabs is crazy! I can only imagine you walking in on that. Loved all the pics! Fun that you and Jeff could have a date with Marms. Love you guys and can't wait to see you soon.

Greg said...

Kind of scared me a bit. Good to know, to keep me razer's hidden, and never shave in front of my kids!