i love summer weekends!

1. this little guy is no longer by our mailbox.

2. wonder if that was him by our front door window showing off how beautiful he turned out.

3. friday twilight night was wicked FUN! definitely loved the second movie and we had some great laughs. [i have to admit that i did some improper immature behavior when jacob showed up on screen]

3. saturday we were bored so we went to laporte to have mike's parents feed + entertain us.

4. sunday started slow and lazy then at last minute we decided to head up to chicago to see the white sox continue their winning streak. [11 consecutive games]

5. we dropped kaylee off at mike's parents house since we were scalping tickets. its easier getting 2 tickets instead of 3.

6. while mike was waiting for me while i was waiting in line for the bathroom. a lady asked him if he knew anyone who needed tickets. what luck! we sat in section 153 which is close to 3rd base.

7. and i have to say it had to be men who engineered building a women's bathroom with only 2 stalls. [outside the ball park. inside it was better]

8. the game ended up being really exciting even though we lost.

9. today we're lazy again but isn't that what summer is all about?

10. mike + kaylee are now at the driving range hitting some golf balls. we hope to turn kaylee into the next michelle wie but better :]

call me a cougar

1. but i find taylor to be HOT! is that wrong?

2. this morning i noticed 95% of my closet is full of clothes thats too small. mike's responds- just work out a couple of months, you will get back down to that size. if only it could be that easy!

3. i won my ebay bid on a stainless steel cooler. really didn't need one but they sure do look cool.

4. i'm making hamilton wait at the car place for an hour- wooo- so he can get his car aligned. [he wanted me to pick him up]

5. yes, hamilton is up before noon today. he finally got up when he got sick of my singing for him to wake up. i'm a horrible singer!

6. chantale- i wish you were my indy shopping friend too. my friend might bail out on me.

7. i do not feel like cleaning or cooking today. i want to go appliance shopping instead.

8. mike finding his beer fridge isn't working out so well so we will just upgrade the kitchen [been wanting too anyway] and the fridge thats in the kitchen will go out to the garage and he gets the old, crappy one for his beer.

9. my sister is a nutcase. and i say that with love. she needs help but won't stay to get it. hopefully her husband will make her stay.

10. hope everyone has a great weekend!

needed: vacation: alone

all the girl cousins playing. kaylee is behind cate on the double swing

1. my little nugget was crying a few minutes ago because she has to clean her room so i gave her a choice. clean your room + keep your toys or watch tv but the toys will go to someone who wants them.

2. she's cleaning her room.

3. hamilton is on my last nerve too. his car has cost us $400 just so he can put some coil overs on them. don't ask. and yes. i know. he needs a job. he gets no more money.

4. can't wait for my twilight movie party tomorrow night. finally came up with a menu: veggie pizza, buffalo chicken dip w/chips, brownies, popcorn, rice krispie treats and watermelon margaritas besides a few other beverages.

5. my afternoon "tea" went well yesterday afternoon. proud of myself for getting all fancy and using the amish tray i bought strawberry picking and my ikea bottles for serving.

6. at some point in the conversation i mentioned that if a tree should fall i hope its on the north side of the house so i can redo my bathroom, closet + laundry. [i'm definitely making space for a craft room]

7. thought it was going to come true last night. we had a short but horrible storm. our second in a week. thankfully our electricity just flickered off and on a few times.

8. need to get an emergency kit made with working flashlights, batteries, candles + matches for kaylee. [her first storm that she fully understood]

9. mike, kaylee and i are loving this song. of course mike is loving the video more. and i want nothing more than to be a california [or hawaiian] girl.

10. mike's taking next week off so i've planned, to his delight, a day trip to ikea and another to indy. though i'm hoping the trip to indy is just me + a friend.

on my mind wednesday

kaylee with her bff's strawberry picking

1. i've been waking up early this week. [WTH!] like before 7am.

2. each time with the same symptoms: sore throat, runny/stuffy nose, my eyes glued shut-yup. stuff is coming out of my eyes too!, sore back, headaches. oh the sinus pressure headaches!

3. enough whining though. i've got some baking to do this morning!

4. 3 of my neighbor ladies are coming over for "tea". i'm actually making prickly pear cooler and mini pecan pies and a small texas sheet cake that i bought. [i can't find the link for the pecan pies]

5. and my twilight party has been rescheduled for this friday evening- HOLLA!

6. on our way to monday night dinner kaylee mentions something about ham staying out of trouble with the police. uh oh! guess we need to watch what we say around her from now on. hate for that news to get to my mom. [she's so judgmental as is + somehow that will be my fault]

7. if you haven't seen this cool family time line you must! {be sure to click on the two arrows on 2010] via hither and thither

8. been trying to work on my blog making it look pretty etc but its failing me.

9. thought of about going light brown with the hair. then decided to keep it al naturale this year.

10. and i just remembered i have a gallon of black paint that i don't know what to do with. still debating whether i should paint my bathroom cabinets with it.

the weekend

1. sunday evening kaylee and i relaxing on our new to us hammock. [thanks friend!]

2. saturday we enjoyed a birthday party for one of kaylee's bff's.

3. are we the only ones with a 5 year old who does not want to stay the night at her grandparents house??? [they do everything and anything for her]

4. it ended up working out anyway because we heard the whole town of new buffalo was out of commission because of the big storm from the night before.

5. we were one of the few lucky ones whose electricity never went out. some of our friends were out till sunday afternoon.

6. is it bad that we didn't get mike anything for fathers day? not even a card.

7. we did say happy fathers day and gave him lots of hugs and kisses and took him out to lunch and a 10pm dinner. [ham even said happy fathers day. i had kaylee remind him]

8. sometimes i wonder if i should make it big deal for the kids sake.

9. sad i cant find anyone to go to the jack johnson or black eye peas concert.

10. i want to take a road trip around michigan. start on lake michigan side and go to the top then back home on lake huron side.

its friday and i'm loving!

kaylee eating a pushpop [remember those?] last sunday at her uncle nick's graduation

1. hot weather followed by thunder + lightening storms

2. that ham has been coming home earlier than his curfew

3. the feeling that my family is safe

4. a birthday party + kaylee wanting to sleep over at nana's tomorrow night.

5. my homemade strawberry pie turned out to be delicious and someone said it could be better than moms :D [my sister]

6. my 3 mile walks and feeling great afterwards

7. though not loving trying on swimsuits and looking like a stuffed sausage

8. these pretty ballerina flats seen all over blogs world. [reminded me of an old friend from high school. she had the best flowered pumps, wish i had kept them]

9. this blog, this blog and this blog because they have great things for kids to do in the summer. i know i shared them before.

10. spin art introduced by our wonderful friends, katie, sean and michelle. they make great birthday presents. kaylee is really upset that she doesn't have one yet we keep buying them for other people. [i might let her do this one rainy afternoon]

in love with squirrelbunny

i'm in love with squirrelbunny. how cute are these necklaces? and if you order the whale [my fave] $15.00 from the sale will go help clean up the bp oil spill.