This and that

Ok, so I found my second gray hair last Saturday. Last Saturday was my 37th birthday. Is it too early to go shopping for my orthopedic shoes?

Note to telemarketer from Wells Fargo: I am not, nor will I ever be, interested in your "unique opportunity". Furthermore, you are now skipping the speal and going right to the hang up. Why call at all? I will be purchasing an air horn and hopefully damaging one or more of your eardrums next time you decide to give me a jingle.


Things I am growing tired of hearing:

"Mom! You can wipe me now"!

"I can't find my Lego guy's hair"!

"You have been selected to receive this limitedtimeonlyspecialofferblahblahblah....."


Events I am looking forward to:

The 4th of July (also my Mom's birthday)

My Sister, niece, and nephew visiting the last week of July.

Sean using some of the 250 hours of vacation he has accrued.

Taking a trip to Northern AZ to get away from this face-melting heat.


Ok, so what are you looking forward to?

Lawn Jockey

This man is my hero!

We now have grass in our back yard thanks to my hard-workin' man. He even built a sprinkler system from scratch! Admittedly, we made some mistakes which made this job MUCH HARDER than it had to be but he got it done. My Dad helped too and pretty much saved the job! Thanks Dad! You're alright for an old guy.

Before:

After:

I'll post the final result soon. There will be much Slip-N-Sliding. Oh yes, there will be.

Bedtime conversation....

Mom: "It's bedtime Ben, time to pick up your Legos and get pajamas on".

Ben: "This just isn't right for me".

Mom (with a glance at Dad): "Why not"?

Ben: "Because you guys are making my tears come out".

Here's my question, when did Sean & I become "you guys"?

Daddy-O

Happy Father's Day to all the great Dad's out there!


Sean & Ben

My Dad (Senior Portrait)

Totally not surprised

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3-day weekend

Ben got invited to Drew's Pirate Birthday Party on Saturday morning and it was great fun watching all these little "bearded" Swashbuckler's digging for treasure and knocking the crud out of the piniata. Benjamin is quite serious about his pirate-ness.




On Memorial Day, we went to a BBQ in the wash by my parent's home and it was really awesome. Great food, quad-riding, marshmallow gun shooting, s'mores making and lovely weather. I was really sad to see it end. Sorry, no pictures. Sometimes I just want to relax and not worry about getting the "perfect shot". Hope you all had a great holiday!

Road Trip

Ben and I are getting ready to take off to Colorado. Sean has to stay home due to work obligations so that sucks. My nephew, Nick is graduating from High School and we're really excited to see him! He loves to go Snow-boarding and is pretty good from what I hear. I was a little sad to hear that he recently cut his BIG hair but I'm sure he's still just as hot.
P.S. No, you may not have his phone number!

We'll be driving with my parents and my sister, Janelle. We're breaking the travelling time over two days so it should be fairly relaxing. Especially since I don't plan to do any of the driving. Because of this, we should all arrive safely.

My sister, Ronda, is Nick's mom and is planning a wonderful BBQ for all of the family and friends who will be attending the graduation. She's a great cook so we're in for a great meal!

I'll post more pictures when we get back. See ya!

Boom De Yada

We like the Discovery Channel and this song is stuck in my head today!