Summer Lovin'

Last night's free Smash Mouth concert was so fun! They played for over two hours, and there was a huge fireworks show at the end. Kids had a blast, danced their little booties off. My favorite part: the five song encore with lots of old school Van Halen...pretty rockin'. I'd say we definitely got our money's worth.

It has come to my attention that I complain a lot. No apologies, that's just the way I roll. However...today I'm going to shake things up a bit and take note of all the things I LIKE about summer.

• fresh tomatoes from the garden
• no early morning get-ready-for-school rush
• grilling
  
• sun tea
• camping
• trips to the lake
• thunder storms
  
• long days
• Big Brother
  
• cold beer never tastes so good

Off to the skate park, where I will likely get sunstroke. Evan and Hannah are all in the mood to skate/bike the halfpipe after watching the XGames on ESPN this morning.

August 1? For Real?

I can't believe how fast summer is going. After a weird rainy/cold start, it finally got hot and now it's blazing! Good for swimming and BBQs, not that great for working outside. Needless to say, I'm stoked it's the weekend.

Shane is playing in a pool tourney today (good luck babe!) and I'm hoping to get some housework done (big fun!) before hitting the scrapshack. Haven't been scrapping much lately, but I'm starting to feel the bug again.

Also working on this blanket for Evan's room. Using red and orange to match his colors. It's turning out cute, but I must be insane for working on it in this heat.

Tonight we are going to a free concert at the new open air mall - Smash Mouth! Hopefully it won't be thunder storming, because the kids are super stoked to go and hear the Shrek song:

Grad Night

Jordan graduated from high school last week - honors diploma! How did we get here, where our baby is a man? Crazy. Couldn't be prouder.

We didn't get any pictures of him in his cap - when he tossed it he lost it. Now he's ready to enjoy the summer before starting college in the fall. He's focusing on secondary education, wants to be a high school English teacher. I think he'd be great at it! The next chapter begins...

Blog? What Blog?

Yeah, so I'm a total blagger - haven't posted in months.

Excuses:

1. Work has been busy, we're out working every day. Still trying to adjust to that.

2. Facebook kind of fills the same roll as a blog, so sometimes this seems redundant.

3. Lots of crochet projects taking up my time.

4. Painting the kids' rooms is another major project.

5. Didn't have a camera and a blog post without photos is pretty boring. BUT, we do have a new camera now so get ready for some pics!


Surprised I still know how to upload.

OK, that's all for now, gotta ease back in.

Spring Break

We're halfway through spring break, but you wouldn't know it by looking outside. It's cold and windy, snowing yesterday. Not great window cleaning weather so we've had some time off. Hannah and Evan are at Grandma and Grandpa's for the week so it's very quiet around here. I miss them like crazy, kind of feel weird having them so far away. But I also realize that I really needed this break, and am trying to enjoy it.

It's nice hanging out with Jordan while the little ones are away. The three of us went out for dinner and a movie on Monday, saw Observe and Report, which was hilarious! Went to DMV yesterday, for the third attempt at his learner's permit test. Success! He drove the last couple miles home, only stalled the truck once. High five!

This one's for you, Jordan!

Stormy

We're not working today, it's pretty stormy out. Instead we went grocery shopping and took care of Easter shopping too. Walmart didn't have any jelly beans. Seriously?

Now I've got to get working on the taxes, oh joy of joys. Munching on some Jalapeno Popper Doritos and sipping a Rockstar to help me deal. Gotta throw on some good music and get to it.

But first - I have a little rant. I do not like earbuds, not at all. Whenever I move my head they fall out. Whenever I move my arm it hits the cord and they fall out. After a while they hurt my ears. But if I get the big earphones I'll look like a dork. It's a dilemma.

This song has been in my head all day. I like. And I really love that you can find live versions of pretty much anything on youtube instantly. Such great energy at a concert. Ok - I'm out.

Happy Saturday!

Totally enjoying my day off, waking up slowly and putzing around before tackling some housework. Had fun last night - pool + beer + food + friends = good times. I need to get some stuff done here in the office today, back out to work tomorrow and every day next week too. Yeah spring! So glad work is picking up, really relieved and optimistic about the summer season.

Almost done with Hannah's blanket, man what a project! It's taken me a couple months, I'll be pretty glad when it's finished. She will too - every day she asks me if it's done yet, and how much longer. Sheesh, I'm not a machine!

Here's a shot of my girl all dressed up for her friend's 80's skate party. The girls were so cute!



Here's the little guy I made for the birthday girl - isn't he cute?!