thinkin' about it thursday.

freezer corn and canned applesauce.
i'm tired.

thinkin' about it thursday.

lovin' the hot, hot this week.  reminds me of all the fun we had this summer.............

*pics courtesy of ashley* {thanks, ash}
.............hope the heat sticks around a little longer.

thinkin' about it thursday.

i have no idea what james #5 and thomas were thinkin' hanging off cy's straw like that.

hmmmmmm.............

thinkin' about it thursday.

cy likes to play in the car.

lane likes to play in the car.

i don't see any problem with them playing in the car while i am unloading it.

well, except for the heart attack:

i normally have "flash-forwards," but this, this was bad.  cy had gotten in the front seat, belted himself in and was pretending to drive.   how did he know to do all that?!?!?!?!  i can wait for 16 years old.  i can wait a llllooooonnnggggg time.

thinkin' about it thursday.

can you explode from too much fun?
if you can, then we better slow down.
we've had lots and lots of fun-ness.
so, i'm thinkin' about a lot today.

first up:
my favorite-favorite cousin.  {that's better than just favorite.}
katie:

this is on our ferry boat ride and it was cold.  but, she still posed for all of my silly pics.
i love katie.  she is like the coolest chick ever.  she orchestrated this whole baseball game trip.  they are huge, HUGE red sox fans and we are huge, HUGE mariners fans.  so it was a good time.
see:

they had actually made nate a half-marniers, half-red sox jersey so he could cheer for whichever team he felt like.  it was lots of fun.  and, there was plenty of ribbing back and forth and, of course, nate-isms.  for instance:  nate - "do you know what you get when you take carp (mariners player) and mix the letters around?  crap!!"
but, then carp would do something awesome and we would say, "take that crap!"
and, it was back and forth all weekend long.  actually, months.  and katie and mckenzie had them coming just as fierce.  awesome.
and then we played around seattle.  have you ever been to the gum wall?  gross.

i laughed all weekend, and it was fun.  i love them.  i miss them.  come back, please!!

next up, i'm thinkin' about fish.
"if ya wanna catch the fish, ya gotta take the risk!" -ashley (when i caught a rock.  again.  it was a very large rock - if that makes a difference.)

*pics from ash*

have i ever mentioned how much i love my family?  i love them.  lucky!
we went out on the boat yesterday and it was fun.  fun, fun, fun, fun, fun.

*pics from ash*

and, i'm thinkin' about 'thinkin' about it thursday.'
last week was soooooooo much fun.  a double-dish-scoop of fun-ness.  i loved everyone's responses.  thanks for playing along.

ashley sent me this text today:
"my butt hurts soo bad from work out yesterday! Yow! Sorry, thats what im thinking bout on thursday ; ) pics r down loading n heading ur way!"

*google images*

and that made me laugh. out loud.  really loud.  i loved loved what she was thinkin' about today.
so, here is your challenge:
blog, text, email, or facebook me what YOU ARE thinkin' about today.  who knows?  you might like it so much it will become a weekly thing............{fingers crossed.}
[if you blog it(which i really want you to do), leave me a comment so i can be sure not to miss it!]

mckenzie

this is my favorite cousin:

mckenzie.

i guess she's ok -for a red sox fan. 

she is funny, smart, and cute.  

she dished it out as good as she got it. (even better at times)

and, the last time i was in utah i blogged about her brother, nate, and didn't mention her at all.  so, sorry kenzie, and here is your special post.  {smiles}  

*uh, sorry i had to paste flowers over your face, staci

thinkin' about it thursday.

i want to know:

crock pot or barbecue?

white, dark, or milk chocolate?

ncis or csi?

cotton or silky?

diet or regular?

fly or drive?

mariners or mariners?

just wonderin'

thinkin' about it thursday.

today i'm thinkin' about.........me. {and} old.

an old me. 

me - having oldness.

yep, old.  really old.

i plan on having an awesome breakfast - one that i don't have to cook. {check}
i plan on taking a long shower without anyone asking: "mommy, you in there?" (or) "mommy, you getting all clean?" (or) "mommy, you taking a shower?" (or) "mommy, you almost done?" {check}
i plan on going to the park with some great friends. {check}
i plan on not cleaning [that includes laundry].
i plan on playing games [especially words]  all.  day.  long.
i plan on eating pie for lunch, right after that reese's big cup.  {check} {check}
i plan on checking my messages every 5 minutes. (because it's fun.) {loooooove, love my family!}
and finally, i plan on eating cake!!  woo-hoo!
the perfect day.

thinkin' about it thursday. {on friday}

conversation overheard between cy and maddax during playtime yesterday:

cy:  "hello mr. bad guy! how you doin' today?"
maddax:  (silence)
cy:  "mr. baaaaaadddddd guy!!!  heeeellllloooooooo?!?!?!?  how are you doin'?"
maddax:  (pause)  "let's play somethin' else, cy."

we like to call it a sensitive personality.

{because he's trying to be nice to the bad guy instead of beating him up.  did anyone get that?}

thinkin' about it thursday.

"cows smell ucky, mommy!"

oh, i know, cy.  

one of the fun {yes, fun} things we got to do while my sister was visiting was tour the dairy.  the first part of the tour was where and how and what the cows get fed.  it smelled.  very bad.  not very good.  cy ran to the van got in the very back and was glued to the seat.  he would not move.  even using my powerful powers of persuasion, i could not get him to budge.  he would just keep saying, "cows smell ucky, mommy!"  it was funny at the time and it's funny now.........well, to me anyway.  

luckily, our next stop on the tour was the seeing the brand spankin' new baby calves and then going inside to the milking operation and finishing with ice cream!!  

thankfully, cy has had milk with his cereal all week, so he was not traumatized.  phew!  

and, yes, he has his swimming suit on.  he was so excited to go to the pond after the dairy that he put on his suit very first thing when he woke up.  he loves swimming.

thanks, allreds, for an awesome day!!

thinkin' about it thursday.

*a double scoop of huge thank you to ashley for ALL of these pics.

thinkin' about it thursday.

so................

it was the 4th of july.

and there was family.

and fireworks.

and food.

and fun.

................and, we're still doing all that.

except for the fireworks.

the end.

thinkin' about it thursday.

don't you hate it when........... 

you've been cooking all morning and you have one more thing to put together, but all your regular sized mixing bowls are in the dishwasher.  so, you're faced with the decision to use a too small bowl or a too large bowl.  {because it's too much work to get the normal one out of the dishwasher and spend all that time hand washing it.}  well, you choose the too small one - again, to save time - because you can squeeze it in the dishwasher {and then you won't have to look at it dirty in your sink until tomorrow when you unload the dishes.}  

so, you're blending your base (yellow cake mix, butter and an egg) on low speed in a too small bowl and cake mix base is flinging all over you.........the counter.........the floor.........and now the baby - because he had to crawl up on the stool to see what the noise was when you turned on the blender.   but, you push on.  you can't get the too big bowl now, you already got the too small one dirty.  and it's still too much work to get the normal one out of the dishwasher to hand wash.  you ignore the crumblies you're stepping on with your bare feet, swat the marshmallows out of the babies hands {because it is only 9:30 am} stop blending, and start pressing in the bottom of the pan.  it seems a bit too crumbly {probably because you didn't mix it well enough} but you throw it in the oven anyway.  

you turn around from putting it in the oven and you have a huge mess to clean up.  you start with the baby {because of the multiplying marshmallows in his hands} and go to the counter and then the floor.  *bonus* the bowl squeezes {barely} into the dishwasher!  yay!  the timer goes off and sure enough, looks too crumbly.  you cover with marshmallows and finish, but start praying that rebecca is bringing brownie bites and ashley is bringing white chocolate cranberry cookies so no one will want to eat the salted peanut chews............

i hate it when that happens!  hehehe

i always seem to have the perfect recipe for making easy things hard!  lol.  at least it gives me somethin' to blog about!  :) 

thinkin' about it thursday.

yay!  it's warm enough!  look at all the fun we had at the pool:

if you are scratching your head at my "at the pool" italicization, then you forgot about the post from a couple summers ago.  click HERE to catch up.

in that post you saw some pics of cy with his floatie:

 two years has gotten us nowhere:

yep, some things never get old, and never change.

cousin calvin "smiling" for the camera:

 thanks, cal.

and, lane, doing whatever he can to touch the camera while i am telling him "not to touch" and shooting pics at the same time.  hah.

happy father's day.

we have the bestest dad/husband. ever.

thinkin' about it thursday.

just sittin' here wondering why every. single. thing. in my house is getting:
karate chopped {by cy}
or
raspberried {by lane} *you know, the stick-your-tongue-out-spitting*
anyone know why?

thinkin' about it thursday.

today i'm thinkin' about grass.  my grass.  a weird, interesting, random fact about me?  i like mowing the lawn {i warned you that it was random. and weird.}  no, i don't want to come mow your lawn.  i like mowing my lawn.  i've picked up some tips over the years that i thought i would share so that you, too, can like mowing the lawn.

1.  music is essential.  this is like 20 mins. of "free" time from the kiddos, so grab your ipod, load it with rockin' tunes, and go.  feel free to sing along and head bang in the back yard, but keep it under control in the front yard where more neighbors can see you.

2.  make sure it is a beautiful sunny day and that the wind is blowing 20-30 mph.  this is important for a few reasons:

*you don't have to do your hair {again, neighbors might be watching}

*the breeze keeps that trickle of sweat under control

and

*you don't have to use the leaf blower after you mow because the wind takes care of the extra grass strewn about on the sidewalks.  bonus!

3.  if you are going to miss a thin strip between passes, make sure it is NOT in front of the kitchen window, because every time you use the sink {which is all day, every day} you will see it and it will drive you crazy!!

4.  make sure your 3 yr. old is out of his pj's.  especially if it is 11:00 am.  even if he says "no" when you ask if he wants to go out with you.  because he WILL come ripping around the corner of the house, yes, in the front yard, on the too-small trike, shoe-less.  {ahhhhhh........such a proud mommy moment for me.}

5.  make sure to get ready for all those thank you's from the husband!  and be prepared for help with the dishes and laundry and vacuuming.  lol.

happy grass cutting!

thinkin' about it thursday.

{sad sigh}

these guys:

aren't they cute?  they moved away.  actually, they are moving away right now.  and i miss them.  yes, already.  {another sad sigh}  i'm gonna need some chocolate.

thinkin' about it thursday.

you may be asking yourself, "what is this?"

THAT is my curtain.

now, you could be saying, "what's behind her curtain?"

well, i'll tell you:  a speaker.

and what is on that speaker?

lane, of course.

lane is my climber.  he climbs, climbs, climbs, climbs.  on anything and everything.  he has found himself this little spot in the corner where he can climb up and look outside the window and wave bye-bye to daddy, the neighbors, the garbage truck, leaves........you know, everything that is moving.

so. so. much. fun.

and here is cy:

he's cute, too.

and here are some of lane's fun faces that i could not resist posting:

{tears} i love these boys of mine.

thinkin' about it thursday.

fingernail polish.
and how I need to get some on my toenails.
soon.