Weekend In Pictures...

The first few pictures are from yesterday afternoon at the races. The first race of the season. They just finished the track the other day... and although there was another race going on at another track about an hour away they had a pretty good turn out. :)

Bryan and Trevor went off in the morning to watch Kevin (Bryan's brother) and Chris (good friend) and Jerry (another good friend) race. The girls and I stayed home b/c it was raining some and we weren't down w/ getting all wet and MUDDY! :) Okay... well maybe the girls were, but I wasn't and I really didn't want wet, muddy kids.

By the time Bryan and Trevor got to the track the rain stopped and it all worked out great. They stayed there until about a quarter to one, then came home and we all went to a park near our house for a family BBQ and to celebrate Bryan's aunt and uncles wedding anniversary and his aunts birthday. :) It was nice for everyone to get together. We don't usually see that side of Bryan's family too often. It was fun. :)

Then after the BBQ we went back to the races to see how everyone made out. When we got there Chris was just lining up to get to the gate next. So we got to watch his last moto. Kevin broke something on his 4-wheeler, so he didn't race after that and Jerry decided not to do his last moto either. This is Jerry's first year racing a bike... he used to race quads. But it was a nice time.

Then we went to grab a bite to eat, we decided to just have Burger King (Trevor's pick) since it was quicker than Pizza Hut or something b/c we were all tired and the kids had little to no naps.

We got home the kids played outside some then they all came in and got showered up and ready for bed... Brooke & Lauren were in bed by 8:20 PM or so and Trevor wasn't too far behind. :)

~I guess I should have put this first... but since the pictures are backwards anyway... it doesn't much matter... after the picture of Zoe (the dog) are pictures from Saturday when the kids and I and Heather went to my friend Kathy & Louie's sons' (triplets) graduation from pre-k. It was a very nice ceremony and then afterwards we all went back to their house and hung out... the kids played then we ate then they played more then we went home. It was a great day. It was nice that Heather was able to go with me, I could not have done it without her help. Bryan was on call and decided to go into work for some over time and to get some things done at work that just never seem to get caught up on... so if she didn't go it with me I might not have gone at all.

Then later Saturday night Heather, Chris & Nick came over to hang out... Trevor was happy to get to play with Nick and we were happy to visit with Heather and Chris... it seems like FOREVER since we got to see them. :) Heather and I took the kids for ice cream... it was fun, although they were all being silly and wild and it ended in Lauren falling off the picnic table and bumping her little noggin two times, but thankfully she was okay... OH and Nick got hit in the head two times with the truck door... both times were by accident... and thankfully he was okay too. When we came home, we put the girls to bed, and the boys were playing nicely... and Heather and I settled down to watch Fool's Gold and eat some chicken nuggets and fries that we got... we both dozed off before the movie was over... and then they all went home. But it was a great visit. :)

So that was our weekend... long but really good and full of fun!! :)

Happy Belated 4th...

Happy belated 4th of July! I hope everyone had a good one! I don't have any pictures from the 4th of July... or actually any pictures from any of our 4th of July parties either. I was totally slacking with the camera. : ( I'm disappointed... I usually take millions of pictures at everything... but lately, I feel like I just have time to feed the kids and chase them around instead of taking pictures, eating, talking to people that sort of things at BBQ's. The girls are at a rough age for taking them places. They are too big to stay in a playpen or a play-yard or anything like that... they want to be FREE and run, like the rest of the kids, all over the place. BUT... at the same time, they are too little to do that without constant supervision. It is hard. I wanted to eat and have a few beers and relax at the two BBQ's we went to this past weekend... no such luck though. OH well... next year will be better. And, honestly this year wasn't bad at all. It was fun, it just wasn't the chill out and relax time that I would have loved to have. I do love watching my kids run and play and have a GREAT time though... so that was excellent. Saturday's BBQ was good and the food was great... but there were a lot of people so the girls were a little clingy... but not too bad. Trevor had some kids to play with, but was a little bit "hands on". Like some kids do... which I'm not too worried about. He is learning that it isn't nice... and one day will be big enough to not do it any more and do the right thing. ; )
Then Sunday... the food was good too, and we made ice cream sundaes after dinner... which were EXCELLENT!! It was a little chilly, but no one seemed to mind while we had some yummy ice cream. :D There were less people so the girls were more comfortable to run and play and there were more kids closer to their age... everyone had a good time... even Bryan!! ; )
So anyway... this is all I'm going to post for now... I'll try to get back here later. I have a million things to do today, on top of all the millions of things I have to do every other day! LOL
I'm having a HUGE yard sale starting tomorrow... and going maybe through Sunday or maybe just until Saturday... I haven't decided!! Well anyway, now I'm just rambling on and on!
I'll be back!