Blueberry Picking!

Today was the perfect day for blueberry picking! The weather was sunny and about 73 degrees...so much better than the 90+ degrees yesterday! We picked up Ali and headed out to the Gold Barn for some picking. I'll post more pictures later, but just wanted to post a quick one of Henry. Check out this post HERE from last year...there's a pic of him at just a couple weeks (maybe less than 2 weeks actualy) old and one from last year...he is SO much bigger now! Also makes me realize...he needs a haircut!

Changed my blog look tonight...not positive I like the background color, so you may see another change soon. :)

It's birthday time at our house! Yeah!! Next Tuesday, July 17, Henry will be 2 years old!! I will officially have no babies in the house - just a toddler and a preschooler...scary. Henry's having a Thomas party. Here's what his invite looks like...it's magnetic! It's going to be pretty low-key...just pizza, cake and presents. Hopefully Henry has fun!

Then the following Tuesday, July 24th is my 28th birthday...feeling old as I creep toward 30! Colin and I are planning to go out that night which will be fun.

Abigail's birthday is on August 18. This is the first year that she will get 2 parties. A "Princess Tea Party" with about 7 friends the day before her birthday and then her family party on her actual birthday. She cannot wait! She keeps saying "And I want that for my birthday" about everything...even juice at Target the other day since I wasn't buying the kind she wanted.

Nothing else much to report. We plan to pick blueberries this week - should be fun! I'm sure I'll have pictures soon!

Have a great week!

The Sickies...

Looks like Henry has been hit with one of the viruses going around.  My mom and I walked this morning and then met Colin and the kids at the market.  Colin had to leave for work so I didn't really get to ask how the kids were this morning, but he did say that Henry was a bit crabby.  He was quite lethargic at the market, but I thought it was because he wasn't in a stroller for once. :)  We've been home about an hour and I just took him off my lap and took his temperature...103.3 before I had to quit because he wasn't real into having his temp taken (can you blame him?). I am sitting outside with them while they play for a bit in the pool...I figure that might make him feel better and then he can take a nice nap!  Hopefully he feels better soon! :)

I missed blogging on the 4th...I hope everyone had a great holiday! Our's was a struggle to say the least! Abigail slept over at YoYo and Grandpa Papa's cottage on Tuesday night. Sounds like fun, right? Sure...except she stayed up past 11:00 and was a complete CRAB yesterday. This is what she looked like for the majority of the morning...













She was a mess...crying, yelling, not sharing with her cousin...ugh! We have a tradition every year on the 4th. As long as Colin can remember they have had a "parade" around the association where his parents have a cottage. Colin and I were the "Grand Marshalls" the year we got married (7 years ago!) and then the kids have been in the parade each year. This year Abigail had a FIT because her cousin, Bebe, was riding her bike and not in the wagon with her. Her's another pic for you...







This cracks me up...notice the parade in the background? Notice Colin's face...he's about to say "There is no way I am doing this." So he didn't! Abigail ended up riding with Bebe for a bit....













I bought some straws from Target and Abigail had a blast handing them out to everyone. This is one of my favorite pictures...I just wish I had a better face shot of her. So cute!















We did manage to get a couple of cute pics of the kids before heading home for naps...yes, naps for ALL of us! :)






After a nap, Abigail was doing much better (thank goodness!) so we let her go to the fireworks with my parents. She had a ton of fun!
Today Colin worked during the day and I worked at night. Colin took his parents to the airport because they were leaving for Italy. We got a call from them tonight...they are in Kentucky...the got delayed in GR and missed their connection to Rome. They don't get to leave until tomorrow night now. We feel so sorry for them! Sucks so bad to be stuck in an airport that long! Yuck!
Working this weekend...Friday and Saturday nights for me, Saturday lunch for Colin. We might try to hit the pool tomorrow or Sunday...it's going to be HOT!
Have a great weekend everyone!

Still feeling pretty crappy around here. Probably need to drink more water. Hate the cycle...drink water, the stone moves and the pain is terrible...don't drink the water, the stone doesn't move, the pain is tolerable, but won't go away. Yuck.

So...to make myself feel better...a little shopping therapy! :) I love buying the kids clothes a year in advance because the sales are too good to pass up. My kids are fairly easy to buy ahead for also since they are pretty much average. I know Henry will most likely be in size 3 next summer and Abigail will wear a 4 or 5 (she is a little on the smaller size...she still wears some 2T stuff right now!). We took a family trip out to the mall and I did some damage. Good thing Colin's been making some good cash at the restaurant the past couple of shifts! I got some stuff at Gap, Gymboree, Children's Place and Disney Store. Here are just some of the things we got...hee hee...

Ugh...can't get these pics to work in blogger...drives me crazy. Anyway...you get the idea! The Ariel doll is like 6 inches tall and was $1.19! I bought a bunch for favors for Abigail's Princess Tea Party birthday in August.

That's it for now! Have a great week!