Just like home...but better!!

On our super fun filled, 2 week long, 4th of July, California vacation, you could find Dallen doing many of the things he does at home but it was so much better...

At home Dallen plays basketball with a plastic hoop and baseball with a mini foam bat; this was better...

At home Dallen eats a few sweets, but this was better...



At home Dallen plays in the sandbox and in the water, but this was better...




At home Dallen flirts with the ladies, but seeing his future wife was better...

At home Dallen sees boats in pictures or in the bathtub, this was better...
At home Dallen has a stuffed dog, this was better...

At home Dallen sees the zoo animals in cages and on foot, this was better...


At home Dallen goes to happy places, but the happiest place on earth was better...





At home Dallen gets to spend little time with family, so this was better...






Life at home is fun, but vacation is better!!

I'm Patriotic!!

Just not in my bathroom :)

Happy 4th of July!!

Sweet Escape

My apologies to all those waiting, oh so patiently, for more pictures of the house. We are off to California for a much needed vacation and break from working on the house. I am hoping to return feeling refreshed, rejuvinated and ready to finish the house. For those of you waiting for pictures of little D, no worries about the lack of update, in a few short hours you can smooch on this face:
Here we come!! See you soon :)

Come Back!!

Auntie Aubrey came for a quick trip last weekend and since she's left everything in my life has gone wrong. More carpet delays (hence no photos for you yet), more appliance problems, A/C went out and got replaced ($$$), getting the flu for 2 whole days, being rear ended in a three car hit and run, living in a construction zone (literally)...the list goes on and on. I think last week was one of the hardest in my life, right up there with the 2nd week of October 2008 :)
But just before all that, we did this:





And this:

Aubrey, your trips always go by too fast, come back and stay awhile, we have great A/C you won't even notice its 105 :) We love you, thanks for coming to play!!

Work Hard :: Play Hard

We have been working really REALLY hard on our new house, even until the very wee hours of the morning. Amongst all the work, I have been working hard to make sure Dallen still has some play time to be a kid. I feel like he has been a little traumatized by this moving process and I just want to keep his life as normal as possible by letting him play all day!!

Big Gulps Huh?

Welp, see ya later!

“Don’t count the days.

Make the days count.” -Muhammad Ali

D's first water slide
Ready, aim, fire!

Taking a break in the shade.