Pics and Pennsylvania

Thought I'd post some pictures for everyone:


Elijah wanted to be stir fry


Look Ma...I'm gonna cook myself!

It's WAAAAAYYYY hot in here!

HAHA! Just kidding!



Linda, me and Nicole - probably don't need to mention that we're sisters.


Olivia and Elijah in the pool

Elijah let the hose know just who's the boss...



Elijah playing kickball with his cousins

Running up the hill...it was hard work for those short legs!


Elijah with Uncle Brett (and Jack-dog)


Elijah and Aunt Linda playing in the sandbox


Elijah found a car that was JUST his size...

...and a chair that fit him, too!


Volleyball game at my parent's house

The block that my Dad decided to make with hand prints of all the grand kids...since Elijah was one of the last ones to go, his isn't on there yet. But he wasn't very cooperative and there is a mangled hand print and a foot print, too!


My nephew Ben and niece Breah...working together to make the elliptical move!


The three youngest kids...Olivia (trying to steal Eli's paci), Elijah and Sarah.

Man, it is HOT out here today!


Elijah on our first night in PA.


Olivia grabbing her toes...

and smiling big for the camera...

and giving us an awesome "squinty smile"!


Last, but not least, Duke...the dog.

That's all for now...enjoy!

Hi

Just wanted to do a boring little post to let everyone know that we have arrived safely in Iowa. Everything went well with the move. Thankfully, we had the help of Sheila to keep Elijah occupied, and Charlie to help Adam with all the heavy stuff. Elijah seems to be having an easier time today...and the cats have already adjusted completely (they sleep all day!).

I'm in the midst of unpacking a plethora of boxes...it seems endless. I will post again someday when I'm not overwhelmed with cardboard!

Happy Birthday to Adam!

I was totally going to type something super sappy to try to embarrass you but I decided against it for several reasons:

• you don't embarrass easily
• I would probably be the one to get embarrassed
• you would call and tell me I'm a nerd
• I wouldn't have been able to do a bullet post
• my blog is public and I wouldn't want it to end up on the front page of Xanga
• "sappy" really just isn't my thing
• "sappy" really just isn't YOUR thing
  
• sap is strictly for maple syrup

So hopefully you aren't disappointed! Enjoy Texas..and eat some good, authentic Mexican food for your birthday ole!

PS: You already know that the monkey and I have a surprise for you when you get home but Eli insisted on giving you a happy birthday message now:

Happy Birthday to my sister!

FELIZ CUMPLEANOS A MI HERMANA,

NICOLE!

Estas son las mañanitas, que cantaba el Rey David.

Hoy por ser día de tu santo, te las cantamos a ti.

Despierta mi bien despiertam mira que ya amaneció.

Ya los pajaritos cantan. La luna ya se metió

Que linda está la mañana en que vengo a saludarte.

Venimos todos con gusto y placer a felicitarte.

Ya viene amaneciendo. Ya la luz del día nos dio.

Levántate de mañana. Mira que ya amaneció.


Tienes una buena dia, chica!
Tu eres muy loco!
Y tu eres muy bonita!

A-E-I-O-U
El burro sabe mas que tu!

Que te pasa, calabasa?
Nada, nada, limonada!

Tu estas en amorado con Senor Shumway!

Le crocodile a mangé le bébé!

Adios!

Should you have ANY problems translating, please feel free to contact
me for clarification! Everything above is in jest, or at least FUN!

July 4th

So I found out at 9:30am yesterday that Bay View has a parade on the 4th...and it goes right through the intersection three houses away from us! We could watch it from our front step...pretty cool. The Brewers Racing Sausages were in it, but I didn't have the camera on me until they were racing down the street...




That picture is especially for you, Dad!


My Aunt Ellen...


my cousin Jim...



Street sweeper...end of parade!
There were WAY more pictures but only some of them uploaded correctly.
On the way home, the monkey was very tired...the parade was 2 hours long, after all!

He fell asleep holding a stick he found at the parade!

After all that, we decided to grill out:

and Eli and Daddy read books:



Adam decided to "help" me change Elijah's poopy diaper...he gave him the pants sag:



After dinner, Elijah needed a bath to get the ketchup, BBQ sauce and other food out of his hair:

Then we decided to just hang out outside with the monkey until he had to go to bed:


I wonder what they were looking at?



Adam offering me some bug spray!

I LOVE that picture!



Then the neighbor girl brought out sidewalk chalk:

and even I got in on THAT fun!




I've got MAD art skills, hey? (That is a joke!)
Elijah really ended up with more chalk on himself than anything:


So anyway, Elijah ended up falling asleep pretty early so we knew we'd have to stay around the house to watch the fireworks...ended up that we had the best seat in the house!

Neighbors American flag...(duh)

Adam in the dark!


Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday.

I'll post some here and there are more in my photos section...


The monkey...mad because he doesn't want his diaper changed!


This one is so cute to me...he figured out that he can roll his cars back and forth on the window!


Watching for Daddy...


If only he would have let me have that stinkin' paci before I took this picture!


Same sentiment here...hey, anyone else notice how blonde his hair is getting?



Eli found a comfy place to read!


Haha! That's the laundry hamper in our room...he got in it okay but couldn't figure out how to get back out!

OK, there are still some videos coming but it took me SO LONG to upload these pictures that I need to go and do something else for awhile...oh yeah, and I have premium again (thanks to taking some stupid surveys!) so I'll be able to put more pictures up now.

Later.