Colin's Birthday

We celebrated Colin's 6th birthday on 08-08-08. It was his actual b-day! The party was in Guthrie at my parents' house where the kids played outside, colored at the craft table, played bingo, built cupcakes, and ate hot dogs. We had a good time- baby Lane on the other hand cried constantly from about 6:30 to 9 when we left. Man, that really can wear a person out! Nevertheless, the kids had a blast, and Colin got lots of cool presents....fun party!


dad and lane


Kids at the craft table

Birthday Boy- missing his 2 front teeth....


Lyric cheesin' it up as usual


Lane trying to "share" Lyric's seat


Colin opening presents- Lyric with a cupcake...


Party pic!


Cupcake station


Ashton's cupcake creation- very picture-worthy


Colin's creation- just beautiful


Colin taking a bite


Ashton with his cake


Glowsticks concluded the festivities-

Skiatook

We loaded up the boys and the boat and headed to Tulsa for a little fun in the sun. We went to Skiatook Lake with Jill and Mike- Jan, Granny, and Pa went with us, too. We had a great time although it was so hot- I think it got up to 106 that afternoon. Driving on the water usually gives you a break form the heat, but this day it was like driving in a hair dryer- on high heat....no cold blast button available. The water was really nice- even cool in some spots. We tubed a little and swam a little by the cliffs- it was a great day.


Granny and Baby Lane


Pa getting a little shade...


Jill with Baby Lane


Jason and Lyric taking a dip...


Me and Baby Lane

Re-Decorating

Really, just decorating- since every single surface in the house is painted off-white. We started with the kitchen, and will move on to the dining room and living room next week. The color is Bosc Pear- we will be painting the dining and living a lighter shade of this color- it is a little dark for the other rooms. The hallway will be after that- most likely a dark brown- contrast and compliment the other colors..it is a process- but should be worth it....thought you would like to see a little of the progress...

On the Water Again

Two down and Eight to go to break even on our boat purchase......I figure we could rent a boat for 10 days for the price we paid for the "Money Pitt" so 10 outings and we're good.....We went to Thunderbird in Norman (or "dirtybird" as it is affectionately known)...It was a really nice lake- we will definitely go back. Good times.....

IKEA....seriously

Didn't know what an awesome store this is. We spent about 3 hours in the store in Round Rock on Tuesday. Man- it was great- except for the very unhappy baby Lane- he helped us keep our shopping to a minimum. After IKEA, we went to Whole Foods and bought a few cheeses and local foods. That evening we just hung out at Shannon's and let the kids run around and play. We had a great trip to Austin- and it is only 6 hours from Edmond....not too bad.


Lyric with his tape measure as an ocotopus

Lyric with a frog animal at lunch- we ate lunch right in the store- the whole place is very family friendly

Lane moving around a kids table at lunch

I really don't know what is going on here- just being silly....

Playin' a little guitar in the pool.....

Lane going down the slide- he would crack up every time he landed on the ground...

Carey's dad came over for a bit- and Lane was completely attached to him- they had never met, but Lane sat still in his lap the whole time he was there....look at who he resembles ant that might explain it....white t-shirt, glasses, white hair....hmmm....could Lane be missin' his Pa? I think so!

Lyric c"cleaned" the floors all night with this vacuum- who knew he loved to clean so much!

Of course, baby brother has to copy him.....there's Abbey in the background....

Lane in a dump truck in the back yard

Austin

We left for Austin at 8 Sunday morning and arrived at the outlet mall in Round Rock before 2. We stopped to shop for a while in RR then met up with Shannon and Carey for some dinner at their house. On Monday, we went to the University Co-Op then took a few pictures on campus. After that, we went to Whole Foods for lunch (no pictures from there- they don't allow cameras) then to a splash pad downtown. It is 7pm on Monday now and we are getting ready to go to the pool and play. I will take more pictures of that and update tomorrow....Hubby is in Vegas- really miss him......



Lane on his first plane ride....

Lyric on a little "American Round"

Foam finger in a spirit store

Face shoved against the glass....funny!

Big Boy going down the slide all by himself....

Wagon ride after dinner

Shannon and carey have twins- Porter and Abbey....they always like to stop and talk to other people with twins. We saw these strollers coming towards us and thought they were twins...but they weren't. They were CATS!!! These women were walking their CATS! wow...what's the slogan here? Oh Yeah..."Keep Austin Weird"...They are helping keep that slogan alive.

Texax capital in the background- from the campus of UT

Foam horns...seriously- how awesome are those? Pretty freakin' awesome

Splash park fun....




Lane was soooooo sleepy...bottle after the splash pad

Lyric overlooking the Zen garden at the turtles and Coi....

We Are Boaters!!!!!!!!

Instead of being house poor, we decided to stay put and "live a little" courtesy of G-Dub and his economic crash policies....it turned out to be pretty good for us. We purchased with our stimulus check a 1988 bayliner capri and decided to take it out on Arcadia Friday afternoon....I grew up on the lake so I had forgotten how much fun boating was.... So the money pit has now commenced. Next are new life jackets, tubes, skis, ropes, new vinyl, the list goes on and on.....It was fun though. (Jason's first post on the blog)

Lyric chillin' in the front

Lane in is giant life jacket- he had a great time

Jason giving Lane his first driving lesson

Mom and Bub- wind blowing through our hair....

Shot of the ol' girl....fun times ahead....
We were thinking of naming it the Money Pitt....what do you think?

Fun Day

We went to lunch with nana at Subway and then ran some errands today. Lane was really difficult to contain at lunch- so we just put him in the booth next to ours and he had a blast. He was jumping up and down and yelling a lot- there weren't too many people there so it wasn't that disturbing for other patrons. We left there and went to get Lane som new shoes from Lynda's Birkenstock- my friend Jill's store- he got a couple of pair of Simple brand "green piggies"- made from post-consumer materials. After that, we went to the Asian Market and looked at the interesting grocery items- including lots of crabs, fish, and pig parts. When we got home, our Mccain't shirts arived, so we started worked on the website and some marketing strategies- plus dreamed big about all the money we are going to make.

Jumping around at Subway

More fun at Subway

Lyric on some sort of decorative Asian ball at the market

Jason modeling the shirts for the website.....