Friday, August 12, 2011

Fun in the Sun

The day after we arrived in Phoenix, the kids, me and my parents, headed to a resort in Scottsdale for a little fun in the sun! Hours by the pool and a little jet lag, made for a tired me! But it was nice to just relax and hang out! One day we stayed 6 hours straight by the pool, only to stop for drinks and snacks! My parents would get a shady spot by the slide at the lazy river and we just played and played.

Since most of our time was in the water, I didn't get many pictures. I actually didn't take my camera out too much on the trip... I just wanted to enjoy it without trying to capture I guess...
One morning at breakfast outside we had a guest...
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Here we are at breakfast...
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The grounds of the place we stayed (it was a JW Marriott) were lovely...
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all these outdoor seating areas and fire pits for cooler evenings...

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I was taking these pictures right after breakfast, and the kids were just really anxious to swim!
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Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Ten on Tuesday

1. We were driving to Taekwondo the other day and Intergalactic Planetary, by the Beastie Boys came on the radio... I turned it up a little bit and Zoey said, "Mommy, can you turn it up more?" So I did. And then she said, "Come on, Max, we need to listen to this and move around and get PUMPed for Taekwondo!"

2. This is classic Max humor- We were at the pool the other day and the kids were taking turns jumping in. One would tell the other one what kind of jump to do. They were doing puppy jumps, and letters, and twists, and cannon balls, and then Zoey told Max to do a HIGH jump. You know, jump as high up as you can go? Max gets to the side, and as he jumps off the edge, he waves and yells, "HI!"

3. We got some new scooters!! They are the malibu cruiser scooter with bigger wheels! And both kids got one, so no more fighting over one scooter! hooray;)
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The bigger wheels are nice for going over the cracks in the side walk!
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4. We returned from our vacation to this!
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5. And this picture is just for Ross... we were trying to grow grass here... and it succeeded while we were gone as well!

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6. Ross left us a sweet gift... He put tiny little love papers all around the house for us to find once we got home. 60 for each of us. They have brought many smiles for each of us as we randomly find them!

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7. I'm not sure what it means, though when lots of mine are in places involving domestic duties...

8. I'm actually hoping for a thunderstorm so that I don't have to water the grass tomorrow.

9. If you have any book recommendations I will take them... something light, easy reading and not scary or anything, would be great. I can't handle anything else when I'm alone in the house!

10. The kiddos got their haircut this week. Here is before:
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And After:
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Happy Tuesday and Hooray for August!

Zoey Getting Her Blue Belt

I don't always post about Zoey's Taekwondo progress but she is moving along and doing really well... Here she is doing a warm-up kick on the big bag...
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And getting her new, blue belt...
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Max has joined now, as well, so they have a test at the end of the month!

Bubbles, bubbles...

Playing with lots of bubbles one evening a while back... it just doesn't get old for me:)

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A little bubble bokeh for you...
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Monday, August 1, 2011

Marc's First Birthday

Our nephew celebrated his first birthday on the Fourth of July so we went up to celebrate, and I got to do a little photo shoot with the kiddo.

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Zoey is a proud cousin...
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Ross' parents were there too, so here are the Johnston boys and their parents.
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Happy Birthday, little dude

Playing in the Rain

We have had quite a few storms rage through this summer! One evening, it was so hot, and we get a little relief with a fun, gentle rain. We took the opportunity to play in the puddles and with chalk... The chalk colors were so brilliant and bright, it was a nice change.

Later the kids mentioned how fun it was. I thought so, too. Instead of running inside from the rain, we made a lasting memory... love...

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Daily Pictures...

I haven't forgotten about my daily pictures, but I definitely have been distracted... still, I have a couple from way back that I never posted...

Day 166 - robin's nest

I love the colors

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Day 171 - spider web

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