Holy Lightbulb!

We got together with a bunch of friends to watch NASCAR yesterday. We were in the middle of eating dinner when our area was hit with a severe thunderstorm. The girls were sitting at the dinner table with all the kiddos and my one friend exclaimed "Holy cow!" after a particular lightning bolt lit up the sky. We were all running around the house looking out windows because there was some crazy hail coming down for a while. Once we all settled down and got back to eating Chase started exclaiming "holy lightbulb!" everytime lightning shot across the sky. It was hysterical and also a good reminder that he is copying everything we say right now.

The kids

This is Alexa's everyday personality. She's such a pleasure to be around!

Our "little man" hanging out with his best bud.

(I think he was trying to mimic the cat rolling upside down)

We're still here

I just wanted to let everyone know that I am still trying to keep up with our blog. We lost our computer to a nasty virus several weeks ago and have been trying to get everything back up and working on our new computer. I LOVE the new computer; it's just taking some time to get used to everything. Our old computer was a "dinosaur" so there is a learning curve with all that's changed. Our old monitor was about two feet deep, front to back, just to give you an idea of the age of it. I hated it and am so happy for a flat screen monitor and quiet tower. We can finally see the top of our desk! :-)
I'll be back to post new pictures and some updates as soon as possible. Taking care of two kids leaves a lot less "free" time! We'll be seeing you soon...

To Catch a Thief...

...or in this case a vandal.

Here's the story. Howard installed lattice around the base of our deck this summer. It looked really nice until one day I realized that something had chewed part of one of the openings bigger.

Grrr! We were not pleased but had no idea what was doing it. We did see a rabbit run out from under our deck once and the neighbors have all been complaining of a rabbit wreaking havoc on decks and flower beds.

We set out a humane trap last week and lo and behold we caught ourselves a rabbit! (Don't worry no animals were harmed. We took the vandal to my brother's house where the rabbit was released into the woods). After we caught it we found out it had chewed through another part of the lattice. Apparently this critter had something against white, vinyl lattice. At least we feel like we got justice for the damage caused.

Cars

We said we were never going to buy a themed blanket set for our kids. We said we just wouldn't do it! Then we went to the store to buy bedding for Chase and couldn't find anything remotely appropriate for a kid and bought a complete "Cars" themed bed set. Chase's reaction was worth it. We took him to his room to show him the bed and he did a sharp intake of breath and then just started grinning ear-to-ear. He loves going to bed at night because of the cars all over his bed.

Howard and I were both sick last week and decided that we would let Chase watch the movie "Cars" with us since we weren't up to running around. Chase was so excited! It was a real treat because we don't let him watch TV except for NASCAR races. He now knows that his bedding is related to the movie. His favorite part was the tractor tipping that Mater and Lightning McQueen did. He has a toy tractor that he pretends to tip over complete with the sound effects from the movie which is hysterical.

Now, I will say that even though we bought the bedding we aren't going any farther with the theme. Chase loves anything car related which is why the bedding works but we are not going to feed into any "Cars" obsession. A little goes a long way if you know what I mean. :-)

Makeovers

I've really been wanting to learn how to do my own makeup (Sarah not Howard!) so my sister-in-law Kendal set up at appointment at Macy's yesterday. We both got our makeup done and enjoyed an afternoon at the mall. Of course we took before and after shots. I can't believe how different we looked. I've never worn that much makeup in my life! It made me feel really pretty. :-) If the makeup didn't cost so much I would have bought everything they used. Instead Kendal and I are going to try and find good quality makeup for a whole lot less! Then I still have to try to apply it the same way. Stay tuned...

Of course I had to play around with the camera a little too!

Hmmm...

We think someone might be a little jealous of all the cool baby gear Alexa gets to spend time in...