It's been a busy week

We've had a busy but fun week seeing lots of family.  Sorry for my lack of posts.  First we started out in Michigan for the 4th.   Here is the cute LL Bean bag my sister's gave me filled with toys and bath things for Kyle and a book, photo album, lotion and shower gel for me.  It was so nice of them. 

My poor sister Cindy did something to her back and was pretty much bed bound so I didn't get to see her, my brother in law or my niece and nephew.   We were both bummed about that. 

Here are a few shots of the little man.  He wasn't too thrilled about his first fourth of July photo session. (ha-ha).  But I was excited to put his new My first 4th of July shirt on him that I found at Old Navy.  I thought that was the cutest thing.

I couldn't believe it but my sister in law found the smallest little flip flops. They stayed on about 5.2 seconds but just enough to squeeze in a picture.

My dad might be 87 but he LOVES getting on the floor and playing with his newest grandson.

Aunt and uncle were having a great time meeting the new nephew.  My sister just loved him to pieces. 

Here is Kyle's first fireworks.  Luckily you can see them from my parents living room which was perfect.  No bug bites for the little guy.

Once we arrived back home some of my husband's cousins were in from Georgia.  There was more activity swimming at the pool and the lake with the little cousins on another day but I didn't have my camera with me that day. Ugh.

We also saw the Lippizan horses.  Aren't they pretty.

Well after this busy week of socializing here is how I found my two guys on Saturday, both asleep on the floor.

We went on another picnic today (Sunday) but I didn't want to bore you with too many pictures so I'll show you those tomorrow.  Hope you all had a great week and weekend.

Linda

Happy 4th of July

Wish you and your family a wonderful holiday!

How cute would these be for this weekend!

I Love Sperry boat shoes but check out these little cuties that would be perfect to sport this holiday weekend.  Too bad I didn't see these earlier.  Check them out  here . 

Have a great weekend.  Off to Michigan to see the family.  Happy 4th of July!!! 

Linda

Pink and Green Thursday

No more bees please

Yesterday I had to run to my doctor appointment and when I stopped for gas look what I found.  Well this picture is without the bees thanks to the hubs.  So since it was swarming with bees I quickly closed the door.  Unfortunately I didn't have time to go back home and switch cars since it takes 20 minutes with no traffic to get to the doctors office. 

Once I arrived at the doctors office and was getting out of my car look what else I found. It was another bee hive inside the drivers side door again swarming with bees. How I didn't see this when I was getting in I have no idea. Since I have been off on maternity leave I haven't really been using my car we have used my husbands so I guess the bees decided to make it their home. Luckily when I got home the hubs quickly took care of this problem.

Hope you are having a bee free day :-)

Linda

Nautical Lanterns

One of the not so joyful parts of summer.  BUGS!! We found some ants in our kitchen yesterday UGH!! So I ran to Walmart to get some ant traps.  I quickly forgot about the ants when I spotted these nautical lanterns. Only $5.  For that I had to get them.  I thought how cute would these be on tables or sitting around  for summer get togethers.  They also came in blue but I don't have much in blue around here so I opted not to get those.   Better Homes has a whole line now at Walmart.  They are trying to spruce things up around there I guess.

Do you all collect recipes?  I have found mine have gotten a little out of control and now can't find a recipe when I want to use it.  So today my mission is to organize those.  Since I was in Walmart I got 2 binders and some dividers and am going to try to organize some of our favorites.  I am making one binder for here and one for North Carolina.  Wish me luck.  This will probably make me so hungry today :-)

Oh I changed the background to this nautical one but it is a bit busy and the center is kind of narrow.   I am not sure if I will keep it or not.  I am going to give it a few days.  What do you think?

Hope you have a wonderful day. It is GORGEOUS here today.  It looks like we are going to have great weather all week too.  We have had so much rain I am so ready for some sunshine.

Linda

2 months old

Our little guy is 2 months old today. I can't believe 2 months have gone by already. He is getting so big.  I think he was getting tired of his mom taking so many pictures :-)  He was making so many cute expressions I couldn't help myself. Hope you all are having a great weekend. 

Summer thirst quencher

Have any of you tried the limeade sparklers from Taco Bell?  The hubs and I tried the cherry limeade the other day.  It is sooooooo good.  Perfect for the hot days of summer.  We never go to taco bell but there was a coupon in the paper a few days ago.  I LOVE cherry limeade so when I saw it I said we need to try it.  You can also get a coupon for a free one here. 

Hope you all are staying cool.  I can't believe it is already Thursday.  The week has flown by. Haven't gotten much done.  I guess just busy with baby stuff. 

Linda

Happy Father's Day

Happy Father's Day!!  I hope you dad's are having a wonderful day.  I spoke with my dad today and found out they are still without power.  We had big storms Friday and after hitting us they headed over to Michigan and my parents have been without power since Friday.  Luckily my brother got them a generator a couple of years ago so they at least have some power for the refrigerator and freezer and can turn on the TV but no air conditioner.  My dad is so surprised it has been off this long.  They have never been without power this long before.  They don't live in the country but in a subdivision but there is no word on when this will be fixed.  My sister and brother in law live a mile from my parents and they too are without power.  They went out yesterday and got a generator as well.  Luckily today is a little cooler out.  Yesterday was warm over there.  My dad was mentioning that the neighbors have been out of town so probably by the time they get back they are going to lose everything in their refrigerator and freezer.  Wouldn't you just love coming home to that mess.

Well on to our weekend.  Since yesterday was such a nice day we drove up to Williams Bay/Lake Geneva Wisconsin.  My husband has been wanting to go to the observatory for several years now.   They have the worlds largest refracting telescope.  And then we thought we would have a picnic by the lake so I tested out the new thermal tote.  It works great.

Here are a few pictures of the hubs and Kyle on his first father's day weekend.  This was Kyles first big outing and first picnic.  He was loving it.

Some pictures of beautiful Lake Geneva.