Patrick Murphy vs. Russell Crowe

I heart Gaelic Storm. :)

Stop Hitting Yourself

Butt itch

So we've all had an itchy butt, right? But, I can't say as I've ever fallen asleep mid scratch.......

So my hair is the same color as a door...what of it?!

Pics from our trip to Saylorville

Here are a few pictures from out trip a couple weeks back on Rob's cousin, Steph's pontoon boat. It's a pretty sweet boat, with a potty, grill and overhead cover. The kids had fun being pulled behind the boat....and Rob too. It's really hard to get a good picture, though.

First day of school

Today Emma started kindergarten and Kyle started 5th grade. Both had a pretty easy time of it, reminding me of when my brother and I started kindergarten and the 5th grade.....only one of us had an easy time with that, though. My brother had a shit fit and had to be carried into the school over the principal's shoulder to my utter 5th grade embarrassment. None of that for Emma. She was a trooper and couldn't wait for me to get the hell out of there. I ran some errands and then came home. I was waiting around to see if I'd cry or get emotional about my baby starting kindergarten. Apparently we're both cold hearted bitches. ;) Kyle was cool about it too...like being patient and helpful with Emma. Interestingly enough, he is in the same class with my niece, Andrea, so I got a quick pic of those two before class started.

Fair Photos

Been busy lately, so here's what you get....Iowa State Fair photos. I've got a shit ton more from other various activites, but I'll do the editing for those after the kids go back school. You know, in 2 days!!!!!!

Yum

Now THIS is what a well defined man should look like with his shirt off.

Birthday, Batman, Step Bros. and a table

This past weekend we celebrated Kyle's 11th birthday with the family at Old Chicago. It's hard to believe he is that old already. He's only got one more year of elementary school for Christ's sake!!!!! Here are a couple of pictures from that. How do you like the cake I made....very professional huh? ;)


We also went and saw 2 movies, Batman and Step Brothers. Heath Ledger did do a very good/creepy Joker. I like how they never really told you how he ended up that way. And although Christian Bale may be a mother/sister assaulter, he was looking mighty fine. Plus, I love how he sounds like Dirty Harry when he is in his Batman suit.
Step Brothers was of course, stupid and quite funny. I love that kind of humor, so it was right up my alley. I laughed my ass off when Will Ferrell rubbed his fake ball sack all over the drum set. Good times......
We also got a new dining room table. This one is a little bigger and works better at this house. Plus we upgraded to 6 chairs instead of 4 although, 3 of them are on back order. :( I post a pic, when we get them and it looks all purdy.

Wanted

We saw this really awful movie this weekend called "Wanted" with Angelina Jolie. Here is a yahoo review that pretty much sums up the awful-ness of it:

Just shockingly awful. The movie is ludicrous in a matter of seconds, and finds a way to continue the ridiculousness. Somebody should have stopped whoever wrote this at draft one. Lines like this is the 'loom of fate'?! Is that intentionally funny? And this is a group of killer weavers??? Was that chosen after mercenary hairstylists was rejected? This movie as a video game would be embarrassing, let alone as a movie. I actually felt bad for Angelina Jolie having to give her horrifically written speech (her only moment to do more than act like a skinny bad ass).

The only thing I'd add was that we saw it with these 2 girls behind us that were loving every minute of it. So, they would make comments constantly like "Oh, snap!"
Good Lord.

It reminds me of a line from the movie "The Princess Bride"

"Dear God, what is that thing?"

Is that what I think it is?

Last night Rob and I were doing some yard work. He was mowing and I was pulling weeds. We live on a corner lot, so when I was pulling weeds from the cracks in the sidewalk, I had to round the corner. What did I find while having my head down looking for weeds? None other than a nasty, used up, old condom. Right there on the sidewalk where my children play and ride their bikes. Fucking gross!!!! I told Rob that he'd better put on a Haz-mat suit and pick that shit up before the kids saw it. It came from some one's trash so I guess it is good to know that our neighbors practice safe sex. ;)

July 4

Here are some random pics of our 4th of July:




The first one is my kids with my niece and nephew, the second is just Kyle and Emma and the third is Rob and I with the kids. We spent the day at Rob's parents house and their neighbors lit off some fireworks. It was nice just be able to watch from the yard instead of driving somewhere and fighting traffic. This year was crazy as far as weather was concerned. I think it was the first year that I can remember not having the air conditioning on. That's worth writing home about. ;)

A tad over dressed, wouldn't you say?

Pool

Here are some pics of the kids playing in our new pool. It is one that I got last fall on clearance for 30 bucks. I, of course, didn't really think through exactly how/where we would put this pool, I just wanted one. So this summer when it was actually time to put it up.....we wound up spending over $200 on lumber and supplies to make a level deck for it and for the chemicals that are needed. Whoops! But anyway, the kids have been playing in it almost everyday and I didn't have to buy a pool pass, so I think it was worth it.

Bowling

And here are a few pictures of Kyle from bowling camp last week:

Tennis

Here are some pics of Emma at her tennis lessons from this week:

Fishing pictures

Here are some photos that Rob took while he and Kyle were up in Canada:

Hairhats

Check out these freaky pieces of shit.

Stuff

Let's see......there has been a lot going on lately. The kids are done with school. The link is for a youtube video of Emma performing a song for her last day of preschool program. Rob and Kyle are currently in Canada for their yearly fishing trip, and my mom is here visiting Emma and I while they are gone. We got our "rock patch" finished and I'll post some before and after pictures of that. My mom and I took Emma to Jordan Creek the other night and we stayed around for some fireworks. It was cool except that almost every spot of grass has goose turds that we had to avoid. ;) I also got season passes to Adventureland for the summer. We went last Friday and I was pleasantly surprised that Emma is not only tall enough to go on most of the rides, but that she is willing. This is going to be a crazy summer!