On Saturday, we ended up hanging out at home a good portion of the day as Ty had to replace the radiator in his car. :( That poor man and his car. He is SUCH a trooper with it! Its a dinosaur now.....14 years old and close to 300,000 miles on it, but he vows he will just drive it until it stops so that we can avoid another car payment. How awesome is he?! I can honestly say that I don't think I would be such a good sport! But he is, and I'm thankful! Anyway, I digressed. So Saturday, after I took a long walk with my neighbor Kristin and Tess, and while Ty worked, Luke, Ellie and I busied ourselves around the house. We played and cleaned and played some more. You know...the usual. Luke kept telling me "Someday, mama, when I'm big like Daddy, I'm gonna work on my car too with my Bob the Builder tools!!" Awwww....sweet boy! He's been saying things like that a lot... "when I'm big, I'm gonna...." I love that!
That evening, Gloria came to stay with the kids while Ty and I went to a friend's 30th birthday party in Yucaipa. We had SUCH a blast! Happy belated birthday, Tami!! She went all out on this luau! Catering, masses of desserts, drinks, food. She even had an Elvis impersonator!! It was the best time I'd had in ages!!!! (The several drinks I consumed probably aided in that! LOL! But hey....its not often that I get out, so I had to live it up a little, right?!) We stayed late at the party and returned to a sleeping house, and we were soon to follow! Gloria had offered to stay the night so that we didn't have to worry about what time we got home, which was great!
Sunday was of-course Father's Day and we had plans to have breakfast with my parents at their house. Luke, of-course, had his plans to be up at the crack of dawn (literally, when the sun begins to make its debut, so does he!) so I was a little unhappy when, at 5:41....just 4 and a half short hours after I had gone to bed, he was ready to begin his day. **sigh** Soooo...we were up bright and early and let Ty sleep just a smidge longer. Gloria came along with us to my parents' house and had a lovely breakfast together. We came home around lunchtime and we ALL napped a bit before heading to a bbq at Ty's aunt's house in the afternoon. We were able to take the kids swimming during the bbq and Luke had SUCH a blast kicking and playing with Daddy! That child LOVES the water as much as I did as a kid! He would have stayed in there all afternoon if we had let him! It was Ellie's first time in the big pool and she loved it too! I was surprised, especially after her trepidation both at the beach and in our kiddie pool. But she happily splashed and played as I held her! Not even so much as a whimper at the cool water! So we swam, and ate and relaxed. It was nice! It wasn't quite the Father's Day I had envisioned for Ty, but I know that he was happy just to be together and spend time with his favorite three! :) That was his only request of the day, after all. And that is what we did. Just enjoyed each other.
Unfortunately, I did not take any pictures of the day (how bad am I?!) but I did take some time later to do a little photo shoot with the kids so that Ty could have an updated picture of his three favorites. :) I have plenty more pictures to share with you soon, but for now, here is the best one (and a self portrait no less! Gotta love that camera's have timers on 'em!!!).
More to come in a day or two....stay tuned!
1 comment:
Great picture!
Love, Mom
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