Here are some random kid shots. We've been pretty busy lately. It's birthday party season again--Blake had two parties Saturday and has had two others before that. We had one of Blake's friends from school (Adam) and his parents over Sunday night for fajitas. They came to help us out with a nasty infestation we have going on....what's taking over our lives, you ask? TICKS...yes, I said ticks! They have cleared the fields in front of our neighborhood and we've had so many problems ever since. Construction noise, the mice (yes, we had a mice nest in the back yard) and now this....I found ticks on Jackson, which prompted an investigation. We found close to 30 ticks live and dead in our bedroom....gross! I had to treat the backyard with something you use for your pool--diatomaceous earth...it doubles as an all natural way to treat for bugs. Adam's parents had another pool chemical they sprayed the perimeter of the yard with. We've treated Jackson as well...so gross!!!! I've been working nearly every Saturday at PBK, so that's been leaving me with very little rest time. What can you do, I suppose.
Two of my coworkers and I have signed up for boot camp! Yes, we're ready to get our butts kicked into shape! Not to worry, I will have my camera handy (don't tell either of them...heehee) to take pictures along the way. The class starts Sept. 29th and is four weeks long, three nights a week for an hour. I'm so over being fat! I have 15 lbs to lose before I reach my pre-pregnancy weight and then I'd love to lose another 30 on top of that. For now, I'll be happy with a 20lb loss....we shall see.
Blake is going to play soccer this Fall. Matthew is a year older than Blake and will be turning five in October, so he can't be on the 4 and under league anymore, sadly, so the boys won't be able to play on the same team this time around. We've got one of Blake's friends from school (Aaron) who is all signed up to play with Blake this time around. Bryce isn't interested in soccer, so he keeps telling me soccer is my sport....should be interesting! I played soccer in high school....granted, I sucked, but whatever! I can teach my son how to play! Maybe he'll be better than I was.
Putting it together
Kendall watched from the safety of her exersaucer
Jackson was dying to get up there and play with everyone!
Gramma Pam wanted to get Blake a trampoline for his birthday and spent some time researching ads on Craigslist when she came across an ad boasting a free trampoline to the first person who would come and haul it away. Sounded too good to be true, but she and Bryce went to check it out anyway. Well, sure enough, it was true to its word! They loaded up the trampoline and brought it back to our house a few weeks ago and it sat for awhile due to the tick problem (which, by the way, has been taken care of, thank God!!!). About three weeks ago, Pam and Bryce put it up in our backyard. It's been fun having it! The net was broken, so we're having to order a new one, but that's ok. it's really a nice trampoline for being absolutely free (well, a little elbow grease went into taking it down, loading it up and then putting it back up). We no longer have a backyard, the thing is so huge, but Blake likes it, so that's what counts!
