Whew!!

We had a crazy busy weekend. UA 4th of July parade on Saturday. Then Tim's 16 year HS reunion 2 hours away (yeah, you read that right. 16!) . We spent the night with my parents and then drove back on Sunday to host an impromptu picnic at our house with a few of our friends. Then yesterday afternoon we had a picnic at the house of one of Tim's co-workers where the kids played on this giant water slide/pool thing and were occupied by kids older than them (hmmm, maybe having a few 8 - 10 year olds around wouldn't be a bad thing!). Whew! I am exhausted (and I was off on Friday, too!). All in all a very fun weekend, though.


The theme at the UA parade this year is one that would make my Dad & Aunt Kathy very happy -- BUCKEYES!! Here are a few pictures and a little video I shot from the parade (the video is dedicated to my dad & aunt K . . . that is the OSU alumni band playing in the background).

Weekend of Firsts

The weekend was full of lots of "firsts". On Friday Ashley braved the unknown and took B&K to see their first "mooooovie" (as K says it) at a theatre. They went to see Toy Story 3 and had a blast (although A said it was really sad . . . so words of warning if you haven't seen it yet).

On Saturday we took B&K to the zoo to meet up with one of my college friends and his family. B&K fed some fancy birds while we were there . . . the zoo worker was amazed at how brave they were because she said most little kids get freaked out by the birds (they come right up on you and eat from these little cups).





On Sunday we attempted to put B&K in their toddler beds (in the same room). I say "attempted" because we put the sides back on after two hours of running around during naptime. On to plan "B" (which at one point was our plan A) -- we're going to move them into their own rooms and *then* convert to toddler beds. So stay tuned for more info on that . . .

As if that wasn't enough excitement, we took B&K to their first professional baseball game Sunday night (well, actually at the perfect time, 5pm). We have a Triple A team in town and they built an AWESOME new stadium last year (this is where we went to see DMB last week, for those of you who were blessed with my drunk FB messages a week ago! LOL!). It was super, duper, uber hot, but we found a little splash fountain inside the stadium and everyone was cool after that. We fed B&K a dinner of champions (hot dogs, peanuts and blue cotton candy) and they had so much fun they slept almost til 8:30 the next morning! Woo-hoo!

Triple Dip Shop!

Late last year I purchased this shirt from my friend Pam's shop, Triple Dip Shop.





{except mine is black. Oh and no offense meant at parents of singletons, for sure!}

I wore it to the Twins Sale last fall and received a gazillion comments on it. Pam's shop has a ton of cute things for parents of (and grandparent of / friends of) multiples. And she is currently doing a giveaway on her blog -- click here to enter for a $20 credit!! (and bonus - you can spend some time looking at adorable photos of her triplet boys!!).

Walk it out

Last weekend we attended the Lung Walk in memory of my good friend Jenn's mom. My mom & her twin sister Anna Marie came to town to hang with us for the weekend and they joined in on the walk, too. All-in-all it was a great day -- all the kids were good and we made it to our cars before the rains came.

{and a HUGE thanks to J for making the shirts. You can't really see it, but K's says "Poop on Cancer" and B's, Louden & Keegan's says "Cancer Sucks" and L&K have a shout out to their Maw Maw on the back of the shirts}.

Friends & good causes

My very good friend, Jenn, lost her mother to small cell lung cancer three years ago. I cannot imagine what she has been through, but I know Jenn's mom must have been an amazing, caring, funny, cool lady because her daughter is one awesome person. I am so lucky to have a friend like Jenn.

On Saturday, B&K and I (and my mom, too!) will be joining Jenn and her boys Louden & Keegan on the Lung Walk in Columbus. If you are in town and you want to participate, please join Jenn's team, Murray Boys. If you'd like to support our team and this great cause, please click on the link HERE.

Night, night Daddy!

Ok, get ready for it. These may be the cutest videos I've posted in a long, long time.










To explain . . . I finally signed up for skype (so if you are a family member who skypes email me and we can get in touch!). When Tim started traveling so much several people asked if we would skype with Tim. At first I was worried it would confuse the kids (because now when I get on the phone with anyone they start screaming "HI DADDY!" even though I'm not talking to him). But we've been practicing this skype thing with my parents & brother this week and the kids LOVE it! And I love the camera because the kids love it so much they will actually sit still and be all cute (they love to watch themselves on the screen). So while I hope this is Tim's last extended trip for a while, at least we know we'll have a way to see him while he is gone (time difference permitting).

Catching Up . . .

I know, I know. There I go taking a 2 week hiatus again. Let's see . . .

Tim flew home just before the Memorial Holiday. We had an awesome weekend. First, on Saturday, we participated in a Pub Crawl for Cancer (officially the BEST fundraiser I've ever participated in!!) with our friends Nick & Jodi, Erin, Scott and a few others.






Then on Sunday we had a few of our good friends over for a cook-out. Here is where I'd insert pictures of all of the kids & adults having fun, but these were the only pictures I took the entire day.









Monday we relaxed. A lot. And then we worked and found ourselves at another weekend in which we were able to spend some time visiting with Tim's Aunt Nanci & Uncle Ted who were in town from Florida. B&K had a super fun time hanging out with them!

And now, after some drama getting there, Tim is back in Europe for the next 2 weeks. He flew out last night and will be home again on the 18th. We're suffering a bit with colds (B has had a fever all weekend, the dog has some bacterial stomach thing and K is a snotty mess. I am too). Plus it seems as though toddler separation anxiety has set in hard core with Bennett. If anyone has advice there I'd love to hear it. Nothing like hearing "no work mommy. No peees!" through crying screams as you are leaving every morning. Ugh.

I think that is all for now. I'm working on a vocabulary and funny things B&K do/say post; hopefully I'll get that up sometime this week.