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More Good Times with the Greene’s Cousins….

The Greene’s were on vacation this week and we were able to spend sometime with them at the Children’s Musueum. A fun place, but even funner when your cousins are there!

(oh, but first, lunch with daddy!)
Truman and his hotdog…
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Of course a meat and cheese for Tuck…
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Icecream to share….
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And a handsome man I love…
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Gotta love the Cafeteria. yum.
Then we were off to the museum…
Cousins!
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Making Music…
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Had to put this shot it… Tucker is getting to big for the cars, oh how time flies. (and the motorcycle was not out this time. Truman was disappointed.)
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Tucker taking Belle to the store…(Once they were there Belle did the shopping, adn Tucker ‘circled’ outside waiting for her…funny, funny)
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Working together…
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Truman working hard…
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We usually don’t spend much time here in the kitchen, we spent a little more time there that day! Truman looked darling in the perfect size kids kitchen…
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Ikey made me a picnic there too, lucky me!
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Truman still loves to shop..
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Here is one of the movies we made at the cartoon corner. I thought it was funny!
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The helicopter is always a favorite spot. Luckily we caught a dry patch of weather for a few minutes,
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The boys discovered this dog house. And spent alot of time taking care of the dog. I guess they really never noticed it before…
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Playing with the shapes,
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Giant legos are fun to build with, like building giant kitty house for Tru….
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You wouldn’t think that….

taking down the neighbors tree would elicit such excitement in the neighborhood. But it did. Instead of running errands, we hung out with the neighborhood crew and watched the tree come down, and believe you me, it was the highlight of the kids week. Go figure!
Before shot…
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Tying a rope to the top…
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The crew eagerly watching,
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Begining to saw
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Leaning, leaning,
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And it’s down.
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This machine came and picked it up, and carried it to the chipper.
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After shot…
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The whole process only took about 10 minutes, once they begun. They were wicked crazy fast, we also watched them do the other neighbors trees. Gotta love these summer days..

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Summer Days and the Living is Easy…

Well Almost.
Already we’ve done many of our favorite summer activities, and the summer is just starting.
We’ve continue to go swimming on regular basis…
The first jump is always the coldest…
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After we’re all wet, it’s best to sit next to the pool, and play with the toys. As it’s still not hot enough to sit in the pool…
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Running through the sprinklers is still a big hit…
I love this pose, Tucker did it a few times before running through the sprinklers. Funny, funny, boy.
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Lying on the towels. Nothing like that feeling of being freezing cold, then feeling that hot sun warming you up!
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Eating popsicles...
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Wedding Receptionswhich during summertime, there seems to be alot of these! (We went to one with Grams and Gramps, after which, Gramps and Tucker made a ‘dog house’ together, nice work uh?)
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A good BBQ with the Greene Crew…
Waiting for the food to cook, getting in a good read with Aunt Amy.
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Hotdog Kabob
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Doesn’t Eric look good with a Goatee? I think so!
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Never get sick of this face or this shot…
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Slugs anyone?
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And of course, what is summer without some sort of dare-devil activities?
Grams helping Truman get geared up…
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Nothing like a football helmet to keep you safe…
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All ready…
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Ikey wanted in on the action…
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And Trumans video, complete with a few falls.
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Ah, summer is here!

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A Tree House

A tree house, a free house,
A secret you and me house,
A high up in the leafy branches
Cozy as can be house.

A street house, a neat house,
Be sure and wipe your feet house
Is not my kind of house at all~
Let’s go live in a tree house.

Shel Silverstein

Treehouse Building Complete.
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It happened a little while ago actually, and I’ve waiting to get some shots with the boys in it. But it has either been raining or we’ve been somewhere else…But Saturday there was no excuse to stay away from it. No rain, no errands to run, or places to be. I got a few funny pics…
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So here it is, just waiting to be stained,…..and lived in. 🙂

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Another Greene Weekend!

What a good time we had. I love being an aunt, and spending an extended time with my niece and nephew. I love it.
This weekend, we thought it would be good to get out of the house a little bit, and get out some energies, so we went to a place that had a lot of big bouncey blow up slides and houses, and let the children bounce it all out!
Oh, cousins, Tuck and Belle ready to play–
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Look at ’em all, still ready to play!
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And bounce we did! First the kids went up
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and then
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down.
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Truman loved doing ‘flips’
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Ikey loved the Dinosaurs
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I couldn’t help posting this picture, look at Belles face. I wish I would have caught it all!
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On the snails,
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After watching the children for a few minutes, Toph decided he wanted to play too, and went and got a ticket. Who says boys grow up? 🙂
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Smiley Belle
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Never get sick of this sweet angelic face…Trubee.
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Handsome Ikey,
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And the only picture I got of Tucker that’s not blurry. How is it possible for him to be a blur in all the rest? I am going to start calling him Dash…he,he.
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What a good time we had jumping, as well as having the Greene’s at our home! Love you guys!

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Perfect Distraction…

for my boys,
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so I could get dinner cooked.
Love moments like this…boys sitting side by side, me cooking dinner, anticipating my sweetheart to come home from work. A Happy Moment.

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T-Ball

Tuckers first organized sport experience began last night.
Running bases (doesn’t he look happy?):
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With Coach Panter:
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Practicing Catching:
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What a good looking team:
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The season is beginning and we had our first practice, we know 7 of the 11 members on the team, and it was fun to sit and socialize as parents, while the kids learned the ropes. Truman was also on the sidelines…watching, and learning, and I am sure wishing he could be there too. Next year Trubee, next year…Until then we are going to practice cheering for our friends! I love T-ball. Everyone wins and no one looses. Perfect introduction into this world of sports!

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The day my brain just broke….

So we all have days like these. One lesson I am learning, (and have learned) over and over again in my life, is sometimes you just can’t worry about things, they are out of your control. Live life, and love it, but sometimes it is hard to stop and remember that….especially when you do stupid things. One after another, after another.

So yesterday was a LONG day, because my brain broke. Pure and simple. Occasionally we all have days like these, but this one was a doozie of a day…and one I want to forget…but yet I know that recording is part of the learning process, and I want to learn this lesson so I don’t have to repeat it again! (and I am sure some day this will be funny.)

SO LETS BEGIN ON TUESDAY….

If my brain was working, I would have not put all 3 sets of keys in different bags, then placed them in the car, instead of putting one in my pocket, or someplace else.

If my brain was working, I would have realized that although my children had been in the car, for what seemed like hours to them and although they were dying to get out and feed the ducks, we really weren’t in that big of a hurry.

If my brain was working I would have not grabbed my camera, food for the ducks, my children, then slammed all the doors. I would have realized that all three sets of keys were inside the car, that I just locked up.

If my brain was working I would have sunblocked the kids and myself before starting the day like I usually do, instead of bringing the sunblock with me in the car.
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If my brain was working, I would have realized that the food/drinks we had just purchased to eat for a picnic lunch for my sisters birthday, were sitting on an angle on the front seat of the car just tipping enough to cause the liquid to leak out, especially the Wendys chocolate frosties, to slowly drip onto the seat. Eventually causing a nice little puddle. And it was a hot day, hot enough that I really wanted that frosty. Not the melted one, but the thought of a nice refreshing cold one.
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If my brain was working, I would not have asked my sister to bring hangers with her when she came to have lunch (the lunch she never got to eat by the way) so I could try to use those hangers to unlock the car. I don’t know how to use hangers to do that, why would I ask her to bring ’em? Because my brain was broken. Nothing like a birthday picnic with out the food, sorry again Amy!

If my brain had been working, I would have made the children save the bread we had brought to feed the ducks, so they could eat it. Where are my survival skills. It’s a good thing we weren’t just dropped someplace like in the Sahara or something….oh.
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If my brain had been working, I would have realized that letting your children run around in the hot sun, chasing the birds, not only makes the children hot but also thirsty. I would have encouraged them to sit under a shady tree, and watch the foul. Nope. Silly Brain.
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If my brain had been working, when my sweet sister in law showed up with sunblock and water, I would have applied the sunblock to myself. (I remembered the children). Thank goodness she came, she graciously watched the children at the playground, while I waited, and waited, and waited for the locksmith.

If my brain had been working, I would have not been as frustrated at the situation, and been able to think logically.

If my brain had been working, I would have just been rude to a man who kept driving past me and kept looking at me as I sat pathetically by my car. This man after staring at me, as he circled around many times, then proceeded to get out of his truck blow snot on the grass, then using inappropriate vocabulary, try to start up a conversation and ‘pick me up’. Although his missing front teeth were attractive, (And let’s not forget to mention the fact he was blowing snot, and etc.), I decided to try to end the conversation as quickly as possible, and hope that my sister in law could see me, or the tree hugger man who was feeding the ducks behind me would save me if this weird man tried to abduct me.

If my brain was working I would have realized that the crazy locksmith called from 3 different numbers, came in a car (almost 2 hours later) with a weird license plate, then gave me a receipt with yet another different telephone number on it. My brain was working a little better at this point, and I began to feel a little anxious about this ‘shady man’ and then began to worry he may be try to steal my credit card information.

If my brain had been working, I would have realized that the price he charged me was an large amount of money, and later was informed that often times police will come open it for free.

It my brain had been working, as I loaded my children in the car, I would have realized that Truman was drinking the ranch dressing that was meant to be dipping sauce for his chicken nuggets. Well, lets be honest, maybe at this point I did realize he was drinking it, but at this point, I didn’t care….

If my brain had been working, I would have realized when we picked up the baseball mitt that Tucker needed for T-ball Practice that evening, that it was a LEFTY mitt, and my son is right handed. Yep, I am embarrassed to admit, I even had him try it on…
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I didn’t even get to take that good of pictures, so there are a few, but I blame the lack of good pictures on the fact that my brain was broken….I was just glad to climb in bed last night….grateful that for a majority of my life my brain works well, and the remembrance that because of the bitter we know the joy…. Man did today (Wednesday) seem joyful, my brain functioned better. Therefore by default it was a delightful day.

**I forgot to mention that my sweetheart helped me call the locksmiths, and dealt with my crazy, broken brain, thanks sweets! I am sure he was ready for a good nights sleep last night too! **

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Why potty training is a bad thing…

When the reward is Krispie Kream Doughnuts, and I eat more than I should…
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But the boys LOVE this place.
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And when it is earned, we all celebrate together–which is not so good for my waistline! 🙂

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Graduation…

It’s official, Kindergarten here we come!
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Our video camera died, so not video for this, but we did get a few shots.
Walking out to the stage.
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He gave Gramps the Hang-loose sign…
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And Toph the I love you sign.
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For some reason, his hat would not stay tight around his head, and he spent most of the program with his eyes covered, looking out from underneath the bottom of his hat.
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Diploma
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With his teachers, Mrs. Kylee
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and Mrs. Rachel, they were awesome, and Tucker will miss them, and I hope he will remember them!
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Picture with Gramps, Tucker was so glad he could come, and didn’t quite understand gramps humor when he would jokingly ask him, “what are you going to do next Tucker? Harvard, Stanford?”
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One of my new favorite shots,
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With friends Austin, Andrea, and Kaedri.
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Playing at the playground with Gramps,
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Afterwords we went to McDonalds to enjoy an ice-cream…Congrats to my little Tuck Man! Watch out Kindergarten, here we come!