Celebrating Summer

It sure was hard to go to work yesterday.
After the long weekend, we are so ready for summer.  Plus we have very special guests in town for the next few weeks.

Since Memorial Day weekend is the unofficial start to summer, we did a few summer like things.
We went to the farmers market.

 Levi only asked a dozen times if we could get strawberries.

And of course we had the whole family over for a BBQ on Monday afternoon.

 It was great to actually have the whole family here together.

I've got to make this a quick update since we have two boys to get into bed tonight.  I'll plan on posting later this week.  Levi is enjoying all his time with his cousins.  (Especially one 6 year old boy cousin who he thinks is just the coolest kid he's ever seen.)
This is the kid he's talking about:

Levi informed me tonight that Sawyer is his "best friend."

Umbrella Planter

The weather has been amazing the last few weeks and we've been working outside a lot.

I've been meaning to share this little project, but this week was totally crazy!  Our evenings were so busy.

Gabe got the inspiration for our umbrella here.

Step one:

Put river rock into the bottom of a large planter/pot.  Put 2 feet of ABS pipe into the river rock. 

Step two:

Put one 50 lb bag of mixed concrete into the planter.

Step three:
Put wooden dowels into the concrete and leave them in until the concrete is dry.

Step four:
Put potting soil in and plant!

And here's a picture of what our deck looks like now with our new table and umbrella!
Now all we need is a new deck!
That's our big outside project scheduled for some time in July/August.

Happy "Muvers" Day

That's what it sounds like when Levi wishes me a Happy Mother's Day.  It's pretty dang cute!

We've had an awesome weekend.
80 degree weather sure helps us enjoy the few days we have off to their fullest.
Today, I wanted to celebrate Mother's day by spending time with my favorite guys.
Gabe made us amazing cinnamon rolls for a late breakfast this morning. 

And then we spent the day just playing outside and enjoying the sun.
Since this is Sunday, and we do love good food at our house, Gabe grilled dinner.

Levi told me several times that he's getting me a green Ferrari for Mother's Day.  But it has yet to appear in the driveway, so I may have to wait for it to arrive next year.
Pretty sure that's the gift he wants to give me because it's his favorite race car (other than Lightening) and green is my favorite color.  I was given some much needed the spa time by the boys.  I sure do need a hair cut/color and a massage.  Hopefully I can get in next weekend!
I'm going to try coloring my hair for the first time.  I've been talking about it for months as more and more gray hairs are sprouting.  But when Levi told me this week at dinner that my hair is "dark brown with some gray in the back" the final decision was made.

We are very thankful for all the "Muvers" in our lives.

Happy Mother's Day!

Solo Sunday

Actually, Levi and I have been solo all weekend.
Gabe's been racing down gravel roads co-driving for his friend Doug.

The rally started out at PIR on Friday evening.  I decided to take my last personal day (if I don't use them I loose them) and we went out to watch for a little while.
Here's Gabe and Levi with the race car.  Levi says the car is "good".  He would LOVE the car to be red!  (I love the decal of Mt. Hood on the hood!)

Levi got to try out the co-driver's seat.

He liked it.  But was very concerned about how dirty the car is.  Apparently, in his mind, all race cars are really clean.

So Levi and I have had a fun weekend here at home.
We took a trip to the park and library.
We had a little movie night.  We watched this together because Levi's pretty into bugs right now.  I didn't remember the mean grasshoppers.  It was a little scarier than I thought it would be!

We did the grocery shopping together.  (Which Gabe and Levi usually do so he was a big help!)
We planted our garden.

Yes...those are Lightening McQueen garden gloves and spade.  I couldn't resist them!  Probably one of the reasons it's a good idea that Gabe do most of the shopping in our house.
We had a picnic lunch outside.

 And after lunch we blew bubbles while enjoying the sunshine. 

 

The weekend had it's ups and downs (like an over tired toddler refusing to nap yesterday.)

But I got in a work out every day during nap time.  And since Gabe was gone, I spent my time reading this.  Great story!  I highly recommend it.

What I didn't get done was laundry and dishes.  They sure have piled up.

I dropped Levi off at Grandma and Grandpa G's house after nap time so I could do some clothes shopping and have a night off myself.

Since I have the evening to myself, I must choose between "the chores" or "the crafts".  But I might just choose a glass (or two) of wine and a half hour in the hot tub.