tonka push

he will bribe anyone with two arms 

to push him around in his dump truck.

there's not a happier baby than chase 

when bumping around on the grass in the metal tonka trunk.

usually covered in sand and dirt.

the truck too.

biker brigade

neighborhood biker brigade=a bunch of boys on their bikes.

this is what summer's all about.

JACK-O-fruit

ATTENTION! ATTENTION!

1st pumpkin is growing!

overachiever pumpkin plant.

can you see it?!

can't wait for them to fill my back fence and pick them for our porch.

oh happy day:)

DIY=Do It Yourself & Brennan rides a 2-wheel bike

yes, i'm seriously THAT dense.

and i seriously don't think about things like that until a long time after everyone else has.

it's embarrassing sometimes,

but mostly just funny when everything starts clicking and it all comes together for me.

D-E-N-S-E.

{i am not responsible for grammatical or punctuation errors 

while texting and sitting on a couch. or anywhere else for that matter.}

good grief.

my brain and i.

we have a funny funny life up inside of my head.

in other news...

brennan learned to ride a 2-wheel bike.

it's big business around these parts.

B-I-G.

{not notorious b-i-g and p-diddy though, just B-I-G as in big. the word.}

{in case your brain is as funny as mine.}

he is so proud of himself.

i love to sit and watch him ride back and forth between the fence and the fire hydrant.

he seems so much more grown up now.

it must be july

{a load of cousins in the pool. the temp spiked. we all flocked.}
...
'cause it's monday 
and 105 degrees outside.

i don't want to be anywhere else but that pool right there for the rest of the week.

even chase is trained to only walk in the shade.

i always forget to bring his shoes.

i'm not as skinny as this picture makes me look. 

in my brain i am:) 

and that's the beauty of my 30 and 1/2 year old state.

but i sure do like to stare at it b/c there's nothing like a good bathing suit picture 

of yourself to turn a girl into a vain woman for at least few minutes.

{take a picture of yourself from up high. it will do you justice every time.}

the varicose veins on the backs of my legs are scaring the small children and teenagers.

the heat is just not conducive to them.

the veins.

not the children and teenagers.

my cousins may never have babies. 

it's bad. REAL{ly} bad.

ouch.

it's just too hot to wear anything else.

just say no to heat over 100 degrees.

or anything over 87. 

whichever.

this is why i could never live in arizona.

that and the scorpions.

barf.

except when the sun goes down.

and it's 100 degrees and dark.

then 100 is ok.

not just ok.

perfect

perfect

PERFECT.

:):):)

which is why my kids haven't been to bed before 10pm in over a week.

b/c at 8pm the day finally gets going.

it must be july:)

jump, jump, jump

my mom and i taught sean how to double dutch swing the ropes in the big room this afternoon.

i tried three times to get into the jump of it.

i blame the ropes.

too short for my grown womanly height of 5'5".

psh.

then we taught brennan how to jump the big single rope.

this is why everyone should have a room in their house without any furniture in the middle of it.

economical AND kid friendly.

max didn't want to jump.

it was funny.

do kids still do this?

jump the double dutch rope?

i couldn't remember any of the songs we used to sing.

i just remember tying two jump ropes together to make them longer 

so that the swoops of rope would soar high over our heads, 

timing the double swings just right to get in without stopping the ropes from going round and round,

having two people go in at once,

and that recces never seemed long enough for everyone to go as many times as they wanted.

brennan TOM CRUISE gibson

risky business.

tom cruise ain't got nothin' on this kid.

meat lovers

for sure, the best two pizzas i have ever made in my entire life.

i blame chase entirely.

meat lovers: pepperoni, sausage, purple onion, bell pepper.

come to mama:)

pizza dough recipe here.

rub a dub in the tub

BATH TIME.

swimming counts.

10 degrees hotter {slurpee recipe}

in a world full of boys,

sometimes ya just don't wanna get splashed.

 and sometimes, ya just have to run through the sprinklers b/c it's so frickin hot.

good grief,

even Arizona's only 10 degrees hotter than us right now.

somebody call the fire department.

it's hot like fire over here.

 sluuuuurrrrrpppeeeeees!

ingredients:

2 cups club soda

1 kool aid packet

1/2 cup sugar

3 cups ice

directions:

BLEND.

tada.

it's hot.

REAL{ly} hot.