Typical Evening...well if it is not still triple digit heat..

The days have cooled slightly so we have been making use of the treeless backyard. When Andrew gets home from work we let the Boys go run amuck until dinner is ready. If dinner is ready early then they eat and we go out and play until close to bedtime. Here are some shots from tonight. Everyone enjoys being outside. Andrew and Carrie are looking forward to and welcome some fall temperatures. Plus we have a fire pit (for over a year now) that we have yet to use. Perhaps we can this fall after the Boys hit the hay! (High hopes :-) )

Aidan prefers golfing in the backyard. We have lots quite a few balls over the wooden fence and they have been sacrificed we think by the neighbors dogs. Logan prefers playing on the little jungle gym and watching air planes. Cooper just relaxes and Roxy chases balls. Andrew has been slowly progressing her back to her love of fetching and her new knee is working out nicely. Unfortunately, we won't let her get as crazy as she used to. We can only fix one knee and statistics show that a dog with blown cruciate has much higher chances of tearing the other side. We're hoping that will not be the case. We're letting her play but keeping her reigns on. Also, her cruciate that was blown was in the same knee that had a subluxating patella at one point so we're hoping that was the major factor. OK, saying hoping meaning the other knee is "healthy" and stays in place so it should be stronger right??! That's the hope. Anyways, enough rambling.

Sleepy Bit...

Today was the first day that Logan and I did not run errands the entire time Aidan was at school. Yes, we ran errands however, had plenty of time to come home and watch the new Thomas DVD we picked up. Logan really likes sitting on the couches. He still has the knack for spontaneously falling off or running like a madman across the couch and stepping right off. ( No we do not encourage standing on the furniture...) Today he was pretty worn out from partying with Grandma and Grandpa. He just sat on the couch with a drink and watched the entire DVD. I sat with him for a while but had to grab a shot of our Little Bit lounging like a Big Boy.

"Look!!! Itsa PANK!"

Umm yes please excuse the tired looking lady in the second picture. The second coat of primer was recently put up. This time we were using the tinted primer in preparation for the cranberry paint. It's so Pepto-Lovely!! And yes it's "PANK" as Aidan likes to say.

The Newest Mr. and Mrs. Rogers

This weekend Andrew and Carrie travele to Maryland to celebrate Phil and Emily's marriage. The Boys stayed the weekend with Grandpa and Grandma and had a blast. Andrew was traveling this week for work and his flight on Thursday actually made it in early! So he got to see the Boys for about an hour before we dropped them off. We actually went out for dinner then headed home to finish picking up and packing the last few things. First thing Friday we woke up hit Starbucks and then the road. We realized that morning that our camera was in the diaper bag with the Boys at Carrie's Parents. So we made a stop to pick up a new one. We were hoping to get one for Christmas however, really wanted to take pictures while we were up there. We got in around lunchtime and laid down for a nap. It was then time to get ready for the Rehersal and Rehersal Dinner. The Rehersal Dinner was wonderful! It was at a little restaurant called Skipper's Pier. The room we had was full of big windows that were open and overlooking the docks. The rehersal ran late so we missed seeing the sunset which we heard was pretty awesome! We stuffed ourselves on all sorts of seafood and cake. :) We headed back and hit the sack. The next morning we took a walk around the Resort and it's Docks to check everything out. The weather was GORGEOUS!! There were ducks around the docks, we saw quite a few jelly fish and a pretty big sting ray! They had some pretty nice boats too. We hung out in our room and then it was time for us to get ready and Andrew to do his Groomsmen's Duties. They got married on the docks. It was fabulous and the weather could not have been better. We hoped to get more pictures but learning this new camera did not help out too much. We got a few good ones though. The next morning Mr. Rogers took us all to breakfast. It was a buffet. Yum! (Buffet + Pregnant Lady= Well Fed and Happy) We all then went our separate ways. What a beautiful weekend. We missed the Boys and couldn't wait to get back home to them.

The collage above includes the panorama view from our room, parts of the wedding rehearsal and Andrew driving us to MD.

Panorama of the view at the end of the docks, prepping for the wedding, two views of the docks, one little jelly fish and one sting ray.

The wedding rings!

The four of us. (Bad face angle on Carrie.)

Labor Day

Carrie's Parents invited all the kids over for a Labor Day Celebration. We brought dessert. Yes and of course Clutzy Carrie managed to dump dessert onto their front steps. Yup...we used the thirty second rule...only later to find that I missed picking one up and Logan found it smothered in ants. (Of course it was in plain sight...) Anyways, the Boys helped out "baking" the cupcakes. The kiddos ran a muck outside like normal. Andrew actually got a clip of all 5 of them at once! The last pictures are Logan enjoying the chocolate cream cheese frosting..luckily it was "frost you own cupcakes" so the frosting was not sacrificed in the fall. :-)

Crazies...

Yeah...the title sums it up....Crazies!!!

Logan and Daddy's Thing

Logan and Andrew have a thing they like to do...