Wuv you

So, my brother is moving his family away. They just barely moved here last May and are already leaving. He found a new job back in Utah and so they are packing it all up. They have actually already been down in Utah for the last month as he started his job a while ago. They are selling their house here, so had to come back yesterday to keep that going. Anyway...needless to say, we missed them. Cousins are so fun to have close by and now we don't have any at all.



But, we did get a call yesterday afternoon from Austin asking if he could come and spend the night. So, of course, we said yes. Austin is a couple of years younger than Landon, but they are best buds and always have been. So, you'd think I would be posting a picture of the two of them right? Well, silly you! Mackenzee also loves Austin. He has a little sister the same age as Mackenzee and so he is very good to her. This morning, she tackled him and smothered him with hugs and kisses. He humored her. It was adorable. How could I not get a picture of it?

HAPPY FATHERS DAY!

Happy Fathers Day! I hope all you fathers out there had a great day and were well taken care of by your kids and spouses.

Jaysen took my dad and his dad out golfing Saturday morning, so I was able to grap a couple of photos of the kids with Papa for the old scrapbook. ;0) The guys had a good time golfing and came home tired. Just in time for the US Open too. ;0) So, Jaysen was able to get in some lazy tv time Saturday afternoon.

Doesn't he look so tired in this picture? Almost makes you feel bad for the guy. ALMOST.

Anyway....

HAPPY FATHERS DAY!

It's Fantastic!

So, we had girls night tonight, and much to my disappointment, only three of us showed up. Apparently I'm one of the only mom's that wants a night away from not only her kids, but the hubby too. And with GIRLS. Sigh. Anyway....We were supposed to go bowling, but with only three of us there, we ditched the alley and decided to go catch a flick instead. With not much out there that was appealling we decided on the Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer. My friend, Fonda's, hubby was going to go see it later tonight anyway, so she thought she'd squeeze it in before he went. As his hubby was at my hubby's house with all of the kids, I bought a 9:15 ticket for Jaysen too so he could go with Matt after we got done at the theater. (Did that make sense) Anyway...I was feeling guilty going to see this without Jaysen because he was really wanting to see it, and honestly, it wasn't on my list of must-sees for the summer. I haven't even seen the first Fantastic 4!

So, I had no expectations whatsoever about this movie, and only knew the basic gist of it because of my 7 year old. But, all in all, it was a pretty good movie. It had all of the super hero stuff in it, and a good overall "moral" to the story. And, it kept you going and was....ONLY 1 hr. 35 min. long! So much better than 2 hr. 45 min. like some other movies I previously blogged about. ;0)

Anyway...the three of us had a fabulous time at the movie for girls night. Fonda is in charge next month...so we'll see what's in store for us then!

Watersliding fun!

Rub a dub dub, three men in a tub!


We were invited over to Jaysen's brother Steve's house for watersliding last night. It was kind of a windy night, so every few minutes the kids would run into the hot tub to get warm. This is Jesse, Landon, and Kaden warming up after just a few runs on the waterslide. Silly boys!



Mackenzee, as you have learned from this blog, does everything that Landon does. So, we suited her up and let her go for it. Crazy girl! She loved it. She was on that thing just as long as everyone else. Water.....and being outside...two of her favorite things. All we had to do was set her up at the top and let go. She would scoot herself down a little bit until the water slid her to the bottom. Being so small she was all over the place. It was so funny to watch. And as soon as she hit the

bottom, she wanted up to the top again.


Summertime fun!

The Pout

So, we had our usual mother/son argument this morning thanks to Jaysen. Landon has a SERIOUS addiction problem when it comes to video games. I'm not kidding either. It has caused a lot of problems. So, We took the Playstation and hid it and told him that he was NEVER playing again. Sigh. Then, Jaysen comes home from work last night and asks Landon if he wants to play Tiger Woods golf with him on the Playstation! He told me that he just wanted to spend some time with Landon. Ummm...yeah. So, they played for about an hour and then it was bedtime, so at least they were able to finish up nicely without huffing and puffing from Landon.

Landon got up this morning and the Playstation was still out. He asks Jaysen if he can play it today and Jaysen says, "It's up to mom." What??? Now I have to be the bad person and say that it was a one time only thing. Not fair! I tell Landon he's got chores to do before I even consider it. He seriously asked me if he could play it five different times in thirty minutes. And I'm not kidding. No attempt at getting his room clean was made. Yeah. Then the argument began. Why do I have to be the bad parent? Argh!!!!! So, when Jaysen called this morning he got an earful. It's a good thing I love him, otherwise I would have beat him up!


This picture is what Landon did after Jaysen told him he wasn't going to be playing video games today. He stomped into the back yard and pouted behind this tree. Because by doing so, he is going to end up convincing me that he should be able to get his way. It always works. YEAH RIGHT!

The point of all of this, is that Mackenzee...who copies everything that Landon does...marched outside right behind Landon and sat behind the tree right next to his. The goober! She is so silly! She just sat there watching him to see what he would do next.

She would get up every now and again and go stand next to him, crouching down to see into his face...and then walk back to her tree and sit down. She just adores him.



She saw me snapping pictures and gave me a cute grin. Do you like the red paint all over her legs? yeah....she got into Landon's paint pens this morning. good thing they are washable.

Kids!!!! It's a good thing we love them otherwise.....I don't know...It's just a good thing we do!

Dyson

So, I broke down and did it! I went to Target today and bought myself a Dyson. I couldn't handle it anymore. After five or so years of buying a vacuum per year, I was done. I don't know if I'm just particularly hard on vacuums or what, but I have literally spent so much money on vacuums the last five years that I would have bought a couple Dyson's by now. Pathetic. Am I the only one with vacuum woes here? The last one I bought was last summer, and it wasn't one of the cheap ones either. And I have fixed it about three times. They just clog up with crap. And no, I'm not trying to vacuum up large rocks or anything if that's what you are thinking. Just kid droppings. You know, popcorn, crushed up cheese crackers, bread crumbs...the usual. ;0) Sigh.

So, when I went to vacuum this morning and instead of picking up the droppings, it merely sucked it up and spit it out in a different direction. And, for the fourth time since I purchased it, I tipped it over and found that it was clogged. Guess what it was clogged with? You guessed it....dust and dirt, and a few crumbs. Nothing!!!!! Isn't that what a vacuum is supposed to pick up? ARGH!!!!! Even after I unclogged it...it refused to cooperate. So, I ended up having to use my little cheap-o hand vac to finish up the job. Which leads us to the impromptu trip to Target. I called Jaysen and ranted and raved. He said "just go get it then!" ;0) Sure, we may have no money left. But this baby has a five year warranty. If it busts on me...you can be SURE I will be getting a brand new one all over again...at their cost!

The end.

Support Our Female Troops

As many of you know, my mom is a Suzanne Consultant. Shame on you if you didn't come to my party! ;0) Anyway...this month Suzanne has come up with a great idea. When most of us think of soldiers....we think of men. Right? I do anyway. Well, they found that our soldiers were getting lots of really nice care packages full of essentials........for men. Men's deoderant, stuff like that. So, our fighting ladies aren't getting the "essentials" that they might need.

Suzanne is promoting S.O.F.T. this month. Support Our Female Troops! If you go to this website

www.suzanne24.com/srobinson

you can donate money to this great cause and Suzanne will use that money to send over girlie baskets for our female soldiers. I think it's awesome! And...even better....if you buy ANY beauty product for yourself, Suzanne will match your purchase and send the same item overseas as well. So, not only do you get to feel good about helping others...you get to look good too. I use the face wash and toner and really like it. All natural ingredients. It's good stuff. Anyway...if you have more questions you can talk to my mom about it as well. Her contact information is on the website too.

Soldiers need pampering too right?

As a side note...there are other products that Suzanne has as well. Though not part of this promotion. Suzanne has jewelry items as well as food items. I own several pieces of the jewelry and LOVE the food. The food is all natural again...good for you food. Tastes awesome! She has a raspberry mousse mix that is to die for. I whipped it up and put it in a graham cracker pie crust last weekend and wanted to eat the whole thing. Light and fluffy summer dessert. Perfect! And the jewelry looks expensive, but is affordable. So you can look good, and not have taken out a second mortgage on your house to own the stuff! ;0) I have a tennis bracelet, Diamond hoop earrings, and her new turqouise bracelet. Cute stuff! Check it out!