Beautiful Day

While Nick was busy roofing today the boys and I took full advantage of the beautiful weather and headed to an area water park. Here are a few pictures of our day...

After the water park the boys wanted to stop at the zoo on our way home.
The highlight of the zoo trip was when we were walking and Cullen accidentally hit his brother in the nose. Immediately Cullen apologized and began examining Geremu's nose... The good news is that according to Dr. Cullen, "All is see is a bunch of guts". Which translates to no damage.

Weekend of Races (Part 2)

This year I was able to talk my sister Colleen, Mom and Nick into doing the triathlon. After a night of restless sleep and thunderstorms we got up early to head over to set-up shop... Here my mother is pushing her arm up to show off her number to me:)The weather cleared up and the race went well. I don't really have many pictures of the race itself as I was a little busy during it. But I was able to snap a few pictures of my sister Colleen making her way to the finish line...
And my Mom!!!
We all survived and had fun!
It was great to have my Mom and sister come share in the fun. I should also mention it was my sister Colleen's first triathlon ever.

My Dad watched the boys for us. When they came Geremu's hair may or may not have looked a little Kramer like and Cullen had his shirt on backwards. Cullen had already polished off a ring pop before 10:00 in the morning. Pretty sure the boys are hoping Pop babysits more often!

In other news, Geremu has discovered how much fun swim caps can be...
Good Times!

Weekend of Races (Part 1)

The boys participated in a triathlon on Saturday. Last year Cullen did not have any interest in participating and preferred to watch Geremu. This year Cullen was excited to try it out. I wish I could have gotten a good picture of them pre-race together but this picture will have to do...

Geremu enjoyed testing the waters out prior to his wave starting.

Cullen was a little nervous during the wait.

It was a little nerve racking as a parent with kids in different waves. Nick was not able to watch Geremu's race because he stayed with Cullen waiting for his wave to start. I "helped" Geremu (he wanted NOTHING to do with me) by chasing him around trying to get a picture. Geremu wanted to do the entire race with bare feet, I insisted he at least wear crocs.

This is Geremu right after finishing, It was the first time I've ever heard Geremu out of breath, he was huffing and puffing after crossing the finish line.

Cullen was already out of the water by the time Geremu and I caught up with him.

Nick helped Cullen in the transition area...

I was cheering for Cullen during his race and he would look right at me and say "Thanks Mom!" He may not have been as winded as Geremu was:)

We are happy our boys had fun competing!

Geremu ended up placing in his age group and winning a backpack, he can't wait to use it!

No Change In Geremu!

I'm a bit too tired to go through pictures from our trip tonight but for anyone who was wondering Geremu did return the penny he borrowed.

Missing Penny...

We got home late last night from our trip up north, it was relaxing and everything I had hoped it to be. I'll try and blog some pictures before the weekend.

In other news, today a penny (or some sort of money) "jumped right into my (Geremu's aka Co-pay's) mouth." I wouldn't have been too concerned except he got a really bad chest/tummy ache as a result. After x-rays it has been determined that the penny has now moved to the stomach (a better place to be then the esophagus) and hopefully will be passed in the next day or so... Nick's on Poop Patrol until further notice.

CrAzY Cullen

Cullen woke up in the early morning and crawled into our bed. Nick was a little confused since Cullen hardly does this (Geremu on the other hand-that's another story) so he asked him if he felt good, needed a drink, etc. After a few questions Cullen said, "Dad do you think I could just get some privacy so I can sleep?"

Hey kid, how about going to your own bed if you want some privacy?

We are headed up north for a bit... So I'm not sure how much this blog will get updated.

Hail Damage

We received lots hail damage last summer thus resulting in some major home improvements this summer. This is a pre-fixed house picture...

This is a mostly finished house picture...

Nick (with some help from the neighbor, his brothers and my father) has been working his tail off this summer replacing the roof, fascia, soffit, siding, windows and garage doors.
Some work still needs to get done like painting the porch and replace the screens (should be done by the end of the summer). We are still waiting on one window that had to be special ordered and gutters that should be installed next week. I'd also like to add some white shutters to the house and replace the front door. For now I'm just happy to have the major outside work is completed.