Fun Fourth

We started our celebration last night; DRIVE IN!! We watched Brave, and Avengers, and loved them both.  The kids had a fabulous time.  James loves to be able to run, and dance.  He LOVES the hotdogs, and drinks.  Isabelle wants the popcorn, and to be with the family together. We like to be outside and sit in our chairs, and even the car.  We snuggle and eat, and watch fun movies.  It is a late night for the kids.

Today, Bobby didn't go to work.  It is a holiday. We did work around the house, in the garden, and the yard.  Bobby has a great compost pile going on, and we are excited about gardening. The kids loved having Dad home to play with, read with, rough house with, and they laughed all day long.  It was beautiful to watch.  I love my family.

Day at the Lake

We are having such a fun summer.  Isabelle, James, Robert, and I packed a lunch (and got sandwiches from Subway) and took all our stuff to the park in Windsor.  They loved it.  I sat on the "beach" front and made friends with Monique, and fed my family lunch, relaxed and watched them swim in the lake.  Had a fabulous day at the park.

Look at me MOM

Isabelle wanted to go out in the deep; James close to the shore.

I'm Superman!!

My wonderful husband and kids.  I love them.

Isabelle is the most adorable little girl ever.  She looks at me and say, "Mom, you're beautiful, I love to look at you." She loves to dance, and sings all day long.  She made a wonderful 3 page treasure hunt that we all went on today, and then they went swimming.

James is my sweet little boy.  He loves telling jokes at the dinner table.  He has to be busy all the day.  He still loves Scooby Doo, and loves to wear a cape and pretend he is scrappy doo."puppy power" And "James Power".  He loves to snuggle, and read books.  His favorite song is popcorn popping, and he loves to dance. He loves to laugh, and he loves to play.  He also can through a good fit.  LOL 

My children make life more enjoyable than I could ever have imagined.

Update

I was hoping to keep more updated than this, but I guess I'll begin again.  I've had to wait awhile for pictures because I lost my camera, only to find it in the pocket of my coat.  HUMMMMMMM.....

We have been having a great time.  We signed Isabelle up for summer reading club and healthy kids club.  We have taken advantage of our neighborhood pool opening, and Isabelle had been learning to ride a bike with no training wheels.  i can't believe she's growing up so fast.  We haven't succeeded in potty training James.  We've been having great days outside in the beautiful weather.  Bobby is working hard, and learning a new programming language in the next few weeks... He's soooo cool like that.  He rides his bike 3 times a week to work (26 mile round trip) and is going to start doing it 4 days a week.  He's sooooooooo sweet, smart, and let's not forget EXTREAMLY good looking; I can't believe I'm so lucky to have him as my husband.

Today we went on a bike ride at the park.  Well, Isabelle and Bobby went on a bike ride.  I pushed James around for awhile, and then he played at the park while I tried to keep him safe and out of the water (this park has a water place for the summer).  It was too windy and chilly to play in the water today, and James has the art of fit throwing down!!!  We had several about not playing in the water.

I couldn't find Isabelle and Daddy, so James and I went home after about 1 hour and started dinner.  I got a phone call to come pick up Isabelle, she had an accident on her bike.  She has a skinned up knee (pretty good one too), a skinned chin, a fat lip, and a few bruises on her forhead.  She really took a tumble over her handlebars and off the bike.  It scared her and she was hurt, but she got back on and road all the way back through the bike paths to the parking lot.  Bobby said that just the thought of seeing her mommy and getting a hug was all she needed to get up and going again.  I love that girl.  I'm going to miss the days that just the thought of me giving her a hug and snuggling with her makes everything all better. Maybe those days never really go away.  I still want Mom to snuggle me and  hold me when I have a bad time at life.  I'm grateful for a mom who I always know loves me, and her hugs and love makes my world better.  Thanks Mom.

Run Forest Run

We were late, and missed our flight.  It's ok because we were arriving really early, and wouldn't be able to check into our hotel for hours, so now we will be able to check right in, but Bobby will have to hurry to check into his conference.  Here we wait, which is much better than running from the farthest parking space, in the last parking lot, in the end rows in economy outdoor parking.  I don't run very fast anyway, so you should have seen me go!!!  I wore my unhappy face the whole way,  but now I'm doing much better.

I miss my children.  I cried and cried when I left them last night, but Beverly sent me pictures of them sleeping soundly, and not screaming for me to come back.  Just love to be with my little ones.

Bobby's Birthday!!!

Today was my wonderful husband's birthday.  He turned 30 years old.  YEA!!!  We will be in the same decade for a few months ...   Scott and Beverly took us out to dinner at Lulu's.  It was great to have Jessi and Eddie there with us; it was a night out on the town.  Bobby and Scott put away loads of sushi.  We had great food and wonderful conversation.  It was a perfect birthday.  To top it all, when we got home, Megan and Josh had helped the kids decorate the house for a surprise party for their daddy.  What angels ( the Walkers, and the kids too).  I think that Bobby was surprised, and the kids had a marvelous time singing, dancing, and eating cake.  They were so excited to be at Dad's birthday party.  We are blessed to have such wonderful children, family, and friends.  I am blessed with the most amazing husband.  He works hard, spends his time with us, and blesses us with his love and diligence in the gospel.  He is a true hero.  I love you Robert Joseph McCleary ... Happy 30th Birthday.

Sushi for 2

Daddy's new ride

Bobby got his bike all fixed up and ready to go.  He plans on biking to work, and getting in great shape.  I'm excited to have the car more often.  We got the bikes all ready, and Isabelle took the scooter.  We went to the park and enjoyed the bike arena, and then Daddy took them on a ride on his bike.  By that time it was really late, and James was soooo tired.  All he could do was cry, and bawl that it was not fair that he had to go to bed.

My wonderful family