weekend recap...

wow, this weekend was almost a repeat of last weekend.....i got about the same amount of sleep (a little more this weekend) & we did just about the same things - again, curtis helped me tons with the kids so i could finish cakes, we did a lot of playing at the park/playground & we attended a family birthday party :0)

saturday afternoon, curtis & the kids went along with me to deliver 2 cakes about an hour away.....i had packed the kids' lunches for a picnic & on the way home, we visited a park that's about 45 minutes away from our home, so we don't get to go there often (actually, this was our 1st visit this year!)......it's an amazing park - a river runs through it & there's a damn & a shaky (yet safe) bridge over the river......a small playground, hiking trails, ducks that beg to b fed.....tons of beautiful flowers & lots of cool bugs......needless to say, we had a great time!

corinn was nervous about the bridge at first - especially cause her brother & sister were jumping up & down to shake it! ~lol~

jaden insisted on having our picture taken together - awwww! ;0)
of course daddy couldn't resist getting out the fishing pole

see that lady sitting in the tree, perched over the river? see jaden on the bridge, watching that lady? he wanted to do that sooooo bad! but of course, mama wasn't trying to jump in that dirty river to save anyone this weekend! ~lol~
this neat spider would lay down flat against the fence to hide from us - it was too cool!
these gorgeous flowers had about 100 bumble bees flying around/in them!
i got the chance to explain to the kids, how mud daubers work
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE that park!

on the way home, we stopped by 7-11 for slurpees......jaden gets a blue slurpee each and every time they have them - regardless of the flavor - well, because blue is his absolute favorite color & if he has an option, he'll choose blue......but u'll never guess what the flavor was this time!!!

DRAGON FRUIT!!!

i know, right?! starburst must have made that flavor specifically for jaden! ;0)

then sunday after church/lunch/nap, we spent some time outside (oh, what a hot & humid weekend! much better out today tho) - we were just killing time until matthew's birthday party.......the kids could not wait & were driving me crazy!

gabby asked me to take a video of her new way of jumping rope......evidentially, daddy showed her that if she makes tinier jumps, she can go faster & get more in! i was impressed by that alone.....THEN she pulls out all the stops & shows me she's learned to jump backwards! loving it! :0)

finally, the time for matthew's party came & we headed to my brother's house..... matthew loved his cake & presents, and a great time was had by all.....especially at the end of the night, when katie's mom gave jaden a ride in her BLUE convertible miata! jaden LOVES jeeps & convertibles......so this totally made his week! he couldn't stop talking about his "fast ride" the entire way home! unfortunately, the battery had died on my camera by then - i took a pic with katie's camera, but i haven't gotten that from her yet - he had the biggest grin on his face when they got back from their ride.....i'll make sure and share that pic with u when i get it :0)

what is this?

omg - if u could have heard this cutie's giggle when he found out he got a tractor?!
priceless!

he had a little trouble getting the hang of holding down the pedal - good thing he had lots of cousins to help him out ;0)

on a side note - thank you guys for all your prayers as curtis started his new job! he began his training today and LOVES it so far - it sounds like a fabulous place to work & everyone he's dealt with so far loves their job! he's still super psyched after finishing today, so that's a great sign! thanks again! :0)