Water Pipe Day!

Family Fun strikes again! I think every time I get a new issue of that magazine, Ryan and I try something new. This time, it was Water Pipe Day (click for more pictures).

The idea is simple: Go to Lowe's and get a few 10 foot length of 3/4 inch pvc pipe. Get a few tees elbows, and caps and an adapter to hook it up to a hose, and you've got a whole day's worth of entertainment for the kids. (some dis-assembly required)

Ryan did have to cut the pieces of pipe down to a smaller size and drill holes into everything to get the sprinkler effect, but overall it was little effort on our part.

Sir William

Sir William riding his trusty steed.

Protecting us from the treacherous Goblin King.

Happy Birthday, Aunt Kelly!

William's Family Picture

Awww - how cute... William's first family drawing.

From left to right, you can see the distinctions between each of us. Dad (left) has a shaved head with a 5 o'clock shadow. Then there's Mom with her hair disheveled as usual. You can see Megan, the little one. And finally William with crazy his blonde hair.

The image is beyond adorable, except.. where are we? Oh right - we are in a sharks mouth! This is a cute little drawing turned horror show with the entire family getting gobbled up by the ocean's most ferocious predator! I suppose I should be glad that all our limbs are attached.

A Night at the Movie Theater?

... at least, that's what it feels like.

This week, Ryan took some vacation days to install our new projector, just in time for Friday night's pizza-and-a-movie!

For an extra-special bonus, Ryan also installed our surround sound! Hurray!

Happy Birthday Courtney

Surprise!

June 27th was very much like any other Friday. The kids were anticipating our weekly Friday night pizza and a movie ritual. Ryan and I were stressing about our planned Saturday at the car dealer with the kids... that was until we learned that Grandma and Grandpa C were on their way to our house to drop off cousin Kieran's old train table! What a surprise!

The kids LOVE the train table, and were very excited to play with Grandma and Grandpa all weekend.


The stars must have definitely been aligned, because, as it turned out, we got to buy a new minivan in peace, while the kids got to hang with Grams, Gramps, and Laddy. Fun!!

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That. Was. Awesome.

This is what William says on the 4th as we're launching sparklers off in our driveway. Ok - so I admit, a four-year old is not hard to impress. Fire? Loud noises? Yup - William's signed on.

In spite of our neighbors, yet again, showing off with commercial-grade fireworks that they smuggled across the SC border, our little light show was a lot of fun.

Happy Independence Day, everyone!!

Long Overdue

I understand that it's the 4th of July, but the task of uploading close to 200 pictures takes time, ya' know? Ok - Enough excuses.

On Memorial Day we got an opportunity to visit my Mum and Dad!

I think we all agreed that this was a perfect snapshot of William's and Megan's personalities. William's jumping right in with both feet, while Megan's cautiously testing the waters.

And the highlight of the weekend: Getting to see Uncle Brian, Aunt Christina, and this cute little guy (Ethan)!

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