Mall Day

About a week and a half ago, Colton and I met Bridgot and Jackson at the mall for a play date. Jackson is just 4 weeks younger than Colton and the boys have had several "play dates", but I think this is the first time they really interacted with each other. We started by eating lunch. At the end of lunch, the boys both had a piece of chocolate chip cookie. Colton was not done with his when Jackson spotted it, walked up and took it out of Colton's hand. Jackson walked away making happy sounds while Colton continued to stare at his hand in disbelief. Once he realized what Jackson had done, he walked up behind him and pointed at him as if telling me, "that is who took my cookie". It was so funny watching them. Later in the day, Colton had a cup of goldfish crackers that he was snacking on. He decided to share some with Jackson. Here is a picture of the cute hand-off between the boys. I guess they are good friends after all!

A Day at the Lake

On Sunday Mike and I went to Bartlett Lake with our good friends Matt and Kathy. We had a lot of fun wake boarding and enjoying the beautiful weather. Yes, 100 degrees feels so good when there is nice cool water to jump in!

Mike doing a nice jump!

Look at that wonderful sun protection. Kathy and I made sure not to get burned. Look at our cute cups too!

Matt was our wonderful captain!

Matt has a tendency of getting hurt while trying crazy tricks, so now he sports a stylish helmet. Don't you think he looks great? Thank you to Matt and Kathy. We had a wonderful time out on the lake.

Happy Birthday Mike!!

Happy Birthday to an amazing husband, father and friend. I hope that today is a special day for you! Thanks for all you do! I love you babe!

Calling all Junior Cheerleaders

The Arizona Cardinals Junior Cheerleading Program starts this coming weekend. If you know any little girls that are ages 5-14 that are interested in performing during halftime with the Arizona Cardinals Cheerleaders, have them check out the Cardinals website for more information http://www.azcardinals.com/cheerleaders/junior.php.

Water Fun

Today Colton and I went to a local park with Grandma, Kylie and Emily. The kids had a great time running through the water and cooling down.

Shreveport

Over Labor Day weekend we headed out to Shreveport, LA to visit our good friends, the VanEaton's. Robbie and Susaan use to live across the street from us, but they moved over the summer because of a wonderful job opportunity. We were so sad to see them go, so we had to go visit them and see their new home. It was very beautiful in Shreveport, a lot of tall green trees and very pretty Southern homes. I have to say, it was pretty humid there, so we were sweating more than usual. While we were in town we visited Kid's City which is part of the kid's school/church. It was so neat and a wonderful place for kids! We also went to the Riverwalk and had a nice dinner. We spent lots of time at their beautiful house with their kids Courtney, Dylan and Trevor. Colton had so much fun with his favorite babysitter (Courtney) and running around in all of the green grass. Somehow we planned our trip just right.....we left Phoenix on Thursday (8/28) a couple of hours before the airport shut down due to a big monsoon storm. We left Shreveport just hours before hurricane Gustav hit town! Thankfully the VanEaton's only experienced high winds and lots of rain, but no major damage from the storm. We had such a great time visiting Shreveport and we miss our old neighbors very much!!!

This video is when Colton and Courtney were playing one night and he was having so much fun!!!

Girl's Weekend

Last weekend Kathy, Susan and I headed to San Francisco for a girl's trip. It was my first time away from Colton, and although it was tough, I knew he was in good hands with Mike and the rest of my family. In San Francisco we went to Union Square, Fisherman's Wharf, some restaurants and some bars. On Saturday we went up to the wine country and visited some vineyards. Susan's sister Andrea let us stay at her apartment and drove us up to Napa. We had a great time! The weather in the city was close to 60 (almost winter like for us!) and in Napa close to 80 (perfect!). It was a nice escape from the 110 at home. *Helpful hint - If a guy tries to hit on you and you are not interested, just tell him you are a stay-at-home mom. The reaction is great!!