One fish. Two fish. Red fish. Alexis fish?

This week was a busy one. HA! Arent they all? I have something to share. Alexis. We went swimming over at moms and dads and we took her life vest off and she SWAM! I mean she kept her head above water she did good. I THOUGHT it was a fluke so a few days later we went again. She SWAM again. Keeping her head above water and being like a fish. She tires easy but is doing GREAT! She was proud of herself! We were proud of her to.

Whats on the agenda?

Matt has returned to work and the routine begins again. I took the week off with Matt while he was on vacation and we did a little of this and a little of that. NOTHING too fun. I had LOTS I wanted to do but nothing really got accomplished. Matt got to go jet skiing with my dad and they went Sun/Mon and hit up three lakes. I guess two grown men sleeping in the cab of a truck in the AZ summer during mosquito season ISNT a good idea (think if your windows are down you are bitten up if they are up... you are dying of heat) But they had a blast and cant wait to go again. We also got a few projects done around the house. Other than that we enjoyed each other and had great family time together.

Towards the end of his vacation Matts mom came to watch the kids at night so we could go out. She was spending the night so we could stay out as late as wanted... we had the night to ourselves. How wonderful... TWO dates in a year let alone a MONTH! So... we still had a few things I wanted to do... maybe dinner...movie...bowling...skateland...casino... you know FUN stuff. So first we go to dinner. After dinner we werent really sure WHAT next to do. I said there wasnt really any movies I wanted to see at the time... that and I really DONT enjoy movie theaters. We left to go to dinner at 5pm and was finished by 6:30. After we decided to go bowling but I needed socks so we went to Target. SHOPPING without KIDS? OMG I havent done that in YEARS! Well we got socks and left. Bowling here we come... 3 games later we were tired... sore and... tired. It was 7:50pm so we went to JAMBA juice to try to get a "KICK" Well... we were home by 9pm... and you have to understand that driving To and From home takes an hour each way. So we were gone 5-9 (4 hours) 2 of which are driving... hahah. Yeah we are old! But we had fun!

Where has time gone?

Well Matts on vacation from work so we have been getting alot accomplished. Have we done anything "FUN" yet... NO. However I have a clean house :) Hes gone away tonight with my dad to go Jet Skiing. He'll have fun. When he comes back we will have 4-5 days left of his vacation. And a day of that will be filled with Yardwork and Garage. So Ill have the other 3 or so... and we will go do a family outing and then one will be a Matt and I night. My mother in law is so kind to watch the kids.

Tate is taking more and more steps... Soon he will be "my toddlin toddler" Which of course I have mixed emotions about. Matt and I are ready to get out of the baby stage (since weve been there 3 years now) and ready to watch the children grow... and then you look into his (Tates) eyes and its hard to see him grow. He just turned 10 months old the other day... I honestly dont know where TIME has gone! Hes just such a sweet baby and good natured!

Hunter is getting big himself This past month his vocabulary has EXPLODED! He went pee pee in the potty the other day and we are going to work on potty training this week. I think he may be ready.

Alexis is my artist. She has gone from making lines a few months ago to writing her name and drawing people and trucks and trees and spiders and... well you get the point. She is doing awesome. Id really like to put her in a preschool as soon as finances allow it.

Well the kids are up from nap which means my blogging is done... Thanks for checking in!

V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N what does that spell?

Matt gets vacation time July 31- Aug 10th. We are very excited and welcoming his break from work. Since being transfered to the Tucson store it has really taken a toll on Matt. Im thinking a break is just what he needs. We have a few things planned for this time with the kids... Skateland, Bowling, Sunsplash, Zoo (the night time activites with water). Im not sure if we will get too all of them but a couple would be nice!

In other news... everyone is doing great!

Take me out to the ball game...

* Dont mind the bad pick... my dad is no way shape or form a photograhper*

Matt and I had our first date in awhile... I mean a long while... Id say since before Tate was born. It was by chance that we even got the day off together. With my dads special hook ups and got tickets and my Mother in laws loving heart to watch the kids, Matt and I went to a Diamond backs game. Ive gone to one, one other time at it was cool to see the ball park but this time it was nice to watch the game. I had a blast with Matt. We dropped the kids off at about 5:40 and we had a great time being young and flirty... then at about 9pm... I started missing the kids so we skipped out on the game early and picked them up at about 10pm. But we had a blast!

Strike a POSE!

Click on them to ENLARGE them :)

And the Thunder rolls.....

Weve had a busy week. Doing what? Not much out of the norm really. At work my unit (oncology) is closed down right now for remodeling, It has the whole summer and will continue until about September. They have us "FLOAT" until then. This means I see all areas of the hospital. Which is fun because you see and learn so much but stressful because of the different expectations and diferent details of the patients in general. FUN FUN!

Matts workng hard at Circuit City. You know he turns 22 next month. Now while I joke with him and poke fun calling him "OLD MAN" Lets be real. HES YOUNG! Hes accompolished and done so much in his first quarter of life :)

Matt and I get every other Tuesday and Wednesday off together. This is allowed because my mother in law Nancy helps us out that week so I can work on Friday on Matts work day. SO this past Tuesday and Wednesday the family GOT OUT. Now dont forget we are in AZ so... getting OUT is hard to do. We went to Ikea, got pictures, painted a kitchen, and enjoyed each others company. OH AND WAIT till I show you some pictures!

The kids are great. Alexis is in dance and we try constantly to figure out what to put Hunter in. Everything at age 2 really consists of MOMMY and ME sports and while I would love to have that one on one time with Hunter.... I cant. Matts and my schedule dont allow me to leave the other two kids at home with him so I can take Hunter somewhere. So we will wait until he's three. We have looked into Soccer, gymnastics, hockey, tee ball, ect. All of these are mommy and me until 3. But you bet once hes three we will introduce him to all :) Hes so good with sports aspect and has strength and a body like a gymnast really... We arent sure WHICH he'll choose.

Well until next time!

OH BTW the title of the post comes from the week full of storms we have had :)