We love it when it is warm

This weekend we got to do lots of fun things as a family. Friday we took a tour of Buffalo by boat. Buffalo is beautiful when it is warm. I wish I could go back in time and see Buffalo in its prime, this city used to be a happening place. On the tour we got to go through a locke, see a bridge rise up so we could pass, see a bridge rotate 90 degrees, see one of the first hotels in the U.S. to have a bathroom in every room, and a revolutionary grain storage system.

It was 2 hours long so unfortunately the kids didn't have these smiles the whole trip.

Before the tour

Saturday

Anthony took Kenzie and Parker to a class at Lowes were they got to make a little wood school bus.

We went for a bike ride

Got to go to a pool party.

Favorite argument

My favorite argument of the day went down like this:

Parker threw an unreasonable child like tantrum, adamant that Kenzie was using his chair.
Anthony being the mediator asked Parker how he knew it was his chair. Anthony pointed out there is no way to tell them apart, it isn't like it has his name written on it.

Parker still being unreasonable and combative was then put in his room to cool off.

5 minutes later Parker comes to the kitchen asking me to come with him so he can show me something.

Parker using permanent marker, has now solved the confusion. Their is no question which one is his.

Bunco

Last week I got to play Bunco with some friends. These ladies are so much fun, every time I have played bunco with them I leave laughing. During the game to settle a tie, I arm wrestled Chanda.

Have you ever tried to push over a brick building? That is what it felt like I was trying to do, needless to say I lost. If Steph hadn't taken this picture and there weren't 10 witnesses I might try to pretend like the whole thing never happened. Chanda may look sweet, but that girl is walking around with 2 guns hanging from her shoulders.

Ode to the Cast

When Parker came home from getting his cast off he told me he wanted to put it up in his room on a blue shelf so he can show everyone who comes to visit. We got it hung this weekend, Parker couldn't be happier.

1000 Islands

Thanks to our friends, this is were we got to spend last weekend. (Not in the castle, but in one of the houses on the island behind the castle).

This place is heaven on earth. Not only were we with our very good friends, but we got to spend the day wake boarding. I wake boarded until I was so tired I had to let go because my body was shaking. Anthony got pretty good on his jumps, to bad I took the picture after he let go of the rope.

The water was so warm Anthony and Andrew took the kids swimming. (Andrew is in the picture, can you see him?).Aren't these kids adorable?The guys were able to catch some fish.

Weston and Parker had fun touching the fishThen back out for some more boarding, Jessee is real good at driving the boat.

Kaitlynn hated the life jacket, but was able to fall asleep when we propped her in a corner

It took a while to get all the tangles out of Kenzie's hair after the boat ride was over:)

Good advice

A lady I really admire once told me if you want your marriage to last, you have to smash wedding cake in each others face.

8 years ago today, Anthony and I sealed our fate of a good marriage. I don't know if it was the cake smashing or the fact that I married a very amazing and patient man, but 8 years later our marriage is still holding strong, and I wouldn't change a thing.