Need I say more?!?

My JF...

This is one of those stories that I am sure JF will hate for me to tell when she is older, but for now I think it is hilarious!!

I woke up in the middle of the night last night and realized that my bathroom light was on. I figured one of the girls had come in and gone to the bathroom and forgot to turn the light off. Not being quite awake, I just sat up in my bed for a few minutes before attempting to crawl out to turn the llight off. Then I look over and notice JF asleep on my bathroom floor...not only is she asleep, but she is next to the toilet with her underwear down at her ankles...asleep!! I guess she had to go potty but wasn't willing to pull her underwear up and go back to bed, so she went back to sleep right on the bathroom floor as soon as she was done! It was quite a funny sight. I wish I would have been awake enough to think to go get the camera before I carried her back to bed....after putting her underwear back on! LOL

Another cute little JF moment...I told JF that I loved her today and just kept saying it over and over again, which she thought was pretty funny. Then she says, "If you loved me a lot, you would give me candy!" :)

Random

I feel like MG has such an exciting life and I am always posting about her, but I do have 2 other kiddos!! :) Here are some random shots of them during the past weeks...

Tooth be gone...

So, MG's front tooth was just sort of dangling in her mouth, but it didn't seem to want to come out. School pictures are tomorrow and I wanted that tooth out before she got them taken so she didn't look like a hillbilly with a dangling tooth!! I tried to pull it out but just couldn't seem to pull hard enough (and I didn't want to hurt her because she is somewhat of a wuss!). We were at Grandma's house yesterday and Grandma decided to take her turn at yanking the thing out...and when I say yanking, I mean YANKING!! LOL She pulled that thing hard and by golly, that tooth came out! :) Now she looks super silly with a huge gap in the front of her mouth, but it will make for cute pictures. Losing teeth is a stage in life that needs to be documented! :)

Captain!

MG got to wear the Captain's band at her second soccer game and was so excited! Her coach gave it to her because she was being a good listener and was not talking while he was at their last practice. She still may not be the best soccer player on the field, but the girl has got heart! She has definitely started to enjoy the game and really hustles out on the field! The Man sat at her game and just kept saying "look at her hustling out there!" And for him to be impressed, you know she was doing something great! LOL She may be our star soccer player after all! Hopefully she will score a goal on her own soon....she will be so excited about that!

Cooler evenings...

The evening hours are starting to finally cool down here, so we will be using our fire pit much more often!! :) The girls love to sit out by the fire. We had good time sitting out on Tuesday night... watching Rella try and catch the little "sparks" that floated away from the fire pit. She was quite amusing to watch! We all smelled like we had been on a camping trip by the time we were done. Next time, we'll be making smores!! Yummy! :)

Good times...

Saturday afternoon we had some friends over for some games! A friend of ours had invented a game of one-handed wiffle ball and decided to share it with all of us! I was quite fun. The object of the game is to play wiffle ball with a drink in one hand and the other hand free to bat the ball and catch/stop balls. If you spill your drink, you are penalized! The farther the ball goes without being stopped the more bases you advance. But you don't actually move anywhere!! You just keep track of bases in your head. Pretty lazy game! LOL But fun none the less! It was really hot outside but we had a good time. The kids enjoyed being able to play out on the playground and even tried to play wiffle ball with us! GA mostly just stole the balls and stood in the way when people were up to bat! The picture of MG below is her learning how to endure the dizzy bat punishment! LOL After some pizzas and a game of basketball, we moved on to Scrabble, Yahtzee, and spoons! It was a fun evening with some good friends!

First Soccer Game!

MG had her soccer opening ceremonies last night and her first game this morning!! It sure was way more entertaining than watching t-ball, that's for sure! LOL She was pretty tired during the game and it was crazy hot, so I don't blame her. She tried to come over and get a drink in the middle of the game which was funny!...but we let her know she couldn't just walk off the field! I think she had a good time although I still think she is a bit intimidated by the better players and is still a bit confused, but I think by the end of the season (which doesn't end until November!), she will be a great player! :) They get a snack at half time and after the game, which was MG's favorite part! The girl loves to eat!! LOL

Stretching before the game...

This is MG's friend from her class at school...they enjoyed sitting out during the team rotation!

Go SPIDERS!! GA enjoyed walking in Daddy's crocs during the game...at least one of them...
And JF was just cute!!!
Parent tunnel at the end of the game....

Triathlon in VEGAS, baby!!

So, the Man and I returned from our trip to Vegas last night. The Man completed his first ever Olympic length triathlon and survived!! LOL He actually did great, coming in 5th place in his age group! He was a total stud, if I may say so! :) Each leg (swim, bike, run) was double the length of what he is used to doing in a sprint triathlon. The triathlon took place at Lake Las Vegas, which is a beautiful area! Some of the Vegas money definitely lives in the area! The houses were amazingly huge...and beautiful! And the hotels/resorts were little communities all to themselves. We should have stayed there instead of the Strip area....(more of that story below!) Here are some pictures of the triathlon...

On his way to voluntary torture!! :)

He is in the middle in the black shirt...
Off they go.... (lots of kicking of body parts going on right now!!)
One of those flailing arms is him!! Check out the view..
Finished with the swim, off to the bike...
On his first lap...
It was hard to take good pictures of him zooming by...

The finish was no where near the start, so I did my share of walking during this triathlon! The little white tent tops in the right of the picture are where the finish line was located...
Towards the end of the run, this waterfall served as a background...

I see him, finally!! Almost done....

The finish line is just around that corner!!

The Man says this picture sums up the whole event...he was pretty tired!!

...I think by the end of this trip we learned that we are certainly not "Vegas" lovers!! We attended our first Cirque du Soleil show and I think we both kind of wish we hadn't! We spend so much money on our tickets and just kept waiting for something amazing to happen during the show. We were entertained for the most part, but certainly not entertained enough for the price of our tickets! We were also part of The Price is Right LIVE show. It was The Price as Right on a smaller scale and we were really hoping we would get to "come on down", but no luck! Although we wouldn't have had the opportunity to "come on down" very far, because we sat at a table that was right next to contestants row. My arm rested on the stage during the show, that's how close we were! Once again, I think we were entertained, but with no return! I guess that is how it goes in Vegas...you spend lots of money and have nothing to show for it! We didn't gamble a single penny away and sat at dinner the last night feeling like we had just gambled out life's earnings away!! LOL We ate some famous "cheap" Vegas food and ate some way too expensive food. Our hotel was really nice and we had a fun time exploring some of the sights of Vegas (although I was pretty sick of stepping on cards of naked women all over the street!) but all in all I guess we should have gone for the triathlon and headed home when it was over! Lesson learned!

On our way to Cirque du Soleil and to party the night away...I mean, waste lots of money!

This is what the Man choose to do with a $30 a person Buffet meal at the MGM Grand!! LOL