Hahahaha.....

Thanks for this email, grandma!

THE BROKEN LAWN MOWER

Marriage is a relationship in which one person is always right and the other is usually the husband.

When our lawn mower broke and wouldn't run, my wife kept hinting to me that I should get it fixed. But, somehow I always had something else to take care of first: the truck, the car, e-mail, fishing, always something more important to me than the lawn mower.

Finally, she thought of a clever way to make her point. When I arrived home one day, I found her seated in the tall grass, busily snipping away with a tiny pair of sewing scissors. I watched silently for a short time and then went in to the house. I was gone only a few minutes. When I came out again I handed her a toothbrush."When you finish cutting the grass," I said, "you might as well sweep the driveway."

The doctors say I will walk again, but I will always have a limp.

This explains so much.....

Warning-Don't exercise! You could die!

http://bodyodd.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/16/1202623.aspx

Riley's Birthday

What a big weekend for Riley! On Saturday night he opened a few presents and had cupcakes after dinner. Sunday, however, was the main event. The four of us and G&G Coleman went to "Day Out with Thomas" at the Northwest Railway Museum in Snoqualmie. How lucky that this traveling show was nearby on the weekend of Riley's birthday! It was a beautiful day for the train guru.


After a minute solid of huffing and puffing, the candle finally went out.
He really enjoyed his cupcake. You would think we'd never given him sugar before.
This picture is the first moment Riley saw Thomas the Tank Engine pulling into the station. Sort of like the first time you see Santa Claus, I'm guessing. Unless you hate Santa Claus, of course.

Riley and Tyler on the train. Living the dream, you know.
Some old rusty cars we saw-

Riley was watching this little girl, probably thinking "This girl has no clue what she is doing. Amateur."
After Thomas, we drove home and opened some gifts from G&G.
There's a lot going on in this picture. Riley is playing with a new train he just opened, Maddie is posing with one of Riley's new pirate swords (Yes, pirate swords.), and Grandma Shaaron is filming "incognito" from inside the train. See, mom? I told you I was going to put you in my blog.
Papa Jim. Ain't he great?
Tyler+pirate swords=hours and hours and hours of fun.
The cutest 10 year old in the world.How old are you, Riley? "I'm free!"

Happy birthday Riley!

The Park

We went to the park yesterday. Not just "the park" but THE Park, Lynden City Park. What a cool place! I would have loved a park like this when I was little. But, as you know, when I was little all we had to play with were Sticks & Rocks tm.

Here are our pictures from the park-

Classic

I know, Mother's Day was a couple of months ago. But Mom Jeans NEVER go out of style.

Where's Riley?

Do you see him? He's a pretty good at hiding. Especially when he giggles and peeks his head out of the pillows.

Yay for Summer

Thought I'd post some misc. pictures from our summer, so far.

What would summer in Lynden be without a tractor and a cup of coffee? This is how we roll.

Maddie and I watched a really cool full moon rise last month, it looked HUGE to us, but a camera doesn't really do it justice. Just looks like a regular old moon. Here it is anyway-

We spent the 4th of July at Dave and Cindy's. It was a beautiful night. Didn't even rain!