These are pictures I’ve taken lately on my phone.

Anyone happen to hear that the Chicago Blackhawks won the Stanley cup this year? Well…it’s true. I didn’t let the boys stay up to watch the final game (mostly because they were being too noisy for me to watch…Brian was out of town that night). Logan made me promise to wake him up if they won. The final 2 minutes of the game were absolutely amazing so when the game was over, I rewound (that word looks so weird by the way – rewound)…anyway, I went back and paused, went up and told Logan to come watch the Blackhawks win. We watched the final 2 goals together…then we jumped around. To celebrate, I made “hockey puck pancakes” in the morning. They look remarkably similar to mini pancakes…but to us – HOCKEY PUCKS! I sent this picture to Brian.

My facebook status on June 26th

Problem: Nerf gun with broken pull-back piece. Solution: mom with a hack saw, part of a pink flamingo leg (from a joke we played on the neighbors one time) and a bunch of duct tape.

Logan and his friend Sam are on different baseball teams. They get randomly assigned numbers based on the tee shirt the coach throws at them. Sam is on the left, Logan on the right in Blue.

We went to Raging Waves water park on Friday, June 28th with some friends. After enjoying a few of the slides and the lazy river, we had a picnic lunch in some grass off of the parking lot. All of our husbands were away that weekend for some boy’s fun so I sent Brian this picture from my phone.

On Saturday, June 29th, we met our friends the Iwinskis at a movie theater about 1/2 an hour away to see Monsters University. The movie started right before 5 and I wasn’t keen on spending $40 for movie-theater dinners. So…I emptied out these yogurt containers that have fruit on one side and yogurt on the other to mix together. I cooked some popcorn chicken and put dipping sauces in the “fruit” sections for everyone to eat in the car on the way. Logan was like WAY impressed with my idea so I sent a picture to Brian :)

We always tell Brady that his future sports number should be 5 since his birthday is on the 5th. He (again randomly) is #5 for baseball this season. After Monsters University, he asked me to take his picture with this giant Turbo in the lobby of the theater.

Brian’s little brother and his family came for a visit over the 4th of July week/weekend. This is baby Ellie. The boys and I have not met her yet…and she’s already 9 months old! Logan wanted to hold her…

…and so did Aiden (that’s me in the background doing the “real” holding just in case).

During our visit with Ellie and big brother Charlie, I looked outside and saw Logan teaching Charlie baseball. So stinking cute, I had to film it with my phone!