A Very 80's Valentine's Day!

Stay sweet, have a great summer!

We've managed to keep ourselves pretty busy in the "extra time" that we've had here...(Our first deal on the house ended up falling apart, we are in contract again though with other, better people, wish us luck!...) Here are a few pictures of stuff that we've been filling our summer days with...

The Zoo!
(and i don't want any comments like 'what kind of animals are those!?' i expect better from you guys!)

G attempting to sneak up on this goat to scare the bejeebees out of it. Good work.

Bubba forgoing the opportunity to brush a goat, and choosing to brush this pole instead.



The rest of the pics are from our fun day with grandma and papaw at the children's museum...

A Hamily of a Family

G has really been into rhyming things...she's given a few of my family members special names...
S....Master of Disaster (oh, so accurate)
J....Creature of a Teacher
Alicia....Wack of the Back (I was just explaining to her this morning why alicia, (who is coming to visit today!!) is going to sleep in her bed b/c she has back problems)
Grandma Rosemarie....Whopper of a Shopper
Me....Wiener of a Cleaner (she uses this word (wiener) as if it's a perfectly acceptable everyday word...without laughing even. (i giggle every time I hear this word, it's out of my control). I think if I point out that is a little socially unacceptable, she either a). won't believe me or b). will cry and be forever traumatized. My hope is that eventually she will realize that it's not a normally used word on her own, and then she will stop.)
Herself....The Award of the Bored
(she named this blog post, too).
It appears that cabin fever has really sort of taken over here.

Ponies in Trucks

The perfect fusion of 2-year-old-boy-play and 4-year-old-girl-play. My kids could play Ponies in Trucks all the live-long day.
p.s. I ate cake for breakfast. I feel like I should tell someone that.

Romance Dove

You should try this, it's funny stuff.
YOUR ROCK STAR NAME: (first pet & current car): Skeeter Windstar
YOUR GANGSTA NAME: (fave ice cream flavor, favorite cookie):
Chocolate Marshmallow Macaroon
YOUR "FLY Guy/Girl" NAME: (first initial of first name, first three letters of your last name): V-Cut(i used my maiden name b/c it sounded more 'fly')
YOUR DETECTIVE NAME: (favorite color, favorite animal): Pink Penguin
YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME: (middle name, city where you were born):
Lynn Rexburg
YOUR STAR WARS NAME: (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of your first): Neava
SUPERHERO NAME: ("The" + 2nd favorite color, favorite drink):
The Red Hot Chocolate
NASCAR NAME: (the first names of your grandfathers): Earl Gordon
STRIPPER NAME: (the name of your favorite perfume/cologne/scent, favorite candy): Romance Dove
TV WEATHER ANCHOR NAME: (Your 4th grade teacher's last name, a major city that starts with the same letter): Richardson Roanoke
SPY NAME: (your favorite season/holiday, flower): Spring Lilac
CARTOON NAME: (favorite fruit, article of clothing you're wearing right now + "ie" or "y"):Cherry Fleecey
HIPPY NAME: (What you ate for breakfast, your favorite tree):
Waffle Redbud
YOUR ROCK STAR TOUR NAME: ("The" + Your fave hobby, fave weather element + "Tour"): The Baking Sunshine Tour
I'm not going to tag anyone, because I didn't get tagged. But do it anyway, because I don't think you want to upset The Red Hot Chocolate.

This is How We Roll...

...On New Year's Eve.

Proper Cheez-it Consumption Guidelines Film

well, i guess toes do somewhat resemble a fork..... and as G always says, "hey, why not?"

My Offspring, Future Leaders of the Fashion World

And why wouldn't they be, I mean, look at their dad....(3rd from the left). If he is not at the pinnacle of fashion, well, then, I don't know who is.
He did the 'snake as an accessory' thing way before Britney Spears.

And I've certainly rocked my fair share of overalls in my lifetime, which we all know are always at the height of fashion.

Now this is some edgy couture fashion here. Let me see if I can explain this right. You see, her top is actually the bloomers attached to the skirt. The whole thing is upside down with the crotch (eww) buttons over her shoulder. One would really have to have a mind for fashion to have come up with, let alone, execute this.

Two words. Doo. Rag.

And little bubba here has fashioned himself some shoes out of your common swim diapers. Ingenious.

Lipstick on lips is really highly predictable. Here, S is really re-inventing the 'face' of make-up, by suggesting an alternative location for lipstick.

What's that you say, this post wouldn't be complete without a mashed potato turkey? I agree.

Autumn Schmotumn

Fall is the best season ever. Everything is great about it. We have recently been able to do a few fun Autumn activities. The first of which was attending the Pumpkin Festival. One of my favorite fall things is anything concerning pumpkins, (especially pumpkin food) so I was really excited. There were a lot of pumpkins and rides, but I'm sad to say that the food was a little disappointing. I'm guessing the pumpkin donuts were really good, but after waiting in the line for 30 minutes in front a large rude man who had no regard whatsoever for my right to personal space, I decided that no donut was worth it.

Here is G and Aunt K playing 'Hide & Seek' behind the box labeled "Danger High Voltage".


World's biggest pumpkin pie. Could've been bigger.


Then, there was this guy.


G waiting to go on the spinny pumpkin ride.

Can you find K and G in there?




We went to this fun Garden Center that had a scarecrow contest and a fun kids area.


There was a fun maze with musical instruments in it, S found the drum.


Grandma and S playing in the sand.


Aunt K and G playing in grandma and papaw's backyard.


We had a great time playing around in the leaves. J and A took turns running full speed at eachother and knocking eachother into a pile of leaves. Good clean fun.

Uncle A was running G around so that she could be a torpedo. They torpedo'd right into this would-be lovely picture.

Here is the torpedo right before takeoff.

The NWF (Neal Wrestling Federation )

G and S's favorite thing to do with their daddy is wrestling. It's one of those activities that I do not particularly enjoy, and without them actually saying so, I know that they would really prefer that I not join in. Maybe you didn't know this about me, but I'm apparently 'no fun'. However, there are a few things that I love about the NWF.


1. The uniforms. G's is her flowered-dress swimming suit. (not to be confused with her 12 other swimming suits-you see, G's normal attire for the day is always a swimming suit; which one gets worn is decided on what activities she has planned for herself that day.) So, it's not just any swimming suit, it must be this one, worn with cream-colored tights and a cream colored t-shirt underneath. J can wear whatever he wore for the day, but he must wear a cape. (this is our tan down throw blanket).

2. The wrestling names. G has given each member of the NWF a name to be known by in the wrestling world, they are as follows:

G- her name is Wressa the Wrestler (Wressa for short). I like it because its simple and descriptive, while at the same time achieves the purpose of a wrestler’s name, which is, of course, to strike fear into their opponents.

S - G has lovingly named him ...are you ready for this......Weiner. We do not know why. But she says it with a straight face, which I have yet to master.

J - J has the most noble of the names, he is called "The Great Ricoco". And while I am not a huge fan of the use of quotation marks, (or am I?) because of the rampant misuse of them, I feel that a title such as this really deserves some sort of formal punctuation.

J – You’re probably wondering….hey, wait, why is he listed twice? He actually plays the part of two separate wrestlers depending on who G is in the mood to wrestle with. The name of the second wrestler is Man-Fro. Something special about Man-Fro is that Wressa only addresses him in a southern drawl.

On the rare occasion that I am invited to play, I am known as Tracy, which may seem like a lame title, but when G explains my name, it actually sounds like a compliment...no, an honor. She says it rhymes with Gracie. nuff said.