Why I Took the Summer Off-Week 2

I'm smiling because I took the summer off of work to be with my kids. Excellent choice! These eight weeks are my favorite of the year, I couldn't bear to miss any of it. I'm looking forward to taking lots of fun pictures along the way.

"Are we goin' for a ride??" This time he hopped right in and just sat there for awhile until we finally came outside and took him on a ride. Now if I could just train him to drive the kids to football practice when it starts next month....

 

I had totally given up on this orchid, I'll admit, I did try to throw it in the trash, much to Mark's dismay. But, he never gave up on this Hawaiian beauty. It has not blossomed in like five years and bam, this is what we've got now. Mark's been whispering positive inspirational thoughts to it while sitting on the pot. It worked.

 

"Mom can you do the towel on my head too?"

 

I found David like this at 6:30pm tonight. Asleep with the finger on the remote, just like his Dad.

 

This girl is taking the cue from her Dad too....

 

We had a fun visitor stop by and give David a sweet ride around the neighborhood. I'm sure it only further reinforced David's future ambition to "be Tom when he grows up"..

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Beauty and the Beast

She's the Beauty...

 

Here's the beast. We actually let him finish up the last of the steak dinner. He went berserk afterwards.

 

Victory plate~Mendenhall style.

 

Not Your Typical Day in the Magic Kingdom

We braved the last two open days for Disneyland passports on Monday and Tuesday. It was crazy busy but extra fun since we met up with the Wimmers and spent the night with the Laynes.

 

These boys are goofy! Why does David look like a gangster??

Abby and Brooke had so much fun together!!

 

 

 

There's nothing as exciting as spending the night in a hotel for these kids. An extra bonus: a great view of the fireworks.

Summer Starts

We celebrated the last day of school with a trip to Carl's Jr. for lunch. (I didn't know at the time but this was a warm-up for our weekend entertainment.) We reviewed the end of year report cards while chowing down. Here's James and David signaling the grade they will be advancing to in the fall.

 

Saturday was closing ceremonies for T-Ball. We were especially proud of David for getting the Sportsmanship award for his team. (Please don't make any smarty comments about how his Dad is the coach and possibly biased.)

 

It's all about the food when we're celebrating. We dragged ourselves and grandparents over to Cheeburger Cheeburger.

 

Mark was inspired (crazed) enough for the one pound burger eating contest.

 

Game on-James got the half pounder. Seriously, that's 10 ounces of beef. (The full pounder is 20 ounces, technically more than a pound. Why, I don't know~!)

 

 

Is that all ya got??

 

Victory!!

 

Just one last bite.

 

 

Got to wash it down with a shake.

 

Judge me by my size, do you?

 

Wonder Women and Team Headband

The pictures say it all. It was a blast! But, my back is killing me....Curse that suicide hill!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Laura and Mark Imposters