shhhh... Don't Tell Ryan

This is where we will be tomorrow night!  Fenway Park!

Happy Birthday Ryan!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY RYAN! 

We had such a fun time with our double slip 'n dip!  Not sure much explanation is needed, but if you missed it, you missed a good time!  It was super fun!  A great way to end a week long vacation.  Poor Ryan, he had to leave the party early and go to work...  Don't worry, we still celebrated his birthday without him.  ;) 

This is me and Ryan racing.  I told him he couldn't go until I hit the blue...  Obviously I won...  :)

Jason and some of the party goers.  This was a front yard party rather than a backyard party...  Plenty of garage shade for the food and lots of running space for the water slide.

Kids had a super time.  They entertained themselves, which was awesome for everyone! 

Haylee slipping and dipping!

Heather and Avery.  Avery wasn't so sure about the water temp. 

Jason showing the kids how it's done!

Birthday Boy warming up for the races... 

The adorable Ewell family.  Thanks for coming!

Peanut wasn't quite heavy enough to make it down the slide.  Ryan and Jake decided to throw her or launch her.  Worked pretty good and she loved it!  The other kids made made a bridge for peanut to go under. 

Peanut made it to the pool!  Finally!!

Cooper sliding his way down to the pool!

Maddie, the ring leader of all the kid fun! 

Ryan helped Sadie down the slide.  She wasn't quite big enough and also not too fond of the temperature of the water...  It was hot outside though so that definitely helped!

Erin couldn't pass up the fun!  So glad you came! 

Thanks to all our friends and family for coming to celebrate Ryan's birthday with us!  We had a blast and hope you did too! 

Bon Voyage!

This is where we'll be for the next week...Relaxing... 

Oh, and in case you didn't hear, we're throwing a birthday bash for Ryan's big 30 birthday next Saturday (7/24)! 

Come on by if you want!  11:30am - 2pm.  We're having a slip'n'dip inflatable water slide, so bring a bathing suit too!  It will be fun for kids AND adults!!

Our Garden

We LOVE our garden.  We love to eat it mostly, but watching it grow is fun too.  Here are some of our delicacy's... 

We had NO apricots last year.  This year we had 10.  I think we ate all of them in one day.  They were SOOO delicious!  I think everyone should have an apricot tree.  First because they are soooo good, but mostly because then I won't have to share mine...  ;) 

We grow zucchini every year.  Every years we eat it and eat it, and wonder why we grow so much every year.  Our friends and neighbors get to enjoy it too because we have SO much we don't know what to do with it.  Any good zucchini recipes out there?  We are running out of ideas... 

Ryan doesn't like tomatoes.  I love them but still can't seem to eat all of them.  This picture was taken a few weeks ago, but now the plant has red tomatoes on it, getting ready to be picked.  Can't wait for those yummy treats!  We'll share these too, just not the apricots or peaches... 

STRAWBERRIES!  These little guys ARE little, but they are PACKED full of flavor!  I love our home grown strawberries, mostly because they remind me what a real strawberry is supposed to taste like.  They are delicious.  I might share one of these with you if you come on a good day... 

This is a first for us...  WATERMELON!  Ryan doesn't really like watermelon but he indulges me in attempting to grow new fruits and vegetables.  I have never seen watermelon on a vine before, and this is a VERY, very tiny one.  We have two now that are fairly large compared to this one.  They are both a little bigger than golf ball size.  SO very cute!  I hope they are delicious too!  My biggest fear is that our peaches and watermelon will get ripe while we are on our vacation to ST. LUCIA in a few weeks.  So excited for the trip, but hoping our fruits wait for us to be around to enjoy... 

NOT pictured, but doing well and producing are our raspberries, blackberries, peach tree (yummy, can't wait), cherry tree, yellow squash and our tangelo tree.  Come enjoy with us anytime!  We aren't pro gardeners but we enjoy doing it, and especially enjoy eating the fruits of our labors... 

Tosh.0 Car Kid

Vegas, Day 3

I love that Ryan likes to post stuff on our blog.  He makes all our adventures sound so much more exciting with the fabulous details he ads in!  Guess you will always be wondering which part is true or not... 

Day 3 was our departure day.  I have to say that I slept so well while we were away.  I loved sleeping in and getting up whenever and not having to be anywhere.  This is how day 3 began.  Then, we packed up and drove over to THE GUN STORE.  This place allows guests to shoot fully automatic weapons, which are illegal in most states.  Ryan was REALLY excited about that.  We both got shirts too as part of our shooting adventure package!  We each shot three different types of guns.  It was a fun place, but maybe a little overpriced... 

My package including shooting an AK, and they gave me a pink one... just for girls!  Plus it had a hello kitty sticker to boot! 

Ryan with the SAW.  He liked this one...  It was so huge they had him set it on the counter top to shoot!  Crazy! 

Ryan did pretty well on this target, until he hit the hostage in the head...  Oops! 

Not bad on this one!  My target (not pictured) just had one person.  Good thing because if there were too, they both would have been dead.  My aim wasn't so good... 

Ryan shooting the Thompson M1.  He liked this one too.  He was really impressed at how little kick back there was.  As far as details on the shooting and the guns you'll have to ask Ryan.  I am not as informed as he is on guns and types and all that good stuff...

It was really fun though!  One of those things that I think we'll be glad we did it, but probably won't go there again.  Once was enough.  We'll just go to the cheaper ranges to shoot legal weapons...  well, I guess I should speak for myself.  Ryan might have other ideas! 

Vegas Day 2, Part 2

After Jumping we kicked it at the topless lazy river.   Alison wasn't sure about it so I just went topless all day.  That night we went and watched the Frank Caliendo Stand Up show.   It was a  very funny evening.  I attached a video of one of his John Madden Routines later in this blog.  He is a lot better live than his bust of a TV show.