Team Anders

Today's weather was a 100% upgrade from yesterday's so we scrapped PT Day #2 , broke out the Monkey #5's and enjoyed the sunshine.  The trip to the park was short-lived because we were a tad underdressed for the cooler than expected breeze.  It was still fun though...so much better than being inside ALL DAY LONG!!! After wrapping up at the park we ran some errands and had a fabulous lunch with Sam, Sara, Kathleen and Anna -- and embarrassingly I left my camera in the car and just realized it now.  We played in the backyard and the kiddos burned off a lot of steam in the bouncy castle.  We came home and E hit the pillow hard.  When he woke up it was time to carve our pumpkins!  Check out this artistic display... Yep. All freehand. I know you're wondering where to get the templates. Sorry. Not for sale. Do note that Jace is actually touching the pumpkin innards! Ta-da!  Happy Hall...

Grandma and Grapes Tomlinson recently discovered a great state park about 40 minutes from Dayton called Buck Creek State Park.  Grams, in particular, wouldn't stop raving about the lake and the significant rock-throwing opportunities so we headed over last weekend (I think it was last weekend -- I can't hardly remember my own name these days).  Fun times.

When Daddy's away ...Mommy will photograph (and spend $ -- hello, WalMart).  This post requires very few words so enjoy the break from my rants and the colorful photos from the park! Have a great week everyone!! I've gotta wear my mess dress on Wednesday and I'm already dreading it...ugh. Much love from Dayton :)

After a fabulous McChesney wedding  and a weekend visit from the future CEO of JCPenney this past week was great for Jace, Easton and I to just kick back and relax...just the three homies. Yep. All three of us are homies now. Keep up. Mondays are...well...Mondays so nothing to report on that...except that Jace was asleep at 7:30pm.  Guess driving roundtrip from Dayton to Minneapolis in a 72-hour span of time is a bit exhausting. Easton kept telling him to "watch Mickey" but not even Mickey Mouse's clubhouse could keep my man awake on Monday. He was back to normal by Wednesday the 29th...which just so happened to mark our 11th year in the Air Force! He had flowers and a very encouraging note waiting for me when I arrived home. The staff at Beavercreek Florist love him... and so do I :) I gave him a huge hug and then we proceeded to talk about how much graduation must have sucked this year without the Thunderbirds . We both then decided that though the T-birds w...