Sunday, June 19, 2011

Daddy's Day

Christian loves his daddy...
and his daddy loves him.
For Father's Day we went over to Mom and Dad's for dinner after church. Alyssa and I brought salads and Mom made the rest of the meal (LOTS of food..no shocker there). The boys played some bocce ball..and then we ate dessert.
Dad with his boys..not sure why I didn't get a picture..I am still a daughter :)

The "Dads"

The "boys"

The "men"

 
"We will, we will ROCK you"...the known dessert song at the Sweigart household

I am thankful for my Dad.
He's a man I respect and love very much.

I am also thankful for Ben.
He makes a wonderful Daddy to Christian, and good team member in parenthood!

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

thanks to Tia C

My birthday present from Carissa....I love it!
I've always wanted a hammock chair...its very relaxing.

The shirt Tia C gave Christian. He is a fan. Whenever we get it out..he starts saying "docto". 
Who knows...maybe he will be??

Thank you Tia C..we sure wish you could be a little closer more often so you could see these things being used! I suppose these pictures will have to do :)

Saturday, June 11, 2011

Camp out

Camp out at Aunt Jessica and Uncle Ben's!
 We had Maddox, Ava, and Kade overnight and oh man, did we have fun. 

we played...




we set up the tent and got firewood...

we played some more...


we roasted hotdogs...


we ate outside...


we ate s'mores and demonstrated how to "go" behind a tree...



we read bedtime stories...

and these three troopers stayed the WHOLE night in the tent with Uncle Ben!!! 

**We all attempted to go to bed in the tent. Christian was more than slightly distracted. Not only did he have his favorite cousins with him, but he also was very aware of the night life outside. He had a running commentary between, "Kade...BUGS....Kade....Mama...BUGS....Kade", you get the picture. So I took him inside, and he immediately fell asleep. **

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

wheat {2011}


                                            



Monday, June 6, 2011

Curtains



Here are some "before" and "after" pictures of my curtain project :) These were the only before pictures I could find.


And here are my curtains for the dining room/kitchen...

...and these were "technically" shower curtains, but does that really matter?? nah.



And here is our bedroom... 





...and these were technically tablecloths, but it worked (sort of, don't look too close).

Thursday, June 2, 2011

One...going on 2 1/2

I have to put some of these pictures on here...because it shows how silly our little boy is becoming!
Sometimes, it goes beyond silly into very ornery with no sense of fear. It seems over the last couple months he has grown up so much. He has a mind of his own, and is able to verbalize what he's thinking/needing/wanting very well...sometimes TOO well. He will mock both words and actions...so beware!


This is what we call the Christian taco..he thinks he's hilarious when he does this :)

 A little dare devil..this is part of the no fear...yikes!


 He LOVES to climb! 
Ladders, couches, lamps, people...you name it if he can hoist his little legs up it he's there. Not always the best outcome (aka the couch and lamp), but it doesn't stop him from climbing on something else.

 His boots...a big time favorite of his. He knows what he wants..and he wanted to wear his BOOTS.
It might be close to the end of their days, as his feet are getting bigger and the boots are not.

 Pretty sure he knocked this chair down, "uh-oh", and then decided he may as well sit on it while its at his level.

Quite the little helper. He makes it known VERY well when he needs to be involved!

 Part mexican?? It might be debatable. He says "pina" (spanish for pineapple) when he wants more pineapple (a favorite), "tee-a" for tortillas, and "saz-sa" for salsa which he loves to put on top of the food he doesn't want so he can scoop the salsa off and eat it plain.

Here I was making enchiladas and he was "helping" by sitting there. Next thing I know he snatched two tortillas and starting stuffing them in his mouth.


A silly picture of him. But lately this is what he does when I get my camera out. He comes RIGHT up to it and looks in the lens.


This is a very fun stage of his life. It may be a bit trying sometimes..I'm sure there's more of that...but it really is entertaining to watch him grow up!

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

bIrThDaY

I had a good birthday! Ben had fixed up the child carrier thing to go on the back of my bike. So we took a family bike ride into town in the afternoon. Then in the evening, we went over to Mom and Dad's for Alyssa and I's birthday celebration. We had a meal of appetizers...and yes, it was MORE than enough food to eat (imagine that with Mom feeding us). We played bocce ball, and the kids played kick ball with Grandma and Grandpa. Complete with fruit pizza for dessert!! Thank you for a good birthday :) 
AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ALYSSA ON THE 9TH!



His favorite part of the day, was blowing out my candle.....he LOVES candles lately.

Check out Alyssa's crazy bocce ball throw! She looks like a super long, stretchy person!!

 
 Waiting to see who was closer...red or green..probably green.