Animal Rescue

Family of kittens were found in my mom's front yard. She made all efforts to take in the mama cat and her 5 kittens. The mama cat took 1 kitten and ran, leaving her sweet 4 kittens in the care of my mom. Everyday she leaves food and water, just hoping the mama cat will return. The tiny kittens are about 1 week old, meaning my mom has been bottle feeding them every 2 hours, making feeding charts, helping them go potty, and keeping them warm, until they find a wonderful home. What a nuturing mom I have!!!!

Touch my shirt and I will squirt!

You never know what bath time will hold in our house. Landon either loves it or hates it! Tonight, as long as the shirt remained on his head, we were in great shape! If the shirt came off, Mom gets squirt....I don't know where he comes up with these games, but I sure do love 'em!

Marco? Polo!

Snow cones and Marco Polo.....gotta love the summer!

Lando and I enjoyed the warm afternoon with our neighbors. Swimming, relaxing, and sucking down as many snow cones as possible. Days like these feel like I'm on summer vacay, as we walk home exhausted and happy from playing with our friends!

I'm Lovin' This!

A weekend with no plans, nothing scheduled, and an unexpected day off, this does not come often. What to do, what to do?! Children's Museum, of course. One of our favorite family events. Each visit we make to the fun house, gets better, as Landon gets older and discovers new adventures. This visit, he was extremely fascinated with the children's scissors in the craft room. A quick stop in the gift shop as we exit (for the sucker parents, who wind up over spending on toys, cadets, and astronaut ice cream), earned Lando 2 pairs of children's scissors, which have now lost the magical fascination at home.


"Would you like ice or stamps with your grocery purchase?"


"Go, car, go!"


Hitching a ride!

Sunday, my free day! We lounged and ate the afternoon away. The only way to be outdoors, is to be submerged in water, as the over 100 degree temperatures have arrived. A suntan and a nap later.....dinner time. BBQ? Perhaps. However, Landon choose the menu tonight, King crab legs and shrimp.....GREAT CHOICE!! Family time, shellfish, DQ, and off to BED! Ahh, what a weekend!

Boogey boarding on the fountain waves!


AHHHH!!!


My boys


Showing off his jumbo shrimps!


Getting a crab cracking lesson from the master!

Cheers to many more lazy summer weekends!

Beautiful Teeth

Landon and his beautiful, full set of baby teeth got their first cleaning today. Yep, another milestone conquered: his 1st dentist appointment. We visited West Valley Pediatric Dentistry today. First off, the office is awesome and I'm thinking about switching over there for my dental maintenance. There was nothing to fear in a movie theater theme office full of movies, video games, and marshmallow fluoride. Landon had no problem sitting on my lap, leaning back, and opening up to get his teeth polished, flossed, and brushed. At the end of his visit, he was given 2 tokens for a prize of his choice.....bouncy balls. He had such a great time, I never knew going to the dentist could be so fun!

Playing the Nemo video game while waiting in the teeth cleaning room.

Trying out his new toothbrush!

Friends Fur-ever!

A boy and his best friend!

East Coast Part 2: The Cape

A quick drive from Manchester brought us to The Cape!! The gorgeous, slow moving, quiet town took some getting used to. Coming from our fast moving pace of life to a sreeching halt in Cape Cod, was just what we needed. Cool weather, nearly vacant beaches (which made capturing family photos difficult, no one was around for me to bother), and more seafood than our stomachs could imagine.

Our cottage at Colonial Acres was perfect...we fell in love with our temporary home instantly. The view was gorgeous and the crisp Cape Cod morning breeze through the windows was tranquil and calming.

A sixty second walk brought us to our private beach, just to complete the pinnacle picture of our home by the sea!

We ventured to several different beaches, each with their own charisma and uniqueness. The cool sugary sand and quiet waves brought us hours of entertainment. Landon could spend all of his day digging, building, and sliding down the sand hills. We combed the beach for polished rocks, shells, and sat eating Salt Water Taffy by the hand fulls. Each night we retreated to our cottages with bags of fresh fish and shellfish fresh off the boat from the local fish markets.

A boat tour on Prudence was an ideal way to view the famous surrounding areas, including the Kennedy Compound. Landon, knowing the world is his playground, has no fear and becomes quite comfortable in new surroundings. The boat was no different, skipping, dancing, and jumping across the bow, while we chased after him!

A trip to Boston was included in our itinerary. We roamed the brick lined streets through the wharf, for more seafood, Little Italy, where we loaded up on pastries at Bova's, over to Cheers, and took the train to Cambridge to visit Harvard.

Just a glimmer of our 10 days, treasured and cherished family moments! Breeze in our hair, sand in our toes, dining on seafood stew...Cape Cod we undeniably miss you!

East Coast Part 1: CT and NYC

Let vacation begin!! Off we go to CT to visit my brother Vince, sister-in-law, Melissa, and my niece, Chloe. They had just flown home from their Phoenix visit and we followed them a day later. The time went by in a blink! We were so excited to see Manchester and have them all to ourselves during our visit. Landon and Chloe got valuable cousin time in, as well as Aunt Kristin getting in cuddle time with her too! Ahhh, look at her....gorgeous and I just can't get enough of her red hair! We took the train into NYC for the day (just before the car bombing scare, whew!). Scot and I were stoked to take Lando on the train, the boy loves "choochoos". After 10 minutes, we hear "all done" from him....uhhh, sorry son, we have another 50 minutes to go. The choochoo lost it's luster QUICK!


Game Night!


Waiting at the New Haven Train Station


Thrilled to ride the choochoo!


Are we there yet?


Bryant Park Cafe...highly recommend!


Adventurous bus tour (yep, that's our boy with his finger in his nose...so glad I caught that)


Time Square! One of us couldn't handle life in the Big Apple!


Vince, Mel, and Chloe

Taking the day to relax, outdoor CT style....the boys went kayaking before an evening BBQ.

Suiting up!


Vince, Scot and Landon.....I think Landon is doing all the paddling!


Landon showing Chloe how to tackle the park.


1st swing ride (I think she likes it)


They looked thrilled that we posed them!



I could get used to this CT life!


Sis!

Vince, Mel, and Chloe, thank you for the amazing start to our vacation! We had an amazing time, full of incredible moments and laughs. We love you!

Stay tuned for East Coast Part 2: The Cape

Here's were it all starts.....

Where do I even begin to get you all (and even myself) oriented to our last 3 weeks? Of course, no blogging took place over this time...I barely had time to sit down between work, family visiting for the big event, work again, and have 1 day to pack a family of 3 for our 10 day excursion to the east coast. Here I goooooo, to blog my little heart out and type 'till the fingers fall off, I'll keep it short and sweet! Stay tuned for further posts from our amazing vacay!

My older brother, Vince and his bride, Melissa, eloped last November after their move to Connecticut. Needless to say, coming from a huge family, who all love a great wedding, it was only necessary to celebrate their nuptials. Family and friends traveled from all over for the party, held at The Preserves (my Dad's home). Music blaring from the DJ booth, drinks flowing, and immediately we head to the dance floor...we all love to show our moves (I do not come from a shy family)! The bride and groom, with their gorgeous daughter, Chloe, were center of attention, as they should be. With a toast by Vince directed at thanking the family, new additions, and feeling so blessed by his lovely wife, their was not one dry eye in the house. My favorite part, having both my brothers in Arizona with me!!

Here's what you don't see in my photos: my 80+year old Nannie puffing away at a cigar, my mom and step-mom chatting it up like old BFF's, and my dad and step-dad calling each other "husbands in-law"! WHAT?!! Families are the best!!!
Feel free to snoop at my family's photos: http://www.liddellimages.com/

Doesn't get any cuter than this!!

Our boy, showing off his moves on the dance floor!