I'm on a roll!

The week has come and gone and it has been fairly uneventful. It has become very steamy here and we have been avoiding the heat! Yesterday we played outside for about 45 minutes from 9:30 to 10:15 b/c it was so stinking hot I couldn't bear it. I bribed them inside with the promise of Sesame Street and Mr. Rogers - big time excitement in this house!!!

On Sunday we took a day trip to Grandma Teri's house to help her celebrate her 50th birthday. We (Aaron, Shannon, Darrell, Jess, and our family) surprised her for a 9am breakfast. We spent the day watching the kids give Bailey (a chocolate lab) a bath in the baby pool and ride tricycles, eating fresh cucumbers from the garden and we even took in a few laps of the Brickyard before Matt, Carson, and I fell asleep. Of course, I had Delaney sitting on my lap, so that nap didn't last for long. It was topped off by a trip to Frickers (a bar/restaurant) by the girls (Teri, Shannon, Jess, and myself) to enjoy a drink while we waited on wings for the hungry crew at the house. It was nice to enjoy a few quiet moments with "the girls."

We spent lots of time with friends this week. I had some high school friends over on Monday and a friend home for the summer over on Tuesday. On Wednesday we met a friend from church at the park, however, she is 7 and a half months pregnant, so she only lasted about an hour in the heat. We enjoyed a visit from Grandpa Bub last night (enjoy the picture!!).

Excitement from the week - Carson pooped in the potty tonight. I know that doesn't seem to exciting for some of you, but we're hoping it spurs Delaney on to thinking it's a great idea (she did poop in the potty once this week, and yes, Aunt Shannon, it was HUGE!)! He seemed very proud of himself and is well on the road to being potty trained. He goes everytime we sit him on the potty, but he won't tell us when he needs to go, we just have to guess right now - it's working though.

Delaney has been reading Charlotte's Web at bedtime and she finished it last night, so I took her to the video store this afternoon and we rented the cartoon version so we could have a movie night. She seemed to enjoy it, although she was a little upset a few times.

We have enjoyed 4 tomatoes off of Goliath - wow did they taste good! It's amazing what growing it yourself does to it, probably helps that it is very fresh when it hits the table.

Love to all,
Gretchen