Saturday, August 11

A Basement Full O' Water

This is me making light of a not-so-funny sitcho.
Jack and Daddy were at the bank getting some cash out for their trip to see Grandma and Grandpa V and Mommy called to see if they'd stop back by and see why there was no hot water. We went back to the house, I opened the basement door and unwittingly stepped into about three inches of water.
Luckily, this is just a storage basement under our kitchen, so we did some impromptu tossing of wet stuff that wasn't salvageable. Most of the stuff was on shelves on the side though so it didn't ruin much. We're quite concerned about mold though.
The little pump that could. This little guy pumped all the water out of the basement, and when it got low enough we could see it was coming through the bottom of the floor. We've had way too much rain this year and the water table is higher than our basement, so it has to go somewhere. Thankfully, we don't have valuable stuff down there! (There is some mold on the back wall there, so we'll have to re-drywall soon.)
Wanna go for a dip?
I was just in the basement a few days ago, so it must have just started coming in recently. We're still pumping it out. We'll let you know how everything turns out!

Friday, August 10

Dax's Birthday Party!

At Dax's birthday party, all the kids were given tails to wear. Jack hated his, so Dad wore it. In fact, Dad wore it into the gas station we stopped at after the party accidentally!
Gettin' his play on.
Bec, Dax and Craig open Jack's present to Dax.
Safety first!
Okay, my work here is done!
It is proper chainsaw procedure to utilize the 'buddy system'.
I'll get this thing running, dude. Don't worry.
Jack and his dad.
Dax feeds his dad some of his cake.
All caked out. Jack still doesn't love birthday cake!

Tuesday, August 7

Mommy & Jack's Trip To Iowa

Granny Janny went with Mommy and Jack to Iowa last week to visit Great Grandma and Great Grandpa K.
Jack spent much of the first day running in circles around the house. He was sweating so much his mom took his clothes off so he could cruise in his diaper.
I love this picture. I can't put my finger on exactly why, but I just do.
Grandma and Gramps watched Jack tear down the block tower his mom built.
He really liked Gramps' candy jar!
I'm going to introduce you to a friend of mine named Elmo, Gramps.
Jack found Gramma very amusing.
Jack tells Grandma all about his crazy life.
And demonstrates proper Hot Wheels play-age.
The humidity was so bad there, Amy couldn't keep the camera from fogging over when they were outside. It gives this picture kind of a cool vibe though I think!

Playing with Granny Janny in the marigolds.
This flower is good as (mari)gold.
Grandma trying to feed Jack some Ritz crackers.
Be afraid, Edna. Be very afraid.
Jack's favorite toy du jour: a Diet Coke bottle. I prefer Diet Pepsi.

Gotta get that kid to switch brands.
Jack and Aunt Susan.
Grandma, Susan, Jack and Gramps.
Susan and Jack had a blast!
Jack really likes hair right now...

Bye bye, Iowa! We'll be back soon!
Granny Janny and Auntie Em at Cracker Barrel. Daddy met everyone there to attend Dax's birthday party that day. (We'll have photos from that later!)
Jack feeds Auntie Em.
Ooops! You caught me with my foot on the table.
I wanna RAWK!

The Last of the Mohawkians.

Jack's hair is getting pretty long, so we decided a mohawk was in order!
Funny little doober.
Give me back my block, Dad!
I suppose I can spare a kiss since you gave me back my block and undid that hairdo!

Some Old Fotos

Monday, August 6

Updates A Little Slow...

I am really getting annoyed with Blogger/Charter. Our connection speed is slow and Blogger is slow so uploading any photos is going to take forever! I have photos of Mommy and Jack's trip to Great-Grandma and Great-Grandpa's house, Dax's party, and others to upload, but I can't get any of them to load to the 'Net. I'm really annoyed because I realize it's going to take FOREVER to get them on here! But I'll get it done...

Wednesday, August 1

Smiles For Miles

The obligatory 'pull my finger' picture. I didn't ask him to, he just did!
He's looking less and less like a baby all the time, isn't he?
Bouncing on the couch.
I don't think there is any way this little kid could get any cuter. You?
Catch a plastic star and put it in your pocket...
Jack is wearing the most comfortable jammies in the world. I wish I had a pair.
How you doin'...?