Freakin' Adorable

Ingredients for the perfect picture:

1 Little Boy (in a good mood)

1 Adorable Outfit

1 Oversized Couch

Mix these all together and you get the perfect picture!

Brayden's First Twinkie

Now that Brayden is almost 2 we don't get very many firsts with him anymore. Still, today was the first time Brayden got to eat a Twinkie. I think he enjoyed it.

Kelsi's First Tattoo

One of the things that we did with our tax returns this year was to buy both Craig and I a new tattoo. Last week, Craig went in to Big Deluxe to get his armband done. While we were waiting for the artist, I was looking through some books showcasing the other artists' work and I fell in love. The idea for my tattoo was finally solidified. I went and talked to the artist, Bart, right then and set up an appointment for today to begin work on mine. I'm not going to lie, I was extremely nervous, but I still showed up.

Above shows the outline of my future tattoo. This is my last chance to chicken out before he started work. I still loved it, so below is now what the left side of my back looks like. It really hurt, but I'm looking forward to adding all the color and shading to really make it impressive.

Afternoon at Walden Park

Today was a really beautiful day, so Brayden and I walked over to the park next to our house after lunch. It's amazing to watch how much this kid is growing.

Today he really showed off how strong and brave he is getting by climbing up the arched ladder all by himself. It was fun to watch him impress himself.

Jungle Jim's

Deana babysat Jackson again today, so we took the boys (Brayden, Jackson, Charles and Craig) to Jungle Jim's for the day. The little boys really struggled with the rides. Brayden really liked the ride, but he hated having to get off and wait in line for another one. Jackson just hated everything about it.

Lucky for us, one end of the building is devoted to a large playground. Brayden loved that! Jackson still took a little persuading, but it was a lot better than the rides. Neither of the boys were quite big enough to climb through the openings so we each posted ourselves throughout to help them through. We all had a lot of fun.

Computer Camera

I have had my laptop way too long, but I just found the camera today. Hey, I never claimed to be computer savy. I knew that the camera was there, but I thought I had to purchase special software to make it work. Yeah, today I proved myself wrong and had a little fun in the process.

Brayden and Craig even joined in for a little bit. There were a lot more pictures taken today, but I only posted my favorites.

Deana's Birthday Dinner

My friend, Deana, had her birthday this week so a bunch of us got together for dinner at Red Robin to celebrate.

We made everyone in our group wear party hats. As you can see, Craig especially had a lot of fun playing with them.