Our Labor Day

Today was such a nice day out!! I love this weather! I wish it was like this all the time. Not too hot, and not too cold!! We had a pretty laid back day. Phil washed the Camry outside, and while doing so…. he set up Payton’s little pool in the front of our house so she could play in the water while he washed the car… YES in our front yard. My first thought was we sort of look like “WT” (white trash), yes I said it. But, hey she was having fun with her Daddy, so I guess that’s all that matters!!

Daddy working hard!!

We went and washed the Expedition… well we paid someone else to do it! Then, ran to the store to get something for dinner! Came home, relaxed some, and then went out back to cook dinner and play!!

I think Payton is tired of me taking pictures of her, she keeps telling me “NO MOMMY, NO!!!”

Payton even did some mowing!!

High heels and all!!!

And did some swinging!! Something we haven’t done in a long time since it has been so dang hot outside!!

Oh yes, and I almost forgot… while she was playing I was cooking our yummy dinner!!

Frying some fish, fries, and hushpuppies!!!! Mmmm… MMMM good!!

Made sweet potato fries and regular fries!! It sure was DELISH!!!!

Hope everyone had a safe and Happy Labor Day!!

Phil and I celebrated our 2 year Anniversary yesterday. I had planned on doing a mushy post, just never got around to it!!

Wednesday and Thursday

Wednesday morning we woke up, got ready, and headed to the Disney Store.

I wanted to let Payton pick out her Halloween costume.

This picture makes me laugh.. She is taking off running to me!!

Getting her two new cups! Just what we need… I know

Watching Tinkerbelle on the BIG TV in there.

Once we picked out her costume, we headed to eat lunch!

I really do not see what the big fuss is about this place. I mean it was “OK” it wasn’t something that I will crave and just HAVE to go back. I mean we will go back I am sure since they are putting one 2 miles from our house. But, they are going up everywhere around here!! I will say the price is good, although the burgers are kind of small. Phil said next time he will get two burgers.

All they have is burgers and fries… so I brought chicken nuggets for Payton to eat.

Then, we headed to Golf Smith…. Phil HAD to go there….

Payton was enjoying her new princess shoes….

She is so funny I swear

Cool shoes, HUH?

And Daddy hit a few balls

Now… on to Thursday!!!

We met Marla, Geoff, and the girls at the pool…

Grace floating like a big girl

After swimming… Phil, Payton, and I went to Cici’s for lunch!! Payton ate 4 pieces of pizza, wait actually I think it was 5… and two cinnamon rolls!!!

Then, came home… I cooked The Pioneer Woman's, Lasagna to take to my mother in law’s house. I also made her Blackberry Cobbler. It was very yummy. Of course, I didn’t take any pictures of this… so you will just have to check out the links I put on here!! :)

Had a great past couple of days! Looking forward to a long weekend, but not Tuesday. I am having a surgery on Tuesday… female issues. So, I will apologize now that I won’t be blogging next week. Payton will be away from me for a couple of days, and I will be resting as much as possible.

Terrific Tuesday

Today was one of those days where we had fun but, didn’t do much!!

Started out by making some crafts for Payton to do. Not done with them yet, but here is a sneak peak.

I big poster board I made with shapes… Don’t look to closely please!! :)

Then, on the other side is the alphabet….

Next, we headed to lunch…..

Yup we tried Freebirds! It was quite delish! I didn’t take any pictures while we were there! So I took a picture of my cup with we got home.

But, before we came home we made a stop by Lowes.  We have a few shingles that fell off during the last big storm we had months ago. (Kind of feels like years since we have had rain)

Payton following her Daddy…

Phil comparing the shingles…

They were really heavy too!!

 

 

Payton really likes to help her daddy

She is so strong too!!

 

I had doubts that Phil could fix the shingles on the roof. He did watch a “how too” video online earlier this morning. But, still… I mean kind of scary getting up there on the roof too!!

I snapped one picture of Phil… and then me and Payton headed to our neighbors pool. I text my neighbor while we were in Lowes and asked him if we could go swim. No one was home. He said sure…..

 

 

They have a very nice pool!!

Couldn’t seem to get a picture of the whole thing with my zoom lens, it was too close.

Payton loves it over there. But, she kept wanting to know where Sydney was… (that is the our neighbors little girl).

Next thing you know, Phil came to join us!! He did the roof all by himself and didn’t even take him very long!! I am a very proud wife! And sorry for doubting you!! :)

So Payton and Daddy played catch with her pool toys

After swimming, we headed back to the house.

Tah-Dah…. it is fixed

Payton’s new thing is “Mommy let’s do a craft” Well I can’t tell her no… I would feel sort of bad if I did…. Ha

So I let her play with stickers we got at wal-mart last night. They were stars, circles, and rectangles. She has the CIRCLES down… we will work on the rest! With that said, I am very impressed because you knew what a circle was just from doing our first shape activity last week.

We watched some TV, just relaxed! It was very nice! And I love having Phil home with me!

I made Pioneer Woman's, Chicken Fried Steak. I didn’t make her mashed potatoes. But, I suggest everyone trying them if you never have! I didn’t make them since it makes so much and I really didn’t want to spend extra time cooking!! Basically, I was being lazy! :)

But, here is the plate of what our dinner looked like!!!!

YUMMY!!!!!!!!!!

Homemade Mac n cheese too! And those rolls, they were the kind you let rise for a few hours and oh my goodness… I ate 3 of them!! They were so delish!!!!

And to finish of our day… we went outside for a bit (like 10 minutes, HA) while Daddy did the yard. Payton’s face here…. She is scared…. She doesn’t like the mower or any of those sounds!! She kept saying “Mommy I’m scared…”

 

Such a great, yet low key family day!! Love these days more than anything!!!!