chippies

may i recommend these? i'm not a potato chip person at all.but these...best eaten in the car with a friend,perfect evening weather,windows down...she bought one bag,i bought the other...and we shared.


here are a couple pictures from watching the fireworks.i turned around to look at him at one point and he just had that glow stick sticking out in his mouth,all casual. so funny.he is learning more words every day. this week he has learned 'back' using it to say 'put it back' and 'wow'.he is still not saying mommy! pfff.
i am reading The Woman Who Can't Forget a memoir about a woman who remembers everything about her past. it is seriously so strange and amazing.it makes me realize how little i remember things. and how funny memories would be in my top 10 favorite things in the world. i love laughing till we cry talking about things that happened. particularly awkward/embarrassing moments. also crossword puzzles. they are on my top ten.

$34,000

ok my 4th and 5th favorite things are books and then blankets.
friday we enjoyed some time at my sister's new house and the 2nd annual july 4th cookout at the snows.This year saylor was old enough to walk around the pool, dangerously close to the edge...and refuse to go to sleep at their house,which was frustrating. he used to sleep anywhere and everywhere and in the past month he has decided grandparents and home are the only places he wants to sleep. i think part of it is wanting to be a part of the party too, he doesn't want to sleep when everyone else is still downstairs playing.oh, cha-cha-cha-changes. so colin and i went home and put him to bed for an hour.we then woke him up and drove a mile to watch fireworks with my family. we put him in a stroller and he laid there half awake and slowly woke up and looked around, very amused. and he loooved the fireworks! he was totally in awe.
saturday colin and i had a date.we went to gallery hop downtown where we enjoyed two new things we've been wanting to try.first, jeni's ice cream. truly superb, truly lives up to all the talk about it.i will be there again soon,jeni. second, we rode in a pedicab!
actually, the guy in the last picture in that article was our driver.it was dark,the weather was great,fireworks were going off.it was fun.
yesterday colin and i hit up kroger and my reciept had printed at the bottom my total kroger plus card savings to date.i've had a kroger plus card for six or seven years. my total savings? it said $34,316.38. WOW! i was in awe. colin did not believe it but i was like, no, it's true. somehow it's true. later that night amber and i were back at kroger picking up some ice cream [of course]. my receipt this time said my total savings to date was $236....oooh. i must have had someone else's receipt.sure enough i get home and check the $34,000 receipt and it's for a single purchase of reese's nuts. [i don't even know what those are].and suddenly instead of believing i've spent what, a million dollars at kroger...i suddenly am shocked that someone has ever spent that much money there to equate that savings.and then they just buy some reese's nuts? and i love how quickly i took something at face value, as ludicrous as it was.
also i printed out 250 pictures from my phone yesterday.about 240 of them were of saylor. i need to start taking pictures of our friends again!!!

i miss the internet!

really like my top five favorite things in this world. besides people
1.massages [absolute favorite]
2.breakfast
3.internet!
i guess i don't have 4 and 5 figured out yet.maybe...books and....sleep.anyway.i am going through some serious withdrawl here! right now i am at my sisters for a hot second and oh shoot now i have to go.a more real update will surely soon come!

lalalala,lalalala, elmo's world...

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saylor picked up the apple out of my purse [there is usually an apple in my purse] and went to town, he ate the whole thing all by himself! i was very proud of him.
i always think of things i'd like to put in my blog and then when i actually find me some internet and sit down...i lose all my thoughts.
yesterday colin and i went bike riding in preparance for awesomefest. i think i just made that word up. preparance?! we only rode for an hour and a half and i have no
idea how fast we went.it was pretty leisurely..hhm we will see.
here is a video i saw on a friend's blog that had me crying...a worthwhile watch.my faith is stirred when i see things like this. i love it,praise jesus!

sidenote i had a dream last night that colin's sister had a talking pet squirrel, his name was squirrely.i was taking video of him on my phone cuz he was so cute when he was talking.

my son

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he is such a mix of me and colin! i still stare at his face in awe it's wild.

awesomefest

i am stoked about awesomefest. i do not own a bike or know if i can endure the ride...i'm not a rocky fan per-say and i will need a babysitter.but i'm so going to do it! planning on it anyhow. check out the website to learn about it. assuming i do this i will get the bird tattoo.colin's parents have some nice bikes so i'm hoping to take a ride this week and see what 3 hours feels like. i can do a spinning class for an hour so i figure i can leisurely ride for 40 miles. we will see! it'd be really fun if i had another lady friend with me [ahem ahem jenny!!] yay awesomefest.
the weather has been lovely we have hit up...three parks this week. i feel a little stranger than i thought i would, quitting the starb.i feel like i need to be doing something.working toward something [awesomefest i guess].we really need to join a homegroup we haven't been in one really since...i was pregnant! aah.anyhow point being i'd like to be more involved with the church so i have something to focus on. you know, besides my family.kidding! in a way. two random things i would like to do maybe someday? become a doula and teach english to children in another country for 6 months or a year.i had two friends at work that did this in Japan. they house you, give you a stipend.. if you have kids they provide childcare!!! how flipping amazing.my friends had nothing bad to say about it and were trying for awhile to get me to do it. you have to be a college graduate though so that knocks colin out. and i only have an associate's degree [shame on us] so i am not sure if this counts.. ah, someday. ok, awesomefest, doula. maybe have another kid or two.or three. i'm on it!

taylor

saylor was just called taylor by my parent's neighbor.we often get 'ooh whats his name?' 'saylor' 'taylor?' 'ah,no,saylor' sometime i just say 'taylor with an s' when they ask.today was the first time he was directly addressed. 'hey taylor! how's taylor doing?' [oh,that sentence came after 'hey emily!' and i said 'oh actually this is saylor' [nevermind i don't think emily would ever wear camo shorts but it's cool]..] i did not correct him.i'll correct him regarding gender... but i can deal with taylor.[kinda].my brother's name is geoff and he said his perscription he just got says george.
i had a science teacher in middle school who for the whole semester called me melissa. i corrected him at least 5 times then finally gave up and began responding to it and writing melissa on my papers.i had him for a teacher again two years later and he was confused,asked if i had a sister...
saylor is still going to sleep around 7pm and sleeping in till 9-10am it's fabulous.and yesterday he napped from 11:30-4:00 what in the world? we think some teeth are coming in and he does sleep more when that's going on but in general we have a boy who loves his crib,loves to sleep.may all our children be like this, in Jesus' name amen.
i got colin a pullup bar for father's day and we put it up. i can do half a pullup.
father's day cards...cards in general are ridiculous.we typically make our own cards for friends, we meaning colin, i am no artist. so i leaf-ed through the row of father's day cards at target..jokes about like..grills. or beer or sports or whatever.and the 'serious' ones were just as bad.and some were like...velvet or had ribbon on them then they cost $6.. opt for the 'blank' section you can find nondescript cute pictures for any occasion.that's where we've mostly gone for the 7 years of our relationship. Ahhh 7 years this june 24th!!
i am done with starbucks! happy dance.
the smell of poopy diaper beckons me.