outta here

We're leaving town for a few days so I'm officially signing off. Here are a couple Charlie quotes from yesterday that I'm feeling the need to share:

• "I'm excited a lot to see Grandma Irene."
• looking back at his poop in the potty "that one looks like a butterfly and that one looks like a bee".
• "Mom, put Annie to bed." stated 2 seconds after she woke up
• "I'm eating my quesadilla with my teeth!"
• "My milk is going down, down, down, down to my toes."

He's such a funny little dude right now :)

another weekend at the lake

This weekend my sister and her little fam joined us at Matt's parent's house at Deer Lake. Charlie just loves having his "little buddy" (his phrase) with him at the lake.

Annie and Caden have pretty similar (crazy) personalities so they get along just great too.

I didn't manage to bring the camera outside but trust me when I say it was hot and beautiful (and I'm not just talking about myself in a swimsuit...ahhhh snap!).

The Boat Parade

On Saturday, in addition to the morning parade, we got talked into a boat parade around the lake. We were much more willing this time because it really just involved us sitting around on a boat drinking beer for an hour in crazy costumes.

Pictured below: Darth Vader, a couple of Princess Leias, a couple of Luke Skywalkers, and a little Yoda.



I talked our friend Matt Hepworth into being Darth Vader this time mainly so that I could sit around in Matt's old karate shirt (that his mom saved for 20 years for this reason?) rather than a hot, sweaty mask. For some reason he went for it.

I think that should do it for the 4th of July posts. Hope everyone had as much fun on the nation's birthday as we did!

Introducing...

...nevermind. I've got nothing clever to say here that's not offensive. I'll just let the pictures speak for themselves.

May the Fourth be with you.

Oh where do I even begin. On the 4th of July we were at Deer Lake staying at my in-laws house. They talked us in to being in a little community parade Saturday morning.

There was a mix up with the times and we were a half hour late. Meaning we missed the whole thing. Thankfully we had spent no money or time (well, ours anyways, Cheryl and Ken spent tons of time) on our costumes so we were really just out the 30 minutes of getting dressed time. Little Luke before the "parade".

Big Luke hamming it up in the parking lot. Apparently his natural brown hair would have ruined the look. The crazy blond wig makes him the spitting image of Luke Skywalker wouldn't you say?

I always get stuck being Darth. It's my own fault really. I never want to take the time to shop around for costumes and Matt keeps the helmet and cape on hand.

Fighting in the parking lot.

Seriously. Nothing says Happy Birthday America like the Rings dressing up and walking around the lake for their own amusement! Thanks Matt H and Elise for putting up with us!

I love my effing life.

by Annie Jane Ring

(I'll explain later, I'm supposed to be working right now.)

Gotta love this baby.

I don't think I've been that relaxed since I was her age. Ahh...the good ol' days.