What day is it?

Hello friends and family,

You know a vacation is going well when you have to ask, "what day is it?" Today I helped my Dad pick out a shiny new laptop (with an Intel processor of course) for my Mom. She was surprised and I'm looking forward to getting it configured and seeing how well she likes it. Just an FYI, the Best Buy extended warranty includes a free battery replacement, which will run you about $150 when you have to replace it after a couple of years if you don't have the Best Buy warranty. There is your "Works For Me Wednesday" moment for this week.

Anyway, back to the adventures. Layla is already very comfortable taking over Papa's recliner.


This is how layla feels about thunder:


And this is her "cute face" as she tries to imitate her cousin Daphne:


We took a trip to Bass Pro Shops because it is shamelessly entertaining to wander around inside the enormous store and point on the animals and people watch. The bear behind us is huge and Easton held up like a trooper compared to Layla who fell apart when we stood close to it.


Easton and Layla are playing well together as usual. Any time someone says, "give your brother a hug" Layla will stop what she's doing and give him a big hug and kisses. Can't you just feel the love?


You can't have adventures unless you go adventuring. Not all outings are successful, as you can see by this picture of Kendra and Easton.


The waitress at Ruby Tuesday's brought Kendra a tall glass of fruity iced tea and spilled it! All over Kendra's white shirt and pants as well as splattering Easton. As she was sopping up the mess, her tray tipped down and dumped directly down on top of Easton's head. Kendra was sweet up to that point, but after Easton was drenched with sticky, sweet tea, she did her best to avoid verbally abusing the poor waitress.

I was laughing (way too early to laugh at the situation, but i couldn't help it) and even caught a picture as the aftermath ensued. That guy behind kendra is the store manager and he came to the rescue like the Marx Brothers running around like crazy to try and make things right.

After we arrived home and thought the ordeal was behind us, we noticed the diaper bag was drenched in the tea as well. And I realized my cell phone was resting in a puddle of tea. At this point the story became NOT funny any more, but I'm laughing about it now. The manager said they will buy me a new phone and pay for Kendra to get new clothes for her and Easton because washing didn't get the stains out. How's that for an adventure?

We met up with my sister and her kids at the park and had an excellent time playing on the equipment and kicking the soccer ball around. I'll have more pics and stories next time, but here is a picture of all the kids sliding on the oldest piece of equipment in the entire park:


I'm still a few days behind because we are so busy having fun it is difficult to find time to write about it. However, there will be sleep enough in the grave so I'll catch up to real time as I blog instead of going to bed early.

Bye bye for now.