weekend in review

friday was a very busy day for us! that morning i took the kids to story time at our local library, then headed to the park w/ my friend brittani and her kids. it was SCORCHING hot out that day but it was still fun to hang out at the new park i found. later that day i took the kids to MyGym for their Freeplay class to let them run, play and get the sillies out! Straight from there i headed to Brooklyn Pizza for dinner w/ the family. (gotta love that family tradition!!!) natalie had the privilege of spending the night w/ grandma and grandpa that night, so i made sure little russell had a *boys night in* with his daddy. they worked on putting together a model car kit (meant for toddlers), then got cozy in bed and watched a "new" movie, Over the Hedge, while munching on popcorn. russell was in heaven! the next morning while russ worked, russell and i went out to run some errands and did some mother-son bonding over lunch at mcdonalds :) that night we ate dinner at ruby tuesday with my parents and sister and her boyfriend, then walked around the mall to burn off those calories! after the kids went to bed that night, russ and i relaxed in our room and watched Creepshow, an OLD stephen king "movie". we had both seen it before but it had been YEARS and we got a good laugh over watching it again. sunday was another busy day including yardwork and church, backyard pool fun, and finally, our much anticipated family photoshoot with our friend brittani! the park we went to was absolutely gorgeous and i can't wait to go back with the kids but next time i will be bringing my bug repellant! there were some monster mosquitos which were attacking us the entire time! good thing we weren't there long -- brittani knows how to do her thing; she does it well and she is quick :) can't wait to see the pics, and of course i will be posting some on here as well! after our photoshoot, we headed to bruester's for a much deserved ice cream treat!

i apologize for the long, drawn out and rather boring paragraph above but i have been slacking on my blog lately and i felt that if i didn't post something -- ANYTHING -- soon, i would start to forget things!

*boys night in*

(note russell is playing w/ the model cars he just made)

dinner at ruby tuesday, natalie being silly:

ranch mouth:

making a wish at the fountain:
playing with his new woody,
a disney store gift from g-ma and g-pa:

my *attempt* to get a picture of the two of them:

bratty brother:

tired after ice cream: