brains is eager to be in line, thats for sure!
the target of brains' elation.
when we discovered that i had to wait because i planned ahead but the guys who didnt plan ahead got to be first in line, rex gave a little giggle...
this is the scene after waiting in line for ten minutes. the front doors are still a quarter mile away...
one benefit of standing in line was getting to see all the crazy people in costumes as they walked over. i'm not entirely sure what this guy is dressed as, but i really love the crazy smiling red mouse head! 
poco is like a little kid, i tell ya! with all these new guests he saw it as an opportunity to show off and get all the attention. it worked!
i'm not entirely sure what is going on here. i dont know if brains is mid-jump, or maybe just needs to use the restroom...
jeffry lee is ready for bed and seems to be giving a look that says 'get out of my bedroom!!!'
i think we figured out what was happening in the picture with brains... rex quickly suggested that brains head for that much needed bathroom break.
i was just having a good time hanging out when i got photobombed by jeffry lee's belly! yikes!
for some reason, brains getting his hair cut became a huge sensation at the house! everyone whipped out their cameras to document this amazing event... i think we took about 17 pictures of him! you would think he was a baby getting his very first cut...
ahh, thats much better. allison will be pleased with her new man! 
alanna geting tavish ready to scoot around for a bit.
david's sister and nephews were also visiting for the week, soo we got to meet them as well.
everyone on the back porch digging in to the yummy burgers and corn on the cob that was prepared for us!
aves and bubba joining in on the fun we had there!
throughout the night the girls seemed to play a new game, i think its called 'i want to sit on ms. barbara's lap now!' not sure if thats the name of it, but we sure heard that a few dozen times!
as we left the restaurant, all the kids wanted to hop in our car and come home with us! sorry guys, its been a fun time, but you have to go back with your mom and dad. we sure love you though! 
now that looks like a princess' hair, right? tweets sure thought so!
diana did a great job and tweets was so excited to be looking so pretty! 
diana's sister barbara came to visit us and met up with us at tim and jills house. she got there just in time to watch the videos with us and was equally awed by all the cuteness! when jill got home we chilled out and chatted for a while. i couldnt miss the opportunity to catch a picture with all the sisters and nieces!
the track at the bottom of the picture was the first one we built. that crated a spark of imagination for bubba and he thought of all the other ways we could build on to it!
aves takes a turn riding the micro machine car down the ramp!
we even built a jump off the edge of the table, which then gave bubba the idea to make a target for the car to land on- bullseye was 100 points!
i figured that some of the ramp building might be too intricate for the young girls, so they were busy coloring some of the different ramp entrances. 
even mom wanted to get in on the coloring fun! it was a fantastic little crafts time that the kids really loved, hopefully they will want to try it again sometime! 
chad just chillin on the picnic table.
after the pizza was eaten, all the kids went out to enjoy the cool equipment at the park!
cousin kelley and jon's little guy, landon, does some exploring at the park!
tweets found a nice frog to stand on...
aves creeping around the cake table waiting for her own piece! 
everyone is chatting and eating- what a fun time!
chad even gets away long enough to grab a piece or two for himself!
chad checks out the cake mom had gotten for the event.
welcome home chad! we were so glad to see you again!
aunt ruth took charge of the cake serving duties and cut it up and plated pieces for everyone! 
this is a picture my cousin misty took. i think chad is trying do do his best derrick zoolander model pose impression!
there were a ton of people there! all the different cousins, spouses, and their kids filled the park pretty quickly!
most of the little ones were happy to see chad, but were happier to see the pizza!
dig in! thanks mom for supplying all the tasty food!
chad talking with cousin katie and her daughter chloe. while we were finishing our cook out meal at mom and davids, diana accidentally spilled some of her pie on poco's back. it was really funny actually, he went crazy trying to lick his own back! well, our best solution for cleaning all that goop off of him was to just put him in the lake and wipe it off in there. as you can tell in the video, this was not necessarily the best option in poco's opinion- he frantically swims to the edge and climbs up out of that water! maybe some day he will like to swim, but this is certainly not that day!
after looking over all the different rings that were in our price range, we had it narrowed down to about 3 or 4 of them. feeling a bit adventurous, diana decided that she would let me pick which one to get her! right after saying this, she changed her mind because there was one in particular that she decided she wanted. too late! i told her that she had given me the choice and couldnt take it back! i sent her away! so, she left me to it and went off to shop elsewhere in the mall. i went and got the one that i had a feeling she would like the best and had them gift wrap it and everything. when we met back up i told her she didnt get it until we got to the car. so in the parking lot she quickly tore off all the wrapping and opened the box- i picked the right one! she was glowing with excitement! i'm sure she will be showing it off soon to all the girls at her work (and everyone else too...)
while i was out working really hard on monday, diana worked really hard too... on her sun tan.
i forgot to take a 'before picture at the start of the work on saturday, so you cant see all the overgrowth we had to clean out, but trust me- it was a ton!
here is a picture of the fence after we rebuilt it- much better!
you can see part of the south wall here that gave us so many difficult holes to cut!
the rebuilt ceiling with the fan put in. not only did we reframe the ceiling, but we even got to raise it up a few extra inches, which david (a very tall man!) was thankful of.
with enough effort, this car might actually look good. ish.
