I will post pictures this evening from the Mariner's baseball game.  My Dad, Matt, Jack and I will be heading down to the baseball field in about 2 hours.  Should be lots of fun.  Jack is already talking about all of the yummy things he plans to eat!  Hope everyone else is enjoying this wonderful Sunday.

    We had a wonderful 4th of July and I hope the same can be said for everyone else.  Jack had a field day watching fireworks last night and even managed to stay up until after ten!  We did some run of the mill sparklers, morning glories and snakes and then when it got dark we headed up to the park to set off some fountains and watch some of the true neighborhood pyro's set off Reservation style fireworks.  I was in for a nice surprise as a couple of good friends came by for a visit.  
    Well Jack and I are off to dinner with the Lubin family tonight and then tomorrow Matt, Dad, Jack and I will be off to a Mariners game!  Should be fun.  We may have lost the Super Sonics but we still have the M's and the Seahawks.  Happy 4th of July weekend everyone!  Hope it is a safe and sane one for all....

    The weather has been pretty darn hot in Seattle the past couple of days and we have been spending loads of time in my parents back yard.  I thought it might be fun to experiment with my camera a bit and take some "nature" shots.  Because I have an almost four year old son and because I sell things on ebay I take a lot of pictures but I rarely use more then one or two settings on my camera so I thought what the heck?  I was going to be outside all day so why not do something creative?  Of course I couldn't resist snapping some pictures of Jack either. 
    This is what I came up with not very exciting but still a fun tour of our outdoor sanctuary.  Jack really likes feeding the birds so I thought I would try to get some photos of them but that was way easier said then done! So I settled on taking pictures of the foliage, flowers and fish pond. 

    Last night was so much fun!  We went over to my sister in law Kathy's to celebrate Lauren's 2nd birthday.  Earlier in the day I had gone out to buy her a baby doll and a gift bag, card, etc. to wrap up the loot we got for her.  I took everything up to my Mom's and began assembling the package.  The gift bag I bought I admit was HUGE and my mom made mention of it.  It wasn't until everything was in the bag that she realized why the bag was so big!  She said "You don't love that little girl or anything do you?"  Which is a silly question because of course I do.  I have so much fun hanging out with her and Kathy and getting my "girl fix" since I don't think Jack would appreciate it if I bought him dresses or dolls. 
    When we arrived at Kat's Lulu as her brothers like to call her and a nickname I personally think suits her to a T greeted us at the door with a Tiara on ready to celebrate her day.  She was princess for a day!  The night was a whirlwind of the kids playing, adults talking and everyone having a really good time. Lauren received many cool gifts, clothes which even at her very young age she already has an appreciation for (thats my girl), dolls, blocks, a gorgeous teddy bear and a wonderful toy kitchen from her Mom and Dad.  Wouldn't you know that of all the gifts she received the boys loved the kitchen the most!  You should have seen all of them scrambling around it "making food" it was quite a sight to see.  Jack was so excited to come over and play it was all he could talk about.  It was a long but also very nice evening.  I couldn't believe my eyes when I buckled Jack into his car seat and turned the car on and saw that it was almost 10PM!  Needless to say he managed to sleep in this morning past 9 which was so  nice. 
    Well Kathy and I are going to visit the local swimming pool on Wednesday to see if I can get Jack signed up for lessons!  So the next pictures I am likely to post will be from the pool.  I hope you enjoy the pictures because I certainly enjoyed taking them.  Happy Saturday Everyone!

    Well we are finally beginning to get some nice weather around here and of course it would happen after we all decided to take the "big" pool down and downsize to a smaller one.  Oh well there is always next year.  We got an awesome surprise in the mail today in the form of a batch of pictures from barryk  my MIL.   Thanks so much for those 

    Well I don't have much to say.  Jack and I will be flying solo tomorrow at our adorable niece Laurens 2nd Birthday party as Matt will be playing in a baseball game.  I will be sure to take lots of photo's for you Barry!

That is all for now