Happy 4th

We spent the day in Hot Springs. It really is my favorite way to spend the 4th. I think it is a day to swim and be a little lazy and eat meals at times you would not normally eat them- it was a good day. The only sad part is the boys were so tired by the time we left that we missed out on fireworks, which I do love. Still lots of fun, so happy 4th, hope your day was just what you needed it to be.

PS Thanks Nate for the song, We do miss you and your love of the USA.

Lucy's shower

Today we had a shower for Amy and baby Lucy. It was really fun to see all the girly things. I just thought I would share a few pics cause it was all so cute, including Amy.

June's Basket

We just arrived home last night from a little trip to Kansas City, just in time for our BAM pick up. This is very important to me because picking up the basket is really half the fun. The boys and I went to pick it up and also get some lunch. We ended up killing some time waiting for a raspberry drop off and I am happy to report it was well worth the wait. Now to get down to business here is what we got his month....
1 pint blackberries
1 pint raspberries
peaches
6 ears of corn
small watermelon
1 cantaloupe
bag of veggies (peppers, potatoes, tomatoes, onion, squash)
dozen eggs
1 lb. cheese
Japanese cucumber
1 lb. buffalo ground beef, I don't know what that means, but I am sure it is wonderful.

Yummy, it's not to late, go get it- you know you want to. Happy eating!

Movies

pete's blog #2. my first one was Kenya, so obviously it was going to take something very important to get me back on here (no offense to whitney or any of you folks publishing pictures of baskets and stuff).

my movie list. categories are the hardest for me. so cut me some slack and know i have lots of different influences in this category...

10 best movies for me representing different categories and huge things that were either very original, well-done, or influential in my life... you get the idea:

Shakespeare in Love
Oceans Eleven
Reality Bites
Romeo and Juliet
Donnie Darko
Can't Hardly Wait
Empire Records
Happy Texas
Good Will Hunting
Kicking and Screaming (1995--no will farrell on this list)

movies you should have seen (so with the appropriate content warning, you should really just dump all of these on your netflix queue and thank me later... if you don't like me after the first 5 than we have different taste in movies and you should delete the rest):

DRAMA:

Amelie
The Chorus
Duets
Grand Canyon
Moonlight Mile
Mumford
On a Clear Day
Sidewalks in New York
American Splendor
Spanglish
The United States of Leland
Donnie Darko
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Luther
Possession
Playing By Heart
Kicking and Screaming

COMEDY/ROMANTIC COMEDY:

Waiting for Guffman
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
The Pallbearer
Since You've Been Gone
Happy Texas
Thank You For Smoking
If Lucy Fell
An Ideal Husband
Playing by Heart
Music From Another Room

ACTION:

The Professional
Italian Job
Gattaca
Snatch

In conclusion, movies like Casino Royale, Gladiator, Braveheart are all wonderful movies, but they just don't quite make my list because they are too mainstream, too hyped up, or just didn't hit me just right. Happy viewing! ---Pete

a little trip

Every once in a while I really need something to break up the week, especially in the summer when life happens without much of a schedule. This week Alison and I decided we would do that by heading to Hot Springs for about 24 hours. Plus Simon had just gotten a new car seat for his birthday and it really needed a test drive.

We did some eating, playing, swimming- all around a good break from the norm. I say that and then think eating, playing and swimming are kind of what we always do, but this was a change of atmosphere.

Date problems

PS: I guess the dates should be ignored on my blog because they are always wrong. Simon and Kyah's party was Wed. 6-20 and the Fathers Day post was actually on Fathers Day. Any suggestions? What am I doing wrong?

Happy Birthday

Today we celebrated Simon and Kyah's birthdays. They are both 1 and oh so cutie. It was a really good time. I love to see their faces as they discover the cake. What is this? and why is everyone watching me as I eat it? Then they dig in, all topped of with two very cute smiles.

Happy Birthday!