So on my way home yesterday from picking up the boys at Amy's I was getting off the ramp to get on I-43 and a piece of lumber hit the truck's hood. Not thinking anything about it (yeah I know) I forgot to tell Steve what happened.
Well...... this morning I went to work early and took the bus and Steve calls me....
S: "What happened to the truck?"
J: "I don't know why"
S: "There is a huge dent in the hood and a bunch of scratches running down it"
J: "I am not sure (seriously I still didn't remember the lumber incident)
S: "Did someone do something at work."
J: "OH Snap.... I forgot to tell you what happened on the way home last night...."
Needless to say Steve can't believe I didn't tell him and forgot about what happened. To be honest, I can't believe I forgot about it!
So Steve took the truck into Van's Honda this morning and guess how much this is going to cost to fix this.......
$675.00
OMG!!! Thank goodness for insurance. I will post pictures in the next post.
Friday, July 11, 2008
Birthday Shout Out
Happy 31st Birthday to Jill Fox!
I was going to post some fun pictures from back in the day, but I thought I would be nice and just verbally send you my birthday wishes.
I was going to post some fun pictures from back in the day, but I thought I would be nice and just verbally send you my birthday wishes.
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Holy Wind Storm Batman.....
So last night I was at The Bar enjoying a drink prior to playing volleyball (I am on a Monday night league) and my cell phone rings. It is Steve....
S: "Jen you won't believe what has happened to our backyard".
J: "What happened?"
S: "The kids playhouse is in Aaron and Amanda's backyard. The roof is ripped off and their fence is missing sections and the pegs are swinging in the air"
J: "WHAT"
S: "The swing set is also flipped upside down and up against the house"
J: "Are you Sh*tting me"
S: "I am not kidding I took pictures and everything"
J: "How did this happen?"
S: "You didn't hear or see it? The wind was blowing really hard and did this. The backyard looks like a mini tornado when through it"
J: " Are you sh*tting me?" "You need to call or go over to A&A's and let them know.
S: "Yeah I will.... have fun at your game and see you around midnight"
So after that conversation I walk back to the table that we were sitting at and told everyone. Great I am going to have to buy a new playhouse, swing set and who knows what. Then Amy (she plays on the team) said that she heard the wind too when she was at home (Crap I think Steve isn't goshing me).
So we play the game and of course have a couple pitchers afterwards and I head home. I look in the backyard and yep he wasn't kidding. Poor A&A's fence.... they have plastic ties holding the fence in place where the sections flew off so their dog Mia won't come into our yard.... Steve told them not to worry about the dog .... they should worry more about the boys roaming their backyard.
So here are the photos. The first one is a shot of the backyard at Alex's bday party.
The swing set
Check out the fence in the back
The climber
So then Steve went home for lunch today and went into the backyard to check things out again and looked up at the roof and saw that we have shingles that are messed up. So now we have to deal with that.
Geesh.... I just wish I could have seen all this happen. Can you imagine watching your stuff flying all over your backyard and over a fence?
S: "Jen you won't believe what has happened to our backyard".
J: "What happened?"
S: "The kids playhouse is in Aaron and Amanda's backyard. The roof is ripped off and their fence is missing sections and the pegs are swinging in the air"
J: "WHAT"
S: "The swing set is also flipped upside down and up against the house"
J: "Are you Sh*tting me"
S: "I am not kidding I took pictures and everything"
J: "How did this happen?"
S: "You didn't hear or see it? The wind was blowing really hard and did this. The backyard looks like a mini tornado when through it"
J: " Are you sh*tting me?" "You need to call or go over to A&A's and let them know.
S: "Yeah I will.... have fun at your game and see you around midnight"
So after that conversation I walk back to the table that we were sitting at and told everyone. Great I am going to have to buy a new playhouse, swing set and who knows what. Then Amy (she plays on the team) said that she heard the wind too when she was at home (Crap I think Steve isn't goshing me).
So we play the game and of course have a couple pitchers afterwards and I head home. I look in the backyard and yep he wasn't kidding. Poor A&A's fence.... they have plastic ties holding the fence in place where the sections flew off so their dog Mia won't come into our yard.... Steve told them not to worry about the dog .... they should worry more about the boys roaming their backyard.
So here are the photos. The first one is a shot of the backyard at Alex's bday party.
The swing set
Check out the fence in the back
The climber
So then Steve went home for lunch today and went into the backyard to check things out again and looked up at the roof and saw that we have shingles that are messed up. So now we have to deal with that.
Geesh.... I just wish I could have seen all this happen. Can you imagine watching your stuff flying all over your backyard and over a fence?
Awesome Park
So I have lived in Green Bay for almost 12 years and I finally found this awesome park.
It is only 10 minutes from our house on the way to Sturgeon Bay/Door County.
Jack has been into the whole pirate thing for about 6 months now. He tries to talk like one, LOVES the Backyardigans episode about pirates and sings the songs all the time. He has pirate battles with my dad back home and in GB. So when I heard about this park we decided Sunday to take a drive and find it.
Well we found it and Jack had a BLAST. Alex was enjoying himself also on the slides and steering the boat/ship wheel (I am sure that is not the technical term, but it will make due) this is what it looks like.....
Front
Front
Back
Off to the side
Alex at the top
Jack Steering
Jack and Alex
Weeeeee
Digging
Check me out...
It is only 10 minutes from our house on the way to Sturgeon Bay/Door County.
Jack has been into the whole pirate thing for about 6 months now. He tries to talk like one, LOVES the Backyardigans episode about pirates and sings the songs all the time. He has pirate battles with my dad back home and in GB. So when I heard about this park we decided Sunday to take a drive and find it.
Well we found it and Jack had a BLAST. Alex was enjoying himself also on the slides and steering the boat/ship wheel (I am sure that is not the technical term, but it will make due) this is what it looks like.....
Front
Front
Back
Off to the side
Alex at the top
Jack Steering
Jack and Alex
Weeeeee
Digging
Check me out...
Family Gathering
This past Saturday Steve's mom's siblings got together for a little cookout. Steve and Jack attended while Alex and I stayed home. Alex is having his ups and downs with his molars coming in so we thought it would be better to have him have his meltdowns at home and not at an assistant living facility.
Here are some picture of Jack and Mya.
Hawaii here I come
Mya enjoying shaved ice.
Jack loves this stuff.... must take after his mom.
Arriving home after the long day.
Here are some picture of Jack and Mya.
Hawaii here I come
Mya enjoying shaved ice.
Jack loves this stuff.... must take after his mom.
Arriving home after the long day.
Fireworks
So the kids and yes even the adults where ready for some fireworks. Chad came over with Rebecca and Theresa and a few handful of fireworks to add to our collection. Chad took charge and started lighting off fireworks around 8:30. Alex missed out this year again because he felt sleep was more important.... silly boy!
As Chad was lighting the fireworks Jayden instantly became his best friend. After a firework was done doing it's thing Jayden would look at my brother and say "Uncle Chad can we have more".... "do another one". It was so darn cute then the other kids would chime in and soon it was all five kids at the same time saying "do another". Then of course Chad started to light off a few "big" ones that made me worry that Alex would wake up.... but he didn't probably because I thought ahead and put him in our room in a pack n play, turned on our bathroom exhaust fan and had this bear turned on that plays "white noise". Call me crazy, but hey my kid needs his sleep plus he is teething. :(
So after we went through our loot Chad and the girls where off to see the City of GB fireworks downtown. The rest of us stayed at the house and we stared a bone fire in the driveway to watch the neighborhood show. Let me tell you my neighbors have some of the best fireworks. They go all out especially this one guys who is LOADED and probably spent five figures on these things. So we watched and enjoyed the show with marshmallows on sticks in hand.
All in all the day and night were a success and we can not wait for next year!
The Gang
Ooooooo
Noah, Jayden and Jack
Chad, Rebecca, Theresa and Noah
ahhhhhh
Noah, Theresa and Rebecca
My Godson and Goddaughter.... aren't they cute? Noah was putting the moves on Theresa... it was so darn cute!
Cover those ears!
Mike, Melissa, Steve, Jayden and Jack
Mike and Steve trying to start the fire.
Ah... warmth from the fire
Marshmallows please
And the big finale...
As Chad was lighting the fireworks Jayden instantly became his best friend. After a firework was done doing it's thing Jayden would look at my brother and say "Uncle Chad can we have more".... "do another one". It was so darn cute then the other kids would chime in and soon it was all five kids at the same time saying "do another". Then of course Chad started to light off a few "big" ones that made me worry that Alex would wake up.... but he didn't probably because I thought ahead and put him in our room in a pack n play, turned on our bathroom exhaust fan and had this bear turned on that plays "white noise". Call me crazy, but hey my kid needs his sleep plus he is teething. :(
So after we went through our loot Chad and the girls where off to see the City of GB fireworks downtown. The rest of us stayed at the house and we stared a bone fire in the driveway to watch the neighborhood show. Let me tell you my neighbors have some of the best fireworks. They go all out especially this one guys who is LOADED and probably spent five figures on these things. So we watched and enjoyed the show with marshmallows on sticks in hand.
All in all the day and night were a success and we can not wait for next year!
The Gang
Ooooooo
Noah, Jayden and Jack
Chad, Rebecca, Theresa and Noah
ahhhhhh
Noah, Theresa and Rebecca
My Godson and Goddaughter.... aren't they cute? Noah was putting the moves on Theresa... it was so darn cute!
Cover those ears!
Mike, Melissa, Steve, Jayden and Jack
Mike and Steve trying to start the fire.
Ah... warmth from the fire
Marshmallows please
And the big finale...
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