Random update

My camera has been acting up so I haven't been taking pictures and who wants to blog without pictures? Luckily I did manage to get a couple to highlight the last couple of weeks.

It's been hot and since I have been feeling better I have taken to cleaning the house. Closets were organized, bathrooms were scrubbed and canning was done. It feels good to have some energy again.

The boys are doing great. Mac is in private swim lessons and is a little fish. After 2 lessons he could swim. Jump off the side of the pool, swim to me, turn around and swim back, swim! He's doing great.

Doing bobs

I woke G up from his nap and went straight to swim, he wasn't in the best mood.

Gray is talking non stop and his feisty personality is coming out more- I'll take the blame for that. Last night he was crying. I went up to see what was wrong cause this kid never wakes up in the middle of the night. He was crying "Scary, monster in bed, play Daddy." I caved.

A couple weeks ago we went blackberry picking for play group. This has been a fun tradition...

2009 Blackberry picking

Saturday

Last weekend was the first weekend in a long time that we had absolutely nothing to do! No church responsibilities, no meetings, no parties, nothing and it felt great. We headed downtown to the farmers market to get fresh peaches and tomatoes for me, cheese for Drew and kettle corn for the boys.
This fall The World Equestrian Games are coming to Lexington. It's the first World Equestrian Games to be held outside of Europe and it's coming here! Downtown is getting transformed and Horse Mania - the public art project, which incorporates 89 full-size horses and 50 foals decorated by local artists and Lexington school children- is in full force. In October the horses will be auctioned off to raise money.

We walked around town trying to see all the horses... This one was my favorite, a Bourbon Barrel.
Loved this one as well. Pictures of Alice in Wonderland all done in Sharpies.
some of the others...
It's been fun driving through Lexington, pointing out all the unique horses. The boys love it!

Later that night we went to the Quarter Horse Races with some friends.

People are always asking me if I'd be sad if the baby is a boy and this picture answers it for me. Absolutly not! I love my boys and to add another one would be fantastic. For the record, I'm 99% sure it's another boy, Mac thinks and hopes it's a girl and Drew thinks it looks like a boy:)
ultrasound at 10 weeks

I'm going to Jackson...Hole

When I blog I tend to like to do it in order, it's easier to put into a book that way but I'm impatient and going to just blog the pictures I have-Jackson Hole and the Cul-de-sac of Fire. We're going backwards:) But before I do, have I mentioned we're going to have another baby? Most of you know but we are due with another bundle of joy in January! Next week I'll be 15 weeks and if this pregnancy is anything like the others, next week will be magical and I' ll start feeling good again (fingers crossed.)
moving on...

Every other year we get together with my Dad's family for a reunion. This year we went up to Jackson Hole, Wyoming and it was amazing. I'd forgotten how beautiful and relaxing it was up there. The drive up was eventful to say the least. We blew a tire and took some wrong turns, the 5 hour drive turned to almost 10! Luckily that was the end of our bad luck the rest of the trip went smoothly.My uncle designed this shirt for our reunion.

Friday we picked Drew up from the airport, ahhh- we were finally together after 10 days. The boys wanted nothing to do with me and wouldn't leave Drew's side. From there we went to the alpine slide and the boys LOVED it.
Mac was a little nervous about the lift at first but when we got to the top he didn't want to get off.

G laughed and screamed "Again" the whole ride.


Thursday, HOT, Friday HOT, Saturday the day we're going white water rafting, COLD like 63 degrees cold. Perfect if you aren't planning on getting splashed by freezing water. Most the girls broke down and rented wet suits, the best 6 dollars I ever spent.
Check out my cute grandma. such a trooper.

I sat in the middle where it was nice and safe. I hid behind Roo whenever we got hit by a wave. I know I'm a wimp but it was so cold!
Luckily Roo was in front of me cause she ended up in my lap most of the time:)Even though it was cold we had an amazing time!


The RODEO. This is what Mac looked forward to most. He wanted to see a real cowboy and a real bull. Well, while everyone else was disappointed with the lame rodeo (no pros just the locals trying to ride) Mac loved every second of it.

Most of the McAllister Clan. Missing Aunt Marla and Jeff and their 4 boys and Scott and Steve.

Our little McAllister family minus Scotty

Sunday... church, naps, a walk around Jenny Lake and fireworks.

Watching the fireworks. Teton Village put on one of the best shows we've seen.

The weekend was really, really great. I loved spending time with cousins I adore and meeting some of their new spouses. The card games got crazy but what would you expect from the most competitive family in the world! Thanks grandma for the great trip and making sure we get together once in a while!

Monday we dropped Drew off at the airport and headed home:(

The Cul-de-sac of Fire

I grew up in a pretty great place. A cul-de-sac of 12 houses and a million kids, not quite a million more like 50, give or take a few. In the summer the moms would sit out on their porches talking while the kids ran around shoeless and having the time of their lives. There were crazy wars between boys and girls and some of the best baseball and hockey games ever played. It truly was the best place to grow up.

Well, since we were little we have been having the Cul-de-sac of Fire. All the neighbors come together for a BBQ, a flag ceremony, and of course, fire works. Thanks Shaw family for making sure this tradition still happens!

This year was fun, all the "kids" my age came with their kids. It was great seeing all the families growing.

When our kids weren't terrorizing the other children they wrestled with Grandpa. I'm not kidding about the terrorizing. Mac, G and Lucy took over the slide and wouldn't let anyone down. There was pushing and Mac jumped on a couple of kids. Embarrassing, but the funny part is that everyone understood, "Oh look it's a McAllister. " I guess we were a rough bunch when we were little too:)
Lining up for the flag ceremony...
The kids loved the fireworks that were in sync with the Anthem.
Watching the fireworks