Just Some Random Pics...

In a park downtown
Noah and Elijah and their dirty faces...always the dirty faces!
Spencer in a rare moment of niceness
Noah at Mahoney State Park
Elijah...I mean look at that pose, he is total model material!

I have been taking a ton of pictures of the boys lately and just wanted to post some and tell you that my kids are gorgeous...ya, they are so suck it! Just kidding, they get their good looks from their father and they get...well, I am still trying to figure out what exactly they get from me but one day I will figure it out or at least their therapist will.

No, Thank YOU Mr. Mahoney

Is it just me or does Noah look a little like Robert Patterson here? Anyway one of the ball pools
Spencer doing his thing...whatever his thing is but he is doing it.
Elijah coming down the purple beast
Noah surprising me...he buried himself then jumped out

There is a place that many Omaha-ites (and now newly appointed Omaha-ites) take their children to let them play, scream, laugh, and eat really crappy food call Mahoney State Park. There are walking trails, a driving range, a mini-golf course, a pool and best of all an indoor play park that is huge X ginormous.

I decided to take the boys so Jim could have some quiet study time (oh SWEET, only one more week of finals and then...I get my husband back!!! Not that I am excited or anything). But the boys had a blast and they played and played and played until I called it a night. The highlight for Noah was being buried in the ball pool, which they had two. Elijah loved the climbing which they had much climbing and Spencer loved the purple slide that literally was the longest slide I had ever seen...I tried it and I freaked out, ya I know! Anyway we can't wait to go back, granted I wasn't thrilled when this creepy guy came and sat at OUR table to eat his hot dog...what the? He just kept looking at me and I was looking at him with total disgust but he kept right on eating. Oh well, next time I will make sure Jim is with us so the creepy hot dog dude can get the hint and LEAVE! Why me?

Happy Happy Happy Birthday....BODHI

Bodhi in Utah, playing in the pool...I love this picture, it just reminds me of Bodhi always laughing and loving life.

Running to the pool...the epitome of summer memories as a child

Enjoying the sun, water (dirty) and cousins...Pineview 08

Dad and Child...The need for speed starts at such an early age.

Wow...your 5, your 5! I can't believe it, my cute nephew is 5 today...come to think of it, I think I have seen him a total of 5 times! We live far far too far away. Bodhi is a spitball of personality and fire and I can't wait to see him and Spencer getting into much trouble one day together. Hmmm, come to think of it, I can wait for all that trouble to happen. I hope you have a great day filled with balloons, sugar, sugar, and toys. What else does a child need (well, a lot of things but we won't get into that now).

Two Face of Crazy aka Just Back From The Dentist

I know...so weird, luckily it wore off after 3 hours!

I just don't know what to say...

It makes me laugh everytime I look at these, they just don't look like me

So today I had to go to the dentist and get two fillings and my front tooth fixed (yes, I had a total white-trash crooked smile...long story short, my front tooth broke and had to get it fixed) Anyway both cavities were on the top of my mouth so the dentist had to numb the top of my mouth. Well, it ended up numbing my face from my eye-lids, yes my EYE-LIDS were numb to the right side of my face...hence giving me a crooked smile. I look so weird and distorted! I know, I know, I always look that way, but it was even worse today, I look like I am getting ready for Halloween as two-face, huh, maybe I will to go to the dentist the on Halloween and get this done again...wait, it was WAY to painful, I mean PAINFUL...Anyway enjoy the pictures they are rather funny!

Give Me An A L E X...is 1 8...What, Your HOW Old?

Nana J and Alex..take in Aug. 07 on a hike in Telluride.

I love this picture...Jim explaining the complexity of life, Alex, wondering how Jim got off his rocker.

All the sass and the brass.

Taking rest 145 on our hike

Notice that we are all happy, this was the START of the hike...

Yes, my niece, that I still remember getting the call in Kalispell that she was born in California, is 18 today. How did she get so old? How DID I get so old? Anyway she isn't getting older, she is getting more beautiful. I am excited to see what is around the corner for my lovely Alex. She isn't afraid to conquer the world and frankly I wouldn't be surprised if she does. She has an amazing talent of writing (something I like to think I passed on to her...ya, right!) and I know she will be a New York Bestseller Author one day...I am just waiting...and if you want to write about me...well, you can...but only if it is nice...hmmm that may be a stretch. Anyway Alex, Happy Birthday, we love you, we miss you and we are proud of you!

Goofin (because what else are you supposed to do when it rains in Omaha) In The City

Spencer doing his thing...I guess?

Elijah jumping for joy...he made it down, he really made it down.

Slipping and a Sliding

The 'twin' slides

The slides with Omaha in the background

So all week, and I mean ALL week, we have had the most beautiful weather here in Omaha. The temperatures have been more on the hot and humid side however the kids have enjoyed themselves immensely after school. They have had a lot of fun playing in the water, zooming around on their scooters till 8:30 pm...ya bedtime is a whole other story sure to be told at another blogging date, and holding their breath for Saturday. Yes, Saturdays! Saturdays for a kid is like getting behind the wheel of a brand new sports car for the first time when you are an adult...you are unchained from school, from homework and from bedtime.

However, when you live in the mid-west, Saturdays during the Spring inevitably mean...RAIN! Why oh WHY does it rain every Saturday? I guess it is a question only to be answered with a big shrug of the shoulders and a mumbled i-dun-no. So we here in the Potter household said "@$#% You rain (no I don't mean the really bad word just a word I don't feel comfortable letting my Mom read) and headed to the Slide Park in downtown Omaha. It was quite nice as no one else was there but again, just like the rain, other people were inevitable and when they came, we left. Which was good timing because when the people came, even harder rains fell.

The 1st Grade Trip of Fields...From Slides to Roosters

Elijah and I after eating our lunch
Elijah petting a baby chicken...okay not so much a baby but a tween chicken.
The cranky tour guide and Elijah riding the wooden horse.
Elijah showing how much he LOVED the guide!
They were hanging in a covered wagon.

Okay so I have been really slack on my blogging, but in my defense, I...and then we....and I couldn't....and so....yup that sums up the last few days. However, one thing that I did manage to catch on film was Elijah's first grade field trip. The entire first grade class from Bancroft Elementary had the opportunity to go to the Griffin Family Farms. It is a working farm where kids can come check it out and see what goes into running a farm. Elijah had a lot of fun seeing the roosters, roostering (is that what they do?) the cows, cowing (you know, in their spare time) and all the other animals animaling on the farm.

I think the funniest thing about the farm was Debbie (who's daughter is also in first grade) and I got lost...thanks Debbie, the adventure was fun and even talking to the Mexican, while stopped at the light, to ask for directions, who couldn't speak English was even great! And then second, our tour guide (ya, I tour guide for a farm..."these are ducks, you city kids have never seen a duck before"...seriously) was from Brooklyn and about the crankiest person...EVER!!! Why, WHY, would you be a tour guide at a farm for kids when you hate kids and you hate farms? Hmmm... Anyway at least the pictures are cute!