4th of July weekend

We had a wonderful 4th of July weekend. We did so much and were outside practically the whole weekend, thank goodness! I took a ridiculous amount of pictures, enjoy!

I know, my mom and I look nothing alike

My little peanut, and I mean LITTLE peanut

Love this pic of Tom

Rio loves Finn. And when I say love, I mean humps him constantly

Rio soaking up the sun

Finn is going off the diving board...oh wait, he hates the water

Jack loved picking strawberries

Finners watching some of the picking

Jack picked out his socks

Grandma Starkey helping Finn pick some berries

Finn did actually pick some

My beautiful niece, Ari!!

Toddlers sharing, it's a glorious thing

The three Starkey cousins

YUMMY!

Bauer Berry Farm

Cooper

This is not a joke

Seriously Cooper climbs the ladder

Brilliant

Love it

Finn hated the life jacket

Cutie

He looks so old

My Trip to KC

This past weekend, I got to take a quick little trip to Kansas City to visit my super amazing friend, Katie. Katie and I met our junior year in college. We became instant friends when we both noticed we had on the same doc martin shoes. We sat by each other and ended up doing a project together. And seriously, I don't think I would have survived Omaha without Katie. Tom was gone a lot for Air Force training and so I basically lived at Katie's apartment with her in the summers when Tom was gone and I was taking a million college credits to catch up from my semester off. We had SO much fun together. We would do the most random things and just laugh hysterically. Katie has one of the funniest laughs I've ever heard. I'm not really even sure how to describe it. Sometimes it sounds like a machine gun. And if she laughs when she's drinking something, there is a 99.9% chance that it will come out her nose or mouth.

I don't think it's possible for people not to like Katie. Seriously. She's the most personable, caring, thoughtful person I know. I just wish we lived a little closer together. Katie and her husband now live in Kansas City (they are both from Iowa). I had such a wonderful visit with Katie and Dusty. I have a ton of pictures I will work on getting up here later this week. I was also able to see two of Tom's cousins and their new babies! That was so great too. I'll post more pictures and stories this week.

When I booked this trip a few months ago, I didn't even look at the calendar to realize it was Father's Day weekend. How horrible is that? I felt really bad. Tom was totally fine with it, and I came home at a descent time yesterday, but still. Good thing I bought him a few goodies from KC. Tom cooked an amazing dinner last night - yes that's right, he cooked dinner on Father's day. And it might have been one of the best dinners we've ever had. I'm not sure what you'd call it but it was angel hair pasta with shrimp, yellow and red peppers, roma tomatoes, in a white wine, lemon, basil sauce. Holy amazingness. Oh and Tom also cleaned the carpets in our entire house. Is he Superman or what?!

Today I feel like cleaning and organizing the house. We'll see how far I get....

Here's my homegirl, Katie.

In the Power and Lights area downtown Kansas City. The "Beatles" were playing behind us.

CF Walk and Mother's Day!

We had a gorgeous morning for the CF walk! It was actually HOT! Thank you again for all of the donations!

My beautiful niece, Ari.

Finn not wanting to sit still...weird!

Sisters!!!!!!!

Teri, Ari, and Eric

Ari's super cute shirt

My friend Jen gave the kids pinwheels and bubbles - they were lifesavers. THANKS JEN!

I've had a wonderful Mother's Day so far today! On Friday night I surprised my mom with her mother's day gift. Tickets to Jersey Boys!!!

Our seats weren't the greatest, but I guess that is what happens when you buy tickets for a show on the day of the performance. It was still an awesome show and we had a great time!

I got my Mother's Day present a few days early. Hello white iPhone 4, I love you!

The boys painted ceramic mugs (coffee mug for Grandma Starkey and wine glass for Grandma Loney) at the store Color Me Mine. Well I should say Jack painted them. I meant to take some pictures of Jack painting, but if you've ever painted with a three year old you will understand why I didn't have time to snap any pics! The grandmas loved their gifts and I will definitely be going back to that store to paint my own stuff!

Thanks again to everyone who made donations towards CF, it really means a lot to us! And Happy Mother's Day to all of the wonderful moms out there!