9 years and counting

On Saturday Jason and I celebrated our ninth year of marriage.. already! It doesn't seem like it should be 9 already.. more like 20!! Just kidding! however we will be together 13 in March!
To celebrate we went out to eat at Buca's.. we had plenty of leftovers::: I had my sister to convert our wedding video over to a DVD & then I made a cover for it with one of our wedding pictures..
Jason surprised me on Friday by bringing me a dozen "Latin beauty" roses..

Philly Zoo

Yep.. we heart the zoo !!

This time we visit Philly's Zoo..

Jason & I didn't like it as well as Baltimore.
It was hot & super crowded~~ this lead to some meltdowns..and not just from the kids.uh oh!! The zoo had all kinds of things that cost extra. And anyone with young kids know what can happen if you don't give in. We didn't give in. They had hot air balloon rides.. super cool, right? nope! it was 10 bucks a person and if you add that up it would have been 50 bucks for our lil family.. not thanks. they had swan paddle boat rides that carter wanted to do.. we didn't even get near them. then there was panning for gems.. 6 stinking dollars for a small bag of sand.

There were a few things that we really liked.. the giraffes(my fave), the giant river otters(they were super playful), the hyena's(it was supper time)

I put pix up on my facebook account later...

a fresh look

I got the kids new bedding to freshen up their rooms...

Ahhh.. my beautiful floor!!

We came across some beautiful flooring... Bamboo! Did you know that people are using this "environmentally friendly" wood for floors? It is amazing! So I talked Jason into buying it and laying it in our dining room. We have been wanting to do something with the floors because everywhere you come into the house there is carpet. Needless to say my carpets don't take long to get nasty. Who would've thought with 3 kids, a hubby in construction and a dog who loves to run in the mud as much as the boys do??!!
Jason had off yesterday from work and he got right to.. YAY!!! He is so amazingly handy! He has a skill, that is for sure. I couldn't even begin to imagine how much we save due to his talent.
::::::::now time for some pics::::::::::::

our "pet" for the day

When we came home this afternoon, Carter found a bat hanging above the back porch light.. just chillin! How neat.. so I run to get my camera(of course) to take a picture. The more I focus on this bat I realize that it is a mommy & her pup(that's what baby bats are called) is tucked under her wing.. WOW!! I have never seen a bat pup before. They hung out there all day long.

Then tonight when we came home from going out to Boeringher's, they flew away right after we got out of the van. Momma got pretty close to my hair.. Jason thought she was gonna fly into it! Baby wasn't far behind mommy.. too cute! yes I think bats are cute.. as long as they aren't dive bombing me!
I tried to figure out what type of bat this was.. and I'm not sure if it's a big brown bat or a little brown bat. What I did find out about these neat lil creatures is that they normally have their pups in nursery colonies.. their eyes open after 24 hrs. during the 1st 2 weeks of life the pup stays nestled under the mom's wing while she is at rest.. then on the 3rd week they are able to fly. The pups stop nursing from their mom completely at 9 months..

Callie's 1st real Hair cut

I thought that Callie needed to get a real haircut to even up a lot of her layers that grew in naturally. So I made an appointment with my new hairdresser, Kathy, for today.. July 4th.

I can't say that I am overjoyed by this cut :(

Kathy done a wonderful job working with her.. but the cut has totally changed my baby girl!

Carter & Owen went along with me and Carter said after Kathy was done.. "I hate it! I hate Callie's hair!" Jason on the other hand thinks it looks cute. When I came home I cried because of it.. Ya' know when she turned 1, I as ok.. when she turned 2 ,I was ok.. but for some reason this haircut made realize that she isn't a baby anymore!!!