Odds and Ends

The picture of the cake: Shawn was going to watch Landon while I took Ethan with me on a few errands. Before we walked out the door, I told him he was going to go with mommy and we were gonna "party". He said, "We going to eat some cake"? I told him maybe we could get some - he loves b-day cake. So, as you can see, we came home with cake and later put candles on it so they could blow them out...just another fun adventure at our house!
The dogs: Xander (Alexander the Great) has been with us for a few months. He is 10 months old and weighs probably close to 175/190 lbs. and has a neck width of 32". He is an English Mastiff. We wanted to get him a friend which he seemed to be needing and so just a few weeks ago we picked up Zaidee Mae. She is 13 weeks old. Xander is like a new dog. He loves having a friend.
Cousins: The two girls pictured with my boys are my cousin, Pam Asbury's children. Carli is 6 months older than Ethan and Olivia is 2 months older than Landon. We had them for a couple of hours while Pam and Glen had a date. Wish we could see them more! Carli and Ethan had so much fun.....playing with guns! Poor girl, we don't have any girl toys yet! She didn't seem to mind. She had fun, saying she was superhero Carli and Ethan was the monster!
Basketball Shot: #32 is Shawn. He is on a Christian basketball league. It is so much fun to go to his games. He loves playing and loves the exercise. Oh, he is losing more weight! I am so proud of him! He can say "no" to chocolate and such-me, on the other hand...not as good at resisting as he is!!!! haha
Family Nightmare: Picture taking with two kids is awful! Ethan had eaten a piece of some hard candy beforehand and half the pics were of his mouth wide open! He did not want to cooperate...neither did Landon. Oh well, at least we are all in the same picture and have proof of trying to get a put together shot!