Father's Day?

This past weekend was Father's Day weekend.  Josh spent the entire weekend (with help from dad) building a pergola on our side patio....or should I say putting up 4 posts for a pergola on our side patio. :)  After long days and lots of sawing, bleaching, staining, drilling....and multiple trips to Home Depot and Lowe's, we have the base of what is going to be a beautiful pergola!

Hailey spent a lot of time looking out the door wanting to go outside with her daddy, but it was too dangerous for her curious little self to be out there amongst the power tools and falling boards.

Fingers crossed it will be finished this week so we can actually enjoy it....and Hailey doesn't have to stand at the door to see her daddy.

Captain Hailey

This past weekend, Hailey had her first boat ride.  As we approached the boat, she was very excited.  The excitement continued as I sprayed her down with sunscreen....then, I put her life jacket on her.  Excitement over.  This was the first time she had ever worn a life jacket and she didn't want anything to do with it.  After a 20 minute hissy fit while sitting on her daddy's lap as we idled out of the marina, she discovered the steering wheel.  Then she was hooked....she became the captain, and LOVED it!!

Hailey driving the boat.

After driving the boat for a while she discovered that 'going fast' was pretty fun too!  With the wind in her crazy hair, she started having just as much fun riding along.  She did really well on her 'sea legs', walking around on the boat and balancing well....we might have a little lake rat on our hands (if her daddy has anything to do with it). 

Hailey riding on the boat.

All in all, not a bad first trip to the lake for the little monkey....hopefully she'll get used to the idea that she has to wear the life jacket and the fights will become less and less with each trip out on the water.  We shall see...

Here we go....

Ok, I'm going to use this as a way for family and friends to keep up with our family and what is new with us.  I will still use Hailey's shutterfly site as a place to put all pictures, but I'll put some on here too, along with things that are going on with us.  My goal is to post something at least once a week....so like the title says, here we go.....