Happy Father's Day, Dad!

Yesterday was a bit of a hard day. It was the first father's day in which I could not physically call my dad up and wish him a "Happy Father's Day". Traditionally, ever year we would be at my parents' house and cook out and celebrate the day. We did the same yesterday, only it was missing one special person. My brother, Annie, the boys, John, my Pappy (my father's dad) and I hung out poolside, cooked some steaks and salmon, and enjoyed the 90 some degree weather. My mom actually got to go to the Tim McGraw and Faith Hill concert in Hershey!

If I could tell my dad something today I would tell him how much I miss having him around and enjoying his sense of humor. My dad was the kind of person who would light up a room with his wit and charm and the first person to lend a helping hand to someone who needed it.

I can't say how many times John and I joke about things my dad "would've said" in situations we've been in! It's the way we keep memories alive.

Happy Father's Day, Dad!

Lost Photos...

I'm not quite sure if everyone has heard this story, but last year John and I went to Key West on Spring Break. Yes, we still try to go somewhere on spring break like we are a bunch of 21 year olds in college. The year before we went to Niagara Falls. Unfortunately, this year we were in St. Louis on John's work trip. Thanks to Erin, who once lived in Key West with her sister-in-law Wendy we were able to find out where all of the hot spots and nude beaches were. We were told that if we stopped by Captain Tony's we might be able to see a picture of Erin on the wall (it's where she used to work). It was then John's mission to do so! We hit every bar on that block - Sloppy Joe's being one of them and finally found Captain Tony's. We played a few games of pool in the dungeon like game room and once our eyes were glazed over enough to see good we began the hunt for Erin's photo on the wall. It wasn't long before we found one, then another, then another! Here is the proof


So, as you can see, it is the proof to the water gun story that you might have seen on the KC5 blog!

ps, as John says, it's all you need - beer, butts and booty (Bone Island Bob's)!

Last Weekend

On a lighter note, for whoever read the previous post, last weekend with Aiden and Riley was a blast!! I have to tell you these kids are the best and it is so much fun to be around them! On Saturday we went to John's Uncle Patrick's house to celebrate his two year old (Ryleigh's) birthday. Here are some pictures of the fun...



Unfortunately Riley had too much fun so he passed out in the car on the way to our house

Computer Woes

I am seriously about to smash my brand new Dell computer along with the wireless router, the Comcast modem rental and my work laptop. I feel like the guys in the movie Office Space when they took out the copy machine. Electronics, computers, phones - just not my thing. I like to use them but it's almost as if these things are built with glitches just so people can have jobs repairing them. How is it that if you have a cable modem once a month you have to take the time to call Comcast because your internet does not work, wait on hold for what seems like eternity, and all the person on the other end tells you to do is unplug it - they "send a signal" to your modem then you are up and running. Why, why, why? I had to call Comcast 3 times yesterday and I still could not use my internet. Miraculously, this morning I was able to get online just long enough to check my e-mail. Then I go in to work and try docking my laptop only to find that my monitor and my mouse do not work. I had to work off of my little laptop screen all day. Ugghh!! Anyways, please let me know that it is not just me (except for all you iMac users, I know no viruses, etc., etc., etc.) and that this happens to other people!! ANd if it doesn't, I want to know what kind of desktop, laptop, wireless router, modem and internet service you use!!!

Alright Already!!

I promise an updated post with pictures tonight!

Stuff

Unfortunately, there hasn't been much going on for me to blog about in the last week. We had a really nice relaxing weekend only to be swamped with a ton of work on Monday. I have been trying to work on my wedding invitations and compiling everyone's addreses, I feel like it is taking me forever! This weekend we are going to hang out with Davey and Annie on Friday, then go to Aiden's last baseball game Saturday morning. John's cousin Ryleigh is having her 2nd birthday party Saturday, then it is the Slawter family get together in the afternon at Philadelphia Park Race Track. We are going to take the kids for the weekend. It should make for an interesting blog entry on Monday!