Father's Day 2009

We had a wonderful Father's Day with the family. We had Mom and Dad and my brother Matt over for a BBQ. Here are the kids dancing in the grass. We had the radio on and Mackenzie and Cameron just had to "get their groove on".

Cameron and Kenny did a great job grilling steaks on the BBQ!

Here is Mackenize just being cute.

Genevieve was busy in the kitchen with the side dishes and desserts, but I did come out to say hello and snuggle my Mackenzie.

Here is Kenny with his Father's Day gifts. We got him a cowboy's hat and stool. He wanted a stool he could use in the garage at his work bench or at the BBQ. Can he look any more American????

Mackenzie just loves her Daddy...

And so does Scarlett...

After a fun day in the backyard we let the kids play in the front yard before bedtime. I just love our views from the front Cul-de-Sac. What a great end to a perfect day!

Mommy Mackenzie

Ok, I just HAD to post these pictures. Every time I nurse Scarlett, Mackenzie gets her baby doll and "feeds" her too. I just loved these pictures of the little Mommy and couldn't help but share them....nuf said.

Just chillin' with the girls...

I love my time just hanging out with the girls. Mackenzie follows Scarlett every where and just loves being a big sister. I think Scarlett looks so big in her high chair, so I can't help taking loads of pictures of her eating.

Mackenzie hates to be left out of pictues, so she climbed down from her chair to give the camera a big smile.
I just starting learning how to make these bows, so I had to take a picture and show off my first attempt!

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Here we are ready to go to Chitty Chitty Bang Bang at Pope Joy Hall. Kenny stayed home with Scarlett, so I could take Cameron and Mackenzie. It was such a fun afternoon. Cameron and Mackenzie have not stopped singing the songs after we saw the musical!

Girls wear purple.

Mackenzie is so funny about what color clothes she wears now. She thinks that girls can only wear purple and pink because those are "girl colors". It really bothers her that my favorite color is red. She tells me, "Mom, you can't like red because you're not a boy!" She is really good about keeping me in line. She does love purple though and I couldn't resist these matching purple dresses for the girls.

This has to be my favorite picture of the girls so far! Poor Scarlett...oh to be loved so much!
Mackenzie is so funny about taking pictures now. She loves to have her picture taken, but she thinks she always has to "show me something" when she's in front of the camera.

It's Summer Time!!!!

We always know it's summer time when Grandpa opens the pool for the kids. Scarlett even went in the water and it was COLD! Kenny is so happy he has another "water baby". This is going to be a fun summer!

Mommy's little girls

I hate the Paparazzi! "Please, no more pictures!"

Ariel the Mermaid Hair

Mackenzie loves it when I braid her hair after a bath. She calls it her Ariel hair (from the little Mermaid). As you can see her posing here, she is quite proud of her look today! :) This picture is going into the "show her new boyfriend" scrapbook for when she gets older.

More Pics from Mackenzie's birthday

We had a nice family birthday party for Mackenzie and I forgot to post these cute pictures. She opened a few gifts and blew out candles on her cake. She loves the Schwan's M'nM cake (or as she calls it the LMN cake...she thinks it's like the letter in the ABCs...hehe).

Mac and Scarlett being cute

This afternoon, Mac was playing "Bumble-Bee" with Scarlett and the two of them were being very cute. Gotta love these moments of sisterly love. Heather...this post is just for Ceilidh! Even thought Scarlett has more hair, she has a bald spot to rival her Dad's! hehe



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Half-Century Men

On Saturday, Shaun Aries and I rode in the Albuquerque Century, which raises money for the American Diabetes Association. We entered the 50 mile (or half-century) ride since neither of us is quite ready for the full 100 miles yet.

It was a great morning with cool temps and not much wind which made for great riding weather.

I was surprised by the fact that we had a send off from a Scottish bagpipe band at the start and we were also cheered on by the sounds of pipes as we were going up the steepest climb on the course. Apparently there was a large group of 40+ Scottish bike riders who travelled over for this race!

Anyway, Shaun and I had a great ride in which we finished in 2 hours 59 mins, beating our goal of 3hrs!. We both said that we are going to try for the full century next time.