The Beloved Puddle

Water, our most precious resource. Cities are built around it, it supports our crops, allows us to dig oil wells 5000 below the surface so we can pollute the entire planet, it cools us off, it quenches our thirst (as long as you add sugar and carbonation). It also amazes us in waterfalls, glaciers, icebergs, mighty rivers, and novelty fish tank aquariums. But most importantly, it's always a lot of fun. Have a look!

There are two types of people in the world. Puddle people and non-puddle people. I guess this shows which one we are. And we're proud of it!

Sneak Peak Inside

It's now been 3 weeks that we've been in our new house and we are loving every minute of it. We're not quite there yet (wherever there is), but I have a feeling that we're getting closer. At least we are at the point where most everything is presentable, some of the time. So we thought we'd share a few pics of the place we call home. The kitchen is definately Jacque's favorite part of the house. Now she has so much space she can make 4 peanut butter and jellys side by side without having to use the microwave as extra space. Now that's high class livin!

A slightly larger view of the kitchen that shows the feeding (at least in theory) area as well. This is where we put Connor every night and he refuses to eat his dinner and always asks for icecream or cookies instead.

The living room, AKA football worship room, whenever we can get past these next few boring months of only baseball. At least we have the World Cup so there is something to talk about besides boring ball.

Just in case we ever get too bored then this is where we come. Nothing gets the blood pumping like a few games of full contact ping pong war. If only I didn't have to sleep on the couch afterwards, I'd say it's the perfect sport.

I know it looks like curtains, but those are actually steel plates put in place to protect the wondows from shattering during our ping pong wars. I guess that's what happens when you play with a metal spiked ball.

This is the door to our backyard where we keep the tigers, dinosaurs, man eating plants, and a few little bunny rabbits. Can you guess which ones are Jacque's?

Our master bedroom is another aspect we like. It's huge!! So big, that we don't have anything to put in there to fill it up. Minor detail.

This is the opposite view in the master bedroom. We put some bookshelves in there so people will think that we read lots of books. I for one, am an avid reader, as long as there's more pictures than words on the page!

This is Arianna's room. We told her she could decorate it herself and gave her a hammer, some nails and a bunch of other stuff but so far she hasn't tried to do anything with them. Girls, go figure.

This is Connor's room, where all of his master plans and mischevious ideas are born up through the night and then he implements them the following day.

And last but not least, here's the guest bedroom/ whatever else we can't find a place for stuff it in here room. If you ever wanna come stay with us just let us know. We'll give you a good rate. *Breakfast not included. All local taxes apply. 500% gratuity demanded.

Ketchup Time...

...Or is it catch up time. Now that I'm in the South I really can't tell anymore, they run all their words together anyways. Sorry no pics of the inside of the house yet, although we've made more progress than BP has, we're still not quite ready. But we do have some pics that we can share with all of you (our adoring fans). Hopefully these pics will help make up for my delays in posting recently. You decide...

Little Man and Precious have recently decided that they enjoy eating together. Either that or they're secretly telling inside jokes about their mom and dad.

Connor has also decided to brach out and try some water sports action. He likes to pretend the big floaty ball is a ticking time bomb and he has to defuse it before it blows everyone to smithereens. Kids... what will they think of next?!

Afterwards, he attempted to eat all the snacks in the boating shop. Apparently 23 Swiss Cake Rolls is one too many.

With the watersports craze over and done, Little Man next decided to pick up the delicious game of Ping Pong. We think he's trying to revive the X-treme pong wars of 2007-08 at the now long gone and sorely missed Davenport Institute of Broken Ping Pong Paddles and Fist Fights.
For his first opponent he chose grandma. He thought it best to start small and work his way up the charts. Kinda like Rocky Balboa, only with a small white ball and no overly cheesy one liners.

The game was going well until grandma decided to try to use her "wisdom and experience" to bend the rules.

"What do you mean that ball was in?? It missed by a mile!!" Fortunately, Little Man had Arianna in his corner to call grannie on her shots. There's no messing with her, that's for sure!

After the little incident Connor decided to quit taking it easy on his opponent. "Here Grandma Honey, let me show you how it's done! You can call me the bus driver cuz I'm gonna take you to school. And just remember, the first lesson's free, just for you!"

Apparently, Ping Pong is a pretty tough and grueling sport, as neither Connor nor Arianna lasted very long after the match ended.

Perhaps, we'll have to remember this for future reference.

Salvation At Last!!

We did it!! After what seemed like an endless torment and the bank trying to dip us in honey and stick on a fire ant hill we finally prevailed and got our house. We moved in last week, but haven't had internet until now to post any pics. All you get to see for now is the outside, as the inside is still a big mess of stuff. But we're gettin there....

Let The Games Begin!!

Summertime is here. Oh yeah....

You think this is good... you should see Little Man and Precious go for it!!

Lessons From the Little Man

Some days you just gotta let it all hang out. No worries, no second thoughts... just go for it!!

Respect the 'Stache

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. This one might be worth more.(Insert comment here. And it better be funny... or else I may show up at your door looking like this. Trust me- you don't wanna mess with 'The Stache'!)

If I ever appear on the show Cops... this is how I wanna look!

Mommy Bonding

I always wonder what goes on at home while I'm slaving away at work...."Now when you're texting, make sure you get a good firm grip on the phone and use both thumbs for optimum efficiency".

These poses look strangely familiar... where have I seen this before???

Wait a minute... now I remember!

SuperCon and MiniCon

Either SuperCon has been watching reruns of Driving Miss Daisy again or he's workin on getting his Chauffeur's License. They say its best to start small and work all the way up to those stretch Hummer limos.
As any good driver knows.... you'll never get good tips unless you make sure to get the door every single time.

Just in case his chauffeur career never takes off there's always a future as a dump truck driver. One person's trash is another person's treasure.

To be truly successful in life, it's important to research all available options. According to the US Census and Jobs Report of 2010, exotic pet sitting is expected to be the fastest growing career field over the next 10 years. Show me the money!!

Grammy and Papa Ron's Southern Vacation

Grammy and Papa Ron got tired of their West Coast livin la vida loca and decided to try out a different style of life. The Paula Deen style that only happens down in the bottom right in a little place we like to call Carolina Country. When they first arrived we had to give them a proper welcome and we did so by introducing them to our pet gator. We like to call him Fluffy. Needless to say, Little Man was excited to show off his mad skills for a new audience.
Being a tour guide must be in Connor's blood, here he is x'plainin the history of Lake Moultrie to Papa Ron.
And little Miss Precious was happy to have new faces to look at besides boring old mom and dad.

I dunno who these two strangers are, but they certainly kept some good food flowin in the kitchen!!

Of course it wouldn't be much of a vacation without riding 'The Beast' at least once.

We even got all dressed up in our Sunday best

And Grammy found her favorite type of shade in Downtown.

We took a little peak at a plantation or two.

No southern experience is entirely complete without parkin your rear in a good ol' fashioned rocking chair.

And we finished 'er off with a visit to a blackwater swamp. This was our favorite part, the pictures don't hardly do it justice.

And of course, before it was all over they had to say goodbye to Fluffy.

It's hard to tell, but Fluffy had tears in his eyes. I guess Grammy and Papa Ron really made an impression on him.