Anything But Gray

So the last two posts were about other stuff and not us, so here's one about us….

It has been really busy the last almost week….the weather has finally changed and we have been enjoying the hell out of it!

Zak has been taking the kids up to the public pool, I've been getting back to my "to do" lists, so I have been super busy, puttering, cleaning and organizing.  My auntie came this weekend. She came so she could visit and go see Freddy at the jail. So Mom, me and Ben dropped her off there and then we went to the old Fort Devens . We had to drive through Shirley to get to the jail and it actually made my stomach drop….I hadn't been through there in years and years….and that is where Chris lived…remember him? I talked about him, in this post. Driving through there just made me think of him and way back when and I was almost overwhelmed to tears, just thinking of him, his mother and his brother and thinking how incredibly sad it was that he was gone…I pulled myself together, quick though. I was just surprised how moved I was, just driving through there.

Ben also saw his very first freight train that day! Right through Shirley!! It was cool and he really dug it. That made me so happy!!!

Mom bought the kids a slip and slide and it was FINALLY nice enough to let them play with it….here's some pics.

Kids slip n slide july 13 2009 (4)

Kids slip n slide july 13 2009 (5)

Kids slip n slide july 13 2009

Kids slip n slide july 13 2009 (6)

Kids slip n slide july 13 2009 (3)

don't mind my crappy yard…..we really need to plant some grass seed for those bare spots, it' looks like such shit! I hate it….but at least I have a yard, right?

And here's one more….for everyone that wishes I would post a pic of me…..this is mummy and me. This is the "adult" part of the yard! LOL When Niki and Rick come over, when me and Zak are sitting outside, when Shelly and Steve come up to hang out, when I am on the phone with you and I say I am going outside to smoke, when the adults sit around an talk after a kid party….THIS is where we are sitting.  🙂 It's a mess in this picture and I look like hell…no make up, hair just thrown back, jeans and bummy tshirt….but you get the idea….

Mummy and me july 2009

Enjoy!