The family that owns Eston's daycare, the Masotto's, made my mom and us food the other night. It was so good! I've posted some pictures of them below. They are Italian and as you can guess, their pasta was delicious! Travis has had two plates full last night and tonight. Eston just loves Miss Lily and Mr. Frank. He and Mr. Frank are big buds. The other day when I picked him up, he hardly knew I walked in the door because he was too busy having fun with them. Travis and I are so glad that we found them and we love them too. Eston and Mr. Frank

Mr. Frank, Miss Lilly, and their youngest daughter Angela

Eston eating off my plate! I guess he didn't get enough the first go around. (The pictures are fuzzy taken with my phone.)

Eston with sauce all over him. He went straight to the tub!

As you can see, I added a countdown to the top of the page just for fun. I'm a huge Harry Potter fan, so it's the countdown until the 6th movie comes out. I know, I'm a nerd, and I don't care! My friend, Kristin, will appreciate it. (I won't give out her last name in case she wants to keep her identity secret.) If you need something to do this summer, pick up one of the books. They are awesome.

Hot Hot Hot! Our air conditioning is out in our duplex. It has been since Tuesday. This is not the best time of year for something like that to happen, but I realize that is the time it does. And since we have to rely on the rental company to do something about it, who knows when we will have cool air again! Those of you who know Travis know that he would have bought a whole new unit and installed it by moonlight that night if he had too. So, we packed up toothbrushes and pajamas and headed to my mom's Tuesday and Wednesday night. She has a crib, so it works out well. The rental company put a window unit in this afternoon...we'll see if it's enough to get us through or if we'll be heading to mom's again.

How did my grandparents ever get by without air conditioning? I remember going to their houses as a kid and burning up! I guess they were used to it? There were several visits that we would sit outside under a shade tree because it was cooler outside than it was inside. And with my great grandmother's garden, that usually meant we'd sit outside and snap green beans or something like that. Good memories. Hot but good. I was blessed with lots and lots of grandparents.

BTW, Happy Birthday Sammie!

Congrats to Sam and Julie!!

Our friends had a beautiful baby boy, Drew, last Saturday night. 9 lbs 4 oz and 21.5 inches. Quite a big fella! Everyone's doing great and went home yesterday. A link to their blog is on my page.

Sam is one of my brother's best friends and has grown up with Corey since they were little. There was a small group of guys that always hung out together and it's been fun to watch them grow up and start families. Julie was our next door neighbor when we first moved to Mountain Home 25 years ago. We spent numerous weekends with her family at the lake in the summer. She also worked with me at Tyson my last few years there.

Can't wait to meet Drew!

My brother is famous! Here is a clip of the San Antonio news that he appeared on. He works for a company that sells the equipment that food companies use to test their products for bacteria/salmonela/etc. He is based in Dallas and has a 4-5 or so state region.

He was also on NPR in Houston, but we didn't get the clip for that.

Check out the gut! ;-)

I hope everyone had a wonderful 4th of July! Eston watched some fireworks at the Czanstkowski's back yard. He got to play with his friends Sydney, Jacob, and Ali. The fireworks didn't seem to bother him at all. Don't know why I thought it would...he's pretty easy going.

He's walking around everywhere. And he loves to go up and down steps. He needs help, but wants you to hold his hand and assist him going up and down and up and down several times. We also went to see his Great Grandpa Troy in Marshall. And his Great Great Uncle Bob was also there. He showed off his new skills for them.

Now on Eston's menu is grilled cheese and PBJ sandwiches. He even ate some steak tonight. His front teeth are now coming in. So, he's up to 6, now.

Eston is walking! He looks so funny...actually he looks like a drunk man. Stumbles around. When he gets several steps into it, he'll start smiling like he's so proud of himself! It's so cute!