more fun with nana

so on our travels back from tulsa we grabbed nana who flew into the same airport we did and she was able to stay and visit with us for a week. i can't really put into words how much deuce loves spending time with nana. but here are the top four...

1. she buys more of whatever he is interested in for the month...this month CARS (notice the new lightning and king cars)

2. she always finds cool new ways to do things...like brush ur teeth (yes he is sitting in the sink)

3. she takes u for walks through the neighborhood to see things like the construction, playground (they went for a walk like every day)

4. most importantly she brings a video of popo, pee pee (peaches) and sal sal (sally dennis' dog)
this was his favorite thing to do the whole time she was here. he would wave to popo and call pee pee and sal sal all the time.

on a side note i finished my first half marathon (marine corps half marathon) this past wknd. it was challenging yet rewarding. it took me 2hrs and 10mins. not the best time but i'll blame it on the rain and the mud that i had to run through for the first 3 miles and the last 2miles.

here i am crossing the finish line

family photo....deuce just wanted to go play in the mud puddles!

well that's all for now, stay tuned for pics from grandma and grandpa henke's...i got those pics in the mail.

luv mel, dave n deuce!

tulsa trip

so as most of you know we just got done taking this lovely little trip to tulsa! the trip was originally planned for aunt marla's 60th bday bash but i think it turned out to be a whole lot more. we really had sooo much fun. we arrived at the herman resort (our lodging for the wknd festivities) on thursday (a day before everyone else) and thus began the fun. we went to a mexican joint the first night in the posh area of town (also nearby was krista's new baby bump boutique, very cool to see). there we did a little celebrating of my and aunt marla's bday. yes they gave us the sombreros, yes they sang and yes we did shots!

here's a pic of the whole gang (minus "gg" bc i'm covering her up with my hat)

the bday girls n dave

the next day while waiting for the rest of the fam to arrive dave n deuce went for a little swim. deuce really had so much fun with it. i think it was bc the water was soo warm.

he kept wanting to walk off the ledge

once everyone had arrived that afternoon we all hit the pool up for a little fun and relaxation!

here's the whole gang (pay attention to the walrus floaty)

daddy n deuce playn around

ok...so one of the funniest things for the wknd (other than aunt marla doing cannon balls into the hot tub, full of people) was when uncle lary dared dave to ride the walrus or see how long he could. on dave's first attempt he got bucked but on the second one he jumped right on and......pop!

well i guess u can say he rode it.....flat!

even funnier was when caroline asked wat happened and why dave couldn't fix it!

the kiddos playing inside after swimming. it was so fun to see them all play together

deuce snooping on the counter top....looking for food i'm sure!
we had a nice dinner friday night (hats off to the chef, robie) and then i got a little surprise of my own. they had a bday cake for me.

this would be me trying to blow out my trick candles!
that night we decided everyone needed baths and kevin and dave were put to work. i'm not sure who had more fun..the big boys or the little ones. for example, kevin decided to turn on the jacuzzi and there wasn't enough water in the tub so the jets sprayed water everywhere and instead of stopping they continued and then would holler "fire in the whole" and duck and spray the little guys....very funny!

kevin and dave giving baths
saturday was aunt marla's party so in the morning before the guest got there we let the boys play on the playground (in there pjs so they wouldn't dirty the party clothes)

deuce n nathan finding treasures

we celebrated aunt marla's bday all of saturday and i think we even made it into sunday morn. sunday morn i think everyone just kinda chilled and try to recover from the previous days festivities.

deuce n daddy checkn out the rocking horse!

sunday afternoon we celebrated kenzie's bday. i'll let kelly share those pics with you guys (if i can ever get them to her). we did manage to take a couple of nice pics before hand though.

the three girls (yes my hair is in a ponytail again, i'm trying to grow it out)

our family

i did want to share this one pic from kenzie's bday

check out deuce in the pic.....i wonder what he is up to?

well that is all i have...only because my camera ran out of memory. the story and pics don't really do the wknd justice. the herman's were such great host and it was soo wonderful getting to visit and hang out with the fam for that many days. usually when we see the fisher side it is short and sweet so this was a nice change of pace. if anyone would like to see all the wknd photos feel free to visit my flickr photo acct www.flickr.com/photos/therakes/

until next time

luv mel, dave n deuce!