The backyard has officially begun!!!

On Saturday, we had concrete poured in our backyard. We had so many willing hands to help us. We were soooooo excited that we would finally be able to hang out in the backyard for a change (After being in our house more than a year). It looks awesome and this will help us on our way of landscaping the rest of the backyard. We already have a design which we're very excited about. I have a baby pool that Teigen and I will be hanging out in this week and we'll be able to bbq back there and eventually Teigen can ride his bike back there. So much fun!! Thanks to Val and Susan for helping make this happen.

Final touches-before the pour (Nick,Jeremy,CJ,Justin)

The walkway goes behind the house

Almost ready to pour

Behind our Master bedroom

The truck is here!! The fun begins...

CJ pushing a load to the backyard

Justin on his way to the backyard

Jeremy and Nick getting to work...they were fast

Looks like fun...I really wanted to jump in it.

My hubby's sexy booty :) (Making stepping stones with the xtra concrete)

Making it Puuurty

Just about done! Yeah!

3 of Justin's buddies from the fire academy came to help(Lee,George and Chris)

Me and my friend Crystal(Lee's fiance) made breakfast(pancakes, sausage, and cinnamon rolls)
Me and Teigen (after Teigen made his prints)

This was such a fun day and we're thrilled with the result!

Can you fit inside a nurtri-grain box?

So, I was doing the dishes the other night and I had set the nutri-grain box on top of the garbage to put it in our recycling bin......and look over to see Teigen having another purpose for it. What a great idea! I've always wondered if I could fit inside of a nutri-grain box! Teigen beat me to the punch. And.......

WAA-LAA!

Chuck E. Cheese's AND a baseball game!!

Since we've been very frugal lately, we thought it would be fun to spend 5 bucks and take Teigen to Chuck E. Cheese's...hey...it's "where a kid can be a kid." I swear Teigen had a great time even though the pictures don't capture him smiling. His favorite was the basketball game of course. He loves balls...he's a boy all right. Justin even got to play a couple rounds of the "adult" basketball game and I of course got to play a little skee-ball. We had a good time together...best 5 bucks I've ever spent.
After Chuck E. Cheese's, the fun didn't stop there. We drove straight to our minor league baseball team's game- the Isotopes. One of Justin's friends he met in the fireman academy hooked us up with box seat tickets. Free tickets and food...now that's what I'm talkin about! It was awesome! Teigen loved how they played music in between each hitter so he got to dance a lot. That boy LOVES dancing. It's hilarious. Teigen watched his first grand slam and we all had so much fun. The Isotopes won. What a great day!

The President drove by our house...

So...the President came to Rio Rancho, NM. (Of all places :) ) a few weeks ago. He came to speak about credit card companies, and they chose to speak about it at the Rio Rancho High School. Which is right across the street. So when I say the President drove by our house, I'm not lying...I could see him from my front door. (Although Teigen and I walked to the corner to watch him come and go.) No matter your opinion on him....it's still neat to experience the event. I thought it was cool. I was lucky enough to catch a shot of the president in his car driving by when he was leaving. He's in the back seat/window looking out. When I zoom in on my camera, I can see him better.

There were snipers up on the hills and even behind our house!

And a lot of protestors of course.
Teigen thought it was cool. He's pointing to all the cop cars.