Life Lately

Before we jump headfirst into the coming week, I thought I'd quickly catch up on what the Bralys have been up to the past few days. In the interest of time, I'm going to (attempt to) keep wordy explanations to a minimum and let the pictures do the talking. Wish me luck... :)

Thursday evening Daddy finished up with work at a decent hour, so we decided to head to our township pool for about an hour and a half of family swim time.

Lovin' life in the baby pool.

A little uncertain in the adult pool.

My guys.

Back to the baby pool, and all is well with the world.

"So, does this count as my shower for the day?"

"I'm in the middle of something really important here, Mom."

Takin' a load off before we hit the road home.

Friday night we were invited to a going-away party for the Thorpes, who are packing up and moving west to Vegas this coming Wednesday. We are so thankful for Steve and Elizabeth; they are some of the first friends we made here in Pittsburgh and were actually the ones who invited us to North Way. We anxiously await hearing about the awesome ways God blesses their growing family (Elizabeth is pregnant with their first baby, due in January!) as they set out on this new adventure.

The Thorpes and the Madigans.

I'm pretty convinced our firstborn has a bigtime crush on Miss Kacia.

In the presence of some pretty fantastic females.

Harlow tickling lil Will.

These two looooouvre each other! Clearly.

Kicked back and relaxin' while he chats with Miss Allison.

The former + current ortho administrative chiefs say goodbye.

Saturday Daddy was on call and working, plus it was not pretty outside, so the boys and I bummed around all day. We did have an ortho party to go to that night; fortunately, Brett was able to make it home to tag along with us. We had to wake Kaiser and Porter from their naps around 5:00, and before leaving the house we FaceTimed with the Braly family at Cousin Kinsey's birthday party.

 Saying hi to Jefe, YaYa, Aunt K, Uncle P, and of course the B-Day Girl.

I barely pulled out my camera while we were over at the Leckies' cookout, as Brett and I were too busy feeding our children's faces (and our own) amidst visiting with some of the other residents and their wives and girlfriends. The boys had a great time just wandering around (and perhaps begging food off of people, here and there). At one point, they were inside and spotted an old rocking horse in the corner; Mr. Steve suggested that they hop right on! 

 Kaiser opted out of wearing the cowboy hat that was offered to him.

Ride 'em, Cowboy!

Sunday morning Brett met us down in Oakland at church. (He rallied after being called in at 11:15 and operating all night -- I really don't know how he does it!) Afterwards, we decided to swing by Jimmy John's to pick up sandwiches and drove to nearby Mellon Park for Bach Beethoven and Brunch. I can't believe the last time we took advantage of this free weekly event was over two years ago! After the fun we had picnicking, playing, and listening to Cello Fury, I'm seriously thinking this should be on our Sunday afternoon to-do list until the end of the summer.

Enjoying his ham and cheese sammich.

 Porter removed his meat and cheese and dined on bread, instead. Sigh.

 That Daddy's a funny guy.

 This never gets old.

Love how he makes sure to hold onto that bread, no matter what.

We ran into friends of friends, who also have truck-loving little boys.

 Showing us his borrowed bulldozer.

 Hard at work on the construction site.

A few minutes of tree-climbing before we left to go home.

Tonight was a low key, hang-around-the-house night for our familia.

Porter worked on a few computer projects.

Kaiser and Daddy built a special tent/cave.

"No parents allowed!"

Oh, and I can't forget to mention, THIS HAPPENED:

That's right, Folks -- Operation "Share a Room/Sleep in a Big Boy Bed" commenced TONIGHT! Stay tuned for a separate post with pictures and an update, most likely in the next couple of days. Prayers appreciated for a successful transition...