7.29.2011

I have so many pictures & things to blog about, but not only my phone to a dive...
so did my camera's memory card :(
It had over 700 video's & pictures on it
some being from when Mr. B was born! I about died.
Luckly the machine at Wallyworld took my card and five disks later...viola!
Now I just have to find time to go pick them up inbetween
naps, cleaning, biking, library time....oh busy days!
Blogs soon :)

7.27.2011

playing hard....

all morning.
makes for one tired little boy.

Today he got off my lap,
ran over to Marley {the best sitter ever...lucky us}
sat down with her with his blanket and nuk
about three minutes later,
he was sleeping!
I was a bit jealous.
He never does that for Jerod or I!
But,
so happy that he loves Marley & gives her some snuggle time.

This nap was MUCH needed.
This has been a tough week for us...I have a Mr. Crabby Pants!
Not sure if it's because of:
*having company {nine kids under the age of nine} all weekend and he misses them?
*one year molars?
*me taking his morning bottle away {only doing one before bed}?
*or...he's just a crazy 15 month old :)

Happy napping

7.26.2011

15 months

My phone hit the end of it's road this week
{and it's not that old at ALL, not happy about it}
so I have Jerod's phone & it is junk.  My phone at least took okay looking pictures...not his, so bare with me while I look for a new phone.

I did find these pictures on Jerod's phone...awww
Breck when he was first born!

My sweet boy at a couple months old!
how chubby and cuddly he was...
look at that chin!
And NOW
At fifteen months old!
He is busy from the moment he wakes up...till his head hits his pillow
Last night Jerod put him to bed and he just lay down, no fuss, just lay there.
He came back down stairs and said "we have a strange child"!
Then I started thinking, maybe something is wrong with him, NO kid wants to go to sleep, but ours does?!?
Then I remembered who his father is, a guy who slept for 48 hours straight in college.
He just loves his sleep...like father like son! Lucky us.
He giggles,
smiles on command for pictures {which proves his mom takes to many pictures of him}
 dances,
sings parts of songs {ashes, ashes, we all fall down & patty cake},
loves water {dare devil at the lake & in the pool thinking he can go in "by himself"}
which reminds me, he's INDEPENDENT
and has a personality of his own lately!
Last night he wouldn't eat in his high chair and insisted on sitting on a bar stool at the table with us...
so we took off his tray and pulled his chair up to eat! STINKER!
I have one month off of work left {summer went way to fast}
and Breck
STARTS DAYCARE!
a BIG giant step for us since his first year he stayed home with g'ma Nina.
We think it's time he goes somewhere where he can play with other kids his age & tons of new toys
not to mention crafts....
painting, markers, & more
without the mess at home for me to clean up ;)
We went to visit and he loved it!
I'm sure he will have fun, but me, I'm so nervous...
HE IS GROWING UP TO FAST.
Slow down little one.
Breck is fifteen months today...Jerod is the big 31 tomorrow!
{post to come on that too}

7.18.2011

Lost in the summer....

 is how i would describe my lack of blogging!
our summer day are lazy, boring, but pure fun and busy {does that even make sense?}

We get up:
t ball
breakfast
softball
library
today we played with homemade play dough
fun & easy
this was Breck's first time playing with it
he poked, played, squished
then ate it!
THIS lasted for about 45 minutes of entertainment: SCORE!
We are learning.
During the day we TRY to keep the brain working, even on summer break from school
with books & crafts!
Breck is also learning so much from his cousin's.
He repeats EVERYTHING {good and bad}
He loves to act like a puppy
barking & slurping!
He is a funny funny boy
We wait for daddy to get home from work.
Breck thinks he is the BEST.
They play,
wrestle,
do bath time,
read,
snuggle,
and do strange things {see below}

On weekends they
clean up the yard.
While the gals go shopping!
We went to Alberville this last weekend for dresses for my brother's wedding in August.
AND guess what?
WE ALL FOUND DRESSES!!
{actually we each found two we liked}
how often does that happen!
SCORE!
Also, mama scored too...
just ask her right hand :)
We also just bought another swimming pool to help us
during this HOT, hot, HOT weather!!
Perfect!
Tonight the kids swam
{more then they did with our giant pool}
I think we may have SCORED!
And this:
is our bathtub after Breck's bath tonight!
Dirt & grass = a great day!
Sorry for the lack of blogs lately, but summer is to busy!
I will try harder! xoxo :)

7.13.2011

All I want for my birthday is....

Family Photos!
This is what my mama wanted for her "fifty something'th" birthday

The Barrick's
Grandma & Grandpa
with all thier grandbabies
Maizy 3 years, Ellery 9 years, Mason 3 weeks, Calvin 6 years, Breck 1 year
what a good looking bunch of kids
The "soon to be" Smith's
Jone's kids
Grandpa's sweetheart
The Smith's

Happy Birthday MOM!
Love you.

Watercade weekend 2011

Watercade kickoff begins Monday with the medallion hunt:
where crazy adult people {I won't mention any names uh hmm} scavenge through town {kids in tow} looking for this:
this years winners were
Miss Ellery & Mr Calvin Jones {ages 9 & 6}
Maybe next year "crazies"!! xoxo

Thursday night we went to the Center Bank brat feed to eat FREE brats, chips, cheese, and root beer! mmmm,
listen to Wally Pickle,
kids dance,
see pretty much EVERYONE in town!
Good times.
Ellery & Breck dancing!

This was also the beginning of a HOT weekend.
Every years weekend of Watercade is warm, muggy, rainy, making it hard to participate in all the fun,
but we do it anyways!

Friday DAY the kids played in the sprinklers,
while it watered our much needed flowers & newly seeded grass {that isn't surviving}.
Fun in the sun.
It's the only time I can get them out of the A/C house for ten minutes! I don't blame them when it's ninety plus degrees.
Oh, and by the way.
Thursday night, our A/C went out!!!
Just in time for the weekend & friends visiting with their two children.
 A.M.A.Z.I.N.G timing.
{I don't normally let Breck run around in his "speedo" aka little swimmers..we usually swimming trunks}
luckily.
we have a wonderful friend who helped fix it, quick & reasonable. Need someone like that? let me know!
THANK YOU times a million {wife who is reading this...let him know :)}
Although the house got WARM, understatement.
We spent time outside at a friends pool, in the sprinkler & in the crab pool.
We survived!
And it was fixed by 9 pm that night!
Friday NIGHT:
The Selly's arrived and we went to a friends house on the lake to hang out and visit.
The kids got to meet puppies: 8 labradoodles

Then a boat ride back to my parents house,
douse ourselves in bug spray,
sit on the pontoon tied to the dock,
watch the fireworks, {Breck was interested for 2.4 seconds}
home,
Breck in bed {3 hours later then normal. And didn't we pay for that by Monday}
Saturday:
The hubbies went out fishing in the contest, {they each caught a fish even though it was considered a minnow}
Us & kids, usually walk but took a year off. Instead went to my parents house & let them swim!
Home for naps.
Birthday party for my mom!
Parade. {SOooo stinkin' hot, but had a nice place under a tree.  Breck sat in his wagon with his friend Paizli for the whole parade besides the last 20 minutes} he LOVED it.
Home.
Breck in bed. {at almost a normal time}
We bonfire in the heat. FUN, but not fun, but FUN to hang out with friends.
Sunday:
Woke up.
Said our goodbyes to the Selly's {hate it, wish the weekend wouldn't have gone so fast. miss them}
Then went and took family pictures at the farm. {on my next post}

We came home by early afternoon and spent the rest of the day inside relaxing.
Jerod get's out his guitar whenever Breck is fussy to entertain him {and it works}.
We were going to go to bed early
BUT
a storm was coming through with severe weather,
so we didn't want to put Breck to bed until the weather cleared,
and it did finally at 10:30 pm {another late night}
Safe to bed.
After a WONDERFUL weekend.
Can not wait till next year to do it all again!
Besides the fact we are STILL trying to get back on schedule and I have a cranky pants :)
worth it.

{more pic's. less words. to come when Selly's send them...I was too busy chasing a toddler around all weekend to take pictures myself}

7.05.2011

4th of july weekend hour by hour..

Friday day: work till 4:30
6:15: storm comes through and we all head to the basement as sirens go off
and just as we are about to eat homemade pizza: Tia Pie Pizza & BBQ chicken
mmmm.  Delicious.  So we ate it in the basement hallway as we watched treees sway,
hail hit, green skies, branches fall.  Luckly we didn't get have to much problems besides branches fall, unlike some ppl around us. Just glad all are safe.
7:45: Breck goes to bed
7:50: G'ma & G'pa Smith stop by to see Breck, wake him up to play before they leave for Duluth to visit my brother, wife, neice, and new baby! AND to learn to sail!
8:30: Breck back to bed, we watch a movie: Hall Pass...pretty funny flick!

Saturday
9:00: rise & shine, breakfast, clean house
11:00: pick up kayaks, lunch at mc d's, drop off  Breck at G'ma Nina's
12:30: arrive in Forest City to launch kayaks & canoes to go down the Crow River with 14 friends
{we are 45 minutes late...typical Barrick move}

12:45: 1st person tips over in the river {right off the shore..nice} great start to the day
takes us four hours to get down the river
quite the adventure as river was high & fast!
everyone but four ppl {two canoes} tip,
we lost two pairs of sunglasses, couple beverages, and 3 out of 5 liberty hats...not to bad!
6:00: home sweet home, shower, ppl arrive to grill out & bonfire
9:00: most ppl gone for the night, pooped out from the river & sunburns! {I even fell asleep in my chair for 1/2 a second staring at the fire}
1:00: stayed up with a couple friends then realized I needed sleep..goodnight world!

Sunday
10:15: we slept in! Thank goodness Breck likes sleep like his dad does :)
11:00: up and ready for a quick family trip to Hutchinson to do some shopping {me Target for a big floppy hat to wear on the lake so I don't burn even more then I am, Jerod Menard's for two things, we came out with a cart full, then lunch on the go}
3:00: lake Stella with friends and family! Hanging out at the sandbar...beautiful day!
driving the boat with daddy!

the boys playing on Jackson's "wet jet"

A parasailer on Lake Stella!

5:30: drive home, Breck takes a quick napper while we shower & get ready for yet another outing!
This is where he layed down himslef to rest :) love this little guy!

6:15: Friends house for BBQ & fire! Great food, Breck loved the fire {kept saying hahahot hahahot..so funny}
9:45: Home again! Breck in bed....ME TOO! We'll kind of.
2:15: friends "stop over" need a place to stay, being "responsible" and not driving :)
Stay up and chat for a bit!
4:00: back to bed!

Monday
9:15: wake! Realize our pool is leaking...awesomeness.
Drain pool, water grass, flowers, Breck runs through the sprinkler!
12:00: I bike around the lake with my mom, Breck takes a nap!
3:45: Get together with friends for cards, BBQ, and celebrate America's Birthday!

Breck & Cooper.
Breck has been the torturer for so long, but Cooper is slowly starting to get him back by chewing on him!
I'm pretty sure some day Cooper will be much bigger then Breck...then payback :)
8:00: We are ALL in bed.

Happy 4th of July!