Melis & Goofball...

Well, my Melissa got married to one Mr.Goofball.
Okay...that's not reeeeally his name, but somehow, that's what we call him around the Casa de Lainey-Paney. In fact, the nickname was really from Colin & intended for Gage, but Gage flipped it on him, and now they are just "Goofball & Goofball."

At Chateau Melissa, Gage is "Goofball."
At the Casa de Lainey-Paney, Colin is "Goofball."
Confusing? Yes.
Does it work for us? Sure does.
{And yes, Melissa---I just named your home. You need a sign...}

So........anywho....
Last weekend, they came to TEXAS!

So, they brought gifts for Gage, which he loved.
While he has enjoyed the books---the Ghostbusters "sweat band" was the biggest hit! (I put that in quotations b/c Hubby quickly corrected me when I referred to it as a bracelet.)



They LOVED our little Ranger...{can you really blame them?}


So, they got to our house late in the evening on Saturday night after spending all day at the Byron Nelson.

We got up Sunday morning...

{Yes, that's me 1st thing in the morning}

We were all sooooo lucky to have Hubby cook up a big breakfast.



...while the rest of us played outside...{poor Hubby...missing all the fun}


{Yes, that's Gage's 'Mom-stop-interrupting-our-play-to-take-your-stupid-pictures' pose. Cute, eh?)

Gage was also slingin' rock in the living room. {I could NOT HELP MYSELF! I had to type that!} No, really, he was selling them his gems from his panning adventures while we were on our recent trip...




After breakfast, we went for a walk down to the playground. Gage rode his bike...and he had to stop and give Goofball a flower. I'm tellin' ya---Gage loves Goofball.



We played at the park for a bit...but it was SO hot.



When we got home, Gage wanted to play in his little hose-sprinkler thing...which just created mud puddles. Fun. ...ya know..if you're a little boy.



So, Daddy turned on the regular backyard sprinklers...
Well...that was entertaining for our little guy...




And finally: How to make your own backyard pool for less than $24K---Gage style.




The visit was too brief. We don't see each other enough. I miss her terribly.
And so-----we just HAVE to get to STL this Summer. We just have to.