Memorial Day at the Neely's

Matt had a two day conference this past Thursday and Friday so Marshall and I went to my parents house! Matt met us back at the house Friday afternoon and we actually stayed until Sunday morning. It was like a mini-vacation for me! I got to have some one on one time with my good friend Tiffany over Starbucks, Matt and I went to see the new Indiana Jones movie, and my mom woke up with Marshall and fed him breakfast on Sunday morning! For all you moms you know what a treat that is! I still don't even know what day it is around here...it's taken me a little bit to get back into our routine.

Sunday afternoon we celebrated Matt's brother Tim's birthday and then headed off to a great night at Outward! Monday we had lunch with Matt's fam, took a trip to Starbucks, and took the kids to the park! Such an amazing weekend!

And we have lots of pictures to share...I'll just narrate them as we go since they are all a little random!



Here's Marshall showing off his new camoflauge rainboots drinking out of my water bottle!

Mr. Cheesy grin! He loves being on the couch by himself...I think it makes him feel independent.

Marshall had his very first experience gardening this weekend as well. He was very into the watering can...when we took it away to fill it back up again he would scream! We finally figured out to let him help fill it back up as well...they love to be a part of the process.

After this bath that didn't really clean anything off of this baby we headed for the bathroom to take a nice bath. I left the water running and draining because I was just trying to get all the dirt off of him. Well I stood him up to clean him off and he leaned forward and pushed the shower knob...water comes spraying out of the nozzle on both of us! I was wet and he looked a little surprised and a little pleased!

Marshall and Deakan lounging in the new matching chairs that Grandma got them! With their matching spatula toys as well:) Why do we buy these kids toys when anything from the untensil drawer will work just fine?

Just hanging out with Uncle Tim and Grandma Sharon's house on Sunday afternoon!
A long weekend for both my men!

Hope everyone had a fabulous weekend!

Pool time...

I'm sitting inside my house right which is an ice box because my husband has the air conditioning up so high! It's soooo stinking hot outside..it's wonderful! We're just inside while Marshall is taking a nap! Then we're off to run a bunch of errands. The band Esterlyn is coming to our church tomorrow night and we need to get food and snacks for them!

Also we went to our friend Courtney's house yesterday and Marshall got to play in her kiddie pool. It's so cute so I think we're going to go and get one today! I also have an Old Navy gift card I got for Mother's Day! Praise the Lord for gift cards! Anyways these are some pics of our time in the pool yesterday! I had a really cute one of Marshall and I but my legs literally cause glare on the camera so I decided not to put that one in! Not until I get some sunless tanning lotion! JK!

Marshall taking a walk to the pool with Gina!


He loves to splash!
Marshall with Carly Diaz...I think these two might get married someday! Marshall loves her!!

The Zoo

Well mother's day has passed and can you believe I didn't take any pictures! I'm so lame! Sorry Chels! I wanted to get a couple pics up from our trip to the zoo last week. These aren't very good pictures because we relied on my dad to take most of the pics and I haven't gotten them from him yet. So hopefully more to come...we did have a very fun day though! My sis, Deakan and Dad came along for the fun. It was a perfect day...overcast but not cold. And did you know that it's mating season at the zoo. It was at least for the bats and monkeys. I won't go any further and traumatize your imaginations. Mine is still scarred.

It's supposed to be 90 degrees here by the end of the week...I hope so! Have a great day!

All ready to go!
Watching the bats...those things are so creepy.
In the bird house with grandpa...
After lunch nap!

Checking out these new dinosaurs...he was a little uncertain of this thing!

Daddy's Truck!

We took Marshall on his very first ride in Matt's truck last week! Nothing crazy but Marshall loves being up so high. We also got to go to the beach last weekend as Matt's dad had a place for us all to stay for a night! So it was me and all the Porter boys! Very fun! Marshall had a nice nap on the way over as you'll see!
Life has been super busy around here! Our young moms group at church just started another Bible study this morning and it was great. We've got some new people in the group and I'm really excited about that! Plus we're meeting in our apartment. I have such a small space but I love it and I'm so thankful that I can use it in that way!