From Drab to Fab!!

We went to the world's longest yard sale a few weekends ago and Addison really wanted to find a cool lap desk since school was starting soon. Well- we happened upon this one, and it fit one of the criteria which was the fact that it is a lap desk, but cool- it was not!! So, I told Addison that I could help her make it look cool. I am not sure she believed that I could do it, but lo and behold....After a little Mod Podge and some scrapbooking supplies, we think it turned out well!! It is personalized with Addi's name on it and the best part is that it costs us $0.25!!!

When I looked on etsy to see if other people had done this before, I found a few lap desks that ranged from $25- $40!!! Wow- what a savings!!!

Soccer Season Starts Again!!

Okay... so this is what we've been up to lately- SOCCER!!! In the following pictures, do you see a trend?We have been working with Tae to keep his hands out of his mouth and boy is it annoying!!! We just can't get him to stop. It was very evident when we saw the pictures from today that he isn't getting any better about it. Then- I got a very cool picture during the game. It had started to rain and I thought to snap a shot of Tae in front of the goal. I think it turned out great! Look how beautiful Kentucky is in the background. I just love it here!!

Firefighter Tae

Here is my sweetie-peetie, T-dog. I found this cool firefighter outfit at HomeGoods and thought of Tae immediately! He really wants to be a fireman when he grows up.

First Day Back

Here's how I found the kids on the morning of the first day of school... They had been awake since 6am and had gotten dressed in their school clothes all ready to walk out the door! They were watching Phinneas and Ferb on TV and waiting for Mommy and Daddy to wake up.Here are all four of us on our first day at school. Rob is taking the picture of course. I told everyone that since I started a new job working in the school as a preschool aide in a special needs room that it was technically my "first day at school" too!!

And of course- the three amigos... Aren't they super cute!!!

Group Picture

One more from Colorado... from bottom to top, left to right.... Jenna, Addison, Taesun, John, Kayla.... Rob, Stacey, Tae, Linda, Chuck, Tracy. Kurt was already gone when we took these pics.

Ro Cousins

Here are the cousins all together. Last time this happened previous to this year was when Taesun was a baby. So glad we got them together. They had an absolute blast!!

Jay- 3, Rob-0

My Jenna-Benna and my dear hubby decided to go fly fishing. It was kinda a two-for-one deal where Rob could go alone for $45 or Jenna could go with him for $60 total. We decided that it was a good bonding time for Jay and Rob, so Jenna learned spin-fishing and Rob learned fly-fishing. Rob caught zero and Jay caught THREE!!! She was super excited!!! (And she rubbed it in Rob's face for awhile:) ) They had a blast.

Heaven or Colorado?

This is the view from our cabin in Estes Park, CO this past week. Seriously, can it get any more heavenly than this? Check out how low the clouds are... Actually they are not that low- we were just that high up. 8000 ft above sea level to be exact.

July 4th

So, this year we had Rob's parents here for the fourth of July. Hence- we didn't do our annual trip to Louisville for our old neighbor's party. Instead, we stayed home. We did go to the Union Celebrates America event on Friday night. It was amazing. Although, I don't have pics from it, the fireworks were an amazing professional show. There was an Army band named the "Dragoons" that played. They even had a few original songs that were great!! It set the mood for celebrating how great being an American is!!

Then- on Sunday... we were invited from some neighbor friends to watch their 'home firework show'. It was great. The kids ran around catching fireflies and watching the fireworks. They would scream, "Fire in the hole..." and run back to the garage to get as far away from the fireworks as they could. Super cute!! Then- as one firework went off, it went awry and a flame landed right on top of the other remaining fireworks which set them ALL off at once!! They were sitting on the chair until they all blew up. Here's what remained of the chair. I honestly was soooo afraid someone was going to get hurt...but no one did. THANK YOU GOD!!! It was fun overall...even though there were definitely some scary times.

200th post!!!

Don't worry... I'm not going to post 200 things about me or 200 reasons you should read my blog...(although you should, of course!) Instead, I just want to encourage all of you bloggers to blog away and then, when the year is up, you can turn your blog into a book. This is like a journal to me and my family. I'm not the best at 'writing' everything down, but I am alright at blogging our fun times and memories. This IS our journal. My hope is that my kids can look back at these blog books and remember growing up in a fun way. So- with that being said.... enjoy looking at our blog and I want to welcome you into the crazy life of 'The Ro Show!'