Summer FUN!!

Fishing is one one the very many things we end up doign during the summer. WE didn't catch any fish, but we did catch 2 catterpillars and watched them turn into butterflys. Sarge had fun chasing the rapid water, Peyton had fun getting dirty, Corban enjoyed throwing his line out and getting it stuck in the rocks. It turned out to be a fun family outing.



My very close friends sister takes pictures for a fun side money earner and did a All American session with kids. Well she charged $5 and did a awesome job with it. It was hard getting Peyton to coorperate, there was kitties around he couldn't look at the camera and not at the kitty. In the picture that he is looking away he is actually going, oh, oh, oh kitty, kitty!! It was a blast!

My Handsome Boyz

Birthdays all around

April is a month filled with birhtdays for us. Starting with my niece, and by Brother, then my friend in Arizona and her Husband. Josh, his sister and his Mom. We did mom's birthday last week, since Josh is working on that day, we did it early. Mom and Dad has had a rough few weeks so we went up to bring some cheer them and surprised mom with a awesome looking spring cake.

This one is called "step into Spring" and lots of heart.

Peyton is enjoying the "leftover" batter on the beater and the spatula. My desire to make cakes is growing with every birthday, This one was specially fun as I had couple pairs of extra hands helping.

Then yesterday, the 16th of April we did Josh's birthday. He started back on days today so we had to do that one easrly too. I made him a gun cake. He has been wanting a gun so I gave me one :0).

Look how precious these three are. They sure know how to find fun and excitement in the smallest things. My boys were excited to devour that one down. They had a blast, but then today I had to suffer with black nasty, stinky diaper today. Black and purple polka dotted one--incase you wanted the details.

EASTER
As always we decorated the eggs and went to Jensen's Grove for egg hunt( which lasted exactly 10 seconds, before all of them dissappeared, thanks to the "big kids" with the real kids). All was as fun as always.

We did lose some of the stickers that were supposed to go on the eggs for a little bit, till we found them again, unfortunately they were not usable. I have to admit, I do have very creative kids.

Most interesting of all was, our 6yr old, Corban, annoucing at dinner that there is no easter bunny and that bunnies don't have eggs. He told us that he watches How its Made on TV discovery channel all the time and one episode was about making costumes. And they made easter bunny and so the easter bunny at the park, according to Corban was a man in a costume. HOORAY!! One less thing I have to worry about telling my kids, there is no easter bunny. Explaning the true meaning of easter and importance of it all was a lot more easier. I was just glad he didn't asked why eggs are decorated since bunnies dont have egg. Too bad they didnt make Santa costume in this episode.

Peyton's "Under the Sea" 2nd Birthday

He sure loves those Presents.

Peyton's birthday was a blast, he is at a age where everything is so fun for him and he has some new things to say. He loved his little under the sea cake, as seen in pictures he is thoroughly enjoying it. He got a dalmation truck that barks, growls and crashes like him. And a ship and a train with all the noises included!! Can you believe it, he is 2 already!!

Sarge has GROWN

One this very rare 50 degree end of fall weather, we decided to take full advantage of playing outside without freezing our tusies off. As I post this blog, I realized the only Sarge pictures that are on here are the ones when we had just adopted him into our family. Well he has grown "a little" since then. He is 8 months old, still hasn't grown into is PAWS-normous paws yet. He is still growing steadily and has become a very protective member of this family.

Then again no backyard fun is complete without a wheelbarrow ride. See how Sarge follows the boyz around like a protection shield.

HALLOWEEN

PUMPKIN PATCH
We adopted a new tradition this Halloween-pumpkin patch trip. Theres a pumpkin farm not too far from our home, we go to the owners house and let him know that we will be gettin some pumpkins. The we drive over across the street to the farm and walk through yards and yards of pumpkin bush and pick out the best ones. Corban was having a blast running from pumpkin to pumpkin looking for his favorite ones. Peyton onthe other hand was not so sure about the vines all over that were hard to walk over and the weeds that were taller than him. He was still a trooper and we had to choose his pumpkin since he kept trying to bite into the ones he found.

KINDERGARTEN PROGRAM

So the warm, sunny days are over way too sooner then it needs to. Halloween is usually one of the holidays when we like to take part in as a whole family. This Halloween Josh was working so that theory had to be changed. Corban being in Kindergarten wanted to be various different characters. On on his school halloween program he decided to be a Cowboy Sheriff. Well here he is in his outfitt with many friends, during the halloween program. They sang many songs--mostly scary ones!

HALLOWEEN DAY AT SCHOOL

Then on Halloween day, he wnated to be scary for his class. So he decided to be emperor of evil. Well he got his wish, he looks pretty scary to me!

HALLOWEEN NIGHT

And then on the night of Halloween to go trunk a treat he wanted to be cowboy sheriff with a pistol and a rifle, phew, this boy is tiring. Well once again he got to be just that. And Peyton had to just live with what I put on him. I went as my self, thats a perfect costume :)