Friday, June 29, 2012

Fun with Friends

My good friend, LeighAnn, came out for a visit, and we had such a great time.
 Kids got dirty,...
 Food got eaten,...
 Catch-up catting was enjoyed,...
 Laughs were shared,...
 Memories were made!
There are some friends that you know you can count on for anything...Leigh is one of those friends.  Thanks for the fun visit...let's do it again sometime!

Monday, June 25, 2012

The Last Two Days

We have had many things going on the last two days.
 My boys were up really late last night and up early this morning.
 They spent most of the morning at a friend's house while I had to take care of some things.
After a long day...I made a bad choice...taking them to a BBQ and swimming party. 
 Jackson was not being his nicest at the park today.
 A set of parents came and reamed me out....they were not nice.
They made their point...that I am a terrible parent.
 I kept my cool and was polite, but it really hurt my feelings.
 Why can't people just realize that we are all doing the best we can.  It is so hard to be a mom and I know I make a lot of mistakes, and my kids are far from perfect....
 ...so, CUT ME SOME SLACK!
 I imagine that most parents have felt this way at some point, so I wanted to record this so my kids would know that it is OK.
 These pictures are from Memorial Day weekend at Kenny's sister's house.  We celebrated with her family and some of their friends.  She took us on an awesome hike.  It was a great day!
 At least I will never see those people from the park again, and I can start fresh tomorrow.   Tomorrow is a new day...I love President Monson's reminder in Young Women's conference last fall...
Life by the yard is hard; by the inch it's a cinch.

Thursday, June 21, 2012

A most lovable pest

Tanner made a dinosaur skeletal arm out of craft sticks and wanted me to take a picture of it.
He posed for picture after picture, but someone kept stealing the spotlight.
Tanner would get so angry and yell, but that only fueled Jackson's flames.
He ran in from the side...
 He popped up from below...
 He hid behind, only to pop out at the last minute.
 I probably took 20 pics, before I got creative enough to keep Jack out of the shot...he is actually right behind Tanner.

Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Go with the flow

We put in our garden...about a month ago...I am playing catch-up. 
Somehow, time got away from me!
 My two little farmers love working in the garden.
 Ok...so maybe it is more like playing in the garden...which I am usually NOT okay with.
 For one day it is alright...they were super cute with their boat.
 Sometimes I have to remind my crazy-self to go-with-the-flow!
I adore my three little reminders.

Tuesday, June 19, 2012

i LOVE the baby

I enjoying this little baby soooo much!  I just love him to pieces.
 I am also enjoying the largers models as well...
even the one who refused to take pictures with me!

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Another Blessed Day!

William James was blessed by his Dad on
Sunday, May 13, 2012
It was a great day!
I didn't get many pictures, but we had many family members, including...
Grandma and Grandpa (Kenny's parents)
Aunt Addie and Grandpa Great
Kim and Ryan and kids
Steven and Carlyn
Kreg and Brittany and girls
Will is such a precious little baby!
We absolutely adore him, and I am so grateful to call him mine!
My friend, Sharli, took some pictures of him in his outfit that I made (with some help from my MIL...I should really stop procrastinating)!


"I'm Popeye the sailor man."...j/k


The one thing I remember from his blessing is his desire to be good and do right.  I love my sweet baby and will enjoy getting to know the person he will become.

Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Wonders...

It amazes me to see what my kids are capable of.
They seem to be able to do so much more than I give them credit for, and it is times like this that I realize they maybe don't need me as much as I like to think.
Tanner made a hop-scotch and wrote the following words...
"fnish"

 "stort"
The spelling is a little off and some of the letters are backwards, but I though he did pretty well!
I was quite impressed at what he could accomplish without my help.

Sunday, June 3, 2012

Water-fights!

My boys favorite summer activity is playing in water...of any kind!
A few weeks ago we got out the well-loved slip-n-slide.
 We have used it a couple times since and even enjoyed it with some friends!
 The pool at the end is the real favorite!





 Grandpa thought it would be fun to spray the boys with the hose.


 So, how could I stop them from getting him back...and they did do a great job at that!
Oh, how I love sum, sum, summer-time!