Cabin Fun

Before Kev's birthday, I just haven't had time to post, we went up to a cabin with some friends of ours and had a really great time.

Ty, Jordo, Grace and Jill all settling in for a movie before bed.

Walking around and looking at ducks, geese, swans and of course...

throwing rocks in the water.

Jordo and Jill got creative with the stickers.

(They weren't smiling when we had to take them off a while later)

Ty was always good to be a gentleman and help Grace whenever she was uneasy.

All the kids were ready to go for a ride in the paddle boat.

Here's our family out for a ride.

Here's Ty's fish that he caught. He was really excited to cast and hold the pole, but when the fish got reeled in he had to be held down to go anywhere near it. We asked if he wanted to hold it for the picture and he said, "I do not want to touch that."

We had a great time with the Browns and enjoying nature. This is the kind of 'camping' I can do.

Happy Birthday!

Today Kev turned 27! It's weird since I remember celebrating his 17th birthday with him. We have had a lot of great birthdays since then and today was a lot of fun. Well, Kev didn't get much of a break, but the boys and I sure loved having him home for the day.

We started the day with going out to breakfast and then after I got mad at him for cleaning the house, we headed up to Bridal Veil Falls. I tried to show them how fun it was and got my feet wet, and that water is freezing!

Here's Jordo. His face shows how cold it really is, but it didn't stop him. By the time we left he was much wetter than we were wanting.

Ty started out pretty hesitant, but here he is announcing his victory since he made it all the way to these rocks. He doesn't like to be uncomfortable, so the cold water took some getting used to.

Soaking my feet in freezing water isn't what I consider relaxing, but the boys loved it. This was a fun change of pace and a great break in our day. But everything is better when Dad is home from work with us.

Happy Birthday to my best friend and the absolute love of my life. Thanks for making everyday amazing and sacrificing so much for our little family. We love you!

It's a......

GIRL! I am still not sure what to think and when I can get the pictures scanned I will post some of the ultrasound pics, but for now, you'll just have to take my word for it.

Some of you may be wondering when you missed the post of the pregnancy announcement. You didn't. By the time we got through some ups and downs we figured we would just wait since we were close to finding out. I am four and a half months and due Christmas Day! Not what I would have picked, but it really isn't up to us, is it?

Now I get to find somewhere for all our boys clothes so that I can storing girl clothes, when I get them, we don't have anything! But it will be fun to find stuff.

Jordo's Big Move

This actually happened a few months ago, but I've been looking for matching comforters before I took a picture, so here it finally is...

The boys loving their new 'beds' and I bet you can guess how good they went to bed that night.

Jordo showing off and loving the life as a 'big boy'. He is getting too big sometimes. This was our conversation the other day:

Me: Jordo, we need to go to the store, please get your sandals on.

Jordo: Mom, you don't need to wor-ry a-bout me.

Me: Hey, I'm going to worry until you have your sandals and we are ready to go.

Jordo: Wor-ry about my sandals, not me.

Keep in mind, he just turned two. He also made sure to say it slow enough that he got every sound in. I love that kid and can't believe he's so big.

And Ty, after how long of being in a big bed, finally has the real deal.

And just to highlight on a little of Ty's personality, he's my tidy boy. He plays hard and can make a huge mess in the meantime, but he also likes to keep things clean. He will randomly ask for a wipe to clean off the TV or other things or notice the toys and say, "Mom, I've got to clean up this mess." I am not complaining, I just hope this sticks.

We're Busy

This is not the first time that I have said that blogging is not my priority. I just read on another blog that to be a good blogger you should have a new post a couple of times a week. I am definitely not a good blogger, but I'm okay with that. I have fun with my boys outside in our kiddie pool and playing baseball, inside coloring and doing puzzles, also playing baseball and enjoying my evenings, when they are free, with my amazing husband. When I get a chance, like tonight while he is gone, I may blog.

And not because we are boring and do nothing. We have had all sorts of things going on.

First the Fourth of July was great! We started at the balloons and this is pretty much how our day went. Jordo thought everything was loud and Ty couldn't get enough.

Ty is at that stage where 'smile' means this. It just shows the passion that he has for life. And Jordo was still a bit nervous and didn't like his back to the source of the noise.

Florida is too far for us to visit, so were were lucky to have Kev's sister, Rachel, and our neice, Allie here for a while. We missed Mike, who was busy doing smart pharmacy school stuff. The boys always mentioned he was missing.

The traditional 'Cul-de-Sac of Fire' was a hit. Right in the middle you can see Kev's dad kneeling with Ty, Jordo and my nephew Tanner, who were all a bit nervous to be so close to the fireworks. Okay, for Jordo nervous is a complete understatement. He was in a total breakdown.

This shows Jordo's enthusiasm for fireworks. He spent the night in the house watching from the window with Grandma. We offered to switch, but she too was fine watching without the noise. Poor little guy. He still reminds us, "I don't like fireworks."


Next, a reunion to beat all other reunions. I went to the Naylor family reunion, Kev's grandparents and ALL the relatives. There were close to 200 people, I think, and everyone was happy and had a good time. I didn't know groups like this existed. Sorry, no proof since my camera was dead, but it was pretty amazing.

Still no camera, but from there we headed to St. George to my family reunion. A much smaller deal, but defintiely crazier! My family is good at making everything nuts. We have a good time together and it was fun to see everyone, especially Dave, Ashley and little Zach that live in Virginia.

Needless to say, we have had a full summer. The boys have loved the cousins, the activities and the fun. But we have worn them out. Neither of them nap any more, but I have found this on a few occasions...

And just today I found this...

I went in the other room while they were painting and asked Jordo how it was going. When I got no response I checked it out. He has had a cold, but life sometimes just gets to you.