Mega Post: Fun Family Update and Tree Trouble

We have had LOTS going on! It seems at least something everyday, if not more. So we are going to do a quick catch up.

We had an awesome Memorial Day and made it a mini vacation at Kev's parents house.

They pulled out the slip and slide and we relaxed in the perfect weather all day.

Ty and Jordo impressed everyone with their slip and slide action.

We even brought along this awesome free-standing bouncer for Brookie.

This is her way to play.

(Thanks Pages, we've loved borrowing this!)

Then to the Zoo!

Pam and her boys came up and we headed up with my mom.

Here's part of the group at the bird show, which the boys loved!

We waited for Baby Zuri, and it was worth it!

She was so cute and played just like a little kid would, rolling in the hay, spraying water and hitting a ball. This was one of the boys favorite parts of our day.

The penguins are hiding in the back, but a good photo opportunity.

Brooke did awesome at the zoo, and this was how she spent part of her day.

We've also had swimming lessons. Here is Jordo performing his 'starfish' showing how to float on his back.

And Ty.

The boys did great and we are ready to be at "Grandma's pool' (a.k.a. The Scera) all summer long!

Onto our tree trauma. Our landlord, for safety reasons, wanted to cut our awesome shade trees back a bit. A bit turned into almost everything. It was really depressing and now we are going to have a long summer shade-less!

But there is always some good when it involves lots of sticks!

Ty and Jordo were in heaven. They climbed the 'mountain', built fires and fought bad guys.

Here's Jordo building a brick house. We tried to tell him we thought it would be a better stick house, but he was determined to be the smartest pig.

When he looked out the window, he said,

"Mom, they are building a huge fire outside!"

I love the way little boys think.

Hope you enjoyed our catch up. We have lots of plans this summer, so we will have more fun to share!

Much Needed Vacation!

This past week we took a family vacation to St. George. We were excited to have nothing to do and no where to go and we took full advantage of our freedom. Here are some pictures of our trip. We did more than this, but I forgot the camera more often than not.

We fed the ducks.

Brooke didn't love the wind.

Of course, pool time!

And Brooke did pretty good for her first time.

Jordo loved the pool, but like to stay where he felt safe.

Ty got brave and explored the deep end with his floaties.

We took a day trip to Vegas and went to the outlets, M&M World and saw the Bellagio fountains.
It was so great to have Kev with us all the time and everyday dedicated to trying to relax. Now that we are home, we are all ready to go back!

Then we came back to the real world and started Brookie on real food, again.

We tried a month or so ago and it didn't go well, so here we are again, and it seems to be a bit smoother this time.

Jordo is Three!

Jordo is three today, but we are on vacation so we celebrated and partied all day Saturday. We have some great friends that lent us some fun toys and the kids had a great time. Here are some of the highlights!

Jordo is so full of personality and LOVES every minute of life. We are so lucky to have him in our family.

Typical Girl

Brooke is four months old and thinks she is much older. Typical girl. She won't sit in her bouncer chair because she doesn't like the recline, she wants to sit up. She won't lay on the floor, she wants to be standing up hanging out with the boys. I think we are in for the long haul with this one. She's already trying to grow up too fast.

Here she is proving her point with the bouncer chair.

I'm not sure where she thinks she is going to go.

This was totally Jordo's inspiration.

But she still looks adorable.

What we've been up to lately

Ty thinks anything new is amazing. He quickly attaches to everything, from new clothes to new toys to... new chairs.
We bought a few of these camping chairs to have for outside or campouts or whatever. Ty claimed one and then took it everywhere, including to bed and the kitchen table. He'd tote it around and open it whenever he felt the need to sit.

Ty and Jordo set up a 'meeting' with their chairs and then would pack up and head somewhere else. I love that he loves life. I hope he continues to love, even the little things, as he gets older.

Brooke is, besides bald in the back, fascinated with everything her brothers are doing. Lately, to keep her happy I have to put her jumper in their doorway so she can watch them play while I cook or try to get things done.

Here's that cute face! This was the best shot I could get. All the others were blurry since she was bouncing all over the place.