A little bird house.

Trevor's is Purple.  Gavin's Red, and Josh multi color. 

This little table is THRASHED but it has been the best purchase ever.  We do all our crafts and activities on it and it's just the right size for the boys.  LOVE LOVE LOVE this table.

My parents came to watch the boys for me while Ryan and I went to his brothers wedding.  Is was so nice to not have to drag the kids to all the wedding activities.  They would of HATED it.  It wore me out. 
While they were here my Amazing dad always does a project with the boys.  This time they wanted bird houses.  But sadly they couldn't find any but ones that were pre-made so he promised the boys he would go home and make them ones that they could later make.  And they came at a perfect time, it's super hot outside and Ryan was gone for a week so it was nice to have something to keep us occupied..  We spent the whole day pounding these things out.  My Dad makes some pretty hardy stuff.  It was nice they all stuck with it.  (well I had to do Gavins) but he was right there with me every step of the way.    They turned out really cute.  We were going to put them in our big beautiful tree but sadly it died.  So we need to find a new place to put them. Thanks again Dad. 

I didn't take a picture of Trevor during pre construction.  He did his a little later then the other two.   It's hard to pull that kid away from his video games or friends.   The pre-teen age where parents are not that cool anymore kills me.

My red shoes

I love to wear the color red.  Why I'm not sure but it's always been my favorite.  Only problem is I feel like red makes you stand out so I don't wear it often.  I'm weird like that.  I went shoe shopping with Trevor and found these red heels that I really liked.  I was trying them on and I put them back, Trevor said "mom those are really cute shoes you should get them."  Now Trevor NEVER compliments me he thinks that's weird so I really had to take that to heart and so I got the shoes.   And they are my favorite pair.  Every time I wear them I get compliments and I loved them so much I got the same style in black.   Not only do I like them but so does my Gavin.   Ryan wasn't to happy about this but I think it's pretty cute!!!

4th of july fun

Grandma and Grandpa came up a day early for Josh's baptism and wanted to check out the Alamo in San Antonio.  We took them to a yummy Mexican restaurant (which seemed to be our theme this trip we ate Mexican 3 times so sorry guys)  and then to the Alamo.  It was a whopping 100 degree day and they haven't even had summer yet in Seattle so it was quite the change for them.  I was impressed at how long they lasted.
We then went to the river walk (no pictures here) and ditched it 1/2 way along the walk and ran back to get ice cream.  What would we do with out ice cream in the summer?  It was fun to take them down there.  San Antonio is HUGE and has so many thing to do we didn't even get to scratch the surface but that just makes it so we have to go back right?    Later that day Diane and Fernando came down.  We stayed up talking way to late and ate way to much but it was fun to have everyone with us.  Diane looks so darling pregnant we are so excited to meet her twins. Although it drives the rest of us crazy they are not finding out what they are having I'm super proud of her to stay strong and not find out until the end.  We loved having everyone at our house and feel so blessed that we have the space and ability to have everyone with us.  I was a bit (ok a lot) on the cranky side as I've haven't gotten any sleep it then last few weeks and staying up late didn't help but I'm so glad they came the 4th is so much funner when it's shared with people you love.

At the Alamo

There is never a dull moment in our house.  And as we were talking Grandma and Fernando saw a creature go running across the floor.  Thinking it was one of our GIANT MAN SIZED SPIDERS we went for a hunt.  Not being able to find it I didn't sleep well and kept guard all the next day.  I opened up my cupboard and found a bunch of dropping from some kind of creature and just as we discovered the dropping the mouse ran past Diane and Fernando.  So we sat up a trap.  A really inhumane trap (so sorry poor little guy) and we found this the next morning.  Can I just say YUCK!!!!!  Well it helped me discover where all the stinking creatures are coming in from the gas line that has a huge hole in the cupboard. And  I got to wash 7000 pieces of Tupperware the next day and throw away a ton of food in my pantry.  Who knows how long Mr. mouse was there he did a ton of damage to our food storage.  But I was so glad to know that when creatures appear I'm not the only one who jumps on counters and lets out a little squeal.

Waiting for the fireworks.  They were amazing.  With the burn ban no one was even doing a firework show.  All of Austin and the surrounding area's canceled them.  Thank goodness for Georgetown it was just a short drive and we had a great seat.  I think we just may have to go there from now on it was great!!!

The kids loved their glow sticks.  Perfect entertainment while waiting for the show.

Trevor thought he was to old for his glow stick. 

Josh put on a huge show and attracted so many other kids.  He was sweet and gave away his glow stick to the kid that didn't have any. 

Josh's baptism

Joshua got baptised July 2nd.  He was so excited to be a member of the church of Jesus Christ of latter day saints.  He's such a sweet boy and wants to do what is right.  I'm super proud to call him my Son.  What a sweet and special day this was for us.   Ryan's parents came from Seattle to join us.  They got a huge shock in the weather difference.  July in TX is no fun.  And Ryan's sister Diane who is 6 months pregnant with TWINS and her husband Fernando also came to support Josh on this day.  We were so grateful that they live so close and could come.  We always enjoy being with them. 








Josh loved getting his new scriptures and a few other fun things.



Gavin REFUSED to smile or look at the camera for that matter.

Daddy and Josh all dressed in whites. 

So proud of my little guy.  He such a sweet little guy and so handsome all dressed up in his suit.

Thanks Grandma and Grandpa for joining us on this special day.


Where was the picture of Diane and Fernando with Josh?  We are so grateful you guys could come too.   It was so fun to have all of you stay with us.

End of June craziness.

Wow I'm so glad it's finally July June was a insane month for us. With camps, a birthday, fathers day, surgery and getting ready for a baptism I'm exhausted!!!



Josh's friend  Bbirthday party at Rockin river

It was a crowded hot day at Rockin river.  The kids all seemed to have a great time they were so wiggly I couldn't get them all in a picture.

I asked Josh the day of his party (Saturday) if he wanted to open his present from us that day or wait until his actual birthday which was Monday. He said to me "Mom I'm a kid what do you think I want to do?"  So we opened them after the party.  He was super stoked to get a x-box live account.

The day after Josh's party was fathers day.  I was able to get Ryan a few things in there and make him a chocolate waffle for breakfast and a amazing dinner that night.   He always has a helper when opening presents.

I forgot to tell the Kids what they got there Dad or include them in what they wanted to get Ryan.  So they were just as surprised as he was.  It was pretty funny.

In between all our craziness Ryan had to go to Dallas on a business trip.  He was staying at the 4 season which has a really  fun pool with a beach.  So the boys and I tagged along.  We swam all day long and then stopped at my favorite cupcake place Sprinkles. 

The cinnamon sugar was super yummy and so was the coconut.  Sadly the red velvet was a tad dry and the black and white well wasn't anything to write home about but it's fun to try all different ones any time we go.

While Trevor was at basketball camp Josh requested on his birthday to go to the sprinkler park.  It was 80 degrees that day and both boys said they were to cold after about 10 minutes.  I thought it was super funny we defiantly have acclimated to this heat.

The next week my sweet baby boy had to get his tonsils and adenoids removed.  He was having sleep apnea and couldn't eat with out chocking.  He would choke on water.  His tonsils were the size of ping pong balls and had grown down his throat.  The Dr. was shocked he could eat at all.  It's been a LONG healing process and I still haven't gotten any sleep.  He refuses to eat and has lost 7lbs (which stresses me out) but I know it will be for the best once we can finally get him to heal.

Sadly as he was finally starting to feel a little better he woke up with a swollen eye.  Poor little guy just can't catch a break.