Memorial Day fun

We got the boys a water slide for their birthdays early and decided to put it out for Memorial day. As a last minute thing we invited a few friends over to play with the boys. I'm so glad we did they had a blast. It was fun just to relax with the adults while the kids played. This was our 1st year in about 7 years that we didn't go to lake Chelan for Memorial day. It was kinda sad to miss it. But it was nice to just stay home and not have to fight traffic and sleep in our own beds :).

My little chatter box

Gavin has been a little chatter box lately. He loves to walk around the house singing songs. Some of his favorites are the ency wince spider, The ABC's, and Ba Ba Black sheep. He knows them all by heart. Here is a cute video of him at dinner. The boys love to ask him questions and he always says "No" to everything.


Here are some of his new words. He wouldn't say all of them because I was video taping him. I need to just sneak up on him to get him to say them but he always catches me. Something I know he got from me is when ever there is a mess he says "Oh no what did you do?" Kids really make you realize the things you say huh.

Who named the planets?

Josh made me this awesome hat for Mothers day. It covered my entire head. He was so proud of it.



Josh has been obsessed with the solar system lately and so we put some glow in the dark planets above his bed to look at while he drifts off to sleep. He also loves the book Guess how much I love you so he and I always try to one up each other on how much we love one another. So the other morning he comes down the stairs and said "Mom I love you to Uranus and back" it took me a few seconds to realize he was talking about the planet and not saying what it actually sounded like. So I ask who named the planet and why did they pick such a horrible name? Pluto is no longer a planet or so they are teaching in school these days. So I say we just re name Uranus to Pluto!!! Then when my sweet boy said he loves to me to Pluto and back it actually sounds sweet :)

Josh's pre-school Graduation

He held his little light up so high. He was so proud

Isn't he handsome. I loved the little graduation outfits.

He's the sheep in the levis. He never took the mask down.

No more pre-school I can't believe it. He's growing up way to fast.

Gavin's Treat

Do you think he liked the Licorice?

It was everywhere. But he sure had a big smile. I think he's going to be like his Mama and love chewy candy. Unlike his Dad and brothers who prefer Chocolate.

Josh's backpack

I've had the worst allergies lately so I've been doped up on medication to where I can't smell a thing. Josh has been telling me that his backpack smells like fish. I couldn't smell it so I really thought nothing of it. UNTIL TODAY!! The one day I don't take the medicine and I about fell over dead with the smell coming from his backpack. So I go digging through it. Really there was nothing in it but some clothes that were in a bag at the bottom that I always just leave in there. (just in case clothes.) Anyway we left the backpack open in the garage a few weeks ago and the frog must have hopped in there then and died. We left his backpack in the car last night and it got really hot. Well needless to say the smell was a decaying nasty frog that slimmed all over the backpack leaving a horrific and disgusting smell that made me instantly puke. Good thing tomorrow is the last day of school because I just chucked everything. Boy we have had quite the crazy week. The worst part is poor Josh has been carrying around a nasty backpack for who knows how long. What kind of Mom am I??? UGH!!!!

Sea World

We promised the boys a trip to Sea World when we went to Diane's wedding. So this last weekend was the perfect day to go. The weather was Perfect not to hot at all so we didn't even hit the water rides. We got Season tickets because we barley even saw anything and we were there all day. The boys had a blast. We can't wait to go back. How lucky are we to have it so close.

New Curtians

I finally got my curtains. It took me 7 years to decorate the last house. I'm so indecisive and hate spending money on things like decorations. But it really made a difference when we finally did it. We have one huge window that lets in all the sun I LOVE the window but we noticed all to fast that we couldn't watch T.V. or set in the family room very long because it was to hot and it's bleaching out the furniture. So I decided to get drapes. So after a lot of debating and negotiation I finally got some.

Ryan also got a new gadget. The T.V. mounted on the wall. It's pretty big and was a bugger to install. But Ryan had to get one with some crazy clear resolution and wanted to connect his computer to it. (Ah my gadget geek.) I will have to say though it does look nice, and Saturday morning cartoons will never be the same :)

Now I just need to get the family portrait taken so we can put it above the mantel, a new rug (Jake ruined the last one) and a new entertainment table to go under the t.v. Hopefully the finnishing touches don't take me another 7 years!!

Jaguar party

The boys had a end of season party. Trevor's was a swim party but it was a cold day so we ditched his and went to Josh's which was at Chucky Cheese on the same day. Luckily there were some older kids there for Trevor to play with so he was fine with that. Josh loved his Trophy he held on to that thing all day long. I finally had to put it on his shelf to tell him that it's going to get broken or I know I would have found it in his bed with him.

Thanks Jake

I have a new appreciation for Jake (OUR CRAZY DOG). Ryan and I were debating on putting him up for adoption because he's killing me. He has dug a hole through the back of our fence and keeps escaping. No matter how many times we fix the darn hole he seems to create a new one. While Ryan was out of town. The dog ran away in the pouring rain and then started chasing cars. When I finally caught him and both he and I were drenched and covered in Mud I decided that was it. It was the 3 time that day that he had run away. So I was ready to pack him up for adoption. Until two days ago he was outside barking like crazy and I went out to grab him and I heard this crazy rattle sound. I thought it was one of the weird green bugs that we have but when I stepped out side I realized it was more then a bug this is what I found.



So I slowly walked back in the house yelling at Jake to come in. Then I saw the snake lunge towards Jake he yelped and then the snake dashed away while Jake was chasing it. Luckily the snake must have missed him because he's doing just fine. And as I said I now appreciate the dog for saving me from being bitten from a rattle snake. The sad news is a neighbors dog was killed by a baby rattle snake just a few days ago. We are so lucky it wasn't the baby that was out there. And now Jake will be our snake protector. So I guess he's sticking around.
Thanks Jake.

A party in the closet

So we survived our 1st tornado. It was pretty frightening when the news comes on with a warning to seek shelter immediately. I was at the church and they sent us home telling us to go to our storm shelter. Ryan being the "storm chaser, ambulance chaser, DANGER SEEKER" that he is went out side in it. And he made me come with him to check out the crazy sound. The wind wasn't blowing, it was actually really calm but it sounded like a big jet airplane was right above us. And the sky was pitch black. Then the hail hit with lightening doing a crazy dance in the sky. When the boom of thunder shook the whole house we grabbed the kids and went to our storm shelter. (under the stairs closet) where we had a little party with coloring books,and good fish crackers. When we moved here we asked why people in Austin don't have basements and I was teased being told I've watched the wizard of Oz way to many times. And this ain't Kansas. OK OK I know this will happen all spring long and it's been about 2 years since a tornado hit and did some mild damage. But still this being our 1st one it was pretty scary. But exciting all at the same time. It made for a LONG EXHAUSTING NIGHT!!!

Mothers day

Scubba to the Rescue.

Ryan and the boys got me this for mothers day. It's a OCD persons dream. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!

Are you ready for some football?

So both Josh and Trevor played Flag football this year. I never thought I would say this but I LOVED it. It was so fun to watch. They actually did pretty good. Josh's pants were to big, his flags hit the field and he kept playing with his Mouth guard but his smile was priceless. We saw Trevor get a little more aggressive on the field and actually pulled a few flags. He loved being the center.
There are a lot of CRAZY parents here that scream at the kids the whole time. I was grateful for both of the boys amazing coaches who were in it for the experience and not always for the win.
Saturday was their last game and thank goodness for that. It was a hot one and we all fried. Our 1st Texas scorcher and man were we burnt though our sunscreen. Here are a few of their pictures. I can't wait for next year and the new season.

Don't sniff

This picture cracks me up. We were still in our apt. and getting ready to go swimming. We couldn't find Josh's shoes so he came up with his own solution. Comes out in my hills and said "Don't worry mom I'll wear these because you only need them on Sunday."



Today as I was Changing Gavin's diaper Josh needed something so he comes hopping into the room starts gagging and runs out. He then tells me. "Mom what ever you do DON'T SNIFF".

It's hard to say goodbye

My parents have been here for almost 14 days. They came to watch the boys while we went to the wedding. And since they don't get to come out very often they decided to stay a while. It was so nice to have them around. They really helped out alot with the boys. And they kept saying "I don't know how you do it". With our busy schedules coming and going, and Ryan's never home it makes for long hard days sometimes. But the kids were really good just very very active!!! They never set for very long.
We took them to Austin on Saturday and tried a new BBQ place. (I'm still a Rudy's fan and liked it better but it was fun to try something new.) And then took them to the capital and walked around downtown. My Mom's a big history buff and loves exploring historical buildings. We wanted to go to San Antonio and hit the Alamo but we just ran out of time. I guess they will have to come back for that one.
My Dad did a few projects around the house. My Dad rocks when it comes to projects I love it when he comes. We love having people over. It gets so lonely at times being so far away from family. We stayed up WAY TO LATE every night just chatting and playing cards some nights. They even let Ryan and I go on a date on Saturday. It flew by way to fast. I hated to see them go. And can't wait to see them again soon.

Diane's wedding

I really needed sun glasses. And thinner arms. WOW CAN YOU SAY CHUNKY?

The Newport Beach temple was so beautiful.




Diane looked so beautiful. It was sweet to see her and her Dad so emotional.


It was foggy but the beach was still beautiful

Hey Wacko Jacko. They had weird impersonators on the walk of fame

We wanted to go to Jay Leno but didn't get the tickets. It was fun to see a live taping. I didn't even know who this guy was.

The replica of the worlds tallest man.


We went to California this weekend for Ryan's sisters wedding. I wish the weather would have been warmer but it was so nice to get away for a long weekend. We got to do a little sight seeing. It was so nice being with Ryan. We long for a Vacation together just spending time wandering around with out a agenda. But the ceremony was the best I've ever been to. It was an amazing weekend. Hated for it to end. But I sure missed the kids!!!!

A great invention.

I found a drive trough full service post office. I LOVE the genius that invented this. Thank you to kid friendly places that I don't have to pile everyone out just to mail a package. And they give you a free donut or suckers. How perfect is that?

The Birds and the Bees!!

Ok so I've debated on if I should post this or not. But it is the way my life goes always some craziness so I thought why not. To set the picture Trevor's school is HUGE and all the kids get out at the same time so you can only imagine the insane amount of kids all dashing out the school doors at once not to mention the millions of parents waiting for their kids. So here I was waiting for Trevor when he comes running out of school in Tears. When he gets to me he said all to loudly "Mom what does the word SEX mean and why do grown ups get so mad when you say it?" All the parents turned and looked at me. I got the look of GOOD LUCK WITH THAT ONE. GLAD IT'S NOT ME!!!
Apparently there was a book in the library that a bunch of the 2ND graders got. It was titled how to teach your kids about sex. And the kids were all laughing and telling each other what this was. It was interesting hearing from Trevor what the other kids thought this was. Trevor was completley clueless which it should be at age 7.
I had to laugh as we were walking home Trevor asked if he needed me to have him check out that book so I could learn what it was. I could see the conversation with him and the school librarian who happens to be our neighbor. "My Mom needs this book because she doesn't know what Sex means" Yep that totally sounds like something Trevor would say.
Ryan and I were planning on having "THE TALK" with Trevor when he was 8 because we wanted to tell him before his friends mentioned things. I never thought he would hear about this so early on. It's so crazy. Needless to say we've had several great discussions and they all went quite nicely I would have to say. Even Josh got involved (which was hilarious but I'll save that story for another time maybe.) I hate how kids have to grow up so fast I wish they could stay little forever. I've always felt blessed that Trevor will come to us and tell us EVERYTHING!!! He loves to tattle on himself. But I'll have to admit I was proud I heard all of this from him, all the other parents got a letter sent home. I know this wont last forever but I hope he will always stay comfortable to come to us with ANYTHING!!! Heaven knows that with this kids curiosity he's going to need a huge conscious and allot of support. We sure do love him.

Trevor's 2nd grade program

Last night was Trevor's 2ND grade program it was all about how you can be anything when you grow up. It was so cute the kids did an amazing job. Ryan even talked about what he does for a living. Trevor did a little group song about wanting to be a cowboy but the video was so long I didn't post it all. This was just a little bit of the program. (unfortunatly the pictures didn't turn out they were all too dark.)


Ryan did such a good job I posted his little speach. I know he's not going to be happy with it but to bad I'm so proud of him this is just one more thing that he's good at Talking in front of people. :)



ok pardon the horriable video job I was holding Gavin and he kept grabbing my arm.

Simple reminders

Joshua always makes me smile. He's so full of life and Energy!!! Today he said to me. "Mom all you do is Clean Clean Clean, don't you think that you should play with me instead?" So most of the morning we have been playing the Wii and building sweet Lego cars. The house looks terrible but Josh reminded me that sometimes playing with your kids is more important than having a perfect spotless house. Even if you suffer form OCD and all you could think about it how you have a million other things to do.