Friday, June 8, 2012

A day with cousins . . .

Last week the boys and I went to Deana Rose with my brother, his wife and their kids. We were a little afraid of that it was going to rain but the weather held. It was a little chilly at first but it cleared up and was a great day! I love watching the boys with their little cousins and am so thankful that we live so close!
 Trevor planning out the day!!!
 Colin ready to have fun!
 Ty has his big cousin buddy.

 I love this one.
 Lucas did a great job of trying to teach Ty about what they were seeing!
 Who doesn't love a tee pee?
 Ty cracks me up!
 Let's feed some goats!

 Colin didn't want to be left out.


 Thankfully no one got trampled but lets move on to some fishing!
 Ty is a true fisherman and splitting up the worms to have more bait! Gross!!!
 Trevor and Noah teamed up to fish too!
 Eli and Ty have the first and second fish of the day.
 Eli's fish fell off the hook before we could get a pic of it.
 Lucas had some issues with his fishing pole, so after trading it in - he was ready to go.
 And he was proud to catch his first fish!
 Look at the fish, look at the fish!
 So proud!
 Noah was hoping it would just fall off the hook but no such luck, he had to do that himself.
 Ty is over the fishing and took Eli to do something else.
 Noah and Trevor were still going strong.
 Tractors for Ty, and Eli was nice enough to push him around the track.
 One of the littlest fish of the day.
 Lucas is wondering if this fish is the same fish that Noah and Trevor had just thrown back in.
 And there is yet another little fish.
 Silly Lucas Ty wants to sit next to Eli too!
 How fast can you pump water?
 Let's feed some big goats!

 We need to see some more animals.
 Another favorite pic of mine!
The boys wanted to show their little cousins what a buffalo looks like.
 And what animals did we see. . .




 We enjoyed our time with nature too!




 Colin has a happy boy as long as the stroller kept rolling!
 I am not sure what Ty is doing, but I felt the need to capture the moment.
One pic of them all together, promise Colin wasn't crying at first. But my first two shots were too blurry to post. We had a great time and I look forward to spending more summer time with the family! Have a great weekend!

Friday, May 25, 2012

Happy Birthday Eli!

Yesterday was Eli's birthday and surprisingly the boys were actually out of school so a slumber party was in order. The family came up for pizza, cake and presents. And we had a great time. Luckily the rain held up till later in the evening which gave the kids plenty of time to enjoy playing outside.
Here are pics of Eli's birthday treats that I made for Eli's class. They were option #2 since I had a cake pop disaster that I care not to remember! However - the kids loved the cupcakes so that is all I care about!
 Since I was unsuccessful making angry birds space cake pops for Eli's school treats - I was determined to redeem myself. And I gotta say I am pretty pleased with the results. I wasn't sure how the purple triangular birds were gonna turn out - so I only made 3 of them - but they ended up being one of my favorites.
 And the angry birds need a planet to fly to . . .
 Everyone is here so let the eating begin.
 Onto presents.
 Thanks Trevor, Tyler and Colin for the legos . . . oh and Aunt Julie and Uncle Fred.
 Eli's little shadow Ty!
 Trevor loves the musical cards.
 What's in the box? What is it?
 Another box, a BIG box!
 Let me see!
 Cool headphones!
 Yummy cake!!!
 Dig in!
 Mr Crabby is ready for bed.
 Hot potato with water balloons.
 Look at the princess is swinging!
 Cool guy!
 Ummm nice Jordan!
 Running around the neighborhood.
 Hunger Games with water balloon weapons!




 Get the birthday boy. Surprisingly they only really got wet when it started to pour down rain!!!!
Eli loves his legos.

I am surprised at how fast 12yrs have gone by, but it is amazing being the mom to such an awesome young man! Eli, you are smart, funny, helpful, considerate and have such a sensitive heart! I am the one who is blessed by having you in my life! You are one of the most precious things in my life and I love you more than you know!! Thank you for being such an awesome son!

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Final Band Performance

Noah had his final band performance for the year last week. 

He does so well with both of his instruments. I am so proud of him.