Happy weekend!

Sorry no pictures today, I have been cleaning house all day, so that when the boys get home we can spend our time playing and not working!!! I have missed them soooo much this week. I got spoiled over spring break. I am really excited to hang out with them for the weekend. Just wanted to pop in and say hello; I hope everyone has a beautiful weekend and great spring weather. Off to get my boys! TA TA

just some more pictures from spring break

Asher had the best time using Dude to run the cows off. Pap's cows were eating the trees that they just added to their yard. Asher really enjoyed throwing the stick towards the cows, which made Dude run to fetch it, which made the cows scramble. I wish Bodie had a little more spunk these days....a boy and a dog is hard to beat.

Tristan...fun little guy! Check out the drooly, muddy line down his belly. So cute!

That's all for now.

Gage...more spring break pictures

I tell you, it is true, I take waayyy to many pictures! But I just love it so much. Our little sweets grow and change EVERY day, and I just hate how quickly I forget. So, I will eventually finish up the spring break pictures and move on to Easter (got to go in order ya know). I still have a few of Tristan to post and more of my boys for sure! I hope I got some good ones of the egg hunt and sweet little Josi and Jadyn. I haven't even put them on the computer yet. Ohhh, I am so behind in sharing. I got some great pictures of our picnic and time at the ranch from the beginning of s.b. that I still need to post. Aaa yi, yi....those kids have got to stop looking so cute. and now baseball/tball is starting and I have already taken some of the boys practicing. Ok, I know you don't want to read anymore...so on to the pics!

More spring break fun....

The kids always love when they get to play with Hunter. These kids spent almost every hour of every day together when they lived next door to each other. We all miss it! How blessed were we to get to live by such wonderful friends, the perfect neighbors, for a few months. I wish it could have lasted longer, but I am so happy that the boys can play together just like always when we do get a little time carved out in all the visiting and running we do when we go to town.

This kid is the cutest, real cowboy out there! All that is missing is a piece of wheat for him to chew on!


Love it!!! What a sweet boy!

Hunter actually wanted to have his picture taken, so he came up with a few poses.....

He wanted a few pictures of himself shooting, or hunting, I can't remember just what he said.

This is him shooting birds.....too cute!

Thanks for letting us come over and play. We all had such a good time.

Little red head....

I had so much fun snapping some pictures of Carrie and Makaya. I love, love, love taking pictures of little girls...and it is such a bonus when they have fun red curls! Thanks for making time to hang out with us over spring break guys. Wish we could spend more time together, we miss ya'll!
I love how she is holding her hands in this next one. Isn't she dainty....


I know I went a little crazy with the pp on this one, but I just had to see the color of those curls with a little added umph!

Sunflower, like her momma!

Don't you love the dirt on her shoulders?!?

ohh boy!!! all these boys!!!

We had such a good time over spring break. We did soooo much. These few pictures are only a teeny tiny, snippet of our fun. I love when I get to hang out with my cousins and their families. We were such a close crew growing up and I love getting to see our kiddos bond. These boys are going to be a real mess of trouble, I can tell....I see some crazy times ahead of us. Each child brings their own dynamic to the group and has such a different personality. They really are quite a mix! I love the faces they are making.

Ok, that's all for today, but I hopefully will post more tomorrow. I have so many pictures to share....I take waaaayyy too many.

Ok....I'm over it and I will post again.

Here are few pictures of Asher playing on the cellar door. It actually needs repair and we don't let them play on it anymore, but he was up on the cellar and batted his eyes as he asked to slide down just this one time.

And here's Addi, with his AMAZING eyelashes again.

We will be doing some traveling for spring break, so won't be blogging for a while. See you soon!

I'm just saying.....

that it is incredibly discouraging to type out an entire post and then not be able to save it. I am seriously thinking about switching, because blogger is so annoying. Anyway, I will post soon, but I'm having a little temper tantrum right now!!!!!

furry hat

Addison and Asher both have begun bribing me. They know how much I love taking their pictures and are coming up with some unique manipulations. I had this hat in the "donations" box and Addison was helping me unpack (translated...pulling everything out of all the boxes and telling me to put it away). I didn't intend this box to be unpacked, but you know how helpful this little guy is. : ) Both the boys refused, REFUSED, to wear this hat, even with all my pleading and insisting that it is terribly cute, stylish, and cool. Aaaww, but things change in the mind of a smart little boy, his wheels started cranking, and aaaahaaa....instantly, a plan begun to be made (all in a split second, in the time it took me to stuff the other 3 things that had been flung out of the box, back into the box). So Addison's idea was born... and it went something like this....

Mom, I'll let you take pictures of me. How 'bout I put this hat on and you take my picture!

big smiles, turns his head to the side (sort of like a little puppy dog), big smiles, blink, blink, blink.....

and ya, know I almost forgot about the cluttered floor from the boxes that had been unpacked in record time (it doesn't take much time to unpack, if you aren't actually putting things away)

cuz, really, ain't he cute!

I actually don't recall what this particular bribe cost me, I think maybe homemade donuts or being pushed on the swing (things I would totally do for my kids anyway...but, ssshhh don't tell).
Both the boys love taking my picture too, though. How can I say no after torturing them?!? So aren't you lucky to get yet another lovely pic of me....in a totally rockin hat! (that doesn't fit my head). I sure love my boys...they make me laugh so much, so many times a day!

I actually have quite a few pictures worth posting, so hopefully I can get both kiddos well and at school on the same day and have a little more time to play around on the computer. Addi lost another tooth, due to the rock pond incident. I'll post pics soon.

sick/well/sick/well

well, we didn't make it very many days. Asher came home from school early yesterday. He's fine today though. Robert came home early from work yesterday too, and he is still in bed today. Ready to be done with all this sickness mess!


Asher and Katie....these kiddos are like brother and sister in a lot of ways. They have known each other almost their whole little lives. I used to babysit Katie, now they are in the same class and sit at the same table at school. They have a blast playing with each other. Lots of giggling!

two days in a row

The boys have BOTH gone to school for two days in a row. I am seriously excited that they aren't SICK right now. It snowed yesterday, and there was the neatest frost on my windshield this morning. We were out riding bikes this afternoon though. Got to love the weather! The boys are playing quietly in their rooms. I wonder what they are up to? Last night they had so much fun, sneaking around, whispering and running up and down the hall. This morning they gave me a present all wrapped up with sweet drawings. They find so much joy in giving! It truly tickles them to pieces and they squeal with excitement when they make a gift for someone. So, that's all I've got. Just trying to do little better about posting....even if it is just a short little blurb about not much of anything.

Oh, thought this picture was cool. Addison was looking in the oven, watching his stained glass creation cook.

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I don't have any exciting news to tell. The boys are sick again...auggghhh!!! Asher is mostly just struggling with asthma. Addison has some sort of virus thing. They don't really feel bad, but they aren't my healthy little men for sure. Robert is really enjoying his new job. I'm am settling in to the town life again. So, I'm not feeling especially chatty or newsy, or even like blogging at all. I was feeling guilty for not posting anything though, because I know you all check it like a hundred times a day, just hoping for a morsel of excitement from our lives. Yeah, I know you do...so I will try and do better so you don't go insane.

a couple of pictures of my homemade yogurt. I thought it looked neat reflecting on the smooth top.

I know I'm a dork...it's pretty yummy stuff though.....and isn't it pretty....ohh uggg NEVERMIND

and I am not really sure about sharing these, they were terrible photos to begin with and then I threw some textures on top as I was trying to learn and experiment and create....so they are really not so wonderful.....but like I said, I'm not much in the mood to blog.

hopefully a better post next time.....