Potty Talk

We were out playing mini golf when Cole announced that he needed to go potty, again. This time Bret willingly took him into the men's room. While in there a young man walked into the room. Cole immediately struck up a conversation.
Cole:"Hah! Are you here to go potty? Me too! I'm going to go pee."
A few minutes later after hearing the man use the restroom..
Cole:"Hooray! You went pee! Good job!"

Bret said he was surprised the young man was able to keep a straight face as he walked out of the bathroom.

Talk about Handsome!!!

And he is ALL MINE!!!!

8 Months - Alyson Jo

Aly Jo turned 8 months in June. I can't believe how big she is getting! Here are some facts about her:

• She can now pull herself up on all furniture, walls, and pretty much anything and is starting to cruise along them.
• She loves to play "So Big" and put her hands above her head with her hands clasped
• She will then clap for herself - or anytime she thinks the deserves it
• She has become a huge momma's girl
• She LOVES food and is notorious for stealing any food from her brother when he is not watching
• She loves dogs - big and little
• Whenever I am talking on the phone she will come over and start to loudly talk herself
• She is our little banshee and it constantly screeching at the top of her lungs just to hear herself and boy is she LOUD
• She is pretty good at getting into everything
• She is as happy as they come and just loves to play with her brother or his toys
• She will sit on the bathroom floor and watch me get ready

We just can't get enough of that adorable face!!!

I'm Gonna Pump You Up!

This was all his own doing. I got ready to go workout at the gym and he went into my workout clothes and pulled out the wife beater and then grabbed our two pound weights and went to town.

Fourth of July Fun

For the Fourth of July we headed up to Twin Falls for a packed fun full weekend. It started Saturday morning - I went horseback riding for four hours with my FIL and that was amazing. We saw some deer, a coyote, and had a female sage grousse charge us in an attempt to keep us from finding her babies. When we got home we ate a quick lunch and headed to see Toy Story 3 (so good). We arrived home and the boys went golfing while the women folk stayed home and played with the kids. It was a great day! Sunday we went to church, a walk to the park, and set off fireworks. Monday was more golfing for the boys, and some random fun stuff for the kids. It was a great weekend. We are so thankful for our country's independence!

Sniffing Spiders

The other morning Cole came into my bedroom to snuggle with me(I was still in bed) and he found his Iron Man toy. He quickly picked it up and this was how the conversation went:

C:Iron Man! What are you doing in here? You are not suppose to be in here with out me. You need to go out of here right now. I can't believe you are hiding in here. You go out right now and stay out.
(throws him into the hallway and closes the door)
It's okay Mom, I took care of the problem. Now lets snuggle.


A couple minutes later...
C: Mom, we need to go sniff out spiders.
E: We need to do what?
C: Sniff spiders and find out what rooms they are in
E:Okay, show me how.

We then proceeded to walk through all the rooms "smelling" each one to see if a imaginary spider was hiding in there. We found one and vanquished it with our imaginary swords.

Super Hero Vans

For work Bret was asked to decorate the two vans for Nutraceutical's Ragnar Team. They wanted it "super hero" themed - right down Bret's alley. He took the pictures that they gave him of people dressed in super hero costumes and HAND DREW them into comic book characters and turned them into van safe stickers. This is how the vans turned out in the end...

Rub a Dub Dub

Sunday Walk

A couple Sunday's ago the kids were just bursting with pent up energy so we decided to take them on a Sunday walk in the mountains. We had lots of fun and Cole just loved running around looking at everything. It was a great time.

Father's Day

I know this is late but we had a great Father's Day. Bret had a ym/yw activity on Saturday morning but after he got back we went and bought him new hiking boots for his gift. That night the kids and I went to a friends house and decorated sugar cookies for Bret, allowing him some time to just himself which he gets very rarely these days with how busy he is. When we got home we had a delicious dinner (that Bret cooked because he wanted to) of swordfish steaks. Yummy. The next morning we let Bret sleep in 8am (we have 9am church) and fixed him breakfast in bed and headed to church. After church I cooked a yummy salmon dinner for him and we opened gifts. It was a wonderful day.
We sure love Bret so very much. He is an amazing father and the kids just love him so much. Both of them just wait for him to walk through the door before they maul him. We have been so blessed to have an amazing example. He goes above and beyond in everything that he does. His is loving, creative, and loves his family. Happy Father's Day.