Up For the Challenge!

Not long ago, the boys celebrated Dr. Seuss' birthday at school. He would have turned 108 this year. In the midst of all of the celebrations, Luke learned a lot about Dr. Seuss and has been really interested every since. We pulled out all of our Dr. Seuss books and read them a few weeks back then today when we were at the library we had an idea...

We wanted to try to read every book Dr. Seuss ever wrote. According to Luke there were 44 of them (he must have misunderstood his teacher somehow) but when I got home and searched online to print off a list, I counted 119. YIKES! Oh well, we checked out 11 books from the library today and we will just keep checking them off our list until we are finished.

One day they boys will be able to say they have read every single one and that's kinda cool!

Bluebonnets 2012

Today my cousin Erin and I took our kiddos out to the bluebonnet patch for some pictures in the beautiful field of blue.


I must admit, this was not my most successful trip, but oh well...

Luke is always my best at posing :)

This one may have been ok if it wasnt for that crazy glare on Owens face :(

Silly Brady!

- i am contemplating going back to the field and just getting a picture of each boy by themself... we will see.

Look What I Found!

I was going through Luke's school papers from this week and I came across this...

notice the detail in the alternating colors in the stripes :)

So very sweet! Well said Luke!

Proud of These Boys!

Luke has been in Awanas at a local church since January. He has learned so much about the Bible along with a lot of scripture memorization. His accomplishments are rewarded by badges, patches and pins on his Sparks vest. Tonight he earned his first patch and badge which was something he worked really hard towards and was really proud of. I hope he continues to enjoy Awanas as much as he does now.


Brady was fully potty trained from about the age of 2 1/2 until he was 3, then he kinda took a step backwards and started having more and more accidents. I finally had enough recently and really started to work with him at getting back on track. About a week after he went accident free I hung this potty chart up for him to place a sticker on at the end of every accident free day. It has been a huge success so far.

He looks forward to putting a star on his chart every night after his bath. At one point he took the liberty to add an extra star in the middle of the day....just because. Which is kinda funny because that's his personality. Don't worry, I corrected that and the chart is 100% truthful to his accident free days.

As of today he had 6 stars on his chart, not including the week prior when he went accident free. I'd say we are getting back on track! Good job B-ball!

The Joys of Boys

Sometimes their sense of adventure overcomes them and I look out the back window to see something like this happening...

It wouldn't be long before Owen was sitting indian style on top of the car. At that point I had to drop the camera and rush to his safety.

Because this crazy drive doesn't really take safety into consideration.

That may be why we spend so much time in the ER...

18 Months Already???

Yep! He sure is! Today was Owen's 18 month checkup and he had to get a shot :(

He was still kinda sore when we got home and not really in the mood for pictures, but I did snap that one before he went down for a nap.

He checked out perfect for his age and seems to be right on track. Here are his stats from today:
Weight- 25lbs 9.6oz
Height- 34 inchces

After Owen got his nap and Luke came home from school we decided to go get the boys a haircut. As always, we have to get a slushie on the way home from our haircut....

To celebrate Owen's 18month birthday, we got him his first slushie & I think he really liked it. He walked around with his cup for over an hour :)

Rodeo Day!

Today was Rodeo Day at Brady & Owen's school, so we dressed up our little buckaroos in their cowboy best and sattled up to head off to school.

Few quick pictures in the backyard before we left this morning.

The school had lots of fun activities planned for the kids. I was able to make it back to the school in time to catch Brady's class toward the end of their fun...

Calf roping

Sack races.

I think all of the little cowboys and cowgirls had a great time!

I have a feeling we will see this picture again somewhere down the road. Maybe one night when he brings his girlfriend over...I'm just sayin'