August 30

Little boys come in all shapes and sizes,
Shy and adventurous, full of surprises,
With misshapen halos and mischievous grins,
Small dirty faces, and sweet, sticky chins.

They'll keep you so busy, and yet all the while
Nothing can brighten the world like their smile.
And no greater treasure has brought homes more joy
Than a curious, active, and lovable boy!

Author: Unknown 

 

 

 

These two little boys define this poem so truly!  Look at these smiles and you will know the meaning of the poem I came across today.  Randy and I are blessed to call these two boys ours!  We will always love you two more!

 

August 24-25

Over the weekend we went to Kansas City with Craig, Peggy, Chris, Sara and Zach!  We all had a blast.  We took the boys to Lego Land and Sea Life.  The kids had so much fun together and all played pretty well together too.  At Lego Land, the kids were able to ride some rides that were there and build their own race car, watch a couple of movies, play in the lego soft area.  It was so much fun for all of them.
After Lego Land we headed to Sea Life, which thankfully was right next to Lego Land!  This was a much more calming atmosphere!  Memphis went right to sleep in his stroller.
Dinner that night we went to Jack Stack BBQ.  Delicious!  We celebrated Craig and Peggy's anniversary.  After dinner we went to the hotel to swim.  But to top the night off Sara and I took Noah and Zach to get Milk Shakes in the PJ's!
Sunday morning we slept in, which meant 7:30 but hey I will take it!  And for breakfast we went to the Waffle House...oh so yummy!!!!!  Good thing there isn't one close or we would be there too often I believe, can't go wrong with greasy breakfast food and a dirty restaurant, but seriously they have good food! 
All in all we had a great weekend!

Having fun at Lego Land!

Watch out for that SHARK!!!!

August 11

Yep, still posting way out of order.  I have completely forgotten about the State Fair!  This year, I had to judge the cookie contest with Nancy that she sponsors.  So I had the pleasure of tasting some pretty good cookies and a few that were not the best.  Since I had both boys with me that day at the fair, I asked my friend Kathy to come with me and watch the boys for about an hour while I judged. 
We didn't stay long but long enough for breakfast and of course snacks!  I got my corn dog, Noah had a rootbeer float, Memphis ate whatever we were eating, we had cookies, lemonade and a funnel cake!  Pretty nutritious, huh?!

There was a lego station set up that day and the boys got to play with legos and Noah even won legos with a contest he did!  He was so proud of himself!

Clifford was at the Fair, Kathy stood with him in line and I do not think Memphis was real thrilled with Clifford!  But we made him do it anyway!

Thursday August 22

So a couple days after my grandma passed we decided to go up to her Cabin, as my Aunt had never been there.  A tradition of ours was to take picture on the rock that is near the cliff.  So we thought that we should do that since it was my Aunt's first time!  As you will be able to see from the pictures there is a blur.  We truly believe that it is "Nan."  She was there with us and proof that she will always be with us. 
These pictures are pretty amazing.  The camera we used was my mom's and she had used it just before we took pictures and there were no "blurs" as she was at her house and when we got to Nan's Cabin the "blur" appeared. 
I truly believe there are angel's among us and I am thankful to know that my grandma is one of them!

You can see "Nan" hoovering over my mom.

Near Brit and on my mom lap

She is really big here as Nan would be so nervous when the kids were near the edge of the cliff

Right above Auntie Peggy and Jaycee

WE LOVE YOU MORE! 

This and that!

So after a hectic summer I am just posting a few pictures of Memphis playing in the Mustang!  This kid could spend the entire day just playing, sitting and Daddy driving him places.  It is fun to watch his expression when the garage goes open and then if the garage door closes and he doesn't get to go for a ride...he is real pissy if that door closes and he doesn't get to "play!"

Over the weekend (August 17-18) we finally started to paint our garage.  We got our neighbor's side primed and painted (just need to put a second coat on) and then the front of the garage is looking good.  We got it primed, just need to paint and add a basketball hoop!  Thankfully, Peggy came over to help us out.

On Saturday, my brother, Tyler turned 32.  Holy crap, little brother, how did we reach our 30's so fast!?!  Seems like yesterday we were little kids out playing with your tonka trucks under the tree in the back yard or meeting up and going out for the night at the "Zone."  I hope you had a good Birthday and we will celebrate soon.  Do you want ice cream cake???  Thanks for being a great brother (on most days, ha) and an even better uncle to Noah and Memphis.

14 years from now, this is what i will be dealing with...driving!

Yep this is how excited he gets!!!!

Grandma and Memphis!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LITTLE BROTHER!!!!!

August 10

Ok so I am still posting out of date!  But Saturday August 10th we finally got to celebrate Noah and Memphis' Birthdays!  We went to Peggy and Craig's house so that we could swim!  The kids had a great time.  

The above picture is the huge water balloon fight!  

Below is all who attended and Noah getting Aunt Sara!

August 14

So, a while back I stated that July was full of Birthdays!  We have yet to celebrate all of them but we will soon enough!  So Happy Belated Birthday to Nancy, Tony and Sara.  I hope you 3 had a wonderful birthday.  We love you all and are so happy that you guys are a part of our lives.

Nancy doing what she does best, giving cookies out!!!

Tony being Tony!

Sara loving Zach!