july has come and gone

I can't believe that july has already come and gone! It has been a fun and crazy month for us... here are some of the things that have been going on!

We got a puppy, still need to name him. and yes, he is a boy, just like our cat, our other dog and all 5 boys living in my house!!

Went to a grand 4th of July party!

Kason won first prize in the boy category of the 4th of july bike parade (thanks to uncle carlos!)

Got muddy.... A LOT!

Lost a first tooth

Doing wheelies with the kids - if you look closer little tanner is on there too, and yes i cringe every time i see this!

Went on a girl trip to see WICKED which was great!
Went on the mother of all road trips! 24 hour drive to Ohio to see my family.... crossed through some beautiful states and crossed over the mississipi and ohio rivers! Because we took 2 different routes each way we ended up crossing through 9 different states! Saw cities like dallas, tx, memphis tn, nashville tn, louisville ky, cincinnati oh, indiapolis and st. louis mo. The kids were wonderful... even this little guy was an angel!



Played every day with their cousin Evan
Played in a pond

played in the park
watched daddy race his moto at the county fair

spent time with one of my 2 nieces (i have yet to meet the other one but they are both little dolls!)


Met Dora the Explorer!! (tanner was deathly afraid of her... can you blame him look at the size of her head!)

Met spongebob too!!!!


Rode rides at Kings Island amusement park.. Jamison and Kason rode their first roller coaster ride as well! (no pictures though)

Jared brought his moto to ohio and made some friends and went riding with them... he also raced in the county fair pro class and won 3rd place

played in the river with uncle justin and evan

played with more cousins we NEVER see :(

On the way home the we just happened to pass right through the base cody is stationed on. He was able to leave base for a couple hours and go swimming and eat with us!

Also found a motorcycle track on the way home off the freeway that jared got to ride on... it was beautiful!
We had such a great time visiting with my family, wish i could've stayed longer, but the farm was calling us home!

my little monkey

have you ever seen those children that just quietly sit there, smile and are content to do that? i have, but i just have never gotten one of those- not even as a baby. they have all been little busy bodies and i guess i can't blame them for getting that gene from their dad! tanner has been pushing the kitchen chairs all around the house and has gotten into everything! his favorite place is where we hang up the keys.. aunt cathy found my car keys in her driveway once! needless to say we don't keep our keys there anymore. his next favorite place?? the medicine cupboard.. well he thinks it is the candy cupboard- he loves to eat the vitamins like candy! he's fallen off chairs, fallen into the sink, but does he stop- NO!! everytime i turn around he has pushed his chair somewhere else! what would i do without my little monkey?

this is when he fell into the sink! i know i am mean i took a picture of it!

scary bald man in my garden!

If you know my husband you know he is known to pull a lot of pranks and jokes. Well, every summer he likes to shave his head so this time when he shaved the first piece of it he got an idea. He shaved it just like it would look if he were going bald... don't worry it was only for a day!!


And i said i would post more of my garden so here it goes. Don't think i am bragging, i have just never had my own garden before. I really can't call it MY garden anymore because the person who does most of the work is getting mad!! Hey, he grows things for a living- of course he is better at it than me! So here is more of OUR garden:
Ryder, Kason, and I enjoyed the first cucumber the other day. I always think of my dad when i eat cucumbers, we would just take the salt shaker outside and munch on cucumbers! So that is exactly what we did!
I also used my lettuce to make my cafe rio salad last night.

I also love having our little garden because it is a great place to teach children to work!

Big Boy Bongo

No more training wheels for bongo and he is oh so proud of himself! I can't help being a little sad, they grow up way too fast! Check out my cute little garden in the background- i am oh so proud of myself for my first time garden (i'll have to post more pictures later).

cub scouts and school plays

Jamison received his bobcat and wolf award in cub scouts- i am so proud of him especially because i am the scout leader too!!

The mom's get pins too!! yay! Can you imagine how many pins i will have when tanner is a scout?

Kason was Mr. McGregor in the kindergarten peter rabbit play yesterday.. it was so dang cute. Here is a clip of him doing his part



Kason with the girls

Birthday Boy

Here's my little birthday boy with his present, long blade freediving fins, mask and snorkel... he was like a little boy when he got it! Good thing we are headed to the beach next week so he can try it out!

My Favorite Gifts

Here are some of my favorite gifts i got for mother's day:

As we were getting ready for the mother's day lunch Kason asked me "what can i give you for mother's day? I told him he could make me something so about 10 minutes later he brought me this picture and gave me a hug and said "i love you sooo much mom."


A subway sandwich bar prepared by all the men with cake and ice cream. No cooking or cleaning, what more could a mom ask for?

Ryder got to say family prayers last night and said a prayer so funny i had tears from holding in my laughter. His prayer included things like- aliens, stories about his day, "tooting", swimming, and family.

After we tucked the boys into bed i went to put something away in the boys room and couldn't find jamison in any of the beds. I finally went into tanner's room and found him fast asleep with his baby brother.. what more could a mommy ask for?

Presents i didn't like so much:

Tanner throwing a tantrum in the middle of jared's song during the mother's day program

Ryder missing the toilet by 6 inches and having to clean it up off the floor