Thanks for our new sandbox Papa!!!

We LOVE it!!!!!
More pictures soon...

Brothers

We love our Paechwave!!!

The Windows

I know I have posted pictures of the boys in the windows by my parents front door before but I just love these new ones!  I think it is because this has been their favorite place to sit/stand ever since they were both tiny little guys and it makes me realize how big they are getting.  It won't be long before Noah can't squeeze into his spot anymore :(

Eugene Visit

Last weekend Ryan had another few days of golf outings planned so the boys and I packed up and headed South to hang at Nonnie and Papa's for a few days!  We spent lots of time on the water, swimming or cruising around the lake, had a campfire and enjoyed an overall lazy weekend :)  We got both boys swimming off the dock which was pretty cool! Noah loved that he could climb in and out of the lake on the ladder and after being a little hesitant Silas jumped right in when Papa said he would catch him!

Hanging by the fire!  Silas was not a huge fan...

Love that smile (and the lights)

Ready to make some s'mores!!
Not a bad view!

I was playing around with my camera and the shutter speed a little bit.
This is not the greatest quality picture but I love the expressions
on their faces in it.

Noah  was not a fan of the stickiness of his s'mores.  He wanted to
eat it so bad because it tasted so good but did not want to touch it.
What to do, what to do...

He tried holding it on the very edge but that did not cut it either.
He ended up eating it like a little bird while I held it for him...

Uncle Mason was a HUGE help with the boys all weekend long.  After
their s'mores they played crazy bike/ball in the backyard for like an hour.
They were riding their bikes all around the grass while throwing balls at
each other and faking major bike crashes.  I wish I had
 recorded it because it was seriously hilarious.  You gotta love it
when they laugh so hard they can't even stand up!
Thanks Uncle Mason!!!!

Me and my Momma!

They love playing at the bottom of the stairs for some reason...
There is always a pile of snuggles and toys there, a bit of
a tripping hazard :)

Hanging in the boat!

Captain Noah

The Wild Boys

I just have to add this series of pictures because they all make me laugh every time I look at them!

Silas & Jack
Still mostly dressed at this point but pretty dirty!

This series shows what happens every time we tried to get a picture
of the boys together...  Lost the clothes somewhere too!

And he's down!

Notice how dirty they are...

Another classic picture of Silas!
At least they all still have their
crocs and socks on...

I don't even know what to say!

But, this is what Mayme and Boppa's fence looked like when the kids got
done playing in the dirt out there.  The bathtub was a whole other
mess, there was a serious pile of dirt and a major ring when they got out!

p.s.  I totally forgot my camera that weekend so HUGE thank you to Mayme for sending all these my way!!!

Bend Visit

I am trying to do a bit of catching up on here and am having a hard time believing that September starts a week from tomorrow and that Noah's birthday, my brother's wedding and school are just days away!  Crazy!!!
Anyway, I want to get all the latest summer pics caught up on here before all of those events take place because you know there is going to be large amount of pictures involved in each one of those...
A few weeks ago we all headed over to Bend for a long weekend to enjoy the nice weather, play some golf and let the kids be crazy together!  The guys golfed every day while the rest of us had a few lazy days hanging out at the park and pool, gotta love nice warm days in Bend!  The boys had a blast and absolutely loved hanging with Ariel and Jack for three whole days!  Noah and Ariel got the bonus room all to themselves which Noah thought was super cool.  I came up to check on them one night and found them in the pitch dark room each playing their video games in bed, Noah on his Leapster and Ariel on her iPad...
Silas and Jack are a whole other story, they are absolutely crazy together.  Throw Noah in the mix and it is a recipe for a lot of running, jumping, screaming and craziness!  Love it :)

One of my favorites!  Ready to hit the pool!!!

Gotta love the goggles...

Silas was not a big fan of the pool, he never
actually got in.  There was just a lot of kicking!

Noah trying to talk Silas into taking a dip!

Noah on the other hand did not want to get out of the pool!

Calming Noah down after the
"I DON'T WANT TO GET OUT OF THE POOL"
meltdown...

We also celebrated Uncle Jerromy's birthday
while we were there, this is Noah's
I'm ready for cake face!

Such a cutie pie!

The rare family picture...

Ryan and I escaped Saturday morning to
have coffee and hike up Pilot Butte!

What I learned from Uncle Mason last weekend...

Ice Cream Party

We had some good friends over to BBQ on Saturday night, gotta love these nice summer evenings!  The kids activities included mud flinging, painting our trees with mud (using brooms & golf clubs of course), climbing the trees, eating very little dinner and then having an ice cream party on the rock!

Noah, Grace & Kevin (the big kids)!

Love this one!

Silas and Jordan at the kiddie table!  It was next to impossible
to get them both looking at the same time...

Such a cutie!

Cooking Camp

Noah finally had cooking camp this last week!  He has been talking about this one all summer (along with bubble camp which is next week)!  He came home with a handcrafted chef hat & apron and a serious chocolate mustache from the dirt pudding he had made!

Noah's apron he painted all by himself, very
impressed with his N!!!!

Instagram = LOVE

For months now I have been noticing people posting cool Instagram pictures on Facebook and had been pretty curious about how it works...  Basically you can change up any picture you take to make it look like you did some serious photo editing on it and it only take a few seconds!  Once you are done you can email, Facebook or Tweet the picture or just save it on your phone!  While I seriously love my iPhone and use it a lot I am pretty sure I do not utilize or even realize all of the cool options and apps that are available but this app is just too much fun not to share!!  I have even got Ryan started on it and he is totally hooked!  Here are a few of my favorites so far!

I added the star in picnik, trying to keep things G around here :)
(picnik is another really fun photo editing site)

Our Sweet Boys