Our 4th of July Fun!

Happy 4th of July!! What a fabulous day for a 100th year 4th of July celebration Magna parade! The last few years the famous Magna parade just hasn’t been all that great. So I was leery of going this year even though deep down I knew I couldn’t miss it. So glad we didn’t miss it! Hayden was so excited to go to the parade at Grandpa Rock’s house but after a while during the parade he got a little anxious…. I guess you could say. Once the candy throwing started Hayden was so concerned that all the pieces got picked up. Even out of the middle of the road and even stepped on pieces. He picked up tons and tons of candy but about half way through the parade he wanted to go home and it seemed he wasn’t having much fun. I think that maybe it was too much excitement and confusion. With our Uncle Curtis and Cousin Greg making us laugh like crazy during the entire parade Hayden may have been a bit over the edge with all the craziness! But all in all I think we all had fun and enjoyed ourselves! And what prefect weather!!!! 72 degrees! Maybe even a little chilly at times. After the parade we spent the rest of our holiday with some old friends of ours, the Starley’s. They had rented a big bounce house/slippery slide for the kids. Even though it was not as warm was we would have liked the kids still had a blast. While the kids played we ate some yummy food and once it was dark enough we had our own little firework show.

My Sleeping Beauty

 We have got some crazy sleeping arrangements at our house!  Of course it's mostly my fault!  I have slept with my precious sleeping beauty Bryn since the day she was born. I know I know, "they" say you're not supposed to do that. But who on the hell are "they" anyway?!  It's my baby, my rules!

With Hayden I tried and tried to do everything by what "they" say to do. We had way too many long trying nights of no sleep just to make sure Hayden slept in his own bed. What a joke!  All those nights of crying and screaming and not being able to comfort my baby was so not worth it. 

We did this nonsense until Santa brought Hayden a big boy bed just before his third birthday. With the transition, we thought to keep him in his bed we would lay down with him until he fell asleep. Well, I gave that duty to Nate!  Nate, for some strange reason, would end up falling asleep with Hayden and staying there all night. In a twin bed! Talk about squishy!

Now we have two habits to break!  Hayden and his Dad!  Not so easy!  Because now, I'm pregnant with Brynlee and Nate no longer wants to sleep in our bed with a snoring beached whale!  

After Brynlee is here, We think that since Nate is working and has to get up that maybe he should still just sleep with Hayden so he doesn't get woke up when I got up with Bryn. And that is how are craziness started!

Being a new Mommy I was very sleep deprived to say the least and some how Bryn got used to sleeping in my arms. Don't ask me how that happened! So...it's now Bryn and Mommy in Mom and Dads bed and Daddy and Hayden in Hayden's twin bed!  Nuts!

So here we are, Bryn is now 5 and Hayden is 9.  Things have changed a bit but we've added more to the sleeping arrangement problem. Nate now works rotating shifts at work. Two weeks day shift and two weeks afternoons.  We have such different schedules!  It's a nightmare!  Poor Nate never gets sleep!  Good sleep!  I feel bad for him. I don't know how he functions sometimes.

Now, so everyone gets to get some sleep around our house, I sleep with Bryn sometimes in her full size bed or in our bed. Hayden sleeps on his own in his room and as for Nate, he sleeps in whatever bed is empty when he gets home!  

People say we are crazy and/or weird but who are they to judge?!  Besides, how could you resist snuggling this Princess!

Brotherly and Sisterly Love

Moments like this melt my heart!  It doesn't happen near enough! Even though Bryn idolizes her bubba she still does all she can to torment him and vise versa. Hayden may pretend to be bothered by his pesty little sister but he really does love being her big brother. And a good big brother he is! 

Date Night with Mom!

What to do on a Friday night when Dads at work?!  Go get ice cream, our favorite summer treat!  On our little ice cream date I learned something about each of the kids!  

Bryn holds her pencil just like me!  It's an odd way to write, so people have told me over the years. Funny she would pick that up from me!

And Hayden announced to me that he has chest hair at the young age of 9!  I'm not seeing anything but Hayden swears he has some!  

Ouch!

My poor Bubba!  Hayden was being Mister Independent and was opening his own can of Spaghetti O's by himself and some managed to cut his little thumb. Good thing Nate was home to look at it and decide that we needed to take him to get stitches. Poor little man was so worried and his body trembled until it was all over with. Right after it happened Hayden said, "I wish I had already eaten dinner and we could have been in bed and being normal.".  That cracked me up!! 

Hayden was a brave boy while the Doc stitched his little thumb up. Five stitches!  

The Future......

I'm always wondering what the future holds for my little monsters. Of course Nate and I have talked about what we hope the future holds for them and how we hope and pray that they choose the right path in the life. Make good choices and be the best they can be at all they do. 

At the age of 8, Hayden says he wants to be an Engineer. That's a great goal buddy!!  He thinks it would be fun because he lines to be creative and design things (legos)!  As for my little 4 year old firecracker Bryn,  she's gonna be a cheerleader and a rockstar!  

It's fun to watch these little miracles of mine become their own person and make their own choices. Hhhhmmmm.... I wonder what lies ahead?! Only time will tell!  But hopefully not too soon!  

Happy Easter!

Another great warm Easter Sunday! We stayed home from camping and celebrated Easter with family this year and the Easter Bunny still found us and brought presents and treats!



Granny spent the day before Easter with us coloring eggs and decorating Grandma's yummy sugar cookies!  WE love our Granny!!



Brynlee's Bunny loot!  PINK baseball stuff of course!

Bubba's Bunny Loot!

I have the most cutest kids ever!! 

Bowling Fun!

The winter blues had us down so we decided to get out of the house and go bowling!  The kids love to bowl! 

Hayden and Bryn love the arcade as much as they love bowling!

Bubba helping Sister bowl.

The kiddos...and Nate!  Kayson, Hayden, Baylee, Gage, Brynlee

 

 

 

The Hubs and I!  Boy, aren't we the cutest ever!  HAHAHAHA

Sneaky Little Leprachauns

Another ST Patty's day trying to catch us one of those sneaky little Leprachauns! The kids had a great time using their imanginations for coming up with ways to trap one. As usual we didn't have much luck but those sneaky little buggers did leave behind gold coins and green pop rocks!


The Leprachaun trap!  Hayden thought the Leprachaun might be enticed by fruit loops so he spread them around the trap!



A little note from Hayden taped to the trap.

The next morning we woke to little green foot prints going up the trap and all of the fruit loops were gone!

And the little surprises they left for us!

Daddy's idea was to use a real mouse trap and bait it with a fruit loop since Hayden says thats what Leprachauns like to eat!

The little guys didn't fall for that one!  But they still left a gold coin by it so we knew that they seen it!

Having fun making a trap!

Winter Time Sledding!

Grandma is always game for some fun so she decided we were all going sledding!  We just went over to Hunter Park where Hayden plays baseball in the Spring.  There is a big hill and there are always kids sledding.  So we loaded up and headed over there!  Even Daddy!!  The kids loved it!  Bryn loved being towed around on a sled but it didn't last too long because she got cold!  But Grandma, Daddy, and the Boys were loving it and had a blast!

Grandma is getting ready to slide down the hill and scream!  She always screams not matter what!!

Grandma and Landen

Mommy and Bryn hanging out in the truck getting toasty warm watching the sledding diehards!

Daddy and Bryn