Mom's group at the fish farm

This would be a first for both of my boys! We have never taken them fishing before-we don't have any poles or fishing licenses so that makes it tough. Plus with two very active kids and one ADHD father, patience while waiting for a fish to bite is not something my boys would have much of. 

 The other really nice thing is that the farm cleans them and wraps them up all ready to eat so all you have to do is take them home and grill em!  Caiden was a little sad when he found out we were taking the fish home to eat and not to have as pets. :(

The dirty dash

My work does some very fun things and I have to admit, that I work with some very fun people. This year, our administrator sponsered a team for the Dirty Dash. Pineview paid half the cost and we had to make up the other half. People dress up and put on some crazy costumes, but we decided to go with some awesome swim caps with flowers glued to them (which made for easy clean-up of my hair afterwards!).

 

We looked so nice and pretty to start out with-but very quickly we got muddy!

 Taking a plunge at the end of the race-I should clarify it really isn't a race cause I'm sure we would have been last. We did travel a total of 5 miles I think. There were obstacles and mud pits and all sorts of fun things to do along the way! Good dirty fun!

This is most of the group that we were with, we missed some stragglers at the end, but this is the bulk of us. My boss is the one right next to me-how cool is your boss? Mine is awesome!

First trip to the property

Every year for the past 5 years, we have rented property for camping from Jayson's aunt. The really nice thing about the property is that we have a spot whenever we want one and we can just park our trailer there and leave it if we want to too. The problem with the property is that it doesn't accommodate other big trailers and it is by a busy road that can sometimes be loud on the weekend.

One responsibility as a renter, is that we have to keep the grass (weeds) down so that the snakes don't make a permanent residence while we are there. We got this awesome old riding lawnmower from Jayson's dad a few years back to help us with the task! The kids love riding on it so it makes it fun for everyone!

 

Visit from Mandy Sue!

In nursing school, I made one really good friend. We sat by each other every day and tried to keep each other from falling asleep and eventually helped each other to graduation. Mandy was my best girl in nursing school and we grew really close to each other.  After school, Mandy's husband got accepted to a dental school in Ohio and they were forced to move there. Her mom still lives just one city away from us so when she came to visit this summer, we scheduled in a play date!

This is her little (and I mean little!) girl Iva. She is about 13 months old and as cute as a button. Paxton does not like sharing his toys, but thought she was cute enough that he didn't really squawk when she got in his car!  She really loved riding in McQueen.

New bunk beds

Up until now, Caiden has had his bedroom in the basement by himself, while Paxton's bedroom was right across the hall from our room. Caiden liked having his room downstairs until recently, when he started saying he was scared in the basement all by himself. We decided to bring Caiden back upstairs with his brother. In order to do this, we had to purchase some bunk beds and while they are not my favorite ones in the world, they are functional and the boys seem to love them.  The other night we found them both in the top bunk with Paxton sleeping on top of Caiden as shown in the pictures.  These boys really do love each other and we might as well enjoy them wanting to share a space cause I'm sure it won't be long before they hate sharing a room.

Cassidy and Caiden

Caiden just loves his friend Cassidy! She is one year younger than him, but they both have the same crazy energy and get along great! I took these pictures because she is getting ready to move away and they will both be so sad!

Paxton and Tucker get along great too! They are about six months apart so it works out so nice when our kids can play together. We will miss them so much when they are gone-we are going to play as much as we can until that time comes!

Paxton (2), Tucker (2 and 1/2), Cassidy (5), Caiden (6)

Squeaky clean

Paxton just loves mischief right now. Found him in the dryer today-hope his brother doesn't turn it on with him in it! Ha Ha!

burger king

Who doesn't like a good Burger King crown?

We went to Burger King tonight for a little dessert. Grandma gave us a gift card to Burger king for Christmas so we decided to use it tonight for some ice cream! The kids played a little on the playland and ate some yummy ice cream cones. Paxton would not wear his crown right side up. He preferred it this way. Funny boy

Caiden is in to big cheesy grins like this now days. I've tried to tell him to tone it down, but he thinks this looks good. Guess he wants to show off all those teeth before they fall out!

Boys will be boys

 The container on Caiden's head is their laundry basket. They were supposed to be getting ready for bed and they got a little distracted. This is why they are both in their underwear. Caiden can make Paxton laugh so hard and I love it when they are playing together instead of fighting!

 Of course Paxton had to take a turn in the basket-he was laughing so hard as Caiden bounced up and down on the basket! Funny kids!

They sure can be good boys sometimes.

Valentine cookies

So today I tried attempting to be a good mom again and had the boys help me make sugar cookies. It was going really well until Paxton spilled some sugar on his pants, which wasn't a big deal, but apparently after a minute of being covered in it, he soon started to cry. This sugar cookie recipe is the best! Unfortunately it's a two day process so the boys had to wait until the next day to actually make them.



 We got out the dough and the cookie cutters and I let the boys go to it! Caiden wanted the gingerbread man cookie cutter and Paxton just liked to squish his fingers in the dough.

They liked to help put the icing on and of course they liked to eat them!

Daddy came home and took this cute picture of us and our big mess!