3 Men & A Little Lady: Whirlwind of a Trip!

Sunday, April 17, 2011

Whirlwind of a Trip!

Life has been pretty busy, so I am behind in the blogging world, & going to try and catch up. The boys had their spring break 2 weeks ago & it happened to match up with Auntie Kim and Catherine's spring break in CO, so we were lucky to have them come out to CA to visit us for a couple of days. Of course lots of the time was spent playing "monster," which pretty much consists of the Aunts having to chase and wrestle the boys around for hours. Aunt Kim made up a new game, which entails the kids being wrapped up in their t-shirt quilts (made lovingly by grandma Summers), and dragged all throughout the house.

Kim definitely got her work cut out for her.

Ian taking Mya for a ride.

Drew and Mya

Catherine hurt her knee in a car accident, so she was unable to do all the physical play with the kids, but it didn't stop Mya from warming up to her!

Kenny and the girls, surprised the boys and took them to Disneyland! I don't have photos of the day, but the boys had a blast. Drew's favorite thing to do was drive the cars, Ian liked the Pirates of the Caribbean ride, and Owen liked the Buzz Lightyear ride. Unfortunately, I was unable to go, because a few days before Kim and Catherine arrived I received the news that my grandfather, Howard Scott, had passed away. This meant a quick trip back to KS for his funeral. It worked out well that Kim and Catherine were able to stay with my boys, so that Mya and I could go be with my family.

My grandpa was a WWII veteran in the U.S. Naval Air Corps, so his funeral was very patriotic. Mya and I, along with my cousins and his fifteen great grandchildren all walked in carrying a flag. The ceremony was a celebration of his life. One of my favorite parts was when my Uncle Greg, talked about my grandpa and grandma dancing around the kitchen when he was a boy and thinking about them now, reunited and dancing together in heaven. At the cemetery there was a 21 gun salute and a man playing "Taps" on the bugle. It was a definite tear jerker. I miss my grandpa but am grateful for the wonderful memories that I have of him. He was a rancher and would work at the sale barn. I remember when I was young going out and watching him and always feeling so proud to have a grandpa that was a cowboy! He would always treat us to cinnamon rolls after he finished working. He was also the one who taught me how to gamble! He loved to play cards and always had loose change for us to play with. He was a very loving grandfather and I will miss him dearly.

So more to come on our trip in KS.......

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Pattersons said...: aren't aunts the best!?:); April 18, 2011 at 9:49 PM

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They say the cutest things.....

Mya, my little girl, said in her prayers last night, "Please help us to be strong and healthy like the Hulk!"

Owen almost ran straight into a woman as we entered a dark parking garage. As I told him to watch out, he quickly yelled, "Well she's all black!" Coincidentally she was African American! She was wearing a black dress, which is what he was referring too!

Owen told me today, "You are the best mom I ever had! I love you all the way up to Jesus!" He also loves kissing and told Kenny, "I just want to stay home from school and kiss mom all day!"

Drew lost a tooth at school when he bit into his apple. He felt the tooth inside his mouth as he was chewing and when I asked him about it, he said, "I didn't realize it was mine and I wondered if it was one of the workers!"

While at church, a teacher asked the kids what happened to Jesus right after he was baptized and brought up from the water. Ian enthusiastically raised his hand and said, "He asked for a towel!"

After a long struggle with my boys, to get them inside, bathed, and into bed, I yelled, "I am done, go to sleep!" Owen looked up at me and said, "Mommy I'm sorry you're sad, but the problem is that you don't beat up Drew and Ian. Just beat them up and I will be on your team!"

We are not a family who eats beans, so when Drew went to a friends house to play and eat dinner, he was hesitant to eat the burrito that had refried beans in it. When I picked him up he said to me, "Mom she put mud inside the burrito!"

Aunt Connie pleaded with Owen to shoot his daddy with the gun instead of her and his response, "No, he's the best daddy i've ever had!"

I begged the boys to quit fighting and Drew looked at me and said, "Its not Mothers Day anymore mom!"

Owen got kicked in his "man hood" and said, "Oh, I hurt my Tenders!"

Drew asked this morning, "Mom in 2011 can we get a cat?"

Everytime I feed Mya prunes, Owen comes up to me and says, "Me like chocolate mom!" I give him a bite and his face turns to total disgust.

Owen ran up to me after wrestling the dogs and said, "Me see Cassie's boobies!"

While I was nursing Mya, Drew walked in and said, "Is she done drinking from your boob?" I replied, "No and it is called a breast, thats the proper way to say it." He looked at me puzzled and said, "No thats the Spanish word for it."

Kenny opened the fridge and said, "Something in here stinks." Ian looked at him and said, "Dad, sometimes I toot over there!"

Last night as the boys were saying good night to Mya, Drew looked up at me and said, "Mom, Mya has a boy haircut!"

Drew was reminding me about how when we saw macaws in Hawaii, that one of the macaws was chewing on a woman's hair. He said, about the macaw, "Thats not very nice, it's not choosing the right."

My favorite word Drew and Ian used to say when they were toddlers was, Laddie- for water. I thought it was such a cute word. Owen comes to the fridge and points his little finger and says, "Wa-Wa" for water. So cute!

Last night Kenny went in on a call to deliver a goat and Ian came into our bed. He climbed in and snuggled up beside me, he usually snuggles into Kenny. I asked him why he was snuggling with me and he said, "I can snuggle you because daddy isn't here mom!" He is such a daddy's boy.

Ian is such a daddy's boy. The other night Kenny had to go to the clinic and Ian was sobbing for him for a good twenty minutes because he wanted to go too. When I asked him why he was so upset he replied, "I just want my daddy, he is my favorite boy!"

Birthday parties celebrated in California are usually BIG! There is always a huge jumper, pinata, food for the whole family, and tons of presents. Well we went to a party last night and the boys spent 2 hrs. jumping in a big jumper. On our way home we saw another party going on that had an even bigger jumper with a slide attached. Ian asked, "Can we go to that party too?" I replied, "We don't even know who those people are. " His response, "Well lets just go ask them their names."

As we prepared to go to the Glenwood Springs pool in Colorado with Kenny's four sisters Drew impatiently said, "Come on girls, you're taking too long!" Kenny told him, "Get used to it, this is what men do, wait for girls to get ready."

Much to my dismay I found black ink all over our white sheets on our bed. I of course went straight to Ian and asked very sternly, "Did you write on my sheets with a pen?" With an innocent look he replied, "I was just trying to write my name."

Drew was watching me as I divided my hair into sections with clips to straighten it. He looked up at me and said, "Wow, you look beautiful!" Then when I was completely done with my hair he said, "You're a cute little mommy!"

Ian was dipping his finger in Kenny's contact solution and then touching his eye. I asked him what he was doing and he replied, "Just putting my eyes in mom!"