3 Men & A Little Lady

Monday, October 31, 2011

{Trick-or-Treat}

Our evening started with a great potluck with friends!

Sleeping Beauty, Garth, Cowgirl, Flapper, & Cat!

Where's Drew, Ian, Owen, & Mya????

Cowboy Drew & Cowgirl Mom!

Ian, in the Hottest costume of the season!

Peter Pan, Knight, & Spiderman, (who loves his gun)!

*Sorry the photo quality is sooo poor. My camera does not do well in the dark.

The boys had a blast trick-or-treating and received a ton of candy. Mya ran from house to house trying to keep up with the boys and had more energy than the energizer bunny. She caught on quick to the concept and went strong for hours. She surpassed Owen's efforts easily.

October has finally come to an end. It is my favorite month and one of the busiest months all year. It started with a getaway to Breckenridge, my 31st birthday, Drew's baptism, family from CO & KS visiting, field trips galore, soccer, fall carnival, trunk-or-treat, & trick-or-treating! I am exhausted, but what a fun month! Now its time to slow down and reflect on all the many blessings in my life. Counting down the last few hours until November!

{Pumpkin Patch Field Trip}

Owen was able to go on yet another field trip this week for preschool! We felt it was appropriate since preschool fell on Halloween, to take the kids to our local pumpkin patch. Luckily for Mya, she got to tag along too. Last minute we decided to dress up, so Owen, Mya, & I threw on our cowboy boots and grabbed a gun, which you will notice, Owen loved to use for his photo prop!

Owen Summers Halloween Morning!

Mya Summers Halloween Morning!

Owen's preschool buddies!

Going on a hay ride, where we saw all kinds of beautiful pumpkin patches and sunflowers.

Owen loved going into the petting zoo! He made friends with a turkey, who I thought looked quite tasty & made me excited for Thanksgiving day!

He fed the goat.....

Pet the goat....

& Shot the goat!

He must take after Uncle Ty.......

Still holding onto his gun, he climbed up a giant hay castle with Mya!

Mya loved riding in style with all the girls! She is eager for her own preschool days.

The older boys did not get to go on the field trip because they were in school, but they had a fun day too! They could not dress up for school, but Ian's teacher gave each kid some fun Halloween accessories to wear during the day and Drew's teacher gave him 4 bags of Halloween candy and games. They also got to wear their new Halloween shirts.

Everyone had a great day, so far! Now its off to go hang out with friends and go trick-or-treating!

Saturday, October 29, 2011

{Trunk or Treat}

Tonight we went to our churches annual Trunk-or-Treat. We ate chili dogs with our friends and then the kids got to go from trunk to trunk collecting candy. Several families decorated their trunks with spooky Halloween decorations.

Owen, our neighbor Tristan, Ian, Veterinarian Jo, Kitty cat Mya, & Drew

Mya as my little cat, with her favorite person, Captain Hook Brody!

She loved showing off her tail!

I never got pics of the boys because they were off and running the whole night.

My favorite part of trick-or-treating is coming home and going through all the candy. Trading took place and chocolate was sneaked by me! We still have Monday night trick-or-treating too!

Friday, October 28, 2011

{Spooktacular Carnival}

Tonight we went to the Sundance Fall Carnival with the Harris's. Kenny unfortunately missed out because he is in San Diego for continuing education classes. I had a blast taking the kids out for a fun night of hanging out with friends, playing games, and pigging out on cotton candy!

Our cute group!!!

The kids devoured the cotton candy in seconds!

Miss Mya and Miss Bella looking, oh so adorable in their pink and black!

Ian, or should I say Mario, was awesome at the bean bag toss.

Spider man Owen throwing rings around the soda.

Winning candy at the duck table!

Keeping the winning alive!

The kids decorated their own pumpkins!

The best part of the evening was "Dunking a Cop," which just happened to be our good friend Jermey!

Drew hit the target right on & it didn't sink him, so he took matters into his own hands!

Sheriff Drew taking down Sheriff Harris!

The carnival was a great way to start our Spooktacular Halloween weekend!

~Our candy fest continues tomorrow with our trunk-or-treat, gotta love Halloween!

Monday, October 24, 2011

{Jack-o-lanterns}

Tonight for our Family Home Evening activity we carved jack-o-lanterns to add to our spooky front porch! Drew and Ian came home from school with pumpkins and were eager to start carving. I put Kenny to work with the knife, since he does have the hand of a surgeon!

Kenny had to force Owen's hand in the inside of the pumpkin because he thought it was gross. He decided he would just hold the top of the pumpkin for Mya instead and let her pull out the gooey mess!

Ian didn't mind the pumpkin mess!

Ian carved his pumpkin all by himself!

Mya was daddy's 1st assistant!

The creators of the jack-o-lanterns!

Our family loves Halloween!!!!

Sunday, October 23, 2011

{Chicago}

Do you remember the band Chicago? Back in my olden days, I used to love to sing, "You're the Inspiration & Hard to Say I'm Sorry." Chicago was playing in Palm Springs and one of my favorite people in the world, Sunny was celebrating her birthday, & decided she wanted to celebrate her birthday by going to a Chicago concert.

There were all kinds of interesting people at the concert. I think I was one of the youngest people there! We met an older couple who bought tickets thinking they were going to the play Chicago! I guess they didn't think it was weird that a play was being performed in a casino! They asked us what the band sang, and Darcy & I broke out in song for them! Our seats were next to a man who pretended to play the air trombone & trumpet! We had lots of good laughs from the folks in the crowd & from Erica's dancing!

The night really got fun when we ditched our seats and went up to dance near the front!

Old School music meant old school lighter to wave around!

I'm so glad I was able to party with Sunny on her birthday!

Thursday, October 20, 2011

{i'm lovin' it!}

Ian, Hamburglar, Tanner, & Drew

Tonight the Sundance teachers took over McDonald's to raise money for the school. Of course we wanted to show our support & hang out with friends, but the added bonus that I did not have to cook dinner tonight was also a great reason! The boys loved seeing their teachers from last year and this year and seeing lots of friends. The place was packed, forcing us to take our dinner outside. Being outside meant eating with McDonald's Hamburglar which made the older kids happy, but terrified the little ones!

Another reason we wanted to celebrate our school was because Sundance was:

SUNDANCE AWARDED 2011 NATIONAL BLUE RIBBON

The U.S. Department of Education named Sundance Elementary one of 305 schools as 2011 National Blue Ribbon Schools based on our overall academic excellence and for our success in closing achievement gaps. The Department will honor the entire 256 public and 49 private schools with their National Blue Ribbon School awards at a conference and awards ceremony November 14-15, in Washington, D.C. Mrs. Kinney and a member of the Sundance faculty will attend the ceremony to receive the award personally.

"I am so proud of everyone," said Mrs. Kinney. "We all worked hard together to earn this award -- faculty, staff, students, and parents. You are all AWESOME!"

We think its pretty awesome to be a one of the schools receiving this recognition! We love our school and are grateful for how great our kids are thriving there. The principal Mrs. Kinney is energetic and loving, always giving my kids high-five's and hugs whenever she sees them. She makes the school what it is and I'm Lovin' It!

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!"