3 Men & A Little Lady

Friday, February 28, 2014

{Dog Training}

Leo longingly wanted to join Owen on the trampoline, so Owen decided to teach Leo how to jump!

Owen gave Leo instructions and a demonstration....

then the jumping began!

Leo caught on quickly!

Owen always has his boxers sticking out of his pants. I am always pulling his pants up!

Owen made sure to reward Leo for his great jumping skills!

All the dogs wanted to join in on the fun, but it was Ian's turn to show off his tricks!

We love our trampoline!!! It has provided hours of fun for our whole family!

Ian woke up and said he felt sick. He didn't have a fever, a headache, or even a cough. His eyes however spoke to me and I could tell that he just needed a break. I told him to stay in bed and that I understood how he felt. He spent the day taking it easy.

He pulled out his loom and spent the morning making pot holders!

Thanks to Ge and Grandad for such a cool birthday gift!

I reminded him that he was "sick" and needed to act more the part!

We spent our afternoon at the park eating a picnic lunch, laying in the sun on a blanket, and talking. Ian makes me laugh and is super cuddly, he is a pretty fabulous boy! I'm so glad he's mine!
I loved getting to spend the day with him, even if he was sick!

Thursday, February 27, 2014

{Boy's will be Boys}

On early release days on Wednesday, we tend to have a lot of boys come home on the bus with Drew and Ian. They usually play football, but today they thought it was more fun to chop up the ice so the water could melt from the roof and go down the driveway.

They worked hard on their project for almost an hour, even though Kenny and I kept encouraging them to play and have fun.

I guess they thought this was more fun!

They did go and climb the tree

and do a little wrestling!

I'm grateful for friendships and being outside!

Thursday, February 20, 2014

{He Shoots, He Scores}

Another basketball season has come and gone. Drew and Ian both played on great teams and helped lead their teams to several victories!

Ian was rewarded at the end of every game with a pack of gum for getting the most rebounds on his team! Easy to do when you tower over the rest of the kids! His height has always been one of his advantages in basketball.

Ian had a great year, since his age still played on the shorter hoops. He dominated a lot of the games.

He would shoot and score!!!

Owen was too young to play in this league, so he had to find other ways to pass the time!

When Drew wasn't playing at the same time, he too was found hanging around the court!

Mya made new friends at every game and made up new games!

Ian had church friends and school friends on his team, so he had a blast playing with people he knew.

I think Ian did an "EXTRA" great job this season and I think he is "EXTRA" Special!

In all of Drew's soccer photos last year he had his tongue out as he played, I guess basketball is no different!

I love watching Drew play basketball because he is so passionate about it. He understands the game and knows the importance of passing the ball and playing as part of a team. He would get so frustrated with kids who took the shot even if it wasn't a good shot because they wouldn't pass the ball. You always knew how Drew felt, whether he was excited or upset, because of his body language. I had people tell me he was the most fun to watch.

He was a great support to his team because he is a hustler and has a pretty good shot.

He was great at defense and stayed right on the opponent, sometimes a little too much! He almost fouled out of one game!

He has good technique and I can't wait to watch him as his basketball skills continue to improve over the years. I am so proud of him and think he is AWESOME!!!!

It was fun to have grandma and grandpa come out to support the boys!

Mya will always be Drew and Ian's cheerleader!

Monday, February 17, 2014

{Life is a Party}

Mya is four years old and has a pretty spectacular life. When she isn't busy helping me on a project, she is always with a friend. She is a social butterfly and has been since birth. The first thing she asks me in the morning is, when do I get to play with my friends?

We painted the laundry room for grandpa,

She has made so many friends and loves to Party!

She is usually in a princess costume and likes me to call her Princess Elsa or madame!

Don't cross these princesses!

Little Brooklyn and Mya are pretty attached at the hip. They play almost every day together. I love that Mya has made such wonderful friends here in Colorado.

When life gives you snow, make snow cream!!!

The more chocolate the better!

Life is GOOD!

The best part of Mya's play dates, is that all the kids have great moms, so its a win-win for both of us!

Mya is so full of life, easy going, and super sweet!

She dances through life and has a love for people. I adore her and am so glad she is mine!!!

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!"