4th of July!!!

I love the 4th of July, its so fun for everyone, especially in Salina. The kids are just now starting to enjoy the park, thought the games aren't that great, but it keeps them occupied. Here we are riding in a fire truck, this is always exciting for the kids because they are mesmerized by the fire trucks, Jaxon just sat there as we rode around town with such a serious face, like he didn't want to miss anything. He loves having Aniston and Emerson to play with, and I can't lie I like having K'Brina to play with too... We arrived a bit late, cause for some reason it takes me forever to get the kids up, fed, bathed, and dressed. Freddie rode his bike and we were to pick him up on the way, but because we were running late he rode the full 20 miles. But he liked the exercise.
Here is Jax at the parade, he was in awe of all the horses, tractors, and dump trucks that drove by, he just sat and stared. It is such a great day, you get to let the kids have fun, and at the same time you get to see a lot of people you haven't seen in a while, the day is filled with so many things to do that your busy all day having fun.
We went to the rodeo hoping the kids would behave, but at the last minute we decided to leave Dylan with my mom and thank god we did because Jaxon was enough to handle. Digging in the dirt and trying to throw rocks, when he did pay attention he liked what he saw, but that was only for a few short minutes. His favorite thing about the day was using the outhouses, "sick" Everytime we saw one he instantly needed to go, so I took him pee, and then 15 min. later he needed to poop, he has been potty trained for 10 months and we haven't had an accident for a while, but you still can't not believe them when they say I need to pee or poop, so we used 3 outhouses that day and each time was so disgusting.
The fireworks were pretty fun, the ones at the rodeo were the best I have ever seen them and this year Jaxon stayed awake for them. We let off some fireworks the night before at my mom's house, the kids were so excited, but it was a little nerve racking. All in all it was a great couple of days and I can't wait till next year. The 4th is my favorite time of summer. It goes by way too fast.

Happy Father's Day

Just wanted to wish everyone a happy father's day. Here is a few pictures of how we spent our fathers day. My boys sure love their dad, he is the best dad, he has the biggest heart and loves these boys more than anything, he also isn't afraid to get down and play with them. My boys are lucky to have such a great dad. It was so cute Jaxon went to church with his grandma and grandpa Mattinson and he made a fathers day present for his dad right when we got there to get him be was saying "daddy, daddy" and he gave the present to freddie, he was so proud it was so cute.

Here is my dad and Dylan, my boys just love their grandpa's. They would rather go to a grandpa over anyone, its cute, cause my dad needs some boys in his life. Dylan is in this kiss phase and he sure puckers, its so precious. Anyhow, Happy Father's Day to all those dads out there life wouldn't be the same without a dad in it. We love you, especially all of my dads, stepdads, fathers in law, and grandpas, I have the best support system ever. Thanks everyone you are the best.

The Lake

We finally got our boat out of storage and went to the lake. Just the 4 of us. It was Dylan's first time and Jaxon's second. Jaxon bawled when we first got there he didn't want to get in the water and he was scard to walk on the dock. He never really has liked swimming. I always hoped they would just jump right in and be little water dogs, but I guess we still have time. I just love this picture of Dylan, it just looks so sweet and innocent staring out to the water. He is getting so big. Needless to say Dylan loved the water he just ran around in it and kept falling in face first. Jaxon's favorite part was digging in the sand, he has always been a little gardener, he takes after his grandpa mattinson. We tried to build sand castles, but Dylan kept knocking them over. The sand was nice and soft and the kids loved it.
This is just the two of them busy at work, digging, playing having fun. Jaxon didn't want to leave by the end, he was running around in the water and splashing. He was even brave enough to walk all the way out and touch the boat. His daddy let him drive the boat and he loved that, we kept saying should we go home and he was like "not yet." That is our boat in the back, its an oldy but a goody. We have had some good times in that boat. We hope to take a few more trips out this summer and let the kids get used to it.

A Day in the Sun

Today we went to this park, it is such a nice park it has a water feature and the ground is all squishy so you just bounce along. The kids had fun and got soaked. Dylan is so attached to his blanky that he can't leave it, so of course he just drags it along. He loves the silky part and the only 2 we have are white, so they are constantly dirty and today they had wood chips stuck to it. I was able to tear him away from it while he got in the water. They are so cute with the water, I guess we need to just plan on bringing extra clothes or their swimming suits. I should take the kids out more often, but we are always waiting for someone to wake up and then its usually too late. I need to get more of a nap schedule, but I never have been good with schedules.

6 Random things about me...

1. I am obsessive compulsive about the dumbest things. I have to follow directions and rules to a T. Like driving I have to be in the lane I need to be in forever in advance, and I drive my husband nuts cause I am always like get over already. I have to follow recipes too, I could never be a creative cook, unless it was by accident. I also have an obsession of plain white and black T-shirts, you can never have too many.
2. I secretly want to live in Salina! Mainly I want to live close to my family, but it will probably never happen, so I think you want what you can't have.
3.I am a messy person, I have a lot of clutter. I hate it but its like I can't get rid of stuff.
4.I want to be a professional photographer.
5.I love old 80's movies, I sware they don't make movies like they used to.
6.I am a spender, I love to shop and buy my kids whatever they want.

Tag 6 People:Shauni, Lauren, Becky, Tiffany, ya I can't think of anyone else.

Its been a While....

This was our balcony view in Puerto Vallarta, the sunsets there were amazing, I wish I could be in a beach paradise a little more often. Check out the cute bungalos at the bottom. So fun, I recommend it to anyone.
These are my cute boys, when they were babies. Sad, they grow up so fast. Jaxon didn't know what to think of Dylan but he has always loved to give him kisses.
This was Dylan after he was born, his blood sugar was low so they had to keep him in the nursery give him an IV and some dextrose. He was so cute, poor thing.
This was Jaxon when he was 18 months old, he has always been so photogenic, I just love this picture cause looks so mischievious, hello, he is mischeivious. :)

And last another one of little Dylan, he was so tiny, he is wearing this little premie outfit, I just die everytime I look at it cause it is rediculously small. I will have to post some of Jaxon when he was a tiny little thing. They are so precious when they are little. Don't get me wrong I got two precious boys now but there is something about newborns that are so sweet. Probably cause it lasts for like 2 seconds and they are grown.

So K'Brina tell me what you think.

The boys and their things....

This is my little basketball player. The boys got this for christmas and obviously Dylan was only 9 months old, so I thought Jaxon would love it. Unfortunately he has probably played with it a couple of times but last night Dylan ran away from me while I was trying to put on his PJ's and he kept reaching to put the ball in, finally he got it after a few falls and repeated attempts. I can just picture it years down the road, "Dylan has always loved to play basketball even when he was 1," isn't that every mothers dream to have a basketball star? Well I think it would just be the sweetest thing ever.
Jaxon loves to play with these matchbox cars, I think we buy one everytime we go to the store, the only problem is that we can't seem to keep track of them. So I guess we will just keep buying them. He was so excited to get them out and play with them, can't you just see the excitement in his eyes. What a cutie. How can I resist buying them things that make them smile like this.

Yesterday we went to this new park, it's really nice the ground has this squishy stuff on it so you bounce along as you walk, its great for those clumsy times. My boys just love going to the park, it surprises me how brave they are to go down the big slides. There is this little baby section that is not as big so that is where I let Dylan play, he gets so excited and runs around I always worry that he is going to fall down the slide and so I try to grab him and he tries to get away faster so I won't get him down. I need to take them to the park more often cause they love it so much.

I caught this of Jaxon when he was getting ready to go down the slide. The kids kept looking at me like why are you up here. Jaxon would not take off his green sunglasses the whole day, no matter where we went he had to have them on. He has some nicer sunglasses with lightning mcqueen on them but he insists on wearing these wierd flourecent ones. We do have a pair of pink ones at home and I'm just glad it wasn't those.