Lagoon!

We took the boys to Lagoon for the first time last Saturday. I was all about taking pictures the first hour of the day and then I decided I didn't care enough to carry the camera around the entire day while riding rides etc. I just wanted to enjoy! So, unfortunately I only have a few pictures of the boys. We will be going again next weekend so I will have to take more then.

My favorite part of the day was our experience with the Dinosaur Egg Drop ride . This is a mini Rocket for kids if any of you have been to Lagoon. Both of the boys were SUPER excited to ride this ride. After waiting in line for about 20 minutes it was our turn. Taylor ran and jumped on with Tony (Tony HATES rides like this, I actually don't mind them). Isaac looked at the ride and said, Mom..I don't want to ride this anymore, it scares me! So of course we walked away to watch Tony and Taylor ride the ride. So your probably wondering what my favorite part of the whole experience was. It was Tony's face when the ride started to go up and and he noticed Isaac and I laughing at him from the sidelines! He had no idea that we were not on the ride!!! Yeah, I should have been the nice one and taken Taylor on the ride since Tony was not thrilled about riding it, but I really wanted to watch his reaction to me not having to ride the ride! Priceless.

Here are the few pictures we got from the water park.

For My Brother, Scott

We woke up to some very sad news this morning. My brother's girlfriend, Britney passed away in a car accident early today while driving to Boise. Though we are not sure exactly what happened, it seems that she veered off of the road, over corrected her car causing it to roll several times. I just want my brother to know how much I love him and that I am so sorry this happened. She was a wonderful girl who brought my brother back to life. I will always think of her and remember how much she meant to him. In a way, I feel like I've lost a sister. Keep your head up bro..we are all here for you and love you so much!

Thank You Grandma Barbara

We finally got the boys' first swing set set up in the backyard. Their grandma Barbara surprised them with this after their birthday party. They spent the entire day outside today pretending to be superman by flying on their bellies on their swings. I just wanted to post a few pictures & a video of them doing their superman imitation. Thank you again grandma..the boys LOVE it!

Sorry the quality isn't the best. I will try and fix that later...

I've Been Tagged

Two Names I Go By: Shea and mom
Two Things You Are Wearing Right Now: Comfy gray pants and a red shirt
Two Of Your Favorite Things To Do: Play with my boys & play golf with my husband
Two Things You Want Very Badly At This Moment: To have my house clean itself & a diet coke!
Two Favorite Pets: Jenny & Rex
Two People Who Will Fill This Out: Um...not sure actually.
Two Things You Did Last Night: Helped Tony set up the boys' new swing set & watched golf.
Two Things You Ate Today: A Quizno's sandwich & crackers with cheese
Two Last People You Talked To: Isaac who wanted a kiss before his nap & the help lady from Little Tikes (missing pieces from our new swing set.)
Two Longest Car Rides: Driving to San Francisco when the boys were just over a year & driving to Colorado late at night.
Two Favorite Vacations: My first would be my honeymoon in Tahiti! The second would be going to Catalina Island with Tony every summer before the boys were born. I sure miss that place!
Two Favorite Drinks: Diet Coke & Ice Tea

Alright..there you have it Amy 8) I guess it is my turn to tag someone..lets try Tiffany, Carol, Jen, Nat & Danielle. Enjoy guys!!!

What a Day!

Being both Father's Day and our 6 year anniversary we knew it would be a crazy day! We started out the day with a trip to the local outdoor pool. We had a great time watching the boys play and jump in the water! We were only able to stay for a few hours as we were invited to a BBQ that started at 2.

We arrived home just in time to shower and head over to the BBQ. Tony was driving so I started to nod off on the drive over. Much to my surprise a bottle of water fell out of the cup holder sitting next to me and spilled all over my seat and my pants! Yeah..you can laugh. It was funny..my bum was soaking wet! Ok, on to the BBQ. My friend Lacie had a spectacular feast awaiting us when we arrived. Tri-tip and BBQ ribs with tons of side dishes. She is a wonderful cook and I am so glad she invited us over to help celebrate Father's Day. Thank you Lacie!

We actually celebrated our Anniversary a few weeks ago with The Pie pizza (any of you ever been there?) and then we saw Indiana Jones. It was a fabulous night! We did however cut some beautiful roses from our plant outside as a gift to each other today.

Happy Anniversary baby..I love you!

Happy Birthday Boys!

I am so behind in events that I want to blog about, but I will start with this one first. Our boys turn 4 today. I am so excited to see what this next year brings with them. They are so much fun and they always keep me laughing! Because their birthday is in the middle of the week, we opted to have their party this past Saturday. We had a lot of good friends and family help us celebrate with a pirate themed party. This was by far my favorite party we have thrown for them. Not because of the theme, but because this is the first year that they actually understood it was their birthday. I was also very excited that I didn't have to open their presents for them..they did it themselves! Bonus for me.

I can not decide which pictures to post as I like most of them that were taken, so I will post all of my favorites.

The Cake..I'm sure you figured that out though. The coolest part about this cake was it is actually made of cupcakes..


The boys and their friends (Jacob, Kian, Isaac & Taylor) eating pizza

Part of the Loot..this was meant to be a pirate earing, not nose ring. It sure made me laugh, though.


I love this picture.


We were originally planning on tying this to a tree, but because it was too cold outside we had to improvise to make it work inside. I wish I would have gotten a picture of the contraption Tony made in order to get this to hang. We had a paint roller extension (another blog to be posted later) sitting in the front room. He added the roller plus 5 or 6 climbing carabineers just to get it to hang. I'm sure there was something a bit less complicated as this, but it worked out great. It didn't hurt that the boys happen to have a very tall grandpa who was nice enough to hold the stick for the 10 minutes or so it took it to break.


I love this age. I really thought that all of the boys would be fighting over who got all of the candy. There was actually some left on the floor. The boys each took a handful, put it in their bags and more less walked away.


The boys were super spoiled this year by everyone. They had so much fun opening their presents and are having even more fun trashing my house with all of them! One of the boys, Kian, actually picked up the wrapping paper and threw it away after each present was opened. It was super helpful for me and a lot of fun for him because he was helping.


This bag was HUGE. There was a present stuck at the bottom..I was actually waiting for him to dive in, but this worked too!


Taylor trying his new skates.


Isaac trying his new scooter


The boys asked if they could let some of their balloons go so Grandpa Mike could have them. I thought that was very cool and they loved watching them float up. They sure miss their Grandpa Mike!


About 35 minutes after letting the balloons go, this is what we saw out of our front door. There was actually a third one but I couldn't get the camera to pick it up as it was very faint. I have never seen a triple rainbow before. What a way to end the boys' party.

Wow, this really is a long blog. Here are a few last pictures I wanted to post. The first ones are of the boys when they were 6 days old. I can't believe how tiny they were!


Isaac. Look how tiny his little head is next to the nurses fingers!


Taylor.

And finally..one of me. I was flipping through some of my old pictures and found this. I can't believe that 4 years ago today I looked like this!



Ok, I am done now. Sorry for the long blog!