Go ahead....do it!

We all do it....we try to trick our little ones by saying things like "You better eat this before I do..." or "I'm going to beat you to the potty..." well we say that a LOT to our little Kasen to get him to eat or to get him to beat us to the bed for a nap or like today when I said "Kasen I'm going to go use the potty before you....you better not beat me"  He looked at me with that mischievous little grin that melts my heart and said "Go ahead...do it!" and ran the other way!! He is such a rotten stinky little boy...but gosh I sure do love him!

July

July was a busy month for us.  We ventured out on our first road trip as a family of 5 and headed north to Bartlesville for a weekend.  Papa Jim was there and the boys had a good time playing with Nana, Papa, Tyler, Lacy, Jeff & Heaven.  We went to Kiddie Park, the boys favorite place to go in Bartlesville, swam and just had a good time.  It was a pretty successful road trip, no major meltdowns by any of us! =) 

We've done a LOT of swimming , Braden has become quite the little swimmer. He wore his belt for MAYBE a total of 15 minutes the first time he jumped in the pool this year, then decided he could swim and has not worn it since.  His favorite thing to do is "pencil jump" off the diving board and then swim and touch the bottom of the pool - quite an accomplishment for a 5 year old....its 10 feet deep!! Mema told him he sure could hold his breath for a long time - his response "I don't hold my breathe, i'm like a fish, I can breathe underwater!"  Kasen is a little swimmer too.  He still wears the swimming belt, but he sure can dog paddle like a pro.  I'm guessing next summer he will be swimming all by hisself, and breathing like a fish - just like his big brother!

We also went to Hawaiian Falls in Frisco with our friends, Nikki, Jory, Jeret & Neely Jo.  It was a lot of fun.  Braden had an underwater camera and took picutres of EVERYTHING, I'll only post the ones that actually have people in them! =)

Billy got a new truck, THANK GOODNESS! Now we can all 5 actually fit and ride in his vehicle.  It's pretty and we love it! =)

That pretty much sums up July...I think. Now enjoy all the pictures!

Hawaiin Falls

7-25-2011

July 4, 2011

I am SO behind on updating this, so just bear with me as I get caught up. We had a great 4th this year. We spent the morning just hanging out as a family of 5, (that still sounds strange to me!) at the house. Then we went and snatched up some "cracker-fires" as Kasen would say and headed out to Mema & Papa's house. Dewey & Norene came out and joined us, along with Mom & Ivan and Mema & Papa. Everyone swam, ok almost everyone, ok everyone except for me, Hudson, Mema & Papa swam. We got to sit out in the hot sun and watch everyone else swim. We ate the typical 4th of July food and then when it got dark enough we popped the "cracker-fires." The boys did some smoke bombs before it got dark, those were their favorites! Braden actually enjoyed the 4th this year, every year before he has been scared, well no actually TERRIFIED of the fireworks. He would hold his hands over his ears and scream and it was terrible for anyone involved. I convinced him to wear some ear-phone things that you wear to shoot guns and he was able to sit outside with us this year. I'm SO happy he decided to like fireworks, because the 4th is my 2nd favorite holiday! All in all it was a wonderful day.

 *watching the parachute fall*

 *they found it!*

 *i just love that handsome little face*

 *stepping on their snap-pops*

 *favorite "cracker-fire"*

 *down at the pond*

 *he is such a sweetie*

 *Mema & Papa's flag*

 *stop taking pictures of me mom*

 *this is fun*

*our family - July 4, 2011*