Brotherly love

My boys love to bug each other. You know the usual lets see how far I can make the other one upset until Mommy intervenes... YES! GOOD TIMES! (insert very sarcastic face >..<)

But once in a while they really do get along and have a very good time together. I think it is because they are so much on different playing fields, emotionally, physically, everything that they struggle with the getting along part... Anyway... My boys love to have sleepovers out in the living room in their sleeping bags. So about once a month or so I give in and let them do it. Last week after I knew they had fallen asleep I came out to the sweetest picture that melted my heart...


Stay at home moms do not get paid with money just the occasional BONUS and the knowledge they are doing the right thing for their family. That night was my bonus and I was so thankful I witnessed it.

Doing what boys do...

Last Saturday Troy and I had a 3.5 hour meeting with the youth from our church. After we got to hang out with the boys doing BOY things... Like washing the cars, fixing the cars and you know the drill!

I loved looking out the window at my boys fixing Daddy's car
Here is Susie Q in all her glory... yes I think that is what he named her... I am not a fan of the name my vote is still yoda.
I distracted him from helping daddy by taking some pictures

I love this picture!

He is so full of life I LOVE IT!
This face cracks me up! What a ham

A picnic in January

A few weeks ago Chandler saw something on the counter and insisted on having it. He kept saying, "Cheese balls, Cheese balls" and "pickynic, pickynic" (picnic)

So I handed him this tissue paper below and cheese balls... And of course we had a picnic in the morning... Dont judge my boys are still in their PJ's.


Apple juice, string cheese and cheese balls, YUM!

Hinckley thought we we were pretty funny....
He insisted on having "pickynics" almost everyday for 3 days! He is such goof

I love these 3 boys

END OF STORY!

My son decided he need to make me pretty

The other day Chandler told me he was going to make me pretty... Then he proceeded to put stickers all over my face and arms. LOL It was the best and really it TOTALLY made me feel pretty! WARNING I HAVE NO MAKE UP ON... I do look a bit scary

STICK OUT YOUR TONGUE!
CHEESE!
Chandler and Daddy on the Railrunner
Daddy and the boys on the railrunner
Daddy and Hinks
These pictures are from my phone.

Maybe our last Saturday before Troy is home?!

We had a nice relaxing Saturday. We played a lot of garbage truck games, hide and seek, wrestling, we played on the wii, legos, blocks, all sorts of fun stuff. We also played at the park for a bit. My boys LOVE the swings.

Chandler on the swing

Hinks on the swing
Hinckley was climbing on a piece of equipment and fell through it and smashed the back of his head on a metal rod. I FELT HORRIBLE. It doesn't look that bad in this picture but he really got hurt. I am just glad he didn't need stitches!
We were getting ready to go home and this lady walked up to us and asked if we were going to be there for a while and if we would watch her daughter for a while. There was a wedding going on there at the park and she wanted to go watch the wedding and not take her 3 year old with her. UM.... NO. #1 I am stranger #2 Who does that? The frustrating thing about it is this little girl was already playing by herself at the park while her mom was doing whatever for at least 45 minutes. Some people just BLOW MY MIND!

Gotta love the helmet

Here are a few snap shots I took of the boys. Sometimes they play so nicely together other times I want to separate them with padded cells!

Yes that is his regular sun hat under his helmet. Such a goofy kid!

Man we had a crazy day. CRAZY! We dropped Hinks off and school and Chandler and I went on a little adventure. And by adventure I mean to the Exchange on base and Explora. You will see below Chandler had a blast at Explora. Chandler fell asleep on the way home and slept until it was time to go pick up Hinckley at school. READ POST ABOVE FOR THAT CRAZINESS. I needed the tires balanced on base so we drove back up and went for a walk to the park. We got ice cream because the craziness of the day was too crazy with out it. Got home washed the van, ate dinner, hung out with our neighbor and played til the kids zonked out. And now I am blogging. THAT was our crazy day.

EXPLORA

He loved putting these balls in the tubes

WE LOVE EXPLORA!
Climbing over the bridge
He loved this train, which is a good thing because we have one just like it sitting in storage!
Still playing 20 minutes later...
He kept bringing me the dandelions out of the grass and saying,"pretty flowers" So cute!
First time down the rollie slide
Yes he loved it
I think he went down it about 50 times... no really 50 times
Climbing up the stairs to go on the slide AGAIN
I like dogs, I don't want to ever own one but I believe if you are going to own one take care of it. DONT LEAVE IT OUT IN 90 degree heat in a car. I found this cutie waiting for its retard owner to come out of Explora.
We went for a walk while we waited for the tires to be balanced on our van
See how cute they are holding hands!
We went to the park too
Chandler swinging
Hinks swinging, he kept closing his eyes

Home update, my boys

Hinks still LOVES karate and he was showing me some moves in our house...

We have tape!!!!!!!
Man this little kid is such a firecracker but this picture melts my heart....

I took this picture of Chandler and thought to myself that it was so familiar... So I glanced through our pictures and found another gem of another favorite little guy of mine.

SEE! Sometimes I catch this glimpse of how much they look a like. They are almost complete opposites in every way possible... BUT STILL CUTE AS CAN BE! Hinks 2.5 years old

GRRRR!!!!!!!!
Jamming...
Hinks wanted a picture too
Indian?
Attempt #1
Attempt #2
Attempt #3
SUCCESS! I LOVE THIS PICTURE SO MUCH. I think I will blow it up when we get into the house
Since my boys have to sit through 3 HOURS of church I want them to be as comfortable as possible hence why I let them wear a collared shirt and khaki like pants. Well, since Hinckleys school uniform is that I decided I needed to get him nicer church clothes. He WAS SO STOKED TO WEAR A TIE!
All ready for church!
Trying to get smiles out of them
Eh, I will take it

SO I CAN TELL YOU THAT IN A WEEK FROM NOW MY HUSBAND AND BEST FRIEND WILL NO LONGER BE IN STUPID IRAQ! So he will be leaving between now and then! YAHOO! Plus I can only post like 7 more times til he is home...

*Just because he is leaving Iraq soon doesn't mean he will be home VERY soon. He will still need to be in Kuwait a bit and then Ft. Lewis.