the dangerous life of...

ROCK HUNTING! I took these pictures of Allie a couple weeks ago when we went on a rock hunt. And when I say rock hunt, I mean a walk around the block, stealing rocks out of our neighbors yards. Allie has this "bike" that has a little basket in the front... perfect for rocks. She dressed herself...




I had to take Kole to the dr. this morning because he's got another ear infection (or probably the last one just never went away). I just took him in 2 weeks ago for the same thing. Poor little guy. Not such a happy camper today... Although this smile would lead you to believe differently...

2nd child syndrome...

I feel guilty if I dont blog about both kids. So, uh, well... Kole hasnt really done anything too amazing lately but here are some super cute pictures of the little guy...






CHECK OUT THAT SMILE!

a simple thing such as brushing your teeth...

who knew it could be SUCH A BIG DEAL! Ok, Allie will be 2 just next month (yikes!) and I just now thought of brushing her teeth. Yes, I know this should have started awhile ago but thats just the kind of mom I am... not saying Im a bad one. So while grocery shopping I picked her up some kiddy toothpaste and I let her pick out her own tooth brush. After prying the adult extra wide, extra stiff brissle one out of her hand, she settled on a bright green kiddy tooth brush with "vroom-vrooms" on it(i.e. Trains). I tried to help her and show her how to actually move the tooth brush back and forth on he teeth. She wasnt having it. I even tryed to show her how much fun it was to brush her tongue. Nope, not having any of it. Finally after 15 minutes of struggling with a toddler, I surrendered. What the hell, Im sure millions of kids have digested a whole bottle of tooth paste... right???

McCall...

This weekend Tim and I took the kids up to McCall. Tim's family has a beautiful place right on the lake and probably the best and biggest beach on the whole lake. The cabin was built in the 40's (I think). Its not one of those big ginormous mansions... but a smaller eclectic cabin. Very cute!


I took this picture on Friday night. It reminds me why we love the place so much.



Allie had been up there before but she was just a baby when we took her last summer. This year, being almost 2 she was able to actually enjoy the beach. The word "enjoy" is actually an understatment. She had so much fun!



Kole didnt quite have as much fun. He's teething so he spent a lot of time either sleeping or whining. Thank God gramma Val was there (thank you grandma Val!). Kole only made it down to the beach a few times. But the few times he was down their he really enjoyed it. He loved the feel of the wet sand in his toes and the water coming up and splashing him.




Tim had a little "liquid courage" and jumped in. I dont think he could fully breath right the rest of the day. He was the first to jump in this year (besides Cheyanne, our dog, of course!).




Someone else had a good time too. This dog lives for McCall. Tim and I decided that when she dies we will spread her ashes into the lake. Its not a fun thing to think about but she is nearly 10 years old so the time is probably coming in the next several years. She's such a good dog!


I had a great time too... except I dont have any pictures of me because I'm always the one behind the camera. I did have a couple of these though...

all in all... it was a great weekend!

Happy Fathers Day...

to the best daddy in the world! I met Tim when I was in jr. high. We "went out" back then but I never thought I'd marry the guy. Now, 11 years later look what we have. Tim LOVES his kids and he's a very hands on dad. I am very greatful for that. I love you, Tim! Happy Fathers Day!

Tornado rips through our backyard...

I'm not kidding! Yesterday was a rather pleasent day. Lots of sunshine, no rain, hardly any clouds in the sky and no wind.

I had just taken the kids outside to blow bubbles. We had maybe only been out there all of 3 minutes. Kole and I were sitting under our rot iron awning (sp?). All of a sudden, out of NO WHERE this HUGE gust of wind picked up (only in our backyard) and it lifted up our whole entire awning (this thing is 10x12) blew it up into the air, it flew over the fence and wraped itself around the front of our house! And it was over... just like that. Our tornado lasted all of 6 seconds. Just enough time to completly destroy our backyard and throw our awning 50 feet. It was the weirdest, scariest thing. And to top it off, Kole was sitting right underneith it and when it picked up off the ground, it completly dumped the water that was standing on the awning (from the previous rain the day before) and totally drenched him! To tell you the truth, it was a really scary event that could have ended very badly but thank God didnt. I was really shaken up afterwards. I still cant explain it. That awning has been through every rain & wind storm and has always held up and never showed any signs of flinging itself to its death. And the other totally weird thing is it ONLY hit our backyard. Everything in our front yard was fine, all of our neighbors yards were fine. Totally weird. Check out the damage... it even flung my hanging basket into our tree.

I've probably lost most (all!) my readers...

but I'm back. I am once again going to "try" to be a good bloger. I better succeed this time cause it took me awhile to "spiff up the place". You like??? Just a quick update on my family...

I think most know that I am a stay at home mamma now. I do have a few kids that I watch during the day (including Gracie!). I found that taking Kole to work was not really working out. Between my bedrest, his NICU stay, RSV and the broken arm... lets just say I was needing a lot of extra time off. Plus, my mom had recently gotten a new job and was not able to help me out in pinched times like I was used to. So I decided it was time to be with my kids. You only get this time once... right? So far it is really working out great. They only drive me crazy a little bit (ok a lot!) but I survive. And it was perfect timing with the gas prices going up! I also made director with Scentsy! I was so excited to achieve that. If anyone needs any refills, I put a link on my blog. Tim has already started softball season. It seems like it came early this year. Allie will be 2 in July. I can hardly believe it! She is quite the character and getting very independent. Kole is 8 months (tomorrow). We have finally decided that we're going to keep him around. He is definitly not high strung like he used to be and just last night, he slept through the night (10 hours, people!!!!) When I woke up this morning I jumped out of bed because I thought for sure he had probably beenin their screaming his little guts out for hours. Nope. He was sleeping like a rock so I went back to bed.

All in all, life is pretty... well, normal. We're heading up to McCall this weekend. Hopefully we dont freeze.