Summer So Far

Whew! We've had a busy summer so far! So busy that I haven't even blogged about our beach trip back at the first of June! This is Jonah and Noah showing off their shells!

Getting a little smile from them!

Our shadows. (not the pic I had hoped for)
Me, Noah, Bryan, and Jonah

Our footprints in the sand.
Bryan, me, Noah, and Jonah

Noah boogie boarding! Jonah was so funny. While Noah was riding the waves,  Jonah would just play by himself and I would hear him talking away...and sometimes even singing!

Ok. I know you are probably wondering why I have this picture of my husband sneaking around in the bushes...well, one night the wind got horrible and it woke both of us up and we went out on the balcony to check things out. It was coming a bad storm, and the wind was SO BAD!! We could hardly walk against it! We just started throwing things in the living room..cushions, swimsuits, towels, etc. (I know all of you hang out these kinds of things when you're at the beach, right?) The next morning when we were getting ready to go to the beach, I couldn't find my swim bottoms (and don't let that freak you out..it's a tankini..not a bikini!) Anywho, I searched and searched...no bottoms. I came prepared, though, and just wore another swimsuit. We checked the parking lot, poolside, beach...no bottoms. So, that evening when we were coming in from eating (still daylight) I saw something laying on the ground at the other condo next to us. I told Bryan it looked like swim bottoms. So, he drove over and checked, and sure enough...MY BOTTOMS!!! Now this has happened before, on a different trip, only when we got out of our car, I saw Jonah's swim trunks on the ground. They too had blown away and we didn't even know it! Needless to say, I made sure everything was inside before we went to bed at night for the rest of the trip!

After coming home from the beach, some days we go to the lake to cool off...

And other days we go to Papa and Mema's pool. (yes there is an extra kid in this picture. it is John Paschal and he lives next to Mema and comes to play and swim with us some)
The Three Musketeers! 

Noah jamming out with his Subskate!

This is probably the only time I have got Jonah to wear his floaties! He thinks he is such a big man, and likes to swim without them! He really does well without them, though! Both of my boys are like fish! 

And just so you can see how the pool is coming along......this is what it looks like so far.

All of these blocks are for the retaining wall! I plan on dedicating one whole post to the "pool project" later.....if it ever gets finished! It seems like it's taking FOREVER!!! 

There you have it! Our summer so far! 

Sir, Can I See Your License?

Before you have a stroke, he was sitting between my legs the whole time! On Saturday, Jonah and I went over the the boat storage to see Bryan and Noah. Noah, Jonah, and I decided to go over to Grannies house and Noah begged to drive. Since he has driven the golf cart and the rhino I thought, well, it is pretty much the same thing. So, I let him sit between my legs and do the gas, brakes, and steering all himself! No worries...it was only on the long, gravel road and no highways involved! He really did a great job! He wanted to use his right and left foot, but I put my foot on his left one so he could only use the right one! (gotta teach them right...right?)

He's so proud of himself!

It is hard to believe that in less than 8 short years he will be driving all by himself! Where does the time go???

Sweet Boys

It's been a while since I posted, but I promise I have alot to post and will do my best to do a couple this week. For now, these sweet pictures of the boys will have to do until then! I got an app on my phone that I'm sure most of you have already, but I hadn't seen it before. I love the way it makes the pictures different colors!!

                                  Jonah being mischievious!      

Noah and his cool do!

Jonah dressed up like a police man one day.

Noah showing off his guns!

(too bad this isn't our pool  =(  )

Bunnies, Bicycles, and Boo-Boo's

Memorial Day started off with a bang! I was sitting on the couch drinking coffee and I see our dog, Biscuit, chasing something in the yard. I go out on the back porch and hear whatever it is squealing!!! I thought it was a chipmunk, but when he put it down, it hopped!! I ran back inside, out the front door (because we still don't have steps on the back porch since the pool is still being put in!) and to the little rabbits rescue! It was so tiny! It wasn't hurt (yet)! I scooped it up and took it to show the boys. Now mind you, in this picture, Noah, is holding it. These are his little hands-not mine! This proves just how small it is! It just fit in the palm of my hand! It was the sweetest, cutest thing I've ever seen!

We ended up letting it go. I took it back to the pasture and put it there so maybe its mama could find it. Bryan kept telling me it wouldn't live if we kept it! Now, I'm not sure, I never went back to check on the poor thing, but I hope  it is ok. (maybe I don't need to know!) I made sure to put it under some limbs, so that a certain dog couldn't get to it again!

Onto other festivities of the day.....we went down to the lake for the day and cooked out and swam. The boys took their bicycles and would take them up the hill and ride back down. Noah would pop a wheelie, and what do you know, Jonah would, too. Now, Jonah has done it plenty of times before, but this time, he fell! I didn't see it, but Bryan did and went to his rescue.

This is not at the lake, but it gives you an idea of the wheelies that were taking place!
Noah doing a wheelie:

Jonah doing a wheelie:

And Jonah's face after the wheelie:

Looks proud doesn't he???

My sister said that maybe I shouldn't take him out in public for a few days, for fear that DHR might pay me a visit! Haha!! If DHR ever paid me a visit, they'd probably give me some kind of medal ;)
And he wanted me not to forget his knee:

I also purchased some Mederma (scar treatment) for all these cuts and scrapes! That stuff is expensive, but if Jonah keeps going at the rate he has these past couple of weeks, it is gonna be worth every penny!

Port-A-Potty

So, when you go outside and find two little boys bicycles parked in front of the port-a-potty, it can't be good! You may think this is a crazy post, but I'm posting it for my own "remembering" one day! We had a port-a-potty delivered to our house on Monday, for the people installing our pool. Jonah immediately asks, "what is that"? I told him what it was and for no reason what soever, he was not to enter into that thing!!! (Noah wasn't here, so he didn't know about it yet) Well, Noah came home that afternoon, we ate supper, the boys went out to play while Bryan was on the bulldozer and I was cleaning up the kitchen. I went out to stay with them and I couldn't find them. (you know where this is going, right?) I hear them talking, but don't see them. I finally see this:

Yes, their bicycles parked in front of the port-a-potty! OMG!!!! Nasty, nasty, nasty!!! Thank goodness I had my phone with me and could snap this picture! Jonah peeps his little head out and never saw me, but tells Noah, "Somebody is coming, somebody is coming"! Then Noah peeps out to look and then goes back in. Again, never seeing me! The next time Noah came out,he looked around, and never saw me, I said, "Noah, what 'cha doin"? He was startled! He grinned and said they were just checking out the porta-a-potty. I told them to get out of that thing, that it was gross! He said that nobody had used it. Well, nice to know, but I had rather not have known! Little boys have no shame!

In other news, they did get started on the pool and here is a quick little peak at it!

I will do another post when it is finished and show you before and after pics!

iPhone Expert???

Yes...I think she is! Thank you Elena for telling me what I was doing wrong! See guys, aren't the pictures so much better??? (now that I know what I'm doing!) I just had to let ya'll see how much clearer they are!

 

We've Been....

I am gonna go ahead now and apologize for blurry pictures. Seriously...what's up? I see people all the time who post pictures on their blog from their iphone! So, what am I doing wrong. Here is how I do it...I email them to myself and download them to my iphoto on my computer, then, download them to the blog. Am I doing it right? Help me out people!! Anyway, in between baseball and tee-ball we get in a few days of playing at our house and Mema and Papa's. Noah, Jonah and Papa have gotten into this thing of looking for four leaf clovers. (and this really was the BEST picture...on my phone!!! Then on the blog...horrible!!! UGH!!!!!) So we've been doing alot of this.....

Papa, Noah, and Jonah looking for four leaf clovers

Noah riding Jonah on the razor

Running thru sprinklers

Noah fishing 

Jonah fishing

Jonah got popped in the nose by a ball at Noah's practice. And not by one of the balls in the game. He and another little boy were throwing a ball by themselves and Jonah missed it...and wham o!!! He got popped! Let's just say, blood everywhere! He's alright though! He does have lace marks from the ball!

And, I finished my wreath for the front door!

Again, sorry for blurry pictures! Guess I'll have to start using my "real" camera!