Saturday

I DON'T have a picture! :-( i hope it's still okay that i write a little something here.....?

Jer and I went to Subway to get sandwiches for the BYU game. We went through the drive thru and when the guy on the speaker was asking us his next question, we would hear the background noise inside the store. It was so funny because Jer gives me his "WHAT?" look and says, "Plonnie, listen, who is that?" and I hear the speaker guy, but who else to I hear but the GroveSter ordering a couple things himself. It was really funny, we didn't know he was going there too.

Okay, so what is up with the BYU game? It was frustrating to watch... was this the same team that beat Oklahoma? I do love my Cougars... maybe that's why it's hard to watch them when I know they can do better. Ever look at your kids and think the same thing?

After the game, we went to a Halloween party at Jarden M's house. I don't know how to spell his last name :) so M will have to do. It was the best Halloween party I've ever been to. I ate TOO much sugar and I felt like I was going to vomit, and actually wished I would so I could feel better! I remember when I was a kid my mom would discourage me from eating lots of candy. She'd say, "You'll get a tummy ache." I don't ever remember getting one as a kid because of too many sweets, but I got one tonight. And, I think I gained 7 lbs today alone. Not just 7 lbs that will go away after a few days. These 7 lbs are sticking. I feel it. They are getting nice and cozy right in my mid section :-)

Anyone have any idea why very often the muscles in my face tighten, on their own? It feels really weird and it's happening lots. I can't control it. It's not visible, it's like under my cheek bones, inside. weird. Anyone??

I hope everyone is fabulous. I'm grateful for my friends and my family and everyone who helps me see the beauty in this life. A couple more weeks til Halloween Yay, I thought it was next week, glad it's not, I'm NOT ready!

Remember Me?

Wow, I haven't blogged in so long! It's so sad! It's been so long, that when I decided to make a post real quick, I had to pause and think about what our web address was to get here, and then when I went to log in, I have completely forgotten my password. How sad is that?! So I'm using Jer's log in at the moment, since for some reason I remember his :-)

I don't really have much to say, but I wanted to say "hi!" and I thought- "I can't just say 'hi!', I'll have to put a picture up, of course..." so i found this one. I don't remember taking it, but clearly, I took it myself, HAHA! So there you go, my smiling face for you to enjoy. I'm so weird.

Life's been so busy for me. I've been working lots, sometimes close to 60 hours a week. I really really love my job, I have so many great friends that I love seeing every day and the work, when I actually am doing it : ) is not so bad. I'll have to blog more about what I do another day. I am hoping to make a new goal to blog more, but I just don't know when I'll have the time, so I'll just say I'll do it when I can do it!

Anyway...

Love to all!! Hope everyone is well. xoxx!

MIrror Lake Aug 08

So last weekend we went camping up at Mirror Lake and it was the most beautiful place to camp I have ever been. This is my georgeous wife in front of Mirror Lake. I should have had her stand a little closer to the lake so it could have reflected her as well. Wouldnt 2 plonnies in this picture be twice as hot!!

Here is me and the wifey posing and taking the picture by ourself. Seemed to turn out good.

I love this photo, I know Plonnie is the only one looking, but I love those boys and its hard to get them to look. Im sure soon enough Ill miss the days when we had to make fools of ourselves to get a photo.

This is the upper Provo River Falls. This is the same place we visited on the other post below. Very beautiful place to visit.

Of course in the afternoon it was getting a little warmer so Kev and I decided to wade a little in the river.

Well what do they say about satan...he starts you out small then before you know it your fully engulfed. Well I guess thats what happened here. I started wading in the water, then put my head in the falls then Kev and I started swimming. Oh well it was a blast, cold but enjoyable. What a great weekend.

Daddy Quiz

Thanks to Michelle for this idea on her blog. I adapted it for dads and It works well. It is interesting how kids minds think. I asked Ty the questions and tried to type what I heard to the best of my ability.

#1. What is something dad always says to you?
Kev: I love you
Kyle: I love you
Ty: tickle tickle

#2What makes dad happy?
Kev: Spending time with the family
Kyle: Taking a shower
Ty: tntckle

What makes dad sad?
Kev: When his son is lost
Kyle: When my rooms messy
Ty: tckle tckle .

How does your dad make you laugh?
Kev: Tickeling me
Kyle: Throws me
Ty: tickle tickle

What was your dad like as a child?
Kev: He was a surfer
Kyle: He went to bed at night
Ty: Tntckle

#6. How old is your dad?
Kev: 30
Kyle: 30
Ty: boblau

#7. How tall is your dad?
Kev: 6 feet
Kyle: 6 feet
Ty: uhduh uhduh

#8. What is his favorite thing to watch on TV?
Kev: The Dark Knight
Kyle: Watching people talk
Ty: hmmmm

#9. If your dad becomes famous, what will he be?
Kev: Guitar Player
Kyle: Football Player
Ty: tentcle

#10 . What is dad really good at?
Kev: Playing the guitar
Kyle: Drive a car
Ty: dada

#11 . What is your dad not very good at?
Kev: Drums
Kyle: Singing
Ty: bapa

#12. What does your dad do for his job?
Kev: Helps kids not do what theyre not supposed to do.
Kyle: Opening a business
Ty: tickle

#13 . What is your dad's favorite food?
Kev: Hamburger pie
Kyle: Burgers
Ty: tntckle

#14. What do you like about your dad?
Kev: How he looks, I like his goatee a lot
Kyle: I don’t know
Ty: Guna glah

#15 . If your dad was a Disney character who would he be?
Kev: Sponge bob
Kyle: Bluto (I dont know how he knows bluto, I asked him Bluto? and he said wah Bluto.)
Ty: tantkle

16. What do you and your dad do together?
Kev: daddy kevin days
Kyle: Go camping
Ty: blah

#17. How are you and your dad the same?
Kev: were both boys
Kyle: We like Ice Cream
Ty: haook

#18 . How do you know your dad loves you?
Kev: because he says I love you
Kyle: Buys me toys
Ty: num blah um

#19. What does your dad like most about your mom?
Kev: The way she looks!!!
Kyle: How cute she is
Ty: glum um tickum (I think that means how hot she is)
(Honestly I had no hand in prompting this in any way)

#20 . Where is your dad's favorite place to go?
Kev: BYU games!
Kyle: Soccer games
Ty: whagja

Thanks Michelle for this test, it was a good way to pass the time until Plon gets home.

On Saturday we went with Nathan and Nicole to the Provo River Falls in the Uintas. It took about an hour to get there but the drive was beautiful.

Plonnie and I both loved driving through the Aspen trees, they will be a must to be around our cabin.
I kept telling Plon it was like we were in the middle of a Bob Ross painting. He must have been here before!!!

Anyway here are the upper falls, one of the prettiest scenes I have ever seen. Absolutely loved this place.

Here is another shot of the upper falls.

We spent most of our time hanging out at the lower falls, we found a nice little beach spot under some trees and had a picnic and played in the water.

What an absolutely wonderful day and a gorgeous spot to spend it.

Princess Party

Krystal is a very special girl to me. I just really really love her. She holds a special place in my heart because when ever I see her, she always comes right to me and sits on my lap and talks to me about different things. Or sometimes, we just cuddle. I love her. I have wanted to have a sleep over, so Michelle and I did a swap. I got Krystal, she got Kevin.

For us it was beyond a Girl's Night, it was a Princess Night!

We started it out with a shopping session. Here we are on our way out the door. Kyle really wanted to come, and we princesses needed a strapping knight to be by our side, so of course we were more than pleased with his company.

I was so happy to have Krystal there shopping with me. I LOVE to shop. Even if I have just 5 dollars to spend, I love looking at everything. It's the reason Jer does not like to go shopping with me. But Krystal and I sure had fun.

We went down the toy isle. The GIRL toy isle. I never really get to go down that isle, pretty fun! She showed me everything she wanted for her birthday and we talked about why certain things would be very fun to have.

One of my favorite things that we did was going down the kitchen gadget isle. We would pick up different gadgets and make up uses for them.

This one was a "Thing you could put something that fits in it, and then you spin it". SO CUTE!

And obviously, this is a shaver!

She liked the hooks on these hangers!

One of my favorite things about Krystal is that she is a GIRLY GIRL!!! I am not kidding. She's 4 years old, already loves shopping! Can it get any better?! I really wanted to get something for her to remember our day together, so I bought her a couple dresses, that she looks just precious in, and then we went over to the shoes.


She found these "gorgeous" red shoes with golden turtles! GOLDEN TURTLES! oh, I love this girl!

Before we left the store we got icee's. When we were driving home I turned to say something to her, and she was sitting just like this.....

I had to pull over right away and take a picture. She's is such a girl, her little legs crossed, hand on knee, twirling her foot... oh, so glad I got this picture!

Her smile is just irresistible.

She wanted to have ice cream sandwiches for dessert. She picked the mint ones because that is her daddy's favorite. Another thing about Krys, she loooooves her daddy. She talked about him a lot that night!

Of course we had to have a princess tea and crumpet party.

After her teeth were brushed, she fell asleep in my bed. When it came time for Jer and I to go to sleep, I scooped her up to carry her to her bed... awwh, can I just tell you how much I loved that moment? She snuggled right into me and I just didn't want to put her down. I just felt so happy that I was able to have this fun Princess night with her and I'm so grateful for Krystal and her spirit and the light she radiates.

Even when she is sleeping she looks like a princess.



I really really love my Krys!

Lucy, the mama bird

Well, whadda ya know. I had this post saved in my 'Drafts' for quite some time. So here it is, finally "published".

I figure I'm probably in the minority here, but I've never seen a bird's nest up close before. I've actually never been a bird person. At one point in my life, I think I hated birds. Thank goodness that was just a phase. But anyway, I wanted to show you guys the pictures of our Lucy.

Lucy is a mama bird. I first saw her when we were watching A.J. and Julia while Tina was in labor with baby Amy. I was doing dishes, and she was out back gathering up some dead grass. I thought that was really cool (I'd never seen a bird doing that either!). I gathered the kids over to the sliding glass door so we could watch her. It was very cute as I was telling them she's a mama bird and she must be getting ready to make a nest for her babies, Julia said, "My mommy gets things ready for baby Amy!" We watched as Lucy would gather the grass, and then fly over the roof. Then she'd return for more grass. It was really cool.

Well then, about a week later, it was Kevin's birthday party and Jer was outside in the front yard hanging Kevin's pinata. He spotted Lucy's nest. I grabbed the ladder and we were able to see her 4 beautiful eggs laying so safely in the nest. It was awesome! Of course from that day on, we checked on Lucy and her babies often.

After about 3 weeks, Jer and the boys checked on the eggs, and it was so exciting to find that 2 had hatched. Turns out, the other two never did hatch.

We all absolutely loved climbing the ladder and checking on the baby birds. Every day they changed so much.

Lucy was so patient with us. When we'd come outside, she'd fly out of the nest, and watched us from across the street. You can see her there in the driveway near the bushes.

Sometimes, when I'd climb up the ladder, one of the baby birds would stretch it's next up and open it's beak, I think hoping that I had some food for it. It was so dang cute!

They really grew so fast.

Here they are almost completely covered in feathers. I love how they are in their nest, with their beaks right together.

As they got older, each day I'd climb the ladder I was a little worried that they would be able to fly and I was wondering if this whole time they'd been plotting their revenge and peck my eyes out as soon as they got the chance. They never did, thank goodness, but they would be laying in their nest with their eyes open just looking at me. I wonder if they were scared, or if they just didn't know any better since I would check on them every day.

Well, now, they are flying and hopefully loving life. And we even have new baby birdies in the nest. I am not sure if they are Lucy's or not. But it's really cool that we are able to watch them grow too. I am so thankful I was able to get all these pictures and experience something new.

28 years ago today!!!

28 years ago today my Princess was born in California. I am so grateful for that day and so grateful she chose me to spend her life with. She has truly made me the luckiest man in the whole world. I kept trying to think of what I wanted to say in this post but the thought came to me a few weeks ago, why say it when you can play it. This song says everything and expresses exactly how I feel about my sweet little 28 year old. I LOVE YOU!!!!




The sun is shining everyday
The clouds never get in the way for you and me
I've known you just a week or two
But baby I'm so into you I can hardly breathe

And I'm in
So totally wrapped up
Emotionally attracted
So physically acting
So recklessly I need you
So desperately sure as the sky is blue
Baby I love you
I love you

I never knew that I could feel like this
Can hardly wait till our next kiss
Your so cool
If I'm dreaming please don't wake me up
'Cause baby I can't get enough of what you do

And I'm in
So electrically charged up
Kinetically acting
Erractically need you
Fanatically you get to me
Magically sure as the sky is blue
Baby I love you

I can't believe
That this is real
The way I feel
Baby I gone head over heels

And I'm in
So totally wrapped up
Emotionally attracted
So physically acting
So recklessly I need you
So desperately sure as the sky is blue
Yeah

And I'm in
So electrically charged up
Kinetically acting
Erractically need you
Fanatically you get to me
Magically sure as the sky is blue
Baby I love you
Baby I love you
Do you love me too
Baby I love you

Making Memories

Well a wise person once told me (or posted on facebook I don't remember) that you wont remember watching that show live, finishing that book today or tomorrow or finishing that game 30 years from now. However, you will remember the special memories you make today.

So the other day while it was raining I decided to take a walk in the rain. As I walked outside and saw how much rain was coming I thought the kids would really enjoy this. Kyle was all excited to play in the rain and Kevin wanted to stay inside.

So here is Kyle and I walking in the water

And here we are making a few splashes

And here we just had to jump to make as big a splash as possible.

Here we are on our way in

Plonnie stopped us inside to take this one.

With Plonnie (or any Taylor) one is never enough.

I like this shot of me and Panchs.

So I took Kyle in to give him a warm bath when Kevin realized what fun he missed. So after Kyle got in the bath, Kev and I went out in the rain together.

So while Kyle warmed up in a bath, Kevin and I splashed away.

Kevin said it wasn't raining that much so I had him stand under the tree while I shook the branches.

Thank you Kevin and Kyle for making this such a memorable day for me. I love you guys!!!!!

And Now, Your Finale Three...

Well, if you remember anything from my last post about our Girl's Night America's Next Top Model Finale, then surely, when you saw that the last cycle was coming to an end, you KNEW to look forward to my blog for samples of our own photo shoot. Although the cycle ended quite some time ago, and these pictures are old, they still are totally blog worthy.

We had a great finale party. We went on our "Go Sees" for some Hogi Yogi. Did our run way walks while we waited for our food. We did a little shopping in our get ups. Even the neighbors enjoyed the entertaining photo shoot. It was so funny, when we were taking each other's pictures, someone, somewhere, was playing the bagpipe, so we danced to it and that is when we found our best poses. hahaha.

Here we are! The Finale 3! It's obvious why we've come so far. We are totally fierce! Don't deny it. haha!





When I wasn't laughing........

I was trying to find a pose that was Top Model worthy....

Please notice the snow boots that I'm wearing that are Jeremy's. It's my favorite part of my ensemble....


Leslie was so fierce.....

Kristen knows what she's doing when she's in front of the camera.....

Here we are! Your very own finale 3!

Even Moose got into it and gave a nice smile for the camera.

Hahaha! It was a GREAT time! Thanks girls for always making my week that much better!

How to make an ice cream sundae

So on Sunday we were all hanging out at Brandons after baby Amy's blessing. We decided to have a little fun. Tyler is my hands and Brian Mecham is Brandons.

Ive said it before and I will say it a million more times. The Eagles are the best damn band ever!!!

Well I never thought I would get to see the Eagles again, but I finally got to. Its funny, Plonnie and I were discussing seeing them up in Calgary last November but just decided it was too much. Then a month later they announced this concert. We just had to go, Plon never thought she would get to see them once, so it was a must.

These are our seats, not the best, almost the worst but we were there.

This is my hot young date, damn even if we weren't there I was still lucky to be on a date with her. Thanks Tyler, Michelle and dad for taking the kids.

This is us with KC and Jill, too bad we didn't sit together but it was fun to go up and back with you guys.

This was the intro to Hotel Cali, I think that's me you can hear screamin.

And of course one of my favorite guitarists, although he is gettin old...he can still bring the house down. This is his talk box solo in the middle of Rocky Mountain way.

Great concert, great people one hell of a show. That's right I swore twice in this post. The Eagles deserve it. Thanks for visiting Utah again, may you come many many many more times. TWSS!

20 of an infinte amount of reasons I love my wife

Thought I would put some of the reasons I love my sweet little wife. Happy mothers day babe, I hope you enjoy.

1) Her sense of humor, no one can make putting silverware away as fun as her.

2) How she loves sports. I never have to tell her why the game is big or that it is even game day. She is usually ready before I am. At sporting events we are both standing up yelling the whole game and getting our section into the game. Awesome!!!

3) She was an all star athlete in school, there are more letters on her jacket then in the whole Harry Potter series. Swimming, Soccer, Volleyball, Basketball and Track. She was the athlete of the year and won a billion medals. Although she was this freakin awesome she is the most humble about it. I have to pull out her jacket and medals and show people. Now that's awesome!!!

4) She has the ability to make my most horrible days so much better.

5) She is the best person around, she is the most loyal friend anyone can find and treats everyone with extreme respect.

6) Her love of reality shows, although I have a hard time getting into them, she makes them interesting to watch.

7) How she talks in her sleep sometimes....and that she can laugh about it when I tell people.

8) Her mothering abilities are unbelievable. She just makes sure each of our kids know she loves them and spends so much time with each of them. She always makes sure things are done for them and never complains when kids vomit peas all over her and down her shirt, just laughs..like I said sense of humor.

9) Her song writing ability. We got some beans...tastes sooo good.

10) How she loves and supports my guitar purchasing habit. How many women allow their husbands to buy another guitar when they already have 10?

11) She is so strong in her faith and is very inspiring to me. I have so much to live up to!!!!

12) Her cooking abilities....Hamburger pie Mmmmmmm

13) Let's not leave out how hot she is!!!! Guys turn their heads when she walks by.

14) Her love of Ben and Jerry's

15) She loves to sing and dance anywhere anytime.

16) she puts up with me when she is cleaning and I'm trying to get her to stop and cuddle for a while.

17) Even during the worst of times she never makes anyone feel guilty or that its their fault.

18) The kids love her and always want to be on her hip. She loves being surrounded by her kids and loves them soooo much.

19) She makes me smile and I miss her whenever I am away.

20) She married me and made me the luckiest man ever. There are so many more, just wrote these off the top of my head. Happy mothers day!!!

A Whole Lot of Fun!

It's amazing how fast time can fly by. It's been a long time since my last post, and I have to admit, I've sorta missed the blogging world. Today I have time, and so I thought I'd throw a few pictures up here to say hello and fill you all in on a little of what's been going on with us...

The boys love baking with me. I love baking with THEM! It's really a fun time where we are silly and can sing and laugh and talk about all the "whys" of the world. They are so much fun. There is never any arguments when we're measuring and mixing. I love my little guys!

And Kyle is an expert at pancakes! He was so cute when he'd make the little ones. "Oh Mom, baby pancake! Awwwwwhhh"

Jeremy and I celebrated our 7 year anniversary! Whoo Hoo!! Wow, when I first married him I thought that I couldn't love him any more than I did then. It's amazing how much my love for him has grown.

And guess who is walking! What a fast learner! He's very determined. What a man! And he still has the prettiest red hair I've ever seen! Maybe we'll get to keep this red hair??!!

The Adolescent Center for Talent Development is well underway. Wow! This is a dream Jeremy and Tyler have had for such a long time now, and it's so awesome to be able to see it all come together. These are pictures of before the move in when we brought the kids down to see the offices and some of when we first moved in. It already looks so different now.

can't resist my Krystal...

This is Jer going in to get the business license!

Jer's first call from his desk, haha.

Ty taking steps in Dad's office...

We've had lots of opportunity to go into Kevin's class for various reasons. I've been able to read books to the kids, and help with centers and Jeremy even got to give a lesson on electric guitars and how they worked. It's so much fun to be able to go in there and be involved with Kevin's school life. He is quite popular and his teacher is very impressed with his reading and writing. He has even been known to help the other kids in class with their reading. I'm so proud of him!
Easter is always a good time. Jeremy has a ton of fun decorating eggs with the boys, and finding the trickiest spots to hide them. The boys absolutely love it. Last year they had Jer hide him about 4 different times. This year, they loved the hunt, but couldn't wait to get inside and eat their sweets. Kyle truly has my genes of being a chocolate addict. And Kevin loves gathering all his candy up and counting and sorting them and deciding which ones to eat first, and which ones to save for when the time is right.

Seriously, how would the Easter Eggs have turned out if Kevin didn't stick that tongue out?

This must be one of Ty's favorite faces to make...

Ha! I love the face he's making searching for those eggs...

The boys still love their bath time. Especially Ty. He plays around so much in there. He loves to stick his head under the water already! Is it me, or is he too young for that? I think (I hope!) I have my little fish!! I really really really want a little swimmer in the family. Although if Ty doesn't come through for me ;-) I still have hope in Jer. He loves the water, and I've been giving him daily lessons. He's getting really good!

I'm lucky enough to have two great besties that I see at least once a week. I love being surrounded by such fun and amazing boys, but I really do treasure my girls nights. We always have a lot of fun. These girls truly are amazing friends! We've been doing girl's nights for about 2 years now. We never miss a week!

Ty is so cute, and I love it when he makes a mess in his high chair. Is that weird? I love this little face and he loooooves my hamburger pie.

Kevin and Kyle share a room with bunk beds.. however, Kevin likes to sneak down to Kyle's bed and sleep next to him.

And my baby turned 3!! What the?!

It's become a Kyle birthday tradition for Jer to make a delicious chocolate cake. It is soooo good!! One of Jer's specialties. And it's very appropriate considering Kyle's obsession with chocolate :)

We take nearly every opportunity to head on over to the park. The boys love it, we love it, it's just a great time.

Here's my honey lounging on the grass watching the boys play...
What kid doesn't love the swing?


This time it's Kyle with his tongue out. Good thing for him, he won the race...

Kevin has been able to have a few sleep overs with his cousins.

When Aaron stays over they play anything from A to Z. These pictures are from when they played Rock Stars.

And when A.J. stays the night they are professional video gamers.

Well, I think that's it for now!! What a post! We'll see if I keep in better touch with all of you. I'll try, but I can't make any promises :-) I love you all!!

Building the Office

Well...I cant believe it has been over a month since our last post. Dang Facebook. So I thought I would at least put something up here. I wish I had some pictures but I will get them up soon. Our office is coming along nicely, We have a desk for the receptionist and my office is almost completly done. I wanted to get a whiteboard and the darn things were like $600, so I decided to go to Home Depot and see if we could make one for less. Well I am happy to report we built one for about 30 bucks and it is 6x5 or so, so it is pleanty big. We even had left over to make a smaller one for the receptionist. I guess well use it for an in and out tracker or something. Anyway, things are coming along, still waiting for the fire marshall to come and inspect to get our city license but that is about it. Pictures and more updates to follow, hopefully before another month goes by.

What would you do?

The other day Plonnie and I were at Wal Mart and the kids were being really good. It was a little past bed time but they were sitting in the cart being good and just playing. We were in a line forever long and this guy walked up to me and handed me two packs of Skittles and says "for your kids." The guy was really nice and looked nice and everything and it was so nice of him to be thoughtful. We said thanks and he walked away. Plonnie noticed him over by the exit just looking over at us for a second then he left. We checked the bags and they had not been opened or anything and it seemed ok.

Now we are 99.999999999% certain that he was being super nice and thoughtful and wanted to do a good deed. I just could not shake the .00000001% chance that someone might want to hurt a child and do something mean. Plonnie and I decided to throw the Skittles away and got them something else.
Now my questions to everyone reading this post. Were we being overly dramatic? What would you do in that situation?

Classic

Michelle's post of M's birthday party at Classic Skating reminded me I have yet to blog our adventure there. So I found these photos and posted 'em up!

Tina was coming into town to take her kids to Classic Skating, and she invited us to go along. It was lots of fun. Busy, but lots of fun.

Ty was loving it. He really wanted to get down and crawl all over that disgusting floor, but I couldn't bring myself to let him. I tamed him with drinks and nachos. Haha! Wow, maybe that's worse??
Julia loved entertaining Ty as well..... Haha, I love the big eyes she's giving him.

Kyle has been pretty cautious lately when trying new things. I like it actually. He really gives everything a good observation, and then if he is feeling it, he jumps right in.

Here he is taking notes on how things are run....
And here he is taking the plunge! I have to admit, I was a little nervous for him. It was so busy out there!


Way to go Kyle!! I was very proud of him.
He looks proud of himself, I think. What an adorable boy I have!
My camera was loving Julia that night.

Don't you just love this face? You can't deny this little girl anything. She's too precious.

Tina and her little girl! So cute!

A.J. and Julia getting ready to take the floor on their skates....

Here is THE ONE picture I have of Kevin, and it is pretty much crap, but I'll post it anyway. He spent 98% of the time out there on the floor. He was quite the speedster.

Me and my bear....

Thanks for the invite Tina!

We Got Some Beans

We absolutely love the Bean Museum. Who wouldn't love a huge museum dedicated to many different types of beans?!

Okay, just kidding. I'm sure most of you know that the Bean Museum is a wonderful place filled with a bunch of taxidermy animals. It doesn't sound so wonderful, but us Jensons find it quite interesting. We always leave having learned a few things.

We always have to get a picture of everyone by the huge bear. Wow, isn't he amazing?!

Here's Ty all excited to be on his daddy's shoulders..


Oh no!! Crap, he's gonna get his head bitten right off by that hippo.....


Well, he got free and was able to snap this one of me and my Rico Suave. I don't know what it is about this cape buffalo, but he always catches my eye each time we visit. I think it's the way he is able to use his huge horns to double as a very well parted hair style.

Another must: We HAVE to HAVE to HAVE to get a picture of the boys under our favorite lion. I need to dig up our old ones and put them side by side here. That'd be fun.

Going upstairs is always like the grand finale. There's a lot to see up there that the boys really love.

A quick photo opp!

Ty loved crawling all around. Isn't he a cutie!

One of Kyle's favorites is the aligator. He'd always say, "Mom! Wow! Aligator! Bite Me!!!"

This guy has been one of Kevin's favorites since the first time we took him here. When he was little he'd barely reach over the railing and he look at him forever and just laugh. It's always so fun to look for him each time we go.

Ty just couldn't keep away from the fun shiney "do not enter" posts.

Jer, of course, always goes to the big cat section. Funny, he's allergic. I wonder if he'd be allergic to the big cats too. He likes to compare the cheetas and leopards and jaguars. Here he is standing with the Museum's jag.

We also learned some really cool things about the Cougar. Did you know that the Cougar is the largest of the small cats? It's considered a "big" little cat. Interesting, huh?

Another tradition, we always stop and say hello to the big Jaguar.

Kevin was so happy to get his picture taken with him.

We had such a great time. We always do.

And to top it all off, a cute picture of all my boys!

Daddy Kyle Day

Well I have done several Daddy Kevin days and I kept saying I would take Kyle and I never have. So I finaly decided to just plan and go. So this is our day at Cabellas. Here is the pic Plonnie took on our way out the door.





This is Kyle showing how excited he is.




Kyle had to hold my hand all the way into Cabellas, you cant tell but we were running the whole way, he was really excited. His face dosent show it but I think that was because we slowed down to take the pic.



THis is Kyle at the fish tank. Im not sure which he loved more, the Water (layla) or the fish.













He walked everywhere with his hands in his pockets, I thought it was so cute I had to take a picture.




This is on our way to the stuffed deer and elk area. He ran to it and pointed at a deer and said "Whoa Daddy." I was so happy he was excited to see the deer and stuff and then he finished his sentance "Whoa Daddy.....Layla (Water) there was a waterfall behind the deer. I tried to show him the other deer and he just wanted to go back and see the water. Well it was his day so we looked at water for a while.

After this they feed the fish and that was fun. They dropped goldfish into the tank and the fish went wild. They also had a scuba diver in cleaning the tank, Kyle thought that was cool. Anyway this was the first of many Daddy Kyle days. I love you Kyle and I loved our time together.

Ready, Set, Jump! Slide!

A couple of weeks ago we went with our good friends K.C. and Jill and their family over to a jumping place! So much fun!! I had never been to one, and I can tell you right now, I cannot wait to go back. First of all, it would be fun no matter with who you went with. But going with K.C. and Jill anywhere is always so much fun. They are both so funny. I love them.

Anyway, this place is a big building filled with bounce house type of things, and air filled slides.

Here is K.C. taking a picture of his family. I don't know why I felt compelled to take this picture. I guess I just loved the fact that a dad was taking pics. Haha! I always see mom's with the cameras, so I guess I thought it was a rarity. And who knows why I'm posting it, but here ya go! haha!

And here's the picture he was taking. Bad lighting, but zoom in to see how good looking everyone is.

Kevin and Dad. Boy, did Kevin wear his daddy out. They played so much tag. It was so fun.

Here's K.C. making Jer laugh like always. He's so funny.


Here's my boys heading down the slide. Kyle went down this thing like 20 times. It's a huge boat tipping over and you slide right down. "Mom!! Boat!! Slide down boat! Whoa!!" So cute!

This is K.C. and Jill's daughter Jenn. she's adorable.

I'm really proud of Kyle... when we first got in, he really observed everything. He had to go to each bouncy thing a few times to check it out, and he really had to be coerced into going in, but once he got in, we couldn't get him out. He was a jumping machine!

Ty loved it too. There was even a kiddie section for him to go to town.

Here's Kyle at the bottom of the boat slide, and on the right, that's Jer and Ty going down a REALLY STEEP slide. I was scared of that thing. I love the picture, the face Jer is making is so funny, and Ty looks all chill like, "what's the big deal mom, this is nothing!"

Here's me and my little guy. Hahaha, that face he's making!! I swear he had that look the whole night. So funny.

The best place to wrestle was in this bouncy thing. Gosh, I don't know what to call them.... bouncy thing will have to do : )

Kevin kept saying, "oh man, this is so much fun!" I love to see my boys have so much fun.

Here are my four boys. Gosh, I love them. Love the smile on each of their faces. And of course the same little look Ty is giving yet again.

What a fun night!!