At last!!!

Holy moly! I haven't been able to post anything for-well, too long, Blogger hated me for a while, so after a lot of sweet talking, I have convinced him to let me blog. I have a lot of catching up to do.

This particular post has a lot of pictures so I'll try to keep my commentary brief. We got to go to Garden Valley with our friends the Crists and stay at their cabin, it was good fun. Kermit loved 4-wheeling with Adam, we like to call him Hammy (he's a Boise policeman-watch it!)

Hammy and Kermit just out for a lovely drive.
Tink totally wanted to get in on the action, so we let her. Check out this helmet on her-she thought she was going to be driving the 4-wheeler. Sorry sweety, not for like 22 more years okay?

Tink and Rambo gear up for a wild ride. Does Rambo look like he knows what he's doing? Yeah, I didn't think so either-turns out he's not bad on the old 4-wheeler, neither of them died.

Look at her, it's like the helmet is trying to eat her.

She survived the helmet's attempts at consuming her, and Rambo's first time driving one of these babies. It's like a 2-fer.

These are my kids....yep, there they are. My kids...

Then we all got together to watch Hammy chop wood for the fire. Kids love this stuff, don't let them fool you into toys and Nintendo and all that, just chop some wood, yep, that's where the action is.

Smalls and I going for a little walk. She's so cute, I am definitely keeping her.

Don't worry, she didn't actually eat the dandelion-what baby would do that? Okay, she tried to , but after a long talk about how we don't just go around eating weeds, I think she understood

and she'll be a better person for it. Aw Tink, doesn't she look like she has a cheek full of chew? Those are just her naturally chubby cheeks, I love them and I never want her to lose them.

Finally, the day is over and the kiddies are spent. How cute is this?? You don't have to answer....I know.

And it's up bright and early the next day for some shooting with the boys. Don't worry, they are only aiming at adorable little bunnies.

"Yeah, the cute one with the black spots on him, get him!"

"Look, you don't want bunnies making fun of you-that little grey number over there has been laughing at you- now, on my signal go ahead and open fire."

"DIE BUNNIES DIE!!!"

"And that's how you do it."

COCKED, LOCKED AND READY TO ROCK

I can say that if a zombie uprising should ever come to pass, I feel completely safe.

How many of you out there can say that?..... Honestly? Hey, I didn't name him Rambo for nothing. Check out that form, and stance. It's like he's been doing this all his.... last year. Seriously though, isn't he kinda cute? All lookin' tough and stuff.

While the boys were out bunny hunting, the girlies stayed at the cabin and did girly stuff like painting our nails. Tink dug it.

Here are her cute toes, they have stars on them, just the big ones though.

Then we all headed down to play in the river. Don't worry, I didn't let Smalls go, she's not ready for river swimming yet. We just got done with her diving lessons.

Seriously, couldn't you just chew on those legs! I love this baby!

There they are playing in the river! Look at that cute doggy! He was so funny, he jumped in played with the kids and he'd fetch the splashes you made with rocks. I was this close to taking him home (picture me making a pinching motion with my fingers) then I remembered I'm allergic to the little sweeties...sigh.

This picture makes my heart happy, look at Kermit helping Tink across the river. What a good big brother.

My 3 amigos...and that cute dog, he better watch it, if I get enough Benadryl into my system, I may just go dognap him.

If Sport's Illustrated swimsuit issue needs a cover for their next magazine...Tink is their girl-but this is exactly how it has to be, those are my only terms take it leave it S.I.

I get to kiss their little faces every night, how 'bout that?

Hammy and Sproink (she no longer needs her space helmet, but the name stays).

Look how cute she is, she gets all bowed up even for camping.

Thank you Crists for a lovely time at the cabin! We had so much fun, thanks for being such awesome friends.

(No bunnies were hurt during the making of this blog, or our trip to the cabin).

Will you still need me, will you still feed me when I'm 64

Happy Birthday Dad!

He would have been 64 today, can you believe it?

Kermit's been having a really hard time lately with missing Grandpa, so we decided we should do something special for his birthday.
We talked about what we could do for him, to remember him. We decided cake was in order, but we wanted to do more than that, we wanted to try to give him something. Knowing full well, that would be impossible because he's in Heaven, even so, Kermit had a great idea, if only it could float.
So off to Zurcher's: The party store, we went. We got 5 balloons, one from each of us. Then we came home and attached notes to the balloons.


Then we went into the backyard and sang "Happy Birthday" and let our balloons go. And up they went.
And still up. Until we couldn't see them anymore, then we were sure that meant Grampa got them because we couldn't see them.
Doing this was harder for me than I thought it would be. We watched the balloons, and Ethan said he wished he could be tied to one of the balloons so he could float up and see Grampa. And I just sat there crying. Then London asked me if I missed Grampa, and I said yes I missed him. She sat there for a full 2 minutes or so (which is unheard of for London) and finally said, "He said he misses you too....he misses all of us."
WHAT!
I was floored by that, and began blubbering even more and hugged my London way too tight (she told me so).
I'm so glad we can be an eternal family. I miss my mom and dad, but it sure is nice to have my little babies here to comfort me when I feel like this.


On an interesting side-note....We went to walmart today (sorry arty) and found the Scottish Terrier LPS! That's like unheard of! The last time I even saw him for sale on the internet, you could only get him from a toy company in England and he was about 20 pounds! (that's English money).
It's amazing, today of all days....dad's birthday, and I find this little gem.
For those who don't know, we grew up with Scotty dogs, my parents loved them! They went through 3 in their lifetimes. They are cute stinkin' dogs. Anyway, thanks for listening.
Happy Birthday Dad.

Look at this baby!!!

This is baby Annabellie! Isn't she the cutest thing in the world!! And look at that dress, and her little bonnet-oh my gosh, I just want to kiss her!

Oh, sorry, this is Marisa, my cute sis-in-law with this sweet new little baby on her blessing day.

Hope you guys don't mind, Tink gave her a little nickname, but I'm kind of diggin' Annabellie. Could you die!? Look at those baby kisses, save some for me sweety!!
And just....I mean, what do you say, look how sweet this is!!! It's a little gross, but I like sweet grossness. What a cute daddy too huh!

This post brought to you by Annabelle's blessing day which I could not attend, so I had to gush over it on the internet. At lease I have that huh.

Love you guys!! Love that baby!

4th of July! Happy Birthday Rambo!!

Okay, I had to start out with this little act from Tink, this girl cracks me up all day every day, she's insane. She decided this particular morning to have her dinosaur help her eat her cereal, it cracks me up.
"He's such a good helper Mom!"I totally love this girl, don't ever change.

For Rambo's birthday we got the bestest surprise ever!!! My sweet friends the Watts came up to see us!!! I absolutely love these guys I have known them for years, and all I do is love them more every day.

I mean, look how cute they are, it kinda makes you sick huh-but in a good way.

Who knew McDonald's could be such a romantic place? The Watts' did.
We had a crazy day running here and there, we got to take the kids to Settler's Park and play in the water, then Lynette and I got to go shopping together, I loved that I got some time with my sweet friend, I love her so much.
Then we all went to dinner at Rambo's favorite place Good Wood, and for the first time in my life I got a philly steak sandwich, it was yummerific.
Tink looooooves Aunt Nettie, she had to go sit on her lap a couple times throughout dinner, it was so cute.
London and Madelyn became fast friends with their shared love of dinosaurs and Littlest Pet shop, they absolutely hit it off.
Mads doesn't look too happy in this picture, but she was such a happy bouncy little thing, we loved getting to know her better, Tink was in heaven.

More of Tink and her beloved Aunt Nettie.
Our whole gang-man I miss these guys.

Then it was time to go home and have cake for Rambo's big day, look at the fire in his glasses, he looks mean and tough huh.

Joey and Rambo, aren't they the cutest little hubby buddies you ever saw!!! Look at that cute smile on Rambo's face, I think he saves that one especially for the Watts family.There aren't even words for how cute these 2 are.

Okay, so the girls decided it was just cake time for them. They sat and scooped up cake and frosting with the candles. It was such a mess, but hey, they had a good time, and I had a back-up plan for the big kids, we had pieces of cheesecake from the Factory, so we were good.Look at these cute little piggies.

These are 2 faces I absolutely adore, look at sweet baby Izabel, I was just beside myself that we got to have 2 babies around for the day. Izabel and Aubrey were so cute, we had them laying next to each other and they were both just baby-jabbering away, it was hilarious. I know they are best buddies, they probably miss each other too, we shouldn't keep them away from each other very long, it's probably not good for their health.

Time for some fireworks! Notice how Madelyn and Tink are right in there for the action and Kermit is nowhere to be found.


He did get in on the baby action though-yep this is my son. He loved holding Izabel, and she looked quite comfortable too.Then he had to practice with Aubrey, he's such a great helper for me.
And I saved the best for last! Me with 2 babies!!! I love babies, it's a problem, I could hardly contain myself at this particular moment, I mean, look at these sweet little girls!!!

I miss my sweet Watts family, I'm not going to lie, I cried on the way home from the airport. They make my heart so happy. I've known Lynette for 15 years, and she just gets nearer dearer to my heart all the time.

I love you guys, and you can come back any time! We need to get together more often!!!

Oh yeah, and HAPPY BIRTHDAY RAMBO!!