4th of July 2013

It has become our tradition I guess that for the 4th of July we go camping up to Heise. I love that place its so fun and relaxing. 

 Karston just Chillin! 

 Jayden looking so handsome eating a treat! 

 After he finsihed his treat he discovered that filling up his ziplock bag with water made a great water balloon! He was so cute and proud of himself. Kept him very busy. 

 So then of course Karston had to join in and it turned into one big water fight. It was awesome! 

 While drying out we played a little ball. One of Jaydens favorite things to do. 

 The Golf course has always been one of my most favorite places. It is so cute and fun. We decided to take the boys and see what they thought. 

 They did a pretty good job with the help of daddy. 

 Dad sporting Jayden's hat. 

 Hahaha I love the faces that they pull. 

 Family picture attempt #1. Jayden hates getting his pictures taken. But, we tried anyways.

 You can't go without getting a Potty picture. You have to shoot the ball down the toilet! 

 This has to be my most FAVORITE picture of Jayden EVER! It captures him perfectly. That smile melts my heart!

 Brothers stinking up the bathroom. 

 No family photo time! Yup this was a successful picture don't you think? 

 It was a long day. Had to make time for a snooze! I have always loved watching my babies sleep. They are so incredibly peaceful and absolutly precious! 

 Love that these boys love to be together. Best Buddies for sure! I hope it always stays that way. 

 While we there we also decided to take Karston Zip Lining. I really didn't think he would do it. I was COMPLETELY wrong. This boy LOVED it. He had absolutely NO fear. He even went on the last line ALL alone. He had the biggest grin on his face. He was so proud of himself.

 I have to admit that I cried when I saw him coming down by himself. I can't believe how quickly he has grown up and what a brave little boy he is becoming. Great trip Great memory!

Daddy went to work without me!

It is a very well known fact that Jayden LOVES to go to work with daddy. Well one day Dad left him and left me to deal with this fun little temper tantrum. Yup that was a fun hour!!! Thanks daddy!!! The thing is that he even ran to grab his hat and sunglasses. No pants or shoes but who needs those.

Stoddard Creek and Post Register Pic!!!

So as always my pictures are all out of order. One day I might be a little organized but its not today!!! So here are some more cute pictures I found from our little camping adventure at Stoddard Creek 2013! I love how absolutly green and beautiful it is up there. 

 I just love this picture of Karston and Jayden so much. It catches their personalities perfectly!

 Look how tall that grass is. Poor Jayden is being taken over by it! HAHAHA

 Nature walk photo! 

 This cute little number is what made it into the Newspaper. He was just SOOOO proud of this fish. I am so glad I was there to capture this great memory for my boy. Look at him just look at that special little face. I just want to jump in this picture and squeeze him and tell him how proud I am of him all over again!

 Anyways it really was a fun trip. We love being outdoors especially camping. Best place to feel of our Heavenly Fathers love for us. What a blessing this beautiful world is!!!

Ohhhh Karston!

This is what happens when Karston dresses himself for church. I love this kid and his little personality so much. He makes me laugh ALL the time, and I love it. My favorite accessory in his outfit has to be the latex gloves for shoes! I'm just glad I laid out his suit for him! Who knows what it would have turned out to be. Part of me kind of wishes I knew! Classy for sure! 

Here is another little number my cute boy picked out for himself. This was what he wore in place of pants. I guess he figured if he had thigh high socks on they replace pants.

Stoddard Creek/Paul Reservoir

Man I don't think I will ever get caught up on all our adventures of  the summer of 2013! We went up to Stoddard Creek and then took the kids camping at Paul's Reservoir. It was such a beautiful trip. I love living in Idaho Falls for this very reason. You can drive 40 min or sometimes less and end up in a beautiful camping area. Anyways I took the kids on a little nature walk and we found some really beautiful flowers. Karston decided we had better take then back to Grammie to thank her for letting us tag along. 

 When we went fishing Jayden decided he wanted to try his shot at going potty outside. It was the funniest thing ever. He wanted to be successful SOOOOO Bad. He kept saying "Come on Come on Come on tail you can do it." Hillarious. I love this baby so much! He was not successful but he never gave up! We had to basically drag this boy out of there.

The kids had fun looking for seashells. They didn't find any so then they turned their interest over to rocks. Which they found lots of and had a very fun time making ripples in the water.

Then eventually they decided to give fishing a shot. Soooo we waited.........

                                                                          and waited.......

                                                                           And WAITED....

                                                              THEN IT HAPPENED.......

Karston caught a fish! He was so very proud of himself, and I was so proud of him. He wasn't ever scared of it!

We got a picture and sent it into the Post Register. Which made it into the newspaper. I don't have the photo here but he was giving us a thumbs up while holding his fish. It was super cute! Proud of this little fisherman!

Jayden just had fun being Jayden. He just walked around, snuggled with grammie, and occasionally held the fishing pole. Never caught anything but moss and he was elated with getting that! Love these boys of mine and the fun memories we get to make!

The HATS!

My good hubby is really pretty good at remembering us back home whenever he goes out of town. Last year he went to Portland for a conference and when he returned we all got a little present from him. I got an awesome sweatshirt because he knows I love those, and the kids got these cute little baseball hats. It was a very happy moment indeed, not so much because of our new treasures, but because we got our BIGGEST treasure back home. We miss our dad when he is gone.

BIG Froggy, Boys, and PAINT!!!

So as we know Mr. Jayden LOVES frogs. So last year my mom and I went Garage Saleing and ended up finding this frog for the boy. He was soooo excited about it. He wanted to take it everywhere with him and of course it needed its own carseat. Hahaha! 

 Every once in a while Doug has to leave town. The boys found this hat so that we could basically brand him as taken! Anyways it never fails someone always comments on it. This is before he left somewhere but I don't remember. Its a cute picture anyways!

 So Karston decided to do a little bit of some art work for me on my bare walls. I LOVED it. Mostly I loved it because he used washable paint thank heavens! Anyways I love it when they get to learn knew things, and that day he learned maybe its not such a good idea to paint on mommies walls without mommy saying its okay.

Time to cut Baby Jay's Hair!!!

I love these before and after pictures of Mr. Jayder Bug! His hair only grows on top. The sides pretty much stay short but the top grows an awesome bush! So without further ado here is my bushy little baby bush before his hair cut. So cute huh! 

Here is the after... Isn't he so incredibly HANDSOME! I think so yes!!! Getting his hair cut is probably one thing he actually looks forward to. He would get his haircut everyday if he could. Cutest 2 year old EVER! 

Cute Little Randoms!

 I had a paper sitting out on the counter probably the classified section I am sure and I came down to see this little man. Reading the paper and eating a bowl of cereal! Hahaha so cute I love him and how he watches what everyone else does and repeats it.

 This is MR. COOL up top. The picture below however, is what you get when you take MR. COOL to the carwash while he is sound asleep and wakes up in the middle. NOT GOOD! He does not appreciate that one bit!!!

 My handsome little men just relaxing and getting ready for bed time. Nothing better than reading stories with daddy. He does all the voices! :)

 Found this bow from somewhere I don't even know who's bow it is but anyways.... stuck it in Karston's hair doesn't he look so sweet! Hahaha NO GET THAT OUT OF YOUR HAIR! Boys don't wear bows!

Love my family. Love my life! Wouldn't change one thing about it...NOT ONE!!! I am blessed!