Wrestle Mania

Wrestling around our house is constant. The boys pile on each other and wrestle like crazy dudes....pretty much until someone gets hurt. Carter acts like he is just as big as the other boys. When the boys got home from school they noticed Carter had on a blue shirt with grey bottoms so when the changed from their school clothes they put on matching outfits.

Carter just did a dive bomb!

Loads of fun!

Now that school has started they miss each other so much. They get excited to hang out with each other.

1st Day of school......

Here are the cute little buggers right before heading out for school. They were both so excited!

Had to get a back pack shot.

Oh, so grown up! Keaton started 4th grade and Talon started 1st. I can't believe it!!! Love the smiles in this picture.

Keaton is such a handsome dude : ) He is in a portable again this year and lovin' it! He has already started reading the 3rd Harry Potter book so he can be well on his way for AR points. He has such a joy for reading.

Here is Talon with his teacher. He is so happy to have his own desk this year. I am sooooooo loving that he only has 17 students in his class. Private school is the right fit for him.....couldn't ask for more! We are also car pooling with the same girl that we did last year, the two of them are crack ups together. (driving round trip for his school is 50 minutes......so happy to car pool!!!)

Run run as fast as you can...........well I am not the gingerbread man but I am making progress!

Well, if you know me at all you know that I was never a runner......never thought I would run.....didn't think I could or would like to run or even try to run. Running was pretty much a swear word in my book I think?!? Well I am here to say that by darn I can do it and have been doing it! My goal was to be able to run a 5k by my B-day. I won't be running it until a few days after my B-day but I have already reached my goal this month and I have been going 1.2 miles over my goal distance (I have been consistant @ 4.2 miles). And............I think I can say that I am starting to like running. Wow, me...........how can that be? I think it is mid life crisis kicking in or something LOL

I know that I have some runner friends out there.....what are some pointers you can give me to help me get even better and enjoy it even more? I would love some input : )

Ohhhhhh they will so not like me for this one day!

Check out or heels! We can walk like nobodys business!

The other day I took my niece out to the movies with my older boys. Carter got to stay back and play at his "bestest" cousins house. My sis was able to capture the little guys all fancied up in high heels! Ohhhhhhhhh one day they will not like me for posting this!

Cabin fun....

Last month we went to our family cabin in Brighton......we had so much fun. My Dad came up for the day and made us some yummy steaks for dinner. My bro. in law was up for one night and my sis and I along with our kiddo's stayed 2 nights. The kids had so much fun with sticks, a little stream that runs in front of the cabin and the little guys looooooooved the dirt.
I brought up some bubbles and that kept them busy for a short time....then off to explore they went once again.

The kids all helped G-pa husk some corn for our dinner.

Talon was collecting sticks to battle with. He had quite the collection in his belt loops.

Ooooooooooo so clean! My dad couldn't believe how dirty all the kids got! They sure had fun getting that way : )

Best little cousin's ever. I think most of their dirt came from one another. They thought it was so fun to wipe each other (maybe they were painting themselves for battle??) Little stinkers.

Here is Carter before (my dad suggested to bath the kids in a bucket of water he brought up.....the cabin doesn't have water so we bring it all in)

And..............after! Ooooooooooo much better.

When we dumped the bucket it had about 1 1/2" of dirt in the bottom of it. They were all grubby little monsters!

* We took a little walk, made smores, roasted hot dogs, the kids explored the area, Amber and I spiffed up the cabin and we had the chance to visit in between taking care of the kiddo's. The last night was a bit crazy.....Carter woke up in the middle of the night puking.....that was not fun.....it lasted for a few hours.....he and I didn't get much sleep that night. Two of Amber's kids had a hard time sleeping that night also......needless to say we didn't get a whole lot of sleep!*

Yum....snow cones

The other day we were leaving from work and a snow cone machine was outside..........oh, who can pass up a snow cone machine? Not I! So, we all sat on a bench and had a yummy treat before heading home. I scored big time mommy points that day : )

Look at Carter's face...........he spotted me taking their picture and gave me a dirty look. He he!

Keaton had sour pink lemonade, the little guys each had bubble gum and I had my ol' stand by pina colada. Delicious it was!

Silly boys.....wearing Sturgis shirts

The boys just got their annual Sturgis shirts from my Dad. Each year he rides to Sturgis and does the whole Harley thing......not so sure what all happens......maybe I don't want to know?
Anyway the boys get excited to see what shirt Grandpa will bring them home.

Man are those cheesy smiles or what LOL they almost look frightened!!!!

Here is a goofy pose.........

and yet another. Silly boys! Love 'em!