POOL TIME!!

Grandma Carol stayed a week in The Woodlands while Jim was out of town on business and she invited the boys to come over and go swimming with her everyday and then they would go back to her apartment and eat lunch. Garrett's job was to bring the Ramen Noodles and a diaper for Mason and then they would pack a bag of pool toys and get lathered in sun screen, put there life vests and be on there way!! I really enjoyed it because they would head out as Brody went down for a nap and so I had time to get whatever I would like to get done, done!! The boys of course absolutely LOVED IT!!! :)

TUCK the TURTLE

This is Tuck our pet turtle for a day!! Papa Jim found him crossing the street about to get hit by a car and decided to bring him to our home for the boys to enjoy while Grandma Carol and him were watching them and Trev and I were at the Temple on Saturday!! The boys use to LOVE the cartoon Wonder Pets and there is a turtle named Tuck on it, hence the name Tuck the turtle!! The boys loved to watch him and Tuck didn't seem to be shy at all, he stayed out of his shell the whole time we had him and tried to escape his little home we had him in. The boys tried to feed him a piece of an apple and a rose leaf, Trevor thinks he ate some but I am not so sure!! At the end of the day we headed out and let him go at a nearby pond, he seemed right at home, he floated in the water for a second and then swam away super quick!! When we go walking by the pond the boys like to look for him and often wonder if he has found other turtles to be a family with and while I was out walking this morning I saw three little turtles sitting out of the water today and so I was able to let the boys know I saw Tuck with his new family and they were so glad to hear it!! Fun little boys!! :)

SHAYLA OLSON PHOTOGRAPHY

A girl in my ward did a service project where she set up a free photo shoot for kids in the community and we took advantage of it and these are the cute pictures we were able to get for FREE!!

WIPE OUT!!

Okay, so we are bad parents because Garrett is getting ready to go into kindergarten and is turning SIX in September and the poor kid doesn't know how to ride a bike without training wheels, in our defense we have never really lived in a good place for them to just go out and ride there bikes around and always having a small child and being large with child I haven't exactly made it my priority to get out and teach him. So Trevor and I with the help of his Papa Jim made an attempt to teach him back in May he was able to stay up for a bit and he was really excited about it, NO we had not got back on his bike until this last Saturday, I know, we are TERRIBLE!! So anyhow we got him back up on Saturday and he was doing good and wanted to show Grandma and Papa Stephenson after Sunday dinner so we head out and he is doing really well, even better then Sat. but he doesn't know how to stop real well and his blasted brothers wouldn't stay out of his way and YES he had a small collision with Mason and skinned up his elbow, it was very traumatic for him as you can tell by the look on his face........ Sooooo SAD!! :( Didn't faze Mase though, he just kept on smiling !! Luckily he still wants to get out and practice everyday so here goes hoping we can FINALLY finish our job of teaching this poor kid how to ride a bike before he gets to school!! Wish us LUCK, we are going to need it!! :)

MOVIE NIGHT!

Trevor had to get a picture of the boys half naked in there own rooms for movie night!! I know it is such a bad thing to have a TV in there own room, but we have limited space in this house and Trevor and I cherish the moments we have when the boys are quietly watching a movie in their own room so we can snuggle up on the couch and enjoy some alone time!!

COMMUNITY SERVICE!!

I am so proud of Trevor and Jim for taking the opportunity they had to serve in the Community Emergency Preparedness Fair and educate the people in our community on how to properly tarp your roof to prevent further damage in case of a leak. The LDS church put the fair together and Trevor and Jim seemed to enjoy the time they were able to serve and like always when you serve you are also blessed and Trevor has already recieved a lead for some roofing repair from someone who went to the fair. We are making it a goal to seek opportunities for ways we can countinue to serve our communitty!!

To be fair to both Jim and Trevor, I had to put both of these pictures on because one of them is looking a little off in one or the other!!

Tomball Summer Nights!!

This last Friday night we went to the small town of Tomball with Grandma and Grandpa Stephenson and enjoyed walking around this charming town full of antique shops and looking at the booths people had set up, listening to the music of small bands playing and radios blaring, the kids went on pony rides and climbed all over an old train on display. We then settled in our seats on the edge of the road and ate kettle-corn and funnel cakes while we waited for the, "kaprade" aka, the parade to start. Garrett calls it kaprade, and that is all he could talk about was when we go to the kaprade, making plans for the kaprade with his Grandma Carol, you never know what those two will be planning next!! :) Garrett LOVES to make plans with his Grandma Carol!! It was fun to be able to go and enjoy the charm of OLD TOWN TOMBALL!!In case you don't recognize what this is, it is a picture of a car that was literally wrapped around a telephone pole because of drinking and driving; they cut the pole out with the car, the two young kids that were in the car did not survive!!! So terribly sad!!! So CRAZY that a car can do that, it was insane looking!! I told Garrett what happened, he says, " that is what happens when you are naughty! Those kids were SO naughty!" Uh....okay, I guess he is right!!

Brody was a good sport hanging out in the stroller, missing out on all the fun!! It will be fun when he is finally able to run around and keep up with the rest of them!! He has started walking but he doesn't have it quite mastered yet!!

This is Brody yelling at the water bottle, have we mentioned he is a howler monkey!?

My very first night parade followed by a pretty darn good firework show!! Small town FUN!! :)

My SWEET BOYS picked out FLOWERS for ME!

Trevor took the big boys to work with him yesterday and they had a job to pick up some Doritos for our dinner....taco salad......yummy!! Anyhow they ran in to tell me they picked out some flowers for me and wanted to know if I liked them...............I LOVE THEM and the flowers, TOO! :)What CUTE BOYS I have!!In case you couldn't tell, I had some fun playing with the coloring on my pictures!!The kiddo's playing so nice together..... I love it "when" they are such good buddies!! :) Luckily for me it is MOST of the time!!

This is Brody shutting me out of his room.......so he could do naughty things, I am SURE!

As I expected...... he is throwing all the things I have set up on his chair to the floor and they may be taking him out, too!! Looking for something else to get into and cause havoc with!!

It is a GOOD thing he has such a sweet face!! :)

I just thought he looked so handsome in this picture, he is getting so big!!