School Starting-Summer Ending!

Isn't that cute?! What sweet boys...

...oh Wait! Thaaaaat's more like it!
So obviously the boys have started school by now!

(You can almost see the bubbles over their heads saying, "Hurry and
take the #*%$ picture Mom! Everyone's looking at us!!) Aaaaaaahh! Good times!

It's K-Rocks first day of kindergarten!! Yay! (His teacher has
nooooo idea what's in store for her! Moohoohoohahahahaha!)
He was seriously so excited! But later that day he said to me, "Mom!" (use a totally disgusted voice when you read this) "Teacher said that whenever we talk we have to RAISE OUR HAND!That's stupid!" Since then he's had a few more reality checks. Like: *you can't hit someone when they are standing where you want to stand. *you cannot go to the bathroom every five minutes.
*the ABC's is not just a fun song. You have to WRITE them. * you cannot take to school the following items: rainbow Slinkys, cell phones, spider-man wallet, fake bugs/spiders, your mothers keys, or your Rob Thomas CD.

Aaah! Kess, we love you!


We have also recently had the joy of fitting in some last boating trips
before summer is gone! (sniff, sniff!)





Hi my name is Felicia and I like to smile like and idiot
when someone is taking my pic on a boat. It's been 4 days
since my last idiotic smile...


This is where A-Man and K-Rock are happiest. Gettin' dirt and
sand into every crevice that they own. (And evidently Hazel. And
let me just say it's a good thing that we got the front side of her in this pic!
...her swimming suit was getting a liiiiittle too small if you get my drift...)



Here we have C-Dawg on the knee board! He is getting sooo good at it.
He even got up on skies last week! (don't have that pic yet...sorry!)


Here I am smiling at the camera...oh wait...

...noooow I'm smiling at the camera!!



More of C-Dawg! Sorry, he's just so cute!

I'm a proud mama!


He was being so daring and having so much fun.
And finally Masta B!

Farewell, summer! You were waaaay too short! Hopefully see you

before next July next year!

Bo-Myster's Birthday Bash!

So we had Bo's birthday party this last weekend and it was a blast. (Though he won't actually be 2 until the 7th..) He is the sweetest little monkey I SWEAR!!!! I can't get enough of him! We had a water party (and we will every year because he is the only one of my FOUR children who doesn't have a winter birthday!) and it turned out to be a lot of fun, though it ended up raining on us.




Bohde had a
blast playing in all
the water!









Here
he is telling me to
go get some more
beer because he
just drank the last one.







He' such a teeny little thing!

We were hoping to get him
to 20 lbs before he turned 2,
and we still might... he's close.
















































Look how big he is!!










Of course,
Colbyn has to
show him up!










So funny! He's just chillin'.
Makin' sure everyone's havin' a
good time. Eatin' his doritos.







Hi Monkey!!









At one point Papa got attacked
by all of the kids. They soaked
him!! He wasn't taking it sitting
down though!!






He fought the good fight!
But he was out numbered...

...and he lost!


Good try Papa!!

Boy, he was soaked to the bone!

Great Grandma and

baby Wy-Wy. (...and part of Shayla,

refer to my previous post...)


...and some random kid in the

back...Hazel maybe?

Bohde's so friggin' cute that

we even had family come in

ALL the way from California

just to come to his birthday

party!!!

Yes, he is THAT cute!



Present time!!!!

After we were rained out

we all came inside for

presents.

I don't know who enjoys

this part more, Bohde or

his mommy...


Oh look! A sword! Wow, we

don't have ANY of those yet!

(Seriously though, he's been carrying

it around relentlessly!)

Look! A Dorky Monkey

Birthday Cake!!

This cake looked much

cuter before I tried to make

it!

Note to self: Just stick to

buying the friggin' cake.

However, it's ugliness

didn't stop him from

devouring it like a

crazy birthday cake eating

Monkey Feind.

Happy Birthday sweet

boy-who-was-supposed-to-

be-a-girl-but-we're-glad-he's-

a-boy-cause-he's-an-angel-and-

we-love-him-so-MUCH!!

We love you!!!!!







Later that same day....

Grrrr!

After he was all bathed and teeth

brushed and ready for bed...

..the Cake Fiend returns for

round two!

(Yes, he opened the dishwasher

to stand on in order to reach the cake.)

Naughty Crazy Birthday

Cake Eating Monkey Fiend!!!

ODE to SHAYLA

Ooooooooh! Look at that cute pic of Wyatt!!!! Waaaaaaaaaait a minute....who is that weirdo behind him? That's right folks, it's SHAYLA!! Picking her nose!


Well a few posts ago...I believe it was the 4th of July bash, my adorable sis was super sad :( after she read my post and saw that I neglected to put any pics of her in there. She WAS there, but evidently she was pretending to be invisible and avoided the the camera all night.

Well Shay (aka: Shay-bay, butt-munch, shnookums) we don't want you thinking you're not loved!!! So here are some pics from our latest bash. I basically followed her around with the camera... She chuckled at first--then she just thought I was creepy and kept trying to kick me. I'm sure she can now empathize with famous people. (not that your NOT famous Shay...)



Here she is all beautiful and such. (You should have SEEN her prep for this pic. Holy friggin cow...I was laughing so hard I'm surprised I was able to keep the camera still.) But she did it. Such beauty!







Sorry Shay-boy she's gonna be mad I put this one in-but I had to do it. If you have a dorky pic like this of someone else, you have to show everyone. It makes you feel better about yourself!

She's telling a funny story about how she hit an old lady with a spit-wad at the grocery store and then hid.





Now usually I would put this pic on my blog and talk about how much I love my cute grandma, but not right now. Basically this pic is here because part of Shayla is in it. See her? She's on the left.

(Grandma is holding cute baby Wy-Wy. ...wwwhhhooo is Shayla's son! Yessss! I KNEW I cute tie her into that too!)















Beautiful!!! (She worked so
hard for this pic, I would feel bad
putting it in only once.)




Here Shayla is guffawing! It's a fake guffaw, but you can't tell can you?! Man, she's the best fake-guffawer in the WORLD! I love her sooo much!











Again, one would think that I put this cute pic in my blog because it's of my sweet son going down a water slide. But alas, it is not. This pic is here because of the gorgeous chick pushing him down the slide.







Go Shaaayla. Go Shaaayla. It's your Birthday. But it's actually nooot. It's Bohdeee's. But this blog is about yooouuu. So who caaaaares!
(Sing that to "it's your birthday" tune, then it make sense.)







Finally folks. The grand finale!! Yup I did! I put it in! We can't have a Ode to Shayla blog and not put in this pic. Seriously?!


We love Shayla so much! Every last inch of her!!!








I'd like to end this blog with a short 'Shayla' anecdote. (I have MILLIONS!) Yesterday my innocent husband called her, albeit early in the morning, to ask her a quick question. When the brief conversation was over and it was time to end the call, Brandon opted for the normal, "...okay, talk to you later." But evidently Shayla had decided previous to this conversation that we need to be a closer family. So she followed up by saying, "...love you, bye."
Confused, Brandon opted to not vocalize his reciprocated love.
Later, when she was notified of her apparent love for Brandon, she was deeply offended that he did not return the affection. Soooo NOW we all have to tell each other how much we love each other WHENEVER we talk! No matter how long or brief the conversation, or what the relationship is, we HAVE to tell them we love them! What a pain! But who knows, maybe it will bring us closer together as a family. After all, family is forever right?!


We LOOOOVVVVEEEE you Shay!!!