Trevor's Pride and Joy

Trevor has been busy this summer babying some raspberry and strawberry plants he bought this spring. It's our second attempt with both (last year our neighbor's bunnies liked to munch on them a bit), so this time around Trevor has been out there just about every day hand watering (although we have a drip system that he could utilize), weeding, and cleaning up the neighbor's cat poop. We weren't expecting any berries this year, because it's their first year, but we've had a dozen or so of these delicious raspberries!

Trevor and Brooklyn showing of the goods.

A closer look...


Brooklyn, enjoying the goodness.

These two rugrats have also been loving that their Daddy has been around a little more often (he only has class one day a week and clinicals have been somewhat sparse before precepting starts next week).

Like father, like son (in so many ways!!)

She's THREE?!?

I can't believe my baby is three! Seriously. I feel like everything is going by so quickly! I'd just like to pause things for a little while and enjoy these two little rugrats before they grow up any more!

Here is Brooklyn a couple days before her birthday sporting her "I heart Olivia" shirt to send to her cousin Olivia for her birthday (which I have yet to send...I know, I'm the worst auntie ever!)

Here's Brooklyn going to town on her pinata. Yes, we didn't have a great way to hang the thing, and yes, this is a rake that Marc is holding to hang the pinata on! (As a side note, I LOVE that my kids call pinatas "Beehauna")

Noah even took a try, although he almost hit Trevor's head instead of the pinata!

Rylan was so focused, although Dylan was the one to finally destroy the thing...

Of course Brooklyn had the constant help of her big brother! He was much more anxious to open presents than she was! (Tara overheard them talking before we opened presents. Jace asked Brooklyn, "Are you going to be a nice girl or a mean girl?", Brooklyn said "A nice girl". Jace said, "Do you know what that means? That means you have to share all of your presents with me.")

The beautiful birthday girl!

Opening more presents. I swear it felt like Christmas!

Giving Dylan loves. So sweet!

The princess birthday cake. Not my most beautiful creation, but definitely not my area of expertise either! I don't like my cakes cooked all the way...and discovered that they aren't very pretty if they're not...and they're even harder to frost!

Blowing out the candles

My beautiful birthday princess! She was so excited with all of her dress-ups. Her and Kylee couldn't possibly wait until after the cake to try them on!!

Happy Birthday to the sweetest three year old I know!!!

Some Firsts

September has been a fun and exciting month for Jace. He started preschool for the first time and goes every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday and has LOVED it! It's so fun to watch him learn and be independent.

Here he is on the first day of school. Still so handsome! I still can't believe my little guy is in preschool!!

Jace and Brooklyn. I thought Brooklyn would have a really hard time watching Jace go to preschool, but she's been loving her "Mommy Time" (which mostly consists of cleaning the house so I'm not sure which part she enjoys!!).


Jace was too busy laughing to take a good picture. And I'm pretty sure he needs to go potty. I swear that kid has the biggest bladder...and he refuses to go potty until it's almost too late. He never has any accidents, but I don't particularly enjoy watching him hold himself all the time!



Jace with his teacher, Mrs. Lisa. He absolutely LOVES her! We love her too. She does the cutest things with the kids, and Jace has already learned so much in just a few weeks! When I ask him who his best friend at school is, he always says "Miss Lisa"!

Jace also got to go on his first Father-Son camp out with Daddy! He was so excited!!! (Brooklyn was ticked that she didn't get to go, but we had a fun GNO, although I didn't take any pictures to document it). Here is Jace licking the marshmallows off of his fingers.

Jace was in heaven roasting his stick. I guess this was a pretty popular activity among the kids and kept him entertained all night!

Here's Jace getting ready for bed. Don't worry though, they definitely didn't "rough it". Trev borrowed Shel & Marc's tent trailer and loved every minute of it!

Here are my boys eating their breakfast! I'm so happy that they're starting to do fun activities together. Jace just loves his Daddy, and asks him several times everyday, "you're still my best friend, right dad?". So cute

Jace is FOUR!!!

I know, I know. It's been a long time. Things are busy, and sometimes it seems like no one really reads this thing anyway, so I've put it on the back burner. Anyway, let's back track a little, and maybe I'll get caught up one of these days!!!




Jace celebrated his fourth birthday while we were visiting Canada! We had a great time, I can't believe Jace is 4 already! Seems like only yesterday I was taking him home from the hospital!

The kids were very excited to wear birthday hats!! They are always putting things on their head and pretending they are birthday hats...

Jace hugging Grammy. He was so excited about all of his presents!

Jace laying on choo-choo rug.

He also got a Buzz bubble rocket ship. I don't know who liked it more, Jace or Kevin!!

Kind of an unfocused picture, but here's Jace blowing out his candles. He requested cupcakes with worms on them!

The next week Jen, Kevin, and the girls spent over a week here. We were in heaven! The kids have been in withdrawal ever since. We're really trying to recruit them to move down south!!

And I couldn't leave this Sleeping Beauty out! There's nothing sweeter than your baby sleeping! I can't believe my baby's going to be 3 next week! YIKES!

Kind of a Catch Up

The summer has been flying by, and I have not been the best at documenting it! We've had a lot of fun, and can't believe it's already the middle of August!

We went to several parades and carnivals and enjoyed every minute of it! I'm teaching the kids to realize the goodness of cotton candy!

We've done a LOT of swimming in the back yard and playing on the slip-n-slide. Seriously, the kids could be outside every day, ALL day, if I let them!

The kids think the slip-n-slide is a glorified drinking fountain!

The kids were introduced to "Monster House", a cute animated movie. Every time Jace watches it he keeps his hands by his eyes so he can close them if it gets too scary! He loves any movie with a monster, dragon, or "mean guy".

Brooklyn's been a cute little mommy to her babies! She sure is sweet and thoughtful of them. Sometimes she asks me to hold them for her, but is very specific about how I need to hold them. She also is a PRO at wrapping them up in a blanket!

Jace has discovered that he, too, can wear a tutu. The kids dress up in them and twirl around the house. It's all good until he wants to go outside in it. That's where I draw the line!!

We recently went up to Canada where Trev was a groomsman at his best friends wedding!! We had a great time up there, and, like always, the time flew by!! Trevor had a busy semester at school, so it was nice to take a break and be able to spend some time together!

More blogging to come soon (I hope!) about our trip to Canada, Jace's 4th birthday, and our Canadian visitors!!

Showing Our Canadian Pride

In honor of Canada Day, the kids and I are sporting our Canadian attire. Unfortunately Trev has clinicals most of the day, and I'm on-call tonight, our celebration will be minimal. However, we had to take pictures to prove our Canadian pride. The kids were so excited to wear their Canada shirts, but thought that meant they got to go to Canada today. They were disappointed when I told them we wouldn't be going for another 4 weeks. Anyway, here are the kiddos showing their pride.

I had to bribe them with candy they got from the parade, but they did hold still for a 1/2 a second for me to snap a picture. They're so enthusiastic!

This is how most of the pictures turned out. Laughing, wrestling, tickling. LOVE these kids!

Waving to Grammy & Papa in Canada!


Shouting "Hooray"!


Again, this is how the majority of the pictures turned out...


Two little monkeys hanging from the swing!

We wish we were in Canada to share in all of the festivities, but I suppose we'll just have to wait a couple days to celebrate with parades, fairs, and fireworks! Oh how love the summer!

Summer is Finally Here!

Now that summer has finally arrived, we've been having a ton of fun!

The kids love playing outside on their swing set, and are little monkeys climbing and swinging from everything they can. Best news of all, is Jace has learned how to pump on the swing! HALLELUJAH!

We've made some yummy treats that seem to get more on their faces than in their mouths! This is a classic Brooklyn expression when she's trying to explain something to me. Love it!

On a rainy day, we brought the cushions from our swing inside, the kids found that they made perfect little beds to lay on while watching t.v.!

I gave Brooklyn her first haircut (scary, I know). She was very disappointed to find out we only used scissors instead of the razor like when I cut Daddy & Jace's hair.

I didn't really get a good "before" shot, but her hair was pretty long, and not really even, so I decided that I'd just trim it to one length (except for her bangs which are taking FOREVER to grow!).

Here's the finished product. Certainly nothing fancy, I'll save that for when she goes to a professional! It's a lot easier to keep up now, and looks a lot less straggly! (On a side note, don't you just love her little bum?! She puts her underwear on backwards sometimes and walks around with a wedgie!)


We celebrated Father's Day on Sunday by waking up and cuddling in bed. There's no better way to start the day!