Sonny's Talk

About 2 weeks ago Sonny was assigned to give a talk in Primary.
Since this was his 2nd time giving a talk I knew what to do.
Do not whisper to him because he will just whisper into the mic & then
everyone will think it's cute & laugh & then he will get mad & think they are making fun of him.
This happened the last time.
And make it short & sweet. Not hard to do. I had his talk memorized.
I also gave a talk in Sacrament meeting on the same day. Mine however, was not memorized.
Soooo...Sonny & I gave talks on the same day.
Well...Sonny was so excited when it was his turn to speak.
We went up to the little podium in the Children's Primary room & he said very clearly into the mic..."Heavenly Father"
(this is how we begin our prayers at home). It was so cute & then I proceeded to tell him what to say & he did it.
He did so well & I was beaming from ear to ear.
We have a small primary so it seems that Blake & Sonny are giving talks or prayers almost every month.
I don't mind...I think it gives them good practice at public speaking & they will be ahead of the game when they have to speak in front of their classes at school.
Anyway...I took these when we got home from Church.
He's 3 years & 8 months old...he's growing so fast.

My Little Ragamuffins

Thank Goodness I have a sister that is a hairstylist!! 
Thanks Amelia!! 
You did a great service to my family for going to beauty school
 (I know that's why you did it). 
If not for you I might be one of those mom's that just never, ever cuts their kids hair...ok...I'd just buzz it off but you always do such a nice job.
If you haven't noticed by now my boys are the exact opposite of eachother when it comes to their physical features.  One has dark & curly hair,  dark eyes,  olive skin.  Blake.  The other one has light & straight hair, light eyes & light skin.  Sonny. 
BUT....they both have tons of hair regardless of the color & texture. 
I tend to just let it grow out for a while in between cuts & this is what it ends up looking like...

This.....

Don't we look like ragamuffins...

all long & shaggy!!

After. 

Sonny does not like cutting off his precious locks of hair. 

He did a great job sitting on my lap but afterwards he acted as if we threw out his best friend. 

He got over it after a while & then thinks his hair feels really cool & then wants everybody to "feel" it. 

He looks like a different kid.

Here he is with a happy face!! 

Isn't he so cute!! 

How could you not love this face?

 After....

  Blake always prefers to get a "trim" as opposed to a "cut".  This time I had Amelia trim it even shorter than normal for the summer.  And he went for it.  Now the boys have nice cool haircuts for the summer.  I got my haircut too but have yet to take a picture of it yet.  I finally let Amelia do a true a-line cut & it's shorter than it has been for a long time.  I'm liking it but still trying to figure it out.  Eventually I'll get a new picture...(one where my face doesn't look fat...haha) & put it up for all to judge  see.

Sonny with a Bowtie

A couple weeks ago we got Sonny to wear a bowtie to Church.
The last time he wore this bowtie was at his Uncle Bryan & Aunt Kimi's wedding.
That was almost 2 years ago.
Doesn't he look so cute :)

 

 

He's carrying a lunch bag because I substituted in his Sunbeam class & the lesson was on how we can

"smell & taste" things. 

It was a fun lesson & we took a long walk. 

 Hard to drag out a lesson when there's only 2 kids in the class.

I'm NOT tired!!!

I soooo LOVE it when I try to get Sonny to take a nap &
 he won't do it but then an hour later
he's doing this!!!

Peanut Butter Cookies & Baseball

The other night I finally decided to make peanut butter cookies because we have TONS of peanut butter & I found a simple recipe online that I had all the ingredients for!!  That's always a bonus. 

Preheat oven to 350

1 C. sugar

1 C. peanut butter

1 egg

1 tsp. vanilla

mix together & then mold into balls

loosely flatten with fork & bake for 8-10 minutes.

Seriously...that's it!!!

recipe found at allrecipes.comallrecipes.com

Well...Blake said he wanted to help & I thought the fork part would be great for him.  So I went outside & this is what I found.

Blake was teaching Sonny to throw the baseball to him so he could practice his catching skills.  I thought it was so sweet & Blake wasn't even yelling at him.  Why did they take their shirts off?  I have no clue but it was so fun watching them & I even took some video.

(gotta figure out how to upload to here...I used to know how to do it)

Needless to say...I finished the cookies by myself because they  were having so much fun.

But...the definitely helped me eat them!!

Happy (late) Mother's Day!!!

Here are my 2 handsome boys on Mother's Day. 

(Sonny's holding bacon for the brunch at my parents).

I would have to say that I had a lovely Mother's Day. 

It's hard to believe that I became a mom 7 years ago (almost 8).

I love my boys so much & truly grateful for the stewardship I have over them.  I pray that I can be the best mom for them & that I can teach them everything they need to be the best that they can be throughout this life.  It's a fun, happy, sad, exciting, irritating & truly a wonderful experience for me & I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world.  I'm grateful to have these 2 wonderful boys!!!

HaPpY MoThEr'S dAy to all of you too!!!

(I actually wrote this on Mother's Day & just posted it because I was looking for baby pics of me with them when they were born & I can't find Blake's because they are not on the computer.  Guess I need to do some scanning.  ♥)

Photo

I think it's fun to play with pictures in Picasa 3. 
So here's one I did but I have to say I miss
seeing the brightly colored shirts but I love the look of sepia too. 
I also like to crop the bad stuff out when I'm doing a close-up.  It's so nice.


I'm trying to figure out how to get my picasa pictures to load from the insert image while posting.
Anybody know how to do that?  Please send your help my way.  I don't mind blogging from picasa when I have 1 picture or a collage but I'd love to figure out how to blog more than 1 picture from picasa because that seems to be the place where I edit my photos most often.  Also if I'm making a photo gift on one of the many sites that are out there I can't seem to figure out how to use a photo from picasa.  If you know how to do this...please leave me a comment with instructions.  If not I'm sure I'll figure something out.  Thanks!!!

Blake & Sonny's Easter Pictures

Here are my 2 handsome boys & all the funny faces that come along with them.

Looking down instead of at me & Sonny's new "side" smile.

Looking at me....Blake decided to put his arms around his brother.

They are so cute..."side" smile again.

Pretty similar but a little bit better.

I like this one.

I ♥ this one cuz they are both laughing & look like they are having fun.

A close-up.

And the last one. 

I'm thinking that I need to go play around with the editing on a few of these to see what I can come up with.

I ♥ my boys!!!

Easter Pictures with Libby

On Easter morning we decided to take the kids out front to take some pictures.

(trying to cut back on pictures @ studios...they can be pricey plus I can practice my raw skills).

My boys were not too happy about this but we finally got a few good shots.  Actually....Kimi's pictures turned out way better than mine but she's a professional & has a way better camera & I don't have her pictures so we'll make do with what I took.  Plus...I don't know why but I alway stand off to the side when I'm taking pictures...I need to stop doing that.

Have you ever seen a boy more sad?

Now that Blake is smiling...Sonny's pouting.

I love how his arms are crossed & his bottom lip is totally sticking out.

Still a little mad.

Now Blake's pouting again.

Ok...here we go...the boys are finally smiling!!!  Yay!!!

And another one.

Doing better...Sonny looks like he may fall over.

This is a cute one.

And another cute one.

And we are DONE!!!!!

The boys & Libby have done pictures together many times but it was fun to just do it on our own & thank goodness for digital cameras!!!  I need to practice more.  The boys only are up next.

A Visit to the Park

Last week was Spring Break!!  Yippee!! 

I wasn't sure how everything was going to go seeing as how the weather didn't look so "springy".

And it's always a "joy" to find things for 4 kids to do when it's raining....hahaha.

BUT....I got a text from my friend Sarah H. saying that she was in town & she wanted to get together at a park so the kids could play.  I think it's been at around 2 years since she & her family moved back out to Utah & she & her family have been greatly missed!!  I was so excited & happy that I'd have a chance to see her while they were visiting.  I told Blake & he was excited too!!  So we set up a day & time to go to the park.  I packed lunches for the kids & we set off to go to the park.  I was pleasantly surprised to find that it was only chilly & not raining outside.  Thank goodness for that.  We had a few other friends join us too....Miss Rose traveled with Sarah so of course she was there & Heather with her family as well.  We had 8 kids there altogether & Sarah has 1 on the way.  It was sooo fun to get together with all the kids again.  We were there for 3 hours & it was a great way to play the day away & for us girls to catch up on what's been going on.
Here's a ton of pictures from our fun day at the park.

Colby on the slides.

Sonny

Here's the whole gang eating lunch....

(adults are...Sarah, Heather & Rose)

Here's Sarah's oldest upside down!!

Colby & Blake strategizing their next move.

Rose & Heather...sisters-in-law.

Here's Kylie & Sarah's youngest....(for now).

Sonny B (that's Kylie's cup)

Here I am again.

Action shot.

Laying on the bridge.

Here's me & my friend Sarah H. 

I tried to fix my teeth in this picture but I couldn't figure it out.

NO!! 

 I'm not missing any teeth...it's a shadow...

or I really need to get my teeth whitened!!!

Blake & Colby in action.

Blake being attacked by 2 girls while Colby just stands in the background watching &

wondering...what the heck!!

And the girls conquered him!!

Don't they look sooo pleased!!

Here's all the kids in a group shot.

Sonny, Colby, Kylie, Blake

& then SD, MD(Heather's girl), SV, & SC

(the S girls are my friend Sarah's & I'm not using their names cuz their mom prefers it that way)

Well it was a really fun day at the park & I got the kids all packed up & ready to go &

of course....

Kylie had a poopy diaper....bleh...so I changed her in the back of my car & we were ready to go.

Not 5 mins after pulling out of the parking lot it started pouring!!!

Seriously!!!  I must say that luck was on my side that day.  Thank goodness it didn't start til

after I was done cleaning up the poopy diaper!!!!