Crazy Cat Lover

Blake & Sonny are like their dad in so many ways & different in many others.
These pictures tell you how much Blake is like Brad in their love of cats!!
I think it's great that Blake loves to "catch" the cats & make them snuggle with them.
Sometimes he snuggles too much & gets in trouble.
Here he is snuggling with "Brobee".


This must've been a few months ago cuz Blake has short hair in these pictures &
it is not short now....in need of a haircut but he will only let
Aunt Amelia "trim" it for him.

At least the cat looks like he's resting peacefully :)

Rocklin Splash Park

Brad & I took the kids out to a Splash Park in Rocklin on one of his days off. Don't you just love that feature?? I sure do. It's so fun for the kids to run around & cool off & you don't have to worry about if they can swim or not. It was fun to go check out one that we hadn't been to before. Sonny had fun yelling out "fire attack" again & Blake tried to stay away from the bees that he thought he might get stung by. It was a nice afternoon & I wish that we would've gone out even more to the splash parks but this summer has been so on & off with the hot & not so hot days. This has been kind of a weird summer...but I'm ok with that.

Fire Attack Swimming!!

Like I said, we've gone swimming a few times this summer. This particular day we went swimming @granmother & grandad's with Bryan, Kimi & Libby. Blake also invited his friend Josh to come along. It was a fun day of jumping off the diving board & sides of the pool. For some reason Sonny decided to start yelling "Fire Attack" every time he jumped & then we all started saying it whenever anybody would jump in the pool. Then someone got the crazy idea to put Libby's "big wheel" in the pool & ride it while swimming. Libby was yelling that it was too dangerous but do the boys ever listen....NOPE!!! Everybody had a lot of fun on this HOT summer day!!!

Pioneer Day Festivities!!

Pioneer Day was July 24th & I think it's the 1st time we've actually gone to any of the festivities. We started the day off by meeting up with the DeGraff's & then walking up to the church. (gotta get those miles in). There was a pancake breakfast before all the fun & games started & it was really good. Then we ventured over to the fun. There was a little petting zoo that had bunnies & baby chicks but we didn't stay there too long. Of course Blake had to get his face painted & Sonny was up for it too & he held sooo still. It was so cute to watch. They both got black widows. Then they tried their lines at fishing. They got sour candies & that was funny to watch!! There was root beer & cotton candy galore!! Then there was the "horseback riding". The line was loooong but it sure was worth the wait to see the smiles on my boys faces. Blake snuck up into line with his buddy Nolan so I missed the close up of him but he said it was fun. I should've gone up there with him because we wouln't have had to wait so long but we didn't. It was a hot wait & Sonny was impatient but he was sooo excited when he finally got up on that tall horse. After all the fun we got a ride home with Grammy Sisa...it was just too hot to walk back. I am grateful to all the pioneers who made the journey to the Salt Lake Valley & all the trials they went through.

Eclipse...Finally!!!

Did you think I forgot??

NO!! I didn't forget.

I just havn't been on top of my blogging & I'm trying to get caught up.

Anyway....YES...I went to one of the midnight showings (12:10am to be exact)

of Eclipse on June 30, 2010.

I joined several friends...Jaime, Heather, Amie, Julie & a few others. It was soooo fun & I was super impressed with this movie. The BEST one yet!!! It was sooo good that I actually went to see it again 2 more times with family & friends both times!!! It was sooo good & I can't believe it's been a month & a half & I haven't seen it again. Haha...I will wait til it comes out in the "cheap" theaters & of course I will be purchasing it when it comes out on DVD. Anyway...it was tons of fun & can't wait til the Big 2 part movie comes out but I will be waiting for a while....*sigh* I love it!!!

Umi Goggles

So....Sonny has discovered goggles. But these are not just any goggles...they are "Umi Goggles".
You know...the kind from UmiZoomi!!
He loves these things & I just think it's so cute that he associated them with the show. He likes to just wear them around & he'll wear them swimming too.
Well...this particular night he wanted to wear them in the bath & I thought, what the heck...so I let him.
I tried doing the goggle thing with Blake when he was little to keep the water out of his eyes but it never seemed to work. On this particular night & this particular kid, it worked like a charm!! It was fun & we didn't have to stop to wipe his eyes every time the water got in. My little bugger wouldn't hold still long enough for a decent picture but...you get the idea.

Washable Markers

Blake has a couple friends he likes/hates to play with. 
On this particular day they were having fun together & decided that they wanted to wrestle. 
Blake said he wanted to make it look like he was bleeding so could he PLEASE use the Sharpie markers??!!  (he loves those things)  I said NO WAY!!  Then I finally said he could use markers only if they were the "washable" kind.  And so he did.

Look at this tough guy!!

 

I am scared of you!!!

I didn't realize he was going to make a whole costume for himself...but oh well...it came off in the shower.
Don't you just ♥ washable markers?
I sure do!!