More Funny idea's Kids Have and the Things They Say.

Just a few funny things my kids have said and done the last week or so. So we recently had a neighbor that just up and left his family and Corbin has been a bit obsessed with it. He just can't figure out why a Dad would make such a bad choice. Anyway he was asking some questions about it and said to me the other day " What if I'm a bad Dad?" I of course told him as his Mother I'd be disappointed because his Dad and I are trying so hard to teach him how to make good choices now so when he grows up he'll be a good Dad. He then proceeded to tell me that he was going to be a good Dad like his Dad. Corbin also said that he was going to get married and he'd go to work and take the Kids to visit his work once in a while and that his wife could go shopping all day with the kids....how nice, I'm sure she'll love to go shopping after that. The funniest thing was when he told me he was going to take his wife on dates to the Temple and then they'd eat lots and lots and lots of ice cream together and have lots of kids. I still laugh just thinking of that conversation. So I guess Nate and my problem is we don't eat enough ice cream to have lots and lots of kids. I think I might try it, can't hurt, right? So anyone struggling in the the baby department just start eating more ice cream with you husband. It should do the trick. I think I'll let Corbin think that's the way it all happens for as long as I can. No need to burst his little bubble that it isn't that easy.
Another thing was we are currently staying at Holiday Inn. We stayed the night with Nate since he worked last night and again early this morning. So he invited us to come stay since Corbin had requested to stay for his Birthday and we haven't done it yet. So I attempted to take a shower earlier and put cartoons on for the boys hoping they would stay on the bed and actually watch it. Ha Ha Ha...after I heard screams bumps and crying, I made the Boys come sit on the bathroom floor until I was done. I could hear Aidan repeating everything Corbin was saying, so I looked out to see what they were doing. They were kneeling down if front of the tub and Corbin informed me he was helping Aidan practice saying he prayers so he could learn to do it on his own without Mom and Dad's help. All I could think was "how cute, at least it was something constructive that they were doing and Corbin was helping Aidan instead of picking on him". Never mind that they were praying for Mom and Dad to let them get a pet "Alligator", not likely to ever happen I hate to tell them. It was funny and it made me smile. I was glad to know that they are learning the important things we are trying to teach them each day especially when it comes to the Gospel. I love my Boys and am so glad to be their Mother...they make everyday an adventure, usually a fun one.

My Dad...Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday, Dad! We Love You! My Dad is "Awesome"(as Corbin says). My Dad and I have a somewhat unique relationship...we get along great! I always say I'm as much a Daddy's Girl as I'm a Momma's Girl, because I have such an awesome relationship with my Dad. I still to this day can call him up and tell him all my problems and he just listens. Then he gives me a few bits of Fatherly advice and gives me some insight that I probably didn't think about that helps me get over it or solve my problems. I don't know very many Daughters that have a great relationship with both their parents let alone their fathers, so I'm grateful I do! I have to say being the only Daughter has gotten me pretty spoiled. My Dad is very protective of all of his Kids and now he shows that same care and protectiveness to his Grand kids. He also is pretty good at spoiling them too! Of course my Boys Love Grandpa and love to tease him but mostly they just like being his Buddy and "going crazy" with him. We grew up with the phrase "going crazy". It means my Dad's going to go get a treat whether it's to the gas station to fill up the car or going to the grocery store or even going to grab some dinner. If he says he's "going crazy" then you hurry and get in the car and just enjoy the ride to where ever you end up. Because no matter where you go you'll have fun and get a treat while you're at it.

Grandpa and his Buddy C.J. Corbin was following Grandpa around as his little sidekick, as you can see anything Grandpa did C.J. had to do it too. This was taken in the yard of what we call the Escalante House. It's the house my Grandma(my Dad's Mother) grew up in. Every Spring and through out the Summer my Parents and and our Family go down and clean up the yard and have a fun little vacation going around the area. My Dad is a very hard worker. He never does a half job when it comes to yard work or working on someones cars, or anything else. He gives it all he's got and doesn't quit until he's got it right. My Dad is a great example to me and my Boys and I'm very grateful for all he's taught me.

This is the Escalante House. I've had the opportunity to go with my Parents and take my Boys the last few trips they've taken down to Escalante. Grandpa and Grandma always make sure we have a great time with lots of fun and spoil us rotten every time. I'm glad for all the great memories we make every time we go. This is probably my Dad's favorite place on Earth to be. I know he has many, many great memories all the way back to his childhood of this town and this house.
Here is one of the fun things we do often when visiting Escalante. This is part of Devils Gardens, a bunch of tall sandstone rock formations that you can climb all over. We often take a picnic and go climbing around for a while after we've been cleaning up around the house. When we took Corbin and Aidan there for the first time, Corbin wasn't feeling very well, but he was in heaven climbing the rocks with Grandpa. Aidan was sleeping in the car during this picture, but he and Grandma joined us later and we had a blast. Grandpa was so attentive to Corbin and stopped and showed him a bunch of cool formations across a dry river bed on another hill, it was way cute. I think Corbin made Grandpa a bit nervous with his "no fear" attitude and daringness to climb anything.

My Dad and his "Sweetheart", my Mom. Aren't they cute?! I know my parents love each other very much and I'm glad for their great examples and showing us that they do care for and love each other.

Another shot of Grandpa and C.J. Corbin got his middle name "John" from my Dad who's name is "John Claud". There for they both share the same initials and a name. We hope this will be always be something special for them. I hope my Dad knows we did this to honor him and hope he knows how much we love him. Since Corbin was the first Grandson we thought it was fitting to taken on part of Grandpa's name.

Grandpa loves his Grand kids to pieces and always shows them a good time when visiting.
My Dad! I Love You Dad! I hope you have a wonderful day because you deserve it! Here my Dad is watching the Drag Races in Vegas about 2 weeks ago. He along with Nate and my Brothers and a few friends and relatives, went together and had a great time. This is another one of his favorite things fast cars and if they are old classic muscle cars that's even better. He has rubbed this love for cars off on my Mom, all his Kids, and even some of his Grand kids....Corbin thinks are Jeep is a race car. And even though I have a lot of pictures of Corbin and my Dad and not many of Aidan with Grandpa, don't think that my Dad doesn't love his little Aidy just at much as the others. He sure does and they are great Buds. Aidan looks Grandpa up every time we visit just to say "hi" and give him "knuckles". He loves to follow Grandpa around too and is often found just sitting in his lap talking to him. I'm just a bad Mom that doesn't remember to take pictures of all the cute things they do together. Happy Birthday, Dad! Thank You for all you do for all of us! You're Awesome!!! Thanks for being my Hero! Love You!

Happy Easter!

Saturday Morning before Easter, the City of Naples and a local Radio Station put on a huge Easter Egg Hunt. It was held at the City Park and it was all divided up by age, from 0-4 to like 15-18 year olds...yeah we thought that was a bit old too, but it could have been fun to watch. Don't tell, but Corbin got to go in the 0-4 year olds with Aidan so we didn't have to separate them. We figured that since he had only been 5 for 2 days he was o.k. Nate's parents were still visiting and went to the park with us to watch all the excitement. Afterward they traveled back home. We wish they could have stayed for the rest of the weekend, but we were grateful for them coming to visit and all their help with Corbin's party. We love to have Family come stay with us so please anytime any of you want to just let us know and come on out. We'll do our best to make it a fun time! Corbin took off on his own and at one point we panicked because we couldn't see him for about 1-2 full minutes. I spotted him just moving a long with the crowd picking up candy as fast as he could. He had a blast and next time I think he will be holding hands with one of us.

Aidan stuck right with his Daddy and had a great time. He went for all the little candy stuck in the grass and didn't miss a thing. He was so excited every time he found a new tootsie roll or sucker a long the way.

Just a cute shot of Daddy and Son strolling around on the hunt...and yes for some reason they both had to hold on to the basket.

Here's the Boys with our cute little neighbor girls, Amy and Megan at the Easter Egg Hunt. They are all good friends that play together often and also are in our ward, so it's great fun! What's kind of funny and unique is that both these Girls birthdays are about 1-2 weeks after each of our Boys. So it's fun they are the same ages.

After the Egg Hunt at the park we let the Boys go play on the playground while the traffic died down leaving the park. They had a Blast! We also met some other neighbors while we were there, a couple of little Boys that live across the street from us also. They are good friends too. It was fun to see a few of our neighbors out at the Egg Hunt. Here Aidan is climbing through the tunnel on the playground. He had his little mouth full of candy and was grinning and laughing as his Dad was taking pictures of him as he ran and climbed all over the playground.
Here is our little Monkey. Corbin has loved to climb from the time he could crawl and walk. He's amazes us with what he can do sometimes...this is why he is now in a Tumbling class....to teach him how to be safe while he's being wild and crazy. He had a great time at the park also and loved running around and climbing everything.

As we were driving home from the park we discussed with our Boys, why we really celebrate Easter and that we're celebrating Jesus Christ and his Resurrection and that he gave us the chance to have Eternal Life and be together forever as a Family. Corbin thought this was pretty neat and I was happy that he understood more that I thought he would about it. Of course he asked lots of questions, but he really wanted to know all about Jesus and Easter. I'm glad we took the chance to talk to both Corbin and Aidan about it, so they don't just think it's all about Eggs and Easter Bunnies.

Later that day we dyed Easter Eggs. The Boys had so much fun coming up with weird designs for their eggs. I'm surprised to even say it, but they also like to eat the hard boiled eggs when they are done dying them. Few Kids I know like eggs at all, but they eat them almost any way they can be cooked. Mostly we made them for Nate since he likes to take one with his lunch everyday for a snack, but I'm sure we'll eat a few plain with salt and make a few egg salad sandwiches too.
We had planned a small Easter Egg Hunt for outside in our yard, but not long after we got home from the Park it began to rain and didn't let up till late evening time. So we made a change of plans and did it in the house instead. The Boys though this was great and it was so fun watching them run around the house looking for hidden treats. By this time, both Boys had really caught on to what your suppose to do at a Easter Egg Hunt and they went full force around the house in search for treasures.
Corbin found a few in the tub and in the process accidentally dumped his basket out while trying to climb out of it. He was so good about it and quickly gathered his treats and kept going.

Easter Morning after the Easter Bunny left a treat for the Boys. They both came running in to wake Nate and I up and Corbin said "come look at this so special surprise that the Easter Bunny left us, it GRREAT! We must be good Boys!" I thought that was pretty clever. They are good Boys and I love them dearly! After Church, Nate had to work at Holiday Inn so we made up a ham dinner and went and had our Easter Sunday dinner with him at work. It was a Great weekend filled with lots of fun! Happy Easter! We hope you all had a great time too!

Corbin...5 already...Wow! Happy Birthday!

Yikes! My Baby is already 5 years old! Boy how time has flown....but we've been having such a blast as it has all been flying by so fast! Corbin or C.J as some call him has been growing up so much, especially this last year. I can't believe Kindergarten is just around the corner. Man how I wish I could freeze time and go back and watch him from day one to now again, just to recapture how amazing my little Boy is. What awesome memories I have of both my Boys and the amazing adventure I've been blessed with called Motherhood!

Corbin about 3 years ago! What a cutie! Boy how he's grown!Happy Birthday, Corbin! We Love You! You are a very special and important member of our Family and we are so glad you're part of it! Some of Corbin's favorite things are playing at the park and climbing as here in the picture. He loves Star Wars, Spiderman and anything Action Hero. He also really likes Lego's and building things with blocks. He is great at being a awesome Big Brother to Aidan and tumbling and trying to Choose the Right. He is also a pretty good helper. He's favorite color is either blue or green depending on what color light saber Luke or Aniken has as he is playing their character in his imagination.Corbin chose to have a Star War party for his Birthday. Here is his great invitations that his Dad made for him. Corbin and Aidan liked them so much they carried their own copy around everyday until the party.We opted for Cupcakes and Corbin insisted on having his own cake...he had a vision of having a Aniken Face cake, but he finally settled for just having Cupcakes and a small cake just for him. Thank goodness, because I had no idea how I'd pull off an Aniken Face cake.Here they are during some of the games.They played several games once they received their light sabers after completing a game of Star Wars Bingo. They were on a mission to becoming true Jedi's.Here they are starting their obstacle coarse during their training.Here they are still doing the obstacle course up through the playground.And now they are battling with Nate and each other. Poor Nate had to give up his Darth Mal dual light saber and ended up making 2 separate light sabers for the few extra Kids that just showed up. What a great Dad! Also Nate's Dad, Grandpa P. made all the light sabers earlier, thank you! Here they are trying to find and rescue Princess Leigh. They had to pop the balloons and find her in one. Let's just say it was pretty funny watching them come up with methods to pop those balloons. This was the most effective...using their butts.Opening presents...Corbin was spoiled and loved every minute of it...at least he said thanks to everyone afterward.Here they are enjoying Star Wars rations. Yoda Soda, Luke Hot dogs, and Aniken Chips, and pretzel light sabers. We also had Obi-One Hamburgers. Then they got cupcakes and the party was officially over. They all seemed to have a great time and were way excited to get to take their light sabers home. Thank you to Grandma and Grandpa P. for coming to visit and all your help. On a last note Corbin got to blow out his candles(with the help of little brother Aidan) and get sung to one more time before bed. Corbin sang to himself at least 2 times through out the day, it was pretty cute. Corbin was spoiled rotten by all his Grandparents and Aunts and Uncles and Cousins. He had lots of treats like going to lunch and to the store to pick out a present with Grandpa and Grandma P. and going to the store and picking out a present with Grandma H. and getting gifts from his Cousins while we were home while the guys were gone to the Drag Races. He was very happy and thankful for all that treated him so special. Thank You!

Update!

O.k. So I'm really lame and I haven't kept up my blogging very well lately. I can say that I've been super busy and that is why I haven't had a chance to sit down and get all our activities up on our blog. Anyway here's just a few things that have been going on this month.

Here I am with my favorite Boys and we are swimming at Holiday in while Nate is working. Since we get to swim for free we decided it was a good time to get to go and spend some time with Nate before he went to the Drag Races.Corbin preferred the hot tub and was toasty warm all night. He was like a little fish just floating and jumping here and there. He has really taken to swimming,as he does with any thing active and he loves it. It's swimming lessons this summer for sure and he is so excited!Aidan finally ventured out without me holding on to him. He's been a bit hesitant with the water and usually has to have constant contact with me. He really enjoyed floating around and kicking for all he was worth. It was fun see him enjoy swimming so much this time.The week after we went swimming we took a trip home and Nate was off to the Drag Races in Vegas with my Dad, and Brothers and a few friends of theirs. As usual they made sure they all had a great time and I'm glad they did! This is one of the Force Family's Racing Cars. I think they have become one of the favorites to watch. Here my Dad is calling my Mom and letting her hear the cars as they race down the track. She loved it but always thought it was funny to hear all the guys hooping and hollering after the race was done...there were some pretty funny comments coming from them in all their excitement.

While the Boys were all away having a great time, we girls and kiddy's were trying to keep everything under control and have some fun of our own too. The cousins all got lots of play time in and thanks to my Mom we had a fun Easter egg hunt and yummy pre-Easter dinner as we attempted to listen to Conference over the weekend. Since most of us weren't going to be together over Easter we just had it early at Grandma's House. Thanks Mom for all your hard work and being such a Great Grandma!

Kids!...The Crazy and Funny Things They Do and Say!

First off here is a new game Corbin and Aidan invented...Action Hero/Any Small Toy Will Do War Chess. They don't even know what a Chess Game is but they made this up and you play it almost exactly the same way. Each person gets a handful of toys that you line up on opposite ends of the Battle Field. Then you pick a toy to move toward your opponent after awhile of that they have a War or big battle. Then back to playing Chess again and when they get bored they'd have another War. Pretty clever if you ask me. I love to see their imaginations soar! The best part is they can play this for a good hour before they start fighting usually because Aidan is ready to move on to something else and starts taking Corbin's players at random. Corbin is usually getting pretty bossy by that point and calling all the moves including telling Aidan which toy to move and where to put it. That's when I step in and declare it clean up time!

O.k. So this is just a picture that Corbin wanted me to take because I took a picture of Aidan building with his blocks. But why I posted it was more because of something really funny he said and did the other night. I like listening to Taylor Swift and all her music. Corbin has taken to it as well. His favorite song is "Picture to Burn". The song is talking about how Taylor catches her Boyfriend out with another girl and the girl is driving his pick-up truck and how Taylor didn't ever get to drive his truck. So the Chorus goes something like this "I hate that stupid old pick-up truck you never let me drive. You're a redneck, heartbreak, who's really bad at lying. So watch me strike a match on all my wasted time as far as I'm concerned you're just another picture to burn." We happened to see the Music video on CMT the other morning and so Corbin started putting the whole song together. He loves to sing the chorus and gets his foot stomping to the music as he belts it out at the top of his lungs. And it's fun to watch him but what is even better is....later that night after seeing the music video he was asking me questions about it and talking to me about it. He stated " When he gets bigger he was going to have a pick-up truck and a girlfriend. So that means that if he has a girlfriend he would be her boyfriend." I told him to talk to his Grandpa about getting a pick-up truck when he gets bigger. Since Grandpa likes trucks and especially the older classics I thought he'd be able to help him out in that department. Corbin thought that was a great idea and informed me that he would be a good boyfriend and let his girlfriend drive his pick-up truck and mommy and daddy too, and Aidan and of course grandpa and grandma too. Then he said that he was only going to have one girlfriend, not two at the same time because that wasn't nice and he didn't want his girlfriend to be mad at him. So the story goes on...When he said his prayers that night he blessed himself to get a pick-up truck and to have Grandpa help him find one when he gets bigger and to get a girlfriend too and to be a nice boyfriend. He was peeking out at me with one eye closed and one open, just to see my reaction. What a little cutie and what a little stinker at the same time! I just had to pick him up and hug him. Of course I was trying hard not to bust out laughing, I couldn't quite conceal my smile though. Then I told him he was way to little to worry about that stuff yet. I love you Corby!

What a cute boy!!! Aidan loves blocks and loves to stack them but lately he has been getting way creative with his stacking. The problem is he loves to knock down his towers just as much as he loves to build them, so it's hard to get the camera ready and get his picture before he's knocked it down again. He is really getting into making arches, tunnels and bridges with his blocks. He made a really cool tower with a couple of arches the other day but he knocked it down as I was taking the camera out of the case to take a picture. Anyway this one was pretty cool too even with one side leaning he made a arch and kept it standing. Pretty cool if you ask me. I love his expression in this picture too. He likes to pull faces or just not smile in pictures usually. But here he is all smiles and just being the Cutie Pie(or Cubie Pie as he calls himself) he is. Aidan loves to get the Lego's out and build guns and battle ships with his Brother, and let me till you they get pretty extensive with their designs. These aren't just little dinky things they're building, they sometimes have a hard time carrying them when their done, 'cause they're so big and heavy and elaborate. I love you Aidy!

I just had to spotlight my Favorite Boys, we've been having such good times together lately and they've just been so dang cute and funny lately I had to share.

Surprise Vacation and More!

Where do I start? It's been a busy few weeks to say the least. I guess I'll try to start from the first. We got a surprise visit from my Parents about 2 weeks ago and we(the boys and I) ended up going home with them for a week. It was a well need vacation for me and the Boys and I'm very grateful for my Parents and them just knowing when we need to be rescued! I feel bad Nate had to stay home and work, he could use a vacation too. I'm sure he'll party hard soon when he takes a trip with the Guys in my Family to Vegas for the Drag races in a few weeks. While we were there we went to the Dinosaur Museum in Ogden. I highly recommend taking your kids there if you haven't already. We had a blast! My sister-in-laws Melissa and Katie, Me and Grandma and Grandpa took all the Kids as Grandpa and Grandma's treat. Corbin and Aidan had so much fun with all their Cousins. It was a really nice day and I am glad we got to all go together. All the Daddies were working...bless their hearts! Thanks Mom and Dad for such a fun week and all you did for all of us! We love you! Our cute little group! Glad we got to spend some time together. This Dinosaur was posed as if it had killed a smaller Dinosaur and was in the process of eating it. All the Kids seemed to be disturbed by that fact and were really concerned for the dead Dinosaur. Aidan was especially concerned and didn't want to leave it at first. As you can see Gavyn isn't loving the "roars of the Dinosaurs" and had his ears plugged for a while. The sound affects were a bit creepy and loud.

"The Boys". What Cuties! I'm so glad they get along so well! Corbin and Aidan love playing with Gavyn and wouldn't you know he likes Star Wars and Spider-man too!

"The Girls". All except Chloe who was riding in her stroller. Corbin and Aidan love Baylee, Jenna and Chloe too and have tons of fun playing with them all.

Aidan and Chloe getting pushed in the Swing by Grandpa. He was getting them up there pretty high and they loved every minute of it. There were several playgrounds among all the Dinosaurs and our kids found every one of them.

They had so many different Dinosaurs, it was awesome! I was amazed at how many different species of Dinosaurs they had from itty-bitties to giants and everything in between. As you can see they didn't even leave out the Sea creatures.

Poor Aidan! The day after we went to the Dinosaur Museum we discovered he had an ear infection. We took him right into my Parents family Doctor. He got him going right on an antibiotic....Amoxyccilin....as you can see we soon found out that Aidan is allergic to Amoxyccilin. About a day after my parents brought us home he broke out in this awful rash all over his body. He was about half way done with taking the medicine at this point.

More rash. I felt so bad for my little Man. He didn't even complain about it and just tried to play happily while scratching himself like crazy every few minutes. He just wasn't his energetic self but he did let me cuddle him a lot...the only thing I do like about my kids being sick is that they let me hold and cuddle them to try and make them feel better. I was lucky enough to get a hold of our family Doctor's Nurse early the next morning and she had us hooked up with a new prescription and the orders to "NOT" take any more Amoxyccilin ever and get some Benedryl in him as fast as I could. So we were right off to the store with our new orders. With in 24 hours he was a new man and much, much happier. Yeah! I hate it when my Kids are sick and miserable especially when I can't do much to comfort them until their little body starts to feel better. I just feel awful for them. Aidan is now all better about 3 days after our scare his body was all healed and no more rash.

Here are my cute little mischievous Boys and their crafty Booby-Trap they made so I couldn't get into their room. It was to their favor that I was on the phone with my Mom while they were having so much fun, who kept telling me to "just let them do it their having fun, then let them clean it up all by themselves later".

I did make them clean it up and it only took them a few hours to get their room back in to something we could call clean. Lets just say they went to bed way late and way tired by the time they were all done putting ALL their toys back in their places. At least they had fun right? And I thought they might have learned a lesson the first time they pulled this trick, but they were right back to making another Trap the next morning. I interceded about half way through this time and they still took a good part of an hour to clean it up. I haven't seen a new trap since, thank goodness.....it's a lot of work to clean those babies up!

While we were "on vacation at my Parents house" I was able to get a well needed visit in with my Best Friend Janae. I'm glad we were able to get together for lunch and catch up. I always feel better when I've had a chance to talk to her and just have some fun hanging out. Thanks Mom for watching my Boys for me and for letting me really feel like I was on Vacation!

Well this last week has just been catching up and going to meetings, preparing and doing sharing time, finding out I haven't been a good neighbor and a whole bunch has been going on with our neighbors that we should have been more aware of and spending time as a family. We've visited a few parks around town and our own park next door a few times since we've had such nice, warm weather this last week. I think that about catches us up for now. Hope all is going well in your neck of the woods!