Father's Day

For Father's Day this year I took the boys to the dollar store and had Joshua pick out something he thought his dad would like. The first thing he said he wanted to get Michael was a book. Of course all they had were kids books or books for women so I tried to get him interested in something else. We were in the same isle as the office supplies so he picked up some pencils and said Daddy needed those, they had High School Musical on them :) As he was walking around the store he saw a box mix of cookies then a box mix of a cake and said Daddy NEEDED a cake for Father's Day. We walked around some more and he found a huge party hat and later some M & M's. I think he did pretty good!

Childrens Garden

June 11th Michael's Grandparents and Aunt were in Cheyenne so we drove up to see them all. That afternoon we took the boys to the Children's Garden in Cheyenne. It is so beautiful and Joshua had a blast, Will took a nap in the stroller. They had several sand play areas, a puppet theater, some places to play chess and other games, a pond, you could plant flowers (if you brought your own), Joshua and I even had a potato sack race. I plan on going back there a lot this year.

Will's first birthday party.

Yesterday we drove to Cheyenne to have Will's first birthday party at my In-laws house. My sister Wendee and her two daughters drove up from Denver to spend this time with us. That morning I made some cupcakes (zucchini and apple with frosting and sprinkles), made some brownies, a salad for lunch and drove the 45 minutes or so to Cheyenne. Will took a morning nap in the car on the way over and I'm glad he did so he wasn't as grumpy for his party. Before the party we went to the dollar store to get some balloons for the party. As I was going out of the store Will could see me holding the balloons from the car and broke out into a huge grin, waving his arms. The entire way back to my In-laws Will was trying to grab the balloons, and talking to them.

Will's birthday party was a little different than Joshua's. For Joshua's we had a theme, I made a fancy cake, we even had a birthday party for Joshua's friends. For Will; I bought the supplies from the dollar store, I made a cheap cake, and we had a family party instead. I enjoyed it, however, the party went way too fast. Although we did sing 'Happy Birthday' to him he is still 11 months old and won't be a year until 10:25pm on May 5th!! :)


Opening gifts!! Thank you everyone for everything!!!








Joshua and his cousin Sierra in Will's new crawling tunnel.


Eating Lunch


Will's cake


Happy Birthday to you!!


Just before this picture I tried to finger feed Will a piece of his frosted cupcake. He wouldn't eat it so I put a piece in his mouth and he started to cry because I 'made' him eat some of the sweet yummy cake. So I gave him his pacifier to calm him down.


This IS yummmy!!





Time for a bath so I can play with my new bubble machine. Thank you Aunt Wendee and family and Aunt Heather!


Lee Ann's nieces Maegan and Sierra


Lee Ann, her sister Wendee and Will.

Easter Happenings.

We had a wonderful Easter. The week before Joshua and I tie-died t-shirts for our family Joshua had a lot of fun squirting the die on the spots he wanted colored. I think they turned out well, nice and bright wonderful for spring! Joshua and I made some Easter cupcakes, they were really just banana bread with cream cheese frosting but Joshua likes the word cupcakes so that is what they were. The Saturday before Easter we died Easter eggs with our neighbor. Joshua loved dieing them and would die the eggs over and over again. Saturday we were planning on attending an Easter egg hunt at a church just out of town but I got the time wrong and we weren't able to go. So I went to the Dollar Store and bought some items so our neighbor girl and Joshua could go on a hunt. They had a lot of fun finding the eggs and a great time opening them up to eat and see what toys would be inside.

The weather Easter Sunday was pretty crummy, at one point there was a blizzard out. The sun did eventually shine, but it was pretty windy and cool. We had the boy's Easter baskets on the table for then when they woke up. Will was a pretty happy kid getting to examine what was in his basket, he had to taste and shake everything. Joshua loved the basket as well and was pretty pleased with what was inside. I think we did good this year. After Church we drove to Cheyenne to spend Easter with Michael's little sister, Mom, and Dad. We had a wonderful meal and conversation!

Before Easter we celebrated Michael's 25th birthday on the 1st of April. I made him a thin mint cheesecake and a spaghetti dinner. We were also able to leave the boys with our neighbor for an hour or so that afternoon because Michael's boss and co-workers took him out. It was fun getting out of the house with no children even if it was for a short time. That night we played Mario Cart for the Wii with Michael's friend from Illinois. The game was Michael's gift although Joshua seems to think it was for him. Joshua enjoys the game as well. :)


Joshua helping Will with his basket


Will is so happy!!




Joshua proud of his basket


Our baskets, Michael surprised me with a gift bag of goodies. my favorite Reese eggs, Wii fit plus, a movie, and a show.


Алтуся our neighbor girl (her name is pronounced Altusya)




The eggs our neighbor colored


Joshua's eggs. Mine is the polka-dot one


Joshua dying an egg


The colors


the boys in their shirts


The process


The cupcakes


Our shirts before.

The Pool

Before we went on our vacation I took Joshua and Will to the rec-center pool. This was Will's first time in the water and he loved splashing around. My sister-in-law was with us so she stayed in the water with Joshua. Joshua had a blast sliding down the small slide they have there and he was actually allowed to take the inter tube in the water with him.

Pictures of our trip to Idaho and Oregon

Will happy as can be. Little does he know we will be in the car for 6 hours!






Will fighting Andrea for her tray. He loves playing with his, which he dropped so he grabbed for Andrea's.




And he won.


Will at my dad's


Joshua finding eggs in the coup.


Farmer Joshua


Look at my egg. There were three in the coup that day.


Now time to check on the horses (my Step-mom has 2)


Nap time for the baby.


Random Hugs that warmed my heart.


Joshua watching a movie with Linda


A good family picture


The four of us at our hotel pool in La Grande.


My sister Erin with us in the water.


Erin and I at her place.


Erin and Joshua outside of her place.


Andrea and Will (Will is playing with a bottle, he thought he wanted one too since Andrea was holding one. He still won't take formula or water from one though.)