Cold thoughts make it cooler right??

I thought I'd try an experiment to see if thinking of cold times would make it feel cooler... :)

The following pictures/memories are from our power outage in January when we lost power for 2 days or so.

Chairs in front of the fire... blocks in front of the chairs because Kolby was moving them.

Playing in double layers

Candles and the fireplace

Beautiful ice...

Rough housing - Del got to stay home because the roads were pretty bad and they were sending people back home after they got there anyway... no point in risking an accident!

Good thing I'd made the cake before the power went out so I could decorate it during the daylight hours!!

Little people puzzles...

Big people puzzles...

More of May!!

Gramma found these cool fans :) and the kids ended up crowded around Aunt Teresa fanning her! Okay, how's that work??? And they still play with the fans (in July)!!

Grampa & Gramma with the grandkids!

Left to Right: Ryan, Kyle (back), Preston, Madison, Kolby

Grampa & Gramma

Us...

Of course, we didn't have the camera out when the rest of the families had their picture taken because we had already loaded up... :(

First swimming of 2009 - check out Kolby's cool cloth swim diaper by Imse Vimse!!!
Some of the faces of Kolby... He likes to ham it up!! The pictures of him in the striped shirt were taken at our local Las Fajitas - In the center picture he is standing on the little bar where they rest their feet on the high chair. He would get a chip and then scoop (and I mean scoop) queso or salsa!! Fun times!!!
More at Las Fajitas! Del didn't realize he was supposed to be in the picture some of the time... :)

Since we'd sold both trucks, we had one vehicle so one day the boys and I decided to walk to the nearest park - only 1.5 miles away!! Kolby rode in the stroller while Kyle & I walked. We were almost there and Kyle said, "Mommy, my legs are tired!!" I knew we were in trouble... So, after our picnic lunch, playing on the playground and swinging, Del came on his "lunch hour" to pick us up and take us home. What a wonderful Daddy!!

May's gone??

So I'm WAYYYYY behind... the other day someone commented on following my blog but it had been a while and they wanted to see pictures of the boys... erm, oops! You see (by the following) that I actually start things then don't finish them... get sidetracked or something. :)

In May, I sold my truck, finally. It was a sad but necessary parting and found a good home in Louisiana, of all places so someday some of you could see it on the road!! :)

Kyle is pretty self-sufficient... all his bowls were in the dishwasher so he found a cup for his cereal and milk as well as a cup for milk to drink!!

Ride'm cowboy!! (Looks like they were sporting new haircuts...)

Love the grin on Kyle's face!!!

Hang on!!!!

Fun new breakfast idea!!! I got some recipe cards from Usborne Books and their idea had a flower for the cutout - very cute but not exactly for boys!! We had a lot of fun with breakfast!!



May found us in Texas for Kyle's 4th birthday and a couple Usborne Books parties!! We had a grand time at Grampa Wayne and Gramma Dawn's with Uncle Kent, Aunt Molly, Madison, Preston, Uncle Kory, Aunt Teresa, and Ryan!!

All four Grandsons...

And Grand-daughter!! Madison reading!! Was fun to see her read stories to the boys!

Aunt Molly househunting...

Serious games...
Kyle had been eyeing this cake for 6-8 months at Wal-Mart so I decided it must be the cake he wanted for his birthday!! He is STILL talking about it!! :)

Actually, he's concerned (still) about what happened to the cupcakes we left behind at Grampa & Gramma's house... :)

More to come of family photos etc...

4 THINGS YOU CANNOT RECOVER …

This was shared in an email today and helped me to see a little more clearly...

Graduation...

We are no longer Daddy and Mommy - we have graduated to Dad and Mom. *sniff sniff*