family pictures!

Finally a great family picture, it is hard to get one with both boys that looks good. Thank you Bailey for always being willing to try. And also thanks to Alexis, Camden and Meghan(for the music)who helped my kids look straight ahead and even smile a little!

brotherly luv

They boys where playing really cute today and I just happened to catch it on camera!

Summer stories

So I have 2 1/2 more weeks of summer school! The summer is almost over, and I feel like all I do is sit around the house. I recently had an Epiphany and realize that I need to get out more. There's more to it than that really but that is my conclusion. Don't you hate it when you look forward to the goal that is months away and seem to forget the small everyday things.
Recently just before bed my kids start to get a little hyper. In these moments they seem to really laugh at anything like Tristin for instance will start laughing when Gavin very seriously and with much concentration takes Tristin from behind around his neck and take him down, even occasionally straddling him and sitting on him. I'm not sure what is so funny but it makes him laugh and it is pretty funny to watch. Until someone gets hurt because the other one pushes the other down, then I watch as they kiss each other and most recently Gavin will go give Tristin a hug and Tristin will hug back!!!
It has been 100 degrees or hotter recently and the boys have been eating Popsicle, I find them in the playhouse concentrating on their melting Popsicle and talking to each other, it's as if they are just enjoying each others company. I keep saying I can't wait till they can actually say words that make sense because they sure have a lot to say and sometime you have to wonder what they are thinkin'?!
Anyways just some stories to remember thought I would write them down, enjoy!

fun in the sun

Gavin takin' it easy in the heat

Gavin trying to figure out his letters, he won't get anywhere puttin' the letter upside down

Gavin shotting himself in the face and trying to figure out what is wrong

Tristin trying to play with some ants

Gavin shooting Tristin with the water gun

Tristin taking the Scooter for a "walk"

aqua tropics

These 2 tortoises roam around the store, I'm not sure if the girls where scarred.

Kamden holding one of the cute kitties, she was so good with them.

Kara has her own kitty already so she is a pro at handling them, although I'm not sure the kitties liked it to much!

There were some kitten's hiding in the hole and Gavin just kept trying to get them out, I'm surprised he didn't get a good scratch.

Tristin trying to give the kitten's kisses!

Dad came up with a good idea to take the grand kids to the pet store, Aqua Tropics! The kids loved the kitten so much and it was fun to see them so happy. They don't really let you hold the dogs for health reason. I was a little sad I wish the boys could have been able to hold the puppies. But the cats were cool, and the tortoises.

I realize every time I take pictures that I never have any good one's of Gavin so Tristin get more pictures posted just cause he sits still a little bit better then Gavin who seems to always be moving.

It was a good start to the summer!

count down

So I wanted to do a count down for some things that are coming up and then all of a sudden everything is passed and I only have one thing on my list. Which is good but everything is going by so fast and I feel so wrapped up in school and just getting by that I am sorry to say that I am really stressed out! Well here are a few things that have happened lately...

1) Finals and passing my classes
2) Twins in nursery (they actually turn 18 months on Friday but I took them in early!)
3) Summer here, which means no more daycare!
4) Bailey's baby born(Maddox!)
5) summer financial aid for school!!!

Some things still in the future...

1) Last A&P final on Wednesday
2) Jillian have baby!
3) live and breath
4) start my summer Chemistry class
5) Mom and Dad leave (I only add this because I know that they need it and also because that means I am done with school)

Ok so while I am at it some things that make me smile

1) Tristin's smile when he is about to do something that he doesn't want you to see!
2) Gavin getting down and a little funky to the music, whether in the car or at the park or even when there is no music at all.
3) my kids trying to have a "real" conversation with me even though they aren't saying anything coherent.
4) the little tushes on my kids when they walk around with no diaper.
5) getting a 90% or above on my Anatomy tests
6) the way that Tristin waddles around like he's trying not to fall over forwards.
7) the obsession that the boys have with dogs and tell me when they hear one bark somewhere in the neighborhood.
8) how proud Gavin gets with himself when I tell him good job for doing something like using a fork to eat. That smile is to die for!
9) the way they light up when I walk in the room after being gone at school all day.
10) how nice my kids can be to each other even when I'm not looking, bringing their cup to each other or kissing each other.

I could go on but I think it is plain that I do actually get a few smiles out when it comes to my kids.