Packing

We are currently trying to pack up our house to be ready to move to who knows where in two weeks and so I haven't posted about our trip to Oklahoma yet. I feel like I need to get ahead on the packing before I indulge myself and blog any cute pictures of my sweet boys. So hopefully you will all be patient with me and anxiously await the pictures to come. Loves to all!

Our silly Vance

I just wanted to put on here some of the funny things Vance has said so I don't forget it.

The other day we were having dinner and Vance chose pizza for his and I was eating a salad, well of course he wanted mine once he saw it so I was sharing with him. He loves cottage cheese and ate all of mine so I went and got him a bowl of cottage cheese and he said "Oh mommy you are a genius!" Smart boy!

Mommy: "Vance are you eating the starburst mommy told you to put back? I said no candy right now."
Vance: "No mommy" He says with his mouth full and looking innocent, "It's chocolate."
Mommy: "What chocolate?"
Vance: "This one" He brings back a bowl with Curtis' rolos in it that he had taken off the cupboard, unwrapped, and put in his own bowl. By the time I realized it he had eaten half of them.

Mommy: "Vance daddy is coming home"
Vance: "He is? Oh goody, little brother daddy is coming home. Hurray!"

Vance was watching a cartoon and it was somebody's birthday and they were eating cake so I said "Vance you get to have a cake on your birthday soon what would you like it to look like?"
Vance: "A smiley face"
Mommy: "Okay."
Next day Vance: "Mom I can have cake today, yum yum!"
Mommy: "No not today on your birthday"
Next day Vance: "Today I can have cake?"
Mommy: "No I am sorry not until your birthday" and this went on for about a week. So silly, memory like and elephant.

A whirlwind of a few weeks!

So I know it has been a long time since I posted anything but Curtis was gone on a rotation for four weeks and had the computer with him and when he came home on the weekends I really didn't want to waste time blogging. So here is a long post with lots of pictures. My sister Alethia and her kids came to visit while her son Darron had some doctor's appointments and it was so great to have them here. Vance loved spending time with his cousins and it was great to spend time with my sister. I love Iowa but that is definitely something I really miss. We took a little trip to Minnesota for a job interview and both Curits a I had strep throat which made for an interesting trip. It wasn't as pretty as Iowa there but it was really pretty still. We shall see. Curtis' family came in last Tuesday for the Graduation and the blessing any my mom and dad came up on Thursday. Thursday Kael had his four month check up and he is now 15 1/4 lbs and is 25 inches long. What a big boy he is. During the last three weeks he has rolled over and discovered his voice. Always cooing and such. We love to sit and listen to him. What a doll. It was a very eventful weekend and we just kept going and going. On Friday was the Graduation luncheon followed by the Graduation and then a BBQ at our house to celebrate. On Saturday we went to Nauvoo with Curtis' family and had a great time. Sunday was Blessing day and we had a great day that ended with a Tornado warning and us spending an hour in the hallway downstairs playing Outburst. It was really fun. Monday we went to Kalona, the Amish colony here, and just looked around. My parents left from there and Alethia and Joe left that morning. Then Curtis' family left on Tuesday morning. It was great to have everyone there to celebrate so many things with us. Enjoy all the pictures.

Kaels' blessing day was a great day. We are so grateful that we had so much family here to enjoy our special day with us.

Graduation, it finally happened. I am so proud of my sweet Curtis for all the hard work he put into this and now he has one final rotation to go and he will be done. Time has flown. We are all so proud of him and can't wait to start a whole new chapter in our lives.

Here are the pictures from the time we spent with the family.

Our ward had its annual Father-Toddler campout recently and I am finally posting the pictures for you all to see. Enjoy!

Video of Kael

You need to turn off our music in order to hear his little sounds. Enjoy!

Kael 3 months and pictures of my boys.

Kael had a 3 month weight check today and he is now 13 1/2 lbs. What a big boy! He is so much fun. He loves to smile and his laugh is so cute. We just pulled out the good ole exersaucer and Kael is a big fan. He loves to stand up all the time so this was a great alternative for me so that I didn't have to hold him up all the time when I needed to do things around the house. Vance is so adorable with Kael. He sees how we talk to him and had started talking baby talk to Kael as well. Today he went up to him put his face down by Kael and said "Oh cute baby, ew mommy he smells like poo poo!" Well that is one way to find out. He loves life and is so full of energy that we are struggling to keep up most of the time but that is the way life is right now. I wanted to show you all how alike our boys look so I found some pictures of Vance when he was 3 months old to compare to Kael so here the are. 

Here is Vance
And here is Kael

Vance with a sweet smile
Kael with a sweet smile
Vance in the Exersaucer
Kael in the Exersaucer, Crazy huh!

Note the cute bum in the background. Vance has a habit of leaving his pants off after he goes to the bathroom so he is almost always half dressed.
Cheese!
Oh so cute, the flash kept making him open his eyes so wide.
Sly smile
Tummy time! So strong.
Brothers!

Oh so sweet.
He loved this chair, thank you Jaime and Ruben, and he loved to stare at the fish floating in the top. He would get this adorable smile and just sit and giggle the whole time. I just missed the sweet smile when the camera finally took the picture.
This looks innocent right?
Wrong! He was taking cups full of water and dumping them on his head.
What a goofball!
Today we biffed it but Vance was very tough.


More smiles

SPRING IS FINALLY HERE!!! Gorgeous colors.
Gorgeous flowers!
I love these trees.
Kael at the park
Vance and Ian playing on the rocket ship at the park.
After bath time Vance was asked to go in his room and get a diaper for bedtime. Well after about 5 minutes and no Vance Curtis when to check and this is what he found.
He loves this mobil still and wants to touch it all the time. Yes those are devils but it is because of ASU Sun Devils not because we worship them or anything.
Lets go fly a kite!
Not so happy face
Happy face.

I LOVE MY BOYS!!!!!

My Mother's Day

My Mother's Day was wonderful. I got a wonderful breakfast from my sweet husband and lots of loves and kisses from my sweet boys. I also was surprised with these beautiful flowers that Curtis got for me. These are the best kind because they won't die right away. I love them. We had a great day at church and got to relax at home afterwards. Curtis had a great thought to go down to the lake and let Vance throw some rocks in. It was so much fun we almost didn't want to leave but we knew there was a banana cream pie waiting for us. Yes that is right Curtis made me a banana cream pie! It was so good. I have the best husband and sons any woman could ask for. Thanks boys.

Aren't they beautiful! And check out the view behind it, nice.

What a place!
Oh my that is a rock!
Heave...

Ho!
Me and my Kael cacoon.
Vance throwing sticks into the lake.

Here are the little rocks.

That's a good one dad!