Brock's Belief...

So yesterday Brock came up with a pretty neat thought that I just had to share.

Brock - Mom, if we wanted to give Jesus a gift we could put it inside a balloon and then blow it up and let it go so it could float up to heaven where he could get it.

Mom - That's a great idea Honey!!

Brock I know I thought of it all by myself.

Now I'm just waiting for the day when he wants to try it! I love his way of thinking!

Lake Powell Adventure!!

So we finally took our little family to Lake Powell for the 1st time this year. It was the twins first Powell trip and we had a great time. Needless to say no trip is complete without a few hiccups. We had taken Blake's parents boat which had just had a part replaced and as we unloaded it and started driving to the houseboat it overheated. As it turns out the part had cracked and we thought we might be stuck in the middle of the lake and end up rowing. This worried me since it was starting to get dark. We did however make it to the houseboat after stopping and shutting the boat off and letting it cool down about 20 times. Then when we got there we started to unload things onto the houseboat and by this time it was dark. I was stepping from my in-laws boat onto the houseboat with a few things in my hands including Blake's ipod, when the ipod slipped out of my hand and fell right between the boats and into the lake. I instantly reached into the water to grab it but it was sinking too fast so I dove completely in to save the ipod clothes, shoes and all. It was turned on so I could see the light but was never able to reach it. When I resurfaced I was still between the boats and Blake was desperately trying to pull me out, but I was just being squashed by the boats so I had to dive back down and swim around to the back of the houseboat so I could get up. I felt horrible and couldn't stop apologizing. Blake was so sweet to not be upset with me but instead was very sympathetic (what a great hubby). Corbin, however was quite shaken by the whole ordeal and kept telling me that he didn't want his Mommy to go in the water cuz he didn't want his Mommy to float away. It took a lot of explaining before he was OK with the situation. After that the rest of the trip was fabulous. We had great weather and a lot of fun!! We did some fishing, tubing and just plain old lounging! I love the lake!

 

 

 

 

Camping some more

We went camping again so Blake could bow hunt, and no he hasn't been successful yet. We went with our friends Randy and Toni Tatton and there 3 kids. It was much FUN!!

Me and the kids (minus Corbin)

Going for a jeep ride.

Cute Corbs!

Making sure his belly wasn't getting sunburned.

Watch out!! Brock's behind the wheel.

Daddy's Girl!

Daddy and Dax.

Like father like son! (I don't know what my camera did on these last 2 pics, perhaps it was the sun, I don't know but the pink is kinda cool)

Nephews

I finally got some cute photos of my new nephews so here thay are!
Braxton


Gavin

1st Day of School

So my 2 oldest are back in school and have been now for over a week, but I'm just barely getting around to posting about their first day. Brock started Kindergarten and I was totally OK with it all - wasn't sad or felling as though he was so grown up until we got to school. Brock rode his bike to school and so did Corbin. Brock was so excited and thought it was so cool to park his bike at the bike rack and so of course so did Corbin. And as I was helping Corbin get his bike in the bike rack, Brock just disappeared into the school and into his classroom. Of course I was surprised that he didn't even say goodbye so I went into the school to find him. Once I did this was the conversation:
Me - "Brock, you didn't even tell me goodbye."
Brock - "Oh, goodbye."
Me - "Well at least can I have a hug and a kiss?"
Brock - "Alright, I guess so."
Needless to say he could have cared less about leaving me and saying goodbye. That's when I suddenly felt as though he was so grown up and independent and there was nothing I could do to stop him from getting older. He has loved Kindergarten though and looks forward to it everyday! (If only he can continue to feel that way about school in the years to come)

This picture of Corbin was actually his second day of school instead of his first. The first day of school things were so hectic getting him to school on time that I completely forgot to take his picture so I decided I would have to do it when he got home. Yeah, I completely spaced that one too. So I got my act together for the second day of school and was better about getting a picture and being on time to school. The reason we were struggling to be on time the first day in the first place was because I could not for the life of me get Corbin out of bed. He kept telling me how tired he was and that he just wanted to sleep more. Well school started at 9:15 and at 8:45 I literally dragged him out of bed and dressed him. When he came home from school this is what he brought home.

He must have been tired!! He loves school though and is already learning so much! What will it be like when all 4 of them are in school? I don't want to make them grow up any faster than they already are. What an adventure life is!