Updates

Well, last weekend my sister, her 4 kids, my parents and my other sister came into town to visit. It was so fun to have everyone here! It was a little crazy having 6 kids running around but we loved it! I didn't actually get out my camera much but here are a couple of shots.

Matthew now loves to look at the comics in the paper. He gets out the paper all by himself and is entertained looking at the pictures for quite a while! Here he is with his cousin.


Brayden and his cousin Jana were running up and down our street with just diapers on without a care in the world! Jana is 18 months but Brayden kept calling her the "baabee" (Baby) and Jana kept calling Brayden the baby. It was pretty cute!



I had to include a few pictures of our trouble maker. I freaked out a little when I walked in the kitchen and saw this and Brayden looked at me like this was totally normal. Silly boy!




Brayden also found the Lightening McQueen stickers and put them all over my floor. Then he laid there and kept saying, "I love you Lightening!"

Job Chart

We have started Matthew on a job chart. He does pretty good for some of his jobs (taking out the trash and unloading the silverware) and others are a struggle (picking up his toys and being a good listener the first time). So this past time around with the job chart we told him that when he finished we would get him a bike, usually we just get him a small toy at the dollar store. We have been meaning to get him a bike anyway since he is growing out of his big wheel so this seemed like the perfect way to do it!



Matthew and Brayden with their completed job charts! Brayden doesn't really do too much but he can't be left out especially when there are Lightening McQueen stickers involved!




Matthew taking his first ride down the street on his new bike.




All ready to go! He did great the first day. He even fell off a few times and he just jumped right back on. But now he is a little bit scared of falling off and we have to encourage him a little bit more and walk right next to him. I am sure with a little more practice he will be a pro!





Now we are on to another job chart. His new chore is making his bed. This is his first and only attempt so far! Not too bad for his first time and with no help from me. He went and did this all by himself but right now he is refusing to do it again. Maybe because we haven't promised him anything great, nothing will be able to live up to the bike!

Hanging Out

Yesterday I got together with 2 of my college roommates from Ricks. It was so fun to catch up and see each other's kids. And talk about old times and pranks. It was fun to be 18 for a while :o)




Some of the kids. Brayden caught a ride and then kept petting the little boy in front of him. Silly boy!

5 Minutes

Give 2 little boys 5 minutes alone and this is what you get:







Seriously I just went upstairs to grab another load of laundry to put in the washer! After this they moved on to watering down the sandbox and each other! Is it bad that my first thought when I saw them was, "At least they kept the hose outside"? Matthew did bring the hose inside once and I don't think that I ever blogged about it, I was a little upset that my kitchen was flooded!
(This is Matthew and his friend from across the street. Brayden was safely inside playing with toys)

Memorial Day Weekend

For Memorial Day weekend we headed down to southern California. Can I tell you how great it is to live only 4 hours away?!

We went to Huntington Beach, where there was lots of burying of feet. Matthew also got pretty good at riding the boogie board (sorry no pics every time I got the camera he decided that he was cold and came in!).

Brayden entertained himself for over an hour filling up his bucket with sea water and then dumping it on our pile of sand! I think I need to bring that bucket out in our backyard and see if he will entertain himself like that at home :o)

And of course what is a trip to So. Cal without going to Disneyland? Matthew actually did ok with the characters this time. He actually gave Buzz a hug. Brayden on the other hand was a bit more hesitant.

I think the Buzz Lightyear ride is becoming our favorite ride!

And this is my favorite picture of the whole trip! I was trying to teach Brayden that when you go on rollercoasters you have to raise your hands up and scream. At first he looked at me like I was crazy but then he got the hang of it and he wouldn't stop! It was too funny!

We also went up to the Regan Presidential Library. Which was really cool! We both love history so it was fun to read about things that were going on when I was little and wasn't really paying attention. Next time I think we will go without the kids, they weren't really into reading!

The boys did think the Air Force One plane and the helicopter were pretty cool. Matthew spent the whole time trying to figure out how they got that plane inside the building!

Matthew took this picture. He is becoming our little photographer!