pampered.

When Brayden asked me if he could brush & blow dry my hair, I was in heaven! He is going to make a great husband someday, he loves to play with hair. And don't we all love to have our hair played with?!

Suction

I forgot to post these! this was a little while ago but definintley something I want in my book. Discovering the suction hose on the vaccuum entertained these rowdy boys for a good hour, a good hour filled with deep belly laughter....always music to my ears!

CTR

This sounds so silly, but I can't even tell you how thrilled I was to find that this ring fit Kosty. I seriously can't handle how cute it looks on his chubby, adorable 2 year old little hand!

{mush}

Tonight after dinner, Kosty came over to me with his head down, and nuzzled his cute hair right in my lap. Then he looked up at me and said, "Mama, fank you fo yis dinnew." I promise my heart instantly turned to mush. Mush.

somethin' I've been working on...

I thought this would be the easiest way...sayitwithcharms.blogspot.com

i love the fourth...

and who doesn't? A simple holiday with good food, good company, no money to spend, lots of swimming, and fireworks. This year we spent literally all day swimming, eating, then swimming and eating again. We didn't even get out of the pool until almost 7pm.Then we went to Tumbleweed Park and watched the fireworks with friends. Other than Kosty and I literally being
eaten alive by mosquitoes, it was a good time.

Kosty was being so funny, he would do this little penguin walk up to the edge of the diving board, then jump, and yell "Tannenball!" if you turn off the music down below you can hear it. And yes that is Jeremy jumping off the balcony, he is nuts. Then later he did a gainer off of that same ledge. Gave me a heart attack!

the beach in gilbert

I just love this picture. My dad lives in Val Vista Lakes, so every now and then we take advantage and go to the "beach" at the clubhouse. This is Aunt Erika. My boys adore her. And why wouldn't they~ she is the sweetest little girl you could ever meet. She is an awesome babysitter too!

My Dad and Maria, my step mom

"SMY-UL!!" Kosty's famous pose.



















"No, Kosty! Don't get back in...we are leaving now!"
(Ha Ha! Watch me).

going..going..

GONE!! (Suck-ahs!)

I am lucky to be the proud owner of these 3 boys!


{on a side note...}

One thing I realized on this particular day. The older I get...the less tolerable I become. My friend once pointed this out to me. A lot of things just plain gross me out. This day was no exception. I am becoming a public pool snob. Lets just say that when the thought crosses your mind that you are basically bathing with hundreds of other people (who's hygiene is unknown, therefore questionable)... you just can't shake it. Suddenly you notice every smell, then you notice the temperature of the water. You know at least half of these people have relieved themselves in it. All of the kids too. Then you look around and notice a drunk couple, wrapped around eacthother with way too much affection going on. Then your little boy complains that he can't see under water because it is too foggy. Then somebody next to you starts digging at something on the bottom of their foot. Ohhhhhh.... that can't be good. I'll just end there. I think I'll be leaning towards private pools from now on.