Little Man

Yep, we still have baby jett, although he's not such a baby anymore - he's turned into an adorable little man and already a year old!! The boys still jump for joy every day if jett is coming - they both love having another brother, and jett just loves having all the big boys and their toys to play with, especially when he can sneak up on one of the projects Kobe has built - it's so fun to knock it down!!!

mommy's new baby

Okay, so it's not a real baby, but this little guy just melted my heart - he was abandoned by his mom right in our campsight about 9pm, and was still there when we left the next afternoon. He even knew me, he growled at the Ranger, but when I talked to him he just purr or cooed to me. I even pet him, even though I know you're not supposed to - I just couldn't resist, he was so adorable, it broke my heart to leave him, especially knowing his chances of survival, but my hubby couldn't be convinced into having a baby racoon for a pet!

So yes, we went camping sunday night, and this is basically what the boys did the whole time (there's no dirt to dig in at our house), they are such well behaved boys - we had a beautiful sight at whitewater state park, backed by the woods, had some good camping food, swimming, smores, wading in the creek, and even a little rain to create some memories! Thank you daddy for being such an awesome event coordinator!!

The Races

Saturday night we all went to "the races" aka Elko Speedway (it was mommy and brennan's first time). It was a lot of fun, and very noisy - brennan of course loved it, he loved the monster trucks best, he couldn't wait until they came out again in between races - mommy liked the motorcross jumps, they were amazing! I will admit this is a boy thing, and I think I'll let the boys go alone next time - it's good bonding time for them, and let's be honest, it's always nice to go shopping alone, especially knowing your boys are having a good time at "the races"!

Grandma K

camera timers . . . wonderful!

Do we look alike? I get told we do . .

The boys and their great grandma!

On Thursday morning the boys and mommy headed out again . . . this time to green bay. My grandma, which makes her the boys great grandma lives near green bay. The boys did amazing for 5 hours in the car alone with mommy (I have to admit I was nervous) - part of that is thanks to their wonderful christmas gift of DVD players which are kept only for really long trips!! We had a perfect little visit with grandma Krass - the boys helped her with her 100 piece puzzle (I think she was amazed they actually could put it together so quickly), then we left for supper and came back for another hour. Grandma just sat back and smiled - enjoying watching the boys play with their electronic toys, which she probably has no clue what they're doing. We love you so much grandma.

Next, we headed to my aunt lynn's, just an hour away, which she so graciously opened her home to us and always makes us feel so special. The boys got to check out some cows (they live on a farm milking 1200 cows!), and saw lots of tractors, loved jumping on the trampoline, and playing with their second cousins. Thank you so much aunt lynn.

As you can see above - Brennan is ready to get back into the routine with his 3 hour naps - which began today!! Aren't those lashes precious?

Last Days . . .

Brennan's pre-preschool last day.

Ice Cream parties.

Kobe and his buds Ty and Zach.

Can you believe summer is here? Kobe is going to miss his friends so much this summer - I hope the other mom's didn't think I was just kidding when I mentioned playdates every mon/wed/fri!!! I dropped kobe off for his last day of preschool today - I must be a sap, I teared up thinking of my first born being done with preschool, and moving on to kindergarten - pretty soon there will be graduations, college, etc.

I know they have to grow up, but can't I keep them little for just a while longer???

PA trip

This past extended weekend we took a trip to PA - Brennan's first plane ride was exhausting - then when we got to the hotel (midnight) - our hotel room was decorated in chocolate (thanks to aunt lori) - she fulfilled Kobe's dream trip where they leave chocolates on your pillow - or so he was telling everyone.

We toured the Hershey chocolate land, where we found a really neat story behind mr hershey and his chocolate, and learned that the majority of the profits still go to a really neat cause. And of course drank some chocolate milk, and ate some chocolate. BTW there really is such a thing as too much chocolate.

Then we spent a day at Hershey park, where they have tons of rides, characters, etc. The kids know what rides they can go on by what candy they are - Kobe was a reeses, and Brennan was still a miniature (not even a kiss yet). Brennan just absolutely loved the characters - he wouldn't even stop hugging the York peppermint patty to smile for a picture (above left bottom corner)! Daddy and mommy went on a roller coaster, which was a blast, even going upside down - until it started going backwards and upsidedown together - not a good idea!! They also had a zoo! We counted up the rides, and the boys went on over 20 rides!! Thank you grandma and grandpa, aunt rick and aunt lori for bringing us out there, and showing us a good time!!

Mommy Day

I am feeling so blessed on this wonderful mothers day, that God gave me two amazing, healthy, brilliant little boys that fill our lives with so much love and laughter. I wish everyone who reads this a blessed mothers day as well.

Kobe had his "mommy day" at school this past wednesday - they have planned and prepared so long for this, he's been so excited for the day to come. We got to join them for the last hour of class. They greeted us with a homemade corsage, sang songs to us, made a snack for us, and we got to do a scrapbook page together. As you can see above - Kobe's a great scrapbooker!! They also filled out a sheet about their mom's:

looks pretty when: she has a dress on

favorite food: Hot Dogs ???

favorite thing to do: Play with me

I love mom: because she's special

Happy mothers day!!!