Sup.

Yes, it's been a very long time since my last post.  Bad blogger, bad.  I really don't mean to neglect it, but when there are only so many things to be done in a day, or month, um, or summer, ugh, then something has to give, and it's been the blog.  Sorry! :)  I hope you are all well and haven't missed us too much!  ha!

Ok, so there have been SOOO many things happen since last time we talked, trips to Texas and Washington, Matthew having his first eye exam and needing some sweet-awesome glasses (photos to come as soon as the glasses do...), babies being conceived, Isaac's traumatic trips to the dentist, Noah learning to talk like a CHAMP!! and on and on!  OH! And Ben passing his last national board exam to become an official RRT (registered respiratory therapist) YYYYEEEAAAAHHHH!!!!  Holy cow, that was a long time coming and soooo worth it!  We're so proud of you, Daddy!!

Anyhoo, I just wanted to drop by and let you know we're all alive and doing well.

Here are a couple of photos from our most recent trip, visiting Natalie, Dan and fam in Washington.  Thanks, guys!  We had a BLAST!

Dad and boys on the beach... Super cold water,

but that didn't bug the boys!

"Sleep over" with the cousins.

Emma, Isaac, Erika, Noah, Lauren and Matthew.

Discovery Park

We decided to take a quick trip to Discovery Park this morning (Isaac's been asking to go to the "wood park" for weeks, so I finally gave in!).  We got there a bit before 10 and the kids had a BLAST!  But by 11 it was getting pretty hot, and all that wood started to heat up and get musty, so we left and bought some Daylight Donuts for breakfast.  It was a fun morning!

Here are a few quick shots I snapped.  Not the best, but I thought they were kinda cute!  

Here is Noah working his way UP the slide!

He actually did it, over and over again!  He thought he

was pretty cool!

They have a really awesome "rocket" with 2 "captain's chairs"

so Matthew and Isaac decided to take a trip to outer space!  Too fun!

This is Isaac as he's coming into the rocket.

I was able to get Noah to turn around and look down the slide

when he got to the top, and I caught this cute grin!

And I think this might be my favorite shot.

Just playing with the shadows a bit! :)

Hope you are all having a groovy day!  Hopefully I'll be back to post more soon! :)

A new page!! Yay!

There was a fun speed scrap at ScrapMatters.com tonight (where you get rules for your LO, one at a time, every 10 minutes for an hour and then have one additional hour to complete your LO... Fun, fast and furious!!)  Anyhoo, this is the page I did.  I feel so accomplished!!  :)

Happy Father's Day!!

Ok, I know it's way past Father's Day, but we just celebrated yesterday.  Since we've been out of town and Josh & Britt were out of town for a bit, we just decided to wait until everyone could get together.  I've been itching to post this photo for SOOOO long!  I can't believe I was actually able to wait until yesterday to give this to Ben (it's been ready for almost a month!), but I did it!  This is the present that we (we being M, I & N) gave Daddy for Father's Day.  Photography and Photoshop genius by the incomparable Brittney!  Not to mention that this amazing idea was her brain-child (thanks a billion, Britt!).  Isn't she amazing?  Anyway, here is the photo.  Every time I look at it I just giggle!  Ah!  I framed it in a simple black frame and I think Ben loved it!  Yay!

To check out more of Britt's photography, visit her photo blog here.

I'm really alive, I promise...

I didn't die in a car crash or fall of the face of the earth, I guess I've just been super busy and felt guilty about not blogging, so I kept putting it off! Well, I'm back and I have SOOOO much to share! I'm not going to try and go back to where I left off, but I'll go back a couple of weeks anyway.

Just before we went to Texas (we just got back from almost 2 weeks in Corpus - more on that later), Kelly and Isabelle came to town. Yeah! :) We were able to visit them at Kelly's uncle's ranch and show the boys horses for the first time. They had such a great time!

Kelly and I were both snapping away and got some fun pics of the kids.

Here is my little cowboy playing stick-em-up with his bros.

The actual horse. Matthew and Isabelle posing, reluctantly to us,
but inside thrilled :)! Aren't they the cutest!?!?

Bell showing us how to feed a horse.
She is very knowledgeable, and a great little rider! :)

Isaac and I gave it a shot. Hey, it worked!
Whaddaya know!?

Just enjoying the incredibly windy day...

We drove to another part of the property to check out the pond.
We snapped this little photo from the car as M & B walked along the path.
Aren't they adorable!? OMGoodness! They aren't really holding hands,
we just snapped at the EXACT moment their hands swung together.
They aren't even walking side by side. But years from now I'll claim differently! :)

M & B in a cool silhouette shot in front of the pond.

Getting into the canoe...

In the canoe! :) Kell, Bell, Isaac and Matthew.

And finally, walking back to the car. Cutie petutie Noah!

Ok, so it's late and I'm tired and Ben has to be at work WAY too early tomorrow, so I'll post more tomorrow - hopefully! :) We'll get into swimming lessons and Texas. Don't go crazy in anticipation now! ;) Ha! Goodnight!

Oooooo Baby!!

If you've ever thought about getting into digital scrapbooking, NOW is the time!! Check this out! They are going to have all kinds of challenges and FREEBIES!! so don't miss it!

Cute Story...

I just wanted to pop in to tell you a cute little story that happen with Isaac at church today.  They combined our ward with 75% of another ward a while back, so unless you get to Church half an hour early, you don't get a seat.  Like that is going to happen with 3 small boys!!  So we were sitting in the lobby trying SOOO hard to get the kids sit quietly during Sacrament, in the hopes that not only we would get something out of the talks, but that something would sink in for the kids as well...  Well I don't know how much they understood, but Isaac for sure heard something!  The speaker was talking about the Holy Ghost and Isaac blurts out, "THE HOLY GHOST!!?!  We met him at Disneyland!!!"  It was the funniest thing ever!  I tried so hard not to laugh!  Ben and I just looked at each other and tried to be grown up, but seriously, it was hard!  He just seemed so proud to know about something they were saying!  Too cute!