1st Day of School...2010

 I can't believe that summertime is over and it is time to start school again!  Can't say I'm disappointed though:)  The boys are definitely ready to start this year!  Especially Noah, since he is starting Kindergarten!

 Noah is 5 and starting Kindergarten.  His teacher is Mrs. Stevens.

Caden is 7 and in 2nd grade.  His teacher is Mrs. Mills...and I have no idea what is all over his shirt.  I'm hoping it is the camera and that I didn't send him to his first day of school with some stain:/

It will be interesting to just have Connor all to myself!  He won't know what to do without his buddies around!

Noah's T-Ball Party

 Noah had a great year playing T-ball!  He was even more excited about the Team Party, which was at CiCi's Pizza.  Which is when he gets his trophy...of course:)  This is Noah with Coach Dustin.

Look at that sweet smile:)  Way to go Noah!

Is That A Booger I See??

Yes, yes it is a booger that you see on Connor's face with a mohawk the boys gave him...or maybe he did that himself after dinner??  Who knows!  His favorite place as of late is under the island in this basket.  Don't know why, but we have accepted this:)

Again with the laundry basket...I swear if this were his only toy (and the basket above) he would be happy forever!  He loves to be pushed around in this all day long!

Last Days of Summer

I had to post these pictures of the last few days of summer.  The boys LOVE to be outside.  I mean LOVE to.  Connor bangs on the door all day long to go outside and play.  Too bad its so STINKING HOT!  The boys wanted me to grab the camera and take pics of them playing around together...Love these pictures;)

At first he HATED the grass...like all babies do.  Not a problem anymore:)  But it was funny to see him get all weird about it!

I know...how cute is he?  He is 13 months here.

Swim Lessons

This summer the boys were in swimming lessons...and let me tell you how quickly they caught on!  Caden has always been a little fish and taught himself to swim when he was like 2...so now he was learning all the strokes and he loved it!  Noah was learning to swim with no floaties...which he did!  We are so proud of him!!

On the last day of swim lessons they got to go on all the water slides...the favorite day of course!

Noah's 5th Birthday!

I can't believe my Noah is 5 now!  He always seems so much older than he is, he is what I call an "old soul".  He is such a little sweetheart and so random with everything!  We like to call him "Random Man"!  He definitely makes our life fun and interesting!

One of Noah's favorites is doughnuts.  He's like his mama and just can't get enough of them!  So for breakfast we had a doughnut cake and opened all his presents.  

Later on Grandma and Grandpa came over to celebrate as well!  (Don't mind the different paint on the walls...I was in a mood and wanted to repaint everything...that has now changed and I still have yet to paint over them...)

I just love this picture of Connor and Grandpa...so sweet:)
After this we went to Chuck E. Cheese with the Wildes and ate cupcakes and played and ate pizza.  Happy Birthday sweetie!!

Caden's 1st Basketball Season

Caden started his first basketball season EVER.  It was definitely a learning experience for him and you could see a huge improvement in him from the beginning to the end.  I think this will be one sport he will play for a long time:)  

 Caden is a great hustler and is always going after the ball!

 Dribbling his little heart out:)

 At the end of the season we all went to Sonic for his end of the season party.  He got the long awaited trophy.

 Caden with his team.  The assistant Coach just had a baby...hence the Congrats sign!

 Yeah Caden!  Glad you had a great year!

 Connor was a trooper to all the games...thank goodness the games are inside since it was so HOT!!!

He couldn't get enough of the Sonic drink...well...anything with sugar...

4th of July

This 4th of July was a bitter/sweet celebration.  Totally sad and depressing since this was our last get together with Sharla and her family since they are moving in a few days...We always have all our parties at the Wilde's house!  But it was so fun to be together!  

Noah, Caden, Ean and Aliza

Me and my boys...

The kiddos watching fireworks...Adam Lawyer and Ben were putting on quite the show for us;)

The 4th wouldn't be complete without sparklers!!  This is always a favorite!

Zoo

We had all sorts of things going on this summer and I had to include them in the good 'ole blog!  Lots of fun family activities that I want to always remember:)  We took a family trip to the zoo...1st time ever I think??  It has always been me and the boys!  In fact we have lived here for almost 5 years and Ben hasn't made the trip yet...why, I don't know!

The boys love feeding the birds, they usually go in there after the world has feed them and they never want to eat any bird seed, but today...they had all sorts of birds eating off their sticks!

Connor's 1st Birthday!

My. Baby. Is. One.  I'm not going to lie to you...it makes me sooo sad!  Time just flew by way too quickly!  So...here are some pictures on his special day!  We had a Cookies and Milk themed party and I got the idea from A Party Style...she is FABULOUS and has amazing ideas!!

We had 10 different kinds of cookies...basically all my favorites:)  We had: Raspberry Thumbprints, Peanut Butter Cup, Triple Chocolate, Snickerdoodle, Chocolate Chip, Sugar, Oatmeal Raisin, OREO, Piroutte, and White Chocolate Lemon.  The favorites: Raspberry Thumbprints and White Chocolate Raspberry...So good!!

Thanks to Wendy who took the pictures of the table!  She is amazing!

These were the party favors....little cookie jars:)

The Birthday Boy!  He pretty much refuses to look at the camera when it is out...he's special that way:)

This is the other Birthday Boy...my brother Eric and Connor have the same birthday!  So glad he was able to come out and we could celebrate together!!

Connor is IN LOVE with his cousin Henry!  He would just give him hugs whenever he could!  So cute!

Yes...lots of lovins:)

The kids played football, hula hoop, etc...

A huge thanks to PHIL for being the Grill Master at the party!  It was a GAZILLION degrees outside and having to grill on top of that had to be fun:)

Logan HAD to climb the trees...

Lots of presents to open...

Cake to be eaten...

He really couldn't get enough of it!

Loved it so much he liked the plate:)

Note to self...DO NOT make a cake with mousse as the filling in 100 degree weather...it will melt;)

Uncle Jon and the birthday boy...

Jenna, Me, and Sharla...BFF's...Sharla is moving to Arizona in a few weeks...we have to get as many pictures together as we can:)  We will miss her!!