Such a comedian

Ty is seriously hilarious! These photos are just 1/4 of his humor and character!

The Snack Pack makes some Puddin'

My sweet little boys helped me make some pudding for desert after dinner. They love helping in any way they can when it comes to making sweets! I welcome anytime I get to spend with them- before I know it, they won't have time for ol' mom and dad! ;-)


Ty pours in the milk

Tatey helps with the powder



Such good lil' helpers!

Our dogs live a tough life . . . .

Last Friday Molly was spayed - no big deal, right? Wrong!! Molly had a terrible reaction to the anesthesia and vomitted all Friday night thru Saturday morning. Luckily, our vet's office is open Monday - Sunday 8-8, so at 7:59 a.m. I called in a panic and brought Molls right in Saturday morning. She had a temp and was severely dehydrated. So, she was monitored all day and given fluids for dehydration, amongst many other things. By Saturday night she was ornery as ever and back to her regular self, thank God!


Enjoying their new raw hides! Molly doesn't even fit on the balnket anymore!

Oh, Francie the Girl!!!

Our old man!

She always does this and gets RIGHT up in the camera! Sweets!

Amanda Turns 3-0!

One of my dear friends, Amanda, turned 30 at the beginning of the month! A ton of us went out to celebrate this big occassion! What a fun night!



All of the girls!


I was playing beer pong - I was terrible at this game!

Swimming!!!

To cure our winter blues, we decided to go swimming to one of the few indoor, year-round pools just outside of Ankeny. It took Tate a little while to warm-up, but eventually he loved it. There was no question that Ty would love it - he loves to swim! It was a great way to spend some quality time together and get out of the house!!!




Ty, equipped with goggles and all, jumping in to Daddy for the 100th time!


Ty on our way home!

I was surprised he actually smiled because he was so bummed to have to leave!

Our new dog feeders

Molly is going to easily going to be a beast in terms of height, so I had to find an elevated dog food feeder/waterer that was at least 20-24 inches tall. In stores and on-line they only reach 18 inches tall, so I had the same guy that finished our basement make us matching dog feeders for Molly and Jax and Paris that were tall enough for each specific dog! They turned out awesome!

Incredibles Pizza with the Crabb's

We recently went to Incredible's Pizza with our great friends, the Crabbs, to fun place that has a pizza buffet, arcade games, bowling, go-karts, and bumper cars! The kiddos were so good and had a blast together! Tate was a lucky charm on every game he touched and won us over 600 tickets by himself!!!



Daddy and Ty playing a race car game- this was Ty's favorite!

Ty and Tate playing basketball - Tate's favorite!

This was one game that Tate single-handedly won 300 tickets!


Tatey playing his first arcade game. He turned out to be very lucky this night, winning us over 600 tickets!!!

Carson cheers for Ty at bowling!

I love this picture!

Ty bowls and he loved it!

Tate did good bowling, too!

Brian's soccer game

Brian plays soccer every Friday night and Ty and Tate love to go and watch Daddy play. Tate always cries as soon as we get there because he wants to run out on the field, but he has to wait until the game is over. Here are a few photos of last Friday.


He was more accurate than most of the 4th graders there!

Such a stud!

A natural, just like Ty.





Tate waiting VERY impatiently to go down and play with Daddy.

A little bit of this and a little of that

Notice Molly's height! ;-)

This is an extra bed in our basement that they love jumping on!

Bath time fun!

L-O-V-E is all I have to say!