A Blast From Our Past

I just was looking at some old pictures and thought it would be fun to post them. Its crazy how much the boys have grown and how much our lives have changed. It really does just seem like yesterday that they were babies (gees do I sound like a mom or what?)

Grandma Fast and baby Braxton

Happy G

Me and Pooh (Gav) 2 years ago.

Daddy with his boys in the "baby" pool at his parents house in Vegas

Baby Gav

Christmas two years ago

Snorkeling on our honeymoon in Catalina...that was so much fun!

Aunt Aubri bought them these cowboy hats and guns

Gavin

Baby Braxton

Like Father Like Son

I just thought this was too cute, so I needed to capture the moment. The other day Rey and Braxton were laying down watching the Olympics. They were watching the basketball game, the US playing Spain for the gold (awesome game by the way). Rey had been teaching Braxton all about each of the events and Braxton was VERY interested in everything. Rey taught him which team we were and Braxton would always say to me "Mommy we're the dark blue team, that means USA". I love how Braxton is so into sports just because his Daddy is. He said that when he gets older he's gonna play in the Olympics... hey ya never know.

They didn't even know I took this one.

Gosh I love those boys!!

Chicken "Pops"

Oh yes, Gavin got the chicken pox or chicken pops as Gavin would call them. The poor little guy has been miserable. I took some pictures, I hope nobody is offended that I showed his cute little bottom on my blog, but I had to, since that's where he has gotten most of them. I have to say, he's been doing pretty well, he hasn't complained too bad. He just doesn't like wearing his diaper, he likes to be naked. I cant blame the poor guy. I have to admit, I think he looks kinda cute with little red dots on his face. I'm hoping the worst is over, and we just keep praying that Emree wont get them. We have been trying to keep him away from her, but every time we say "don't touch her" his feelings get hurt and he doesn't quite understand why he cant be around her. Gavin has been enjoying the extra attention he's been getting from his Daddy and me. He also loves when I put the calamine lotion on him...he says it tickles and feels cold. He's such a little trooper!

We're Back!

Yay!! So we finally got our computer problems all figured out (I hope). So I will be updating and posting some new pictures within the next couple of days. We have had some "fun" things going on, let me tell ya. See ya soon :)

Oh I am so DEPRIVED!!!!

Okay so besides being sleep deprived (as usual) I have been totally deprived of BLOGGING!!!! Its been just a little crazy around here. To start off we had Rey's sisters wedding on the 9th (which was a total blast) up in Vegas. We were up there for just a couple of days, then came home on a Sunday and moved into our house the very next day. I should say we actually packed and moved in the same day. Yes, we had nothing packed except for a few boxes because we weren't sure if everything was going to work out with the house or not until we got a call while we were in Vegas. Oh by the way I DO NOT recommend packing AND moving all in one day :) Luckily my parents were there to save us, as always, and were able to take the kids for us over night so Rey and I could do the move. Alright so now we are all moved in and we love the house, its just prefect for us, and I'm enjoying the newness of everything inside it. Much different than apartments, thats for sure. So before we moved our computer was acting really weird and for some odd reason it wouldn't turn on and the monitor was acting funny, which means I have been without the Internet for weeks now. Gosh I didn't realize how much we used the computer, until we weren't able to use it. I mostly just missed seeing everybody's blogs and keeping up with whats going on with all of your families. Anyways it's been a very busy and tiring last couple of weeks to say the least. Well it looks like we have to buy a new monitor so it might be just another couple of days before I make another post....don't give up on me though, keep checking our blog, we will have our new monitor hopefully within the next couple of days.

Braxton's not so cute Hair Cut

So Braxton comes into me the other night asking if he can have some paper to cut up (with kids scissors of course). Now this is pretty common that he does this, he likes to cut little pieces of paper up and then throw them in the air and pretend that its snowing. SO I got him his "kids" scissors, you know the ones that aren't very sharp with rounded edges and let him start cutting away. Well I went into the other room for just a second to change Emree and when I walked back in he had this look on his face and had his hands over his hair, and I asked "what did you do?" He looked up at me with those "I know I'm in trouble eyes" and said I cut my hair. I have no idea how he did it so fast and managed to cut so close to his scalp. When I saw his hair I wanted to get really upset, but I stayed calm knowing that at some point every mom has to deal with their kids trying to cut their own hair (for me it was my bangs when I was little). I sat him down and told him how dangerous it is to cut his own hair and that we DO NOT cut anything but paper that I give him. I explained to him that we were going to have to shave his head (which he thought was cool of course) he said he would look like "army guys" now. SO the next day I buzzed his hair down to a one and you could still see where he had cut it. Oh well I guess its a good thing he's a boy and not a girl. Alright so you would think that after all this had happened with having to buzz his hair and having a nice long chat about not cutting anything but paper he would have learned his lesson...but noooo....I walk into his room later that day and found him cutting his sheets on his bed and the fabric that covers his box spring mattress. NOW this time I didn't stay all that I calm. I was mad. What the heck is going on with him, all of a sudden he's cutting everything in the house and we have never had any problems in the past. I took the scissors from him and hid them and told him he can no longer play with the scissors and that he should know better oh and he had to sit in his room on time out. I then went and hid all the scissors in the house. Well Sunday comes along and we get home from church and I told him it was time for "quiet time" and he could watch a movie or play quietly. I go in my room to change and to put Emree to sleep and when I walk back out, what has my wonderful son done this time??? He found scissors some how and managed to cut his hair AGAIN now he has bald spots on his buzzed head. OH BRAXTON!! I asked him "why do you keep doing this? and he said "cuz it just feels cool" oh and I asked him where he got the scissors from and he said "mom you forgot to hide the ones you keep in your bathroom". I totally didn't even remember we had any in there. So now his hair looks pretty jacked up but hey at least we don't have a wedding to be in or kindergarten starting in just a couple of weeks. Oh wait, yes we do.

Before

After

We told him now he and Emree have the same hair :)

Out in the sun, having FUN FUN FUN!!!

We have had a blast these past couple of days. I had some family come down from Idaho that we haven't seen in a long time. We went to the beach, swimming, and just hung out, it was great! The day we went to the beach we all car-pooled down there. I drove my van of course so that we could pack in a few extra kids so we could drive less vehicles, hoping to save on some gas money. Then Rey drove the corolla separately and came after he got off work. OKAY so heres where the story begins. SOOO we have this wonderful fun day at the beach, we get everything packed up (which always takes forever) we get the kids all in the cars and everybody but Rey and I had left since it took us a little longer to pack up. I go to start the van and it doesn't start. Cool huh? It has done this before, but Rey fixed it. We thought it had something to do with the alarm system in it, since last time we fixed it Rey messed with the alarm and got it to work. SO Rey for the next 30 minutes tries to mess with the alarm to get the car to start. Well nothing worked and now we are trapped at the beach with only Rey's corolla and about 8 people. We call my mom who had already drove almost half way home to come back and squeeze some more kids in her car and then our family would all fit in the corolla and drive home. By now its like 10:30 and kids are tired, Rey and I are exhausted and just want to be home. It takes us a good 2 hours to get from the beach to our house in Hesperia. We left our van there and the next day I drove ALL the way back down (good thing gas is so cheap) with my Aunt Melody and Uncle Allan who were down from Idaho, to see if he could get it to work. I was hoping that when we got there the van for some reason would just magically start up. Well it didn't and now I'm thinking about how much money we're going to have to spend getting towed and fixed somewhere down at the beach. My uncle called his friend from back home who is a mechanic and told him what the car was doing and he told my uncle to have me start the car and keep cranking it while my uncle gets under the car and hits the fuel tank where the fuel pump is. Okay so I'M thinking ya right just hitting something is not going to work., but hey what do I know...the car started right up. What an answer to a prayer. We were able to drive the van back home and now can have it looked at by OUR mechanic who we know wont rip us off. SO ya that was our nice fun, relaxing, stressful say at the beach.

Now thats what I call HOT!!!

Braxton's cousins burried him in the sand. He looks like he has two black eyes from all the sand thats on his face.

Rey and my brother Scott, they were out there forever!

Rey met us down there right after he got off work.

I know another post with a kissing picture in it. I just love these pictures though...oh and of course kissing him :)

My mom with the grandkids

My Gradparents, bless their hearts how many 80 year olds do you see out on the beach these days. It was nice that they were able to come.

Okay seriously I think that Gavin ate the whole bag of Cheetos by himself. Everytime I would see him he had that bag next to him and his hands full of sand and cheetos...yummy.

Rey and Braxton hanging out in the waves. He thinks he so cool that he goes in the "Huge" waves.

Weiner Roast

This is what Emree did almost the whole day.

Gavin's not one to go into the water quite yet, he prefers playing in the sand with his toys.

While Daddy's away....the kids and I PLAY!!!

Rey was gone all day at work and the kids were all in such good moods so I decided to whip out the camera and start clicking away. We all played together and had a lot of fun!!

Our cute little ones. (like how Emree's flipping her lip getting ready to cry?)

Braxton and Sissy

Gavin and I were pretending to talk on the phone.


Gavin said he wanted to call Grandma and Grandpa...of course.

Braxton and I played transformers and guns. He was teaching me how to make shooting sounds the "right" way with my mouth. He said that when I did it, it didnt sound like guns shooting. Go figure.

I took these of Emree she was in such a good mood that day.

4th of July

For the 4th we went to my brother Scott's house for a barbeque and to go swimming. It was a nice realaxing day. That evening we went to go watch some fireworks, which the boys absolutley loved. Gavin would shout out the color of every firework that he saw go up into the sky. Braxton thought the sound that they made and the smell of the smoke was more fun then actually watching them. As for Emree...well she just slept through it all.

I dont think Braxton got out of the pool once while we were there.

Love those boys

The bow on her head looks like a firework, its so big.

Poor little G, he swam all day and had no nap...he was exausted.

Emree's Check Up

Emree's check up was today, which means...shots. Oh yes, she got 3 shots today. Why is it that every time I take my kids to get their shots, they are always so happy? It makes me feel bad, they come in all happy and come out screaming. She actually did pretty well, she only cried for a few minutes after. Braxton said he wanted to come along to make sure she was alright. He's already so protective of her, it's really cute.

Just waiting for the Dr.

So happy...if only she knew what was coming

Our beautiful little girl

Braxton taking care of his sister

After her shots

After we got home and got some Tylenol in her.