Brotherly Love

Last night I went downstairs to see if the boys were asleep and this is what I found...



Isn't this just the cutest thing.. they both were snuggled in Owen's bed! I'm not sure why Carter even has a bed... Jason said they snuggle closer than we do in bed..LOL

pumpkin Carving

The boys have been boogering me to carve one of the pumpkins.. this is a task that I don't enjoy doing very much... why you ask?? My boys always choose designs that are beyond their skill level. That causes a lot of disagreements in itself.. not to mention that I am somewhat of a perfectionist and can't just let the boys go at it..LOL
The first design didn't fit our pumpkin, the second choose did.. Yay.. skull & crossbones! My favorite.

I let them clean out the goop from inside..

The boys loved this part.. Callie not so much!

Owen would dig his hand in there and then shake his hands.. I had pumpkin mess everywhere!!

Carter liked seperating the seeds.. we are letting them dry out, then I am gonna bake them in the oven for a treat.. yumm!!

The finished jack o latern!!

lit up with the strobe light (i got it at target).. not the greatest picture but it was difficult to take..

Pumpkins....

About 2 weeks ago, I guess, I took the boys to pick pumpkins at a local farm.. Boy was that a mistake. It had rained off & on all day long.. Owen was a muddy mess by the time we left there.. silly boy!!

The boys & Callie

(notice how Carter is pulling his pant

legs.. he doesn't like to get dirty)

Ms. Callie

Owen with the biggest pumpkin he could find :)

Carter & our harvest

Charlie even got a lil pumpkin

And I can't forget Ms. Baby Jane

(this was taken at Mom's house)

Soccer.. Carter style!!

This year is Carter's 1st year playing soccer.. what a treat! There is probably close to 40 little ones in the U-6 program.. that is a whole lot of energy!! When Owen played there may have been 20. It's so neat to watch the joy on Carter's face when he is out on the field.

I took some pictures of him last night.. It's hard to get good shots when he is playing at dusk.. the pictures come out so dark. His jersey # is 16

At a typical practice they will break up into 4 groups, have some drills to learn new skill.. they will do that for about a 1/2hour. Then they will divide into 8 groups(splitting the groups of 4 in half) and have mini scrimmages.. that is the interesting part. there are so many kids on the field that they are tripping over one another and they look like a swarm of bees with the ball being the honey pot..LOL!! Carter is a bit better than the rest, or at least I think so, because of watching Owen play for 4 years. At last nights scrimmage his team won. The score was 3-2.. Carter made all 3 goals!! awesome!! They don't officially keep score at this level but the kids sure do..LOL

Boutique style pants!!

While searching some things on E*bay I came across some adorable jeans that had ribbon loops on the bottom.. so cute. I thought to myself.. I need a new hobby! Ha! Seriously though I thought I can do that! Naturally I googled how to make them.. found a great editorial on http://darnkat.wordpress.com/ She has a couple different editorials that I would like to try.

So here is Callie wearing hers that I made to match the Gymboree line "fall for monkeys"

Jason's celebrates his birth on 9.09.09.. 32 yrs later!!

Jason really doesn't like a lot of hoopla for his birthday and when I told him at the beginning of the week that I didn't have a present for him this year he was fine with that. I however was not! Jason always showers me with lavish gifts my birthdays, this year i got a loaptop. I knew I had to do something but what?!

Then we all got sick and didn't feel well and there was no time to go shopping with 3 sick kids.
The day of his birthday while I was showering at 3:30 in the afternoon it hit me like a ton of bricks.. Jason had been wanting a GPS but wouldn't buy one for himself.. Crap! Where am I gonna go to get one.. .walmart?? Did I mention that it was a rainy, nasty cold day? well it was!!

So I called my mom to get the 411 on dad's GPS.. she informs me that they got his at Staples for less than a hundred bucks.. cool, I thought! so after Kim picks Charlie up at 4:30 I had an hour and a half before Jason would be home.. plenty of time! Wrong.. Staples doesn't have anymore of that GPS in stock and the rest are out of my price.. load the kids up, drive to walmart at the other end of town, their prices were high as well. So I called my mom, she calls Staples to see if they can contact another store for availability and will call back. Now it's almost 6:OO and Jason will be home by 6:30... tick tick tick!

I call her back... they found 2 more in the store and were holding one for me... Get all the kids loaded back in the van, drive to the other end of town(AGAIN), get everyone out of the van, go inside to Staples (AGAIN) and go directly to check out.. whew! Buy the dang GPS .. get everyone loaded back up, drive home and get there in just enough time to get the thing in a package and ready to go... This my friends is why I never procrastinate!! Everything always comes back and bites me in the ass!!

Here are a few pictures from his lil party..

Just us & my parents!

our Backyard retreat

So for labor day we Labored!! Plus we were all sick .. well all but Jason.

Thursday I ordered 4 yards of mulch & some rail road ties that was delivered on Friday. On Saturday Jason & I picked up a skid of patio pavers and some other stuff... for our retreat!

I mulched our flower beds around our house and Jason worked on the patio. He brought home the skid loader from work to level out a pad. We worked most of the day on Sat. and on Sunday we took a break.. Jason went to church by himself while I stayed home with sick kids. .. Callie woke up from her nap on Thursday with a 101.4 fever and Carter got it as well.

Monday we got back at it and worked all day, again. It was hard for me to get motivated... I have a bad back ache, cramps, and congestion.. I feel like poo!

After we finished we invited mom & dad over , lit a fire and roasted hot dogs and made some s'mores...yummy!

1st Day of the 09-10 school year

It's currently 12:26p.m. and a lovely 66 degrees outside..... both boys are at school, Callie & Charlie are down for their naps.. YIPPEEEE!

This morning was a little rough with Owen... He was very excited about the 1st day of school. He was bouncing off of the walls.. literally! I don't think I have ever seen a kid so happy about school. He was almost late,too. I walked out of the house in plenty of time but until I took a few pix and got in the van it 8:28.. school starts at 8:32..not normally an issue but some brianiac thought it would be good to do some construction on the main road that leads to the school and has that road closed so we had to detour around it. I really hope he wasn't late :(

He looked real sharp this morning dressed in a pair of khaki shorts from children's place, a graphic t from target, a camo backpack from children's place & a pair of Marc Ecko RED sneaks!

..::Owen ready to go::..

..::Carter walking to the bus stop::..

Carter had a peaceful morning! He got to chill and relax without Owen here to bug him. Although him & Callie did go at it a few times. ;)
His bus comes at 12:15.. he has the same schedule as he did last year, which in nice. He eats lunch around 11-11:30 and then gets dressed for school.

..::Carter waiting on the bus::..

Carter looked pretty snazzy himself::: He chose to wear a pair of teal khaki's from children's place, a plaid button down from target, a sponge bob backpack and a pair of etnies... My boys have a great sense of style.. wonder where they get that from.. *wink*wink*

..::Carter gettin on the bus::..

As usual I have more pix of Carter than Owen.. Owen just isn't as willing anymore :(

Happy 87 Birthday Pawpaw!!

Today is Pawpaw's 87th birthday.. Can you imagine what the man has seen come & go in all those years? How about WWII? Of which he is a decorated soldier. Although we never hear the stories and I am almost positive that he has some great stories to tell from all decades.

Yesterday we all got together at the "home" to have a picnic & cake to celebrate. It was us, mom & dad; Peggy,Be & their kids; Raul, Courtney & Gabby; Eddy jr. & his kids

Mom & Dad brought in KFC & a coconut cake, which is the cake Pawpaw requested! It was yummy!!!

..::Pawpaw & the great grandkids::..

..::my family with Pawpaw::..

..::Pawpaw with his gift from Peggy::..

..::Pawpaw receiving gifts from us::..

..::blowing out his candles::..

gettin our hair did!!

Owen wanted to get his hair frosted but I didn't want to spend the money at the salon.. I needed to get my blonde chunks taken care of....

So I bought a frosting kit at walmart & a hair dye for me. On Saturday me and Owen bonded over hair dye!!

:::during photo:::

:::after:::