Back to school shopping

I am really spoiled. I have great kids...and they are boys. I went school shopping for clothes for the boys up here at DI and they told me they wanted some "sporty" shirts and shorts. Perfect for AZ. They already have some nicer polos so I thought that we could get some stuff for them. I went there while Tony and Turner stayed at G-ma's and picked up some stuff. I think the most expensive thing was $3 and most were $1-$2. I love thrift stores. The boys loved everything. It was very easy. I was told if I had girls it wouldn't be as easy.

One little thing that was funny though...as we were getting tags off shorts I noticed the pair that Turner fell in love with were actually marked 18M. Yep. He is wearing 18Month pants as shorts! And they look good on him. Maybe we will let him keep them or I might have him give them to Levi.

Silkies

G-ma and I (okay mostly G-ma...she is the talented one) decided to make a couple of quilts in our "spare time" yesterday. We were at DI and picking out some clothes and Sawyer was holding a pair of silky basketball shorts. He had been pretty fussy all day but was really quiet feeling the material. It really seemed to calm him down and so we decided to get some fabric for these "silkies". They are satin on one side and the off-white inner is a really delicate soft flannel. They turned out really cute and the boys really love them. Sawyer calms down while holding his...hope that it continues to work!

Swimming in the back yard

The boys helped Papa set up the pools in the back yard. There were 4 pools and the boys had a blast jumping from pool to pool "wipeout" style.

The only thing missing here is the sand, volleyball net and some Top Gun music.

To the rescue!

Levi and cousin Raegan swinging on the swings

G-ma and Briggs

Papa and Sawyer with Uncle Darren

Can you really beat Capri Suns and cheese balls?

At the park

We had a lot of fun at the park with G-ma. We fed ducks and played and had a picnic.

Notice Tony in the background with the I-pad...he loves when we visit someone with one :)

Me with Turner and Levi. Levi is already starting on the cheeseballs.

It looks like he rubbed his eye with cheesy fingers.

Levi got an owwie

Sawyer hamming it up for the camera

MAN...says it all hehe

Oh...Mommy's little man.

Tony on the I-pad. He was playing this while I took all the pictures of his brothers playing at the park.

Burying a foot

X marks the spot

Tons of fun!

Loosing my mind

As I was packing for our trip to UT and ID, I kept forgetting things and trying to remember what I needed to pack. It seemed like I really couldn't focus and get it all packed without forgetting something. For example...I thought I had everything ready and got everyone loaded in the car and drove out of the driveway before I realized in order to fill up the van, I would need my purse which was still sitting on the kitchen counter. Next example...after I filled up the van I realized I didn't have my tennis shoes I needed to go camping with so went back to get that. About 30 minutes later after traveling on the road I realized I forgot my camera.

I was very frustrated about this because we were going to be gone for 2 weeks and I wanted to get some good pictures. I texted Derrick and asked him after work if he would overnight the camera to his parents (where I would be staying for part of the trip) so I could take pictures. (I was taking this trip with all 5 boys by myself and Derrick had to stay and work. My Grandma took pity on me and flew down to Phoenix to help me drive up...love you Grandma and thanks!) We drove to Bryce Canyon and met up with one of my cousins and looked at the beautiful scenery and again lamented my lack of camera. I wanted to document this beautiful place and seeing my cousins who I haven't seen in a few years. The next day I went down to Cedar City and met up with Deb so the boys could see their aunt. I wished again I had that camera. We finally dropped Grandma off in West Valley UT and then headed up the Papa and G-ma's house. I called Derrick to remind him to send the camera and he said he couldn't find it. I decided to look through the bags I packed to see if I could possible have packed it and forgot?? I looked through all the bags...no luck. Finally I looked in the pocket of the bag for the babies' clothes and guess what?? Yep. There was my camera. It is a good thing my head is attached.

So I had a thought....I have heard that with each pregnancy you loose brain cells (and I feel like I've lost double the regular amount). I don't really like thinking that because getting less intelligent is not something I want to do. :) Not sure if this is an old wives tale or not but I have a new take on it. I don't think you actually loose your brain cells but you have more things you have to be concerned about and think about and it puts a little stress on the brain until you get used to it....Whaddoyouthink? Wishful thinking?

Boys...boys...and more boys

The boys made a super fort. It was pretty awesome!

Happy boys!

Tony and Turner taking turns holding Sawyer

Levi spilled something on his shorts and so went to get another pair. These were in his drawer but obviously too big (they are Turner's shorts) and Levi couldn't be convinced that they were not his...Reminds me of Calvin and Hobbes.

Happy Sawyer!

Say Cheese!

Levi hidin'

It was about 10pm and I was super tired. I walked into my room and noticed there were some blankets out of place on the floor. I walked over to the bed and was going to pull down the covers and noticed that there were some little arms sticking out of a blanket...

Yep! It was Levi. He was obviously "hidin'" and fell asleep waiting for someone to find him. :) He is being so creative with finding new places to sleep. haha.