Ice Cream Party!

I was out of diapers for Tyce once again and decided it's time!  Time to potty train!  I knew he was ready because I was always catching him with his diaper off trying to put underwear on.  So I stole an idea from a friend and did a sticker chart.  He loved it and quickly filled up all of stickers which meant he got an ice cream party with Daddy!  And I am happy to announce that Tyce is potty trained!!!  He even sleeps all night without accidents!  We still have an accident every once in a while, but he has really gotten it down.

He was SO EXCITED to go out for ice cream with Daddy!

We couldn't do a sticker chart for Tyce without doing a sticker chart for Brek!  Brek had started to have accidents in her bed almost every night (Our fault because we gave them sippy cups of milk at bedtime...not anymore though!).  So she filled her chart up as well!  I thought she would want to do exactly what Tyce did and go for ice cream with Daddy, but she said she wanted to go with me!  I was so excited to get to take my little girl out!

Waiting for her "pink" ice cream 

 I'm so proud of my kids!

Brek's 4th Birthday

Brek turned 4 on August 12th!  I can't believe she is getting so big!

Here she is posing in her cowgirl outfit from Nana.  Can you say adorable?? 

For Brek's birthday party, we did a fairy/princess/superhero theme.  Don't look too closely at the cake.  It was a good idea, but as you can tell the execution didn't pan out.  Also, ignore the antlers on her head.  We didn't have very many options for backgrounds.  But isn't Tinkerbell super cute? 

It took her forever to blow out her candles!  But I'm so proud of her for actually blowing them out this year.  She's been too shy all of the other years.  This is how she was blowing so that's why it took so long. 

Here are the princesses!  Best picture I could get. 

And the rest of the party (excluding adults) 

Brek with her bday present from Grandma.  She is ready for school now! 

Here is Tyce trying to give a thumbs up.  He got a little surprise from Grandma, too!

Too Early

This morning Luke woke up early.  He woke up at 6:00 AM which for this momma is too early!  My kids do usually wake up around 7:15 so they are not late sleepers, but this is just too much!  And he's been doing it quite a bit here lately.  Usually when this happens I spend the whole morning lounging around waiting for a chance to doze back off.  This morning that didn't really happen.  At about 8:30 Brek was laying on one side of me on the couch and Tyce on the other and they were making me fall off.  In frustration, I finally said, "You guys are so mean!"  To which Brek replied, "And you are so lazy!"

Touche

Pictures and Stories

Still trying to catch up from Camp Wood so here are a few pics of fun in the water...

The kids loved to "work out" with Daddy in the weight room.

Don't ask me what Brek is doing in this picture!

Flexing those big muscles 

Fun at the Nueces Canyon Elementary playground

We took a trip to Utah to see Brock's family in May.  Lots of fun!!!

Grandma Kim and the Payne's 

Brek's such a good helper at Grandma's house 

In case you are wondering, Brek still has a "sticky" fetish.  We have broken her of all of her stickies, but the one that she has discovered here lately that just cracks me up is Luke's "sticky feet"!!!!  And she loves to touch her feet to his to feel the stickiness.  She's so crazy!   His feet were always mysteriously hanging out of all of his onesies.

I'm not quite sure about this picture.  Ha! 

Brock "coached" a flag football game at the end of the school year.  He took Tyce early and the rest of us didn't make it in time for "kickoff" so this is where Tyce ended up the whole game.  Isn't he so cute?? 

Brock pretty much had to give out every boy award for the sports banquet because all of the other coaches had already accepted positions elsewhere and had moved.  This is where we ended up during it!  Outside on the playground!  I felt bad that we weren't able to be there to support him, but oh well!  It was definitely better this way.

They were nice and sweaty by the end of the night. 

Best Friends

This post is about how much my children love eachother (for the most part)...

When Luke was teeny tiny the kids had to go find him every morning (which usually meant getting in the bed with him and waking him up)

One day after coming in from somewhere Tyce just laid down with Luke like this for a long time.  I thought he was asleep!  They both just chilled there for a while!

Every morning Tyce tells me, "I want to play with Yute (Luke)!"  He loves his little brother so much and could play with him all day long.  

Just the other night Tyce was sleeping on the floor in our room and I had to go get Luke (he woke up early that morning and was crying).  I hear Tyce over the side of the bed say, "I'm right here, buddy."

Brek and Tyce watch movies together like this often.

Here is our redneck swimming pool.  This was the picture before they started fighting over who got to sit in it (not enough room for 2)!

Hiding in the grass

"Doing the Dishes"

Locked in the "cage"

It's a Party in the USA!!!

Here is a video from a while ago that I've been trying to put on for forever!!!  Tyce nods his head to music in the car.  It's hilarious!  He gets pretty in to it!

Enjoy...

Tyce turns 2!!!

...6 months ago!!!  Gotta catch up sometime!

Tyce turned 2 on February 4th.  Here is my little cutie pie on his big day.

A shout out to Bekah for the super cute cake idea I stole, and a shout out to Savanna for helping make it happen! :)

"Two!"