Happy 40th Birthday Brian!!

For Brian's big 40th birthday he wanted to do a low key game night at home.  We got him to change his mind and do a game night out instead.  First stop was The Yard in Central Phoenix where we had yummy food and then played a game of bean bag toss.  

After that we stopped at our favorite dive bar and played some life size jenga.

You can guess what happened right after Julie took this block out.  Boomers!

Birthday shots before we go!

On Sunday we went up to the Hillins' to continue Brian's birthday celebration.  First thing the kids had to get out was Brian's old old old record player.  It is one of their favorite things to do at Grandma and Papa's!  Dance Party!

We had a yummy dinner capped off with singing and cupcakes!

Grandma even got a bunch of kisses!

 And then more dance party!!!!

 Happy birthday Babes!

More Summer Fun!

Summer fun continues!  This week Trevor is doing a summer camp at Aviano (neighborhood community by us) with our 'cousin friends' Olivia and Beckett.  They have sports activities in the morning, lunch and swim in the afternoon.  Trevor seems to like having this time with friends.

Ashley and Mommy stay busy when he is at camp playing more doctor!

 Speaking of Ashley, em diva, when she has her mind on something she won't take no for an answer.  Will even cry super loud and put her hands over her ears so she can't hear you talk.  Diva.

 She's loving dance class though!  No more sitting in the corner for her!  

 We think she is going to dance her way through life.  She dances anywhere she hears music including Old Navy.  

 One day after camp Olivia, her sister Chloe and their Mom Brooke came over for a little play date.  Always great seeing them.  Just missing Nicci and the boys!!

 Ashley continues to also love swimming lessons and is getting rather good at her back float!

 We also spend a fair amount of time shopping while Trevor is at camp.  The girl loves to help her Mama.

 Miss Independent!

 We even get to have a special treat once in a while.  The girl LOVES her cupcakes!

 Well, mainly the frosting!

 Hmmm that's a lot of cupcake!

 Just keep eating!

 So both kids may have Mama's sweet tooth but what do you do?  It runs in the family!!  Sometimes our afternoon snack consists of fun waffles!

 Brother agrees!  YUMMY!

Happy Father's Day!

Happy Father's Day to all the amazing fathers out there, including this one who got to spend the day grilling and relaxing.  Some of his favorite things!

 We went to church with Papa John and Grandma Pauline, came back to eat some apps for lunch, swam and then had an amazing steak and fish grilled dinner.  Nothing like putting Daddy to work on his special day but luckily he loves to grill!

More Summer Fun

Want the truth what happens over summer when there is no school?  We go a little crazy having fun.  Brother's version of fun?  Putting his little sister in the dog kennel!!  Grosses Mommy out a bit but she was laughing and having a grand old time!

 We also play doctor A LOT.  Time for Mommy's check-up!

 And sometimes 'Mr. I'm Too Old for Naps' wears himself out so much he falls asleep watching the iPad on the couch!

 Friday night is set aside for Buffalo Chip, Trevor's favorite.  This time we had a bunch of friends come too and Trevor remembered to wear tennis shoes instead of flip flops so that he didn't end up falling and getting stitches again.  

 Ms. Sensitive Ears, just like brother!

 Jack, Gabriella and Trevor = Buddies for Life

 After bull riding we stopped at the nearby Dairy Queen for a treat.  

 Both kids just love to see what color their tongue is after eating!

 On Saturday we had Jack's birthday party at Pump It Up, always guaranteed to have a fun time there!

 And that night Mommy and Daddy got to sneak away for a little date night to celebrate an early birthday for Brian!  Stinker ate almost the entire dessert at Ocean Prime!  Suppose it is his birthday!

 Happy early birthday Babes!

Ashley Swimming Lessons and Trevor Swim Team!

Ashley was so excited to start swim lessons with Miss Emily and she did great!  Not a tear and did everything Miss Emily asked.  Probably helped that Ashley had seen Trevor do lessons with her the past summer as well as Miss Emily did Ashley's 'Moving and Grooving' class this past spring at another community.  

She smiled the whole time.  It was cute to watch.  Her new little friend is the same age so they will continue to do semi-private lessons together.  Glad that worked out to save some money :)

And Mr. Trevor has graduated from swimming lessons to being on the Fireside Swim Team!  After just one meet the coach asked him to move up to the next level so he is super proud and ready!  Pics to come!!

Sesame Street Live!

Our most amazing friends Bobby and Julie gave us their 3 tickets for Sesame Street Live for the Sunday afternoon performance since they were out of town.  Yes, same Sunday as the last official potty training day for Ashley and same Sunday that the boys got home from camping.  Nice to be able to use Elmo as a bribe to make sure potty training wrapped up (although she really didn't need it) and to ensure good behavior while camping.  Poor Dada came home with a case of food poisoning or something so we didn't have to rock/paper/scissors which parental unit would be going.  Mommy wins!  Ashley the diva thought she was pretty cool to be going to such a big girl show that she had to wear her shades.  And thanks Lauren/Brooke/Leah for the hand-me-down Sesame Street shirt, it came in handy!

 Bobby and Julie also had meet and greet passes that we got to use.  How special!!  Trevor loved it!

 Ashley, well she wasn't so sure!  Who remembers the movie 'Big Daddy' when the little boy thought he was invisible when wearing sunglasses.  Pretty sure Ashley was channeling him throughout this meet and greet!

 LOL

 Trevor was high fiving all of the characters, giving them hugs, loving on them!

 Ashley couldn't get far enough away!

 Oh wait!  Did he just get a high five and her sunglasses are a little off?  WOW!

 After a little trip to the gift shop for some Sesame Street characters we had an usher bring us to our seats.  Mommy was blown away!  We were in the front row, center of the stage!  Seriously???  WOWSERS!!   The kids were in for a treat.  Thank you Bobby and Julie for going out of town and for the generous gift!!  And please let our kids not remember how good of seats they got for a show like this again! ;) 

Ashley was mesmerized by the lights, sounds, characters.  I'm not sure she knew what to think really!

Trevor was in awe as well!

Nothing blocking our view!  Double WOW!

The characters would come down and dance right by us!

 Someone even got up the nerve to do a little dancing.  Mommy was enjoying watching her rather than worrying about a good picture but at least we can remember it!

Towards the end it got a little loud for Ms. Sensitive Ears!

And Trevor's version of Heaven happened at the end...lots and lots of confetti and streamers!!  

What a great show and such a fun Mommy/kids outing!  Thank you so so so much Bobby and Julie.  You guys are the best!  XOXOXO