Carson is 6!!

6 years ago today my vibrant, energetic, enthusiastic, and charasmatic little guy came into the world! Yes that's right...he's my April Fool's baby! When he's a little older I'm sure we'll have some fun with that one. Right now I don't think he would find it very funny if we "forgot" his birthday! ;) We always let the boys choose where they want to go out to eat for their birthday and Carson chose Peter Piper Pizza! It was a fun evening and a great way to top off his day! Tomorrow we our hosting a LEGO themed party for his friends...more on that later!



We had donuts for breakfast as a special treat!


They LOVE Peter Piper Pizza...yes that's London's blurry arm in the corner...he wanted in the picture too!


Bring on the pizza!


As you can see London REALLY likes pizza!


Don't let that sauce on your chin go to waste!


Time to open some presents!


Megamind!


Logan gets just as excited as Carson!


We saved the biggest for last...


Another LEGO...imagine that!


A few new minifigs to add to his collection!


Now time for some rides...

The Himalaya was so fun! Weston and I took turns riding with the older boys!


It was nice that they had rides just for toddlers...London loved the twirling tea cups!


Everyone's a fan of the carousel...the best part is it's FREE!!






And finally some games...











Of course they love to win their tickets so they can go pick out some (crappy) I mean really cool toy! ;)

Spring Break Survival

Keeping 3 boys busy for 2 weeks straight wasn't so bad after all! We planned a ton of fun activities each week and they were lucky enough to be invited by a few friends to do some really cool stuff as well. Logan got to go on a hike at Colassal Cave Mountain Park with his friend Braydon's family and Carson got to spend the day exploring and hiking at a friend's ranch! This gave me a bit of a break...I may have snuck in an afternoon at the mall...shhh...don't tell Weston!;) What can I say? H&M was calling my name!


Several of our friends from church all got together one morning at Pump It Up. If you have one of these in your area we highly recommend it! It's basically 2 huge rooms filled with every kind of inflatable jump house/obstacle course you can imagine! They always have so much fun here!









We also spent one morning at the zoo. I love our zoo in Tucson! It's not too big, but plenty big enough to have all kinds of cool animals!


London loves the monkeys!


Petting the snake is always a fave! I pass on this one! ;)


Checking out some cool lizards!


Cute boys!


Flamingos!




Hangin' with the monkeys!


Cool albino peacock!




The boys with their cousin Ethan...Ethan is trying to make a break for it!




Carson calls it the "stinky rhino" because last time we visited the rhino decided to "pass gas"....you can imaginge the stench! ;)


Kayla and Ethan.


The zebras giving us their best side!



Logan's best friend Isaac was sick for Logan's B-day party at Golf n' Stuffso Weston took just Logan and Isaac there one afternoon so he could get a "re-do." While the older boys were have a blast there I took London, Carson and his friend Nicholas to the Desert Museum. We love it here so much that we renewed our membership for another year! Whenever we have friends and family visit this is usually our top pick of sites to see!


Hangin' in the cave.


Do you think London's goggles are a little big?


Digging for dinosaur fossils.




These boys are such hams! They kept asking me to take their picture!







London passed out after a few hours...that's exactly how I felt when our 2 week break was over! Now it's back to a normal schedule and routine A.K.A. my happy place.

Take a journey into the mind of Carson....

I went to upload some pics from my phone onto the computer and found a few surprises! Apparantly Carson got a hold of my phone and decided to do try his hand at photography. I'm guessing this was in the morning since they're in their jammies...I confess over Spring Break Logan and Carson would get London out of his crib when he woke up and played with him so mom and dad could sleep in. Now we know just exactly what they were up to while we were snoozing away...



He actually got some pretty cute pics of London...of course London is quite the poser!






Gotta get all the Star Wars and knight figures lined up for battle!


Extreme close up of a horse...I think?


Venom crotch shot...nice.


Self portrait with his face smooshed on the screen...creative.


Great job Carson! I wonder what I'll find next time? ;)

Happy St. Patrick's day...a little late!

I attempted to make an "authentic" Irish dish for St. Patty's day this year. Who knew Corned Beef and Cabbage was actually good? ;) Well Weston did...his mom made this a lot when he was growing up and being the good wife that I am (insert sarcastic smirk here...) I made it for him. They called it "bubble and squeak" when they were kids. Have you ever heard of such a thing? :) Dare I say that I may end up making this on more than just St. Patty's day...the whole family really liked it! Score one for mom!


It's always nice when you try something new and your family actually likes it! ;)


Some sneaky leprechaun's dyed our chocolate chip cookies green...the nerve! At least they sprinkled them with some chocolate gold coins!


Green cookies are still delicious!


Happy St. Patty's day!

Blue and Gold

A few weeks back Logan went to his first "Blue and Gold" banquet for Cub Scouts. He had earned a few rewards so he was very excited for his big night! They served us taco salad for dinner and each of the boys were told to make a cake WITH their dad. Logan loved spending this extra time with Weston and their cake turned out great. Logan chose triple chocolate with crushed Andes mints sprinkled on top...YUMMY!


Their delicious cake!


Logan and his friend Braydon.


Each of the boys had to sit on a balloon and make it pop so they could read the paper inside to find out what their cheer would be. I thought it was cute that they made each of the boys feel special as they went up to receive their awards.


Brand new Bobcat! He is almost done with is Wolf already...he's a man on a mission!