T-H-E B-I-G 6-0!

well this weekend we went to celebrate my mom's 60th birthday. it was fun. it was a surprise and she had no clue. all of her friends were there and her sister and nieces came in from out of town to surprise her. they had a dj and we grilled out. it was so much fun. the boys especially loved it. they got to run around all day outside and just play and have fun. it was great. anyways here are some pictures from the day.

as always to see more from the party you can click here.!

just for fun!

Ok I saw this on my friends blog and thought it would be fun to see what people could come up with. I know some people are not familiar with how to leave a comment so if you want to-- all you have to do is at the bottom of the post click on the thing that says comment and it will take you to the screen. Here are the rules..

Here are the directions:

1. As a comment on this post, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember!

2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty funny to see the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you. If you don't want to play on your blog, or if you don't have a blog, I'll leave my memory of you in my comments. Just let me know which you prefer.

Let's see what everyone remembers!

i am not really sure what i am posting about. i just need a break and figured venting on here would be it. have you ever just had one of those days where you feel frustrated, tired, blah. i feel like no matter what my kids are doing it is not right, when in reality they are just being kids and its me being grumpy. i know we have a long weekend ahead of us, not that i mind that but i think today i am just feeling stressed and grumpy and annoyed with people for not really any good reason. i find that when i am like this i tend to be a little to judgemental about things or people and it just makes things worse. i need to get better at that too. when i am grumpy i should not take it out on other people just because i don't agree with how they do things. oh well that is enough venting---off to make my kiddos some lunch.. hopefully better moods are in my future! (maybe if the boys nap =)

on a side note we found out that Garrans sister is expecting again and so we will have a new little member of the family by next February.. that is pretty exciting!

ok ladies... im sending out my warning..

ok i just thought i would send out a warning to all mothers of little girls between 18-months and 2 year old. i might be a little bias i know.. but come on.. if he is this cute at 21 months.. i am in trouble in his teens =) like i said i might be bias!

do you know what today is????

thats right today is my mom's birthday.. so i wanted to wish her a happy birthday on here and tell her that we love her and that we hope she has a great day. it seems to be getting off to a good start though, this is what she saw when she got to work!
this is my mom pulling up in her cute bug!

this was the sign by her parking spot "honk your horn for mo!"

then her co-workers put up the number of candles she is old right by the front door! isn't that cute.

these were here balloons, and you can kind of see the banner in the background. she said they also had a bunch of yummy treats in the kitchen.. sounds like her birthday is off to a good start. wish we could be there to celebrate with you!

mommy has another name ???

this morning i had to go pick up a prescription from our drug store and the lady asked me for my name. of course i told her, but when i said it curls said "mommy- (my name)" with this very perplexed look on his face. he kept saying it over and over.. like who in the world is that lady talking about. which strikes me as odd because sargento calls me by name all the time, unless he is saying go get mommy or go tell mommy things like that! oh well it made me laugh... i thought it was cute how perplexed he was by the whole thing!

sargento - v - rewind

never in my life have i ever had two men fight for my love... but now i can say that i have. sargento has started saying that rewind is his arch nemesis. they are always battling for my attention/affection. i am sure there are some other moms out there who have experienced this. anytime sargento and i are sitting together or even standing close to each rewind comes in and pushes sargento out of the way. he makes sure that he squeezes that cute little toddler body right in between us to the very best of his ability, and then usually he shoots sargento a victorious smile, to which sargento usually replies "look little boy...she is my woman" in a gruff and manly voice! oh to have to guys fight over your love ....ahhhhhhh especially when the are both so darn cute!

curls dream come true....

so a friend of ours sent us a this link to

THIS

i don''t know if i could even begin to say how this would blow curls mind. i showed it to sargento tonight and we both agreed that we would maybe try and figure a way to save up for it and go.. i have to admit i think rewind might enjoy it too. he is really starting to love thomas . ( i think it is because his big brother thinks it is so cool!) anyways if any of you out there have thomas lovers here you go. it is a ways for us but that is why we are going to try and save up!

it is so fun to go and do stuff that you know your kids love !

plus you can reserve tickets now if you want.

thanks shawna for the great tip!

another first...

well today i got the opportunity to play with my camera again. i went out with a friend of mine and took her sons senior pictures for him. (well if the use them that is =) anyways he was a good sport. it was super humid and he did a couple of outfit changes, but we had a good time. hopefully he had fun as well. of course i have to post some, but if you want to see the rest you can click here. ... hope everyone is staying cool..this humidity stinks!

so hopefully this one is ok.. he said he did not like black and white pics, but this one just looked so good in black and white.. i have to admit-the drum pictures are my favorite!

thanks so much momof5gents & stormin ... i had a great time!

for the love of chicken

rewind is the most expressive eater i have ever met. when he loves something he shows it. dinner time is always very entertaining. anyways today for lunch the boys had chicken. rewind loves chicken. hopefully these pictures will show you what i am talking about... oh yeah and he loves his new pig too!

super excited for chicken

this might look like a sad face, but it was not.. he was holding the chicken up to his face and laughing making these weird faces... i was having trouble holding still from laughing so hard!

sharing with mr. pig

mmm...mmm...mmm.. delicious

hooray for chicken

taa daa!

good to the very last bite!

trying pink?

well my friend rebecca has this great blog that i check almost daily. she is super creative and always finds great stuff. so i have to give her the credit for this one. i remember her talking about it last year, and i believe she even posted pictures either of what she made or what she got. anyways i am thinking of doing it this year. such a good cause. if you are interested click here to find out more of what i am talking about.

this is for sargento

he is always teasing me because i am not a hugh star wars fan. i try to watch them with him, but i have a hard time following them and really am just not that interested. i am sure most of you love them, i know that i am in a small group of people that are not big fans of star wars. anyways i saw this and thought of him. maybe this could be our little girl someday, explaining how much she loves star wars! Enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBM854BTGL0

breakin - it - down

i did not get all of it, he was doing this funny one legged thing. oh well this is still pretty cute!

enjoy rewind dancing!

4th of july ....round one

well you may be curious about the title but our town decided to do their fireworks on the 5th.. i know weird, so we had fun today and will go to fireworks tomorrow night. anyways, today we went and cooked out at my in laws. they had a party they were going to in the evening so we went out for a bbq lunch you could say. anyways it was pretty laid back, the kids played in the sprinkler, ate some yummy food and then feel asleep while the adults watched a movie or sat outside and chatted. all in all a fun day.

here are some pics...you know there are more here.. i know i take a million!

daddy and curls sittin on a tank! rewind waiting patiently for his burger.rewind loved the sprinkler!still young at heart....thats right those are sargentos feet.. he jumped over the sprinkler!and you can imagine curls wanted him to do it again and again and again...rewind thought it was great too.. what a cool dad they have!yippeee!he had a blast... the sprinkler has become a family favorite!ready - set- 1 - 2 - 3 ---- gooooo, that was what they were yelling together!sargento was spraying them, rewind loved it, curls not so much.then the tables turned........curls enjoyed this part! what a fun daddy you guys have... lucky boys!

happy 4th to everyone... fireworks pictures to come.. i am so excited. that is my favorite part!

just some quick thoughts

ok first off i have to say that there is something different about the place that we live..something that i have to admit i am enjoying. so the city that we lived in placed a ban on smoking in all public areas that went into effect last night at 12:00. (Sorry smokers, you might not like me to much after this) But i have to admit that i love that i can walk into a grocery store or restaurant with out passing through a cloud of smoke. everyone on the radio has been talking about it. i told sargento today when i came home from the store, i think the whole city smells better =)

now this is my random thought. today i had to go to the eye doctor to get some new glasses. which i love by the way. but that is besides the point. anyways i was sitting in the waiting area with a women who i would guess was in her early 60's. ok so i could tell that she was annoyed. i am pretty sure that she felt she should have been waited on long before now. so i heard her let out two or three very loud sighs. i finally looked at her over the magazine i was reading to which she rolled her eyes, stood up, and passed gas very loudly and walked away. guess i learned my lesson. next time i will just mind my own business and not look up from my magazine!

no lie

this is how he fell asleep tonight. I was checking my email, turned around, and this is what I saw. just wanted to post it for the cuteness factor and the fact that for some reason i am still awake at 11:58 pm.. Argg I really didn't want to be, but I am. I tend to be a night owl but one that really enjoys sleep... go figure!