Finally... the long awaited pictures from Florida

We were able to go to Florida for a week over Thanksgiving. It was tons of fun! The boys had a great time riding tractors (big and small), golf carts, kayak's, and playing with chickens, rabbits and dogs.

Playing in Grandma's HUGE leaf pile. Jason was laughing so hard that he could hardly stand up.

Lexi and Jason

Just one of the fun toys to ride one. I never got a picture of the golf cart!

Lexi & Tyler ready to canoe!

Jimmy & Tyler and Holly & Lexi. Tyler said that he was done about 10 minutes into the trip - it was a VERY long hour for Jimmy!

Jason's first taste of a sour patch kid! Thanks, Ashley :-)


Girls night out to surprise Judy for her birthday!

Natural History Museum

Grossology exhibit

Uncle Jeff's tractor

Petting the chickens

Lexi holding "Hot Mama"

The dentist...

We went to visit my sister on Monday, and of course, had to make a trip to her office. She is a dental hygienist, so Tyler loves to go have his teeth cleaned, and the best part is that he gets to clean Aunt Tiffy's teeth as well!! Thanks Tiff, we had a great time!

Who knew that a dentist office could be so much fun!!





Of course Jason wanted a turn after he saw Tyler!



Tiff was very brave to let the boys stick those sharp tools in her mouth!! (Jason only had one of the mirrors)

Hanging Tough...

On Saturday afternoon, I got a phone call from a friend asking if I wanted to have a girls night because she had free New Kids on the Block tickets!! I wanted to go to the concert back in July when my neighbor, Jen, bought tickets. I was SO EXCITED!! I was a HUGE fan back in the day and went to their concert in Denver 15 years ago! There were 6 of us that went and we had the best time ever. I did more screaming and dancing than I have done in a very long time! It was amazing that Jordan could still hit those high notes!! They were just as cute as ever ;-) The crowd was made up of 30 something year old women acting like teeny boppers!! It was a BLAST!!!








Lady GaGa was the very first act and she was, ummm, a bit strange, to say the least!!


Natasha Bedingfield was one of the opening acts - she was really good!


Jordan sang a song with his shirt unbuttoned, with a fan blowing on him. It was really funny!! I think they did that back in the day:-) Jordan was always my favorite!! I had the buttons, posters, shirts, every tape... you name it, my sister and I had it!



This girl in front of us had this naked Jordan doll that she held the entire concert. We were cracking up!!!

We had the best seats - right next to the stage, 13 rows up!! We could see them very close when they came up on this side stage.

Hanging Tough at the very end!! Everyone got into that song - it was a blast!!

Thanks, Brindy!! I had such a good time!! Let's do it again in 15 years :-)

Confessions of a Madd Mother

Tyler and Jason have been especially mischievous the last few days, so I thought that I would just let you in on a "day in the life of a madd mother"



This is what was left of my living room after the tornado went through first thing in the morning (Tyler and Jason did have a little bit of help from Matthew:-)

In the picture below, there are little tiny "dots" all over the floor, which are hole punches - one of Tyler's favorite things to make and play with.





Off to the Fun Center with our neighborhood playgroup. Tons of fun - we had the entire place to ourselves, it was so nice.





A little bit of painting in the afternoon while Jason takes a nap.

Time to vacuum up the "dots" (Thank goodness for vacuums!)

One day later - total disaster in Jason's room. Just before this, I caught Tyler cutting Jason's hair with nose trimmers!! I heard Tyler say, "Hold still, Jason." It isn't horrible, but I am going to have to buzz the poor kids head! You may wonder where the parental supervision is during these times, well I am usually in the next room trying to get the dishes done or eat. They are so fast, that I only have to leave them for 5 minutes for them to destroy!

I am sure that all mothers can relate to this... oh the joys!! I am told that I will miss these messes one day - but we shall see, that day must be VERY far away!

Time to start shaving

While the boys were in the bathtub tonight they wanted to play with shaving cream. Tyler decided that he needed to shave, so he put the shaving cream all over his face, and of course, Jason followed along. We gave him a razor with the cover on it and he started to shave. Grandpa has done this with him before, so he is an old pro at shaving. Jason just watched very intently. When Tyler was done, he shaved Jason's face. It was so cute!

Jason was so tired because he did not take a nap today, that he fell asleep on the couch before I could get him in bed.

Pumpkin Mess

Jimmy and I were in the back yard raking some of the leaves while Tyler created this masterpiece with shaving cream:




Of course, Jason could not miss out on a good mess! They both went straight to the bath.

This is why I am not able to accomplish much when both boys are awake - they are always up to something. When I am cleaning up a mess in one room, they are off making another mess in a different room!!

Happy Halloween

After a week of parties and neither boy wanting to dress up, we had a successful Halloween night. Tyler told me all week that he would only wear his costume on Halloween, and that is exactly what he did. My parents and sisters came over for Halloween, so Tyler was more than happy to put his costume on for Grandma! Tyler was a lion (at his request) and Jason was Bob the Builder (because he would not wear any other costumes).

They had a great time trick-or-treating. Once Jason got the hang of it, he was in heaven. After every door he would reach in his bucket to get the candy and he wanted it open. I am not sure how much candy he came home with that had not been opened and had a bite taken out of it. Tyler also had fun, and even said "Trick-or-treat" at a few houses. I don't think that he ate one piece of candy the whole night.

Bob the Builder (he would not wear the tool bealt)

Tyler the Lion with a very scary growl!


Trick-or-treating at my cousin Garrett's house

Checking out all of the candy, but not eating a single piece.

Jason feeding Grandpa.