Finally got the Tramp out of the garage!! (and I ain't talkin about your mama)

It's been sitting in the garage for a year and we finally got that sucker out!! This is Jack's trick entitled "The Star".

Jack & Beau trying to get the hang of it again This is my favorite picture!!!! HOW CUTE IS THAT TUSH!!!

First Days of School!!

I'm kind of behind in posting if you can imagine that!!

September 15th was Maizie's very first day of preschool! She was so excited. She goes to Lakewood Christian Preschool 2 mornings a week and her teacher is Mrs. Angela.

She got to make play dough on her first day!

The boys started school on September 9th! Here I am packing Jack's very first lunch for school since he is now a 1st grader there all day!!!

The boys in their school uniforms - woohoo! walking a half block to school

Beau lining up on the fence waiting for his kindergarten to start!

There he is and a little unimpressed.

Jack going into his first grade class with Mrs. Wariner!

doing his work so diligently on his very first day

Colorado Visit Part Four!

The boys went fishing together along with Pappy & Grandpa! Trav was the only one who caught a fish but they had a super great time.

Beau gets to hold the fish! Pappy & Grandpa fishing away

Jack was doing a great job casting his line and is turning out to be a great fisherman!!

Beau on the other hand is more of a rock thrower :)

The lake was near a wolf preserve so the boys got to see a bunch of wolves...AWESOME!

playing pool at Pappy's house

lovely rainbow - we totally miss that living in Long Beach where it never rains!

CO Visit Part Three: Balloon Classic

We picked a great weekend to come because it was Balloon Classic weekend!! There was a ton of balloons - unfortunately we went on Sat. morning and the weather was sucky so they didn't fly but they did stand them up at least.

Jack in front of his favorite balloon with his hot cocoa. Maizie loved the balloons but was scared of the fire.

my mom & dad

finally a picture of me & the kids!

Colorado Balloon!

Energizer Bunny

Beau trying to wake himself up! It was darn early!

Colorado Visit - Part Two: Colorado State Fair!!

I don't think I ever even went to the fair when I lived in Colorado but for some reason my mom thought it would be a great place to go...and she was right!!

Here is a mini-horse not to be confused with a pony or donkey. Jack was such a good big brother here. He didn't want to go on this "baby ride" but knew that Maizie really wanted him to go so he did. I think he even secretly enjoyed it!

The kids painting a big ol' picture...great idea by the way fair people! Notice Maizie's poodle purse - no outing complete without some girly thing being bought.

Beau doing some roping!!!

The kids playing in a corn box - that's right a box o' corn.

Me & Maizie on the ferris wheel. She was begging all day to go on this and when we finally did she said, "That was a great furious wheel!"

Mom & Jack

Trav, Beau, & Trav's mom had to leave early and that's why there's no pics of Beau on any rides but everyone had a super time! We ate so much heart attack food and saw a lot of cool stuff!

Colorado Visit -Part One

We made our first visit back to CO since we've been here in CA on August 31st. The kids loved seeing their old stomping grounds and their first request was of course ," GARDEN OF THE GODS!!" This has always been a fun place for us to walk around so we had to stop there on our first outing.

The kissing camels formation - Maizie kept saying, "I don't see any camels!!!" Jack & Beau taking a water break about 2 minutes into our walk with Grammy

Maizie posing

J & B loved climbing the rocks and into crevices "looking for bears"

So adorable More to come.....