Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Pump it up!










For a Christmas gift, James and Bree, gave my boys passes to "Pump it up". It's a kids place that has rooms full of those huge inflatables. Today was a perfect day to take advantage of our passes seeing as it had rained all last night and today (we have huge puddles in our yard!!!) They had such a good time. Devan especially loved it. Tristan was still a little young for some of the things, but had a blast anyway. And I got a good workout in helping Tristan climb up the inflatables! Devan loved it all, I noticed he was a pretty good basketball player while we were there. I might have to get him a hoop for his birthday. Tristan especially liked the slide (I'd ride down it with him, and it actually was a rush for me too!), and he also really liked a room that had a bunch of balls in it. I thought we would probably be there the whole time, but after and hour and a half I could tell the boys were exhausted. Now I'm enjoying some "me" time while they take a nice long nap! Thanks James and Bree for the awesome gift :)

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

If you liked "The Runaway Bunny" you'll LOVE this...

Once upon a time there was a little kitty who ran away, he went fishing in the swimming pool and then he went up the mountain. The End.

Short and sweet.

Here's some other funny things Devan has been saying...

When he spills something or something goes wrong he usually says, "Ohhhh, just great!" or "Gosh dang it" (I guess the 2nd one could be worse)

I heard him playing with his dinosaurs and he was saying "ooooo....gross...disgusting..." When I asked him what was wrong, he said, "The dinosaur put a garbage can in his mouth!"

This last week Chad and I told Devan why we've been praying for the people in Haiti. We told him that their homes had been ruined and they didn't have very much food or water. The solution to him was so simple, he said, "They can come stay in our house, and I'll give them a drink of my water." So now almost every time he prays he says, "Please bless the people in Haiti, whose houses fell down..."

Thursday, January 7, 2010




We had such a fun Christmas. I swear every year just gets better with the boys. For New Years Eve we went to a friends house and shared it with a couple different families. There was wonderful food and a fun talent show. When we got home that night the boys opened a gift from Grandma Sherry that included cute Christmas p.j.'s and some new books. They both liked the books, but Tristan REALLY like his, on Christmas morning when he walked down the stairs, he completely ignored the kitchen and tool table we had set up, his stocking, and gifts, and went straight to his book he had left on the coffee table! Devan knew just what to do this year and it was alot of fun watching him open his gifts. Later that morning I made a brunch that ended up being quite good. I made a crustless quiche, muffins, bacon, and orange juice. It was a tradition growing up to have brunch at my grandparents on Christmas, so I'm trying to keep that (although mine isn't near as delicious!!) For dinner we enjoyed a Christmas ham, Chad's favorite vegetable casserole, and this salad (which is great the first day, not so good the 2nd though), fruits and veggies, rolls, and sparkling cider. Chad got me a fisheye coverter lens for my camera which has been a lot of fun and I got Chad a World of Warcraft gaming mouse that he thinks is awesome :)

The day after Christmas we did a little shopping to get the boys helmets for their scooters and to spend some gift cards we got from Chad's parents. It was awesome to have some guilt free shopping! After the shopping we took the boys to ride their scooters. Tristan mostly just had us push him around on his, but Devan went all out and got the hang of it really quick. We were really glad we had picked up helmets because Tristan crashed and fell right on his head! Later that evening we saw Devan had banged up his knee, so it looks like we'll need to pick up knee pads too!

New Year's Eve we decided we didn't want to be on the roads because of all the crazy people out :-P So we just spent it at our house as a family and had rootbeer floats. Sadly, none of us even made it up to greet the New Year. New Years we made some resolutions as a family.

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Even though

Even though we didn't go on the cruise, we had a fun week having Iwalani, Bruce, and Grandma Nancy staying with us. I can't even say how much the boys enjoy having family around. They love all the extra attention. We didn't do a whole lot, it took us a couple of days just to catch up on sleep alone. We did see a couple of good movies though, Julie and Julia, the guys watched the newest Terminator, Harry Potter and the half blood prince, and we went to Planet 51 (which I was a little disappointed with). We also took everyone to the alamo and riverwalk. This was grandma Nancy's first trip to San Antonio, so it was fun to show her some of the sights. Here's a few pictures.