Swim Swim Swim

Last week the boys begged and begged to go swimming.  Unfortunately the weather was looking poor, and not many out door pools are open yet anyway.  So I told them they could each invite a friend, and we headed over to the JL Sorenson Rec Center. 

 For an indoor pool, it is really great!

 We will definitely be going back when the weather is bad.  Love that they have a special section that Logan had lots of fun in.

Flag Football

 Tristan has two games a week for flag football.  His coach has also taken more time to do practices before his game.  Logan is all over the place, so during the practice, him and Ashton play on the play set.

 Das and I have decided to take turns on Saturdays taking him.  It's just to much work for me to carry Logan and chase after him the whole time.  I'd rather sit and watch Tristan play.

He is really starting to enjoy it.  I was worried he wouldn't, but now that he knows what he is doing, he has become quite good.

My Husbands Love Affair....With His Bike

For the last couple of years, Das's motorcycle has been sitting in our garage collecting dust and has become the place the cat likes to nap.  Das tried to fix it last year, without any luck.  Finally after taking it apart, talking with my nephew, and a few YouTube videos, he was able to diagnose the problem and get it up and running.  I am extremely excited as well, all though I won't be riding it for at least another 4 weeks.  He also ordered new pipes for it to "sing."  As soon as it was running, he of course couldn't wait to get out on it.  But first he had to fill the tires up with air, and wash it.  He was so excited to get out on it, that he failed to put levis on, and burnt his leg on the exhaust pipe.  His parts came yesterday in the mail and has plans to put them on this week.  So needless to say...I probably won't see much of him this weekend.  He deserves it though!

Mothers Day

Sunday after church we headed into my mothers house for dinner.  Everyone was able to attend so we had the house filled with the greatest mothers in the world. 

We sat around and enjoyed the great food prepared and each others company.  The boys had put a little gift together for their grandma with just a few of her favorite things.  My mom brought each of us back a wooden statue of Mary and Joseph from their trip to Israel.  And each of the kids something special. 

We sure do love this woman!  "The only thing better than having you for a MOM is my children having you for a GRANDMA."  I talk to my mother at least once a day.  It is so hard to not talk to her when they are traveling....which is quite a lot.  So we love each of those moments we are able to visit with her.  She is my best friend and the best mother ever.  I look up to her.  Everyday I am becoming more like her, and I couldn't be happier.  Thanks for all you do Mom! 

We left Tristan and Ashton at my parents house to play while we went to visit Das's mom.  We took her in a bouquet of flowers picked from our yard.  We sat an visited with her for an hour.  It was nice to see her.  She just adores Das and Logan.  I am so thankful to her for raising such an outstanding son.  We then headed home to eat up our strawberry ice cream that Das had made earlier with the ice cream maker he bought me.  It was delicious!  Looking forward to another bowl tonight.  Happy Mothers Day to all you mothers.  Hope you enjoyed it as much as I did.

Finally slowing down....a little

This was our first Saturday in weeks that we didn't have a ton going on.  Tristan started flag football, so we started off with that.  Then I did some more planting out in the yard while Das worked on his motorcycle.  Hopefully he will have it up and running this summer. 

 Before we made dinner we decided to take the kids to Daybreak Lake to feed the ducks.

 The ducks this year weren't as aggressive as they have been in the past.  Or maybe they had already been fed and were full.

 It was such a nice day.  So glad we were able to get out and enjoy it.  I love that the lake is so close.

When we got back from the lake I noticed a big package on the kitchen table.  I of course was curious, and asked Das where it came from.  I know Das hadn't left all day and wondered how he snuck it inside without me seeing.  The boys were excited and wanted me to open it right away.  So after dinner I did.  And to my surprise, they had bought me a Cuisinart ice cream maker!  I am sooo excited.  I had just said to Das the night before that we needed one.  He had already purchased one a week before.  He is the best husband ever!  It was nice to finally have a low key Saturday.  Probably wont get another one of those for a while.

Logan is 17 months!

Logan loves to play outside.  We have started leaving the back door open so he can go play out with his brothers.  He thinks he is as big as they are.  When Das mows the lawn, he will follow him around the whole yard. 

He lets me play with his beautiful hair. lol Das thinks I need to cut it since people think he is a girl with his long curls. 

He still loves his signing time.  It's the one thing I can turn on to calm him down.  And he has learned so many signs from it.

He hates the sun in his eyes.  He loves to wear his brothers sun glasses

And he adores his big brothers.  He loves to cuddle up next to them.

The Dirty Bird!

 He gets this from his daddy.  Das points with  his middle finger, and so does Logan.  Our primary kids are always freaking out that he is flipping them off.

The other Day we were at Lowe's and this woman came up to say how cute he was.  As she turned around Logan pointed at her, but it looked like he was flipping her off. lol

He is always trying to get into the fridge.  He likes to take out all the bottles and then put them back.  We sure do love this little guy!

Busy Busy!

The last couple of weekends have been non stop for us.  We have been outside working in our yard like crazy.

Das even took Friday off to get some stuff done, and we still have lots to do.  But man the yard sure looks great.  Das finally finished with the gravel this weekend.  Last weekend we had a mob of boys show up with shovels to help out for some service they needed for scouts.   

Later that night he built a fire for them and let them roast marshmallows.  We love our neighbors and their great kids.  Tristan and Ashton are the youngest, and these older boys are so great to always include them.   

 It will be tough finding neighborhs as great as ours.

Logan of course had to be outside with everyone.  He was mesmorized by the fire.  I tried to stay far from the smoke since I had just showered, but I still stunk.

I couldn't help much with the gravel, so I spent a lot of time these past weekends weeding and planting. 

This weekend Das finished up with the gravel which sure looks so great!  And then he started working on my drip system.  It hasn't really run properly the last couple of years, so he went and got all the stuff to fix it so I wouldn't have to hand water everything. 

These stones were sitting at the house on Lincoln Lane.  Das did not want to bring them home.  He couldn't envision a place for them in our yard like I could.  And they turned out great.  They will look even better once the ground cover spreads. 

It is so nice not to have to worry about this side of the house anymore.  All it was, was a bunch of weeds.  Now we just need to get some four wheelers to store in this space.

Saturday evening Das hosted a poker party at our house, so I took the boys out to a movie.  We took the front row so Logan could run around.  The boys had a lot of fun.

Sunday after church we went out to visit Rama at his treatment center.  The boys wanted to feed the horses.

 I told them we would bring some carrots next week.

We have gotten so much done these past few weeks.  We still have lots more to do, but its coming along nicely.  We are definitely looking forward to Memorial weekend for a nice break.