Disneyland

Carter loved this talking garbage can at disney land. There was actually a man standing by it doing the voice, but all the kids loved it.

Carter and Ryan in front of the Space Mountain ride. Carter actually went on Space Mountain! I didn't realize how scary this ride was and agreed to let him go. (He loves space/astronauts, etc.) He actually did really good! He said he was only screaming through the first part. I think I may have actually screamed more, just thinking about my 4 year old being on the ride!

(see space mountain reference in Things Carter and Brandon said today section to the right)

Carter on the teacups

All of us after the fireworks show. Thanks Grandma and Grandpa King, and Aunt Katie for coming with us!

Playing in the backyard

At the Lake

We got to go the lake quite a bit. Carter and Brandon loved these ducks at lake Samammish. They were pretty cute.

Austin Discovered he likes peanut butter and Jelly

Carter is my little lizard. He could just lay out in the sun forever.

And we did quite a bit of just chillin'

Spokane

We got to go to Spokane and spend some time with Cousins! Austin loves his Cousins, and they loved holding him. Here his is with cousin Mary

And here he is with Cienna

Brandon and Annie looking for "rolly pollies"

my park

We got to go to a park by where my grandpa used to live that I used to play at all the time as a kid. It was soo fun seeing it again and having my kids play there. It brought back so many memories!

This is the 2in deep pool I used to wade in as a baby!

These are the tunnels I used to crawl through
Cousins Avery and Bre. :)

This is the merrygoround I used to spend hours spinning on!

And this is the tire swing I loved to spin with my sisters on.
So fun. Sorry this post is probably really boring to everyone except for me!

My Smiley Guy

I love these. I don't usually get great pictures but it happened to be a sunny day so they were easier to capture.

So some of these aren't the best quality pictures but I just can't get enough of his smile. He is such a smiley guy, I just wanted to share them with you! He's the cutest kid ever.

This one is a bit fuzzy but I love it of him smiling up at me. He especially get this way when he is tired and I am trying to put him to sleep he starts giggling. Then a few minutes later he is out. :)

Austin's Blessing Day

Austin was blessed over a month ago and I have been meaning to post some pictures ever since. (It takes me about a month to get most anything done lately.) It was a very beautiful day and we were so happy for all of the friends and family that were able to come celebrate with us for the special occasion.

A shot of the whole fam. Its too much to ask now to have everone looking at the camera I think.

I didn't get a picture of the whole group of friends that came and celebrated with us at the dinner we had afterward but it was so good to see everyone! I did get to snap this one of my good friend Maria and Austin and her cute little guy Davis.

We were so happy to have my sister Amelia and her family there!! They have come up from Spokane for all of our boys blessings, and we were so glad that they could make it!

Little Austin with Grandma and Grandpa.

Mom Says I Can

My Mother-in-law is amazing. Every time they come to visit she always has something fun for the boys. This time when they came for Austin's blessing she brought the boys a new book called "Mom Says I Can" in the book it talks about a little boy dressing up as all sorts of different things, a pilot, an astronaut, a super hero, a pirate, an indian etc. It's a really cute book and the boys love it. Then she also brought them all the costumes they could wear to dress up like the different things in the book! Including all the little badges, a bow an arrow, and all kinds of things. Every boys dream! Here they are pretending with all of their new stuff..

Here she is reading them the story for the first time.

Carter as a superhero

The pirate and the indian chief searching their map to find the lost treasure. (The map was included of course)

Superman!!

Arrgh.....

Of course Teddy must be a part of every adventure!

The Zoo

We also got to go to the zoo while Grandma and Grandpa were in town. We had a great time. Here are some of the highlights:

An amazing peacock

The Giraffes

Stopping for a quick picture

The Elephants

My Little climber

And the best for last, nothing beats a ride on Grandpa's shoulders. We had so much fun. Thanks Grandma & Grandpa!!