Las Vegas

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I am so far behind on my blogging it is not even funny. Oh well. If you really want to know what we have been up to. Call me! lol
So for memorial day the boys and I decided to take a couple days off work and head to Vegas to go see my momma! Noah was so excited to go see Taylor he kept asking if we were at Taylor's house yet. And then telling me how him and Taylor are going to sleep in his sleeping bag, and ride on Poppa Z's tractor and go swimming. They boys were so good driving there. Didn't cry or fuss and just sat and played with their toys and talking to each other. Then we hit the Dam. I HATE crossing the dam in the late afternoon on a holiday weekend. It took us two hours of sitting in line just to cross the damn dam (lol) And all was good until Noah told me he had to pee. Well there is no place for us to pull over so Noah learned how to pee in a bottle. He wasn't sure about it at first but then he thought is was so funny he kept laughing, and asked if we could do it again. Did I mention that I LOVE having boys! 

Hudson and Taylor both came over to play and one thing that Grandma Shell made the boys do before we could go swimming was picking up pine cones. If you have ever seen my parents front yard you would understand. They have at least 10-12 pine trees all over the yard. When Noah saw what they had to do he said “WAIT!! I need my easter basket!” Ran inside and grabbed a basket. To my surprise I think the boys would have picked up pine cones all day if they could have.

Ever since Noah saw the Special Agent Oso episode about how to pick strawberries he wants to go pick strawberries. He will go out to our yard and pretend to do so. So when he found out that Grandma Shell has strawberries he could go pick! He was so excited! When we went inside Nicklaus saw the strawberries and got so mad because he didn’t have one. Once Noah gave him one life was all good again.

My friend Sara and her little girl Kate came over to play/visit with us. The kids had so much fun playing together. Kate learned how to deal with boys. Nicklaus fell in love with Kate and Sara and I had a blast just talking and catching up. 

To our surprise my uncle Howard, Aunt Cheryl, Cousin Matt and his wife Courtnie were in town too. So that was fun to be able to see them. We also went swimming one day and had a BBQ at my brothers house. The best part of the trip for Noah was 1. riding on poppa z's tractor 2. feeding the chickens and finding eggs. 3. picking strawberries.

It was a great trip and we had a blast!

Summer time is here!

This morning as I was going on my jog, I kept thinking how HOT it is already! And that the boys would love to play in the new splash pads that Collin and got for them at work. Noah was so excited that he got to wear his new swim suit from Nana, then he asked where Nick’s suit was. I couldn’t find one of the 3 that we have for him ( I think they are all at Grandma Wendy’s house) so I grabbed one of the swim diapers that we had gotten from the Easter Bunny(grandma wendy). It is covered in girly little bunnies, flowers and birds. Hopefully one day Nick will forgive me for dressing him in this.

I set up one of the splash pads, only to discover a big tear in the middle of it; which of course the boys didn’t mind at all. I let them play with that one while Collin got the other one out so they could continue playing. After about 15 min of playing, Noah was shivering so bad but refused to get out of the water and come warm up. They had so much fun I think we are going to have to get these out a couple times a week now. Perfect for the boys to play with while I get some dishes and laundry done!

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Noah’s Photography Skills

Noah got a hold of our camera on Mother’s Day. He went around to everyone saying “cheese! Look at me!” And most of them came out okay!

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My Cakes

We just got a new computer last week so we are in transition stage of our computer life. Transfering all the photos, documents and everything seems to be such a slow process right now. Prob because I hardly have anytime to get on the computer in general yet alone to take the time to move everything over! So I just finished my first pro cake class and I had so much fun! I can't wait to take the next one. Here is a slight preview of the cakes that I have done and I will post more once I find all the pictures.







For my mother in law who LOVES unicorns

Rose bouquet (yes I made the roses and all)

Hey Sailor Cake

Noah's 1st birthday cake

Oh fast fast the time goes!

Nicklaus turned one! I can't believe that my baby is that old now, walking and talking and beating up his brother. For everyones birthday (at least here in AZ) I am in charge of making the cakes. For Nick's birthday we decided to have a monkey cake. I found the cutest pan from Wilton. And of course because NOTHING ever goes as planned. I didn't get to decorate his cake earlier in the day like I wanted to. So about 1 hour before his party I rush over to my in-laws with the frosting and all my cake colors. I open up my brown, and it has dried out! (The fact that I was at the store earlier in the day just makes me even more upset about this- because had I known then I could have gotten more!) So I am trying to mix colors and make a brown, a lite tan and a black (which that color ALSO had dried out!) So my monkey didn't come out how I wanted it to, and Nick is to young to realize that his monkey is more of a poop brown to even care, all he cares about is if it is yummy! (which it was) And for whatever reason I just could not get my leafs right either. So this cake is such a disaster I just have to laugh it off.




This is Nick with his birthday ball, he loves to play with balls so I got one from walmart and had everyone at his party sign it with a birthday message for him. This is his favorite present by far!

Can Nick fly??

Noah the other day while driving down the road, asked me if he rolled down the window, would Nicklaus fly out? I told him no, he wouldn't. Noah's response "But I want him too!" (as he is rolling down the window) Needless to say I have to keep the window lock on now because Noah often wonders if he or Nick can fly. And tried to almost everyday.
I think Noah's greatest desire right now is to become a super hero. And if it was a super hero that rode around on trains that would be BEAWSOME! (beyond awsome for those of you who haven't seen the movie Bolt)

On friday Nickalus turns one. I can't believe how fast this past year has gone! My little baby has turned into a toddler! He is such a little momma's boy. And he give the best kisses and hugs. Nicklaus loves balls and puppies. He has a puppy puzzle hanging on his wall and every morning when I go in to get him he is sitting in his crib pointing at it and saying puppy. Then I have to pick him up and stare and talk about the puppies for a couple of min. He loves his brother Noah too. He looks up to Noah and follows him around all day trying to play with him. His favorite food is pizza and bananas. And he looks and acts like a little chunky monkey. He is just over 25 pounds and last time I measured him he was 28.5 inches long.

Noah starts preschool next week. He is so excited he asks me all the time how many years till he can go to school. So when his girlfriend signed up for preschool and asked if Noah could go with her I couldn't turn them down.

I just can't believe how old my little boys are getting. I am so proud of the little men that they are becoming. How loving Nick is and how strong Noah is. I couldn't have asked for two better boys.

Nick and the food dye

This afternoon while I was trying to finish my late late lunch and catch up on a missed episode of Modern Family. All of a sudden I hear lots of giggles comming from the kitchen. And giggles from my boys can mean that the yare a.having fun and being nice b. Noah is making faces at Nick or c. noah is getting into trouble and nick finds this funny. This time is was d. Noah was helping Nick get into trouble and they found it hilarious.
When I asked Noah why he gave his brother the food dye. He told me "because he asked for it!" Well you can't argue with that logic!