camping

to me it looks like he is sitting in the sun sweating. 

to him, he was camping with his six brothers. 

I believe Riley is winning!

brody & riley's first lesson in fishing

We had a fun evening at Kuhl's Kozy Kampground with Kurt's grandparents.  Near perfect weather, a nice campfire with roasted hot dogs and smores, followed by the boys' first lesson in fishing.  Even Ri, who can't sit still for more than 10 seconds outside, took a turn reeling in the line. A great summer evening!

Jump-O-Line

 

even ole' grampy had to try out the bounce house, referred to as the jump-o-line by brody b. 

Picnic

Ri's ear infection has me behind in documenting their lives...

A few weekends ago, we had picnic at the lake after church.  They didn't do too much eating, but they definitely enjoyed running around in circles, watching the boats zip by and watching a dog play fetch in the lake.  As we are gearing up for summer and working on our list of activities we want to partake in, I think we will add to our list a few more Sunday picnics at the lake.

tuesday night - today

Thanks to a nasty ear infection and sinus drainage, this guy has occupied my lap pretty much non-stop from Tuesday night - this morning. 

Unfortunately for Brody, he didn't get near the attention from me or Riley that he is used to. 

Fortunately Kurt got home early on Friday night and gave me a little relief with Riley so I could do necessary things like use the restroom and shower the rest of the weekend.  Brody was happy to get some much needed one on one time with his dad too.  Thankfully, Ri napped on his own this afternoon, has eaten and played inside and outside.  So, he is definitely on the mend.  Let's just hope he can sleep all night long... 

Mother's Day...

 Leading up to Mother's Day, Brody would work on his birdhouses every night that he was gifting today.  Brody would paint for 30-45 minutes at a time while I was making our supper and then there was Riley. 

\

 Markers were his choice of medium to work with, but five minutes was about his max. 

This morning, I walked out of the bathroom a couple seconds too soon.  Kurt was working hard to get the boys to sign Mother's Day cards.  Quite impressive, they each gifted me a card and some lovely Jadeite salad plates. 

And finally, me and my boys...the best shot out of all Kurt took because Riley had no interest in sitting still!  Happy Mother's Day to all you mama's!

Happy Mother's Day

Raising Boys (A Dad's Advice for Mom's)

a humorous read for mom's of little boys!
one of my observations thus far, a hug is really a cure-all for my little boys.

http://goodmenproject.com/good-feed-blog/raising-boys-advice-for-moms/

Harper and her boys

weekend visitors!

cohen is having his first sleepover here...not to long ago they finally quit whispering and laughing.  highlights:  they got to stay up a little past bedtime to watch a movie in my bed, even riley snuggled in with them for a bit and they got to pee in the same toliet at the same time.  yep, we are wild and crazy around here!