Month: July 2011

Ricky is a very smart boy but he has definite things he does and doesn’t like to do.  He also is very good at knowing what he can get someone else to do for him so he doesn’t have to do it.  When he was a toddler, I joked that if I would chew his […]

We took an eleven day trip the beginning of July.  We drove to Washington State and stayed in a beautiful lodge with Kevin’s family.  A good time was had by all. Next time we’ll fly. I said that last time. With all the kidlets, it took us a couple of days to drive there and […]

We had our family pictures done a couple of weeks ago.  Candis the Great came to do them for us.  If only our children had been as great! I love my boys dearly, but I wish they were a bit better at performing.  Looking at the camera, holding still, and smiling is a bit too […]

We don’t take a lot of pictures of the boys sleeping.  Why would we want to risk waking them up?  Especially the baby?  But, in a moment of guilt for not having sleeping Tommy pictures, Kevin braved it. I don’t blame him.  Tommy is a cute sleeper!  Arms tucked in, bum in the air … […]

Rusty wants to play.  He has started asking grown-ups to play with him. A couple of weeks ago, Rusty came to Kevin and said, “Come on, Poppy!  Trains!”  Off he dragged his dad to the play room so they could play trains together. It was very sweet and how could Kevin resist? Just like, how […]