his new toy

well, little man got his first 'toy' over the fourth of july weekend. he was so excited when papa surprised him with it. we had planned on getting him one eventually, like within the next year or so. but, papa apparently had other plans ;) he also got an awesome helmet & gloves. here are a few pictures of him riding in our backyard...



if they made 4 wheelers for dogs, this one would have one! he barks at brenden when he stops for just a second, or when we don't go fast enough on ours.

now, you know they say, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree? well, it doesn't. a couple years ago, while we were a the lake house, daniel was riding our 4 wheeler. he went over a jump, but didn't slow down in time & couldn't turn fast enough, which landed him in a cedar tree! well, that's been a joke on him for quite some time. now, he has some company :) brenden was riding his in front of our house, coming from across the street. a little boy was riding his bike past our house, while watching brenden. he was not paying attention to what was in front of him, so his bike ran into the back of daniel's truck. brenden saw this happening & was not paying attention to where he was, either. as daniel & i were yelling "stop!" he popped the curb in front off our house & hit one of our baby maple trees with his 4 wheeler :( so, he rammed a tree, just like daddy! i had to take a few pictures of this 'first'. if you look at the front silver part, you can see fresh bark in two places...

and, here are the two places scraped off the tree...

thanks bamaw & papa-he loves it ;)

booster has a wang infection

yep, my dog has an infection in his junk. kinda gross, but at least it's gonna be fixed!

we took him to the vet this morning, because i thought he may have pink eye. i noticed it on monday evening, then, this morning i noticed that easton's eye was real red & had junk coming out of it. i didn't want to have to pay for two exams, so i figured i would use booster's medicine for easton too. i mentioned that to the vet (we go here all the time, but i have never seen this dr), & he said well, he probably has a cut in his eye. oh, really!? both of my dogs have a cut in their eye-at the same time!?! sure.

i told him i thought it was probably pink eye. he said "dogs don't get pink eye like we do." so when i called on monday night, they were lying... oh, & all the stuff i read online yesterday was wrong too???

he put the dye into booster's eye to check for the cut, but didn't see one. hmm, surprise there. he said he would bring the drops back in to us-never saw him again, the assistant helped us.

she came in with the drops, i asked her what was wrong with his eye. she said "he has conjunctivitis." i asked "pink eye?" she said, "yep, pretty much." oh!!! :)

i then mentioned something about the other infection. let's just say i had noticed the same greenish, yellowish gunk (like with his pink eye) coming from him, but didn't know from where. i had, um, seen it on the wall by his pillow (from when he shakes after he wakes up). so, we now have cream we get to put on him, down there! this is gonna be fun :0

another year older...

my birthday was monday, & i just wanted to post a few misc pictures from that. on sunday night, my mom fixed me a yummy dinner at their house. here's brenden singing happy birthday. those 4 different cheesecakes were my birthday cake-the vanilla bean one was very yummy!
on monday night they came to our side of town, because i wanted to have dinner at casa rita's. this place has the best mexican food ever, as well as raspberry tea! we go there quite often :) here's me & my lil' thug...

me & my handsome hubby :)
my parents said you can sure tell we're brother & sister. i can't see the resemblance ;)

my brother, bren, mom, & dad enjoying dessert-don't worry, daniel & i were enjoying ours too! i always have room for dessert...

i also got surprised with a cake & lots of well wishes at work! it was nice.

Brenden's 4th Birthday Party

Brenden had a great birthday, we had a fun time celebrating with so many friends & family. Can't believe he's four. Now he keeps saying, next time I'm going to be five! Slow down a little, Buddy. Here are a few pictures from his party...

Daniel, Brenden & I during cupcake time. He wanted to put his jumbo cupcake on top of his new skateboard we got him, so that's why it's on the table :)

Opening presents. Got some spending cash, along with so many great presents! It amazes me, that from all his birthdays (all four of them ;)), he has only gotten one duplicate item!

Some of the friends & family...

With his new skateboard...

My mom, my aunt & my grandmother, getting some baby love :)

Playing out in our backyard. We love being out here!

We love you little man, we hope you had a wonderful birthday!

Blueberry Farm

anyone need some blueberries?? we've got plenty! two gallons worth to be exact :) this past weekend we went to my boss' in-law's place. they have a blueberry farm with a ton of beautiful blueberry bushes!! first time we had gone & we had a good time! made a little day trip out of it.

they grow them organically there, so we would just eat as we picked :)

this little man was pretty smart, he knew where the good food was. can you find him?

we got there around 11:00 & it was already pretty hot. so i was glad brenden would find bushes, plop down under them & start pickin'. he would partly be in the shade.
daniel & i, courtesy of brenden crow...

little man & i with one of our buckets.

daniel & brenden running through the bushes. brenden always says "i'm faster of you." cutest thing!

he stole my camera as we were taking a water break. i found so many cute & good pictures once i looked at it. here's one of them, he did this himself. i just giggle every time i see it. such a ham!

and this is how he looked (and we felt) on the way home-before we stopped at dairy queen!!

am i four yet?

First thing I heard Friday morning...whispering, "mom, am I four yet?" Yes, little man, you are four.

Yesterday my baby boy turned four. Could you please pass the Kleenex?? Oh, the love we have for this little man is unbelievable! No words.

Friday was his day. We went for donuts before school (which we do every Friday, but it was his birthday so it made it more special). Friday was silly hat day at school, so that would explain the hockey helmet :)

I made dirt cupcakes for his school...

Saying the blessing before eating the cupcakes :)...

Couldn't pass this up. I'm sure one day he will be a bit embarrassed...

To be even, I will embarrass myself...

Then, we needed to go get his blood drawn for his endocrine appt next week. We felt awful doing it on his birthday, but thought with all the other things we had planned, he wouldn't think about it too much. He took it like a man :)

On to the bounce house place!

My cousin, his wife & their 3 kids met us there. Here's Brenden & Wes acting like monkeys...

Got home, after eating dinner at one of his favorite places-Chick fil A, and opened the things Daniel & I got for him. One of which was a pair of roller blades. He loved them & had to try them out immediately. Getting ready for the ice hockey skates :)
We had also planned on mowing because he loves doing that-and we needed to. And he wanted to take the training wheels off his bike & try riding it without them, for the first time. But, this rolled in & rained on our parade...We had a wonderful day! His party is Sunday, so I will post then!

Meet Booster!

We got a new puppy (yes, this is a puppy)! He is a great dane/catahoula mix, and he is so handsome ;) They think he is almost a year old, but we will never know for sure-we got him from a shelter. Right now he is only 58 pounds & stands to my hips when he is walking. So, he's not too big, yet! The vet really doesn't think he will get much taller, only fill out a bit. He is such a good dog! He was a stray, so he didn't even know how to sit when we got him, but now he already knows sit, lay down, off, down, & stay (for about two seconds-we're still working on that one). He does like to bite butts & we haven't been able to get him to learn not to do that just yet. It sure is funny though!What ball???
Big kisses...

Somebody knows the rules-can you guess who...

Love 'em!