phone pictures

I recently put all my pictures from my phone on my computer and found some cute ones to share....they are older ones, but still good

Kale's birthday party

Kale with his cake

Opening presents with lots of cousins & little friends watching :)

Kale got lots of great presents...one of his favorites were the ring pops!

and another one we play with most every day we are home...his new basketball goal!

Thanks to everyone who came and celebrated with us :)

St. Louis trip

We got up bright & early Sunday morning to head to the zoo.  The original plan was to meet Grandma Mari & Papa Harold at the zoo at opening to enjoy the free stuff during the first hour and have plenty of time before meeting the rest of the gang at the ballpark for a Cardinals game .  We overslept an hour and rushed out the door hoping we would enough time at the zoo before heading the 1:15 game.  On our way I remembered I didn't load the stroller the night before so we would either be renting one or testing our boys by letting them walk!  Annoying, but not a huge deal.  It didn't take as long to get there as we thought so we actually ended up parking (the first time) before mom & dad.  As Jason started changing the boys out of their pjs I realized I hadn't brought any shoes for them.  Of course I had cleaned out the car the night before so they didn't even have their dirty play shoes that are typically in there.  This was a huge deal so we loaded back up, found a Target, tried on shoes, bought shoes and drove back to the zoo.  We still had time to see all the animals on Kale's list (except the opossums!)  He couldn't understand why they didn't have any there :)

 We decided to let the boys walk/run/be carried while we were at the zoo.  I think the only thing Lane said all morning was "Papa" so guess who carried him most of the time!

 Of course we had to take a picture with the gorilla

 Lane tried to get in the picture with the next family too

After the zoo we ate lunch (McDonalds) on the way to the ballpark.  After parking, walking to the stadium, and finding our seats we met up with the Belts, and Kyle & Stephanie.  When we first sat down I wasn't sure how we would make it through the whole game, but the boys settled down and we had lots of open seats around us so they could walk in the rows some and didn't have to stay on our laps the whole time.  The Cards came back to win it in the 9th!  Thank goodness we stayed :)

Did I mention it was over 100 that day?!?!

Ready for the game to start....this is right after we sat down and no we didn't pour water on them, that is sweat. 

mom, dad, the 6 grandkids after the game 

 Pollard family

crazy picture (I love TJ's crazy pose!)

June

While packing for our move the boys found several other uses for the boxes and got lots of playing time with them. 

making a fort and of course...Lane tearing it down

and hiding/pretending to be asleep

brotherly love

Lane playing in empty containers

Kale opening his birthday present, all of his favorite things...tractors, farming equipment, gum, & rootbeer!

Father's Day

Cowboy Kale wanted his picture taken

Always fun to get pictures of the boys :)

and finally a good one

Sidewalk Paint

After reading a rave review about this paint on a blog I follow (thanks Mindy!) and also seeing it on pinterest I decided to give it a try

It was super easy to make...just corn starch, water, & food coloring.  And since I knew what was in it I wasn't worried when Lane wanted to keep putting his paintbrush in his mouth.

Lane lost interest after a while & decided to go play in the rocks

Kale had lots of fun and was excited to show off his work to Jason when he got home that night

washing off after painting

one of Lane's favorite places

another one of Lane's favorite places...they dug around the house to work on the foundation and the boys spent a big chunk of time watching the work

Later that day we went swimming.  Of course we had to have a pop ice first

May

We spent a lot of time outside during May.  The boys love swimming (splashing around in our baby pool), riding the gator, playing on the swingset (Lane especially loves the sand), and just being outside.  I'm not sure a day went by that Kale didn't ask if we could eat lunch outside.  The weather was great and we did end up eating lunch at their little picnic table more than a couple times.  It's definitely easier to clean up!

 The boys posing & waiting for me to fill the pool up

Of course the bucket of water should sit in the front seat while your little brother rides in back

 "surfing" on the laundry basket...this game/idea got shot down shortly after this photo!

Kale loves to be pushed on the swing

Bubble Bath

The boys love bathtime, especially now that they have bubbles (thanks Aunt Jessi!)

 our little Santa Clauses