Bike Riding

First time without training wheels!

"VROOM, VROOM BIKE"

Since I've already locked up "Mother of the Year" this year, I thought I would add to my bad parenting habits by bribing Kayle with a bike if he started going potty in the toilet. (He wasn't having problems with going to the bathroom outside, but for some reason he would actually run outside to potty even if he was inside.) Anyway, low and behold, that's all it took. He hasn't looked back since, but he was very specific on the bike that he wanted. In fact, every time he goes to the bathroom in the toilet, he asks if he can have his "vroom, vroom bike". He wanted a bike like grandpa and daddy's. Which is actually a motor bike. Papa thought that it was a good idea until I told him he was responsible for all the doctor bills it would cause. Suprising, Papa hasn't bought Kayle the bike. - Anyway, I finally bought Kayle his "vroom, vroom bike". He's loving it. I'm sure I will be spending the next few days pulling his bike from locations on this farm that I wouldn't even imagine a bike shouldn't be going!

Welcome Summer!

I have to apologize for not posting lately. It just seems like things have already gotten crazy around here. I wish I could say that this is the only reason I haven't been able to post, but unfortunately it's only ONE of my excuses. Anyway, summer is well under way here on the farm, and the boys are already loving it!

Sauka's favorite place to sleep.

Planting the garden.

Spring planting. (Testing the flexibility of the wheel lines.)

Last day of preschool.

Kayle and Blake Pearson playing at Terrie Pearson's.

Playing in the irrigation water at Grandma's. (Of course Kayle can't just run through the water like the rest of the kids. He has to roll around in it!)

T-Ball. I took on the crazy task of coaching this year, and it true, what doesn't kill you makes you stronger! I had an extremely lively bunch, but I sure enjoyed each and every one of them. I actually might even do it next year. (Hopefully Kayle will last longer than 10 minutes by then.)

First School Bus Ride

I never understood how these parents could cry over their kids going to school. As much as I absolutely love being with my kids, I thought it would be a nice little break to have them at school. I thought it would actually give me a chance to do some work around the house without having to entertain them the whole time. Well I'm offically one of those blubbering moms. Today Greenfield had a day where the incoming kindergarden kids could go to school for a few hours and see what school was like. Well Kayson has been absolutely beside himself about being able to go to the "big kids school" ever since I told him. He's been in preschool for 2 years, and even though he has always loved that, I think he wanted more than anything to ride the bus. He finally got his chance. He rode with Christian and Chloe this morning to school, and I picked him and Chloe up at 12:30, which he wasn't very happy about. He wanted to ride home on the bus.
It was so cute watching the 2 of them get on the bus, but also sad. I just know the years are going to fly by now. I'm just so glad I haven't taken anything for granted. I have cherished my time with him. He has always been my sweet, careful shy boy. I know he will do so well in school, and I'm sure his charastics will benefit him. He only has 1 other boy in his class, and thank heavens he's like his dad, and relates well with the girls!

Spring?-in Montana

Yesterday we received a crazy snow storm. I guess I shouldn't be suprised, it seems like when you finally get extremely bad spring fever, you get more snow. This year we actually had a record amout of snow fall. In 1 day we received over 2 feet of snow! I was absolutely crazy. Most of Fairfield was snowed in, so most businesses were closed. Even the mail didn't come. People were driving around in tractors and snowmobiles, because even the county employees were snowed in, which meant none of the roads were plowed. As you can see, most of the vehicals were buried. We were able to enjoy the snow today though. We still weren't able to get to town, but we did get the tractor out and plowed enough for us to get around the farm. The sun was out and there wasn't any wind, so it ended up being an absolutely beautiful day. I had to watch Reece's nephew, because Sasha couldn't get to the babysitter's due to the snow. The boys and I spent most of the day out sledding, making snowmen, and digging through the snow. It was an absolute blast, but it sure wore me out! The snow drifts were so deep, and you would sink completely into them with every step. The snow was extremely wet also, so we were completely wet immediately. It was definately worth it though. We had so much fun. Kayle even ended up with a sun burn on his face!

Happy Easter!

I know it's been awhile since my last post, but I guess it's better late than never.

We had an absolutely wonderful Easter this year. The weather was so nice, and the boys are getting old enough to actually enjoy the easter egg hunts. Kayle actually ended up getting so many eggs that as he would put one in his basket, one would fall out. It didn't seem to stop him though. Kayson didn't have quite as much luck, actually he just had more kids in his age group, but regardless he ended up with quite a bit. Kayson also got to go to the huge hunt north of Carter with Sasha and Jaden. It sounds like it was a lot of fun. They figured there were about 4000 people at that one.

Kayson is beginning to ask a lot of questions as to the real meaning of Easter. We explained the whole Jesus thing, and he was absolutely facinated with it. He can't quite grasp the specifics of it, but he's pretty excited that he gets to see Jesus again someday.

Last week the boys and I were able to meet up with some friends of ours, and got to Children's Museam and Gibson Park. They had such a blast!

A LITTLE Setback

As many of you know we are in the middle of remodeling our bathroom and kitchen. Well Kayle is so exited about "working" that he has been waking up between 4 and 5am! Of course Reece and I can't function on that little sleep, so we've been putting a cartoon on for him, giving him some breakfest, and heading back to bed. Keep in mind that we're both extremely light sleepers. Well our luxury of sleeping in until 7 has finally come to an end. Yesterday when I woke up, I had found the stack of bills that were supposed to go out in the mail were all torn open, and the bill and checks were all torn and shreaded. He was so excited to show me his mail! Well as horrible as I thought it was to frantically piece togather the bills before I took Kayson to school, today was worse. Kayle woke us up asking for us to change his cloths. That didn't seem to bad until we noticed that he was all wet. Our first thought was that he was playing in the bathroom sink like he always does. Well to our suprise when we got downstairs...he had busted a pipe under the kitchen sink! Water was squirting everywhere! I had just finished laying the flooring last night, and Reece had just set the cabinets! When I went to the basement to get the Rainbow vaccuum, it felt like there was a rainstorm down there. I was getting dumped on! Needless to say, most of the flooring had to come back up. Not exactly how you want to start a day! Kayson thanked the Lord for helping Kayle Buddy live through the day in his bedtime prayer.